The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

VISIT OE THE KING OF. SARDINIA.

Ox Tuesday, the King and Prince Albert left Windsor
for Buckingham Palace, and thence proceeded in state to
Guildhall.

The weather was not very favourable, but the streets,
although not quite so crowded as on the occasion of the
Emperor of the French's visit; were thronged by a vast con-
course of persons. There was a good display of flags from the
houses in the line of procession, and the King's reception was-
all that could be desired.

Upon the arrival of the Royal party at Guildhall, the
address from the City of London was presented, to which
the King read a reply in Italian. The following is a trans-
lation :

"MY LOBD MAYOR,—I offer my heartfelt thanks to you,
to the aldermen, and to the Commons of the City of London,.
for the cordial congratulations which;you present to me, on,
the occasion of my visit to her Majesty the Queen and to the
British nation. The reception I have met with in this ancient
land of constitutional liberty—of which your address is a con-
firmatiou—is to me a proof of the sympathy inspired by the
policy I have hitherto pursued—a policy in which it is my
intention constantly to persevere. The close alliance existing
between the two most powerful nations of the earth, is honour-
able alike to the wisdom of thesovereigns who govern them,
and to the character of their. people. They have understood
how preferable is equally admntageous friendship to an
ancient and ill-defined rivalry. This alliance is a new faefrhn
history, and is the triumph of civilization.
Notwithstanding the misfortunes-which have weighed upon
my kingdom, I have entered into this alliance, because the
House of Savoy ever deemed it to be its duty to draw the
sword when the combat was for justice and independence, if
the forces which I bring to the. allies are those of a state not
vast, I bring with them nevertheless the influence of a loyalty
never doubted, and supported by the valour of an army always
faithful to the banners of its lUngs. We cannot laydown
our arms until an honourable, and, therefore, durable-peace
has been secured. This we shall accomplish by seeking una-
nimously the triumph of true right, and the just desires of
each nation,

I thank you for the good wishes you this day express for
my future happiness, and for that of my kingdom. While
you thus express yourselves, with respect to the , future,
it gives me great pleasure to , speak of the present, and con-
gratulate you on the high position attained by Great,Britain.
This is to be attributed to the free and noble character of the
nation, and also to the virtue,of your Queen.
The royal party then partook of a banquet, and afterwards
returned t 9 Windsor,. In the morning, previous to leaving
for the city, the King received, at Buckingham Palace, an
address from the merchants and bankers of London,. to which
he made a suitable rdply.

On Wednesday morninghis Royal Highness Prince Albert,
his Majesty the King of .Sardinia attended by Lord Byron,
Marquis d'Azeglio, General Grey, Hon. A. C. Hood, Major-
General Count Morrozo.della Rocca, Major-General Marquis
d'Angrogna, Count Cigala, Count de Robillaut, and Count
Velperga Barone, left Windsor Castle and travelled to Farn-
ham by special train, on the South-Western Railway, and
thence proceeded to the camp at Aldershott,. to inspect the
household troops and:militia on the regimental parade. The
inspection took placein the presence of his- Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Viscount Hardinge, and Lord
Panmure. On returning to Windsor Castle his Majesty was
installed a Knight of the Garter.

His Majesty the Xing of Sardinia, after something less than
a week's stay, took hispleave of the, Queen,, and departed on
his way homeward on Thursday morning,. Whether from the
exigencies of the case or from royal love. of early rising, five
o'clock was fixed for the time of his departure, and it was at
that hour his Majesty, attended by his. numerous suite, and,
accompanied by Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, end:
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, left( Windsor by the South,-
Western Railway, his Royal Hostess having herself. risen to,
take leave of him. On, arriving, at the private station at
Vauxhall the royal party, escortedhy a troop of the Ist Life.
Guards, proceeded immediately to the Bricklayer's Arms.
station, whore a special train was in waiting to convey them
to Folkstoue. His Majesty having chosen the short and ex-
peditious route to Paris by Boulogne in preference to that by
Dover and Calais, by which he arrived in this country.
The Court Circular says (—His Majesty the King of Sar-
dinia breakfasted this morning at half-past 4 o'clock-with her
Majesty the Queen, his Reyal, Highness the Prince). and his
Royal Highness .the Duke- of Cambridge. At 6 <AMA the
Queen accompanied the 'King to the grand entrance of the
Castle, and there took leave-of her Royal and illustrious guest.
Her Majesty was attended by the Ladies-in-Waiting, the
Great Officers .of Stateond the Gentlemen of the-Household.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar was
also present to take leave of His Sardinian Majesty.
The King of Sardinia left Folkestone at nine a.m., for
Boulogne, where he arrived at half-past eleven o'clock, in the
Vivid, attended by the Royal Osborne and Fire Queen. The
weather was very unfavourable, and no review was held. His
Majesty left Boulogne at half-past one o'clock for Paris. All
went well.

TILE Rev. C. Minton, incumbent of St. Silas's, delivered a
lecture on the Sabbath, on Tuesday last, in connection with
the Carlisle Church of England Religious and General
Literary Association.
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IT is currently reported that, in the event of an election,
Mr. William Entwistle, formerly M.P. for South Lancashire,
intends to offer himself as a candidate for the representation
of this city in Parliament.—Manchester _Examiner.

STEEL ENGEAVING.—Our attention has been drawn to an
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art. It is the production of those eminent artists, Perkins,
Bacon, and Co., and comprises, within an ir credibly brief space,
a number of designs of the most varied, :haste, and beautiful
character, including an embossed profile of our beloved Sovereign,
with the name of an article of deservedly high repute among the
fashionable world. When we add, that this admirable production
of the graver is intended for the protection against counterfeits
of ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, we feel that we have stated
enough to interest our readers in a specimen, so admirable in it-
self, and so perfectly adapted to guard the public against fraud
and imposition.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER

ASSIZ_ES:

(Before Mr. Justice Wiyhtmen.)
TUESDAY, Dab. 4.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—Joseph Arm-
strong (18), cabinet-maker, James Carroll (29), brass-founder,
and Robert Williams (35), joiner, were indicted for assaulting
John Rowan, on the night of the 20th Oct., at Manchester{
"mid robbing"him of a wateh; bunch of keys, and other artiefes,
worth altogether about £B. There was also another indict-
ment against Armstrong, for assaulting Thomas Lloyd, on the
17th Oct., and robbing him of a watch and chain, worth £B.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Armstrong and
Williams. Carroll was found not guilty. The second indict-
ment against Armstrong was not gone into. The prisoners
were sentenced each to four years' penal servitude.
GROSS OUTRAGE UPON A POLICE SERGEANT.—JOhIa MOSS
(37), shoemaker, and William Young (23), watch-maker, were
indicted for having, on the 23rd Oct., violently maltreated a
sergeant of the county police, William Lawton, with intent
to murder him. The outrage took place on the 23rd of Oct.
The jury found both prisoners guilty of a grievous assault, but
without intent to kill. An indictment for a common assault
will be preferred against them.
STABBING.—Richard Baxendale (35), cotton-spinner, was
indicted for the committal of an assault, with intent to do
grievous bodily harm, upon George Hitchwell, at Cuerdon.
The prosecutor and the prisoner, on the 26th Aug., were drink-
ing together in a plantation at Cuerdon, and, having quarrelled
about the change for some liquor, they fought, and, during the
fight, the prisoner cut the prosecutor several times with a
knife. The jury found a verdict of unlawfully wounding, and
the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment,
with hard labour. •
BURGLARY.—John Jones (26), collier, indicted for having
at Oldham, on the 14th Oct., barglariously entered the dwell-
ing-house of Bernard Murray, and stolen two jackets, a waist-
coat, and two handkerchiefs, was found guilty, and sentenced
to penal servitude for five years.
The court rose at half-past six o'clock.

The court sat at nine o'cIocWEDNESDAY.k.
IRMSEBREAKING AND BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER:—
William Machin (19), and Mary Parry (10, were indicted for
breaking into the house of John M`Gill, a grocer, at Manches-
ter, on the night of the 21st Oct. last. William Turton, on
arraignment for the same offence, had pleaded guilty. Verdict,
guilty. Sentences Turton, fifteen years' transportation ;
Machin, eight years' penal servitude ; Mary Parry, two months'
imprisonment. Machin and Turton had each pleaded guilty
to other indictments foi burglary, and previous convictions
were proved against them.
George Bagshaw, clerk (18), and John Cotterill, stone-
mason (21), were indicted for breaking into the house of
Thomas Whitehead, in Dolphin-street, Hulme, on the night
of the 13th Sept., and stealing property to the value of 020.
They were both found guilty. A previous conviction was
proved against Bagshaw, and he was sentenced to five years'
penal servitude. Cotterill was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.

CHAPEL BREAKING AT MAN‘cHEsTEE.—Josiah Crook (22),
spindle and file-maker, was charged with sacrilege, in stealing
£2 from the Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Chad's, in Man-
chester. Verdict, guilty. Several previous convictions were
proved against the prisoner. In 1852, he was found guilty of
breaking into an Established Church, and in Aug., 1854, at
the Liverpool assizes, he was sentenced to twelve months' im-
prisonment for a similar crime, so that he could only have been
about three weeks out of goal when he-committed the present
offence. His lordship sentenced him to six years' penal servi-
tude.

