The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

_~.~ ,_ l a 613 7 A zet 4 , l - , 14 in excess of that given in last week's 4 °. The following is the return itself : 411 g,„ BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. ° unt, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32 , for the Week ending Nov. 29, 1856 4 0te b 4 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Credit. Iss ued .. n4 ) 260 , 930 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion .. , 9,794,930 £24,269,930 Total .. .. £24,269,930 BANKING D: :PARTMENT. P t d ebit. l r, lieto 4 41. s ca_ 4 est '•• • • . £14,553,000 , 441 )1i..,i ••• • • 3,205521 All m eNsits .5,469,987 t " to ei , 4 ), 9,320,8i7 olli et i !'• and ills• . 844 935 n'rot,i -- o,„, •••• £33,394,263 Total .... L 33,394,263 Vep.7 r ed with the return of the previous week, we A the following results : "'edye circulation Bull Decrease 7 Decrease 58 220 0n .............................. , ........... 1 0 ,411. 3 Il est . Inc rease • • • Se ven Decrease '''' cl ay and other bills 844,935 Il t ,. Decrease Olio deposits Oth er Inc rease dePosits G° Decrease Decrease s• t illneut securities 10,454 867 [No alteration. 17,537,749 694,697 4,785,180 561,125 Credit. Government se- curities Other securities 17,537,749 Notes 4,785,180 Gold and silver coin Oth,, securities N o b, llecrease Unemployed Increase COURSE Or EXCHANGE. • three •• • • ...... 11 143 Gibraltar months .. 11 171 Leghorn 1 1 9 N4 t , "tro •• • ........ 11 171 Genoa ....... ..... 25 85 11 I s • • Alt 4 : ll4l re ... . .•........ 13 73 Naples ~•' ••• .. . Palermo 11. ‘ 0, •• • ..... .. 25 25 Messina - 01 44 1 4 4 :i; re e Months .. 25 65 Lisbon .................513 p tu, ' ... .• .. 25 671 Dporto ........ •. • • 511 1 / 4 7. N r ..*• ... • t•• • Rio Janeiro . fin Buenos Ayres N. • ........... New York, 60 days' sight ) lO 42 Philadelphia ) I NI) .. " • ........... 10 43 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ , Z 4 11 4 , . , ........ 37 3 Forei g n Gold, in Bars .a"0 0 0 .... 4S ' Portugal Gold C0in..... 0 0 0 :`'"•••••..... 49 Mexican . D011ar5 ...... 0 0 0 ~.• • • ... . ...... New Dollars 00 0 "• • ......... , Silver. In Bars . 0 0 0 ))EA T . OF MR. GEORGE HOLDEN. • regret to announce that Mr. George , 7 1 1i tt ,' 80 well and so favourably known to the . , 14 , World has paid the great debt of nature. 16 qla Was seized with illness yesterday morn n4t is'te, -134 9 • h ' continued increasing in intensity until half L tel i del i 4 :. night, when he departed this life. Mr. itst " a ll in his 51st year. His demise will cause deep ' ng u large circle of friends, with whom he was T AE 1,1,d. Universal. favourite. 4 °YAL OAK BURIAL SOCIETY AGAIN. 1 4 , ° *ty. Was, yesterday, again brought prominently 7 0 )1 11 :„" . `e publi c after some few weeks silence, The occa i4ll 4 48 3 that George O'Hanolan, one of the collectors, was 1 N: 146 a to show cause (before the magistrates) why he k,li .(4l3 i s aion of a sick book, the property of the Royal t4l itS tf eri f i lY Burial Society, he had been dismissed by the "p 4 E e 0 f management from the office of collector. Mr. 44.„0-t. barrister, appeared for the trustee to the society , 4 . 4411 C •. I, 4 L arl b, and 1 1 1 r. Bremner appeared for the defen— "e ease baying been called on, Mr. Bremner said 1)41 44. 44 he might save the time of the aourt by taking a Itt1 .4; 11 113417 objection to the summons. By the 90 th tea the defendant had the power of appealing to a special ;414:4 tn eeting of the members, to try the legality of -44111 ) and h av i ng serv ed notices that he would take 1 41 bu ktIr V i, he (Mr. Bremner) contended that the jurisdic " en out of the hands of the court, Mr. Aspinall With hat the present procedure had nothing whatever to tatse til e appeal. The defendant was summoned to show u 4: 4 16; Y , he did not g ive up the books of the society 4)4 ad g ad no ri g h t t o h o ld. If he was rightly dismissed: lit i h ' no right to hold possession of them, or if he gets the servant of the society, then he had a right to w tti t4 AIP when called upon. Mr. Aiken thought the .1 11 itia °le ltr enough. He must give up the books. Mr. Besides, it has put the society to a great incon- Ott 'lli a withholding them. Mr. Lawrence ; He had titse iv „ e a th em up. Mr. Bremner then applied to have c . 'esa aut r u Jearned, in order to produce witnesses for the v Mr. Aiken • He cannot produce witnesses to itiatn'testktollilizt_t right he held possession of books that do not ta • After a brief conversation between the two r if lemen, the case was adjourned until this bp i c1 :; 13 . 411 , 1 expressin a hope that the books would be a 44 N iv-11 11 P, as it could not in the least interfere with the Bp • 'altist ° his dismissal. '4lltaitf ---- 4.,,,h.. • i 4: 101,Ze.„.:IttL 'RELATIONS WITH JUDEA t ; -- b it ee i n s st a a p t p ed oin tb te a c ‘ i "• Gorham,of Boston, a It l it 4.l3 ta e • •• • • • .We shall next. AI of el • 6 consul at Jerusalem. . e hear of yiptkiTlaniers on the Sea of Gallile . . 410'4- p•!ict.—There is a curious sim th il e ar A it r y et b ie et e w te e a e i n ue t r h a e t o , N I 0 the Lyonnais and that ktikett, . 4 Sea - the vessel that inflictedto damaged a i g nj e u d r p y a p rt u y t , back d klA:t4 an s herself to be the 1 : 41a. lii • kt i.,”?, the' ex tent of the injury or inquire. ft, i llti•• ..4or did either stop to examine inflicted . upon the BALTIC —Messrs. 4 4 14 10 P l' Aistlicipais PER U.S.M.S. 1 1 t a ll'llZW,,ell,. j, 0. Stevene, E. D. Farce, C. W. Shooner, el ' ,7 17.; Phillips; T. F. N m a , ver i o i: E .R . ey j . H.Lalill,•CCWest, : , tl a - tZtlin o i a t ti ngt 1).. Bruhl, G 1 V 1,1 14 . A . e l. -Rammond, Fu_ll u e a r, n A . k: k 4 ;t o kik, ti L if:_ l , 3r a y c a o n b . us G , a ß a a . rn D e .i s c , k D ey,A i . n r . g•,. B D E ß • d W w eg a e . r i d li s w , a ' R xa a lli vyre ß : P. France, V. France,. a liti g ylre Lea yon, Vertu, Pierce, W. J. Huge, Ge • Piih,.1411%)."-„.• Rurney, John Close, . .'q , nlsi ''' Williams,'' R. Sunk, Rev'lsi'Mrsr..3llB.npnahga.hleenr, tr, Oil .W 'M ' rd e l (fi e -„• .. , erril and lady, m r; and -- • . - 4 , 4,41 i, tfo, a nd servant "P. T. l'it4 ;: ittll 4 r "II at 4 • '' - Mr. and Mrs. B ar r n e . u a ni n ' l a m g ma a a n a r n da li e . g , Y: a i: n il ° n d r e l y n L f l e ma t n t n l r t d e . , . lli . kr.':!:_ ecn'tge Howar t d c , n M inf a a n n d t servant, IP :: t; WI cl a , 1r Mrs,'Houghton, . J. B. Compton, twooher, Miss ~,kroltrat,t, ~„ • and % ltl, I, lv g P. E. i A e rnol . d, .Mrs. s P t, r , „1b.,: toner, Mies ~own . b,,, 1t i04, 1 7.7--83, a ent for li t e ntes 174.14 ALcanzrrr.--One_ of t a h h o u se dde t r e a rr 4 ib a l p e pan o e c o i b4h,mitlol..._s4 Which human nature lit l ; ri stl -6eor, near Lincoln, a 'few a 'ago,, a to y employed labourer ti til k , )or ~ge Pawlett, who i n the prepar _ 4 401 or a the 'Relit, t place, druggist,_ hi a turpentine a a n e d t qf o,itiiraillentitity. of vah t: l tl ie ' r klo t iiv e /I.3e_ped; it l i: off s t u i r b ii,. i fsed that, while in .a th a e ome the fire, or se i well as 4 4 hittilOde ha'ailligt "In Prortioninto the fire dames, ti t l i t aki,%°,lp:eB.." 4e WBoalnieni.thediately envelopetdo inextinguish t. lttl e t 7, (th ;e e: niSt 'tieing ind 'effectually I, 4l. ) .: 3 4 'itlta gu a charwoman who was emplo d y s e h d aw iil l o l‘ v i e r r . 41 : 4 1 1 , 1 4t.*a-,,-ell Promptly threw .a large worsted on his thi l 's anCikOt until he had, in this state, crawled .l ~ feet d 44 10,"Nela ed _ ovvn a passage of considerable w en a g s tl e i, x a ti n a d_ th4t!itee....,th.t!4.3 Market place, that the fire promptly on the spot, SO . kp ,1‘..at.,-07.u.r.e engines . were h I. EII 111 i, xi tole premises was prevented extending, and i e .h f or 11 ICeol, surgeon, being at hand, tried every vtitkt.wpr. the alleviati un and restora:ion ofthe porn man iretit•izekiibtral.skill.an I experience could . suggest, but 415(1.1.1 if," 11 ,: c .: 11s ht'Pe f the first,'of saving . his life ; and, ° , li h •l i i i li e ll 'e . 