The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-24 00:00:00

1-,e set before you by gentlemen of great personal
experience—by those who, speak to whatthey know, and
can tell you what they have seen; and, I am convinced,
that their rhetoric and their exhortations .will command
-iyour sympathies and will guide yourjudgthent. But, my
good friends, do, for one moment, consider the present
position of the world. Do consider, that at this moment
the numbers of those who do not believe in the name
of our Lord are ten, twenty, perhaps thirty-fold those to
whom the knowledge of salvation has been administered.
-Recollect, that though the State of thingAe So, it has been
for eighteen centuries in this condition ; andi diffing the
latter part of these centuries,, it has been in the power of
those who hold the truth--having means enough,.
having knowledge ' enough; and having 'opportunity
enough—to' evangelise- the globe fifty tithes over. And
'yet they have done nothing of the kind; and now we
find ourselves, after eighteen centuries of saving know-
ledgewe find we are but a ,imall fraction of God's
creatures who have any knOwledge of His: word, and a
`still smaller fraction who have any desire to make it
known. But I hope, when we lay seriously to heart our
responsibility—when we consider how mach has been
given to this nation; and particularly when'We consider
its energy of heart,—when we consider its extent of
intellect,—when we consider 'the, peculiar character
of !her people,—when 'we consider the enterprise of
!all her sons, -- when .we ..oneider 'the enormous
wealth we enjoy—when we consider that we have
been professors, aye, and free professors of the Pre-
testant faith for some three 'centuries-=when we con-
sider that we have. an . open .Bible, , no man forbidding
us ;—and when 'we' consider that we have means and
resources such as never Yet fell to the lot of any nation ;
when we Consider that our dominions. extend from . one
Send of the earth to the other—that one hand of the
Queen rests upoo the east and the other hand rests upon'
the, west,Hwhen we consider that every enterprise of
the'kind we have now undertaken- has been blessed by
God withsignal success,-4ow can we sit still and not
tremble under the weight of .responsibility that devolves
upin u5....1f we delay for one moment to come forward
with tenfold vigour, tenfold resolution, tenfold amount
of prayer, that God would be pleased' to put into our
hearts these great designs, and enable us by his grace to
`bring them to good effect.. (Applanse). This I..sponsi-
bility is indeed terrible—this responsibility is more than
fearful. 'This responsibility, and oar neglect of it, would
seeps to be unpardonable. But, nevertheless, in God's
mercy, there are indications of a better state of things—
of ti better spirit; and if we could from this day go
forth, like John the Baptist, and announce that there
was a dawn beyond—that there was something ooming ,
that would bring light afidliberty, and shining light to i
the nations sitting in darkness and the shadow of death
—then, indeed, we might have hope—then, indeed, we
might have confidence--then, indeed, we might retire to
our rest this. night, and feel assured that a great,
a long, and a glorious period of usefulness and joy was
reserved in the service of God to this old, great, blessed
Frqtestant kingdom of Great Britain. (Lould applause.)
But now, my good friends, while every heathen and
benighted soul ought to be to us an object of solicitude
and prayer, ought we not to consider whether God has not
given to us a peculiar field for our operations, and whether
our principal efforts ought not to be made where lies our
principal 'responsibility ? For what purpose, think you,
were 200,000,00QFmillions of heathens consigned to our
care in her Majesty's dominions in. the East—for what
purpose is India under the 'sceptre of Queen Viotoria
!Is it that it may add to the dominions of the State—is
ft merely fqr the extension of commerce—is it merely
that India may take our goods and we receive hers in
exchange ? Is it not for some greater, mightier, holier,
parpose than that? Most unquestionably it is. (Loud
applause.) Aye, and the nation at one time, almost to
a- man, recognised that great and sacred obligation.
Well do I remember the time when the mutiny in India
had carried terror to every man's heart. Well do I
recollect that men who cared no more for Christianity
than they did • for the ground they walked upon
—many .of them said to me—" Clear it is that
nothing is - left. for the saving of that empire
but that the people should be Christianised ; we
must introduce the Christian religion among them; that
Will be the true conservative principle, and will bind the
people of India to Queen Victoria." Aye, they said
that—many said it in sincerity and with deep devotion—
many said it in mere policy, and as a temporary expe-
dient. The mutiny subsided, and so subsided their con-
victions, and a greater cleadaess ensned after the mutiny
than existed hefqre it ; and soon, and rapidly soon, shall
We lapse igte Vie nondescript, that inconceivable, that
wild condition that is called the Government neutrality. '
(Hear,' bear.) Recollect, my friends, that Government
neutrality, will shortly become national neutrality—that
Gpverninent indifference will shortly become national.
indifference—aye, and that Government sin will shortly
become a' national sin. (Hear,-hear.) And, after all,
what is that neutrality ? ._Neutrality is 4 nil you may
read in the dictionary, and neutrality is a thing you may _
ftnd in the grammar But 'neutrality in the,,nAeral-
life of man is , a thing that cannot have-
existence. (Applanse.) ftehtteians talk of neutrality,
because they 0414 in neutral mystification. (Laughter.)