BURGLARY AT SALFORD.—John Coupe (21), blacksmith,
was indicted for breaking into the house of William Brassing-
ton, tailor, 108, Chapel-street, Salford, on• the night of Satur-
day, the 11th of Aug. la 4. Nothing had• been stolen, but a
cap, sworn to belong to the prisoner, was- found lying in the
kitchen. The prisoner was found guilty. Sentence: four
years' penal servitude.
ROBBERIES', WITH VIOLENCE, AT MANCHESTER.—WiIIiam
Turner (23), collier, was charged with having,, at Manchester
on the. 13th Nov., violently beaten and assaulted Richard
Wardieworth, and robbed him of 93. 6d., and a counting-glass.
It was thesecond offence of the kind by the'prisoner against
the prosecutor. The jury returned a verdict off guilty, and a
previous conviction having been proved against the prisoner,
he was sentencedtalour years' penal servitude: The prisoner
swore mostviolently as he was being removed from the bar.
George Shaw (24), striker, and Elizabeth Maliin (29), char-
woman, were-charged with having assaulted and robbed 'kiln
Jones, on the morning of Sunday, 2nd of Sept; about two
o'clock. Bothprisoners were found guilty, and each sentenced
to four yearsrpenal servitude.
ALLEGED MANBLANGHTEE BY AN ENGINEER.—Henry
Pickup (40), mechanic and engine-tender, was- indicted for
manslaughter- The prisoner had been employed for two or
three years at a- mill, at Preston, and the person, whose death
he was alleged to have caused was also employed there, along
with him, but 'r^d no • authority to touch the engine. One
arrivedtook morning,uot
no beforephni mt tslAteri the-engine handsgtitul e r
turn
intoeaon order tieoer
sf‘tvoeorarmykr rokrAitnniglee,xt
ods prisonerieoCne deceased
the immediate consequence, which killed the deceased. Before
any witnesses were- called, jury, at his Lordship's direc-
tion, acquitted the prisoner.
ALLEGED MAITBLAVOTITER AT SALFORD.—George Jen- •
flings (31), millwright, was indicted for the manslaughter of
John Mattier. On the afternoon of the 15th Oct., both parties,
with several others, _were drinking at Shaw's berhouse, New
Richmond, Salfordovben the deceased challenged the prisoner
to fight. Prisoner at first declined, but deceased insisted upon
fighting, and said that if the prisoner did not now,. " he would
catch him again." An,. encounter ensued, and the deceased
was knocked dovvri,and received a severe wound by a knife,
over the right eye_ He subsequently died of- lock-jaw. The
jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to

ercy, on account of-the provocation he had received. He was
sentenced to four months' imprisonment, with hari labour.

THURSDAY.
Robt. Bird (20), aemilhvright, was indicted for having,
at Manchester, on the 24th of October, feloniously assaulted
Alice Cleasby, and robbed, her of two fowls. The prisoner
pleaded guilty to the charge of assault, Sentence deferred.
LETTER STEALINGI,BE A CLERK IN THE LIVERVOOL POST-
OVPICE.—Henry Kelly, a clerk (20), was indicted for having,
at Liverpool, on Saturday, the Bth September last, secreted
two post letters, which. offence is, by the 26th section of the
36th chapter of the Ist Viet., constituted a felony. The pri-
soner had been a clerk. in, the Liverpool Post-office for three
months prior to thee-day mentioned in the indictment, and
upon that day a clerloin.the employ of Messrs. Finlay, Camp-
bell, and Co., was web tothe- post-office, and there posted two
letters or packages addressed. to Messrs. Ritchie, Stewart, and
Co. Bombay, and bearing outside the impression" Messrs.
Finlay, Campbell, and. Cen,..Liverpool." The clerk .took the
letters to the paid window and asked the prisoner, who was
the clerk on duty, the amount of postage to be paid-upon them.
The prisoner handed:: the letters to another 'eletk, named
Shroeder, to be weighed,.and having been informed by him
what amount of postage ought to be paid upon ',hem, he re-
ceived from Messrs. Finlay and Co.'s clerk the sum of £2 18s.
it was the prisoner's-duty then to have placed the letters with
other letters whichwere intended to be despatched by the over-
land mail. The prisoner did not do anything with the letters
for the purpose of forwarding them, but carried them with him
across the water, and. formed them into a singlapackage ; he
put the package,. addressed to "Henry ClenharaE.sq., Post-
office, Liverpool, ship Atlas," into the .post-office at Egremont.
On the followingenarning, Mr. John Green 13alese the inspec-
tor of letter-carriers,,, having discovered that the letters were
missing, went to thedodgings of the prisoner, and charged him,
with having concealed them„and with not having.accounted for
the money he had reeeivelaspoetage on them. The prisoner at
first said he had accounted for all the money be, had received,
and subsequently, he said the letters were in the strangers'
window, where tie- letters were found addressed as above
stated. The prisoner was. found guilty, but waareconamendeth
to mercy. He wasesenteneed to be imprisoned and kept to
bard labour for 12... calendar months.
ASSAULT POLICE-SERGEANT.—Jbha MOSS (39),
shoemaker, and. William: Young (23), watchmaker, who were
acmpidunitetse,donOntuTues
-sergeant,
Tuesday,
tuor:
last,a n indictment.assauithd
plbeariee having, at
upon another count of the indictment, charging e
23rdda
sentenced to be, -
imprisoned guilty. Moss was-
grievous assault, and foim
d kept to hard labour for tlaree„ and Young far.
named William Lawton,with intent to murder him,
i leaverweittil
an
two years.
CoNoNAIAIRNT BIRTH.—A well-dressed young women,
named Emily Mark: Craggs, was indicted for having, at
Widnes, on the. 11th August last, secretly disposed' of the.
body of a female child, of which she had been deliveredjn
order to conceal its. birth. The jury found the prisoner guilty,.
and she MS sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard,
labour for two caletular months.
MANLA.IIARTER AT DlDSBURL—Alexander Thompson,. a,
coachman (31), was charged upon a cozener's warrant witlethe
manslaugliter of James Ridings, atl Didsbury, on the:Jab,
June last. it appeared from the evidence that on the day in.
question twa omnibuses, one of them belonging to a person
named Boswell,. and the other to is person named Meßwen
the,latter driven. by the prisoner, were travelling on theroalt
between Cheetharri and Manchester. A short distance from
the Rushholnse toner, M`Ewen'seemnibus stopped te take up
sepassenger, and lloswell's omnibus passed it. Theeprisoner
then whipped his horses into a gallop and overtookeßoswell's
omnibus, on which the deceased: was riding, and in. attempt-
ing to pass. first through the toll-bar his vehicle struck I3os-
well's, and by the collision theedecessed was jammed against
the gate post, and sustained injuries which subsequently re-
sulted Wally. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced
to be imprisoned for two months.
• BURGLARY AT Fuewocepe—Henry Collins (23), painter and
glazier,and James Bindon, umbrella-maker (18), both of whom
are privates in the 97th regiment, were indicted for entering
the dwelling-house of Frederick Leffens, at Fulwood, on the
31st October, and stealing a scarf shawl, a tweed cloak, a
merino cloak, a knitted: jacket, and a woollen handkerchief.
Collins was acquitted. The jury found the. prisoner Bindon
guilty, and a previous, conviction having been proved against
him, he was sentenced to penal servitude for four years.
DAMAGING MACITINRRY.—Geo. Pollard, a factory worker
(15), was indicted for having at Blackburn, on the 13th Novem-
ber, maliciously destroyed certain mill fixtures and machinery„
the property of Montague Joseph Fieliien and another. The
jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner, who
had been out ,On, bail previous to hie trial, was immediately
discharged.
The court rose at half-past six o'clock.

• FRIDAY.
TH MURER AT ROCHDALE
The Court met this moDrning at nine o'clock,. and imme-
diately 'on taking his seat the learned judge proceeded to the
trial of Jonathan Heywood, an iron-dresser (47), who was
charged with the murder of Margaret Jones, at Rochdale, on
the 22nd of July last. Heywood, it will be remembered,
was to have been tried at the last assizes, but the trial was
put off on account of the sudden illness of one of the principal
witnesses. From the atrocious nature of the murder, much
interest in the trial was manifested throughout the country,
and on Friday the court was crowded from its opening ; the
crowd having greatly increased towards the. termination of
the trial, and during the judge's summing up the avenues
were so completely choked as to occasion great inconvenience.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Monk and Mr.
Higgins ; Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Key appearing for the
defence. •
In a temperate and lengthened address, Mr. Monk detailed
the circumstances of the crime, and gave a concise yet clear
outline of the facts which he intended to prove by evidence,
and concluded by calling
Edward Askwith, of the Half Moon Inn, Blackwater-street,
Rochdale, who said—l recollect that on the evening of Satur-
day, 21st of July, the prisoner came into the kitchen. I
heard him ask for lodgings of my mother, and she said he

could have them. It was near 10 o'clock when he came, and
fetched a woman in. They sat dawn in the tap-room. There
were two others there—John Borrows and- Henry Bolton.
The former remained In the tap-room half-an-hour. They
afterwards went up stairs to bed ; my mother showing them up.
I went to bed about half-past twelve o clock. I slept in the
room adjoining where they slept. I did not take particular
notice how he was dressed. On Sunday morning, the 22nd of
July, I got up about six o'clock, and I heard the door of the
room open and shut in which we found the body of the
st-Othan. When -I heard this my room door was partly open,
and I saw the prisoner standing on the stairs, dressed,
He had his hat on and his shoes. He saw me, but he did not
speak, He went down stairs. I dressed myself partially,
and went down stairs also. When I got down, the. back
door was open, and the prisoner was in the yard, having
gone out at that door. He was about a yard or two from the
door. There was a door leading from the yard into Half-
moon-yard. He asked me to let him out, and I went in and put
on my shoes. He was standing in the same place. The key
of the outer door was out, and when I fetched it, I said, "When
will you be back again ?" and he said " In about half-an-hour
or three-quarters." There was nothing particular in his man-
ner, and I did nod notice where his hands were. When he got
out he turned to the right, to Blackwater-street, and walked
away quickly. In the yard which is attached to our house
there is no pump, but a water tap. On the Sunday we had a
person named Annie Whipp assisting us, and while I was dressing
she knocked at the door, where the deceased lay, but received
no answer. I knocked, and got no answer. This was about
half-past one o'clock. I told her to open the door, and I went
in. I saw the woman lying dead with her throat cut. She
lay on the bed, with her face towards the wall, on the left-
hand side as one enters. There was a razor in her right hand.
Her hands were clean. I touched one of her fingers; it was
cold. The bed was a four-post; there were no curtains, and
the foot was towards the door. There was a shawl put across
the . foot for a curtain. A police-officer was sent for, and
Leech came. Mr. Seed, the surgeon, also came and I went up
with him. She appeared to be in the same position as when
I left her. On the 24th of July, I saw a person in the lock-
up, named Martin. I ,saw he looked like the same man who
came on the 21st of July with the woman. I afterwards dis-
covered that I had made a mistake. lam certain the pri-
soner is the man who came with her. I saw him in custody
at the police-office, and there were seven or eight persons
together. One was dressed as a policeman. Martin was one
of the persons there. I then identified the prisoner as the
person who was at my father's house on the 21st.
Cross-examined : I was not disturbed that night. I heard
no noise of any sort.
Betty Askwith said: I am the mother of the last witness,
and my husband kept the Half-Moon in Rochdale. I
recollect, on the night of the 13th of July, the prisoner came
to me, and asked for a bed for himself and his mistress for
the night of the 14th. He went to the door and told me to
be sure to have one for him. At that time he was a stranger
to me. He had a moleskin waistcoat and a dark coat on.
He never came at the time promised. On the night of the
21st he came again, and asked me for a bed for himself and
mistress. He asked the terms, and I told him Bd., and he
put the money down. He then fetched his mistress in. I
saw her come in and go into the- tap-room. I showed them
kto one of the back bedrooms at the top of the house. I
told the prisoner how to make fast the bar inside, as it would
not latch. I then left him. I heard him fasten it when I
was- on the landing. I told the woman to pull the blind
down. She appeared to be in troublel. was sobbing, and bad
her handkerchief to her month, but I did not see her face.
I bid them-both -"good night," and he-replied " good night,"
but the woman never spoke. The window looked into the
yard. I went to bed about one o'clock in the morning. I
heard no noise during the night. I never' saw him until he
was in the police-office.
John Burrows examined : On the 21st of Aly, I was at the
Half-Moon Inn, Rochdale, at ten o'clock. I remained there
all night. I was in the tap-room, and a man= came in first ;
he went out and brought in a woman. That man is the
prisoner at the bar. They went to bed first. I saw the
deceased woman, and she was the same that had-been in the
tap-room. The prisoner had a dark coat on, hat, and trousers
made of dark cotton cord. There was either a patch or a tear
across the trousers.
Henry Bolton said :On the 21st July, I went the tap-
room of the Half-MOon, in Rochdale. I saw the pritoner and
a woman sitting there: Burrows was also there. Theprisonsr
had a dark coat on, and a hat. I conld not hold lookingat the
woman; she baked " done." She appeared tired, as- if she
had walked a good: way. The prisoner looked foul at her, and
sometimes leaned on• the- table and looked in her face very
foul

