Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

THE SPRING ASSIZES. - YTISTERDAY CROWN COURT BEronE MR. JUSTICE WILLES His Lordship took his seat at nine o'clock. case called on was that of Crimp lfiritozn. IN LIVERPOOL.—Jane Anderson or Henderson, aged 26, was charged with the wilful murder of her infant child in the Liverpool Workhouse. ' The prisoner The first was an inmate in the v 11th of February last khouse, Brownlow-hill, and on the he was delivered of a male -child. 1 grown, appeared •to be healthy, favourably until the night of the 18th, when The child, which and pro a number the inm John M TESTER W 23 IV imprison. .ND R 3roderic atonced him to ) Mr. ( are la Tamed to tte latter end of Januai the captain £l5O in 3 Ist of 'February, on ;ommenced d t Bouclier via of the I as charzin )y Capt the timber o ''bey were ho. e books vrrla, a the found and co., the , ule captain, wen mit the freight note to Mr. °baloney per ton It that thC nded, anC dug to re-weigh the ling took but, Wright did not attend It was. con- .eallv he freight not ame ward heard loud cries proceeding from the child, whicl mother. On the following morning that the child had sustained se bruises on different parts of the body, naval had been much injured. _ languished, and died on the 26th of tb .Lcatherhouse. I was then in bed with its me very nd - that 'the workhouse, who had made a ad sustained on the body could not been ( The mark - s sed by' The ise and id by its inOthei accident, or by the 'child bcing ON judge having pointed out , the law r( drawing the destinations between mull" the jury considered .of m mu His lory and returned a verdict dship di MURDER - TN MA 'with having killed and mu! a one Wm "Sowler pro's'ecuted : from his appear that, on the night of the o took a notion into his head that Jane 0 of his, residing in SPittlefields, rocket-handkerchief. He went to her anu 6i e denied hating it, and abused him for impudence. A man, named Warrior, a' odger in - Sam. Cooper's house, he!rring the altercation, came out and joined the parties. Warrior struck the prisoner, and they ad- 3, it WOilld. )per, a neighbot ;ter, had stolen lanelles journed into Wilmnt disturbance, fizhtine, street, wh and kickin Crect up a g means the prisc At this time th parties then t and hat. The me. "In .about soner again paid a visit to Jane Coop( his demands respecting his handkerebie: and reiterated This time he and hat, and it was o he had a shoemaker's knife in his hand. a shoemaker by trade. lie was very much in drink at the time. Cooper refused the handkerchief, and ith The pi excited, heinf. to give him a severe blow _ a large brass candlestick, so severe that he actually recoiled across the street. Warrior again came out and struck the prisoner and knocked him 'down, Warrior falling along with him. At this time a crowd had collected, and some person called out, "He's got a knife." Warrior again struck him with his fist on the face, and somehow or other Warrior got stabbed, and was taken into the house bleeding profusely. The unfortunate man, 'William Benson, was coming along the street, and fearing that the prisoner had a knife in his hand he went over to him, threw him down, and attempted to take the knife from him. lie did not succeed and the prisoner got his right hand clear, and immediately struck the deceased with the knife. This wound was in. the abdomen, and he inflicted another wound inside the right thigh, severing the artery. The consequence was that the man died almost immediately, before a surgeon arrived. Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Roberts defended the prisoner. A numeer of witnesses were called to prove the case against the prisoner, and His Lordship, in summing up the case, said it could not be regarded as one of murder, and ' jury simply to consider the question whether or not the 'acted the prisoner wa 'ghter. The jury found that the pr received amount of quarr taken r 1 sum of £l5O was claim it ifoT the dollciency. Additional . evidence . was .given to the effect, that upon the Ist of February there was fourairun - lint 412 the Toxtcth Dock— the same hut which laud been .used by Selford in the Brunswick Docl , «vf a'bo6k in the handwriting (if. :, a le; if Stetford. This leaf was compared with the bOok . sent .in by Stetf oxd, and `found •to . vary. . Mr. Chaloner suspected Jontething wrong, and he proceeded: to make inquiries, and had , the prisoners and Stetford arrested m the 15t1 'cif :March,. Stetford made what was called a clean brews tof it, and said that he consented• to alter the weights • :It the suggestion andpressure •of Wright and Boucher. Tl'.ey Irst added - 10 per cent to the actual weight, and the ..arn*-: - satisfied they again added :5 per cent., endeavoured to ti.etr and the Shanghai .ble and ran ashore 'endants refused to ground that the knowir t he Abraham Wolf, the two Germ T eras;witty of mar .ovocation. His Lordship said that no ing in such a dispute as appeared to have - violence could justify either party in resorting to the knife. A man who took part in a disturbance of the kind could not say thathe used a deadly weapon in self-defence. Although, so far as the assizes had gone, cases of the use of the knife had not increased in number, yet still he would repeat that the law would lay heavy hands upon every man who used the knife under such circumstances. Even if death did not ensue, it was necessary that the court should mark its sense of such proceedingsy for the purpose of warning and deterring other persons who might be tempted to offend in th manner, of the consequence of their r In this particular ca consider his d , sting to the knit'. Lordship would take time to whether he could be more lenient in this instan than usual.. CONCEALMENT OF BlRTH.