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GO FORTH INTO THE ( Go forth into the country, From a world of care and Go forth to th And the sunshine's open sr. It shall clear thy clouded bro It shall loose the worldly cc That binds thy heart too clos( Thou man of care and toil ! Go forth into the country Where gladsome Make the I. With fresher. quicker bow They shall wake fresh life wil The mind's enchanted bow Go, student of And try a Go forth intc With its songs of h its fertile val. Alive with flock Against the Is its d herds, 3f sadness Go forth and dream no idle drea 0 visionary maid ! .Go forth into the country Where the nuts' xi he strawberry nestles And the holly-berries season bath its treasures, Like these all free and wild— Ilee from the Who would kei Thou happy, art And many an altar on its Lille Sacred to peace a And whilst with grateful fervor Thine eyes its Worship the God who REVIEWS OF BOOKS -4--- Thomson's Poetical W With I &c. lilfillan. Edinburgh : JareesNic ch the al The very handsome volume of wh. forms . the title is one of the subscription series to which we have already directed favourable attr Lion. The high poetic enthusiasm of 0 — combined with fb- tne very cheap mode in which the series is furnished to the public, must ensure for it popularity. As s- a wide Mr. G ESTIMA.T k certain careless g • about hi 3f Inda were often v. lay in his d, and in the He did, indeed. we quote his with whi mature manhood ; so th thirty, in freshness excelled mor^ picture or the ng the Torrid ae than a I thu?iasin for natt iy bathin [ore a su ne is a refined sp., Without committi- —yes to a perfect ide. tity of opinion in every statement made in the above extract, it must be admitted to evir general accuracy of judgment, and by r illiberal or untrue estimate of Thor What we look on as the the British Pot correct typography, and a pure text ) mean edition of are general beauty of appearan Thoughts. A Magazine of Literature, Science, &c. London : Kent and Co. In this repertoire of domestic or fire-side litera re, we have an excellent home miscellany embracing memoranda in elementary education, useful family recipes, domestic hints, orignal tales and poetry, and, though last not least, tical les sons i n crochet, netting good prac , embroidery, and the oth er mysteries of what are denominated " lathes' work." The volume is neatly got up in all respects ; and, from its interesting variety and comprehensive usefulness, will be welcomed as a home library at many a parlour hearth. lit vg's Instructor. Edinburgh : James Hogg. The December number of this periodical com pletes its first volume as a monthly serial. It continues to maintain a crPditqhle place among the periodical literature of the day and unlike several of the old-established monthlies, which, professing a politico-literary character, have gradually with drawn from political strife, Hogg, affecting a non political destiny, is deeply imbued with political bias, which occasionally manifests it se lf i n a f orm considerably more than inferential. With its politics we entertain no feeling of sympathy; its literary cha rac t er i stics we recognise in a friendly, though not adulatory strain. Its contents are always varied, and often possessed of deep interest. The present number will bear a favourable com parison with any of its predece ssors . It com mences with a b r i e f, but, interesting biographical sketch o f " Hugh Miller," i editor of the Edinburgh Witness, and author of several popular, as well as valuable and original works on Geology. Mr. Miller is a remarkable and creditable specimen of a hard-headed, horny-fisted, but warm-hearted Scotchman ; self-educated, self-reliant, and emi nently intellectual : who, through native talent and indomitable energy, has fought his way from the obscure and arduous manual toil incident to labour ing in a stone-quarry, to occupy a proud and widely -recognised position as an intellectual lumi , nary. Another paper in this number is devoted to a biographical notice of " William Paterson, founder of the Bank of England, and of the Scotti s h co l on y of Darien." This a memoir, though brief, and, on the whole, rather meagre, is both interesting and IPortant. From it we learn that the Bank of England is not the only institution for which London is indebted to the sagacity and enterprise of Paterson. "In his early residence in London, he engaged in an enterprise for supplying . its :in habitants with good water, " and was joint lessee of the Hampstead works." Though an assiduous, as Well as an intelligent merchant, Paterson was 'likewise - warmly attached to intellectual and literary pursuits. He was the associate and fellow-labourer of Addison, Steele, Budgett, and others, who were, and still are, considered literary lions of that period. To a thorough knowledge of commercial business of every kind, Paterson added to his literary accomplishments no mean skill as a prac tical agriculturist ; and he is understood to have been the original of Addison's " Sir Andrew Free port." Some idea of the quality and extent of Paterson's accomplishments may be gathered from what he narrates in relation to his own library of trade. The observations, though plain, are not unworthy of the pen of a " Merchant Prince" of those days, and may be perused with advantage, as well as satisfaction, by the aristocracy of commerce ft of the present time. PATERSON'S PRE-REQUISITES FOR TRIDE. "My collection," he says, " gives some better idea than what is commonly conceived of the tracts or treaties re quisite to the knowledge and study of a matter so deep and extensive as trade and revenue; which, notwithstanding the noise of so many pretenders, as we have already had, and are still troubled with, may well be reckoned never yet to have been truly methodised, perhaps but tolerably considered 1 revenues are here ant togpii any other) reven' come'or increase digested, nay, nor any. Trade and Public (or, indeed, ly parts or b;anchei of the in navigation, extrf all of them. So now rising.) atria and from the induct ,griculture;manufactories, schern — e;, m and it is.hopea a is not only requisite I all books, pamphlets revenues, nai Whether and tories. vovaD• strattedly from ti;cleeit v m and anderstood effects of wars. eon lathig to trade iptions, and accounts of stoms of countries ; that in what mann, The vario otherwise it tiollB Of th lations, plenty Ae, wh( )mpel brevit welcometoa like that of Li tblbear ure • In literat will indicative at taent. quote other illustx and practical ea 21 e Dttb Iligent con A, but we fl lite r te number 131. wve2.th oggoing • wi z a eoun Po Anti rare Pnetie fail in bei aiereial popnlati 1 warned and ml radiance, and the eglantine. In tile favoured with rich banquet of under the titlea of A Peep at fiery of tho Garrick Club; ' Dublin the pang year wi the we disciplined hand and fine taste of our old favourite, J. W. Calcraft, are readily perceptible. To this succeeds a graphic memoir of Mr. T. C. Grattan, under the head of " Our Portrait Gallery." It is illustrated by a cleverly-etched likeness of Mr. Grattan. The literary renown of this Irish celebrity will be deemed ample apology for intro ducing to our readers the following short sketch, extracted from the memoir illustrative of POLICE COUR T.-YESTERDAY, 4 GRATTAN'S FIRST STAGE ON THE ROAD TO POPULARITY Determined to push his fortune in the metropolis of France, Grattan removed to Paris, and gave himself heart and soul, to literature. Here, amongst other ad Intages, he had the good fortune to become acqua: li many of the celebrities of the day—with Moore and - -+on Irving. - - , —with De Imongst English write Marehang; He now wi Beranger, Casimir de Lavinge, De Lamarti. Pierre Le Brun, amongst French authors a constant contributor to the English periodicals, writin in, amongst other s , th e W es t m i ns t er an d th e Edi n b urg h Reviews, and the New Monthly Magazine, while edited by Campbell. The genius and capabilities of Grattan ap- pear to have been - thoroughly appreciated by one of a kindred mind. Washington Irving saw that his friend nssessed great descriptive powers—a quick instinct, that Ibled him to understand all the mysteries of human Lions, and a lively and life-like ability in ,^^-` ; added to these a gre -.l' to be the vehicle of ins versat... phase, whether of pathos, or humour, or sentimentality . or moralising. By Irving's advice, Grattan reduced to order the memoranda of some of his touring, and sub mitted the manuscript to a London publisher. But the London publisher did not appreciate what was offered to him, and three others of his brethren were not a whit 1 mastery of Lnn,ina Tis a trite story in literature, and we Icould illustrate it by u where the rejected essaj first sten of the ladder Df the obseu; in our own d becar eminence. But Grattan thought not of this. When four publishers had pronounced his condemnation, he flung the manuscript aside as worthless, and turned again to his previous avocations. An accident, however, again brought it to light ; and a literary friend was so convinced of its merit, that he introduced the author to Mr. Whit- GRAY.taker, the eminent publishe r , who undertook to bring out 3ook ; anc d By-Ways. in due tim the first series of " High - war* ) Washincton "Ervin, issned Ifrom the pies's. The success of these delightful tales was great and rapid. They were thoroughly suited to th public taste, and to the t at which they appeared, shown with what The " Sketch-book" of Irving had he incidents of travel could be inve Vowed bat of Ajax in to institute no comparison between the two writers; ssuredly Grattan may say of Irving, as did Ulysses Non superatus . ab illo." There is a wonderful charm in these volumes, which takes captive the imagina tion, the intellect, the feelings—one scarce knows how, or stops to analyse ; lively, graphic, and