But neutrality in religion is iMpossible. (Applause.)
A road must either belieya or dishelieve, If he dia.
believes, he is an infidel i and that is an end of the
matter. If be believei he is bound, by every considera-
tion of heaven or of. earth, with all his soul, with all his
heart, with all his mind, with all that he possesses, with
all that he covets, with all that he can lay his haucla
upon, by every energy of body arid' soul, he Is hound t()
do all that in him lies,
in a 'legitimate way, to labour
that, the'WOrd of the Lord may have a free course and
be carried to every part of the world. (Applause.)
This union of all' evangelical and orthodox denominations
is a great sign of the times. (Hear, hear.) It shows
that there is a mighty effort directed to clue single view,
the holiest and the purest that ear} enter into. the mind.
Qf h4lll qiilif aside-411 externals that are non-
esseitial, and lookingi to the internal that is indis-
pens:able, they have before them the - one single
object of preaching Christ, Christ crucified, to every-
ignorant soul on the. 'surface. oC God's 'earth. lt is 'a
great discovery to Have inade, that iveCan' have a cOin-
mon feeling---;that we can' have' i'qtrittiori heart--that
_..
we can' have a common actiontliat we ca.lt hue a mu-
11101 k a3;pli:atlli;* and: this heeanse we know that we eau
have one ckniiiien inaitei; ; and therefore we eon, have a
i common a#eatton 'and a ennitnen labour towards the
attainment of this great and mighty end, This
great Wen is doe mighty protest against idolatry,
against indifference, against selfishness, in all matters
of religion, Nay, it is more than a proteg sgainst
all these-4t is a great combination-it is on
great aggression against the .rtronghold,s of 'Satan,.
The time is past when we shUld• stand, 'in an' attitude
et, resistance..' The' time is' eO,nie When we should go
fOrWaicl" and show that' the Kingdom of Heaven may '
suffer violence, and that the violent may take it by
force. (Hear, hear.) The attitude of resistance some-
times' is necessary, but it is always more or less the, I
attitude of weakness. I remember well the great
Duke of Wellington saying to me onet'clay,' When
discussing the boundaries that had 'been. settled upon
between our empire, 'an 1 d the Bourbon empire—" I
advise' tile "our,
to take that point, because,
take my word, no point is ever good for defence unless
it is equally good for attack." And if that he true in
military matters, it is still more true in religious
matters. Let us no longer stand in that quiet tittiAWie,
Of waiting 'for what' may come, but I,e; -as go rorward
courageously to attack all that, is lief Ore us, and. there is
no doubt that te, whale' thing Will, all quire sPeeditlr
than 'we 'are liwhfe of before the United, ettottkaig this. lattaeli:' (Applause.) Bat q you, go, for-
ward;' there Must he no ahripking,,there must
be nd 1104‘tioti,,Hth4e. must tie no looking back
-,-ne• falling. off, to. the right or to the left, and
no, 'pause In. the iTtAt work. And why should you
Manse i I ask you whether, in the history of the world,
There "was' ever a time -whether it be in the old country
or in the new--whether among nominal Christians ar,
those sitting in heathen darkness—was there ever, a time
when-men's minds seemed mere ready to srecki-Ve gooel
impressions—when .there NX.O4 'a, gicater, opportunity
offered-7,74R a wider- sphere was operA for the efforts
of, the'lnisslOWY, NOM, I believe, was there a time
more favourable, All things are further advanced than
they were. It bath pleased- God to remove many
-obstacles and to give many facilities. All spiritual things
_.are as good as they werestheeculparro,stiect
ggsa:anlideait'hene
as powerful as before ; but a
conditiA of the. Irrld itAlf; Opens ten thousand means,
presents ten thousand, advantages that we never enjoyed
in any antecedent period. Ah ! but you must turn your
minds very seriously to the state of things in tbe. world,
around us. It deeply concerns your temporal. pence. It
deeply cOneetwi OictsecairAfand enloymentof yourselves
and your ebildken- Can any be blind to the stirring of
evehtsitt every nation ' under heaven—Gaff anyone be
indifferent to the peril ,that surround us—can every-
one feel 5.441 under those mysterious movements
that are taking place. They leave us in doubt from
day tq day whether we Shall be to-morrow in a state of
peace or in a state of war. Can anybody hesitate to
believe that some great
,conflict—who can decide the
form and pressure of it'? Can any ene. h4tatty Vlationa is. at,
believe that some great contlio a the, n
hand ? Can ai one lte,sitt4ele believe that coin great ,
rignlnt iii. impendj,n Uponall peoples. It may fall '
ighter, '9011'04 an heavier upon others,: It will
rsciistgy7kg,ien)gaa:gelficiilnill_witfah.tching,
all lightest opouthose though all, perhaps, will feel the
egcloaty
iiolti,tr4nitl will be found watch-
least ten out of
.the
and in their master's service,
(Applaiise) Ido implore you to put your shoulders to 1
the wheel, I do implore you to' be more earnest and 1
.active: in your endeayours., I implore you to be more
intense, and earnest, and devoted in your prayers, I
implore you to have more constantly, more uneevingly,
you,
more vigorously before thy_ groatworki opoppito, '
3;04 this evening. it i;s fOr. temporal, as well, as for 1
etefnal 'thingst--4he One, great object of our existence.
