Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

.` I NCASIIIRE WINTER ASSIZES. CRIIIINAL COURT.-YESTERDAT. h ut lron MR JUSTICE WIGIITMAN. ,k i ta l E 3 ro FROM A P AWNBROKER ' S S HOP .—J o h n Bl an d, S eted e rl aged 21, and John Rutter, 17, were 11 11. 40 „_ r for having, at Mancheste r , o n the 11th • feloniously and burglariously entered the Ik - 2 1311 5e of Leo Ferguson, and stolen four pairs kid. 73, three shirts, two waistcoats, and several other aloe forty shillings. Mr. Wheeler conducted the i Mrs. Ferguson was the first witness examined; Iltlearlsed to keepi ng a p awn b ro k er ' s - s h op , an d id en tifi e d N et of the stolen articles which were produced in l 0 The lamplighter of the district deposed to having Prisoners lurking about the shop, one of them with his back to the shutter, which was partially the time. The constable of the beat stated that Itrpliers were in the habit of going together, and tkepieious characters. He got Bland in bed I,ZPast four o'clock in the morning, with a neck , 4 111 , which was identified by Mrs. Ferguson Pglng to her husband. The stolen articles otutd i n a n empty house close by. John EtZt Pleaded guilty, and when put on oath, at the ti oll of the other prisoner, stated that he (Bland) had Itt ler to do with the burglary " than the sun." The flv'NOM found guilty. It appeared that Bland had times previously convicted for other offences. 16 01 1ers were each sentenced to four years' penal li b lTlcu.—John Maloney, labourer, 20, stood indicted e rg, at Bury, on the 6th September, feloniously 11 4 and wourilled Patrick Cunningham. with intent ll ial grievous bodily harm. Mr. Fonblanque con ' Cunninghame prosecutitn, and Mr. Wheeler the defence. u Itti k , being sworn, deposed to having been it u ! . during a row, which took place between the prisoner iVlral ether parties, at a public-house in Thornley t!t about half-past twelve o'clock at night. He was tl7 4 ' 4 lown and stabbed in three several places—in the abdomen, and face. He could not identify the l ite t - r as the person who committed the offence. The et the prosecutor deposed that she saw a knife in the itt's hand. Another witness swore it was a poker. tspital surgeon deposed that the wound received on Was the only one of any serious consequence, and ` 4B wounds might be caused by slate or stones. Mr. ~_Att ,kker addressed the jury for the prisoner, and pointed Wee found of evidence against his client, there being no gown. ; and to the fact that. the slates and stones 4 roven. as admitted, by one of the female witnesses. kll ale of th e ev id ence wen t to show that the affair arose 4 Saturday night's drunken brawl. The jury found the k igir not guilty. ' 4 . 13 r1r, .—Cornelius Callaghan, sailor, 17, Jas. Thomas, ksj eaand, 26, and Sophia Parkinson, factory hand, 26, 'tot:dieted for having, at Manchester, on the 2nd Itionifir, assaulted William Thompson, and, with great violence, robbed him of £1 16s in gold and silver. !thi',..!:nomp son , a private of the 36th Regiment, deposed d o g been rushed on by the prisoners as he was i,swalk- Lombard-street during the night. They pulled kL"do an ent r y and threw him on his back. when the i Prisoner pat herleands into his pocket and extracted Noi l uaeY• She then handed it to one of the female pH h,,lthey then a ll -ra n off together. Private Curaley, of bie l - ti e regiment, corroborated the evidence of the last tte, 44 l ,np to the tinee.he was in the house with the female. s ila , e ° l6 Shields deposed to having taken the prisoners IlLwitody on the prosecutor's identification of them. Ilk t he prisoners were in bed at this time. It appeared kkir. prosecutor had gone into a public-house with the 1 1 4,_and exposed his money in presence of the ether 1 /§7R S , previous to theassault in the street. His Lord ,b44°Und discrepancies in the statements of the prosecutor gep e !t ) ropared with those given before the magistrates in k to _heat er . Mr. Fernley, who appeared for the prosecutor, itZed for this by the course pursued at Manchester 1 4.... g the d e p os iti on s of witness e s. Mr. Bowler, and t other gentlemen of the bar, complained of great e l 'etliencee which they had known to arise from the 1 10 14 ,,,, e ria which the Manchester people had of conducting t r.„ this sort. His lordship Characterised the course itt uu„ as a most improper one, and expressed a hope steps would be taken by the magistrates of that ) effect a radical change in this department. The /tel v , Pursued is, that a prosecutor first-give his evidence Ili s „'Y before the magistrates. He is then sent into a Itsii`: room, where his depositions are taken down by N t lb r irs- His depositions are afterwards brought in and !it tL efore the magistrates, and signed by the prosecutor, N t itst the magistrates had no knowledge as to the cor -34,1,es or fulness of the depositions given, or whether ! k Were according to the statements made by the pro -442.5. As it was shown in this case that the prosecutor I lst:"' t 1 a statement before the magistrates, which was 1f Mentioned inhis depositions, the prisoners at the bar N i o l und not gnilty. . atao.—Thontas Carley Grinder, aged 18, was 4 ** ,l 2 1 10 11 , for having, at Bolton on the 16th August, fe dil " 1 „._? stabbed and wounded Holden, with intent ,„ttl e "ri grievous bodily harm. Henry- Holden deposed L'itle is had been in a public house on the Saturday night f lgle - ",Prisoner. He left the house for a short time, and "'sell lie returned, a quarrel had arisen be kisk,B tbe landlord, the prisoner, and some II L The prosecutor took the part of the I tte t - rdlord, a row ensue]. The parties got into the Nted and commenced fighting. when the prosecutor re .ea stabs. The prisoner was seen by several s ;,"se with a knife in his hand, and uplifted against Ire, ° Beeutor. Verdict, Guilty of unlawfully wounding. A:ce deferred. MI 'st Sreeesec.—John Haig, blacksmith, 25, stood t o e tas for having, at Bolton, feloniously stolen a horse, I thiZO)terty of Rowland Rastron. The prosecutor, kit u Ras'ren, deposed that he had bcught the horse , 1 11 1 :au, and gave £26 for the animal. Ho entrusted Ztrse to the prisoner for the purpose of taking it to a 1 s , and instead of doing so, the prisoner took it 1 1 ' fair and sold it. Norman France, In,pector t es s til e Constabulary, deposed to having bought h o rrse at Mill-lane, Hinley, for the sum of £l7. It It ernan deposed to having found £4 in possession of I ke h t i scner after the sale was effected The counsel for titl o ''soner pleaded to show that thee() was at least sus sJ te 0 f unfair means being used to induce a his client to sAutlhorse through drink, which the inspector admitted ke llettira, and that the lad was not a likely person to be ste o VPrietor of a horse, as the inspector believed. The httol -8 p e r 'wets found deferred. 5 13ItEAKIN guilty. G A T MANC Sentenc BESTM e R.—Thomas Jones, t er, aged 17, and George Robinson, fustian-cutter, iiti qt L. vare indicted for having, at Manchester, on the VI the 23th September, feloniously and burglariously ki, t 4 and entered the dwelling-honse of George Salt, d ° ).etwelve pair of boots, value £4. A. watchman in Is h ltrict deposed to having seen the shutters of the ;et te tctstened in the early part of the night, and at half klP i Lte the shutters were broken open. He took Robin '4o,,lto custody. George Salt identified the stolen k b ": Produced in court A police officer pursued Jones, L 1,,_ Possession of the prisoner and the boots. The ,11y en ged the prisoners Al They were sentenc . ed to s ict 'it's penal servitude. The prisoners were previously 1 / 41 0 4e e k : 11 of similar offences. L o tenetea • BIRTH.