wonderfully true large quani with them—the highest merit of all artistic works. - We may say of the pictures of Grattan what a painter once said to us, as we praised a foreign landscape—"C'est ne pas un tableau, c'est la nature." Grattan's name was now up. He had no need to court publishers. Several came forward with offers for .imilar tales ; and the result was, that two more series were quickly produced. C'est le premier pas qui torte is an aphorism the truth of which was experienced and illustrated in Grattan's case, as it has been in that of many another son of the Muses. Success, indeed, fol lowed,—but it is difficult to enchain Fortune to the chariot-wheels of even the most dashing genius ; and Grattan, eager in the journey towards affluence, embarked all he had or could command in some favourite speculation, which, like those of many a less imaginative adventurer, resembling Jona's gourd in the rapidity and magnitude of its growth, resembled it also in the suddenness with which it was shrivelled, and the bitter disappointment it entailed. In short, he was ruined. Varied sac- COURT ARID FAA }ll. cesses and reverses continued to pursue his literary career, till at last he was enabled to take shelter in the haven, at least of literary taste, as British Consul to the State of Massachusets, which appoint ment_he received in 1839. The second flight of " A Visit to Happy-Land" will be found.pervaded by a fine flow of genial humour ; while other tales and sketches contribute their respective degrees of excellence to support the reputation of this standard The Commerce of Liverpool. Liverpool : Baines. A valuable compilation by Kr. Braithwaite Poole, containing many interesting particulars of the several trades earned on in the port of Liver pool. It will, no doubt, prove very useful to the local authorities, as forming a guide by which to judge of the extent of business in the several articles of commerce, and the mode in which it is conducted ; but the statistics as to totals can only be received as presenting an approximation to the truth, inasmuch as they are compiled chiefly from brokers' circulars and customs' entries, neither of which can be depended on, in all cases, for strict accuracy. A _Dv.,ripeive Account of Ziverpoul, Ata it was during the Last Quarter of thre• Eighteenth century-1775 to 1800. Liverpool :J. Mawds ley and Son. Liverpool is not more a marvel for-the immense extent of its commerce than for the great rapidity with which it has risen from a small place, of little or no importance, within living memory, into being the great emporium and mart of all nations which we now see it. This-extraordinary rise has been chronicled in the work' before us by Richard Brooke, F.S.A., with whom it has been evidently a labour of love. He has not attempted a history of Liverpool,—a task which has been very ably performed by Mr. Thomas Baines, ,who began at the beginning, and continued .the narra tive down to the time of publication,--but he has confined his attention to the period mentioned in the title, and given copious details of the several events which have now become matters of history. To every inhabitant of Liverpool there is much: which will prove both curious and interesting,: while the general . reader may derive informa-. tion and entertainment from the numerous parti: , culars which Mr. Brooke has tints preserved from oblivion. The period referred to was one of rapid' increase of trade, as shown by the returns of shipping, the number of vessels,.. British and foreign, entered inwards and • cleared outwards having been 2,111 in 1775, and 4,371 in. 1801. It appears that in July, 1784 the first mail-coach was established between Liirerpool and Louden, and then it required few days to receive a reply. to a letter through the post-office, although: the journey was performed in thirty hours from..the Golden Lion, Dale-street, Some interesting- par ticulars are given sof the' Unanimous Society, which was established in 1754, and comprised most of the leading :men cf*Liverpool of that day, one of them being the father of the Yen, Arch deacon Brooks. Ft is a. book which will:` afford much gratification. to the- many who take interest in Liverpool, and. particularly to those, who are curious as to the manners and customs. of their forefathers, the details.- being intermixed with sundry allusions to more recent events, and the contrast which they present to by-gone days. The book is well got up, and. is embellished with several well-executed engravings. LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES PICKING POCKETS AT A ROHAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL. THE Courts opened for the trial of prisoners on Tues -George Pendleton, a young man about 18 years of age, day morning, at ten o'clock, Baron Alde rson p res idi ng was charged with picking the pocket of Mary Bryan, wife over that held in the place usually devoted to criminal of a labourer, on Sunday, in St. Peter's Roman Catholic trials, while Baron Martin occupied the bench in the other Chapel, in Seel-street. It appeared that the prisoner took court. The following gentlemen were sworn on the his seat beside Mrs. Bryan, and, while sitting, embraced the opportunity of picking her pocket of one shilling and GRAND JURY : sixpence. She felt his hand in her pocket, but on turning William Brown, Esq. (foreman), Richmond-hill, Liverpool. towards him he made off. She gave an alarm, and he was Henry Ashton, Esq., Woolton-wood, Liverpool. taken into custody. On being apprehended, he said he Henry Ashworth, The Oaks, Bolton. would give up the money if they would let him go. He Richard Birley, Esq., Manchester. had also picked the pocket of another woman, and at- Thomas Crook, Esq., Pendlebury, Manchester. tempted to rifle the pockets of a third. In defence, pri- James Hilton Ford, Esq., Chester. soner said that when apprehended he had offered to give Henry A. Grey, Esq., Liverpool. up all the money he had, rather than be disgraced, but John Grimshaw, Esq., Audenshaw-lodge, Manchester. he never admitted that he had stolen it, or that it was John William Harden, Esq., Liverpool. the property of Mrs. Bryan. He was committed for trial James Collier Harter, Esq., Tetlow-fold, Manchester. at the assizes. George Holt, Esq., Rake-lane, Liverpool. ILLEGAL PAWNING. John Roberts, a porter, was Henry R. Hoskins, Esq., Liverpool. charged by William Norman, Sawney Pope-street, with Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Oak-hill, Manchester. taking a pair of blankets from his bed, and making off John Buck Lloyd, Esq., Liverpool. with them. The prosecutor said the prisoner and his wife Thomas Edwards Moss, Esq., Roby-hall, Prescot. lodged in his house on Friday night last; on going into Robert Needham Philips, Esq., The Park, Manchester. prisoner's room he missed a pair of blankets which had not William P,athbone, Esq., Greenbank, Liverpool. yet been found. Prisoner said he and his wife had lodged William Stuart, Esq., 1, Rumford-place, Liverpool. in Norman's for the last five months, and during that Oliver Orme rod Walker, Es q ., Ch esham , Bury. time they had frequently been in the habit, when pushed Charles Carrill Worsley, Esq., Platt-hall, Manchester. for money, of taking articles out of their lodgings and Jas. Aspinall Turner,Esq.,Pendlebury-house, Manchester. pawning them to buy food, but they always relieved the In his address to the grand jury, Mr. Baron ALDERSON goods and restored them on the Saturday night. In this said that amongst the cases which they had to consider, case he said the same would have been done if he had beets were a number of charges of murder, one of a very serious allowed. Mr. Norman said several articles were missing, character, apparently resulting from that defective state and that he never gave permission for any such use to be of the law, as he thought, which permitted burial clubs to ' made of his property. Roberts was remanded for seven exist as they did at present. The motive in this case, if days. there were any motive, was to obtain a sum of money to THEFT OF COPPER Moxer.—Ann Howard, servant bury two little children,—a motive which might well with Mr. Murdoch, pawnbroker, in Marybone, was charged tempt a person of a bad mind to commit some offence, with having, yesterday, goneinto his shop and stolen from or, perhaps, the crime with which this person was charged. a drawer the sum of ten shillings and sevenpence half- It, therefore, behoved those who had influencein Parlia penny, in copper money. It appeared that in the morning ment,--and as he saw the foreman of the Grand Jury was Mr. Murdoch had, on going out, accidentally forgot to one of the members for the county, (Mr. Wm. Brown,) — take the key out of the shop door ; and in the course of he addressed himself to him to see whether he could not the day the prisoner was seen by Mr. Murdoch's daughter propose an easy and simple arrangement to put an end, coming out of the shop, where she had no business to perhaps, to-this crime. It seemed a most easy thing to him be. On loking over the money, it was found that the to prevent it, by prohibiting persons from giving money copper above-stated had been carried away. The prisoner for the purposes' of burial, Burial clubs should be in the course of the afternoon gone to the shop of Mr. palled to perform the burials themselves. They might Foster, a spirit-shop, and bought half a pint of whiskey, supply the funerals without any profit to members them which she paid for in copper. On being taken into ens- seltes. There would then be no surplus money handed tody she had one shilling and fourpence• in copper in her over, and this temptation to crime would be entirely taken , possession. Mr. Murdoch said the prisoner was in the away. Instead of giving money order that parents or' habit of getting intoxicated, yet he had kept her fora con- relatives