It will eye yOu. seciirity-Tit will give You, peace-, 1
it will save you in the, great trial ry‘d '4angq, '
that is coming on ;' and if at the hour when the jag,
ment shall_
w arrivc„m lie I,9p.risi, bAsili, engaged, k 4 the
,'iyboi. (o. in;aster, then, after a period a suffering
and ptirificalp,n, you will, by,
,the hleSaing of Almighty
God, be otkil€l, to he 411aeoePtable,-aye, and an accepted .
people, (The noble chairman resumed his seat amidst
tapfurous applause.) .
Major DAN-1140 N next addressed the meeting. lie
thought that England was in a great VAsure respon.
Bible for the spiritual condition Of , the country to
"Which the chairman had so often and so empha-
t4PAV allnded Ile had spent the greater period of
his life in India, and he reflected with pleasure
-that .during that time he had devoted consAderahlo
attention 'to the agricultural population of the country.
In the prosecution of that duty he had, of course, to
remove himself from many social pleasures, and to
live only in the rural parts of the country. Yet hQ
. could tell the great assembly before hint that these years
were most decidedly the happiest in his Whole life. rleloyed
and respected the rural population, of India, and, he would
always think of them with feelings of great gratitude.
' llc could see in them the elements of a great people, and he
wishatliat his own countrymen were bt..ter, acvai,uteA
with that clasi of their fellow-subjects; The agricAltiiral
Portion of the people of Andia, were by far the greater
artion. of the, pppulation, and contributed the most
rely to- our reVen,ue. 'fit these people had been most
- racefully neglected, kith religiously and morally.
o'
In othr countries a tax upon education, if it existed at
all, generally pressed most heavily upon the rich ; but.
in that country, he was sorry to say, the poor were tf,,:xo
for the support of the• lazy upper class. o the native
inhabitants.
,
The Rev. JOSEPI, MigrlAN.fs„ missionary, from Calci4ta,
I was next called upon to address thenieeting. Ile detailed
scrap interesting particulhis'reirecting the progress .of
the trifsaiiiinary systein in that, par of the world. They had
been tatecesafulin their efforts for the conversion of the
Hindoos, but they' had to light against the Government.
The policy of the Government had been called neutral;
. 1 but it was a fallacy to suppose that could be a, gooil

legislation which disregarded religion. The reverend
. gentleman extended! his remarks to a considerable
length, and was listened to with great interest and
iattention.
Colonel HARBERT EnWARDES, who;was received with
repeated rounds of applause, -delivered the next addresi.
Having recently returned from the scene of the
,Indian
~mutiny;, and believing, as he did, 'that that -Mutiny
r.threw a great and lurid light upon the object for which
'''the conference had assembled, ,he could not 'do better
than direct their attention to the lesson which Eng-
, land might learn ',' r from that war. They ' all
knew the past history .of India ; they knew that it
was somewhat more than a century ago since
God give the empire oandia to us upon the battle-field
of Plassy. Within that century we knew what changes
have come over the country, how we had introduced
1 justice where we found violence and crime, how we had
abolished. :sine of those bloody and infamous customs
I which formerly disgraced the land—how domestic slavery
had been subdued and almost exterminated, how the
cruel custom of dragging the Hindoo widow to the
1 funeral 'pile of her husband, in order that she might
Ibe burnt thereon, had been abolished—and he would not
think of underrating those triumphs of our civilisation.