—Ann Finn, servant, aged 23, was lk ,for having, at Manchester, on the 19th of October, k i N l i kivered of a child, and of having endeavoured to tr.dio v the dead body, by secretly disposing of it. A gl ~ gentleman deposed that the child was not more 1t,b,,; 1 months gone, and consequently was dead born. leleVoner was found not guilty, ckt ot l AttY.—Thomas Jones was indicted for having at elli b , on the 20Th August. burglariously broken into the tktt. t g house of Mr. Robinson, and stoles therefrom a e i . t ° shawls, and various other articles of wearing th Prisoner was farther charged with a similar offence e2eli: house of R. Grimes, Harpurhey, on the 2 1st August. Ne s at uart deposed to having taken the prisoner into eit With some of the articles in his possession Robert Ot t th, de Posed to the fact of his house being broken into VI% e ight in question. He identified some of the Itio t ; Thomas Robinson deposed to similar facts, in lic") a l° the robbery of his house. Verdict (in both PiitY. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to kitec,„ll s Penal servitude k'l' ROBBERY —James Graham, collier, aged 23 , ti t 41 0 war th , collier, 24, and Edward Bradshaw, o , te , ", 23, were indicted for having, at Clayton-le -0 t , (11 1 th e 21st August, assaulted and with violence ,i4k ia ' to °lll the person of Leo Pearson, £l6 10s. The 4ii ttlh, r, Who was a very old man, deposed that on the P h. to i ,,Ye stated, when at St. Harwood fair, after selling ' oe', 1 : 11 0 pisoners came up to him, with two others. t ki e ) l4 ll4 lii eta seized him by the neck from behind,. and h 4 4 w i ll till some of the others robbed him. W s t ' l t ille",l . .e saw three men running away, whom he livg 4. lu .. the prisoners. 031-eorge Harvey deposed_ . to e Wft 4 h; u p l t a n c e e wh prisoners ereth e together, assault was sme committed, from e (4411 ; • Mr. Simon, who appeared for the prisoner lee to y t a rgued, to show an impossibility of the prose• I til .tli ete ldentify the prisoners, under the circumstences, ,Iti kk t l h e was no other evidence to prove their identity _eb t , It ssault and robbery of the prosecutor. The 4 0 4 3 31 s y e e,re all found guilty. Graham was sentenced bi l% ) , e01 ?! 1 penal servitude ; he was several times pre- Vieo te l leted of different offences. The other prisoners ml eo "ad to a penal servitude of four years. t\4lllll tin then rose. I h f4 e:„ tld Jury came into court daring the day, when '' l l4l , 14 made some remarks, which, through the ' 4 Most juounniont position in which the THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1857 reporters aro placed, could not be heard. We understand that the remarks were to the effect that a great many unnecessary witnesses were given in most cases with which they had to deal. In one bill which they did not find, there was actually an insane man attached as a witness. He did not point to where the blame lay, but thought it might be remedied. THE CHARGE OF MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. to come on deck, but what Roderigo said, I could not under stand. The captain said, if he did not come on deck, he would give him the awfuilest beating he ever had. He made no reply, but went on deck very lame. He helped himself along with the spars on deck. The second mate gave deceased some rope-yarn to do. The captain came up and had some talk, bat I did not bear it; he struck him, in a few moments after, with his hand, and he was soon after laid up, and I saw him after in his berth. He was very lame, and I saw him spit blood—clotted dark blood ; that was about seven days after he was laid up, but I can't say how long, before he died, that was. Saw his head shaved by David Gillespie. Did not bear any one give orders for that, bat he appeared willing, and did not resist it, as I saw. The witness corroborated the evidence as to the mate beating deceased one night. I never saw any of the crew ill-treat Roderigo, whose illness was not the same as the men who had the scurvy. He did net complain of his mouth ' • his thigh was bad, and the ethers were under the knee. His face was not swelled, but the men who had the scurvy had their faces swelled. Cross-examined by Mr. Snowball : Did not see the mate kick him, but heard the noise. I was ill for some time, and am not well vet . . _ _ _ To Mr. 6lan4.eld • The spats on my legs are blit'sh black, and resemble bruises. My gums swelled, and bled. Cross-examined by Mr. Block : I can't tell bow long he lived after he was shaved ; he had a cold, and was very bad. I believe the sailors brought him out to be shaved. Did not see the captain near deteascd after he was shaved. I have never seen him ill-used by other persons. Did not see Alick ill-use him. The witness was cross-examined at length. To Mr. Tyndall : He was beaten many times that I did not see, and it was the general talk amongst the crew. To Mr. Bluck : D 3 not recollect Pollock knocking dece sod down. After a short disc ission, the case was adj9ucned to Thursday, at el3ven o'clock. COUNTY COURT-YESTERDAY. BEFORE J. K. BLAIR, ESQ. , JUDGE. Witter Amt. v. HOWELL—On the sitting of the court, this mornine, his Honour give judgment in this case, which was heard before .him on Wednesday last. The action was brought to recover the sum of £l, which the plaintiff had paid to the defendant, Mr. Howell, for a book which had been stolen from her, and sold to him - His Honour observed that both patties were equally respectable and honest, and it was to be regretted that either of them should have to suffer. One of them, however, should suffer, and he thought it was proper that that party should be, not the person to whom the book originally belonged, but the person who purchased it, though ignorant of its having benstolen. The verdict should, therefore, be for the plaintiff. SAME v. NzwroN.—This, also, was an action to recover the value of a book, stolen from the plaintiff and sold to the defendant. His Honour pre a verdict fur the plaintiff for £2 10s. Semi v. GREKR.—TYs was an action brought by Joseph Scott, baker, of London-road and New Brighton, to recover £l4 123 61 from Robert Greer, proprietor of the anti-vermin establishment, Brownlow hill, for damage clone to plaintiff hv the explosion .of a lotion sold to him by the defendant. The case was heard on Thursday, and his Honour now delivered his lodgment. He said : There could be no doubt that the lotion was highly inflammable, rout the label cm the jar folly stated its character, and the plaintiff was bound, in using it, to take such precautions as the notice suggested. He had failed to do so, and under such circumstances the defendant could not be held liable for the damage caused by the explosion. The verdict should, therefore, be fur the defendant. Esterer, at Pmts.—ln this cass, which also stood over for judgment, his Honour gave a verdict, this day, for the plaintiff for Xll. The action was brought to recover the value of a set of false teeth. was paid on account, and the defendant gave an for the balance. The teeth were to be returned in three months if they did not suit, but the defendant kept them for nine months, and then sought to return them on the ground that they did not A'. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.