might bnry, the' clubs should be compelled tce siderable time, although he had given her notice toleave ; furnish the undertaking, more or less sumptuous accord* he had been so mach annoyed by new girls; as he found* ing to the contributions; but never be allowed to furnish money. The Judge nett alluded to the' recent case of the murder of a policeman ; and pointed out that, if it were established that the eflieerwas justified in making the arrest, and was stabbed by the prisoner' in custody, the case- would be one of murder ;. but if the prisoner was un lawfully arrested, it woulSbe manslaughter: Proceeding to remark upon the crime' of stabbing, for - which there ' were seventeen committals- to the present. assize, he lamented that statistics dick not bear out the statement ' that stabbing was an un-English offence; for;,out of Se ninety-pine committed for stabbing in 1852 A-only nine were forei:gners,—thirty being'natives of Liverpool, four teen only being from the' rest ofEngland, while flirty-facer were from Ireland, and one each 'from Scotland and the Isle of Man. He called their seriena attention to the pre valence of thii-crime, with a view' to putting a stop to it. As far as he and his fellow-judges•were concerned';-they would do their - best to make examples when cases -were properly proved;: and, at the present assizes, they would reserve the sentences on these cases - to the close of ( the business, when they would see the full extent of the evil, and apply, as far'as they - could, the pruper remedy. Ad vevting to the boners rioting at Wigan, he said ; " There is another class of cases, in which two or three i per are aceusedjof a riot at Wigan, arising from that:l unhappy difference o 5 opinion between the workmen ante-I masters, which, I am sorry to say, has been so prevalent I in this , county of late not, indeed, in • this county alone, for this species off insanity is pervading almost all labourers in England. It has extended even to the agri cultural, districts,- and with the agricultemi /abouter it has as little good sense and as little reason , ' as it has in this case: The great waat of knowledge en the 'part of the geneml body of the people of the real causes which govern the rate of wages'- in the world is the principal cause of this evil. If they did: but know a more of that politlial economy whieh many people talk of and so few understand, they woulsee that this is not the way in which thn thing can be done, even if it were. desirable to be accomplished. It is lamentable that it should be so ; and one cannot helpthinking that it is from the want of experience that this matter aril, for, from theshortness of life in their,anufactueingdisihicts, the people employed there are gmetvally very young,- The proportion , of the experienced ttetheinexperieneed, then, is very small, and that when he changed one for ill-behaviour, he'always got a worse. The prisoner, who was represented as being re spectably connected, was committed for trial at the ses- EXTENSTrE ROBBERY OF SCRAP IRON. - PRtritk - DtIRR; a tall, gaunt looking man, dressed as a dock labourer,' was scrap-iron, the property of Messrs. A. and - G. Holme. It appea r ed that on the morning of Fr day last, a flat, loaded' with, scrap-iron, amonuting in all to. about five tons weight, and of the valte of L'3" 1-os. per ton, was brought to the quay of the Custom-house Dock destined for the Messrs. Holme. A little before eight o'clock in the morning; carts belonging to those gentlemen came for the iron,. and it was discovered that it had j us t b een remove d, by some one. On inquiry-, it turned out that a' lad, named John Toole; a carter,. had been employed by the prisoner and another man to take - the iron away, which he did, delivering it, as-desired, at therpremises of a ma rine store-dealer, named' M'COrmick - . Monneypenny, the detective officer, traced cut about threirtous of the metal, and was successful in apprehending the- prisoner, but as yet had not been able to , find his accomplice. The case was remanded. MR. DISRAELI, M.P., . is-onla visit at - Knowsley. Tin; QUEEN has knighted Lieut.-Colonel Archibald Bbgle, of the E. I. C.'s Bengal Establishment, Civil Com uthisioner in the Tenasserimand:Mataban%provinees. Tin QUEEN has appointed Captain Sir Charles notham, K.C.8., to be Lieut.-Governor of the tolOny of Vic toria: THE Duc DE BRABANT and -his august consort were to take leave of her Majesty mid Prince , Albert yesterday morning, and travel, via Dover and Ostend, without any stoppage; so as, if possible, to reach Belgium the same evening. TIKE - DUCHESS or OBLEANS.—The announcement in the highest circles of Paris of the marriage of the Duchess of Orleans has given another diversion to' the emotions- of the week. The certainty of the event is established in the minds of the Parisians beyond a doubt, although theTir _ aumstances are variously described: It is said . : that the marriage; although long-suspected, had hitherto remained unrevealed; until the idea of the fusion.was acceptedby the Dec •de - Nemours, when, upon -being called .upon ifor the reasons of- her refusal, to adhere to the terms propesed on:behalf of the Count de Paris; the duchess had at once declared -herself incompetent any longer to act-without the concurrence of her husband! The attachment which has led to the union is said to- date from the early -widowheod of the duchess, when the delicate sympathy and Unceasing devotion of the late dukels aid-de-camp gradually won their ., wayinto the heart of the young widow. The marriage,-,iti seems,is no new incident, buttook place not long afterthe revolution of '4B, when, the aid-de-campy following the fortunes of his august mistress and hevehildren, left- all' too umzu over -ner 11t1X.ctaf.t »u.l L lv rt-ee. , ax- Alias. DEPAILTIIRE OP lair AArrETCA.—Oir Saturday after noon the British and Xorth American Royal Mail steam ship America, Captairt W. J. C. Larim sailed from the , Mersey for Boston an& Tfalifai, with the. usual mails; passengers, and a large cargo. •. . - . . THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT.—At St. John's District Church, Birkenhead, on Sunday, the Rgir:. C. J. Hamilton,. the incumbent, in the-coarse of his sermon,-made an elk. - - quent and touching allnsion -to the melancholy death.: of the late Mr. Hind, whe was killed by the:falling of a wall in-South John-street,:last week. He said that one of - the• respected members of the congregation, who on the previ ous Sunday had twice attended Divine-. Service there, was. on the morrow suddenly called to surrender• his spirit to the .God Who gave it;: but it was a consolation to his-sores rowing relatives to believe -that his soul had wingoilt light to a brighter ands happier world:. SALUBRITY OF TEASSALL, NEAR -ORICSKIRIC.—II2,-,the, year 1800 there were ten persons interred in the church yard of this parish; church, whose:-ages, in the order , of their departure, was-as follows (the-deaths took place-be tween February 19th and May 14th):-74, 84, 37, 7.0,84, 70, 72, 62, 80, 90,_ The above yew must have been &fatal one to old person: . THE CHOLERA.—At the meeting-of the Health .Com mittee, on Thursday, it was reported that, although- . the Workhouse Hospital was empty, _there had been eighteen deaths from Cholera in the lower- parts of the town, all the sufferers being inhabitant)... We learn, also, that there were two-, fatal cases on, Sunday, one being Jane Rogers, aged 60, living at 26,..Newsham-street; And the other, Ann Rawin, aged 16, _lod'ging in No. 7. Court, Hodson-street; in the centre of' one of the worsttrtstricts in the town, known as " Little Ireland," from the fact of its being densely populated by the worst part ol, , sur Irish population. Wirmr Tar ENDEAVOUR to make others laugh, take care that :t is. with you, not at you. A SEcTlcalled the Mennonites or Harmless Christians in Ohio, have recently divided on the question of morality of wearing buttons on their esats instead of hooks and eyes. The buttonites wore longer tails to their coats, and split the.tails with greater freedom than the adherents to hooks and eyes.—Toronto, it has been mynixtbrtunate .ee course oVm.y offi cial life, to come here and try:in - succession, pereens , of this description, fir the same scrt: of offence. Every eight, nine, or ten y - aare - a new gericistion arises : they have. net the experience-or the sufferingsertibfiir predeceseens; aryl, by their numbers, they overhear the more experienced, and thus the thing arises framAtitne to time. 146114 see how the thing ran be prevented;.unless by a more general spread of soundedecation auweg.the people; thatis; the only mode in which to my Wilt 1 1 1411e-reinedy eanixt,pro.. Tided. If we could do but that—if. we could teach; them what was realk for their gos4.they would cease, to be: the prey of empty-headed fellawsots , they at present , seem, to be. These are. the only observations I have bo make , en these cases- We• van only deel;witl, them as they are saa.c.,thark. from the commission of these-cffences , by that additional experience which;.. from our ages -we possess, anflk by: our knowledge, Orville). education,which.we are wßling-le• communicate to ourpoorerhrcilirett,if we could As it, is; we can only repress the crimens.it kcaks out into . vie /once. We 51e..11.' ':do that, but of- course with a mercifili disposition; bemuse, after all, we cannot help seeing that there are peoplemhabelieve themaelixes to be in theright, although they `teak out into izsabordination which tends to breaches of the- peace." _ Some bills were , returned in a: short time, and: theArial. of prisoners was proceeded RoßßEßT.