—Margaret Crow, a young woman twenty years of age, was charged with haying, at Liverpool, on the 7th March, Unlawfully - endertvatired t conceal been d tic birth It would appear th engaged as 1 n-maid at an eati the prisoner INTf house kept in th town by a Mr. ( the month of She corn unwell on the n the following m sing that the cook, with whom sh( the cook IN t up stairs wi a cup of prisoner went ui of the s the pris AboUt four or fi-i in, and he been very recently delivered diet of auil iznprisa MINT I been pi The prisoner met to buy a loaf for I The baker found tl the boy, and when 1 the woman he gave t senten labour - was sente . A Pou fellows, na prisoner w .Ced to one wont ;he hail for having, at Manchester, on the 18th assaulted a police officer and robbed h rather a singular one. The prosecutor Manchester, under his who ha Thrt mar brutal - r policemE in? on him to bride not content m beenTprOved, his k lan came )pear ti with I mainly behalf of their r Bch bad 1 stmt wo , timber s Faceon It was f purpost it the T was t he weights as more tl atreasing the ee of M Wr )Id hini to m upon )f having evidence was rer report of it a les, The prison vment of M %',e and nought up by detective officer Jr. Cobb wa ziveu a fill porter,in th y his wife, wh, called to ,t M'Coiniac t biscui ) had lived i of a " certa ;e is the mc it they were till the day until t not teen king 5 per cent in all, and ibus r of the freight zupon The learned 'counsel, severe lashing to Stetford, ie case. He, according to them, was an unmitigated. scoundrel, 60 morally low, that no honest or respectable man would stoop to touch him. His Lordship proceeded to sum up, and, after elucidating the whole case, s tated the prisoners must stand or fail together-; it was a case of conspiracy, and there must be two in such cases, therefore, they both must be found guilty or acquitted, The .:jury then retired at eight o'clock to consider their verdict, and returned into court in about twenty . minutes with a verdict -of guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said it was with unfeigned pain that he saw a person of - Wright's position in society before him on such a charge. It was with regret that he had to pass sentence upon him, but it was necessary in the discharge of his duty. Helhought that the sentence he did pass would.add to the punishment already endured by the prisoner. The verdict of the jury that he was guilty of conspiracy and fraud was a very great punishment on him. As for Boucher, he acted as a sub ordinate, and his offence was hardly so criminal as the other. Wright, the captain, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, and Boucher to three months' imprisonthent with hard labour. The case occu pied nearly five hours. The court then rose, at ton minutes to nine. per eQut. that was 4zrit there in defending th the Fincipal wiluess NISI PRIUS COURT. -YESTERDAY The court opened at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and his Lordship Mr. Justice Byles resumed the hearing of HESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—Several witnesses were called, who deposed that the rain-storm upon the night in question was the greatest which had been known, in that part of the country, during the lifetime of any of the inhabitants. Persons in the employment of the company were called to show that every necessary step had been taken, on the rising of the flood, to avert the consequences, as far as the extraordinary circumstancescouldallow; and the manager of the canal was examined to show that the canal baiiks were in a proper condition of repair. Several scientific witnesses were examined to show that the damage com plained of by the plaintiff did not arise from the causes alleged, or from any want of care on the part of the defendants, or deficiency in their works. The examination of witnesses and the addresses of the learned counsel con- sumed the time up to four o'clock, when the jury retired to consider their verdict. On their return into court, at eight o'clock, after about half-an-hour's conversation with the judge, the jury agreed to a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing; the foreman stating that they did not mean.to give contemptuous damages, but to say that the extent to which the defendants had contributed to the damage done was inappreciable. LINDSAY AND OTHERS v. JANsox.--The plaintiffs in this action were the owners of a ship called the Shanghai ; and they sought to recover from the defendant Alfred Janson 11• " • effected with hi Q.C., and Mr. Blac Mr. Wheelei. Q.C. 1 insurance which they bad re-named ship. Mr. Wilde, )eared for the plaintiffs ; and Nir. James, Q.C., and Mr. Melhuish It appeared that the policy in dis- upon OP a burn° a out, and from Swan River to the .u.auritius, and for thirty days after her arrival. The vessel left London in 1850, on a voyage to the Swan river, and on her way she met with some accident which rendered it necessary to put into Mauritius for repairs. The id. to give up a bottomry bond in pay ment for the repairs, to be returned on the money being forthcoming when the ship returned from Swan river. They proceeded to the Swan river, and came back to the Mauritius in ballast, in ate was upon a voyag master was obli order to discharge the claim She left Swan river on the upon the bottomry ,bon 23rd of December, and arrived i the 14th of Janu4r buoy, at Pert Leui y at the Mauritius on anchor at the Bell- he came to he harbour Whilstshe was mentioned meet the obligations of the policy, on the vessel had deviated from the course of her in the policy. [The case was not concluded when theta court rose.] LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE A. FEMALE DOD, SFIELD, -dresser -YESTERDAY s charged for havin,! irs. Flatt, 38, Wind: I female, named Two or that she came fr om London prisoner came to the house the previous day, an told a tale of distr Tit' nr she was told. so. A first manner and She then acted in in the parlom allowed into these apartment to abuse - them, and on goin hall Shp u said she wanted to look at lodging's and drawing-room, but was not he began umbrella out she took if it was r the reply was i [ling at an umbrella an excuse for the Elie prisoner Is man who is in zoala Ind the wi Jo was d sinated or legal offence, t .merica, many people in this cour oil with either a moral 1 ---11 a, and period and clever guilty of a at an early lAN r out of 3 took it I never did anyt John Marks'and :les, and havin Ha nley James Hall, and the some ale, Sm. in her. 1 ) be allowed 1 Ts. In rep]. Ins -w prison ARRIED, OR NO' C unio us CAS uncertain thih ievniari e to Hanley, Wright dock, anythit at fellov ! Mr. B 1 What I meant to for her bad conduct, she might have lived she'd dir , and unit s the was, that if she him day or night he would kill her long before that ti Why that's like the fellow who said if certain hot countr died years ago. Mr. Cobb, do up to the present tim Mr. Cobb : Exactly. 