Mary Dillon said: Vreside h Rochdale, at the Griffin- Inn.
I remember the prisonercalling with a woman at our house-
on the 21st July, at I,ox3'eloek at night. I was in the tap-
room. He wanted ledgings,.and I said we could not accom-
modate men and then- wives-. The woman followed him, out.

T---hep;isonerwasdressed in dark. clothes, and had a hat- •
Mary Leech said : am-the wife of John Leech, of ROch,
' dale. He keeps the Btaver Is n. in Toad-lane. I remember
Friday, the 6th July. The prisoner came to our house- and
asked for lodgings for the-Saturday night. I told him I could
not tell him then; and he• asked me if I could tell him by
four o'clock on the Saturday. I said "Yes." This was about
four o'clock in the 'afternoon. About ten o'clock at night. on
the 2lst July, he came to the • bar-door and asked again for
lodgings for himself and mistress-. I said " No," alithe;p*lt
I had disappointed him a, fortnight before._ a
dark,
matter." The woman was--tall and., stout. She u
bonnet. He had a coat and:hat on.

Esther Hill, a sister of the last witness, and living with her
at Rochdale, corroborated her testimony.
Robert Leech sworn : I am a. police-sergeant, at Rochdale.
Oh Sunday the 22nd July-lest, .at half-past twelve o'clock,.
went to the Half-Moon Inni.and in a. back bed-room found.a.
bed.. The head of the bedi was towards,the opposite wall when •
you entered. I foundthebedy of a woman on that bed. Her
head was inclining towards-the wall:;: her legs were stretched
out She was lying rather crossways: Her head was close to
the wail. She was quite cold ..sand stiff. A pillow concealed.
her throat and part of her breast.. The end was in .her throat
anerpartly covered her face.. Her eyes-were partly open, look-
ing-up, I put the pillow on;the floor,. and showed it to Mr:
Seed, the surgeon. It was-in the same. condition. She had,
a razor in her right hand,. with. the• back part of the blade-
towards- her. Both hands woreonler breast, and the razor
was-loosely in the right one:. • Her hands were perfectly clean._
There-was uwound on the throat, andtthe pillow stt Ick to the
wound.. I observed the waittnear to: where her head was
lying; and the blood had run • down on: the floor us iderneath
the-bed. She had a chemise ou; there was a cap, bi at off her
head The strings were tiedquoselYround her neck . and the
ends- were in the wound blithe throat. There was • only one
spot.of blood on the razor—about the middle of it—l .ut nearer
theend than the blade. It was about the size of a pea, and
round. Her hands were coverediup, audit was nec ,essary to
remove-tile clothes. There-were fourrpilbnvs and a ' bolster on
the- bed:. The blood had attached. the• pillow ca se to the-
chemise.. The blood was oeld.. There. was a mar k on the
pilloW as if it had been pressedmta the' cheniise, and it conse-
quently stuck fast to it. There was,a,shawl at the f "bot of the
bed; which I took possession of:. Therewas no water in the
room. •

Cross-ft:trained : I remsvcd. the .pillbw, and pulled down
the bedclothes. The bloodion =the -walliwas about :six inches
above her head, just as if her hair had'beem thrown, against it.
Ft-vas..there when Mr. Seelcaute.

Robert Hambly said : I am,the son,m4aw of Ste phen Ask-.
withi_ and on the 22nd July--I s went: with him into the Half-
Noon Ism, and saw in a heditom.thedead body of ' a woman..
Lnevcr-distarbed it.

Richard Pollett said : liana .a :sergeant of the c ounty con-
otabulary, stationed at Rochdale.. On.the 22nd of :fuly I went
with Leech to the Half-Moon Inn.. L removed thy: dead body
of aiwoman in a room. Oa the.3oth.J'ulY I went -to Gibson'S--
row; to. the brother of thopriSoner,.and from Mary Heywood.
Lreetived a coat, which linow produce:. I also got a hat.
Joseph Seed said : I am ..a..surgeon. at Rochdale, and have
been, in practice for many years was called to the Half-
Moon, Inn, in Rochdale,„and; Leech, showed me in a bedroom
the-dead body of a woman:,. She .waslying in thefclabirc-=.
of the with her legs. extended:. She s stiff'
Mr-arms were crossed onlier liveasb--9er!galit_ hand rasthig,
on the. left, and in the former a. razor.. in pack
_of the-. razor
s towards her. wal not grasped;: the police-officer firCll7 it
outva and replaced it easily. There-was a smear of blood on one
hand and a spot on thanthen. There was a spot cal blood:,
pointed (Alt to me the • blade: I examined it beforo,-and:
. imagined it perfectly clean ; could not satisfy inyself per-.
featly that it was blaod.,. There was no blood on the-arms,
eIbOWS,, chest, or on tho abdOmen on that side. Her face was
perfectly calm, as if she-had beenin a placid sleep. I es:unlined
the- threat, and found 'allound, across it six inches in length._
It extended from under the right ear to two inches bey-oud:the.l
windpipe. The windpipe wastut across in two places, and was
filled with frothy mucus. It was cut completely through. the
caatgagenons substance. The. cut was a clean incised one—
not jagged. The- wound; was. directly across the thwat
mor judgment, it wouldrequire considerable force indeed;. and
a very sharp instmunent. Thesuperficial muscles and branches
of the carotid artery.and. the jugular vein, on the -right sale,
were severed. Syncope, suffocation, and death would follow
such a wound. She was. about 45 years of age of masculine
form. I shouhlldoubt very much whether this.. razor soakl
make the wound,i. seeing it was so clean, and the. position in
which it was wil,en found in the hand. From its position, it
was altogether,impracticable to make such a wound,. either to
the right or to theleft, so straight across, by the. woman her-
self: The wound was made from right to left it commenced
with an ineiSion. through the skin, and then ,went two inches
deep, and the . instrutwnt appeared: to have, been withdrawn
suddenly.

His foallsgap : Supposing the woman. had inflicted this
wound upon herself, could she, after the wound, have removed
the razor from one hand to the other.
Witness : I should doubt it.
Mr. MONa : you think if she did, it herself she could
remove. the razor from one hand to the other, and place a
pillow on. the wound, and then put another upside down on the
bolster•?-
Witness ; I think not.
Crass-examined : The large csrotid was not divided ; if it
was, it escaped our notice. I made a. post asortem examination
in the usual way. The wound did not go deep enough to
sever the carotid. I was told by the police that they had
turned the woman. I did not measure the depth of the wound.
She had a short thick neck. The oesophagus was not divided;
it is beldw the windpipe. The external jugular vein was
divided on the right side. The greatest depth was over, the
trachea. That is vital.

By his Lordship : I cannot tell how long syncope would
supervene after the wound,. but when syncope supervened the
razor would fall from the, hand.
James Lawton said : I am a surgeon, practising in Rochdale,
and have been so for la years. I assisted in the past mortem
examination on the deceased's throat. The wound was about
six inches in length. It was made frOm right to left. The
upper portion of the windpipe was severed. It was a smooth
incised wound.
James Long said : lam a M.R.C.S. lam a surgeon of the
Royal Infirmary in this town. I have been present during
the evidence. Assuming the description of the wound as given
by Mr. Seed, I should say the wound was inflicted from the
right to the left. If she had done it herself the hand that
made the wound would have been bloody; it would have been
almost impossible to escape. If the woman had made such a
wound it is possible she could change the razor from one hand
to the other, and place the pillows as described, but it is ex-
ceedingly improbable. I believe a smooth incised wound like
the one described to have been made by a hind other than her
own.