—Elimbeth .Rowei,23i markslk r eldine, 28, and Tons.:-Lewis, 25, charged. :with the robbery of John Butchery in. this town,. on. the 24th September, were found guilty. Sentence—Rowe, eighteen months' imprisonment ;: the other privo. ners fiyar ,years' pond. lin prisonment. . _ Dennis Makony, 26, pleaded; guilty to the charge of burglary in the house of SamnelAshfield, at Warringtom; John Gracry* IC N , also pleaded guilty to a burglary aL Heaton Norris, ie the house aWilrvra Sandford; James Forbes, 23, pleaded guilty to the. charge of killing Robert Ball, at West, Derby, by pushing him darn-; scan Hughes ' 4.l, , ,pleaded guilty to. th e charge of - killing and slaying Jcsoph . Boyle. Maliony and Grady were each sentenced to six months iMprisonment. R s orbes was ordered to, ; be -imprisoned three days ; Hughes, t one week's solitary confinement,_ . CA.sEs aP , STABBING. — S* O4 ;4O: Woods,.. 16, inacted for stabbing Martin Connolly, at Glasshouse-Tara, War rington, on, the 28th Anglia, was found guilty of unlaw fully wounding merely. Stntence, three mctutlie impri sonment 4. The same verdict was also returned in the , case of An drew Cloldwell, an ostler s at the Clifton Arms, Lytham, for stabbing a post-boy iLA the same empley!„ The prisoner and the post-boy had been quarrelling, and: a fight was the consequence, which _ended in the use : -.of the knife, as stated:, Sentence, three•months' imprisonment. James Barlow, 26,,vras found guilty of maliciously stabbing Wm. Garner,,..a canal boatman, at Stretford, on the-.llth September. A drunken quarrel between the parties led to the deed Sentence, sic years' penal impri sonment. _ - Josiah Ainsworth;, 53, was seuteneed to, one year's ,rooruent, with hard labour, fors burglary at Bury. ROBBERY WITIL; VIOLENCE.—fgae Hickson, 17, Jok.n THE- ENGLISHMAN',E, CAULN.--" The e Englishman's House(says the Proverh) is his Castle ;" and so it is, but then it is a castle which- is subject to mnay attacks (such, as the House Tax, Poor Tax, &c., &c.) and which requires, for its defence no end; of shot. The expenses of its sup port. are fearful—so much so, that frequently is the castle , swallowed up in its keep.—Punch. THE Dunn's Pinta VICTORY.—Pahar it may inte rest the future author of the Life of the Duke of . Wel lington to be informed of his first victory. It was not in India, as commonly supposed, but on. Donnybrook-road, near Dublin, that his first laurels ware won. This appears from the Freeman's Journal, Sept. 18, 1789, where we learn that, in consequence of a wager between him and Mr. Whaley, of 150 guineas, the Hon. Arthur Wellesley walked from, the five-mile stone on Donnybrook-road to the corner of - the circular road in Leeson -street, in fifty five minutes„.and that a number , of gentlemen* rode with the walker-whose horses he kept in a tolerably smart trot. When it is.recollected that those were Irish. miles, even deducting the distance from Leeson-street to. the Castle, where the original measurements were mule, this walk must be-computed at nearly six English miles. OMICRON. —Notes. and Queries. A WORD ON COUGHING, IN Cnuncu.—We copy the following from an autobiography which Hugh Millar is now publishing in the Witness :—" A simple incident which occurred during my first morning attendance at . Dr. M'Crie's chapel strongly impressed me with a sense of his sagacity. There was a great deal of coughing in the place, the effects of a recent change of weather, and the doctor, whose voice was not a strong one, and who seemed somewhat annoyed by the ruthless interruptions, stopping suddenly short in the middle of his argument, made a dead pause. When people are taken greatly by surprise they cease to cough—a circumstance on which he had evidently calculated. Every eye was now turned towards him, and for a full minute so dead was the silence that one might have heard a pin drop. ' I see, my Mends,' said the doctor, resuming his speech, with a suppressed smile, I see you can be all quiet enough when I am quiet.' There was not a little genuine strategy in the rebuke 611;;;:ke, 21, William Wilk*, 18, tiits,72tiliael Flynn, 15,., were indicted for assaulting Michael: Malley, and robbing him of five shillings and a hat. The prosecutor is a pew ; . sioner, and belongs to Preston. On the Snd of November he was in Liverpool, having come. here for the purpose of seeing a friend. off to. sea. In,the evening, while w3lki."6. along Great 'Toward-street, he.fell into the company of the female prlsoner, who asked. him to treat her. She enticed him down Vulcan-street, where he was suddenly attacked by three men, one.of whom (Clarke) heldhim by the throat, and the others knocked him down, and kicked and abused, him, and robbed him of the article. named. Evidence having been. adduced, the jury found, all the prisoners guilty, with the. exception of Flynn, who was acquitted:, - Hicks was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years; Clarke andWilks, each to be imprisoned for eight years. BIGAMY,—Mary Jane Wild, 52, was indicted for felo niously marrying Jas. Marshall, at Liverpool; her former husband, Joseph. Wild, being then alive. On the 3rd of October, 1837, the prisoner was married to. Joseph Wild, at Rotherham. She had previously attended the last ill ness, of Mr. Wild's first wife, and she married him some months after. She represented herself at the time to be a widow. They separated, and the prisoner subse quently came to live at Southport, where she became ac quainted with Marshall. The intimacy between them commenced in January last, and. they were married at St. Peter's Church, in this town, in July. Evidence having been heard on the part of the prisoner, to the effect that she believed her first husband dead, the judge sentenced her to one week's imprisonment.—The court then rose. (Before Baron Martin.) About ten o'clock his Lordship took his seat, and the business of the court proceeded. CHARGE OP FORGERY ATMANCIIEBTER.—LanceIot Rainforth Gilbertson (aged 43), w h o h a d b een reman d e d from the last assizes, surrendered upon bail to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with having, at Manchester, forged the acceptance of Thomas Morris, of Tarvin, Cheshire, to a bill of exchange for £.50. After the evidence had been gone through, his lordship directed an acquittal, on the ground that there was not the slightest evidence that the prisoner had committed the forgery, or had uttered the bill knowing it t o b e f orge d. Hi s l or d s hi p also directed an acquittal upon the second indictment, charging the forgery of the acceptance of Joseph Smith, of Nantwich, Cheshire, to a bill for £B4 10s. THE ATTACK 'UPON DEEWORKS AT PENDLETON BY TURN-011T DYERS.—Robert Snape was indicted forhaving stabbed and wounded James Crompton, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The charges arose out of the attack by turn-out dyers upon the works of Mr. Crompton, at Pendleton, on the even i ng o f T ues d ay , th e 2nd of August. The circumstances connected with the outrage will be in the remembrance of our readers, as will also the fact that two men were transported at the last summer assizes for taking part in the outrage and the assault upon Mr. Crompton. The principal evidence against the prisoner was that of Mr. Crompton and a man named Ditchfield. The former said he saw the prisoner among those who rushed across the yard of the works just after he had broken away from his assailants and secreted himself in an out-house ; that the prisoner was also among those by whom he was severely beaten over the head, after the door of the out-house had been broken open ; and that he heard the prisoner (who had been in his employment for nearly three years) . call out to those who w e re on th e s p o t, "B— him, kill him." — Ditchfield, who was in the engine house, confirmed these statements ; but Police-constable Barlow, who went into the yard to quell the disturbance, was unable to identify the prisoner as b e i ng p resen t.— The jury, after consulting a minute or two, found the and, as cough lies a good - deal more under the influence of the will than most coughers suppose, such was its effect, that during the rest of the day there was not a tithe of the previous coughing." _ _ . . Tiffs FAVOURITE iiisam oa AUTRORS.—Dr. Rondelet; an ancient writer on fishes, was so fond of figs, that he died of a surfeit occasioned by eating them to excess. In a letter to a friend, Dr. Parr confesses his love of " hot boiled lobsters, with a profusion of shrimp sauce." Pope, who was an epicure, would lie in bed for days at Lord Bolingbroke's, unless he was told that there were stewed lampreys for dinner, when he arose instantly and came down to table. A gentleman treated Dr. Johnson to new honey and clouted cream, of which he ate so largely, that his entertainer became alarmed. All his lifetime Dr. Johnson had a voracious attachment for a leg of mutton. "At my aunt Ford's," says he, "I ate so much of a boiled leg of mutton, that she used to talk of it. My mother, who was affected by little things, told me seriously that it would hardly ever be forgotten." Dryden, writing in 1699 to a lady, declining her invitation to a handsome supper, says :—" If beggars might be choosers, a chine of honest bacon would please my appetite more than all the marrow puddings, for I like them better plain, having a very vulgar stomach." Baron Maseres, who lived to the age of ninety, used to go home one day in every week without any dinner, eating only a round of dry toast at tea. Aristotle, like a true poet, seems to have literally feasted on fancy. Few could live more frugally ; in one of his poems, he says of himself, "that he was a fit per son to have lived in the world when acorns Were the food of men."—Salads for the Solitary, prisoner guilty.