, They would 'witness in' Spite -of theft. possessors that
1 Encdiihmen would always carry with them some of that 11
Christianity which they imbibed from' their earliest
years. Still he . could. not . forget that there
'were duties which England had not- performed towards
that country. Ile felt convinced that that country was
not that country.
us purely fOr our own benefit. It was not
merely that we should'provide for the sons and daughters
of England that God,gave India to this country. Nor
was it that' iiie might abolish merely those cruennitonis
of which he had Spoken, or that we should cover the'
country with roads and, xailroads and telegraph wires.
These were not the reasons why India was given to
England. It' was surely for higher reasons than 'these.
If they looked at the history of other great countries,
they would find that many of them had tried to get a•
footing in the Indian empire, and had failed.:
Why, then, had God allowed England to take pos- •
session of that great country, ,if not for seine,
much greater and more Christian reason than any he
had named? But the Government had adopted a policy of
neutrality. He believed that it was the curse of Eng-
land when she committed herself to that policy of neu-
trality in religion, Ship loads of missionaries went to
India; but were not only prevented from preaching
there, but actually driven away from it. He would
refer to. Judson ; and, in speakingof him, he could not
help drawing their attention to the fact that that devoted
missionary was not sent out from this country, but from
America. This nehle man went to India, but was
driVen from it; and he was ultimately received in Burmah;
whOe he founded that system of missionary labour
which was so successful. And England might have
enjoyed the same fruits had she adopted a proper,and a'
Christian policy. But on the contrary, this country '
did everything in its power to encourage heathen-
ism: It collected the revenues from the great idol
temples of India, and in a great measure took them
under its especial charge: Was not this a disgrace to a
-Christian' country like England ? Was it not disgraceful
that while the Koran and other text books of heathenish ,
religions were introduced into the Indian schools, the
Bible was nearly , altogether excluded ? He would not
do his countrymen the injustice of supposing that they
had done all these things from purely selfish motives..
They might think that by doing this they were giving
fair play to the natives. But the natives of India do
not understand such fair play as this. Religion was to
them the alpha and omega of their existence=it ramified
through every act of their life—there was no event of joy
or sorrow into which it did not enter, that it might he_
truly said, that whatever they did, they did all for the "
glory of their GOd: What effect, then, would the
unchristian and almost irreligious course which England
had pursued in India have upon the people of that
country ? Would they not conclude that this great
people—the English people—were, after all, a very
tricky set, and that, not 'daring to come straight at the
object they had in view, they had had recoerse to, this
subterfuge, which, the better to aid their purpose, they
had designated fair play ? And the consequence of this
has been that thy., A initlow haye regarded With distrust
any and 'all chenggs that have been ietrodneed, can-
siclerieg them as schemes which were intended to take
their religion from, them. This the speaker showed had
been the case when electric wires were first spread over
the country, the people in this case believing that as
soon as they were thoroughly infested with the, wires
something would be pulled and they would instantly
lose their religion. (Hear, hear.) After corlsidc.rtkg
these and other points, he said it wioald ep,pear
that the Government 1,1?(1 ;14 9.,40,n4.4 the proper
course in their, previous treatment of India.
We had to learn, and take it much to heart, that the ,
giver of empires is oar (had. Let us no longer go on
with the godless, heartless, senseless theory, that we
could have a nation without a national feeling of`reli-
gion. (Loud applause.) If we' allowed I this cold,
demoralising, decentralising, princiPle to take root,
amongst .us, we would have no national action in futtire,l
in our. history ; and if we chose, act without God, we
would be deserted in the hour of danger. ppiP,l4e.
We must learn, secondly, that God had, given India into oar
,charge in order that we might confer Upon it the
benefits he had. csgimed upon its. Thirdly, we
must in that biripire begin our labours by honourin
the Giid Who. gave it to us. (Hear, hear, and applause.
He counselled his fellow-countrymen, if they looke
forward to any future in India—if tie (ha to pro-
claim our good and great 4:*e9n Victoria as the Empress
of Hindostan--(applause)if they had that in their
hearts. as Englishinen—he counselled them to lay their
foundtAons, ill the Holy I3ible. (Applause.) He cote-
Belled' them to, begin as a nation, not as inclioduals,---
he counselled them as a nation to been. by declaringthat in the schools which they paid, and to which they
attached the ri,pp ai a‘tirigiish d,O x epv Re Tit , that
tote very flts4 book that was put there Mto: the hands of
the native, seliolar should he tlita ligoihaA,, (Applause.)