-YESTE TWAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. THE MAN AND THE POI{ ER.—A. respectable looking young woman, named Mary Jane Johnston, was charged with having assaulted a girl named Mary Cunningham. The parties reside in Mann-street, and the case was very complicated, but the ingenuity of Mr. -Cobb, who appeared for the defendant, unravelled it to some extent. It ap peared-that some time ago, a man named Kitson- was fined £5 for an assault on the defendant. The brother of complainant had been . in a reformatory, and came out lately. The parties being near each other had a quarrel, when the mother of complainant was subject to annoyance on this account, and by way of retaliation the defendant was upbraided about the man who had assaulted her. The previous evening the quarrel nag renewed, and the allegation was, that the thlendant aqua the girl with a iaiker on the arm, which echy mosecZ it seriously. Several witnesses were examined, and a good deal at merriment was caused by the cross-examina• tion of ono of them, a bey about eighteen years of age, who said he was playing " tick" in the street. Mr. Cobb . What's "tick ?" Witness: Why, don't you know what "tick" is? Mr. Cobb:: No, tell us what it is-? Well, its " tick" to be sure. (Laughter.) Mr. Cobb.: You were in a reformatory ? Yes, for twelve months'. end I'm home only, two weeks from Mount St. Bereard. Mr. Cobb : You are a very innocent Garsan now ? Yes, now I am. Mr. Cobb : And, of course, you were quite innocent before you were sent to the Reformatory ? No, I was'nt. I was guilty then, but I have a good character now. Mr. Cobb called several witnesses, who disproved the ease, and His Worship said it leas clear that the witnesses for the com plainant had not told the truth, and he therefore discharged the defendant. Des CHARGE ,OF POISONING.—JAII Gay, the master carter, of Cheapside, was brought up on remand, charged with an attempt to poison his wife. The details of this case, so far as they had proceeded, were published a few days ago. Mr. Goodere was for the prisoner. In addition to the evidence already given, the following was produced. The wife of the prisoner was cross-examined by Mr. reoodsre, and said: I removed property. I removed some of it, for I was afraid to remain in the place. I took the horse-gear, for fear his lads would steal them. I took the horses, as some of them were going through the streets without any one to mind them. Mr. Goodere: How , many husbands have you had, ma'am ? One living. Have you one in America ? No, sir. Had you another husband ? Yes, I had one, who died in Manchester. When ? About eleven years ago. What was he ? A cabinet-maker. Are you sure he is dead ? I suppose he is. What was his name ? Hayes. And are you sure he is dead ? Oh, certainly he is. Had you any other husband ? Yes, and Dr Games attended him, sixteen years ago, when he died. Where did the man in Manchester die ? In the hospital. Then you had two before you picked up with Guy ? Yes. And are you sure both are dead ? Yes. What was the last man's name ? Shannon. Will you swear it was not Cannon ? His name was Shannon, and not Cannon. Did ycu take away old Guy's bank-book ? No, I didn't take away old Guy's bank-book, as you call him. Mr. Mansfield : Why did you object to Inspector Duggan taking away the bottle of medicine ? Witness : 13.:C Ause I did not think there was anyt'.lng wrong, in it. Mr. Goodere : Because you put the poison in it yourself. Mr. Mansfield Did you not think it strange that medicine you were taking all the week before, without remarking anything particular, should all of a sudden have a nasty taste and burning in your mou.h ? Witness : I did not. Mr. Mansfield : That's rather strange. A boy named Samuel Campbell was called to prove motive on the part of the prisoner, and be gave a frightful picture of a scene In a cellar in Richmond Row, where eight per sons were in one bed, and where the prisoner (who was one of the party) and a Mrs. —, swore they would kilt the complainant, and be hung or transported for it. A person named Frank Smith was also examined to prove motive, and this witness said the complailant's daughter told him she saw her " daddy" put some white powder in her mother's medicine. The girl here said—l never told you so. The man was cross-examined by Mr. Goodere at great length. Dr. Edwards was examined, and said he was a professor of Chemistry, and on the 25. h ult, he received from inspector Duggan a sealed battle of medicine, No.l ; a sealed bottle of vomit, No. 2 ; a black glazed crock, No. 3 ; and a tea cap, No. 4. Analysed these for poison, and No. 1 contained two table snoonsful of red fluid with a white heavy sediment and light scum. Filtered the fluid and separated the white sediment. This I washed with distilled water and alcohol, and then dried ; it weighed 114 grains. After putting it through a variety of' tests and p.ocess, he found white arsenic. The contents of the bottle No. 2 afforded similar res Ilts ; the quantity of white arsenic in the vomits was about four grains. There was no evidence of white arsenic in vessel No. 3. The ee,seel. No. 4—the sediment—consisted entirely of white arsenic. On the 27th of November he received from Duggan several articles of wearing apparel, and tried all ti;," pockets, but did not find any arsenic. The witness was cr,:'es-examined scientifically by Mr. Goodere. In reply to Mr. .tUanteeld, the witness said the quantity of arsenic found in :he Vomit would, under favourable circumstances, destroy life. The quantity in the tea cup was enough to destroy life. nspector Duggan was examined, and gave the same evidence as he did on the last day, and which we have already published a few days ago. He was cross-examined at some ltngas by Mr. Goodere, but there was nothing futile - I. elicited. GOOdirt then addressed the court, and contended that no grand jury could find a bill against the prisoner on the evidence. He said the woman 'had 'made away with all her husband's property, and that the woman had done the thing herself to get all the property into her possession. His worship, after a few observations, sent the prisonor for trial. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held at seven o'clock last night, in the Commissioners offices, Hamilton-Equare, B 41t enhe ad — Mr. John Laird presided. The other Commissioners present were Messrs. Bell, Harrisor, MaeWhirter, Gel borne, Macdonead, Meakin, Bailiff, Bayliss, Verelst, K , ightley, Aspinall, Bradley, Hind, Willoughby, and Cook. The Cuatateter said: Before commencing the business of the Lighting and Watching Committee, I think it right to state that the committee which was appointed to com municate with the people of Manchester upon the dock question have met, and I shall state to you what has been done since then. The committee appointed consisted of Messrs. Cook, Keightley, Rae, and myself. We went, Mr. Cook and I, and attended a meeting in Manchester, where certain resolutions were passed, which I shall not trouble you by reading : becau se you are already acquainted with them, a copy having been tent to each of you. A committee was then appointed, of which I was one, to draw up a memorial to be presented to the various public bo.rds. We had not been able to have a meeting to settle definitively any memorial until to-day. I was in Manchester to-day, at the Town Wall, and met the other gentlemen there, and we decided upon a memorial, which will be presented