—His lordship, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner had been found guilty on what was, to his mind, very clear and satisfactory evidence of having engaged in the most violent outrage committed upon Mr. Crompton. Admitting to all engaged as workpeople the full right to judge for themselves whether they would work or not, it must be obvious to everybody, that to proceed to the works of Mr. Crompton, in the manner the prisoner and his accomplices did —several men falling at the same time upon Mr. Crompton, with sticks like con stables' staves, a more outrageous offence against the law than this could not by possibility be perpetrated. The sentence of the court was that the prisoner be subject to penal servitude for four years. He might state--as this was prob Lbly the first opportunity he or any other judge had had, except in London, of remarking upon this new act of parliament—that persons who were convicted of offences would find that their sentences under this new punishment would be entirely and fully carried out. In stead of working for himself, and thus earning wages to support himself, his wife, and his child, the I would be kept at work as a slave for the term of four years CHARGES OF BURGLARY.—Richard HigginBon pleaded guilty to having, at Whittingham, burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of Peter Shorrock, and stolen three loaves of bread in tin cans, and a meerschaum pipe: Sentence, nine months' imprisonment.—Johnßiley pleaded guilty to having, at Manchester, on the 3d October, broken into the house of James Ryder, and stolen a silver spoon, a silk handkerchief, and three bottles of wine. One of the counsel engaged in the case said it was " prisoner freak from reading romances about highway robberies." Sentence,one month's imprisonment.—John Dunn pleaded guilty to having, at North Meols, stabbed Edward Cain, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Sen tence deferred. ALLEGEDROEBERY WITH VIOLENCH.—Thonzas Darcy, charged with having, at Manchester, on the 22nd of October, feloniously beaten and assaulted William Tone, and violentlystolenfromhimsix half-crowns ; was acquitted. ROBBERY WTTIT VIOLENCE AT kANCHESTER.- Margaret Warburton was charged with having, at Man cheater, on the nth November, taken part in a, robbery with violence, upon William Newton. Guilty : Si :=months imprisonment. CHARGE OF BURIPLARY AT CASTLETON. —Jaime Geldard was charged- with burglariously breaking: and entering the dwelling-house of John Buckley, at Castleton, with intent to steal.—Acquitted. UNLAWFUL WOUNDINfe. - Patrick Mc Grade was for having , at liaulgl4 cut and wounded Michael Tolan, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.— Guilty - of unlawfully wounding: Six months Impilsonmen &ROTARY. —Dennis Mtatighill was indicted for feloniously breaking into the. house of Joseph Mills, at Oldham, and stealing therefrom - various articles of cloth ing. The prisoner pleaded guilty.--Sentence, nine months' imprisonment. The court adjourned shortly afier - five o'clock. WEDNESDAV: (B'efore Baron Alderson) Tlie'coart met at a few minutes past nine. o'clock SAt73l3&G' OsnELL.—Thoinar Clayton, charged with cutting and stabbing William Glitsby, on the 22nd Septeuber, at Orrell, near Wigan, pleaded. not guilty. The prisoner and Glasby, along with others,. were drinking in a public-house, when the prisoner became. quarrelsome, and wished•to fight with. his (prisoner's) brother. Glasby succeeded. iii quieting prisoner, and went out. He was followed 155- the prisoner; who, in going out, .took. a sickle from the Mt of a person , in the house. With • this sickle he stabbed Glasby, and cut him severely oxt‘toth hands. Glasby resiited, and knocked prisoner down, immediately going off into the house. Clayton followed him; and again stabbed and oat Glasby. Several witnesses were examined, and the jury, after some deleration, returned wverdict of piny of unlawfully wounding.—Sentence, eight months' imprisonment GAROTTE IrEMBEELY LIV.E.SPOOL. — Jas. Aiztirson, 26, was chargedwith having, onthe evening of the 31-d Oct. last, along with others, not in custody, assaulted; and robbed John Sktgeant of a mall sum of money,. about kurteen shillings; and other articles, in Hood-street, Liverpool. It appeared that the-prosecutor had been =per- Ming at the Amphitheatre; and was going to.-the Theatre-royal. H•was spoken to by two females,-and then • suddenly set upon and seined by four or five men,, who. held him by the throat, and prevented him from call ink out. They threw him down, pressed upon his person, opened his clothes, and robbed him. of the articles referred to.. The prisoner was alleged to beune of the assaulting, part, and distinctly Identified by the prosecutor as such.. Thomas Bagley also spoke distinctly to the identity of the prisoner as one of the assaulting party. Guilty—Sentences Penatimprisonment for - five years. RCREAT WITH VIOILENCE, NEAR. ASIITON-ITNDERA la - NE:,--Rettben Towler - and Wm. Slater were charged: with throttling, knocking down, and robbing Henry. Buckley; carrier, on the sth of September last, at Mossley, of a purse, containing ten .shillings and some shoe ties, Guilty.- Both prisoners were sentenced to penal imprison ment fee eight years. CHARGE WOUNDIN4, WITH MALICIOUS INTENT;.I ON TH.M. Hum SEAS.—Nicholas Jackson Nattrass, cap— tain of the Matanzas, was charged with having maliciously shot at George Wake, a seaman on board that ship, at Bahia, with intent to kill him. In stating the case, Mr. - Monk, for theprosecution, wont over the particulars of the .; ship's voyage to Rio, at which place the captain had had a quarrel with .the apprentice, who was at the time acting , as mate. Here a number of 'the .crew left the ship, and. 7 some new, hands were shipped. The vessel left Rio and_, proceededA.to Bahia, where she!was on the 26th June. She had been short handed on the voyage from Rio to Bahia. While there • quarrels took place between several of the I captain, in the courae ~,dere d the anchor to be weighed, the prosecutor refused to do unless some • more hands were• got to make up the full :• complement of 'men. On this refusal, he (the caidain): drew a pistol from his pocket and shot Wake, the prosecu-. tor, in the' shoulder. Wake was so severely wounded that he was upwards of three months confined to the hospitaL After shooting Wake, the captain said, " I may as well ben hanged at first as at last," and, taking two more pistols , from his pocket, threatened other two of his men. Mr.:_' Seymour Digby having addressed the jury on behalf of -, the prisoner, the jury consulted f or some ti me , and?l returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced:'. to eighteen months' imprisonment, with hard labour. THROWING VITRIOL.—Ann Webster. pleaded guilty to' throwing .quantity of vitriol upon Gabriel Webster, her , husband. Sentence, nine months' imprisonment. GniEvotrs , BODILY INJURY.—Rose Ann Killow was •• charged with maliciously stabbing Margaret Murphy, on ~1 the morning of the 20th November, in Park-lane, Liver pool. It-appeared that both prosecutrix and prisoner are/• unfortunate-girls of the town. On the occasion in ques tion, the proseentrix, about half past' twelve in the morn.- ins, opened the inner door of a public-house in Park-lane, when tie , prisoner came out, Ld, using an opprobrious epithet towards the prosecutrui„suddenly stabbed her on the forehead,. and also on the eye. The jury return.ed , a verdict of guilty of assault, with intent to disfigure. Sentele.e, eighteen months' imprisonment. . . STA33I3I,NET,WITIE INTENT TO, DISEIGURE.—Patriek Handtwas charged with having, on the 29th Nov. last, stabbed Jane Simmons, wife of William Simmons, residing in the borough of Liverpool. Poisoner, it appears,was the habit, of paying what prom:aril: considered: improper visits-to a female lodger, and she to his doing so, In an, endeavour on the part of the prosecutrix's husband to get prisoner down stairs, lie stabbed the , prosecutrix on the forehea4 with a pair ofscissors. His Lordship eon, sidered AND case by no means an aggravated:one. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdiet:of guilty et - wilfully wounding. Sentence, imprisonment, with hard labour, for six weeks. The court then adjourned till next morning. (Before Baron Martin.). ASSAULT, WITH ATTEMPT. TO MURDER.- - Thai:. Bird was indicted for assaulting George Nickson, with intent to murder. him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of resisting his legal a,pprAiension. It was urged that the prisoner was suffering at, the time from, physical injuries of the brain, and his_ lordship deferred his sentence, in order to ascertain further particulars as to his then state of 'mind.— Sentence, eighteen months' imprisonment. MARSLA.UGHTER.—John Finnigan, deaf and dumb, was charged with Wiling John Shanley, at Manches ter. Owing to the. physical mistrtune of the prisoner, the mode of proceeding with the. case was unusually difficult, and considerable discussion, ensued. Mr. Andrew Paterson, the master of the Deaf and Dumb School at Manchester, under- whose instructions the prisoner had been for about three years, appeared as interpreter. The only witness. for the prosecution was a little boy, named Angus Thorley,. ten years of age and from what transpired it appeared that the prisoner, the , witness Thorley,. and another boy, were proceeding along Garrot road, Manchester, on the. 17th of September last,, and in the course of their walk they were overtaken by the deceased, who attempted to take a stick from one. of the boys,: upon this the prisoner seized the deceased, and pushed Mm into the canal. Upon a search being made, the body of .the deceased was found. Under the direction of his. lordship, the jury acquitted the prisoner, on the ground that the testimony of so young a witness was in sufficient to prove the charge. BURGLARYAT CHTlMPSALL. — Davidllforriawasinclicted for burglariously attempting to enter the house of Mr. Henry, at Crumpsall, on the morning of the 29th Sep tember last. The jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty. Sentence, four years' penal imprisonment. FELONIOUS ASSAULT AT PRESTON.