4 .i i iii i __ l3 ' iiv r erthe dreadful .. bet • w b e u e r n us 6 lit re hro, ....nours, expiring .. ~_ilsed v.:venin g , lanndevr' part lock ? w b b l o am is e g ° r w e e h a a tl t y . tr..r ' kt U . :''' t he occur l e s e d t tl o e 's t t ° atT .. th ß a u t ru 4 14 : 1411 4 114 to him, P l :w ia leit having . been in the habit . of eqletthe *4rehoriling turpentine and other t e h e i r n E g a s ffe fo re r r inhimm ring iod ,P and his kindness to the p kft•Ythi n , his intense agony was unremitting; indeed, Itlicllae.'Ulldtass.clone for him b all which skill and h d u 3 m 3 a ) . . Ztici,qteft Etvi,!•,....:The deceasYe 4 e 4 r ktie cworiuptuseistwlsteuadat.eszr to an pr e cT i e i s i w e lEto a l w am id e o n w t er his (a u g n e tim h e a ly s , such a spectacle as a tely • FOREIGN INT ViLLIG ENCE FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDA. EVENING. Up to about an hour ago the government had not, I am informed, received any additional news from Sicily; neither does the Marseilles telegraph announce any arrival from Naples. According to some persons the lack of news indicates that the insurrection is spreading, but this, of course, is a mere guess.—The Nord. The Russian journal of Brussels says that France and England are in accord as to the manner in which they will act with respect to the Two Sicilies ; and it says that it is not improbable that the French squadron may soon be ordered to leave Toulon to join the English fleet in the waters of Naples. The Consticutionnel gives a semi-effiAal article this morning, announcing the approaching meeting of the Congress. It says that the Congress will not have to revise the treaty of peace, but simply to fix the sense of some points which appear doubt ful. It intimates, however, that all difficulties are not yet solved, and that each power maintains its peculiar views on the points under discussion ; but nevertheless it doubts not, it adds, that mutual concessions,_ or at all events a vote, of the majority, will lead to a settlement. The plain English of all this will probably turn out to be that the powers or the majority of them will decide as Sngland and Austria wish, but that they will deliberate pro .forina in order not to humiliate Russia. It is the second plenipotentiaries—that is, the ambassadors residing in Paris—who will form the Congress. Consequently,Lord Cowley will represent England. I hear fears expressed that he is hardly up to the mark of dealing with the able diplomatists who will be pitted against him ; but it is to be hoped that he will have instructions not to enter into palaver, but to go straight to the point at once. The date of the meeting of the Congress is not fixed, but it is expected that it will be in the second fortnight of December ; at all events. in time to allow the result to be announced in the Queen's speech on the opening of parliament. The present intention, I am told, is to confine the deliberations of the Congress to eastern affairs, but it is not im probable that the Neufchatel and some other affairs may be dealt with. Although the Congress is to be composed, as I have said, of the ambassadors residing here with, of course, Count de Walewski, minister of foreign affairs), doubts are expressed whether the Turkish ambassador, who is a very young man, will be admitted. l.n case he should not, it will be necessary for the Porte to send a plenipotentiary to Paris, and this will occasion delay. Extensive changes, I hear, are about to be made amongst the sub prefects. • The young Prince of Prussia is expected in a few days at Paris, and is to take up his residence at the Tuileries. It is reported in high political circles ,that a change of ministry in Prussia is imminent. M. Ponsard, the dramatic poet, was this day re ceived a member of the French Academy, and he delivered a speech in which he disparaged Shak spere and extolled Racine. M. Nisard replied to him. Constantinople letters to the 24th ultimo have reached Marseilles to-day. They confirm two pieces of information which I was able to announce to you (exclusively) a few days ago—namely, that tidings of the fall of Herat had reached Constanti nople, and that the French ambassador had given a grand dinner to Ferouk Khan. the Persian envoy. THE WEATHER.—THAW.—Contrary to expectation and appearances, a thaw set in on Thursday night, and conti nued yesterday morning, and for a couple of hours about midday, heavy rain, that took away the remnant of frost, fell. The remainder of the evening was fair, and the atmosphere warm. "We "—otherwise people—say we are not yet done with frost and snow. AMERICAN MAILS.—The royal mail steamer Africa sails this day for Halifax and Boston, with the Canadian and United States mails. The letter box at the general post office will be open for letters, &c., in the usual course up to twelve, and with late fees up to one o'clock. The box at the stage will be open up to two, with late fees of Is. on letters. The passengers for the Africa wia go on board, by the tender, from the stage, at one o'clock. THE SALEM —DESPATCH IN LOADING.—The Salem, of Messrs. Livingston and Walthew's line of Liverpool and Australian packet ships, has again proved herself a first class vessel, having made the round voyage to Melbourne, thence to Bombay, and home in nine months, twenty four days' detention included. She brought from Bombay a cargo consisting of 4,122 bales of cotton, 1,449 bags of seed, 600 do Colombo root, 63 cases of tallow, and 10 cases of sheep skins, all of which were unloaded in the Prince's dock in the almost unprecedentedly short space of eighteen working hours, by Messrs. John and James Mullen, master stevedores. FUNERAL OF RICHARD VAUGHAN YATES, ESQ.—The earthly remains of this lamented gentleman were, yesterday morning, consigned to their last resting place, in Aigburth church yard. The funeral was private; the only persons present, among whom were Mr. J. C. Ewart, M P , and Mr Thornley, M P., being the relatives and intimate friends of the deceased gentleman, who, before his death, evinced a wish that it should be so, and also that no carriages should attend it. Before the melancholy ceremony was concluded. the Rev. Mr. Roberts delivered a very feeling address appro priate to the solemn occasion. GENERAL TOM THUMB.—The Lilliputian Envoy, from the United States, is expected to arrive about the 20th, in the Persia, and is preceded by his agent, Mr. C. L. West. The General will be accompanied by his mother and other members of the family, it being his intention to make a tour of the Continent, prior to retirement to private life The idea can be scarcely tolerated, that this " man in miniature" has not changed in size during his absence from us, which embraces a period of about ten years ' • his mind is materially improved, his talents more fully developed, and that fund of wit and anecdote which characterised him as the most attractive of the diminutive, has increased to great advantage. It is predicted that his tour of the Con tinent will be equally as, if not more successful, than that of former years. VTDAT A VINDICTIVE PERSON CAN DO.