in the course of a few days to the various public boards, with the view of endea vouring to get the Government and the other bodies connected with it to support us in the present attempt which, it appears to me, is about to be made for delaying the works here. A copy of the memorial I have not got with me, but as you entrusted us at the last meeting with the power to attend, and as there was a good deal of discussion upon it, I think it right now to give you this information, and generally to state oar views upon the question. They are that ; as the Corporation of Livepool were bound in 1855 to go on and complete the works, and, RS they were also bound by the act which passel in the August of this year, to commence forthwith and go on with the work., until the new trust should come into power on the Ist of January next; and, as now three months have elapsed since that bill passed, and no steps whatever have boon taken with regard to tue outer works at Birkenhead, and no steps, except the purchase of a cargo of timber for scaffolding for going on with the walls at the north side, we think it is high time that we should endeavour to protect our interests in the matter, and that if we can enlist in our favour, and the favour of whit I consider to be right and justice, the manufacturing districts, es well as all parties concerned in the improved deck accenimodation of the Mersey, we should enlist them with us in endeavouring to prevent the Corporation or the Dock Estes° of Liverpool, or the New Trust, from going on with any further extension on the Liverpool side, until they have complEeed 'what they are bound. to do by Parliament, what they engaged with us to do in 1855, and induced us to give our support— the support of the people of Bit kenhead—to carry out, on Coe faith of their going on with these works. (Hear, tear.) Now, from time to time, we have taken a very decided line in supporting the Corporation when any obstacles ware raised against them which we th aight, at the time, were not quite fair. But on the last occasion, when the bill was brought before Parliament, an arraegement was made about the plans of works between Mr. Brunel aed Mr. Hartley. An arrange ment was deliberately entered into by the Great Western Railway Company and the Corporation, but unfortunately, it fell through The Corporation do not like to have it called repudiation; but, so far as this, it was repudiation, that they made an agreement which they refused to carry oun The agreement was made public in the papers, as to the plans which should be decided upon for the future But the act of Parliament. as it passed, was, that the Corporation should proceed with the works on the present plan. There was nothing to prevent them from going on with the inner work., or with a great portion of the outer works. I believe that by joining with all parties interested, and memoralising the Government, and getting all the support we can from parties disinter ested, who have really the interest of the trade of the port at heat, we shall succeed in getting progress made with the works on this side, and a stop put to any further extension on the Liverpool side, until they do what they engaged to do in 1855, what Parliament again bound them to do in August last, to carry out the works on this side of the water. That is the object of the m' morial generally. So far as the committee can join other parties in getting this accomplished, they will do so ; and as it is a matter exciting considerable interest on this side f the water, and also in Liverpool at present, I think it right that I should state that no efforts of the committee you have appointed will be relaxed until they accomplish the object. (Hear, h ar). If their exertions fail it will not be from any want of energy or determination to carry it out. If they fail it must be only attributed to the more power ful interest we have got against us. (Bear, hear) The proceeding; of the Watch and Markets Committee were confirmed without remark. They contained nothing of interest. The proceedings of the health C )mmittee, including bye-law 3 for the regulation of hackney carriages; were read. The deaths during the past month were 59, of which 23 were from Zymotic diseases. Ths bye-laws were referred back, the CJrnmitteeconsenting, for further con sideration. The other procoediags of the Committee were confirmed. On the proceeding 3 of the Road Improvement CJmmittee, which contained nothing of general interest, being real, Mr. BAYLTS called attention to the state of Chester street, and suggested the neces-ity of having it widened, particularly near the Ferry. The proceedings were confirmed. FINANCE COMM TTEE. The proceedings of this Committee were read. They comprised S everal applications from occupiers, praying for a remission of their rates. Mr. Coox thought that the rates should ha remitted under no circumstances where the rent exceeded a certain amount. When he was on the Committee they frequently received applications for the remission of rates from par ties paying as high rents as £4O a-year. Ile thought that if parties were able to pay so high a rent they should be able to pay their rates, and that in such cases a remission should not be granted under any circumstances. Mr. KErGnriarr observed that no remission was ever granted until a Special report on each case was made to the Committee. When the rent was between £2O and - 4 240 the Committee granted remission of the rates only in the case of lodging-house-keepers who had been unable to get their houses filled. The proceedings were confirmed. FERRY COMMITTRE. The proceedings of this committee were raid The receipts of the Ferry for the past month were in 1836, £1,976 163. 101 ; 1857, £1.946 4u. 7d. Receipts from 0 4th April to 30th November :-1856, £17,968 19i 84.; 1857. 18,700 Os. 44. Expenditure during same period, £11,523 ss. sd. ; 1857, £12,403 is sd. Mr. Btu, asked if anything had been done in regard to the mooring of vessels in the track of .the ferry steamers ? Mr. ITAttntsort re plied that nothing could be done in the matter until the New Dock Trustees were appointed. Mr. BArLsrr again referred to the ferry tu-n-styles, and declared that they were such a nuisance, he wondered the inhabitants of the township did not rise en masse and pull them down. (Laughter). The matter was recommended to the consideration of the committee ; and the proceedings were confirmed. From the proceedings of the Library Committee, which were confirmed, it appeared that the Library is to be closed for a few days this month, for the purpose of classifying the books, and making certain alterations. NEW TOWN HALL. The report of the Special Committee on this subject was read. They approved of Mr. Hornblower's plan', and submitted the f llowing resolution for the approval of the Commissioners : Resolved, that it be recommended to the Board that the C )mmissioners sell as much of the front portion of the piece of land adjoining Hamilton square as may be required for the erection of the proposed Town Hall, at the schedule price ; and that they take the whole of the Town Hall, when erected, upon a lease or otherwise, as may be agreed upon, at a rental not exceed ing £350 a-year, with full power to under-let the pubic room, and all other rooms in the building not required for the Commissioners' purposes, upon such terms and under such arrangements as the Commissioners may from time to time think desirable, the Commissioners to be entitled