Daniel Stone said : I am an analytical chemist and lecturer,
in Chatham-street School, Manchester. On the 7th August I
received a shirt and razor from police-officer Berry. I re-
turned them to him. I observed spots and streaks in the shirt
showing coagulated matter. One or two spots in the upper
portion of the breast. I detached the solid matter with,a
penknife. I examined inside the shirt for spots which would
correspond with the outside ones, but I discovered none. I
examined the razor, and found a dark spot near the end of the

[DECEMBER 11, 1855.

razor, and on the other side Rf the razor found one or
minute spots, and inside the haft I found some solid matter
corresponding with the outside. The metal underneath vin
Aright when I detached the brown matter. The matter Iri.7
blood. I cut out portions from the shirt; these portions
digested in tepid water. I discovered the stains to be blood'
On one fold of the shirt, in the right shoulder, I found a 011 i
with blood more diffused.
Cross-examined : I could not swear it was human blood-4e,
Charlotte Albinson said: I knew Margaret. Jones, -the k 5
ceased. I became acquained with her about three wee
before Whitsuntide, and a fortnight after I went to live With
her. I continued to live with her until she left her horae,SP,
have never seen her since. She had three sons; the tw:
first lived with her, but the third did -not. I knew the Pr:1;
soner about the same time I knew Jones. He was in the
habit of visiting her. He generally came on Saturday ,
Sunday nights. He slept down stairs. I remember the P__ll
soner coming to the house on the 14th July, between Cl,n
and twelve o'clock at night. When he came in I went to D 7
I heard a conversation between them. 'He asked the deeessg
why she had not met him on that evening at Middleton,,..
six o'clock. He said if she did not meet him on the 21st Julie'
he should not come any more. If she did not come on
next Saturday night, he would take care she shohld have II
one else, and he would cut her throat. The deceased refill's;
" Oh, you'll be there," and he said, " Oh, yes, I'll be then had some sharp words and then she came to bed.
she left on the 21st, she said she was going to Rochdale
meet Jonathan-Heywood, to be married. When he list sPe
to me he said he would be married before me. I never Saw
any other man there.
- William Mayers said : I have known the prisoner ner
years. About a year or nine months ago I heard the Prw,v
say to the deceased, " Well, Margaret, if you won't have ra-
you shall have nobody else."
John Heywood, brother of the prisoner, identified thelll.
soner's shirt. On the 22nd July the prisoner came t(r)ocir
house, and changed his- clothes. He put on a smock fce
He said he had slept at Rochdale that night. He was
his brother had no razor of his own, though he had slim.'"
the house that morning. 1
Clement Chadwick, power-loom weaver at Rochdale
have known the prisoner for a few years. My house oPettle.
the back of Pyne-street. I knew James Heywoocrs
On the 22nd of July I saw the prisoner go toso_l
r„ the
brother's house. It was about a quarter past sisZa the
morning. The Half-Moon is a quarter of a mile fro"
house.
he the
Henry Hayes said : I know the prisoner. I remein';eol
22nd July. I went to the house of a person named rbed-
about seven o'clock. The house overlooks the prisoner°
room. I saw the prisoner washing himself, dole'
Stephen Buckley said I reside five miles from Roe', farm
at
remember the 23rd July. The prisoner came to my isr,6,rl;•
Withing Meadow, and asked for a job, as be was-out of to
He said his name was James Meadowcroft. He agree to
work for , half wage, and I agreed to take him. He we,- 3
another farm, called Bartle Farm. The Irish labourers Ps:eg
place to themselves with the prisoner. On the folios"'
Thursday they asked for something to eat. I then PS,.e there
something, and told them to read a newspaper, in whie";,.der,
in
was an account of a jury sitting at Rochdale about a "
The prisoner left, and never came for his wages. ~a of
Thomas Phillips said: I was near Rochdale on the iiu.The
July, at Withing's meadow. I mowed for Mr. Buclde3_,.. the
prisoner worked With me. On the- Monday I afikeu pn
prisoner what his name was, and he said James BrierleY•
'
ad
the following Thursday I got a newspaper and read it av 5,3.5
to all present. The prisoner was there The prisoneTtiale,
very eager for me to read about the inquest at Roc' was'
against a man- named Martin. My brot ter said there,o,
good evidence- apAinst Martin, and they, would bang:let
The prisoner said, "No one saw him do it." The Priidsler
left on the following Sunday. I asked him to go to R°C
but he would not go, except by another way,.
Andrew Berry said: I am a police-officer-of Rocliclii,..ethilloi
consequence of information I received regarding the That
deceased, I went to Coope to inquire for the nrisone4 Kith'
him and another man bearing rushes. I charged hr be had
the murder, and he: said he knew nothing about it ; he was
not seen her for a fortnight before last Tuesday, if she Wethe same Margaret Jones. They have got once-man,. _est.
cannot both have done it, and he knew he was T,L,‘"'
This was on the 3rd August. I took him to Bcchu4L'' arch
had a cap, and wore aeheck shirt. When I began to se_ in
him he made out a statement which was taken down
writing by my superintendent. There was no prorn_tsete
threat held out to him, to make any statement. The,_sseen
meat was to the effect that the prisoner had nloole
Margaret Jones that heltnew since the 17th of Julk; Con
had promised to meet her on the 21st at the OS
stile at halt-past six, but she did not come. He Was
spree tt
s when he promised, to meet her. I took off 111'
and-gave lt to Mr. Stone, at Manchester. I called- th! the
tention of the prisoner to the stains on the shirt, anft.oo
prisoner replied, "My nose has bled." I also gave IS a razor which I received from. Sergeant Leech. 0
John Hurst said : The prisoner had lodged with him uP„b
the Ist of July last. I lent-him the razor to shave him' wa'_,l
when in my house. When he left I missed the razor,
asked him for it, and he said .he had lost it. I also missed
black coat, which the prisoner also took with him. The e'
produced is mine.
Mary Heywood, wife of James- Heywood, gave over to the
police-officer the coat that was found there.
This. was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. WHEELER, at the conclusion of the evidence, addressed
the jury at great length, reviewing the difficulties with whiff'
the- case was beset, and stating the perplexing anxiety 11.
which he felt himself placed by the painful responsibirg.
the circumstances with whichle was surrounded, ctio Leet'
magnitude of the charge which it became his &tithe,. were"
and if poSgble rebut. He need not tell them thateL_
fix d tiles
not to find a verdict, especially a verdict which „ Y
of a- fellow-being, upon any strong consistencies, Lirin the
fanciful notions, upon any theories which should floate
to. their
brain of skilful and scientific men, but they must come
'conclusion upon evidence which, addressing
intee
gence, could leave no room fordoubt, cavil, or hesitation
then circuM*-
then proceeded to argue againstthetrustworthiness of a
stantial evidence. He maintained that the woman harp',
left her home with the avowed intention of getting 13%0401,
itseljtattoio
and on awaking in the morning and finding herself ew
st
and. being sensitively alive to the ridicule which in he
on her credulity, had destroyed herself. In conclugoel,,,et,
implored the jury to consider the importance of their
as it would affect the life of thoprisoner, and above
din
miss from their minds every insinuation and every al'elnee•
which was not borne out by strict and unmistakeable !
ev
His Lordship then with great ease went over the evrlrriblY
1;111 tuation
pointing out to the jury its- leading features, and '°„.ainst
showing the value of those points as they told for or Te por-
the prisoner. He examined with much minuteness the,,entity
tions of the evidence which were directed to prove the lu„,psnY
of the prisoner, with that of the man who was in e°`',„;tion
with the deceased. In refere=nce to the alternative 0,1%0 did
of suicide, if the jury should be of opinion that the weir'it
not kill herself; if they came-to that determination, thentt„if
would be their bounden duty to find the prisoner gni,' •7545
they were not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that neti,ea
the man, taking all the circumstances into consideration,
they were bound to acquit him.. tan
The jury retired for about six minutes, and on their re ,01
into court, the Clerk of Arraigns put the question in the nk.,
form to the foreman, who replied that they found him =',llol
The announcement caused considerable stir in the court,
his Lordship assumed the black cap.
motiost
g.
His Lonnsurr, labourin wider manifest and deep e of
addressed the prisoner„pointing out to him the enormillirb
the offence of which he had .been convicted, on evidence woes
could not leave a shadow of a doubt upon may mind. He 01
exhorted him to employ the-few remaining days which vo°,,tt
be allotted to him on earth. in endeavouring, through 131.ey
and sincere repentance, to obtain from Heaven that Woo,
which he had denied to his victim on earth. In conclosi-
his lordship pronounced sentence of death in the usual fOrillie
The prisoner was then removed, apparently unmoved 111
feweal sentence that had been passed on him.
The Court rose about eight o'clock.
TIM CASE OF CIIILDSIIIIIVING.—The Grand Jury, at the assizes, on Friday, threw, out the bill against Wm. i.sll:-311'
00.
committed on a charge of wilful murder of his four char t
A true bill, however, was tbund by the Grand Jury agaill.
Mary Aspinall, the wife of the above and mother of the chi
dyes, for manslaueltm.
SATURDAY.

The details of the -cases heard were unfit for publicatiop•
Joseph Acton, aged 23, charged with having, at Pemberton/
on the 7th September,. assaulted Ann Gaskell,. was found
guilty, and sentenced. to. three months' imprisonment ;
Leyland (31), John Monks (n), and Thomas Pennington (21N
all colliers,. for having, at Haydock, on the 29th October, a'"
waited Ellen. Oakley, four years' penal servitude; /uiVititied ;
Meredith, implicated; hi the same offence, was acciphorleY,
Joseph Shariden. (2.64 boiler-maker, for having, itt.,—; years,
on the 27th October,.assaalted Dorothy Kirby,.age" 'n't7 (32),
fifteen months' hard. labear ; and Askham Eyre.Tenna—"„ the
druggist, of Manchester, was charged with. having, °— ears
30th September,,assaulted Sarah Warrington,-
15
a girl Y_
old. For the defence it was deposed that, only five yearS a6:1;
a similar charge was preferred on her account, against
Italian boy; the evidence against the prisoner, however, Iva
_n
extremely strong, and the jury found him:guilty ; he was sell'
tenced to fire:years' penal servitude.
Before the. Court rose, his lordship dismissed the Gra%
Jury, and,. in. doixqg so, he observed that this was the tract
important assize that had ever occurred. in the County 11'1..
tine, botlr,aa regards the number of prisoners and the inaglV
tude of tile,offenees.