—Henry South worth was indicted for having, on the 17th of October last, while at work, rubbed lunar caustic upon the nose of one Garnett, with intent to do him bodily harm. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged, after being admonished by his lordship. BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER,.—Henry Burns stood indicted upon two counts—the first for breaking into the house of Mr. Armitage, of Long-millgate, and the second for receiving two kettles and other articles, together with six gallons of whiskey and six gallons of rum, knowing the same to have been stolen. Thomas Hunt, who had previously been convicted of felony, was also charged with being concerned in the same robbery. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Hunt, against whom a previous conviction was proved, was sentenced to eighteen mouths' imprisonment, with hard labour, and Burns to twelve months. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Francis Morris wascharged with having fraudulently obtained the sum of £l5 from the treasurer of the Brickmakers' Building Society, at Ashton under-Lyne, by means of an order which he had forged. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, as they were of opinion he had committed the offence in ignorance. His Lordship said he fully concurred in the verdict of the jury, and sentenced the prisoner to two days' imprisonment, which would admit of the prisoner being discharged that night. CONCEAL3IENT 01 Butur.,--Margaret Clegg, a young woman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of concealing the birth of her illegitimate child. A verdict of guilty of the concealment was returned, and the prisoner was tenced to one week's imprisonment. CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH AT •WINDLE. — Jane Young stood charged with concealing the birth of her illegiti mate child. A verdict of not guilty was returned, and the prisoner was discharged. LARCENY.—John Lort was charged with stealing from the person of Mr. Jonathan Wadsworth the sum of 14s 6d. On the ground that a material witness could not be found, his Lordship directed that the prisoner should be discharged upon his own recognisance*, to ap pear, if called upon, at the next assizes. VARIETIES. TRO7.f, BY BEATING, may become redN hot; and a mild disposition, by perpetual taunts, may become outrageous. . Ax AminiciN - PA,PE.s. says, a man recently poked MS head out from " behind the times," when it was taken off by a "passing event!"' CONIINDBUM.—Why is the Earl of Aberdeen very like a tea chest ?—Punch suggests, because he is varnish with out, and lead within. AT a. NEGBO BAZn given at Cincinnati, the following note was posted on the door post :—"r_fickets, fifty cents. No gentleman admitted unless he cams himself 1 ." TICE LAMP may be made or gold and embellished with diamonds, but it gives no light without oil; just such a dark lamp is genius without virtue. IT was own of the wisest of Dr. Johnson's many wise sayings, that "he who waits to do a great deal of good at once. will never do anything." SPEAKING- of the proposea oceanic telegraph, the Boston Post wonders whether the news transmitted through salt water will be fresh. _ _ . _ _ THE Albany Knickerbocker lately received a letter, inquiring, among other things, whether pig iron was petrified pork, and if it was, which was the best way to cook it to make it juicy. WE REALLY CAT(NOT profess to understand the mys tery of spirit-rapping—but we have seen several well authenticated. caries in which a devotion to spirits has axed many to be without a rap. A NEW DEFINITION.—When an. Irish girl was asked, her mistress. was, who had gone to she replied that her ladyship R ago, whe re establis L LADIES HAVE VOTES.—" Certainly," replies a '-uled woman of our acquaintance. "Is woman sew on buttons ? And if she is, you have v the needle from the poll."—Punch. • consequential personage, in a dis. a dinner party the other day, in a le-law style, " I consider sherry a " Very singular I" said the clerical a found sherry a drinking wine." THE GREAT.—Let not the pomp which eat mislead your understanding. The £cent in the splendour of a court, appears sin but a common man. Irresolution and —4l as others, and fear lays hold of uuards.—Lord Kaimes. Johnson thus responsibilities of the editorial no class of the community from whom i4mevolence and thankless labour newspapers. They are ex- ;ht to turn an AN EDITOI ald private ones also, without giving in the difficulties of others without regard idemn improper measures of every one same time. They are expected to not( portant or extraordinary : of men's must be_ealeulated to please every "4 - I opinions their notice. 'll' one and at the pule time offeml no om THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853• ASSAULT AT MOSLEY.—John Flaherty and Dennis Denee were indicted for violently assaulting John Colby, with intent to murder him. The jury found both pri soners guilty. His Lordship said that, owing to the great number of cases of a similar serious character which had been tried at these assizes, he would defer sentencing the prisoners, and would leave it to Mr. Baron Alderson, who would pass sentence next day; but he would prepare the prisoners for a very severe sentence. — Flaherty was afterwards sentenced to be transported for twenty years ; Denee to six years' penal imprisonment. CHARGE OF MURDER. Elizabeth Cunliffe was charged with the murder of her daughter, Alice Hannah Cunliffe. The prisoner, a woman in humble circum stances, appeared very dejected. Previous to her being arraigned it was intimated to the court that she was of unsound mind. His Lordship directed that she be con fined during Her Majesty's pleasure. The court then adjourned till nine o'clock next morning. then laid before the jury by Mr. Brett. The first count set forth that Rawson had entered into a contract with that the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, f -or making b.ricks ; that the bricks were made, and that it was the habit and custom, as to payment for the same, that a certificate should be given by one Weightman, the borough surveyor, upon the borough treasurer, for payment ; that this custom was well known to the prisoners ; that they pretended they had made more bricks than they had, and by such pretence they had obtained a larger amount of payment than was due. The second count stated the sam e fal9, pretences having been made to Wybergh (the boroug h treasurer) ; the third, that the same pretences bad been made to Weightman ; the fourth, to the mayor, aldermen) and burgesses ; the fifth count charged a conspirae7 011 the first count ; the sixth charged a general conspiracy, by which the prisoners obtained a greater amount that], due ; and th e seven th coun t th a t the prisoners consPirr" generally. Mr. Simon follow e d on the same side, going over various circumstances with much minuteness, ill coure coure of which he nar r a ted the processes J)y which 'ir e alleged number of bricks made were checked off. showed, also, that after the numbers had been checked 0 " and determined, Rawson received a certificate from Mr: Weightman, which certificate was presented to the Firiu'inc! Committee, and being indorsed by them, Rawson if,a s enabled to draw the money. The charge arose out of ti 4 presentation of a certificate , which bore that more hrie'n had been made than in reality had been. Mr. Ra te went to the treasurer and received the money for balance, and also other money ; and it was upon the cora; pletion of this untrue account furnished that the 1 0 e s ..,. eil e charge arose ; and it must be obvious that the chaff would be established by showing the means of obtaiallif the money, by falsifying the accounts handed by llftieje to Rawson, by Rawson to Clarke, and by Clarke I' Corporation. +mi ce ? The Judge.—How then can it be a false Pr e ' e s",. - by False pretence consists in obtaining goods or 111 °?:,'I e ut means of falsehoods stated. It is put here as an etlaiL tz e, for larceny: Where is it ? If a man make an over cp `i t some part of the money is unlawfully obtained;: bu t is that part P You mint stand upon the conspiratl ""i It looks to me' excessively like an action at lasv,. bat not an indictable' offence. Mr. James said au action at law had already' 1i commenced. ade Mr. Simon objected to such a statement being with' regard to the false pretence. If it was an overcialre: it would not be, but if . the Overcharge had been wilalw ma&'by the parties,- then it was a false pretence. The Judge.—But he . obtained the money by a tNg THURSDAY. (Before Baron Alderson.) His Lordship took his seat at nine o'clock, and .pro ceeded to hear the CHARGE OF MURDERING A. POLICEMAN.