to all rents and other profis that arise from such under letting " Mr. HARRISON moved the confirmation of the recommen dation ; and, in doing so, stated that the building would contain a Board-room 30 feet long, 24 feet wide, and 18 feet high, in addition to a public room larger than the ball-room of the Liverpool Town Hall. The difference in the rent, as compared with what they 'should pay for their present building, would be only £BO a-year. but he was confident that more than that sum would be realised from the letting of the public room for concerts and other purposes. When the matter was mentioned to Mr. Brassey, he consented to take shares to the extent of £l,OOO ; the chairman would take shares to the extent of £5OO ; he himself (Mr. Harrison) would take some shares, and if they could get fifty other gentlemen to take each shares to the extent of £lOO, the undertaking would be complete. In conclusion, Mr. Harrison observed that he would have a clause in the lease giving the commissioners power to take the building altogether at any time, on the payment to the shareholders of its cost. Mr. BAILIFF seconded the motion, and observed that there could be no doubt the speculation would be a profit able one, and advantageous to the township. He calculated that the public room would nearly pay the whole rent. ASPINALL thought it would be very important the public should know, as nearly as possible, the per centage they should receive for their money laid out in shares. Although 000 might he the nominal cost, yet the extras in the case of a large building amounted very frequently to 10 or 15 per cent. upon the estimate. He thought it would be also advisable to have other plans obtained beside the one, although he had a very high opinion of Mr. Horn.. blower's ability. The CHAIRMLN said that, after all the pains Mr. Horn blower had taken for years, and the repeated plans he had made, it would not be fair that his plan should be passed over, and the thing thrown open to the public ; and he was sure that other architects, under the circumstances, would not deeire it. Mr. Hartaisolt stated that £l,OOO had been allowed for emergencies and extras, and he felt quite sure that every one who took shares might rely upon getting 5 per cent. upon his money. An estimate had been received — £5,000 for the building, and £l,OOO fur the land re quired. Mr. BELL suggested that it should b 3 left to the com mittee to negociate, and when the negociations were reduced to form, then to come a zain before the committee. _ Mr. HARRISON urged that the motion be confirmed at once, as it would be very difficult to carry on any definite negotiations if the question were again to be opened up before the Board. _ Mr. B tYLIeS objected to anything being hurried on, and urged that the question should not be definitely concluded that night. The resolution, after some further disen3sion, was carried. Mr. KEIGTITLEY moved that each committee be directed to send in a detailed estimate every March, of the proposed expenditure during the following official year. The resolution was agreed to. The Board then adjourned. SERIOUS CUA.RGE 01? GAROTTING AND ROBBING A TRADESMAN. At the Manchester City Police Court, on Friday, three young men - Daniel Skivington, Luke Barns, -and James Flood, who lodge together at the hons 3 of a man named Wroe, in Spinning Field, Deanegate, ware placed in thW dock, charged with violently assaulting and robbing Mr. William liatasden, coal proprietor, Marchant's Hall, Flintshire A policeman, who with another officer had that morning apprehended the prisoners, stated that they were chareed with having that morning, along with three other men, robbed the prosecutor of a £5O, a £2O, and a £lO Bank of England note, with £9 in gold and 151 in silve- ; also a bill of exchange for £2l, and a gold watch. Witness found the swivel of the watch, and other things, at the spot where the robbery WAS committe 1. The prosecutor had been so much injured by compression of the throat that he could only whisper, and his evidence had to be repeated to the bench by an officer of the court. According to prosecu' or's statement, he want to the Victoria Station, a out eleven o'clock on Thursday night, inter.ding to go off by a train, but it had gone. He then went down into the second-class ref eshment room, and remained there about an hour. He then went to look for lodgings ; and, in some part of Deansgate, was met by two =n— one of them was not in custody; the other was the pri soner Skivington. The man not in custody asked him if he was in want of lodgings, and on being told that he was, said he would show him to a respectable house. He ac companied them to some public-house in Deausgate, and treated each with a glass of brandy. He left there, in ' company with the man not apprehended, having learnt that he could not have a bed. It was about half-past two in the morning, and when walking along a place he did not know (afterwards ascerained to be Spinning Field), he was attacked by six men. All the three prisoners were amongst them, but he first saw the prisoner Skivington. They put a string round his neck, nearly strangled him, and dragged him into a court, where they robbed' him of £B9 and his watch, and then ran off. When he was able, he called out " Police!" "Murder!" and a policeman came up, to whom he tild what had happened. The officer stated that, hearing a call, he went to the place and found that the prosecutor had been garotted. Upon the ground he found a bunch of keys, a pen machine, a string (which the prosecutor supposed to b.; the one that had been passed round his neck), and a cap. He had seen the prisoner Ekivington at the door of his lodgings a short time bisre, and warned him that it was time he was in bed. He took the prosecutor to this house end he identified the three prisoners as being among3t the men who attacked him. Near the door of the lodging house he found a piece of paper relating to 17s ; this paper the prosecutor identified as his. Another officer stated that he saw the prisoners tegether, at ten minutes More two o'clock; they lived about fifty yards from the place where •tho robbery was committed. The prisoners were remanded. LIFE IN CINCINNATI: (From. the last Cincinnati Journals) A tall, lank, Jerusalem sort of a fellow, pretty well under . the influence of Mr: Alcohol, was ob:.4erved swing'ng to a lamp post on Fifth-street, last night. He was talking, quite loudly to the aforesaid post, when a guardian of the night approached him. " Come, sir, you are making too much noise," said the watchman. " Noise ? why's that said noise ? " asked the po3t•holier, as he skewed his head and endeavoured in vain to give the intruder a sober look. "It was me," replied the watchman, as he exposed his silvered numbers to full view. " You? and who the d—l are you ?It taint me that's a makin' of the noise. No, sir. It's the banks that's making all the noise. They are a breakin', a erushin', and a smashin' of things to an increditable amount. Noisa ? It's the bankers that are a makin' of the noise. They are a cussin', a rippin', and a starlit' all 'round. It's the brokers. that are a makin' of the noise. They are a hollerin', and a yelpiu', and a sereechin', like wild Injuns, over the times, that wzrsers everything but themselves. No, sir, it aunt me that's a makin' of the noise.'' "You are as tight as a brick in a new wall," said the officer. amused at the good nature of the individual. "Me tight ? Who said I am tight ? No, sir, you are mistaken. It's not me that's tight. It's money that's tight: Go down on Third-street, and they'll tell you thore that money is tight. Go into the wcrkthops and you'll find money is tight. Read the newspapers au' you'll find out that it's money that's tight: Me tight ? I've got nary a red but Kanahnwa, an' the d-1 couldn't get tight on that. No, sir, I'm not tight." " Then you are drunk." 