Let theni all learn th4llindacusrn and Mahommedauisiu
Nkere Uckt ilAirk(i4 which could be neglected, Let them
;eWEt that these were not names—let them learn that
they were principles. Let them learn, too, that Chris-
tianity was a principle, (Applause.) Colonel Edrear*s
concluded by an eloquent appeal on behalf of missionary
enterprise in India; and advised the people 'not to, forget
this great movement whieu, they, were, called, to, the lv,,,st-
ings in the ensuing autumn.
The. Rev,. Cfarion 4 :STOWE IkeV Addressed the meeting,
inet4catirig the 'great (intko,o44oo of missionary enterpriae
abroad; and pleading the tense in fervid terms.
1 The Rev. Mr. Outtust then rose to propose the first
resolution, which was a vote of thanks to those Liver-
' pool gentlemen who had so kindly assisted in, getting. up
1 this conference.
The proposition wasl aged; and carried by accla-
mation. .
The nest resolution, a vote of thanks to the Chairman, i
was propesed by his Worship the Mayor (T. D. finder- I
soil, -Esq.), who was received with loud applause. He '
had a very pleasing and simple duty to perfm.rna, Ile
had in the first place to thank the noble chairman for
the honour he had done them in coming amongst
them. He would• nett than.k. him, for his kindAoati. in
presiding over that meeting. Whether his Lordship
calve) to .I,,iverpool'ai the advocate of soeial seine.), or
the adyocate, of sanitary xegulatiPu,s which may he the
Means of improving- thce social null moral condition of
the pea* Of this., caantry i or whether he comes to plead
th,e cause o'f 4: :,;gad schools; or appears as =the pre- -
sidlent of that noble institution, the Bible Society ; or
Crimes, as he did then, to stimulate them by his presence -
to renewed missionary exertions at home andi, abread,
he felt sure that the people of Liverpool, appreciated
the honour of the noble lord's presence a,mon&st them,
and that Liverpool world always give him, a most
cordial welcerne. 49 wag, therefore, happy to tender
his 1400[4 the, Warmest thanks 4 the meeting for pre-
siding; oyes. V.
The motion was seconded by R. A. Macfie, Esq.,
who was also loudly cheered on making' his appearance.
In the course of some brief remarks, he ka.%4 that the
excellent Mayor of Liverpool, in, inoitiug This resolution,
had thanked the chairman, on their behalf, but-he would
thank him on. behalf of those whom he hoped would read
his lordship's speech. He would therefore call for three
cheers for Lord Shaftesbury.
This call having been enthusiastically reap oniied too
the noble Chairman replied. Ile said that when he
was last in Liverpool he had warned them not to give
him too geed a reception, as he. might be induced to
cow again. lie, would thank them most sincerely far
their kindness. It would always give him great pleasure
to meet them at any time, but mare especially for so
great and noble a purpose as that which had called them
together on the present occasion.
A hymn was then sung, after which the assembly
dispersed.

MAAINE SOCIETY.—The anniTereag meeting of this
excellent society was 4Ael4 at the Loudon Tavern on
Wedueldfq night, when a large body of gentlemen
ditne4 Aoetther under the presidency of the Duke of
Somerset.

"The. mAsicalt sartites at the Tuileries,"+ sa's the
Spor(i• "Lave great success. The Empress, who is very
fond of music, has organised private parties, in which
the guests are allowed to sing—some in chorus, under
the direction of M. Juliani, others in solos."

The will of the late James Murphy, Esq., son of the
celebrated Irish cattle salesman, has been proved. The
personal estate has been sworn Wider £150,000. The bulk
or the property is 10 to, Roman Catholic ".purposes''
and charities.,

Pear Adniiral Richard bevonshire (on the Retired
List CAA.), died at his residenge itn. St. Andrew's-
terrace, Plymouth,,ein the 119 Ah .ust. in the 79th year'
of his age. This over, who entered the navy in 1790.
as fiFsAlcAasA v.oluniteet, saw much,service during the war
kith VsaAce, aAdi .was present at many of the gallant.
actions of that period.
Mr. Basset, of Tehidy, was the purchaser of the t?;
fivst of Count Batthyani's barouche horses% "Rapid
Rhone" and " Unicorn," sold at Tete -..4.411% on Monday
last. Very high, prices were ealised. for most of the
animals in the count's spid,

A melancliply neeident took place two days ago at the
eyrtinaiiYheatre at Marseilles. During the ;chearsai
Carr., the " Canotiers de Paris," M. Car an excellent
comic performer, having to pass along a scaffolding, the
plank on which he was walking slipped, and he fell
from a conside..rs‘hl,e, height, on the stage, and broke his
thigh, Mame. Aubry, an actress, who NIP. close 1341,i1V1
ke,im, also fell, but coming on him 8,119. escaped, without
any. serious injury.