—A WARNING— Yesterday, Mr. V. Denham,Lime.kiln-lane, was summoned, at the instigation of_the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, before Messrs. Aiken and Lawrence, at the Police-court, for having received the sum of a without having pieced a penny receipt stamp on the same: The defendant admitted that he had received the amount of a John Smith, flour dealer, and had not given a stamp, but alleged that he had done so in utter ignorance of the law. The fact was he went with the expectation of receiving the whole of the amount due £l3, but received only a part, and he did not think that he was required to give a receipt until the whole amount was paid. The magistrates said they had no doubt but that the information had been gived to the commis sioners through some vindictive motives, but that did not alter the law, and they hoped that this case would act as a warning to others. They inflicted the mitigated penalty of £5 and costs. This is only the second case of the kind that has been heard in Liverpool since the passing of the act. ANOTHER GREAT FRAUD BY A RAILWAY CLERK.—lnfor mation has been received of another extensive defalcation by a railway official. The individual who has now ab sconded is Mr. John Johnson, in the employment of the East Lancashire Railway Company at Ormskirk. It seems the disclosures of the frauds on the Great Northern Railway and Crystal Palace Companies have caused a close investi , gation into the accounts of most of the public companies, and amongst the others, the East Lancashire Railway Company, which resulted in the discovery that Mr. Johnson, bad embezzled the monies of the company to a very large amount: On the discovery the delinquent was apprehended, but contriving to get admitted to bail, to appear before the magistrates, he immediately absconded, and is at present at large, it iasupposed trying to get out of the country. The precise amount of the defalcations is not known. They are supposed, however, to amount to some thousands. A full description of the delinquent has been forwarded to the outports, and a large reward offered for his apprehension. The renowned Howard Family, who have been delighting the citizens of the United States with their impersonations of the principal characters in Mrs. Stowe's "uncle Tom's Cabin," " Dred", and other American plays dramatised especially for them, arrived in the Baltic on Friday, accom panied by the depressed millionaire, P. T. Barnum, Esq., under who=e auspces they will appear while in this country. To wish the renowned apd worthy manger every success that his enterprise deserves, would be doing no less than an act of justice; and when we consider the fact that the Howard Family possesses attractions of no ordinary nature, and that for ability and truthfulness in the repre sentation of their different parts, they stand unrivalled, particularly Little Cordelia as Eva, I da May Hot Gore , Girl and M rs . H owar d as the greatest of ail Topsies we feel certain that the generous welcome to which they are entitled will undoubtedly be given. As for Barnum, it is , universally acknowledged that he has done more good as a caterer to public taste,, than any other manager in the I United States. Let them be heartily welcomed, THE NORTHERN -TIMES.---LIVERPOOT,, SATURDAY. ' ~: CHARGE OF SEDUCTION AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. A meeting was held at Rochdale, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of investigating certain charges affecting the character of the Rev. Mr. Morton, curate of St. Mary's, in that town. The meeting was called at the instance of Mr. Fishwicl;, churchwarden, and the pew holders of the church, in order that the report of Mr, Fishwlck, who had been in communication with the Bishop of Manchester on the subject, might be laid before them. The correspondence with the bishop was read to the meeting, from which it appeared that his lordship declined at present to call upon the Rev. Mr. Morton to take steps to clear himself from the charge affecting his character, conceiving that steps ought to be taken to substantiate those charges by those who made the accusation, which would afford Mr. Morton the opportunity of vindicating himself. The bishop, in his letter to Mr. Fishwick, says, "It must distinctly be remembered that I pass no opinion whatever as to Mr. Morton, but that some grievous offence and mystery exists is unquestionable, and it is a duty to endeavour to clear up as much of it as relates to the church as possible." It further appeared that a letter had been written by " Miss -," on the authority of which a charge had been pre ferred against Mr. Morton ; but in another letter the bishop states that, "It seems Mrs. - hesitates as to giving Mr. Morton an opportunity of clearing himself by defending an action ; " and, in the absence of the letter in question, the bishop declined to " consider even the pro priety of issuing a commission" to enquire into the facts, deeming it best: " to communicate with Mr. Morton or his legal adviser, and leaving him to act as advised." Mr. Heaton, on the part of Mr. Morton, stated that the rev. gentleman had expressed a hope that the bishop would suspend his judgment until he had an opportunity of being heard, and that he was most ready to take prompt measures to meet the charges brought against him ; but he (Mr. Heaton) could not see how Mr. Morton could take proceedings against himself. He suggested that " the remedy was for Mrs. -to commence an action for seduction ; " and as Mr. Morton's legal adviser, he had been daily waiting for a writ to be served upon him. After considerable discussion, resolutions were past, approving the steps taken by Mr. Fishwiek, and also that a requisition be Sent to the Rev. Mr. Morton, desiring him to tender to the incumbent of St. Mary's church his resignation as curate, or to take proceedings for the pur pose of clearing his character. A committee was appointed to confer and advise with the churchwardens on the steps to be taken in refersnce to this painful subject. DISTRESSING BOAT ACCIDENT-FIVE FISHER- MEN DRO WNED. The village of Findochty, situated in the parish of Rath yen, in this county, was plunged into distress on the morning of Thursday last, by the loss of a boat and crew belonging to the place. The village is one of those rmall but populous fishing hamlets which abourd on the Moray Firth. It was founded in 1716 by a colony of fishermen from Fraserburgh, who were attracted to the spot by the . natural creek or small harbour which the coast here pre sents. The creek is an indentation in the rocky shore, and is capable of sheltering, in a storm, any vessel of 100 tons ; and we need not say that such a facility forms a great convenience to fishermen. In pursuit of their ordinary occupation, the whole boats—upwards of twenty—went to sea as usual on the morning of Thursday last, about six o'clock. The morning was rough, and a rather heavy sea running, but the fishermen of Findochty, possibly the least inclined of any of their class on the coast to make a gust of wind a pretext for indolence, thought nothing about it. They had gone out about 6 miles and cast their lines for haddocks. About half past seven a squall sprung up, accompanied with a snow shower. The latter, however, soon ceased, but the wind continued, and so much interrupted their labours that the men resolved to haul their lines and return home. The gale of course filled the people on shore with appre .hensions for the tate of their friends at sea; and nearly the whole remanent population turned out to watch for the boats, and many a prayer was offered up for their safety. Speedily the great body of the skiffs were seen to approach the shore, and by 10 o'clock all except three were safe. At this stage, and while there were still three at sea—one crew, we believe still near the fishing ground, and other two about three miles off—a second gale sprang up, putting the adventurous fishers in imminent peril. Every eye was fixed on the two nearer boats, which were both distinctly recognised. one being new and having sails entirely white, the other he.ving also white sails, though slightly stained. When attention was directed towards them the gazers saw wilt terror the white canvass of the new boat dip in the sea, and disappear beneath the wave:. For a few seconds an agony of suspense was endered, there being a hoping even against hope that the white sail would again become visible. The pleasing fancy was not realised. The boat and her gallant crew ' were gone ;, Am.