'Drunk? Stranger, yor out of it agin. 'The world's drunk. The hull community is a sta.ggerin' rouni, buttin' their heads agin some walls and a skinnin' of their noses on the curbstone of adversity. Yes, sir, we're all drunk— that is, everybody's drunk but me. I'm sober —sober as a police judge on a rainy day, I ain't drunk ; no, sir, stran ger, I ain't drunk." " What are you making such a fool of yourself for then?" . " Foot? Sir, I'm no fool. I'm distressed. I've catched the contagion. I'm afflicted." "Are you sick ?" " Rxactly," " What's the matter with you ?" "I've got the panics." "The what Y" "The panics, sir; it's a going to carry off this town. I tried to escape by hard drink, bat it'4 no use. The panics have got me, sure." The watchman, more amused than ever, tendered his sympathy, and what was better, his aid, to the panic stricken indiv'dual. In the course of half an hour he had the pleasure of putting him into the door of his boarding house and pointing out to him the best rem e dy— a so f t bed and long slumber. A beautiful and lovely woman, the wife of a prominent " Republican " politician of Tuledo, arrived in this city yesterday to pay a wager of a kiss that Chase would be elected by a majority of five thousand, which bet she made with a well-koowa Democratic lawyer residing on Fourth street. According to the agreement the loser wag to come or go all the way to the other and pay the indebtedness by the Ist of November, which condition she fulfilled by arriving and proffering payment yesterday—thus antici pating the specified period by a day. An acquaintance, while passing over the Ohio and Mi ss i ss ippi railroad from St. Louis to C.:ncinnati, a day or two since, overheard the following conversation between a quartette of ladies and gentlemen, which struck him as being sufficiently ludicrous to warrant publication. The two ladies it seams, were from Kansas, and the genVemen were travelling acquaintances. The conversation turned on the subject of matrimony; and one of the gentlemen, moved perhaps by the tender passion, ask_d his female companion if she was married. "I was married," sighed the blooming dame, " but alas I know not if my husband be dead or alive I heard that he was accidentally killed in Pittsburgh a few weel:s ago, and I am now going there to ascertain whether the report be true or false." " Well, I've got a dead thing sure on my husband," remarked the other lady, " far I saw him buried five weeks ago." Our friend, who relates this anecdote, soddenly disap peered beneath the voluminous folds of his overcoat on hearing this last remark, and when he again made his appearance his face plai n ly indicated that some strong internal commotion had taken place within his system. THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Captain J. A. Christie and James Millard were brought up on remand. The Court was more crowded than on the previous days. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Black for Captain Christie, with Mr. Snowball for the mate. The prisoners appeared much more anxious than on the former days, and the Ca'tain was very pale and rest less. A large number of his friends were present. Mr. Tyndall said that, in consequence of the importance of the case, and in consequence of the absence of impo r t a nt witne;us, he would not be able to finish the case so as to hare the prismers tried at the present assizes. Mr. Snowball and Mr. Bluck contended that the case should he concluded, so as to have the prisoners tried at the present assizes. After some discussion, the case was proceeded with. The first witness called was Matio Trook, a Sicilian, examined through Mr. Achille Peross;, whose in'erpre tation elicited the admiration of all who heard him, for his intelligence and correctness. I was an able seaman on board the barque Elizabeth, from New Calabar home, ant!, Francisco Roderigo joined the same time I did. There were two joined—Spaniards —witness and Roderigo. There was a sailor named Mitchell on board ; he joined at New Calabar. Three of them came from the Faith to the E!izrhetb. The prisoner Christie was the captain of the Faith, and Millard the mate, and they were the same in the Elizabeth. Left for England the let July. Rode rigo was in good health when he sailed, and he could walk straight, and was active. I saw Captain Christie beat Roderigo, about a month after leaving:, with a rope. It took pjace at the wheel, and Roderigo c r ied ou t th a t h e was killing him. I recollect the captain beating him one night after that. I heard him cry out, "Oh, he's killing me." I was in bad, but did not leave it. I could see the cabin door, and saw the captain and deceased outside the door on deck. Roderigo was laving on the deck, and the captain was kicking him, but I 'don't know the place be kicked him, but I saw him kick him bard and violent. The captain then went into the cabin, aad Rodelip went to bed in the same place where I was, and said the captain beat him, and all his body was in pain. Up to that time Roderigo was. a strong , man. There wry great pains in his bones after, and he walked lame and bending. Did you see Roderigo's back after that? Yes, in alaout a month. I never saw the second mate rub deceased's back, nor any one else. Did you ever see his naked back ? No, but saw it in the bunk about a month after. All the crew were there at the time, but I do not know the names. A man named Summers was present. What state was his back in ? It was blue and black a little. There was a bone sticking out about the middle of the back. Saw his legs, and they were swelled, the right one more than the other. When he was touched he was in great pain. I recollect the first mate comiug to the forecastle at twelve one night. •It was before I saw deceased's back that he came. I saw the mate beating Rederigo. The mate asked who was on the look-out? and I heard Roder go say he was not on the 100k -out, and saw the mate beat him. He kicked him violently, and he fell on deck, and he cried out "You are killing me." He beat him with his hands and feet. Re had thin shoes on at the time. I saw Itoderigo next day, and he complained of pain from the• beating. Bid be become weaker after that ? Yei, he got lean and weaker after the beating. I recollect his dying. Saw him on deck about a month before be died with the captain and mate. He was very ill, and was walking very badly. I remember the second mate heaving the log one day, and deceased was with him, but I did not see him as I was sick in my bank, but I could see the deck. Svir the caiitaia on the poop. What did you see him do? Kick Roderiga on the poop, and the latttr had 'the log on his arm at the time. lioderigo fell down, and after that he went to his bunk. Did he ever do any work after that Never. He slid his shoulders, back, and all his body, were in pain, from the beating of ropes, hands :and kicking by thc , officers. He did not mention any names. Saw him the night before be died, and his breath was very bad ; that was so from the time he began to be ill. Mr. Mansfiold-: Did you see his gums? Yes, they were bad, and he could not eat. Saw blood coming from his mouth ; the night before he died saw the blood, but not before. All his teeth were loose, and he breathed very heavily in his bunk. He said it was from illness his teeth were bad. Did he say ho bad the scurvy P No, nor had be the scurvy.. . Had be the scurvy.? No; be had a coug,b, and spit blood for five days. When he cougiled, he appeared to be in great pain. He told me the cause of his illness was the beatings he got from the ofßecrs. 