SECOND COURT.
(Before Gilbert Henderson, Esq.!, Reeorder of Liverpool'
John; Turner, George Roberts,, Jane Walker, Mary etl
M`Loughlin, Mary M`Carthy, and, Jane Walker, were char.tto
with, having, at Salford, on the Ist of November, broken in
the-dwelling-house of David Titley, and stolen three 511'40e
and: other articles, the property of Francis Spencer.
_,,ty;
jury found Roberts guilty of burglary; M`Carthy, not g"*.s
Turner, guilty of burglary ;; and Jane Walker and ,te•
IVl`Lioughlin guilty of receiving with a felonious know170:1
Roberts and Turner were sentenced to twelve months' ilalto
labour ; M`Carthy was adjourned ; Walker was sentenced
six months', and M`Loughiin to four months' hard labour'o4,s
CONCEALMENT OF 13111111.—Jane Fairclougb, aged
indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 26th October, one
coaled the birth of her female illegitimate child. The Pris„"dy,
had been living in the service of Mrs. Bowman, a widow ur
residing at 45, Catherine-street, in this town. Shortly
entering into her service, Mrs. Bowman noticed that .0
prisoner was unusually large, which awakened her suspielood
that she was in the family-way. She (Mrs. Bowman) to so,
the prisoner with the matter, and asked her if she was not
00
The prisoner denied that she was, and said that nothing
cot
r wrong with her. On the 26th of October Mrs. Bowman of
from home, on a visit, and did not return until the
December. The prisoner then appeared to be much rea',.er
in size, and was pallid in appearance. Mrs. Bowman told/Poi
she was fearful that she had been in the family-way, andijer
had a disappointment, and she threatened to send for a P°ol
man or a medical man. She went with her into the Yardd
the body of a child was found in the ash-pit. The jurYfo
ee-
the prisoner guilty., with a recommendation to mercy.
tence deferred.
BIIRGLARY.—MichaeI Connelly, Margaret M'Garri'
John Irvin, were indicted for having, on the 27th of Mai!oti,
tered the dwelling-house of Samuel Lomax, at Wahl', or
and stolen wearing apparel. M'Garry and Irvin were Air
7th
charged with having, at Moston, on the night of t,heoad
September, broken into the house of Michael W00a,,, the
stolen wearing apparel. The jury found the whole c".
Prisoners guilty of receiving. Sentence deferred. letter;
THEFT Tia BY A LETTER-CARRIER.--Patrick Wren, A pos'
carrier in the General Post-office, indicted for stealing a'
letter, withdrew his plea of not guilty, and pleaded 6"
Sentence deferred.
The Court rose at half-past Ave o'clock.
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bEOEMBER 11, 1855.1

LOCAL INTELLTGRNCE.

I_22r Tuesday, the Mayor entertained to dinner, at the Town-
:4; Mr. Justiceof the Wightman
borough magistrates, the gentlemen -of the grand
3419, and several .
ZPaRSCOT.—We understand that Mr. Arthur Ashworth,
ulgest son of Mr.. John Ashworth of this town, has just
of,allied his B.A. degree at Oxford, after a prosperous course
three years' study at that University.
0s Wednesday morning the bobbin-turning establishment
.
Mr. Henry Smith, Hopwood-street, Preston, was burnt
7; everything on the premises, including the machinery,
mg consumed.
ON Wednesday evening, a meeting of the Welsh inhabitants
the north end of the town was held at the house of the
'ate Air. Cropper, in Netherfield-road North, on behalf of a
Movement to establish some schools in that neighbourhood.
j SHORTLY after seven o'clock, on Thursday night, a fire
ke out in a shed used by Messrs. Horsfall and Co. for
b:riug copper ore, at the Toxteth Dock, but it was subdued
fore the fire-brigade could reach the spot.
Ort Wednesday evening last, about seven o'clock, Mr. Clark,
corkcutter, Cable-street, was knocked down by a vehicle while
„er,?ssiag at the bottom of Lord-street. He received several
rAries, but not of a dangerous character, and is progressing
favourably.
at ScREw-ScnooNEE, afternoon, Captain Kennedy, arrived
this port on Thursday after a passage of nearly
',,Te months from Piraguna, in Peru. This vessel was fitted'
by Lady Franklin, and sailed from Cowes about three
"'Ars ago, in search of Sir John Franklin and his brave com-
ranions.
lll's evening, the Rev. Isaac Holme, chaplain and head-
master of the Industrial Schools, will lecture in St. Mary's
ehool-room for the Kirkdale Working Men's Reading-room
4,,„(ll%frght School. His subject will be " Liverpool by Gaslight,"
4,,"Awnr e advantages of early closing both to the physical
-% mental constitution of the working class.
AT the meeting of the Photographic Society, on Tuesday,
t• Mercer read a paper on the preparation and proper mode
~,,eraploying chemicals in photography, the general action of
'`uPhur, and the important part it plays in the painting of
positives. Some interesting facts, illustrated by specimens,
ere mentioned by different members relative, to the merits of
-4113Ple's American albumen process.
„exam) MURDER.—On Thursday afternoon, the attention
Cpolice-olficer John Preston (419) was directed to the dead
CY of a male child which was found in an ashpit, in Aber-
r-street. From an examination it appeared that the child
t 74 been born alive, and death had been caused by congestion
the lurgs.—An inquest was eld, and the jury returned a
t of wilful murder against some person or persons un-
()wt.