—before their very eves, there perished the ( fathers and the brothers of the onlookers, without power to save. The exact cause of the swamping of the boat cannot, of course, be ascertained, it being such a long distance from land : but the most reasonable conjecture is that the fresh water stretching along the firth from Spey bay, coming into collision with the waves, had increased their violence at a particular spot, which the unfortunate crew had reached with their boat just as the passing squall was coming to its height, andhy which ithad been fairly overcome and swamped. The boat with which the last crew were in company was a little ahead of them, and when the crew in it observed what had happened, they pulled down their sails and lay on for a considerable time, but could see no appearance of anything rising to the surface, and as the wind was blowing strongly from the north or north-east, to go back.was a sheer impossibility. They had no alternative but reluc tantly to leave the spot where their friends had sunk and look to their own safety. They might have reached Fin dochty, but apparently unwilling to submit their feelings to the trial of answering the anxious questions of distracted and sorrowing relatives, they steered a little westward, and came ashore upon the sands of Portessie. The third boat, being nearly three miles off, saw nothing of the sad event, and the crew came in totally ignorant of what had happened Three of the men who are lost, we are sorry to say, have left widows and families, and a fourth a totally dependent aged father and mother.—Banfshire Journal. CHARGE - OF CRIMINALLY ASSAULTING AN IDIOT.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE. On Thursday. Jacob Israel' was brought up for final examination, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Worship-street police-court, charged at the instance of the Associate Institution for the Protection of Women, with having criminally assaulted a young Jewess, named Julia Cohen, 17 years of age. Mr. Sleigh, who conducted the prosecu tion on behalf of the Society, said that the case was one of a very novel and peculiar character, and was attended with circumstances of considerable legal difficulty, result ing from the fact that the testimony of the complainant herself was wholly inadmissible, as she was in a state of complete mental imbecility. He was prepared, how ever, with other evidence to substantiate the charge against the prisoner, after hearing which, he felt assured that the magistrate would feel it. to be his duty to submit the case to the consideration of a jury. Philip Cohen, the girl's father, a fruiterer. living in Goulston street, Whitechapel, was then called, and stated that the prisoner, who was his nephew, had resided in his house for a lengthened period, in intimate connection with the daughter of witness, who was subject to epileptic fits, and had been considered a confirmed idiot for the lats six years. About six weeks since 'his attention was directed to a startling alteration in the personal appear ance of his daughter, which induced him to obtain the opinion of two eminent surgeons with regard to her condition, and they both pronounced her to be in an advanced state of pregnancy. Feeling satisfied, from othericircumstances which subsequently came to his knowledge, that his nephew had taken a base advantage of her helpless state of mind, witness closely questioned him upon the subject, but he maintained an obstinate silence until the arrival of his mother, who upbraided him with tie turpitude of his conduct, which she told him was sufficient to account for a threat he had held out to her that he was determined, by good or bad means, to leave the'country. Witness at the. same time strongly urged him to atone for his villany by marry ing the girl, and promised him that he would furnish him with means to go abroad immediately after the perfor mance of the ceremony, to which the prisoner assented, with the observation that as he had effected her ruin, he was willing to make an honest woman of her. Before the completion, however, of the necessary arrangements for that purpose, the prisoner absconded from the house, and the witness was reluctantly compelled to place the matter in the hands of the police, who succeeded, with some diltculty, in effecting his apprehension. Rachel Cohen, the complainant's mother, fully corroborated her husband's evidence, and Steers, City constable No. 630, stated that, on taking him into custody, the prisoner admitted his culpability, but said that, although the girl was regarded as an idiot, '' she was right enough at times." Mr. James Douglas, a surgeon, in New Broad street, stated that about six weeks ago, he was called upon to examine the complainant, whom he had found in a state of preg nancy, and about two months from her confinement. He had since put several questions to her with a view of testing her mental condition, and was decidedly of opinion, from the impaired state of her intellects, that she was utterly incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. Mr. Sleigh said he did not propose to call any other witnesses, as.he conceived that sufficient evidence had been adduced to satisfy the magistrate that the unfortunate young woman was in a state of mental imbecility that entitled her to the same protection as was afforded by the statute to a child under ten years of age. Ft the case of " The Queen v. Ryan," in which an idiot girl had been abused under similar circumstances, it was held, by Lord Denman, that when a Atoman was in a state of unconsciousness, whether occasioned by the act of the prisoner or otherwise, a person having connection with her at that time was guilty of rape ; and it had also been decided by Baron Alderson and other eminent judges, in " The Queen v. Camplin," that the act of resistance was not essential to the crime if the complaining party was not in a condition to give consent. The case was certainly involved in some doubt and difficulty. There was no ex press statute to meet such an offence, but for that very reason lie felt satisfied that the magistrate would deem it incumbent upon him to refer the matter to a superior tribunal, which would pro bably be the means of directing the attention of the Legislature to the defective state of the lex scripti. which left such miserable objects without efficient protection. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that it was certainly a very import ant case, and he had no hesitation in ordering the prisoner to be committed for trial, but he had no objection to accept substantial bail for his appearance. ASSIZE I NTELLIGENCE. CHESTER. THE DOUBLE MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN AT CHESTER BY THEIR FaTHER. TRIAL, CONVICTION, AND SEN FENCE UPON THE PRISONER. (mm OUR OWN REPORTER.) CHESTER, FRIDAY. The trial of William Jackson, charged with cutting the throats of his two children, Mary Jane Jackson, and John on in the ae 27 e t t li eh o a f rd Sem a p d t j e eie b t e e r g la t s h t e , Alderson. The greatest excitement prevailed, and the court a C En l d i d e w s aa t t e f.dt r e c jw e a m acrk e d t ss e o r n y 'b , u c l e ty m iCn t gi n e en t ticei em this morning before Mr. Baron Chester, on was crowded in every part, great numbers of ladies being pre teittreh and r Al was r un Horatio defen d L e l d o . y d conducted the prisoner tbe s p e r n o s t' e c ul‘t p r. ion, r w r d e t on being placed at the bar pleaded not guilty. Me. Swetenham at some length stated the case, He said the prisoner at the bar stood indicted, as they had