31r. pluck : — That was answered before the same way. Witness : I saw him taken on deck and brought hick, the same day of the night he died. His head was shaved, and deceased said he felt cold. He said he felt cold in his head after it was shaved, but nothing else. The man who shaved him is not here. He said they hurt hiva by cutting his hair. Did he say be was dying? Yes, he was telling me that. Did you see him on deck the day before he died ? Yes, on the forehatch, near the galley. Ho was lying, and complaining of cold ; his head was shaved then: It was shaved tea days before he died. Saw him after death, and he was swered all over, legs, and every part. What colour was his holy ? Black and blue. Ile was lean, and lost a great deal of flesh. lie had the same food as others, but he caald not eat anything. He was ill for a month, and a month he c)uld not eat but very little. He complained for that month of a pain in his month. I had the scurvy. D.:ceased had no appearance of the scurvy, nor his mouth either. Mr. Mansf,:ld: Why not ? Ilthey touched his mouth the teeth would come out. Did the soreness of the mouth arise from injury or disease ? From the injuries he rec2ivel. My gums were all black, but Roderigo's were not. The blood came from Riderigo's throat ; his gums were yellowish. Cross-examined by Mr. Snowball : I was six weeks sick, and was ill till we got to C)rk. Was confined to the bunk for the six weeks, but was there the night the mate assaulted the deceased. It was before I was ill that happened. My 'bunk was at the right side of the fore castle. Saw the data used carried up to be buried; he had his shirt and trousers on. Cross-examined by Mr. Block : I don't remember the time the captain assaulted the deceased first ; I was not sick then ; was in the bunk the second time I saw him beat deceased. I can see the cabin from the bunk, while laying there. The deceased Old me what they had done to him, but no one else told me. I know it all of my own knowledge. Know Henry Renshaw (one of the men). Saw the captain and Roderigo on deck again after that, and the watch was on deck; it was the watch of the second mate. The captain beat him then. What was it about.? For breaking a lamp. I bad the scurvy, and my legs were swollen, and are so now. I did not throw up blood, but if I touched my teeth blood would come. Some came out of my nose ; my legs were painful to toucb, and I feel it now. I felt worse as we came near land, and persons suffering from it suffer more as they near land. Roderigo had nothing on the feet, it was all on the legs. I had spots on my legs, but those spots on Roderigo were from blows. Roderigo was not sick the second day he came on board the Elizabeth. There is white and blaek scurvy, and I had the black scurvy. How do you know it was not the scurvy Roderigo had ? Because his legs were too firm for that. Deceased was kicked on both legs, and the marks were the marks of bruises—black and blue. The marks of scurvy are block, but no pimples. James Salumers examined : I was an able seaman, and went out and returned in the Elizabeth. The prisoners joined her at Calabar. The witness went on to say who joined the ship. Roderigo was strong and hearty, and ate his meals well. Saw the mate beat him soon after he joined, when we were putting palm oil from casks. Saw him beaten about a month after we sailed. Saw the captain on the poop and heard the blows at the wheel, and soon after the deceased came from the wheel and complained of his head and side. I heard the captain say he would break his head. Saw him ill-treated by the captain six or seven weeks after that. Eight weeks after we sailed, I saw the captain beat him with a rope and the main brace. He struck him with his fl3t, before that. It was between six and eight o'clock. The witness went on to corroborate the evidence given by the previous witnesses regarding the binnacle lamp. I saw the captain strike him, knock him down, and kick him. He cried out, but Idi I not under stand what he said. He tried to get from the captain. Heard blows and sounds as if a man was striking another. Roderigo came forward and complained of his head and side as he passed bye. Heard the mate swearing at deceased one night in an angry tone, and saw Roderigo come up after that on his feet and hands. He seemed to walk very lame, and he groaned-very much. Heard bl ows as if one man striking another. Saw Roderigo in his berth after, and he complained of his legs and back. He had not the scurvy that I know of, The captain came and told him CONFESSION OF MURDER. A great deal of excitement has been created in Wey mouth during the past week, says the Sherborne Journal, in consequence of a rumour that an old woman on her death-bed had confessed that she was a participator in a most foul and cruel murder, committed more than half a century ago, but the real perpetrators of which at that time could not be discovered. About the period men tioned great alarm was felt in the town in consequ sties , of the discovery of a human body wrapped in a linen sheet, lying near the foot of the old bridge, on the Melcombe Regis side of the harbour. On examination it was Lured that death had been caused by a blow on the too of the head, causing a severe fracture of the skull, as if committed by some iron and blunt instrument. Blood was traced from the spot across the bridge to a house in which the deceased woman resided, situated in High-street, near Boot-lane, This was then the only house of ill-fame in the town. It is supposed that on the night of the murder, the unfortunate man. whose name was Tillroyd Morgan, by profession a jeweller and engraver, was at this house in company with a farmer, named Hardy, who resided at the village of Chickerell, but who died many years since. A quarrel is said to have arisen between these parties, which resulted in a death-blow being inflicted upon Morgan. After the fatal blow had been struck, the body of the deceased was wrapt up in a kind of sheet or sack, and was then placed on Hardy's horse (which was standing at the door of' the ill-famed house at the time of the occur rence), and brought it to the bridge, the intention of the murderers being to throw it into the, water. Ia this, it would seem they were baffied,, for the night was dark, and they, on landing at the Melcombe side, dropt their burden in the street. As daylight dawned a workman near the spot saw the bundle, and on opening it a most horrid sight presented itself, the head of the unfortunate man being completely smashed in. An alarm was instantly raised, and a search instituted, which resulted in spots of blood being traced throagla the whole of the route they had taken, and to the very door of the house iu which the murder was committed. Suspic',on was at once raised as to the guilty parties, and the deceased woman and her associates were at once arrested and brought bermes the tribunal at Dorchester, but the evidence failed to substan