b.CENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION.—The annual re-
of the new and old committee of the Licensed Vic-
aliers' Association was celebrated on Wednesday, by a
nner, at the New Brunswick Hotel, Clayton-square, when
lout thirty gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous ban-
Vet, comprising many of the finest delicacies of the season.
sh"' G. W. Hunter, of the Two Lions, Mill-street, occupied
e chair ; and Mr. E. Griffiths, of the Grapes Hotel, Lime-
tree, the vice-chair.
1:41'11Z MASTER MASONS.—The annual dinner of the master
atesto,ris and builders of this town was served up on Tuesday,
ee "le Durham Or, Brownlow-hill. Mr. George Bowers
eheaPied the chair, and Mr. Barker, of West Derby„thevice-
wir- Amongst "the tradesmen present were Messrs. Wells,
e.llson, Thornton, Glaister, Yates, Tomkinson, J. Hook,
Llargreaves Bueel, Nuttall, Woodward, of,Ruabon, Arthur
toleee, die.
310 "'"'
pvnataerTs -Or Troops.—The Niagara, Captain -Judkins,
eed here, from Dublin, on Tuesday, bringing 'the Antrim
Ivs Militia,-tomprising 22 officers and 672 men, on their
ta3:_ to the Aldershott encampment. In the afternoon she
tl-Qtted tire'2nd Warwickshire Militia, who had arrived from
he imp at Aldershott, and who are on their way to the en-
-oT...talent-et the Curragh of Kildare. The regiment consists
a.,10 officers and 553 men. They were headed by their band,
-„,71 accompanied to the place of embeagention'by large numbers
-' 'spectators.
~.Tut -14 AT MANCH MICER.—The -factory operatives
,4,istrike at Manchester are willing, it appears, to submit the
Vlferences between themselves and their employers to arbitra-
Zan. The fifth meeting of the 'turn=out " minders" and
Piece's" was held on Wethiesday, :at 'which the following
'.esolutien was carried by acclamation:—" `That the mindersSll4 Plecers of :Manchester are prepared to appoint three per:::
olia -en their part, the masters to'be allowed to appoint three
ners, each to appoint ter umpire; and that received ersons are
''° raeet and take the avage rate. Of ',wages by the;
loci, for the same quality of work and the same raw material,
In the towns of Oldham and Ashton,. and we abide by it."
Aecin_enr To. enE SCME:IV-STPiAMR. MAIL.—An reeeident
..ppeneo. to this ressel, wbich left:the North Wall, Dublin, on
lionday evening last week, for.lAve-p. 001, laden with a large'
cargo. and much live stock onboad.eoie 'in al.-Volvo e
'the Pigeon House she toOk the-groandaronntvbegnnerthern--sdsitof
;•t! e river, the weather %big very thick at the time. It was,.
n:l expedient to lighten the - vessel, and a poetical of the
t 9 was shifted into one of the river tugboats, when the
tooik floated and returned to the:Korth Wall. The Thnes (Lc)
;tip the cargo of the Mail on ' boxrd, and proceeded clirect'to
.trifie.tPool, on Tuesday- The.loss sustained by this aceident is .
'414,1,eg. A few pigs .are-said to 'have been lost outof thelarge
;tl.O ber which were on board at the time of the veteel
ending..
fitaS T AltruP r. Sessoma—Milliam Startup (lateof the firm of
414. up and Brown) summoned two bill-posters, Jordan, and
leequanes, before the magistrates, on Weddesday, for posting
11,7,1,8 en the wall enclosing an area at the back of the.Cuetom-
-4 "se• Mr. Startup proved tint lie had rented the fencing from
rag: 'son named 3lossit, sincethe 17th of November, at 'the
spede of £1 per nionth. The complainaet said thet warted
t(i an advertisement to the effect that if anybody
tPost bills on those premises "they must apply to Mr.-Startup.
' also said that the board had been pulled down and,brcken
closed
by the bill-stickers. The defence was that the fendne
il'elesed a wheelwright's yard, and that none had a right to'
lisPose of the outside of a fence but the occupier of the property.
t• Wybergh said that -.Mr. Startup could make a claim
6 :ainst Mr. Mossit for the money he had paid as rent in
"c'ther court. The summons was dismissed-
OonNo Mfr's CHEISTI:LN ASSOC'IATION.-721e'second of
1,1 series of lectures in connexion w. ith the above association
4Os delivered on Wednesday, at the Hope-hall, Hope-street,
Professor Miller, of Edinburgh. Arr. Lawrence Ileyvvorth,
;4P-, occupied the chair, and there was a large and respectable
gience. The chairman; in opening the proceedings; referred
ilthe great increase in the member o f such associations as that
krcler whose auspices they were the: a met, and -said they had
tveat cause to be grateftil to the Almighty that they were being
leLahlished throughout the land, and also in the'United-States.
s:Ofessor Miller then delivered am a interesting .lecture on
• 444_tabour lightened not lost," which he viewed in a _temporal
to religous aspect, claiming on beta elf of the working, classes
I;,°l*ter hours for daily tell, or Sat Urday half 'holiday mad a
;°llth's vacation annually, as essential to health and-the en-
tk"4la,ent of life. A vote of thanks n 'as passed to the lecturer,
4,4 a similar compliment 'having be en paid to the chairman,
e Proceedings terminated.
eta,!ll'. MICHAEL'S CIWILCH AID SO( 'IETT.—On Thursday, a
ill ~gt, egational tea-party, in: id of th e above sooietye was held
4,141 e church school-rooms, Cornwallis-street. An excellent
4a
was provided by Mr. Milbourne, t end was partaken ,of by
er°ll,t 700 persons. The Rev. Henry ( larpenterethe incumbent
i th the church, occupied the chair, a rid the Rev. Dr.:Taylor,
I Rev. Frederick Parryethe Rev. R. W. Wolseley,eand the
th v. W. Ffolliott, curate of-fit. 3lichae l's, were also prese.nt on
dr! Platform. After t the reverend entlemen britily ad-
Osed the company oath advantag es of such ,societies as
Vt, on whose behalf they ;had then met, the Rev..R. W.
alseley illustrating his remarks in advocacy of working;
Y's associations by a reference to St. Silas'e,:and ..concluded
la,:l. appeal on behalf
.of the ragged :;chools. The proceed-
.tilb;,were enlivened at intervals with a everal pieces.of-,vocal
"Dik't, which were sung in a- creditable manner: y-the choir
'WI Michael's and a few members of the congregation. A 1
ftearistmas tree," also in aid of the society, was exhibited in
") B° groom by several ladies during the afternoon.
FIRES.—On WedThesday.evening, shortly after seven O'clock,
fire broke out in tiee eamenea room of Mr. Postlethwaite,
eotton-broker, Exchatage-chamber, and in a few minutes an
llkine and a party of men were on the spot. The engine.r.r..
instantly got into operationrand played so successfully thatzin
14t1^9 short time the flames vereesubdued, and the possibility
Of further b.t injury prevented.---LOn Thursday morning, a efire,
11111 s-hat one time threatened to extend itself, broke out-in the
rngstore connected witlithe extensive saw mills belonging to
'4B3rs. .1. Masileol and Lie., Lower Harrington-street, Park.
,lt, e engines from the south -station, some reels from Essex-
t:eeteand an engine from the central station, were quickly
~. the,
eta spet, and by the Alerts of the brigade the fire was inea
ae."eeLeelime subdued. It was 'blowing half a gale from -the
Voulvest, and had it not been fartthe prompt exertions of
dee are 'brigade, serious consequences might have resulted.
44-flell
dance:
from the West of England station was also in
jneasieueleseLL TO THE REV. WILLIAM HATLCUS, MIVISTER
TOXTURH CHAPEL.—On Tnesday, the last of a series of
A lectures was delivered to the working men of the Mersey
t,..,_el and Iron Works, by the Rev. W. ['Tereus, in the reading
Vila connected with the works. The chair was occupied by
la.: Clay. Esq„ manager to the company. The subject of the
trim was, -"ale working man rising erv,the world." At the
4e M °lay detailed several instances of the success of
Ito , t r. . ..
tee'aing men, more particularly as appertaining to the iron
iiloe. He then.thanked the lecturer on'behalf of the work-
erk,Men, for his kindness in delivering the interesting course
th lectures which :they had just heard oencluded, and said that
k,e3r,_ could not part• with him on the present occasion without
Se,„"ng him some mark of their heartfelt esteem;; .and he would
le"' say that the lectures had been receired byworking
tt„en, With very great -satisfaction. He felt it a pleasure in
14guering to him (Mr. Uarcus) a testimonial from those work-
k,_st men, and hoped he mould receive it as a mark of their
eStieeling towards :hint. A deputation from them had
4:_ikel upon him, and proposed the matter; they ,had also
"his advice as to the form the testimonial should take.
lie'llt a family man himself, ;he had suggested that it .should
tlnething not merely to look at and afford pleasure for the
toCe present, but that it should be substantially usefed, and
tO the same degree of pleasure in time to come. He (Mr.
40 had recommended what he considered to be the most
"able, namely, a silver teapot. Mr. Clay presented the
L.
_4lotaial, and concluded by reiterating the sentiments of
-''tne in which he was sure they all joined, and expressed a 1?,,e that it would afford him pleasure in moments hereafter.
1.14 following is a copy of the inscription, which was then
.1114. men of
to the Rev. William Hermes, by the work-
-4 delivering
of the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, for his kindness
ON,lelivering an interesting course of lectures to them. Liver-
la4e 4th December, 1855.' The Rev. W. Tlarcus, in tender-
kenis thanks said—l assure you when I came here to-night
Iseti: not expect' such a favour. When I began the course of
ek,,,res I had not the most distant idea of receiving any re-
feet'', except in doing you good and ministering to your corn-
ttec42l(l instruction. It affords me the highest satisfaction in
n, r,-"ng this mark of your esteem for any service I may
'at I_l'endered, although it has been very imperfectly.s I hope
Ntih‘ostinionial will be handed down to my children through
1qi.;,1 generations, as a souvenir that I have rendered some
tee to the working men of the Mersey Steel and Iron
~.`4,ke„'s• And to you sir (turning to the chairman), who have
it hi Dart in those services, I feel very grateful, and I trust
Ni„ntlire time to be able to come again among,
you without
:Pe ;_g the impression that I expect any further reward. I
Ltlk 4yad that when I expressed a hope in my lecture of meet-
j,enfe," again, I was not aware of the gift you intended to
tivitl; neon me, and I trust that promise will be fulfilled.
eqe 't'ot further remark, I beg to return you my thanks for
N. `l:s' handsome testimonial with w_hich you have presented
Illleh'l vote of thanks was moved to the chairman, and
tip by acclamation. Mr. Clay briefly responded, and the
l shortly after separated,

ANOTHER " NIGHT ATTACK" AT THE NORTH FORT.—
On Thursday night, about eleven o'clock, the town was
aroused by the booming of cannon, one report following ano-
ther in rapid succession for some time. The cause of this un-
usual summons in the dead of the night was to give the
artillerymen stationed in the fort at the Huskisson Dock an
opportunity of showing their agility in manning the guns in
case of a sudden surprise, or "night attack." This is an ex-
cellent plan of teaching the gunners vigilance, but it is very
disagreeable to those who retire to bed at an early hour.

eunioslnEs PROM THE CRIMgA.—A collection of in-
teresting relics from the seat of war was brought to this port
a few days since by the screw-steamers Meander and Egyptian,
direct from Balaklava, consisting chiefly of arms, both Rus-
sian and Cossack trophies, accoutrements, &c., together with
preserved ornithological and zoological specimens. Two very
fine camels have also arrived by the same steamers. These
useful and docile creatures were used during the late cam.
pains by our commissariat, and also in the more melancholy
duty of removing the wounded and dead heroes from the
battle-field. The whole of this interesting collection is con-
signed to Mr. G. S. Tyhe, of this town.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—At the Police-court, on Friday,
William Grand was charged with stealing lead from the house
of Mr. Bradley, in Oldhall-street. About five o'clock in the
morning, Mr. Bradley heard a noise on his roof, and, seeing the
prisoner through the skylight, he fired a pistol at him to
frighten him, and then called for the police. An officer imme-
diately entered the house, and caught the prisoner on the
roof, with about 100 lbs. weight of lead rolled up. He was
committed to gaol for three months ; but, on being taken
down to the bridewell, he kicked the officers so severely that
they brought him back, and charged him with an assault.
The magistrate, for this, fined him £5, or three months' im-
prisonment in default of payment.
ROBBERIES.—During the night of, the' 2nd instant, a
bonded warehouse, belonging to Messrs. Barr and Codkhill,
Lancelot's-hey, was entered by forcing the padlock of a ware-
house next door. The thieves then went on the roof by the
jigger-light window, and from thence to the top of the above
warehouse. They broke off the locks on the inside door, and
emptied two packages of tea (about 20 lbs.) on the floor, and
afterwards took about 12 lbs. of it.—During the night of the
4th, a quantity of sheet lead was stolen from the roof of Mr.
Simon's rice-mills, in Burlington-street, by climbing up to
the water-spout, and then over the wall.—During the week
several children have been stripped in the north end of the
town by women.—On the 4th inst. a gentleman was robbed of
his lever watch in the neighbourhood of Brunswick-road.
A DIFFICULTY REMOVED.—On Tuesday evening the deni-
zens of Limekiln-lane were alarmed by the screams of a
woman, who stood, with clasped hands, opposite a house in
that locality, and implored protection' for her child. A large
crowd collected, and the excitement was intense, when the
woman related that she had gone en an errand, leaving her
home-door fastened, and the child asleep in a cradle, but on
her return the door resisted her efforts to open it, and hence
the cause of alarm. Four police-officers made their appear-
ance, and they proceeded with much ceremony to force open
the door, when, lo! they found the child still sleeping, and on
searching the house, great Was their disappointment and
chagrin at discovering—nothing. The anxious crowd were
sadly disappointed at this laughable denoulment of the affair,
they expecting to see some murderous villains brought forth
by the police.