111 Mr. Cobb : Go on wit fr. Cr permit you ; w that 1 Tr. B 1 wife to, ck for ti tf you permit me, I wilt nroceed. - tnen went on to say that, • the - prisoner's bad conduct, she might have lived man till her death. Mr Cobb : Death again : IT -- ng on my danghter. g _.• Block went on r conduct was so bad, that she brought in her HEALTH OF THE TOWS The Medical Officc gh, of which - 155 w he corrected aver ge of the s of which 13 were from scarlatina; hooping-cough 11, typhus and infantile fever 11, croup,4, diptheria 3, erysipelas 3, smallpox 2, measles 1. From diseases of the lungs the baths were 83, including 3" " more than in the previous we years of age, died from delirium trenu Iption, being 19 and excessive Irinkin Mr. M'Gowan read a report, moved for by Mr. Earle, Mn the last council day, in regard to lo&rinfr-hous( LODGING •eport was atiqted, and rh ited to th :red to be A ;onneil on Wednesday next aria conversation took )zace on the point, NV, .ewlands said the idea iriginated at the " Social Science" meeting. It appeared bat the present report differed from one obtained by Ir. Earle from the police, and it was ray hen 111] Aved not to form the but refer it to the question in the committe as a wider field for that imp: TILE GRAVEL IN SHAW'S 'IRON cription Mr. R. Gladstone wished to ask a question. He hac ;ravel, being collected for some tim( ist, at t top of Shag •brow, arid it was increasing con HO did not think that a right place for such , and he had observed that men werc Alection of gravel usy lat'l bag it, as it were, into a solid foundation Nov h fished tooknow why this was doin; purpose ? They would remember, that so was a project about a high-level bridge, and the bridge, h( believed, was to have terminated about the place this mast of sand or gravel is being collected, and a notion had beer ;ime ago . there ted that the collection of sand might form the en for a foundation th in the locality should have )n, and he asked the Doi mentioned, took pla, at present for it and was removed wheri required. It would not be more than three months, as it would be carried to the different parts of the town, when it was reqnired for paving purposes. He could assure Mr. Gladstone that it was not to form any part of foundation or oth any cont rig Yuri )lated high - level bridge. sid he was perfectly sat Mr. Glad;tone Ailed with the explanatiop The routine business of Ate board was then transacted and the board adjourned, ock in store was estimated at about 30,000 to 40,000 ardebs, and little or none was arriving, as prices were higher in Cairo ; of this grain the sales were chiefly for consumption 25 to 41 I The Paris Moniteur notifies the opening of the public subscription for the shares of the new General Society of Commercial and Industrial Credit. By the term s of the statutes th e a d m i n i strat i on w i ll consist of governors, and directors named in the same form as the governors and directors of the Bank of France and the Credit Foncier. It appears that the Council of State has imposed the con dition that of the 120,000 shares of £2O each, which capital renting £1.(30n of th undertaking, 80,000 repre -11 be offered to public sub In one point, viz., its being empowered to open public undertalr:- bscriptions to great industrial .e and foreign loans, &c., the operations of the new society will be analogous to those of the Credit Mobilier, to which it may prove a formidable rival, the more especially as its mana gers will have the benefit of the warning afforded by the mistakes of th a t es t a bli s h ment. It is an import ant feature, however, that the power of speculating on the Bourse, enjoyed and so greatly abused by the Credit Mobilier, is withheld f rom th e new, society, the progre s s f which, with sound management, may be of a much more solid and beneficial character. The gloomy character of the financial advices by the Calcutta mail has prejudiced the Stock Market to-day. The a series of Indian loans being presented, vatue or the existing British Government' securities is affected for th e ti me by the growing impression that for future loans for the Indian Government the imperial arill be needed. Under the political and financial anxieties of the hour, the Funds have declined l tolP; I cent., and closed at the lowest point o f th e day. n all tho other departments of the Stock Exchange stagnation pre vailed. About £32,000 in gold was to-day withdrawn•from the Bank for exportation to the Continent. A telegram from St. Petersburg states the exchange on London at 36s Oid, chewing a further slight advance. ,The price of tallow was quoted 182ro.—Daily _News City Article Wednesday Evening. The kngli,sl). Funds opened to-tiny at 4 fraetional decline from the final prices of last evening, and have since shewn uninterrupted dulness. The supply of money in the open market seems adequate to the demand. There is usually some pressure at the conclusion of this quarter of the year, but there is no prospect of any advance in the Bank rate. As to the dividends upon the market, some persons are even disposed to expect an increase of ease. Any movement in that direction can hardly last long, in the face of the Indian' finance question, the Russian loan, and the certainty of a rapid augmentation of monetary derange ments in France, Austria, and Sardinia. Respecting Indian finance, there would not be the slightest ground for dismay, if any prospect could be entertained of that branch of the Indian Administration being placed in efficient hands.— Times City Article, Wednesday/.Evening MAIL NEWS.—The Jeddo has arrived with the Peninsular mails. She brings , Lisbon dates to the 27th. Exchange on London, 53s o,id. A postal convention - between -For tugal- and England was on the point of being concluded. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The London and North Western shows this week an increase of £3,347 • the Great Northern, a decrease of £779 ; the Great Western, an increase of £1,179 ; the London and South Western, an increase of £419. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, .-MARCH 31 Colonial, &c.: We have no change to notice in the Sugar market, but, if anything, rather a firmer tone is perceptible. 540 bao.s Benares are reported at 445, and 3,100 bags Per nams, in bond, at 24s per cwt, part from the quay. Nothing has taken place in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. The business in Rice is confined to 500 bags Arracan at 6s 9d to 8s per cwt ; the Moulmein offered at auction was not •sold. In Dyewoods, 160 tons St Domingo Logwood, chiefly at £3 17s 6d per ton, and 30 tons ditto on private terms. Of Ashes, small sales of Pots at 30s per cwt. Nothing to notice, in Nitrate of Soda or Saltpetre. Brimstone: 5 tons reported at £8 10s for best 2nds ;60 hhds Flour of ditto at 12 ; and 50 hlids Roll at £lO per ton. 8 casks Cream of Tartar sold at 125 s ; 100 bags Palermo Sumac, 13s ; 50 bales heated Gambier, at 16s 3d,with 20 tons to arrive, on private terms; 700 bags Myrabolams, at lOs to Ils per cwt ; a few tons of Irish Moss, at £lO 10s per ton; and 85 bags Sago _Flour, at 16s per cwt. Oils, &c.: Small sales of Palm at £45. Tallow steady; PYC at 54s 6d. Of Rosin, 400 barrels common at 4s 6d ; and 20 barrels Spirits of Turpentine taken at 41s per cwt. In Seeds, only a small lot Bombay Linseed, at 46s per quarter for all faults. We have also to notice 50 tons Australian Cattle Bones, at £5 5s for common, and at £5 2s 6d per ton for piths. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.- ltAncit 31 There has been a good demand for cotton to-day, but with free offerings prices are barely so firm. The sales—including 200 Pernambuco, 84d to 9d ; 520 Bahia, 74d to 7 d ; 700 Egyptian, 80 to 9d ; and 500 Surat, 51- 4 d to 6d—are re ported 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 ate on speculation and for export. THE LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET. (Review for the Month of March) Some sales have been made in the late arrivals of Austra lian at rather higher prices, as also in fine Buenos Ayres, which are still in good request. For East India there is a good demand ; sales have been made, in second hands, at a shade above public sale rates ; but the small stocks in im porters' hands are kept for our next public auctions, which will probably take place towards the middle or latter end of the present month. Considerable sales have been made in Peruvian sheeps wool, chiefly for export. For Alpaca there has also been more inquiry, and some large parcels have found buyers at medium quotations. The imports from the Mediterranean and Levant continue very limited, our pre sent range of prices holding out no encouragement to im porters. Egyptian has been in fair demand, realising rather higher rates. Turkey, Smyrna of all descriptions, from that quarter, have been neglected, and Mohair is in less demand. Donskoi of good combing quality saleable but scarce, and inferior sorts heavy of sale. The fine qualities of Portugal and Spanish inquired for, but no stocks ; other sorts for the moment neglected. English wools, particularly combing skin and fleece, have experienced some improvem en t b o th in demand and price, but Scotch wools are quiet and with out alteration. MANCHE! STER CORN MARKET, MARcH 31 Markets slenderly attended, and little disposition for business. Choice samples of English wheat sold at full rates, being in limited supply, but other kinds are neglected. Flour scarcely enquired for; millers'and ,factors not being disposed to take l e s s mone y. O a t s an d oatmeal, little doing. Beans and Indian corn sold slowly at previous prices. -MARCH 31 LONDON PRODUCE MARKET SUGAR : The market has a more stead !t week's prices have been freely paid. aisu flu appearance, and Refined market COFFEE has,an upward tendency; the result of the Dutch company's spring sale yesterday has materially strengthened our market. TEA : Although the letters received from China very gene rally expressed decided opinions as to the prospect of very short supplies this year, they have not yet influenced the market. The public sales commenced to-day, and are pro- gressing steadily RloEremain; quiet. SALTPETRE continues dull of sale. GINGER: Rough Bengal, first-class (damaged), sold at 15s 9d. JUTE has further declined lOs to 15s, COTTON : No sales reported, Markets generally dull. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-141 - Ancx 31. All new hops continue in good request, partly on specu lation, and the show of samples very moderate. Fine yearlings are held for an advance. The inquiry for other kinds was heavy. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET—. For all kinds of stock, the supplies of which were very moderate, there was a very slow trade. Beef, mutton and veal supported late rates, but lamb gave way 2d to 4d per Blbs. Beef, 3s 4d to 5s ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 6d, veal, 3s 10d to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s to 4s 2d, per 81bs., etc. Beasts, British 812, foreign 54 ; sheep and lambs, British 5,154, foreign 800 ; calves, British 100, foreign 70 ; pigs, British 270. MAnctt 31 LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—MAncn 3L The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 52s 6d net cash ; Petersburgh Y. C., on the spot, 533 3d ; April, 53s ; April to June, 525; October to December, 53s 9d to 545. LONDON MINING MARKET.—MARCH 31. In the mining market to-day the principal feature has been a considerable advance in Hingston Downs shares, which are now quoted 6 . i to 71. East Wheal Russell shares are quiet, at 15 to 16. Shares in East Basset and Wheal Margaret are enquired f or . St. John del Rey Mining shares have bee,. 11h. Foreign and Colonial descriptions are generally inanimate. alt in at LONDON MONEY MARKET,--141An0n 31 Consols very inactive at 954 to 95 but prices have, in some instances, the tone of the market is rather h 4.; Shares very mac ed a little. French improved. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—MARCH 31. A less supply of wheat, and all qualities realised fully the currency of this day week. Barley could not be bought cheaper. Oats gave way about 6d per cwt. Beans and peas unaltered. - DUBLIN CATTLE MARKET.—MARex 31. There was a slight falling off in numbers this week. Prime beef supported previous rates ; middling and unfin is'hcd more difficult to sell ; a reduction of say lOs to 16s per head submitted to. Sheep more easily sold ; prime ranged from id to id per lb more money, and all pretty well sold up. Beef, 50s to 60s and 63s per owt ; mutton, 7d to Bd , per lb ; lambs, 22s to 23s ; veal, 8d tip 9d per lb. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET.—llincri 31. Large supply of cattle at to-day's market, the demand for which was very dull, and prices fully £1 per head lower than our last quotations ; a clearance was not effected. Number of sheep also I large, and 'sales slowly effected at lower prices. Top Scotch oxen worth 62s per cwt ; Irish oxen worth 60s per cwt ; secondary, 52s to 's6s ; middlint and inferior, 45s to 50s ; mutton, 8d to nd per lb. Num• ber at market, 1,114 cattle, 1,723 sheep. GLASGOW IRON MARKET.-ILutan 31. Market quiet. The following were the quotations : No. 1,52 s 3d to 52s 6d ; warrants, 52s 6d to 52s 9d makers' iron, 52s 3d to 52s 6d ; No. 3,52 s 3d to 62s 6d. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S.-YESTERDAY LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. —4,000 to 400 igst Promised Land (t) Mn. ROEBUCK'S AMENDMENT. -- The Daily Hews does not regard Mr. Roebuck's amendment with much favour. Just as the house is preparing for a division, he steps in to postpone an issue, and seeks to replace the positive and practical engagement of Lord John Russell's resolution by a pledge which is merely formal. To SHIPPERS AND EXPORTERS. —A most profitable article of export, to warm climates especially, are the Self cleansing Charcoal Filters, patented by Messrs. Saunders and Co., of 16, Parker-street, Liverpool—in fact they are invaluable wherever there is bad water. S. and Co, allow 4 liberal discount on export and wholesale orders. in exct THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 1 1859 sons and daughters by her former marriage, one of them broke the man's head with a poker.. Mn Cobb : Served him :right. Mr. muck And another robbed him of £22. Mr. Cobb : A good job that. Mr Bluck : And last night she went and stole his, time. piece. Mr. Cobb : Took time by the forelock ! Mr. Black : She took a knife and a poker to him, and Mr. Cobb : I wonder it was not the tongs she took with the poker, instead of the knife, for you know the " poker and tongs to each other belonms, and the kettle sings songs, all in family glee." Mr Bluck : This was'nt family "glee" at all. Mr. Cobb : Well, I suppose it was a beautiful quartett, for there appears to have been four of them at it, " hammer and tongs" and all. Mr. Black:: Your musical this morning, my friend. Mr. Cobb : No,.there is nothing here but discords, flats and sharps. Mr. 'Black : Who are the flats ? Mr. Cobb : Excuse me for not supply ing you with the information on that point, but I know you are sharp, and that's enough for present purposes. Mr. muck bowed, and called the complainant, a' big lubberly-looking foreigner, with a face like an eclipsed moon, who told about the same sort of story that Mr. Bluck had endeavoured to tell for him, but not quite so intelligible. Cross-examined by Mr. Cobb What are you ? Witness : What are you, sir ? Air: Cobb : I'm a lawyer ; now, what are you ? - Witness : Then I'm a man ! (as much as to say that a gentleman learned in the faculty of the law does not come under that term). Mr. Cobb: Yes, but are you not a very bruteish man? Oh, that's because I'm a foreigner. Mr. Cobb : Did you not rob this woman of £39, and run off to America ? Yes, only I went in a ship. I did not run all, the way. Mr. Cobb : Were you ever at Bangor with her ? Eh ! what's that ? Mr. Cobb : Now I'll touch you on the raw. Were you ever at Bangor with her, sir, four years ago ? Where is that place, sir ? Mr. Cobb : In Wales. Were you not there with her, and went through a marriage ceremony with her in a church, by a clergyman ? Witness : Oh, let her show the marriage lines, if she can. Mr. Cobb : Come, sir, answer. Did you not marry her there four years ago ? Witness: No, it is more than six years ago. Mr. Cobb : Oh, then, your Worship, he confesses it—he is married to her. The witness roared, as loud as a big bull, that he was not married to her. Mr. Cobb : Need I say a word after this, your Wurship ? Mr. Mansfield : It seems to me that we are losing a good deal of time, and that man says the woman stole his timepiece! Mr. Cobb (to the witness) : Why did you let her take it ? I was afraid. Mr. Cobb : Of what ? Why, that she'd break it first, and then break my head after it. Mr. Cobb : That's broke alroady. Who smashed in the back part of your skull that's plastered up so ? Her son did that ? Mr. Cobb were you not a shirtless, shoeless, moneyless coatless— Mr. Black (interrupting) : I wish we had less of this. Mr. Cobb : Pocketless, hatless, characterless home when you went to lodge with her nine years ago ? No ; I was'nt a hoino no more than you are. Mr. Cobb : Well, suppose you were not a home, which your actions proclaim you are not, were you not all the rest? Oh, that's because I'm a foreigner. Mr. Cobb then went on to state that the prisoner was a widow, and had a well furnished house and plenty of property nine years age, when she took the complainant to lodge with h er . Th e y lived some time together, and then went to Bangor, where they were mar ried. (The complainant again roared like an ox, that he was not married to her, and shouted for the marriage lines.) A servant girl in the house said she always called her " mistress," and never heard that they were not married till the night before. The prisoner acted alway sas the mistress of the, house, and had engaged her. The parties always occupied the same bedroom. The prisoner was discharged, and the complainant left the box bleating like a big calf, and so ended this case of time-stealing, amid peals of laughter. APPLICA TON FOR PROTECTION FROM A RUSBAND.