grrtis:fnitlAL CitAt4s4t, zN Iti.Tssivt,.--,The appoint-
ment of CoAnt Panine, Minister of Ju,slice, to the
Preideney of the Cointnission for the R4ansirtion
of' the Peasantry is regarded by the. Viberal party 1
as an omen of a serious ehezge• of policy on the
part of the .Emperor. Cowet Fnnine represents the
absolutist abA cltgaschical party, and his selection is
covi,dered, to, forbode a, return to the system of the
plAppi7ox Nicholas,
AlEmoßw..—We understand that a, mee.ting
is to be held at the King's Arms ere Valuanusee'
yard,-Westminster,; on Friday, tiliv• 3001 inst., at " '"';
past 4 p.m., to decide upon neture of the memorial
to be erected to
.the rpemory. of the
'UrAllek•
It will be gre4t>foig to the many friendi of' that gentle-
man to learn that subscriptions amoAnting to about
:WOO have:already been prozr,isect in aid of the above
Objiet. •
xr'n.a.oßniNAAY lUATR FROM THE USE OF TALLOW.
HA dikpg,iltet. of Mr. Meredith, of Mogtree
roar Ludlow, recently met her death from the fr*wing.
incident :r—Returning from Ludlow, and, ftwlipg her
lip much chapped from the wind,. she *plied. some
tallow to it, which is inptmed si,litive 'contained some
poisonous matter o; tat, that had been much decoMposed.
Her lip short,ls -afterwards began to swell, and increased,
every day for a week, when she expired in tAe.veaftst

SOUTH LANCASHIRE
ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY.
(Before Mr. Justice Hill.)' -
CHARGE OF STREET ROBBERY.—Michael Burns (18)
was indicted for having on the Ist of" February last,
, assaulted Joseph Howard in Liverpool,' and robbed him
,'"of) an American half-dollar ss. a purse, and a breast
pin.—Mr. Fenwick appeared for the prosecution and
Mr. Scott conducted the defence. It appeared from the
statement of the prosecutor that he Was proceeding
along Upper Newington, about half-past 12 o'clock, on
the morning of the Ist of February, when he was
accosted by a prostitute. After sonic conversation he
accompanied her into an entry, and shortly after felt,
her pat her hand into his pocket. He at once seized
her, by the wrist and charged her with stealing his
purse., , She struggled to free herself from his grasp and
called ont lustily for help, when the prisoner rushed in,
and seized him by the throat, thus allowing the woman
to escaPa. He called out "police," and held the pri-
soner till the policeman on the beat came to his assist-
aace, and took him into custody. On returning tri the
passage with the police after the , prisoner had been
lodged in BrideweU, be found all his property lying on
the ground.—Mr. Scott contended on behalf' of the
prisoner, that, there was nothing in the evidence to'
prove that he assaulted the pfosecutor with, intent to
rob him. and it was quite consistent to suppose, that he
was under the impression the prosecutor was abusing
the'woman. Moreover there was none of the stolen
property found in his possession. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty.
STAnnuco.---Michael Devenny (28) was placed at the "
bar chi r.;ed with having, on the 2nd of January, stabbed
one Thomas O'Connor. Mr. Hopwood appeared for the
prosecution; and Mr. Little for the prisoner. It ap-
peared from the evidence that the quarrel had originated
in s drunken brawl. The prisoner and prosecutor, in
company with a number of women, were drinking- in a
public-house, in Bury, out 'of which they were turned
for quarreling. On going out
.the party separated, but
r'shortly afterwards the prisoner and one of the women
met the prosecutor, when the quarrel was renewed. The
prisoner assaulted the prosecutor, and, while the woman
held the latter, drew a knife and stabbed him under the
arm. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully
wounding. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprison-
ment, with hard lahour.

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY IN THE STREET.--IVilliarn
Smith (23) was placed at the-bar charged with assault-
ing and robbing a man named Edward Molloy, at
Manchester, on the 2nd of February last. The prosecutor
iu stating the circumstances said that he was on., his way
home on the night of the day. above mentioned, and
when in Argus-street the prisoner approached hitn and
threw him on_the ground,
_holding him in that position
till two confeairates came up, who pinioned him to the
I ground by holding his legt, while the prisoner abstracted
£1 2s 6d from,his pockets. A policeman happening to
enter the street at ,the ;time,succeeded in apprehending
. the prisoner, but the other two men effected their
escape. The prisoner denied' the robbery, and alleged
that hearing .the prosecutor call for assistance he went
to help him. The jury returned a Verdict of guilty,: and
the prisoner having been convicted on several previous
occasions was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.