heard, for the murder of John Edward Jackson. (The case of the boy was first taken.) The deceased boy, John Edward • Jackson, was the son of the prisoner at the bar. Ha proposed offering no comments on the case, but merely to remind them on the present occasion that the duty they were called upon to perform was the most serious and the most solemn that could fall to the lot of any body of men to perform, because upon their verdict would depend the life or death of a fellow creature. His duty on that occasion would be most plain. He had merely to request the jury— because he could not disguise from himself the fact that there were few persons in that city, perhaps in that court house, who had not already arrived at a preconceived opinion on the question —to disregard everything they might have heard about the case before entering that box, and to be guided solely and entirely by the evidence which he should lay before them. With these preliminary remarks he asked the jury to give him their attention whilst he briefly related the particulars of the case. The prisoner at the bar was a married man, and had by his wife four children. Sometime in May last, his wife left him, and went to live in Manchester. She took two of the children with her, and the other two were left with the prisoner in Chester. The two children left with the prisoner were taken care of by Mrs. Hancock, a sister of the prisoner residing at Chester. It appears that the prisoner was in the habit of frequenting a public house by the name of the Coach and 11 , raes, in Handbridge, in Chester, kept by a person of the name of Rogers. Oa the 27th of September, the day of the murder, a girl of the name of Mary Ann Green brought these two children to the Coach and Horses, where the prison er was then staying, It was a very wet morning, The girl Mary Ann Green saw the prisoner, and said to him that Mrs. Hancock had told her to bring the children to him. The prisoner replied, " What did you bring them here for? You must take them back again." The girl, however, left the children with the prisoner, and she saw them taken into the Coach and Horses by him. The learned counsel then detailed the subsequent facts, and afterwards called the following witnesses in support of the prosecution. Elizabeth Rogers examined by Mr. Horatio Lloyd. I am the wife of Richard Rogers, who lives at the Coach and Horses, in Handhridge. I knew John Edward Jackson, the prisoner's son. He was lifvethyeears family.a and The child nine months old. I am a distant relation e frequently came to my house. For some time past, the child used to live at the prisoner's sister's Mrs. Hancock's, in Foundry Lane, Chester. On the 27th of September, the little boy was brought to my house by Mary Ann Green, about half past ten o'clock in the morning. The prisoner was In my house at the time. I came into the kitchen, and asked what brought the children there. They told me their aunt had sent them there, and I told the prisoner I could not keep them. There were two children ; one was a boy and the other was a girl The prisoner said he did not want me to keep the children, and then went out to the door and called the girl back, to take the children to his sister's. The girl, Mary Ann Green, would not come back. Tho prisoner then went out by him self andecatne back in about half an hour. He then took the -little giri lap in Ida arm., •and covered her feet with the flap of his coat.. .tie then carried the little girl, who was about six years old, in his arms up towards Handbridge. In about half an hour afterwards he came back to my • hens) by himself: He left with the little girl a little before twelve o'clock. When he returned again, he said to the little boy, " Come Jack, now ;" and he took him up in his arms, and covered his feet with his coat. Both children were barefooted. The boy had a hat on his head. He took the child away then. I did not see in what direction he went. In the course of Cast day, before dark, I again saw the prisoner at my house. He came alone. I asked him where he had Oren the children to, and ho said he had taken them to a friend's house. Nothing more was said on that occasion, but I have several times since asked him about the children. He always made evasive answers, saying, they were at a friend's. On the Monday morning before the prisoner was apprehended, he was at my house. I sa d to bier, " Will Jackson, they say you have made away with your children " He asked, " Who said so?" I said, " It was a person who stopped me in the street ;" and ho said, " What a place this Chester is, to take a fellow's life away." I asked him where the children were, and he said he would tell no one; they were safe enough. I then told the prison he he had been seen taking them up the Eccleston-road. Ha toad me that he took them there to avoid Mr. Littler, whom he saw coming down Handbridge. Mr. Littler is the overseer, and he said he did not wish him to see the children barefooted. On Wednesday, 22nd October. I again asked him where the chil dren were, and he said, " What a bother you make about the children." I asked him if the children were in Handbridge, and he said " No, they were safe at a friend's house at Bough ton." He was apprehended on the same day. On the following day I went to the workhouse, and saw the dead bodice of the little boy and girl. I recognised the bodies of both. The prisoner had- been partly living at our house, between the time of the murder and his apprehension. Ile is separated from his wife. He has two children living with their mother. Mr. Baron Alderson : Prisoner, have you heard what this woman said ? Prisoner (in a firm voice) : I did, my lord. Mr. Bar on Alderson : Have you any question to ask her? The Prisoner : Not any. Mary Ann Green was examined by Mr. of f se t e h t e 2 enb 7 a t ne h , and proved that s h e was servant to t h e pr i soner ' s sister, and that she brought the two c hild ren , on t h e mor ni n g September to. the Coach and Horses,inHandbridge, where she saw the prisoner, and told him Mrs. Hancock sent the children. He said, " What does Mrs. Hancock send them here for? you must take them back again. Witness replied Mrs. Hancock told her not to take them back. The children went into_ the house and sat down, and witness went home. The prisoner declined to ask this witness any questions. Elizabeth Thomas, a charwoman, deposed to telling the prisoner, on the morning of his apprehension, that his wife bad come to Chester to look for - the children, and he said the children were safe; but : that his wife should not see the children if he could help it. He also said that as to his sister Betsy, he would never forgive her. Joseph Haines examined by Mr. Lloyd : I am a tobacconist living at Hanbridge. On Saturday the 27th of September, I was sitting in my daughter's house in Hand bridge, and could see Mr. Ducker's rope walk, which is distant about twenty-one yards. As I was sitting there I saw the prisoner coming up the rope walk from Holden's field. He was carrying a little boy on his right arm. It was bareheaded. It was raining hard at the time. He went through the " hatch" into Roger's garden The "hatch" is nearly opposite where I was sitting. 