—Thomas Copeland, 19, was charged with the murder of Richard Sunderland, a police constable, on the Ist of No vember last. Mr. Aspinall, along with whom was Mr. Bolton, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson defended the prisoner. All the facts connected with this case have already appeared in the Standard, and, as the circumstance was a recent one, an outline of these, as they appeared on the trial, will be sufficient. The fatal affray arose out of the contest for the representation of Vauxhall Ward, at the last borough election. About half past two on the afternoon of that day, the prisoner, along with some others, seeing Mr. John Evans and Mr. James Kearns canvassing for votes in a public-house, in Edgar-street, demanded drink from those gentlemen, which they refused to give. , The prisoner and his coad jutors then became riotous, and the police were sent for to disperse the crowd, most of whom went away, but the prisoner refused to go, and used violent language and threats towards- Mr. Evans. The police interfered, and, in an attempt to take the prisoner into custoday, he struck the deceased, Richard Sunderland, in the thigh with a knife, inflicting a wound which nearly divided the femoral artery, and caused almost immediate death. Evidence having been had as to the nature of the scuffle between the deceased.and•prisoner, and also as to the cir cumstances under which the wound was inflicted, Ann Houghton was examined. She resided in Court No. 8, Cavendish-street, wherethe prisoner lived. On the day and at the time in question, she saw the prisoner run into the court, swearing and-calling out, " You -, if _ . certifijeate. - Mr. Simon contended' that that certificate had be e ! obtained' by a falsifying of the am:rants, which had bee" held to be a false pretence. The Judge said Mr. Weightman ought to have usq r ; tamed this' before the certificate was given, but the instrument itself was true: Here the false pretence we e to obtain the• certificate, which itself ryas true. The tense was too remote to sustain the indictment. Se `- not say this was an indictable' offence upon the face of th e indictment itself, but as they were to try the conspiracy , let them tr; that- for really there'was nothing in the other; Mr. Simon directed his lordship's- attention to the fe ls 4 ,' fication of the accounts, which would'be found to bear o ei the false pretence.' In the first plaee;tfie entire amoun t ° bricks reported by . Clarke, as made - by Rawson, svi"' 6,157,230, but it would be provedthat inthat return there was an excess overcharged of 1,440;630 bricks. It Ivoal a also be shown that bricks of an expensive kind had be; made at a stool, crie bricks - amounting: - in value to ~ t 18s. 6d. It would; however, be shown' in evidence t„,. 10 _, • there was no such , stool in the field' at all. He Simon) would show - that Clarke haixled:over the whole 2_ the accounts kept by Harper, and that: the'very aeon° , re book handed in by Clarke . was also in , the-hand-writin „ ° t ; Harper. This showed 'that Clarke was in very connection with Harper ; that Clarke mid-Rawson were f'; very friendly terms ; that they were seen , together the public-house several times ; that Clarke asked the men number of bricks made , ; that they reporteclosorrectib,T, i d that Clarke had the opportunity of stating - the aet." -- number. The Judge.—Unless I! have been labouring under s t e ; hrsion for the last two , or three years as;th.what is criminal law, I cannot see how a conviction can: taken under this in h dictment. What is there to show more t' - d a blunder or mistake, and'Ave are dealing withmillion g r ti brigs. The criminal law was not intended!forsuch sot of things as these ;itis o; ease for the civil law, The IP' pretence set forth is the obtaining a certificateforthe - Pl, merit of money, and you might have includediMr. Nireiglt man himself in the indictment. Ido not say that hems; you. follow me, I'll croak you." She also heard him say to'the officer, "By --, I'll- rip you up with , this." The officer was just going in at the • door, after the prisoner, at the - moment. The prisoner had a knife in his right hand; which she saw him- throw over his- shoulder. Witness saw the deceased fall and die after that.—Mary Ann York, an intelligent child,- about eight years of age, who lived in the house the prisoner resided in, was sitting on the stairs when the prisoner came in and took .a white handled>knife off the table, and held it in his hand. The police-offiter came running in and took the prisoner. She saw the-prisoner stab the policeman with a knife,. which he held in-his hand. He flung the knife into the street after stabbing the policeman.—For the defend the learned counsel contended that the police-officers had no right to arrest the prisoner, under the circumstances, without a warrant ; and argued that the prisoner had displayed no-indication of premeditation. in the case.—His Lordship carefiilly went over the evidence, commenting on its various- points ; he alluded also to- the question of the legality of the aiL est. The jury retired, and, after an absence of an hear and a half, they returned a verdict of "guilty of manslaughter." The learned baron said, the jury had, afterapatient investigation, found theprisoner guilty of the lesser crime of manslaughter only. How ever, the case was-one of great aggravation, and he was very sorry that the:' crime of stabbing in this town had greatly increased. The use of the knife had been greatly on the increase, mush to the disgrace of the town. It was a practice that should be put down by law. It un fortunately could not now be called an un-English crime, for it was a crime that was committed throughout the kingdom. Formerly it was a crime confined, or said to be confined, to foreigners, but now it was but too com mon in the united kingdom. The present was a case that he would make an example of, in order to deter other persons from the horrible use of the knife. The sentence, therefore, should be a severe one, and he hoped itwould be a warning to all who would hear of it. It was neces sary to protect the police in the proper discharge of their duty, because they acted- under the law of the country, which protected all. Trusting that the present case would prove a salutary - warning to all, the sentence of the court was, that the- prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. Some friends of the prisoner set up a cry,. which was at once suppressed. CHARGE OP CHILD aLtPßDEß.—Bridget Cahilt was charged with the murder of her illegitimate female child, on the 29th of August last.. The jury found a verdict of guilty of concealing the birth only. Sentence, two years'. imprisonment. ' to he, but he might be. Mr. Simon.—Oh, he is above that suspicion, Mr. James.—And wortinlY so. • The Judge.—l mention his -name merely in illbstrati° sl ; He was, no doubt, about the field as well as 11.1 f...: Raws °l l; and a man is likely to be mach more sharp to find out why he loses than when he gains.. Mr. James.—l may mention that an action of law 1 1 been brought. It has been. .referred to a gentleman °t high standing, and the money has been deposited - to• the award. The Judge.—lt is a very proper case for sucEo.coull: I do not say that the Corporation may not bell), therig,, l t' bid is it because a tradesman's servant makes o ut' a which there is an overcharge,• and the money is- got, s(- 1 ; are to indict the tradesman for conspiracy ? You - m i g aswell say that the breeches sent home were.not made. V/ wtailor. (Laughter.) After some further conversation between the leane d counsel and the bench, caSe• Tb e The Judge said he thought there was no • t a n . Prosecution did not bring the parties acting and without this they con:4/lot show . , ‘ _.° lTh P iracY t°d and a corrupt management intey - se.. 8." -"ere mightbave been overchalyes made, and these ought to be rigidly inquired into. Mr. Rawson had paid money when 31r. ,llarper told Min. "Now go on," said the Judge, " and trythe question as a civil matter." togetheregao, kIIRDER OP ASAILOR IMCIFIBLES-STREET,LIVERPOOL.. —Emanuel Montero, a Spaniard, was charged with the murder of Richard Gervas, Crispen, in Charles-street, Liverpool, on the night of: the 22d of October last. The. facts of the case were full* reported in the Standard, at the time of the occurrence. The following brief outline is therefore all that is required in the present instance. On the night M.question, between twelve and, one o'clock, the deceased and a companion were proceed. lag along Charles-street, a-. 41 met the prisoner and another_ man, an American, named Williams. Words ensued: bot. , cco thcru, wlll,ll ulLlaoottsly cause to blows. In the course of the fight whielt4took place, the prisoner drew his knife from its sheath, and stabbed the deceased in the abdomen; the wound causal:death in about three quarters of an hour after it had been received. The prisoner aka. stabbed the companion of the deceased, but not fatally in the groin. The jury, in .this case, as in that of Cope land, found a verdict of , " guilty of manslaughter. The, prisoner was sentenced to-be-transported for twenty yearns. The prisoners were then-discharged. o ath CHARGE OP MANSrAIGHTER. - RIRSTIEO BOTLER AT BLACKBURN.7—}VM. Ilesketh; charged. the manslaughter of Thos. Sharpies, at Blackbinm, Olt 2nd of November, by th bursting of a steam-boiler, Wab' acquitted.' 81 • MALICIOUSLY Wotrstkrict.— Cowell, Dickenson; Bt' l wine, and Slater, charged with maliciously wounding , 1 ' ease arising out of the- late Blackburn municipal' eleeti° ll ' were acquitted. e d PRIZE-FIGHTING. Clarke and Donellp, with manslaughter, arising out of a recent prize-C, were acquitted, it having bc;en shown , that the'deecT.tii was severely abused in , a subsequent fightio,that - ROBBERY WITH Vlotwica AT MANCHESTEB.—MichaeI Smyth, a rather respectable , and well-dressed young man, was charged with having,: _with much violence, robbed- Mr. George Bromley, at Manchester, of a watch, chain, and other property. The-jury returned a verdict of guilky,, and the prisoner was sentenced to penal imprisonment for two years. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, WITH VIOLENCE, AT Wiccaao. —Matthew Prior wasintlicted for an assault and robbery,. with violence, on the• person of Thomas Eastham, at Wigan, in August last.. The jury found him guilty,.and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with. hard labour. CUTTING AND WOIINDING AT KNOWSLEY.—JOhrt, Harrison was charged with cutting and wounding . Mary Fairhurst, at Knowsley, on the sth November.. The assault, a very violent , one, was committed by the prisoner on his aunt, who is, upwards of seventy years of. age, while he was in a state.of intoxication. He beat hem with a pitchfork, broke her:- arm, and wounded her in • sevtral places. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. The court rose-at six o'clock. (Before Baron Martin.) the prisoners had been engaged. The court rose at seven o'clock. (Before Baron Martin.) • MURDER AT STDCKPORT.