GAnuorriNo AT ROCH UALE. —Patrick M'Gan (:30)
and Samuel Lord (34) were placed at the bar on the
charge. of robbing a man. named Abraham Jacksion, at
Rochdale, on the 10th of January last. Mr. Ifiggia
appeared for the prosecutor, but neither of the prisoners
Were defended by counsel. It appears that an arninat
fair is held in Roadale on the 10th of January} and au
the last occasion the prosecutor attended itt. Raviiag,
drunk rather freely, he was in town the next morning
at 3 o'clock, when he was seen by ' a vitae,
named
- Golding, in company with theprisoners, This witness
'• stated that when he met them, M`Oan said, "here is a
snag with, five pounds on him, it you can find a -iitiblic
house, he will pay for a quart of ale." They :found a
public house, where the prosecutor paid for 'two- quarts
of ale. They came out of this house about 6 o'clock,-
' and suspecting the intentions of the prisoners,' Gataine
followed them into Bailey-street, where he overheara
one of them say, "we will go no further until we get
the brass," upon which he saw *Gan put his arm
round,Jackson's neck, and choke him while Lord thrust
his hands into his pockets. The prisoners then threw
the prosecutor down, and left him lying. When the
haveapproached him, witness said to them, '" You
have done it now." " Oh!" replied one of them, "it is
only a few shillings, come along and help us to drink
it." These facts having been sworn to try the prdsecnto,C
and Golding, the fury fbund both prisoners guilty. Tbra:
,prisoner Lord having been
,convicted severg :times for
felony was sentenced to ten years'.penak servitude,,and
11 ,
‘Gan to twelve months' iiiktrisonnient ' with hard'
labour,
,
CH iltOE 'or STWING ---EdWard .IVht urtOn (20)
..
was indicted fo: Itali.bing a lad, named John Schofield,
on t 4, ;Pest at 'Debember last, at Manchester. Mr:
$o wood. aPpeared for the prosecution, and Mr, Pope
on behalf of the prisoner, who was an apprentice in the
employ of Mr. Batty, butcher, in, Oxford-street, Man-
Chester, and on the diky, .kii. question was sitting in the
shop making wonden skewers. The prosecutor cameln
the door • apd provoked the prisoner by calling him
names' and doing other boyish tricks, The prisoner
threw the knife. with which he was working at the lad,
and it stuck in his back, causing, a very considerable
amount of inward bloating. When he saw what, his
passion had led hint iNt ,o he. ran and lifted the lad, took
him to, a druggists to have the wound dressed, and con-
veyed him home in a oar. A number of witnesses were
'' called for the. def Once, who deposed. that the priSoner
had. always:borne a good. character. The jury found:
him guilty of unlawfully wounding. The, prisoner was
sentenced to four Months' imprisonment. •
STARRING AT BOLTON.--Miltha___,_El MATray (30) was
indicted for having on the. 2nd, of January last, at Bol-
ton, stabbed Peter iTectrtrWith intent to do him bodily
harm. gr. Hopwood- proaeerated, and Mr. Pope cou-
&toted the:defence. It appeared that the prisoner WI
t provoked .the prosecutor to fight with him, and that in
' t,he scuffle, the prisoner had wounded bins with', a knife,
;'which h e had in his hand cutting something at the
„time he came up to the prosecutor.. The defence was
:that the 'prisoner had no felonious intent. The jiiry
'found.. hint.- guilty of unlawfully wounding, He•
„ft,
sentenced to 12 with,s' impris.onment. ,
ITTTERINo, CottNtgaFeyr COtm.—John Butter
(40)
a charge of at .'n. --
i ced at the hatempt' g to pass
was pi, -r on
C t appeared
base.. Coin. Mr. obbet . appe, fqr the.
prosecution:
From what was stated in the evidence, it a—
ppeared that
he had passed a base hallserown in a shop at West
Derby on the 23rd of PPeeMber last, and was appre-
hended on the.rth of January, when attempting to pass
another at the same place. He pleaded that he did not
know he. was in possession of any bad money. He was
fcund guilty, and his crime being aggravate by several
'previous convictions for a similar offence, he was seri_
termed to penal servitude for ten years.
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I GAROTTE ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—JllO. M,Ewan
(1g). and William M.Mullin (22) were' indicted for
having, on the 11th of January last, robbed. Mis. Nvm.