1 he boy had a little bag in his hand. This was between twelve and ole o'clock. William Green, examined by Mr. Lloyd : I am a rope maker. I was em ployed in Mr. Ducker's walk on the,27th of September. It was so wet we could not work. I went to the walk about twelve o'clock. I saw the prisoner on that day coming through the hatchway out of Mr. Roger's garden. He came up the walk towards Handbridge. This was about twelve o'clock. [At this stage of the proceedings, a note from the prisoner was handed to the judge, in which the prisoner desired to have the assistance of counsel, asking for the services of Mr. Macintyre. That gentleman shortly appeared in court, and undertook the defence.] Francis Cotgreve, examined by Mr. Swetenham. I live three or four doors from the Red Lion Inn, and about a hundred yards from Roger's garden. On Saturday the 27th of September, the prisoner came to my house, about half-past four o'clock in the afternoon. The prisoner's shoes were dirty. His right arm was stutched from the elbow down with mud. He washed his heeds. I did not observe anything particular about the water James Broadway examined : I live in Mr. Rogers's garden. On the 20th of October, I saw the prisoner in the Nursery Gardens about ten minutes past twelve o'clock; I spoke to him, end we walked out of the garden down to Handbridge. I called the prisoner into the Coach and Horses, and when inside I said, " Bill, this is a nice go about you," and he said, " Is there, wh a t i s it? " I told him his wife was in town, and he said, " She may go back again the same way as she came." I told him she had been to the Exchange, and it was generally reported he had made away with his two children. " So I have," he said, " from her and my sister, for my sister could not have much love for them, or she never would have turned them out the way she did." 1 said, " It is nothing to me, but your wife ought to be satisfied where they are." lie said, " I know where they are, they are in those hands that will take good care of them." Charles Speed examined : I am a sergeant of police in Chester, and apprehended the prisoner on the 22nd of October, on the charge of destroying two of his children. He said, " They are safe, they are all right, and my wife shall never know where they are." I brought him to the police office, and repeated the charge to him. He made the same reply several times. Thomas Whittaker examined : I am a police constable in Chester. On the 23rd of October I went to Rego,' s's golden, taking with me a retriever dog. William Roberts was with me. lie dug in a particular part of the garden, and the second shovel full he lifted up I saw a child's naked foot. I then went up to Mr. Hill, the head constable, and reported the circum stance. I returned again, and I saw the dead body of a little boy first taken out of the ground, and next the body of a little girl. There was nothing between the body of the little girl and the body of the little boy. I assisted in taking the bodies to the workhouse. James Long examined : lam an inspector of police in Chester. On the 23rd of October I went to the place where the bodies were found. I took possession of the clothes found on the bodies. The body of the boy was covered with a frock, a petticoat, a cape, &c. I afterwards found, in the hole where the bodies were found, this bag, containing six marbles, a button, and a syringe. Mary Ann Green was re-called, and identified the clothes produced as those worn by the two children when she took them to the Coach and Horses on the 27th of September. Thomas Brittain examined by Mr. Lloyd : I am a surgeon in Chester. On the 23rd of October I was sent for to the workhouse, and on the following day examined the body of the boy, which was much decomposed. I found an incision extending from below the left ear across the right side of the throat, made with a sharp cutting instrument. The wound was so deep in the centre of the throat as to divide the carotid artery and inside jugular vein. That would produce almost instant death. The face was very much flattened. The girl had a wound on the other side of the throat, not so dee?. The jugular vein was divided, but not the carotid artery. There was a slight wound on the chest, and the thumb of the right hand was cut off at the second joint, as if the band had been put up so save itself. I should judge the girl made some struggle, but the other child none. The face of the girl was very much flattened, so much so that the nose was forced in. That might have been caused by tramping down the earth after death. A plan of the scene of the murder was hero put in and proved, and this closed the case for the prose cution. Mr. Macintyre briefly addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that it was improbable that the father could destroy his own offspring, and that the jury should be very slow to convict on circumstantial evidence, however strong, in the present case. Mr. Baron Alderson, in summing up, remarked that the jury were to decide according to the truth, and if it led but to one conclusion they must follow it out wherever it might lead them. It was not their duty to tamper with their oath for compassion or any other reason. Their duty was to act according to truth, and if they went out of that they would go wrong. The learned counsel for the prisoner had suggested manslaughter, and that if the prisoner had really taken the lives of his children, he had committed the act in a paroxysm of passion, but no provocation could excuse the violence committed on a child. The question really was not whether it was manslaughter or murder, but the question was whether it was murder or nothing. To find a verdict of manslaughter would be positively to disregard their oaths. The question was whether the prisoner was guilty of the murder or not, and let them see how that was made out. His lordship then read the evidence to the jury, and, having done so, asked who did it ? If they could see no other con clusion than that which implied that the prisoner did it, and if they could see any other reasonable conclusion to draw, he was sure they would be glad to draw it ; but their duty was to speak the truth according to their oaths, and if their oaths led them to infer the prisoner at the bar cut the child's throat, they must find him guilty. If they could see any other way, without doing violence to their oaths and to their duty to . the country, let them adopt it ; but if not, let them do their duty to thou country, and return a verdict of guilty. The jury, without leaving the box, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict of GUILTY. The prisoner heard the verdict announced without betraying the slightest possible emotion ; and maintained, as he had done throughout the whole of the trial, most extraordinary firmness and self posses sion. The Clerk of the Crown then called on the prisoner to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him ? The prisoner made no reply, but leaned forward over the rails oft the dock, with his chin resting on his right band, and seemed quite unmoved. His Lordship then put on the blact cap, and proceeded to piss sentence of DEATH. He said : William Jackson, you have been found guilty on the very clearest evidence that I ever heard in a court of justice, of the murder of your two infant children ; and although the last indictment merely charged the death of the boy, it is perfectly clear, from what appeared on the trial, that you killed both the one and the other—that of er having killed the girl, you came back and carried off the poor little boy, and killed him in like manner as you had killed the girl before. There seems to bave been a struggle with the girl. first. in the course of which you cut off the thumb of the child with the same instru ment with which you cut her throat. Then, having gone through that horrible and dreadful act, you came back, took away the little boy, whose death has been charged in the pre sent indictment, killed that child also, and buried the two in one grave. There can be nothing said which can aggra vate or which can mitigate such crimes as these. No possible anger on your part could have existed towards children of the tender age of which those were—the eldest scarcely above seven years of age, the youngest not even six, the one for which you have been con victed. I can say nothing to you to aggravate your crime. I would not if I could. I can only exhort you to remember the situation