—Thomas Moore, a facte 7 , worker, was charged with the murder of James nig. l , l h and John Higham, his step-sons, aged respectivoly eitere and-a-half years and four-and-a-half ' years. TheY I .,`a s d• sons of his wife ;; _Esther Moore, by a former 11116 ,`" e p- The prisoner was out of work, and 'on the 2nd o ', l re• tember last he took the two boys out :with him, an un til turned without them. The children were not Rin" the the sth of September, when a boatman saw one 0 ' The bodies floating-in the canal, near Shawcross-bridge . .d he other was found soon after. The prisoner' had dre g. would never work to maintain another man's chi' t he He had also bum imprisoned for neglect of family.. 5 0 children had.been entered into two burial seri e tt s ' of that £l9 4s became due at their death. A nanwAiios• witnesses were called, including his father-in-law , y v ith Fletcher,) who said that the prisoner came home t tle the boys w month before all dripping wet, and the wu er one with a severe blow upon the. head. The Pr i ' oe frequently played with the children, and took till re: to walk, His Lordship, in carefully summing 11 .:,.' a ios" marked; that there appeared to be much p r ejudice b ee n the prisoner at Stockport; and that there had n ot 'r - o e s'e u 'single fact, bearing directly upon the murder , 1 3 ,,,, - 41e . against him. The jury retired, and, after a long C 0 — ration,, a verdict of not guilty was returned. . kac iog The court rose at nine o'clock.; the last case occupied seven hours: RIOT AT Hughes, John liacy, Jahn Baker, and John_Leadbetter, were severally charged with having, at Wigan„on the 28th Oct. last, together with a number of other persons, committed a riot, From the evidence, as &posed by several witnesses, it appeared that the prisoners: had, formed part of the mob, of turn-outs who created the recent disturbance, and the wanton des truction of property, at Wigan. A verdict of_gmilty was returned against the whole of the prisoners.. Leadhetter at the last assizes. had been tried and convicted upon a similar charge:: of riot, and for which be had had one month's imprisonment. In this case hiii-lordship would sentence him to twelve months' imprisonment, and the other three were severally sentenced, to. three months' imprisonment. GARIWTTE RC:0111E11Y. Michael Cunningham was charged.with comn:kitting a robbery of the above description, on the night of the 24th of November last, upon Benjamin Griffith. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. A pre vious conviction was then proved agaiust the prisoner, for whichhe had been imprisoned for two years. Sentence, ten, years' penal servitude. SATURDAY. (Beore Baran, Martin) barge STABBING IN LIVBBPOOL.—Wm. Christy o with having stabbed Patrick Kane, with intent t°,/slov.. and disfigure him, on Sunday afternoon, the 13th r about twelve o'clock, in Tithebarn-street. -A lw a the elaborate summing up from the Judge, the jury.fo..3ollil3 prisoner guilty of feloniously wounding, and his I °' of sentenced him to six years' penal servitude. n etted Thomas Moore, who. step- previously been r, the murder of his two phildren at Stockl 3 9 - , bee n then formally arraigned and discharged , after tsn' P ar tea cautioned by the judge as to his future condO,,oioo larly towards his wife and father-in-law. T i e e - 0 day business of the Assizes. The court rose at -) satti' 3 Mr. Baron. Alderson returned to London , 00 ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL.—Thos. Fielding and Peter 317 Cabe pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting John Darr°ll, and robbing him of his watch and three sove reigns, and other moneys and articles. The jury returned a.verdict of guilty against both prisoners. In the case of M`Cabe witnesses to character were called, and the self tence, upon him was that he imprisoned for twelve months, with hard labour. Previous convictions were proved against Fielding. Sentence, four years' penal servitude. CUTTING AND WOUNDIXG AT LIVERPOOL.—Edward Gay, a man of colour, was charged with having cut and wounded Ann Gill, on the night of the 26th of November last. The jury returned, a verdict of "unlawful wound ing." Sentence, twelve months, with hard labour, Upon hearing the sentence, the prisoner exclaimed, " That will do well enough !" and left the dock. GARROTTE ROBBERY NEAR CnoßLEY.—Ralph Ireland was indicted for having, at Chadnock, near Chorley, as saulted Win. Rylands, and robbed him of two purses and 16s. in money. The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner guilty, and his Lordship sentenced him to penal servitude for five years. HOUBEBREARING AT SALFORD.—Josias Maliss and John Doran were indicted for having, at Salford, broken into - the house of Lucy Norris Cantrell, and stolen there from a quantity of wearing apparel. The prisoners were found guilty, but Maliss was recommended to mercy on account of his previous good character. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner Maliss to two months' imprison ment, and Doran to three months' imprisonment, BURGLARY AT SALFORD.—John Atherton was charged, with having, at Salford, burglariously entered the house of Roger Haliwell, with intent to steal. By his lordship's direction, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL.—Wm. Jones, Mabel Sor ton, and Ann Mooney were indicted for having broken into the dwelling-house of John Farrer, and stolen a quantity of wearing apparel and other articles, at No. 17, Toxteth-street. The jury found the female prisoners not guilty. A verdict of- guilty was returned against the pri soner Jones, and he was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. mornihg. PRESENTMENT BY THE GRAO 115. ii About mid-day on Thursday, the Grou — th th e e l p i i ro erre u ske g no h tf t m a i n errn t t aihg of e whole of of their bills , ort presentment, which was read by Mr, Shu t o f J ijo i ss:ing in s c hattle Grand Juru, at the Lie —"P°°l 'sl : o ci rd a - I Commission, 1853. w ithou t r of the The Grand Jury are unwilling to separate ri ce - the ing their unanimous opinion that the interferestep foroto legislature is imperatively called for to Pu t %ties' r o'e ll present system of money payments by burial socl._,„ ite ~,at the cases brought before them at the present assl/V' o bt . p no e° „d tha„ as from past experience, the Grand Jury h- mur d er, . "nt" the system operates as a direct incentive to burrieu l o f many of their fellow-beings are, year after Year , t he tie the eternity by those most closely united to them bY . xe oi , e , nature and of blood, if not of affection, for tl' s s ' ao at P oe few pounds to which, by the rules of the societie ontteolos sent constituted, the survivors are entitled. me f te ; a n ,ise , of such a state of things is too fearful to contemP•a„ the T ec t a simple remedy presents itself, without inWa ir Tthe °Woe fulness of sick and benefit societies, the scope an oda', the of which are admitted to be both hutnan e and hen . t hat 0 Grand Jury would respectfully, but earnestly , requep oc ted ' attention of the proper authorities may be at once “ gre q t this painful object. The Judge : " I think you ha ve done a v ery service by putting forward suc h a presentmen • Mr. Shuttleworth continued to read : .;e i° , - h i cre--; oie The misdirection of these funds, the alarming its e 0 r i;- crimes of violence, accompanied by the barbarous ~,e wo „ knife, the lamentable prevalence of strikes among _ l 7 woV; S lug classes, arising from andeundesto relatioi!shreacll_, people and their employers, leading inevitablyy, u ;r e !. , of the peace and other calamitous results, forciD,ll:BOce of upon the minds of the Grand Jury the great iint. o ,!," os es .„ extending the means of imparting education to a . II .'" n that ,I,!`' the community, for it is their unanimous opielo 0 .,, in 7., solid foundation for any abiding and salutary chant,.,„ co ;_. habits and pursuits of the poorer classes in this coonT,`Zonfori be hoped for, unless such change is based upon th eu`' the not t o young ; be allowedtliat the t 0 charge rest t oo so o e t i l a u r T et t i i ji, ° en n ; ? : s; • does, upon the benevolent exertions 0 0 . t ~dollo _ att a ehn n ni d sit " g cral o aas o si d nisti ; onnu t go h g'ovi a : t t there is a duty and a pecuniary r esp ~!'e 0 p,,,P, RS regards education, which should rightfully del i o;; ;e ieg'' the state, and that this responsibility is one vvhict . lature ought no longer to shun. Shortly after six o'clock the court adjourned until nine FRIDAY. (Before Baron Alderson.) _ The Court opened at nine o'clock, and after .passing sentence upon several prisoners, proceeded with THE LATE FRAUD ON THE CORPORATION. On this case, the circumstances of which are already so familiar to the public, being called on, Mr. Rawson, who had been admitted to bail, answered to his name, and Mr. Clarke appeared in the dock. John Harper, a clerk to Rawson, and who was also included in the indictment, and who had been admitted to bail, did not surrender when called npon. Joseph Rawson and William Clarke were then indicted for having unlawfully and fraudulently conspired, confe derated, and combined together, by divers false pretences, to acquire to themselves from the mayor, aldermen, and,. WM. DROWN_ Forero goII His Lordship assured the Grand Jury thattg take care the document was laid before burgesses of the borough of Liverpool, the sum of £1,727145. 9d., with intent to defraud and cheat the said Secretary parties named. Mr. Brett conducted the_ prosecution ; Mr. Simon and Ar. Edward Jones had been specially retailwaor Rawsop, ship-letter bags will be made up in Loudon_ oer i and Mr. Monk defended Clarke. The following :brief otninnary of the Indictment was THE POST-OFFICE authorities have give inst. for Madeira, Melbourne, and SydneY, 1 ° - the City of Sydney irkamexk