THE BURNIN4 o T'RE CoNSTITUTION.— This splendid
packet-ship was burnt, on Wednesday last, in the river. She
had arrived the preceding evening, and cast anchor in the
Sloyne. The smoke 'was first observed about eight o'clock,
a.m., issuing from the companion way of, the second cabin.
Search was made to discover the locality 'of the fire, but in
vain. The fire-engine of the vessel was immediately got to
work, and all the hatches closed. A signal having been Made,
the steam tenders Satellite and Jackal were alongside in
twenty reinuteseand were quickly joined by the steam-tugs
Sampson, Corratitution, Independent, and 'Queen. Ali these
got their hose to bear on the fire, and poured in floe& of
water with-half-past one p.m., but the fire could not be sub-
dued.; and then, as the last resort, the vessel was beached and-
scuttled. 'Nothing could exceed the teal and efforts of the
captain, Officers, and crew ; and so reluctant were the men to
abandon the deck, that all were in great danger, and one of
them seriously burnt. When the alarm was first given, Mr.
Bowman put off in a steamer, and continued der:dee the day
to give encouragement and directien to the hands.
AtbIDENT TO THE MARCO POLO.—Ou Thursday morning,
as this vessel, bound for Melbourne, was being towed to sea,
~when opposite the Sandon Dock, the hawsers which attached
her,to two steam-tugs broke. it is supposed 'that this was
owing to the heavy pull, the high.-sea and boisterous stale of
the. weather, which was blowing a gale at the -time fro the
NAV..- She came in eentactwith the barque-Glasgow, which
was somewhat injure::., and the Marco Polo, after drifting
awhile, got aground; the aft portion swung-to and fro, and it
.Was feared for some time 'that serious ielttry 'would follow.
The most prompt exertions were made to get the ship off, but
;as the water was low it was not found possible to accomplish
the object. However, abed -six o'clock -in the evening, she
was successfully got out of her position, and was safely
-anchored off Egreniont. On examination by the government
and Lloyd's sumeyors,' , -it was discovered that the vessel had
sustained no ittiary-; mid she proceeded-to sea at nine o'clock
on Friday morningovith 320 passengies, 1,300 tons of Cargo,
and the usual mails.
THE NEW FLOATIIO3- REFORMATOEY—The Mill of the
Akbar, 50-gun frigate, for many years a quarantine vessel in
the Sloyne, has been transferred by Messrs.. Hummeend
Grayson into a line-looking vessel. :The old upper deck leas
been removed, and she has now a-splendid open spar deck,
with abundance of for a great number of boys to be em-
ployed al one time. The main or gum-deck will be set apart
for a school-roomemess-rooms, galley, &c., and the lower deck
to sleepiegsberths. Below this there is ample space for-store-
rooms, refractory wards, and othercpurposes. The ventilation
will be abundant; and the decks are well lighted from the port
holes, which have been fitted up With neat windows. '-0-a the
second deck apartments are' beingenade for the superintendent
and thee-sehoohriseiter,- and a committee-room will divide the
two families. The Akbar will have accommodation 'for about
2,00) boys ; -bet the committee evill not introduce on board,
for the present, more than .300 or 400. In a fewelays the
vessel will be- removed from the vicinity of Mr. Laird's yard
to that of the Canada Works, and during the winter It is ex-
' pected that a- number of young criminals will be drafted on
board. 'When completely fitted up, she will be permanently
moored in the Sloyne. Mr..'-Edward Humbleton .has been
appointed superintendent.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—Mr.:AIderman Langsdale presided-
at the meeting of this committee, on Thursday,,wl2en• the
chairman announced, that the amount at which all--the small
property in'the borough was'-allowed to compoundehad been
paid in the lad year to within £154. The total amount at
which the-small property had been assessed was £52,440; the
owners were allowed to compound for one-half, -and of that
sum £11;066 had been paid. A long discussion teok place re-
lative to the -nuisance arising -at the north end, -from the
deposit there of chemical refuse. Mr. Fresh said the nuisance
would soon' be abated, as the Formby highway Aboard had
agreed to take the refuse forroadmaking. The:medical officer
of health reported that, in theweek ending on the lsthistant,
244 deaths. were registered in the borough; being endless than
in the previous week, but 3.-8. .more than the average of the
corresponding week of the. previous seven years. Of the
deaths last,week, 178 were in the parish, and .66 -in- the out-
townships. The decreasing temperature of the -season is at-
tended with an increase of bronchitis and ether erections of
the hinge;-which tend to heepthe Mortality abovetheaverage.
The deaths frean these diseases . last week were 86; -being 21
more than the previous weekeand 35 more than the- weekly
mortality-at-the beginning of November: The mean, weekly
temperaturems, in the same period, fallen from 47 -to 414
deg., whiehevves the mean -of last week. Of the total 244
deaths, 141:were below the age of five, and 23 between the
.ages of -60 aiitll9o.
Dock -CceaILYTTEE.—Mr. -.Charles Turner preSided: at the
meeting of this-committee on Thursday. The other 'members
present were -Messrs. Shand, Feltner, Robinson, Broeklebank-,
Ounrettawnion,te3,loßnadnekllinLaagadd Smith,
Allic;dineirse'oßreafilberdbliaL°:kk,etlto
return WES produced of the number of tons 01-2'eneads :delivered
into into the Lancashire and Yerkshine railway waggons, during
the month ending 24th November, 1855, froth the north stack
of warehousesien the Dock Coraniittee's line of nailway..and
turn-tables. .it :appeared that the deliveries were 140 Irads,
weighing 62/ tons 11 cwt. Iqr lbc. The comni&Jee .recom-
mended that a charge of 3d. per ton he made for geode delivered
in future to 'the 'company. A letter was read from •Lieut.
.Sarsfield, marine surveyor to-the City of Dublin Steam;
packet CAmpany,-suggesting that -;bell should be placedepon
the Spencer's-gut buoy, to facilitate the navigation of the
Horse Channel. e'A report, was readfrom Lieut. Lorf . to the
effect that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to
place a bell on that &toy, and that even if it were placed there,
it would not answer the purpose required. The sub-committee
accordingly recommended that the proposal be not complied
'with, which was :agreed to. It was .agreed upon, on the re-
commendation of the sub-committee, that the Board do not
comply with the suggestion of Mr. S. R:; Clarke, to construct a
bridge over the river Alt. In the harbour-masters' depart-
Anent, letters were ~read from Messrs. Grimshaw and Co.,
:Frain and "Co., Richardson, Spence anclXo., and Guion and
,Co., on the subject of 4he appropriation oepermanent berths.
The letters were referred to the harbour-masters' committee.

;It xcas ordered that wooden huts be provided for the Shelter of
the men in the Wellington Dock. A letter was read from a
number of the timber wrchants of Liverpool, among whom
were Messrs. lialhead, ,Chaloner, Steele, Farnworth, &c., re-
,questing that the Board would not allow the grip at the south-
west.side of the Queen'sDoek to be filled up, it being exceed-
ingly,useful for the discharge of Dantzie cargoes, &c. The
secretary was directed to :reply, stating that -there was no
intention of filling up the at present. This closed the
general:basiness.

GAEssex. BOARD OF Hatagrr.—The monthly ineeting was
held at the Aigburth Hotel on ,Tuesday, Mr. J. A. Thine in,
the their. The other members present were Messrs. Pritt,
Cooper, Watts, Chidson, Goodwin, and Moss.—The Chairman,
with reference to the contemplated report on the new .survey,
as. to the best plans of drainage -for the district, suggested
that one party, of competent engineering knowledge, ibould
be applied to, ito furnish a drainage report, instead of the
board advertising for reports, and offering a premium.. In
Liverpool the Corporation engineers made the surveys Jou'
brought up a repol,t—The Law-clerk said that in other *lig-.

t Heti with which he was connected plans had been advertised
for, and in some eases a dozen reports had been sent in, and
there was choice of great engineering knowledge. The further,
discussion of the subject stood over until the next meeting.—
Mr. A. Holme submitted plans at the last meeting of the
board for stables and sheds at the yard where the board kept
their horse and cart, plant, &c. The plans were referred to
the Works Committee, and they now reported that it would
be exceedingly desirable to erect the sheds forthwith, at an
expense of £5O, leaving the remainder of the works to be exe-
cuted at a future period. The report was agreed to.—The
Chairman said he had to call the attention of the board to the
fact that the Town Council of Liverpool had published their
parliamentary notice, to include certain townships in the bo-
rough. He tbotaght it exceedingly desirable that that board should
appoint a committee to watch over its interests. This board
was affected by the contemplated change. They did not know
exactly what the Council of Liverpool were going to do, ex-
cept what they could glean from a general notice, which set
forth that Garston was to be incorporated with Liverpool.
No report had yet been made to the Town Council on the sub-
ject, and it was therefore very desirable that this board should
have information laid before it from time to time. If the rates
were likely 'to be increased, of course this board would not
sanction any arrangement for the amalgamation ; but if, on
the contrary, they were likely to 'derive any advantage, then
they would be only too glad to join Liverpool.—The Chairman
then suggested that the simplest way would be to refer the
matter to the Law-clerk, with instructions to obtain informa-
tion on the subject, and call an early meeting of the board.—
Eventually this suggestion was adopted, and the board ad-
journed.

THE Cunard steam-ship Asia, Captain Lott, sailed from the
Mersey on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual
mails, 134 passengers, and a full cargo.
AMONG the patents recently sealed are the following :
John Lane, of Liverpool, merchant, and John Taylor, of Bir-
kenhead, engineer, for an improved engine ; Stephen White,
of-Liverpool, miller, for improvements in washing, cleansing,
and drying grain.
GAS EXPLOSION.—On Saturday an explosion of gas oc-
occurred in a shop occupied by a tailor, in Renshaw-street.
The window was blown out, and a few articles of drapery were
burnt, but no personal injury was occasioned, the family being
seated in the back room at the time. The fire caused by the
explosion was speedily extinguished.
OHMSICIRK IN DAEKNEss.—Since Saturday week, the lamps
in the streets of this town have ceased to be lighted with gas,
to the great annoyance of the inhabitants, owing to the gas
company wanting to charge £2 per lamp for the winter season,
instead of burning by meter, as formerly, and also to employ
their own lamplighters for an extra sum of £l5.
STEALING A RECEIPT.—Mr. Mostyn Warburton, of 44,
James-street, was brought up at the Police-court, on Saturday,
on the following singular charge :—Ellen Latham said that
she had nursed an illegitimate child of the prisoner's, for the
support of which he had been ordered to pay the sum of £1
12s. 6d. On Friday he called on her, saying that he would
pay the money, and asked her for a receipt. She wrote out a
receipt, which the prisoner snatched from her, and then ran
off without paying the money. The magistrate ordered him
to pay the money forthwith.
SUICIDE BY HANGING.—On Friday night, William Jones,
who' resides at 54, Trowbridge-street, committed suicide by
hanging himself to his bed-post, with a neckerchief. The
deceased, who was in the employ of Mr. Taylor, a brewer,
in Trowbridge-street, had been drinking for some time pre-
viously, and on the night in question he had been scolded by
his wife for playing at dominoes in a public-house with a
boy. He accompanied her home about nine o'clock, and
Walked directly to his bedroom, where he hanged himself as
above described. At an inquest, on Saturday, the jury
returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."
TRIAL TRIP.—The Borysthene, a screw steam-ship, of 1,300
tons and 250 horse-power, made a most satisfactory trial trip
on Saturday, attaining a speed of about twelve knots. This
vessel has been constructed by Mr, Laird for the Imperial
Company of France, for whom he built the Jourdain, and
another vessel of similar class, the Meandre, launched about
a fortnight ago, and to be ready for trial early in January.
The engines for all three vessels are by Fawcett and Co., and of
similar power and construction. The Borysthene, after com-
pleting coaling, is to proceed in a few days to Marseilles, and
will be placed in the French postal and troop service from
there to Constantinople.
AT the Manchester County Court, a fruit-dealer, named
Lowe, has obtained compensation for damages sustained by the
delay of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
Company in the delivery to him of fruit carried along their
line. The plaintiff refused to accept the fruit, which was in
a spoiled state 'when it was sent to him; and the defendants
caused it to be sold in Smithfield-market, subsequently ten-
dering to the plaintiff about £26, which they received from the
salesman. The plaintiff refused this also, and now sought to
recover £2O in excess of the £26 which had been paid into
court. The Judge decided for the plaintiff, and ordered the
company to pay £l5, besides the £26 paid into court.
TowN IMPROVEMENTS.—Workmen are now actively em-
ployed in pulling down the premises at the south corner of
Hardman-street and Rodney-street, recently purchased by the
corporation for the improvement of that locality. A portion
of the site, in addition to another piece of land opposite the
Jew's synagogue, will be added to Hardman-street, so as to
make it of one uniform width, The improvement, when com-
pleted, will render the line .of thoroughfare comprising Leece-
street, Hardman-street, and Myrtle-street, one of the best
approaches to the town in that direction. We understand
that the corporation have resolved to proceed at once with the
contemplated improvements at the corner of Oldhall-street
and Tithebarn-street. The alterations are much required by
the increasing traffic of that neighbourhood. It is stated also
that a very large quantity of corporation land and property is
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—Messrs. Coulborn Brothers, proprietors of the New Brighton,
Egremont, and'Seacombe steamers, were 'fined 40s. and costs,
in consequence of the furnaces not being constructed accord-
ing to the requirements of the act of Parliament.—The Lon-
dan and NOrth-western Railway Company were summoned
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for an infringement of the act on 'the 21st November, at
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Edge-hill. and were fined £5 and ceefts.—Messrs.. William and
Daniel Busby, Mansfield-street, for 'a nuisance from smoke,
-on the lath November, were fined 40s. and costs.—Messrs.
Willoughby were summoned for an infringement of the act
on board the steamer Cato, on the2lst November. Fined £6.
—Captain Samuel Reed, manager of the Woodside Ferry,
was summoned for an offence committed against the act on
board the-steamer Queen, on tlr.,l2lst November. Fined £5.
—Mr.john Watkins, for offences committed against the act
in the'steam-tugs Satellite and Britannia, was fined £5 in
each -case. '