in which you now stand, and to tell you there is no hope for you in this world. Crime like yours must of necessity end as yours will do. If there were any doubt, there might be hope for you, but there is none. The case is so clear that no one can doubt it—the crime is so great that no one in this country can have any hope of a remission of punishment. I beseech you, therefore, from this individual moment, at which I am addressing you, to consider your life as at an end, and all that can remain for you as a wise and rational being, is to make that which may be made, atonement to God through the merits of Him who died for us all. That is all that can possibly remain for you. Consider yourself, therefore, as dead from this moment to the world. Fall down upon your knees before the footstool of God, and beg his pardon. It may be obtained from Him—it cannot be from man, because we cannot judge of the internal motives as God can do. We must punish according to the views which we alone 'possess—guilt like yours must be removed out of the world, that it may end less fatally to you in the world to come, will depend on the merits of our Lard. His infinite merits may atone even for your offence, hut then you must apply yourself to him, you must beg and entreat, and throw yourself as a miserable sinner, at the feet of Almighty God, and ask of him mercy for the sin and wickedness of which you have been in this world guilty. I can, say nothing more to you. I have nothing to do but to tell you 1 do not pass any sentence on you. I have only to tell you what the law says is the doom of your offence. The law pronounces that for this your offence Sou must die. I beseech you to remember that. I beseech you to do what you can that you may not die eternally ; and if,you die in this world without repenting of your sins you will die eternally. .Conceive what an eternity of punishment is. I beseech you to remember that. From that you may yet escape through the infinite mercy and merits of our Lord, but without that you have no hope. I will therefore tell you what the law. says. I mutt tell you on such an occasion as : this what the law of the country says, and I, as its minister, 'mention it and repeat it to.you, that far, this, your offence, you, be takertback to the place from whence yon came, that from thence you be taken to a place of execution, and there be hung by the neck until you are dead. That is the sentence of the law. For myself, and I hope for all who hear me, I pray God Almighty may have mercy upon your soul. The culprit listened to his lordship's solemn and impressive address with the utmost apparent indifference, and, at its conclusion, he stepped lightly and quietly from the dock. The learned judge's observations were delivered amidst a dead silence, in a densely crowded court, and, evidently, created a marked impression on all present save the one most interested. The business of the Assize closed this evening (Tuesday.) Just befoul the grand jury were discharged in the after , noon, they made a statement to his Lordship upon that part of his charge which referred to the question of dividing the small counties into extended districts, for the trial of prisoners at the winter assizes. The grand jury objected to the proposed division of Cheshire and Wales into districts, upon the ground that it would be inconvenient to bring Welchmen to Chester in consequence of the difference in language, and they were also of opinion that it would be more expensive than the present system. NEWCASTLE.ITPON-TYNE.—Dronmsza 3. Mr. Justice Erie took his seat at nine o'clock, and pro ceeded with the trial of cases from the county. Michael Cawthorne was charged with the wilful murder of Mark Cunningham, at Hexham, on the 28th of September last. He was also charged with the same offtnce on the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Price and the Hon. A. Liddell were for the prosecution, and Mr. Davidson for the prisoner. The facts of the case were very simple. Mary Guthrie, whose husband keeps the Lion Inn, at Hexham, stated that the prisoner and the deceased were at her house, but not in company together. The deceased said, " We have just been turned out of a public house by the police." Caw thorne said, "Then you have been in worse company than I have." Deceased said, "What do you mean?" Cawthorne said, " I don't owe you any animosity." Deceased said, " Nor I to you." Dec ease d said, , f you come out, I will give von what you want, either' light or dark." Deceased then went and sat at the fire. Prisoner, and another man named Gordon, mean time, played at dominoes. She brought in a quantity of ale, and said to prisoner, " You have no money, and had tetter go home." Prisoner said she might set it down, and he would pay her for it. She took the ale away, but afterwards, hearing their tongues high, she went back. and saw deceased catchCawthorue by the shirt breast and pull it open. Cawthorne put his shirt breast in with left hand, and said, " Wh at w ill peop l e say a b ou t flu.' they will say I have been in bad company." The witr wanted to put deceased out, and he resisted. He was a vt , rude man She then asked Cawthorne to go home. - thorne got up and said, " Do you want to use me ba She said, " Nobody shall use you badly if you will home," and she said to Gordon and Cunningham, " Allot this man to pass." Cawthorne also said, " Allow me t pass." George Dodds helped him out for fear they shut':- ill-use him. As Cawthorne went out of the d oor he stumbled, as if from it push from behind. Wi tness then saw him holding up something which glittered in the gag_ lig ht. She started back and said, " Oh, dear, what's that ?"" Dod Is said, " It's a knife." The prisoner made no remark. Dodds let go the prisoner and sat down. PriA.oner went out, and witne s bulted the door after Gordon and Cunningham remained in the house for about an hour afterwards " for fear of an accident." They then went td their lodgings, but Cawthorne got there directly after them. He had an open knife in hzs hand. Deceased said Cawthorne was no man. Cawthorne said, " is not fi,.e minutes since I was with the police, and he told me to defend myself with that," showing the knife. De ceased told him, ‘• If he was for fighting to lay the knife down, and then," he said, " I'd see what you can do." In saying that Cunningham struck him with his open band upon the cheek. C twthorne stepped forward and stabbed him in the belly. The d .ctor and the p lice was sent for. The man died some days afterwards. They were all tin smi h's labourers. The counsel for the prisoner (Ur. Davison) addressed the jury on his behalf, and urged that he did not deliberately murder the deceased, but acted under provocation and whilst in a state of drunkenness. He was found Gaiiig cf manslaughter, and sentenced to fifteea years' penal sa-vitude. WINCIIESTeatt, DEC. 4. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) PIRACY AND MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. Guiseppe Lagava, 20 ; Giovanni Barbalano, 18 ; and Matteo Petrrick, 21, three N espolitatheamen, were indicted on the first c mat fur the wilful murder of J. Patti uson and E. Evans, on the high seas; and on a second count for feloniously, piratically, and violenty assaulting, stabbing, and wounding, and putting in danger of their lives, John Scotland and others, and stealing eleven sovereigns and other articles, their property, on board the bargee Globe. Legava was also indicted for shooting at Daniel Cullen, and the other two prisoners for aiding and abetting him. On the ques tion being put to Matteo Pettrick he wished to plead gnilty on this charge, but was induced to withdraw the plea. They were also indicted for feloniously stabbing David Thomas en board the same ship. Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Buseell conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Yonge was directed to conduct the defence. The jury were half English and half foreigners. Mr. Coleridge said that in the whole of his experience at the bar, he had never g a o l an „ 1 -,plling case as that W yet to lay before a jury' which be had to draw their attention to to day, In June last, the barque Globe, Mas'er, John Scotland, was lying in harbour of Constantinople, bound for Balaklava, front whence she was engaged to fp' ch barley, part of the storeA sent during the late war - Tile master was waiting Peel crew. Early in the month the three prisoners at thiS bar and two other I'alians came on beard before any others of the crew. At a subsequent period five English men joined the ship, including David Thomas, Daniel Cullen, Evan Evans, and Joseph Pattinson. There was also the mate, brother to the master. On the 4th :illy, the ship was towed oat of harbour by a steanier, and ire% sail in the afternoon for Balaclava. As far as the 'captain was aware, a perfectly good feeling prevailed amongst thi whiile of the crew, and no quarrel of any kind had occurred between them, and he did not know but that all the men were unarmed. As night came on the wafting were se, and all was quiet, when at twelve o'clock, the master retired to his cabin, leaving the mid. watch on duty. At half-past three he was startled by hearing several pi .tol shots on deck, and being called by the mate, he hastened there, and found all the Italians on deck, attacking the English. Only two of the prisoners were en the watch, the others ought to have been in their berths. Cullen had been shut down at the wheel by 'Agave, and afterwards was stabbed in the back and neck. Evans was also shot, and mortally wounded, having sine , died. Two of the foreigners were heard go down among:' the men's berths, and there they stabbed and cut the throa of two men named Joseph Pattinson and David Thome , - Thome.. although dreadfully wou n d e d, surv i ve d d ur i ng t night till assistance was afforded him and his woundsdressee Pattinson was discovered in the morning with his he:.. nearly severed from his body. A boy named MeleaghL,. was in a neighbouring bunk to that of Pattinson. The two men went to him, but on his crying for me r cy, P e tt r i c k kissed his cheek and said, "Me no touch you." The cane tain and mate barricaded themselves in the cabin, and thus escaped the murderous endeavours of the foreigners. The ship became entirely in the possession of the Italians, and after getting XI 1 handed up from the cabin by the captain, they took what goods they liked, and left the ship in a boat and rowed ashore. The ship was then four or five miles from Constantinople. The captain having righted ihe ship, succeeded in getting back .to Constantinople, and the assistance of some Turkish marines and soldiers being obtained, the three prisoners were secured after a pursuit, they having landed, and got as far as Newtown, near Kilos. Some of the ship's property was found on them. A. man named Angelo seemed to have taken a prominent part in the proceedings, and also another known as "Big Jack.'t but Lagava and Pettrick were frequently recogn;sed in the 'inir acting prominently, and indeed the whole of the foreigners were shown to be acting perfectly in concert dur ing the whole time. The above being proved in evidence. Mr. Yonge addressed the jury for the deferce, arguing that the prisoners were not shown es joint participators in the murder of the men who were killed. Mr Justice Coleridge summed up, and pointed out that every Englishman, with the exception of the boy, was either shot at or stabbed ; if in carrying out a robbery, some one or more of those engaged in it committed a murder. it was not material whose hand aimed any particular blow ; they were individually and collectively responsible. If the jury were satisfied that this murder was committted in the execution and advancement of a common design, they must find all the prisoners guilty. The jury having retired, and having consulted for nearly two hours, returned with a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. Ills lordship, having put on the black cap, said —Prisoners at the bar, I am extremely sorry that I am unable to convey to you in your own language that which have to say at the present moment. You have received, I trust, as patient and as discerning a trial ste it was in my power to give you ; understanding that you were in great poverty, and had no friends, and were in a foreign country, I asked an advocate toundertake your defence, and although you are not able to judge of the manner in which he has conducted that defence, I am bound to say that every per son here;who has any knowledge of such matters must know that he has omitted no point in your favour. The jury who have tried your case have considered it attentively, and I am compelled to say I agreed with them in what they say ; and if it should appear that the jury have fallen into any mistake—because the wisest man may make 8 mistake in such a matter as this—care will be taken that such mistake shall be set right. At the same time, do not let me excite in your minds any false hopes. My firm belief is that this verdict is a per. fectly just one ; and the truest mercy I can show to you is to say you must not expect your lives to be spared. You will be attended by a faithful priest of your own profession ; and I exhort you to pay the strictest attention to all he shall say - to prepare you for another world. Depend upon it that your days on earth are numbered, and it only remains for me to prOnounce upon you the awful sentence of the law, which is, that you be taken, for the grievous crime which has been proved against you, from the place where 3 oa now stand to the prison from whence you have been brought, and that at the usual time and place you be respectively hung by the neck till dead, and that after death your bodies be buried in the prison in which you were last confined ; and may the Lord have mercy on your souls. The prisoners, mho were assisted by an interpreter, left the dock with exclamations that they ought to have been allowed to make a further statement in their own behalf. AT OSBORNE, ARRIVAL OF THE COURT PORTSMOUTH, Thursday. —A special royal train on the South Western Railway, in charge of Mr. Godson, the company's superintendent of the Rival station at Vauxhall, arrived at the Royal Clarence Victualling yard this afternoo: at 12 minutes past 1 o'clock, having performed the jcurne. from Basingstoke in one hour. Royal salutes were fir. on the train entering the precincts of the port, and t' usual prelaratio ns were made by Mr. Davies, of the Roy., Clarence yard, for th e Q teen ' s comforta b le rece p t i c Her Majoity was accompani e d by the Prince Consort, 1' female bran c h es of the Royal family, and b y Pr i nc‘ Frederick 'William of Prussia, The Queen was received on alighting from the train by Vice Admiral Sir Georg, Seymour, K.C.B. ; Major General Breton; Colonel Eyre, R.A. ; Colonel Foster. R.E., A.D.C.; Colonel Graham, R.ll. ,C.B A.D.C.; Lieutenant - Colonel Wright, A.Q.M.G., Captain draster, -A.D.C. to General Breton ; Captain R.M. ; M r . J. Pi n h orn, storekeeper, R.IsT.; R. w Stevens,Breton, Town Major; Flag Lieutenant Malc o l m ; Adju tant conolly. Mr. W. London and South Western Railway Company; and a guard of h onour of Royal Marine Light Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hunt, Captain Sear l e , Lieutenants Read and Rabilliard. Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman rte ived Her Majesty on board the Fairy steam yacht, which weighed immediately for Cowes. The standard was saluted by the ships, and the Queen cheered by their crews on passing out of harbour and through Spithead. The Fairy arrived at Cowes about 2 o'clock