Slater, an attorney belonging to Oldham, in Manchester,
9f a purse containing fifteen sovereigns and a silver
watch, The prosecutor was in Manchester on the day
mentioned, on business, and having lost the last day_
'train to Oldham, was strolling about the streets till the
time the next train was to start. In Market-street he
was, accosted, by-a young woman, and after 'some con;..•
versation accompanied her to the " Cheshire Cheese," a
tavern in Shude-hill. After they came out, wording to the best, of his belief, they were walking towards Market-streo.., They .had not gone very far, how-
ever, till two men came sip, one of whom seized the
prosecutor by the throat and threw him down, White
the other' abstraeted his purse and watch tam his
pockets., The prosecutor swore to tyro identity of
the prisoner M‘Mullin ; and the your woman Mary
Griffiths deposed Oat she saw hip in the public-house
shortly before the prosecutor and herself came out. The
purse was.found lying: at- the feet 'of MiEwan, and the
watch near the place where AV:111111in was taken, both
articles, having .been evidently dropped by the prisoners
in the pursuit. "Both prisoners were found guilty ; and
having, been on several occasions convicted of felons.
they were sentenced—M‘Ewan to eight and M(Mullin
to ten years' penal servitude.

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- ' ' .' i'Qtlo ,• NISI PRIITS COURT—Yxs-reinay. - 1 ;,,:
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn)
FrA,,,-,...-Noggoit.y.—This was an action' bioiiett
by Mary Flynn, a domestic, servant, to recover from the
'defendant, her former mistress, damages for false impri-
sonment.---Mr. Pope appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. -
Wheeler for the. defendant. -It appears that in ttas ./.
beginning of January last, the defendant being in want
of a servant; 'applied to the register once, and engaged
with the plaintiff. On Saturday, the 7th of January,
the defendant and her servant, went to. Manchester, and
returned late in the . evening. The plaintiff arrived 1
home about nine O'clock, hut the deentlant did-not '
return until about eleven,. ' They quarrelled that night;'
and the defendant .took a casket, containing a-diamond
necklace, diairtotict bracelets, and some diamond studs,
and locked it up in a bedroom, putting the key in her
dress. This dress afterwards passed through defendant's '
hands. In the rooming when the defendant . came
down stairs, her servant was about to leave, but the
defendant, detained her, upon which the plaintiff untied
her handle, and allowed Miss Normandy, the defendant,
to look over her things, after which b.be left the house
by the front door. After she had left, the defendant
missed her casket, and accordingly gave information to
the police, which resulted in the plaintiff being taken
i into custody, and brought before the magistrktes. The
case was remanded, and the plaintiff was confined in
bridewell- for two nights, at the end of -which -time she
, \was set at liberty. The defendant, however, denied almost
the whole the, plaintiff a statement, and said that °tithe
,Sunday morning she did not see the defendant, who
must have got away, from the house by elkahing over
the garden wakes the front drior was. locked, and the
defendant, had possession of the key.. This was eon_
&mak by the evidence of a boy, who, about 9 o'clnek on
Sunday morning, saw a young woman with a bundle in
her hand getting over the. wall at the back of the. house.
The defendent, thewfore,:pleaded that whet, the plaintiff
left the bow, i,ri this suspicions manner; and. when there
two.parties in the house en the night that
was htkt the
the celony was coniinitted, it was not withont some rea-
son that the plaintiff had been taken into custody. His
lordsturnhip,
ed in remarking.npon the case, said that the ques-
t' upon the amount of credibility they
attached to each of the witnesses. The two statements
were so contradictory that they could' not believe one of
the parties without convicting the other of wilful perjury.
It would be for the jury to causider whether the plain-
tiff or defendant was telling the truth. The jury, after
a short deliberktica44fonuid a. verdict for_tha..plaintiff.
Damages £15.,

JoNus.--=This was an action to recover
eern,pensation fPr, alleged illegal seizure of 428 lbs. of
pork, belonging to the plaintiff, a boiler maker and pork
butcher, at .yt, Helen's market. As the.defeclant was
rather untOpared with his defence, the2eouxt granted
adjparnment until this morning.
PQWELL V. (TORT AND ANoaißxß.--This action was
brought to 'recover for au action at ejectment relating
to some property new Manchester. the ease was
undefended, attd & -verdiet• was therefore retarned for
the plaintiff,.
WELCH; —This was, an action. of 'the
.sq'i e nature as the last, and, after a. short hearing, the
fury returned a verdict, of £2,5, damages.
001 x, Z. WINN.=-IA thifk case Alfred Cox, a waiter,
sued Thomas Witty, proprietor of the Csown Hotel,
Scarborough, ;or, £7 12e., the allege balance of wanes:a
Preview to.the present trial the Dkaiatiff had proceeded
by summons in the Manchester Court of Record, but
being opposed, on a laoitkt of law he had brought his
ease to this court. The plaintiff stated that early last
year he was co aged by Mr. Winn for the sea4oa. of