-Mr. Bluck, before the court rose, applied to his - Worship for an order of protection, under the Divorce Act, on behalf of Mrs. Jane Brandon, of Lower. Pitt-street, to protect her from the interference of her husband, Carl Brandon a shipping . master. He stated that the parties were married some six years back, but that Mrs. Brandon had been so badly treated by her husband, that she was obliged to leave him, and was now living with her father. Her friends were about to put her into business, and for this purpose the order was required, to protect her from the interference of her husband, who might come and claim the fruits of her industry, if not protected from him. The applicant was then handed the book, in order to be sworn, when the officer of the court, requested her to take off her glove., Mr. Bluck said one of the learned judges here at the last assizes, had decided that it did not make any difference whether a person had a glove on or not when being sworn. Mr. Mansfield said, that learned judge had been severely criticised for that observation. He (Mr. Mansfield) thought it better to adhere to the, old form, as it carried more solemnity iu regard to the obligation of the oath. The lady ; was sworn, and laid such a case before His Worship as induced him to make the order at once. TitANSFER OF PUBLICANS' LICENSE Yesterday was the semi-quarter day for transfer of pub licans' license, and Messrs. Sheil and Houghton sat for the purpose of hearing the cases of transfers. The following transfers were granted: From Joseph Romero, Atherton street, to S. Francisco: William Smith, Brunswick-road, to William Conasa. John Pigott, Dale-street, to Frank Low, F ICr Henry Jr uwara cooper, Eart-street, to ones. James Ryan, Epworth-street, to Mr. B. Baine. Anne Clerk, Everton Village, to Richard Dolson. John Vickers, Fontenoy-street, to John Evans. Anne Eliza Madsen, James's-street, to Edward King. Charles Squire, Islington, to Richard Barton. William Russell, King-street, to Eliza Adamson. John Billington, Kitchen-street, to John Findlay. Wm. Hulme, Leeds-street, to 11. K. Sugeant. John Thomas, London-road, to John Dodd. David Richardson Sunne-street, to Joseph Bespham. H. R. Sergeant. reet, to John Vicldrs Ellen Davie' (dead), Mersey ii -street, to John • . PuHord. Joseph Norbury, Regent-street, to Alicia Potter. John Roberts (dead), Smithfield-street, to Anne Roberts. James Harris, Trafalgar-street, to Geor g e Little. William Mitchell (dead), Upper Ma nn - s t ree t, to Elizabeth Mitchell John Norman, Vauxhall-1:o ) John Mercer. James vine, Wapping, to John Orrell. Nicholas Murphy, Waterloo-road, to .William Fairhurne. The following removals were granted : --William Scott, from 46, Green land-street, to No. 2, Spencer-street, Everton. John Tra bucco, from 8, Crosshall-street, to No. 2, Tarlton-street, Evetton. • HEAL' II COMMITTEE, The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday. Mr. Alderman Dover in the chair. The other members present were—M Crellin, Beckwith Anthony, Barton, Avison, ite, Vernon, Bowring, lloclson;Ilaydock, ' and Gladstone. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspector of Nuisan ces reported various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 88 nuisances, complained of by inhabitants had been inspected and means taken to remedy them; 1,044 houses in the unhealthiest disctricts, con taining 3,127 apartments and 476 cellars, had been put under examination with the view of improving their sanitary condition, and 168 lodging-houses had 'also been examined and reported upon. that, in tl ie week steed in the MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening. `The sales in the Liverpool Cotton . Market Have again been large, and the tone of the market con tinues firm, and prices steady at the highest point. 'The sales to-day amount to 10,000 bales, and include 3,000 taken for speculation and expbrt. There has been very little business transacted in the Liverpool Stock Market, and with the absence of business prices generally have shown a downward movement. The transactions were : Caledonian, 821; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 941, 94i.1, 94e ; Midland, 1011, 1011 ; South Eastern, 211, 21 8-16 ; Great Western of Canada, new, 4 13-16 d. There was a rather better feeling after official hours, and the transactions were more numerous, the sales commising East Lancashire at 921; Great Westerns at 591 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire at 911 ; London and North Westerns at 95; and South Eastern and Dovers at 21 3-16. The final closing quotations were : —Blackburn, 111, 1 1.? ; ; Chester and Birkenhead, 631, 644 ; Caledonian, 821 ' xd 821 ; Eastern Coun ties, 11 15-16, 12 1-16 ; East Lancashire, 921, 93 ; Great Northern, 103, 104 •, Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great Western, 59,1, 59H • Lancashire and York shire , Stock, 94-1., 94Z- ; London and North Western Stock, 95, 94; Do. one-eighth shares, 15-16, d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381, 381; Midland Stock, 101 Z, 1021; North ritish, 59, xd* 591 ; North Staffordshire, 41, 41 d ; North Eastern Berwick, 921, 93 ; York and North Midland, 77, 771; Leeds Capital Stock, 47, 471 ; South Eastern and Dover, 21 3-16, 211 ; Dutch Rhenish, 44, 4 d ; Great Western of Canada, .16, 161 ; Do. New Shares, 42- d ; Great Luxembourg, 6 15-16, 7 1-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 81 7 7' 9 ; Lombardo-Venetian, IZ, 11 p ; Ditto New Shares, 4, 1 p. A sale of ships took place to-day, at Messrs. Cunard, Wilson and Co.'s sale room, when the Cum berland barque Fatima, 373 tons register, built in 1834, and coppered, was put up at £5OO, and sold for £1,360. The British built barque Ellen, 368 tons register, was bid up to £1,400, but this being below the owners limit she was withdrawn at £2,000. The new ship Celuta, 368 tons register, was also offered, but withdrawn. The usual monthly Wool Circulars have been issued to-day. Messrs. Perkins and Robinson say : There has been but little animation in the Wool Market since the date of our last report. The • home trade have bought only sparingly and to supply present wants, and for export there has been a moderate demand, confined to certain suitable classes. The more favourable prospects as regards the maintenance of peace, have, however, pro duced an improved feeling as the month cl o ses ; there is more confidence in the future, and a greater disposition to operate on the part of buyers generally. Messrs. W. Greame, and Co. say : The chief feature of interest in the Wool trade during the past month has been the public sales in London, of which we gave a fall report in our advices of 19th ultimo ; since that date there has been a decidedly better feeling in the trade generally, but our market still continues very barely supplied with good useful Foreign Wools ;—such sorts as are in current demand being taken up on arrival at rather improved rates. Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, say : During the greater part of the month ci r c ums t ances h ave tended to keep the wool market in an unsettled state, which has rendered a continuance of ca u ti on necessary, and there has been no disposition to purchase beyond immediate requirements. Since matters have assumed a more pacific aspect a marked improvement has manifested itself, and in many kinds of English combing. wools an advance of fully per lb. may be quoted, and if confidence were only fully restored a vigorous business would at once set in, leading inevitably to higher . prices ;. for notwithstanding the dulness that has prevailed since the beginning of the year stocks are universally admitted to be extremely light, particulaily so in consumer' hands, the mills having in the meantime been kept in full operation, and there are still three months before the home clip will he fully available. The Public Sales in London closed on the 15th instant. Fine colonial ranged fully equal t o th e p rev i ous sa l es en di ng i n N ovem b er last, excepting for fine scoured, which were rather lower, owing to the absence of foreign competition. East Indi a wools, which offered an indiffrent selection, sold about on a par with our last January Public Sales. . The London Stock market has been very quiet all day, and without a single event worthy of especial iiotiot, Consols °pc/led -j ut about the sirtme point as at the close yesterday, and without any material change, and finally closed at 95 11-16 to 95 13-16. The London Share market, was very dull from the opening to the close, and with but little business, prices - were . lower, closing as follows :—Ambergate, Nottingham and Eastern Junction, 61 , ; Caledonians, 82+, 821; Eastern Counties, 591, 601 ; East Lanca shire, 92, 93 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 72, 73 ; Great Northern, 1021, 1021 ; Great Westerns, 581, 59 •, Great Western of Canada, 161; Grand Trunk of Canada, B+, 94-; Great Southern and Western, 105, 106 ; Lancashire and 'Yorkshire, 941 ; London and North-Western, 941, 951 ; London and South- Western, 92+, 93 ; Leeds Northern, 465, 47+ ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381,-- ; Midland Stock, 1011, 102 ; North :British, ex. div., 58+, 59 ; South Eastern and Dover, 701, 71 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 92+, 922 • York and North Midland, 4 76 t, 761. Advices from New York to the 19th ultimo have been received. The Money market was •easier, and loans were freely negociated at four per cent. Ex change on England was without change, the quo tations being 1091 to 1094. The Cotton market, though not very active, was firmer, and prices look ing up. At New Orleans an advance of an eighth of a cent per pound was established. The arrival of the heavy portion of the Aus tralian mail, by the steamer Teviot, is announced to day, and the letters will be delivered in Liverpool this (Friday) morning. _ The Corn itverages for the week ending the 26th of March, have been published to-day, and show as follows :—Wheat, 40s. ; Barley, 345. 2d: ; Oats, 235. 4d. ; Rye, 325. 9d.; Beans, 40s. 6d.; Peas, 38s. 10d. Private advices from Alexandri of the 21st March report that, under the apprehension of war, the Cotton Market had declined until the 16th, when more favourable accounts being received, prices at once advanced $4-- per cantar and buying became general. Holders of wheat were realising an advance of piastres 10, and supplies were sent from Alexandria to Suez for shipment to Jeddah, but this demand subsequently slackened, and prices. remained 3 above the quotations of last There was a little speculative 80,. or 30s : 5d per qr. f. o. b., t. but there were sellers at piasti about piastre; buying at Prr re-sale on 76. The SHIPPING INTELLIGENCI4' HIGH WATER. Morn. Even. Ileight. .....93 1 .•.. 10 10 .•.. 1 1 5 WIND Tins DAT —Light breeze At LITERpooL,—N.I " HoLTILEAD,—N.E.— ARRI V I D. c a lcgt? .. • • • • • ville ovi Renneys . ..... .• • ! , ,, in ) Wm. M e lhuish (new -1'1;04 Confidence Nantes Industrie Nantes John Bright ....New York Jeremiah Thorripson. Mobile , Great Western ..New York I Watchword Joseph Steele Calcutta SAILED Aden Hong Kong Bohallard . Dora 'Venice Phoenix ...... Pride of Canada . . Montreal Regina.. ..... • Gondar M R Ludwig Daniel Dyer . ...Rio Janeiro Clemente ..P ort -au Charleston York E S a l t r a i e h B . r d . g . ........ ................. Bridget Cassina St Thomas Carl ......... .•- • " Marmion Bahia Richard Fredwin.:t or Caros Lisbon Reprise ....... • • Pandora Dantzic Secundina Ocean Bride—Camden, Maine Carolina .. Clarissa Leghorn Atalantique Wilsons Malta Osiris iDliti MARITIME EXTRACTS L IV ERPOOL The crew of the Vesta, Potter, hence LIVERPOOL ` which foundered in Gaspar Straits on the lltt previously reported), arrived at Pamannkav7 after being six days in their boats. The Cornwall, whi c h s p rung a l ea k at SingartT isE e loading for London, was near l y di sc harged on Sia Jon' ‘ jl, Feb, and would be ;e-copperei j ~f , WreC:r" LLOYD'S LONDON, Ma rc h 31 : A quantil washed ashore a short ti me s i nce; also - a bottle. de tb letters—"J Beazley, Esq., Liverpool," with by board ship Jessie, Bardsey Island bearing SE 1„, Wer, March. [Aem.