TEE :BOBBERT of £3so.—r the Police-court, on Satur-
day, George Fothergill, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Cox
Brothers, was charged with -stealing £350, the property of his
employers. On the 22nd easTov. the prisoner received £420,
which be was told to pay to Messrs. James Aikin and Co.
however, got drunk, and after buying some clothes for
which he paid £5 135., he accompanied some girls te a house
of ill-fame in Albion-street. Here his money was taken from
him. As a mercantile firm,,who paid the bank notes (lost by
the. prisoner) to Messrs. Ooa Brothers, could give.none of their
numbers, and as they ha&paid another sum in bank notes the
same day to other parties,,,under the same circumstances, there
was no evidence to convict the prisoner, who .was discharged.
He .was immediately brought forward as a mitness against
Anne Ledgerwood, Mary Burns, and Henry -green. The
latter keeps the house in Libion-street, where Yothergill was
robbed, and where the female prisoners live. The only
evidence against the females was the fact thatLedgerwoodhad
changed a £5 note at Jackson's public-house, ,on Copperas-
hill. Inspector Murphy,who apprehended the prisoners, said
that for the present,-no trace of the notes existed, as the
numlers were not .known. The prisoners 'were ultimately
remanded till Weduesduy, in order to afford .the police an
opportunity of making further inquiries.
'MANSLAUGHTER ',MI' AN HOTEL-EIMPRC.—An -inquest
-was held on Thursday,. en the body of Ambrose Donleaire,
aged thirty-four, a native of Donegal, who had met with his
death under the following circumstances:—.4le • arrived in
Liverpool with his.wife a few days ago, and took lodgings in
Carlton-street, intending to commence business. in this town.
OnAVednesday night;the and another Irishman, named Mac-
kenzie, who is about to -emigrate to Australia, -were drinking
at he American liotel, in Regent-road, :kept by Patrick
Conolly, when some angry words arose between the deceased
and the landlord, ioreference to a game of billiards which they
luskiust had. The .-deceased struck Conolly, and then ran
out of the house, followed by Conolly, who caught him in the
street. As he passed out Mackenzie saw him take something
from:the tap-board. Aaeuffie ensued in the street. .The de-
ceased suddenly coiled cut " Police," and dropped. Conolly
inemetHately left fairs, :and was retailing to the house, when
Mackenzie, who had.poreeived him let somethingiall in the
street, fudging that. he ,had stabbed Donleaire, secured him
until .the police arrived. 'Conolly himself. was bleeding from
a wound on one of his thighs ; but the deceased was found in
a dying (condition, havinp; received a wound in the side, pene-
trating to the cavity-Of the heart, and another in the abdo-
men frcm which the bowels protruded He was conveyed to.
the Northern Hospital, liaut he died on 'the way. In the
street..mknife of formidable dagger-like appearance was found.
The blade is about. a: foot long, and sharp-pointed. ,It has,
upon it several insciniptioxs, " American Hunting Knife,"
" Rough and Ready," Try me," &c.; and is.also ornamented
with a :number of curious devices. Rothe...molly and Mac-
kenzie wm.e taken into,-custody, and were present .st the
inquest, when Mackenzie 'was admitted to -evidence. Apainst
Conolly the jury returned .a verdict of " Manslaughter, and
he was •committed for trial.

..M•YdrElitY OF A £'l6o NOTE.—At the . Police-court,
on Saturday, Mr. Mansfield was occupied for , five. hourz in
investigatiqg the following.-case, which arose-sotely, from the
carelestness, of four persons,tiarough whose hands a bank note
passed,the 'nine of Which .iminvathem can tell. .Mr. Thompson,
a railway coutsuctor, has an ,osce in Blackstone,street, and in
the. adjoinhig,,Highfield-strect is the shop of Mr,..Jameaxellr,
provision dealer. Mr. Thompson's clerks and Mr. Kelly. have
frequently been in the habit of changing bank notes and gold
for one anther. On the. Ifsth ,of November, M.r. Dransfield,.
Mr. Tboma,)son!c,eashier,
.sent au Irishman, named Brady,
also in Mr_ Thompson's empipy, to Mr. Kelly ~with_, ,a 420
note, to be changed, and to payuut of it to a Mr-ilannb, ,who
accompanied him about 410, .and then to parcbase some
tools. He did not, mention .to Brady the value of the, note,
Land the latter, having been, frequently in the habit...of chang.
,Ing large notes at 41,r-, _ Kelly's, never looked at it, but. walked
tinto Mr. Kelly's elap, and said, Please change me,a £lOO
!' note." Mr. Kelly, -,who knew Brady well, was busy .at the
limime with twe customers, so , he, ,without looking .at the
,cote, handed Brady 4100 in gall. iirady paid somealloneY
to. Mr. Lumb, made his purchases, , and took back to Mr.
Dransfield, in a bag, £B, . 3s. On seeing this, Mr. Dransfield
" How did you .bring :me so much change ?”
.out, of the £lOO note;' -told Brady. tOn *is Mr. Draudeld
looked at his pocket-book,,and found that be had a £lOO note;
but „supposing that Mr. Thompson mighthave given him a
4100 .note for a £2O note, he altered his cash-book, and de-
tertniAed to wait and ask Mr. Thompson about it. Mr.
Thompson, before leaving lthe office that ,day, gave Mr.
Drausfield what he considered 4140—in one note of £lOO, and
I two notes of 420 each ; but neither he nor Drnasfield looked
carefully ,at the notes, and neither.could swear.as to what they
were.. 01 the night of the aforesaid 16th of November' Mr.
Kelly balanced his cash, and could ifind.no £lOO note, but dis-
covered that he had a £2O note. over. This puzzled him
eiceediogly. He searched everywhene for the £l,OO note he
supposed he ,had received from lirad,y, ,but .he .could find
nothing of it. He communicated with the police, sand, in
company with ,detective-officer Sullivan, wai ,
ted upon Mr.
Dransfield and Mr. Thompson on the afternoon of tbe 17th
ult. To these gentlemen Mr. Kelly said be .had lost a £lOO
note, but mentioned nothing about the:extra £2O note in his
possession ; while Mr. Dransfield and Mr. Thompson, feeling
assured, from Mr. Kelly's statement, that be had really lost
the 4100 note, said nothing about the £82.35, they had re-
,ceived from him, believing that, in mistake,Mr. Thompson had
given Mr.Dransfield a 4100 note for £2o,neither.ofthem being
able to tell the numbers ef thenotes or their amount. So matters
went on till last Thursday,when a man named O'Grady, Living in
the some house as Brady, and having heard him talk about
the amigo he got from Mr. Kelly for the note, gave informa-
tion to Mr. Kelly, and the detectives immediately took Brady
to the Bridewell, where he was closely questioned, and almost
frightened out of his life, by Mr. Kehoe, inspector of the in-
door police. He did not get to bed ' till twelve o'clock, and
having to he at the office before Biz o'clock on Friday morn-
ing, and feeling a " sinking " after his fright at the Police-
office, he took a glass of whiskey and a pint of ale before
breakfast. At the office a disputearose between him and Mr.
John Thompson, a nephew of his master, in the course of
which Brady's face was rather damaged. Smarting with pain,
he rushed off to the Police-court, and told a piteous tale to Mr.
Mansfield, who granted a warrant for the apprehension of
Thompson, and a man named Maud, a time-keeper in Mr.
Thompson's employ. In the meantime, Mr. 'Kelly and the
police considered that this would be a good opportunity to
investigate the mystery of the £lOO note. Mr. Mansfield
said that the case had arisen from the carelessness with which
business men managed their money matters. He thought
there could be no imputation upon the conduct of Mr. Drans-
field ; and, with respect to the assault, Brady, who appeared
to have been the aggressor, had not sustained, injuries which
called for special notice. He must, therefore, dismiss the
Case.