tiate the charge, and they were acquitted. Hardy is said never to have been a happy man afterwards. Al anecdote is told of the horse, which we believe is true, that so sensitive was the animal of the deed which had been committed, that it would never pees that house afterwards, and his master was compelled to get rid of him. A few days ago. the last of the survivors of those supposed to be participators in the dreadfulaleed died—Prisehla Guppy. On her death-bed her state of mind was truly frightful ; she had attained a great age, being upwards of ninety. It is stated that, previons to her decease, she confessed she was a participator in the murder, having beat him on the head with a flat piece of iron, or heater, such as is used in ironing linen. She implored the Divine Creator to laws mercy on her soul, and forgive the sins she had committed. When she was arraigned before the bar of justice on the trial she had the gold watch and chain of the murdered man concealed in the hair of her head, and after the commission of the crime Hardy went home to his own house and immediately on entering put back the clock two hours, He retired to rest, and a short time afterwards awoke his servant, and told her to go down stairs and see whet was the time, when she returned and told her mister very innocently the hour, not knowing that the clock had been altered. Tale servant was brought forward on the trial, and thus her testimony as to his being at home at the time the cr;eae was supposed to be camniitted led to his acquittal. The body of the murdered min was interred in the churchyard of St, Mary's Ceu rob. where now to this day may be seen his tombstone wish the following inscription :—" This stone was erected by public subscription, in remembrance of the cruel murder commit ted on the body of Tillroyd Morgan, who lies here, on the 27th April, 1792, aged 22:" BORROWING NEWSPAPERS FROM THE POST- OFFICE. At the Bow-street Police Court, Lond)n, an Monday, a postman, named Collins, was brought before Mr. Henry for steeling a newspaper in its progress through the post. Mr. Cole, inspector of letter carriers, slated that, on that morning (Monday) he went down to Stoke Newington, where the prisoner is employed, and saw him at the pest office. He a- , ked the prisoner if he had any objection to show the contents of his pocketsT The prisoner said " No," and produced-the newspaper in question, which he said he had taken home to read on Sunday,- and had now brought back to forward it. It was . addressed to a farmer in Wigton, N.B. Tao prisoner said he had been in the habit of doing this. He was not aware of its enormity. Mr. Henry hoped that it would go.forth that the postmen were not to take newspapers home to read, even it they returned them after reading them. Thire were great complaints of the delaying of newspapers. A postman who delayed a paper in this manner was liable to au indictment, even though he did not intend to keep it. Mr. Sculthorpc, the deputy controller, remarked that the irregularities at this office had been so great that he had given instructions for the posting of four letters addressed to persons within the district, to test the honesty of the persons employed. These letters had not been discovered, but a thorough search would be made before the next examination. The priso ner's house had not yet been thoroughly searched. From the articles found on the prisoner, it appeared that he had been carrying on a system of stealing the stamps from letters and substituting old stamps torn from other letters Which had gone through the post. It was part of his duty to eallect letters within the district, some of which would be directed to persons also within the district. These he would take home, change the stamps as stated, and then deliver them, without taking them to the office at all. tin him were found about eighty old stamps, which had been gummed over again ready for use ; a bottle of gum, and a number of stamps, evidently torn from letters. He was remanded for further examination. EX 112 tiORDIITARY CASE OF I NIP OSTURE. At the adjourned sessions at Stafford, on Thursday last, an old man, who had attained the aga of 63 years. and who assented to the name of Thomas Beardmore, alias John Mobley, pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining money and goods by false pretences at Leek and Stone. The cir cumstances under which the frauds were practised are so extraordinary, that we give a brief outline of the filets, which would have been more fully ditctosed, if the charges had been investigated by a jury. The prisoner, whose real name is John Mobley, is a native of Weston fravil, near Aylesbury. For some time he has resorted to a series of impostures, his favourite character being that of a returned convict, and in this personification ho is described in the Police Gazelle of September tad, as having imposed upon an old woman of the name of Hannah Duckworth, of Burnley, Lancashire, by representing himself as her son. At a later date, at Leek, Staffordshire, he represented him • self to be a man named Frederick Cox, who had been transported about nineteen years previously. In conse quence of the plausible tale he told, and his accurate knowledge of events which had transpired before Cox's transportation, he was kept for nearly a month at the house jof a married daughter of the convict. Cox's wife, suppos ng her husband to have been dead, had married again ; and although it is scarcely creditble, the silty old woman was so completely convinced that the prisoner was her long lost partner, that she left the man whom she had marriel, and went to live with the prisoner. He told her that he was possessed of £1,700, part or all of which he had put in the bank : and upon this statement being questioned, he took the daughter of the old woman to the bank, left her at the door, and on returning assured her it was all right, and that he had drawn £l5O on account. The same afternoon he accompanied her to several shops in Leek, where he order ed goods; but the deception being shortly afterwards dis covered, Beardmore, fearing the consequences, conveyed himself away from the locality. He was soon afterwards found at Stone, where he introduced himself to Lydia Hawkins, representing that he was her husband, who had been transported 30 years before. The same kind of aston ishing credulity which induced Mrs Cox to take him as her husband. operated with Mrs Hawkins, and as he told her of the £l,BOO he had in the batik, which he had got as a gold digger, she believed the lapse of time might have altered his features, and for the space of five weeks he lived with her, during which period she gave him money and several articles of clothing. At the end of this period some grave doubts were aroused in her mind with reference to his identity, and the money he professed to have, and finding the place becoming too warm for him, he quietly left and did not return. He then palmed off a similar im position at Tean, where he represented himself to be a returned convict named Thomas Beardmore, who 25 years previously had been banished, and he so effectually carried on the deception, that not only Beardmore's re'atives, bat many of the inhabitants were imposed on, his altered appearance being attributed to the hardships he had under gone.—On Friday morning, (sentence having been defer red), the prisoner was again placed in the dock, and sen tenced to 12 calendar mouths in gaol to hard labour. ~:. ~,. ;, 1`