—Ship Jessie Beazley sailed, fre , o‘*" pool 19th March, (in tow of a steamer) for lit e loing;:, on the 20th from Bardsey, when the steamer NI; Bes 2 .t t`• letter, with returns from the captain, address eu f , et' Esq, was thrown overboard in a bottle to the sfp the sea was too rough for the steamer to pick s c " is the letter picked . up at Aberdovey, which letter flan 0 41 0 1 Liverpool to-day.] The George Knell, arrived here from gaza,"„•,ll l,- ii was in contact with a steamer at 10 o'clock las t ~- f isie r lost head, bowsprit, cathead, stern, &c. T he supposed to have received cons id era ble damag e ' forll3ooali e i ii -h to BELFAST, March 31: Th e b r i g J a ne, of a from Ayr, in coming up th e r i ver l as t night, I t to pre T by the Prince of Wale s ( s ), f or Fleetwood, and to cp her striking was run ashore. The steamer Po ce 'ot BARCELONA, March 26 : The Ter (ss), has D a' ticl' - with goods in fore and aft compartments veil biclt is maged by water. SHANGHA.E, Feb 5 : The Euphrates, arrived here from Formosa, is leaky, having a rli fori ll m l her anchors, and got ashore in Keeling llarbt r ber_at," CAPE TOWN, Feb 19 : The Lord Raglan, Feb. tan,t Swan River, which arrived here on the 18th r'tbe bb the ground on the east shore while beating v . ' bui came off immediately without damage._ CAPE GOOD HOP; Feb 18 : The Orient,ooB,4 which - put in here on the 10th instant, frota'„taill London, weighed anchor on the 12th, the posing all his people were on board, and a s tr°ll 'ts, 31 ' 1 favouring his departure. In a letter to the gent Borradaile, Thompson, Hall, and Co., af te n r doil; captain states :—" Ju s t aft er th e s hip . was 11- passenger named Lutterell was behind in a boatia se to take him on boa r d. H av i ng j us t been foul °1 1 0 1 (which had dragged he r a nc h ors ) I could not tai r board until I was outside of the s u ipping, wh ere 4 ri to, and allowed the b oa t t o c ome a longside, ti him on board. Th e s hip h av i ng som e way on i:: 11 ' 4 ,4! dropped slightly astern, and her sail getting _• the main brace of the ship, caused the boat to iti on d could be got clear. I lowered both my be, jfil t three of the men ; but a boy, brother to and one man (hi s friend) went down with tn s in nothing then cou ld b e done, and my ship I",4eerPoi confusion, and a heavy south-easter blowing , advisable to land •th os e save d o n Robben I , c 07,41 after writing this explanation, proceeded on 11 *. o tb: r it Captain Lawrence, in the handsomest mann er i (s his agents to pay £2O to the owner of the beg, e gu o ti p.;uese naive cad affair whose liz: juleoussbehene the Baron, when three witnesses were examine e, been picked up and l an d e d on R o bb en Islan"' ' one (Mr. Cunni ng h am , o f th e W e lli ng ton Joici v co- detailing the pa r ti cu l ars o f an even t w hi c h nea r re . 1 his own life. At the close of this statement be d oi th o p with respect to the gentleman who was drop' t. f oit boy : " Mr. Curtis was a chemist and dro . e i gile g i d heard him speak of his mother, who lives °2 ' . g l ow Cambridge, and I am anxious that intelligence forwarded to her by some one." _ 11 (51 OUTPORTS. 13Zii•eir. • GRAVESEND, , March 31. Arrived : The I° l4 from Calcutta ; T wo B ro th ers , Harlingen l ia 3'6l l3er Leone ; Wellingt on , Sh ang h ae ; N ep t u ne, 1)„,r 3 ,c,;ie: 4, ,p; aua, Frederickstadt ; Villa, Frederickstadt ; ieh bak ; Charlotte, Dram ; Queen of the West, St. P . ' t ip Asia, St Vincent; Lew Chew, Port Philip. , f r o nIZA DEAL, March 31.--Passed : The Wynana , • ;`", 0 4; urra cbeei t A ct o to London ; Esmesdale, London to lk London to Boston; British Queen, London t ° ,,, Latima, London to Magadore; Sarah New ll l, l " . 3 'c ; to London; Belle of Devon, London to Algna lgon, London to Bombay ; Anna, Londo,n;joe London to Messina ; Sptroid, Albemarle, to Colombo ; Great B r ' _ Clevelan( Vincent; to Montreal QUEENSTOWN, St. Jo' ic e "fulo March 31 —Arrived )o, from Mauritiwir The Eugenie, for Rachel Lowbiuga, Waterff'ru' Off: James ( $ h 31.—Arrived at Kingstor s ' a ilca; Valparaiso, for Maryport, . 911 ' gorgtl Belfast ; Jeannette, - Sherwin ; ora .rrived at Dubli n : Sylphide, ales, Giovanni Steffall°' Port Glasgov Tyler, Hairibure:l mouth, fro Nantes, fox Glasgow. Bonne Union, Lucon Sailed : Sylph, for London. 13, • BELFAST, March 31.—Arrived : The P.,. a back./ Riga. Sailed: Maldina (ss), for London; - 1-4 pool; George and Wilhelm, Liverpool. surpr i ' l GREENOCK, 'March 31.—Sailed: The FOREIGN FORTS. Ad, frm Ranoon Walter vance Mor o ice, Mor China ice at , from g London at C 3letit l t o NO Progress, from Moulmein, and Startled F 3 Renown, from Singapore at Akyab Mazagan, Townsend, hence at Cochin Nepaul, Smith, from Galle at Cochin Empress, Rankin, from Gaujam at Colom bo African, Gibson, from Cochin at Colombo Ile Medium, Humphr e y, f rom C o l om bo at Ga ll Canadian, Guthrie, hence at Calcutta Lady Clarendon, Wilkie, hence at Calcutta Oliver Putnam, Smith, hence at Calcutta laidriof Demetrius (ss), Yo ung , from Beirut at Ale' —do left for Liv Arcadian pool March 16 ss), Clare, from A ill e 4 IrS araM, from-CieoXnasntatteitritaOlt4:9; )(orb. Pacific Weser I, from Galway at ew York t New York Alexandre' d for Liver sailed for'l Gannett (ss),% Ellen, David, I <I.IJ 01, .1,4 ont, from Magaski at Shangu‘ Tom Roberts, hence at Genoa Bordeaux s l : r c le o ul nnor, en fr:o e q '.-.7.v,i-an-n Riverutta at Si at Rang °°3 Sgut song at liana ce at Manilla from Hon, at Manill AND "TH BITTTER 3f° L'9 s Dina,Aoes Isior. a Mempl Polataise, Guthri Joven Rosa.rio, hen Lancashire Witch.' Deva, from Syd BRIGHT ! (Air- Villikins ana - Oh 'tis of a famed merchant who in LiverP°sll Who supply folks with Butter who want it t_o , His name it is Kelly, you scarce need be told, Whose Butter is worth all our silver and g°ll3utter-i' As Kelly was weighing out Butter one qaY m , a y, In walks REFORM BRIGHT, and to lulu o Come leave your shon Kelly. and with me Ff,;;ApaY Oh I no, my brave BRIGHT, ty?t,wo] ;o to SC To serve Engt That's a good noble Kell You're a " Brick," my ht robe nahisdingot to Send me weekly, her ~.. -- ~~= ton of your Eut c i—Butter-li— ingin'—Butter-u -• -MORAV. ' ~. to b °l Now all you who want butter, persuaded ow in -- 1 ,, / , ' it• bt, So 74ever don't by no means be to ,- s u ite riF bir And as all want full value for their "ten," an d q bn / 04-- T billl ' of Kelly the Batten:Dan, and Reformer Jo . rom Cork at *lit e° si r trr to n Oil Fe ?It 4