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and due on the 28th June following, which bill bad
Ilbeen discounted fur Mr. Barrett by Mr. Edwin Sturge, of
the •ell.known firm of Messrs. Sturge, the corn factors, was
a forgery, these eitcurnstances were laid before the magi-
, sod warrants fur the apprehtesien of the fugitive
were granted. The drifts of the officers neve int-
peeled by the numerous rumours which hail got
abroad as to the flitina's destination, which was
variously stated to be France, Australia, Italy,
Canada,dc At length, however, after many fruitless
researches it was ascertained that Barrett had been seen in
Cincinnati. During this interval, his affairs had been
brought under the cogaisanee of the Bristol Bankruptcy
I Court, and the assignees to the estate at once proceeded to
take those steps which might lead to his arrest. A Mr. B.
I rower, of Gloucester, was scat to the United States in
search of him, and succeeded in tracing him to Richmond,
Indiana, where be arrested him, but, in consequence of
certain delays, he was not brought to this country until
May last. The prisoner at first denied his identity, and it
7 custody wee min:4 OLt Pee:73V7 Pcmcus were
furnished furnished which authorised his being
England. Ile arrived at Liverpool by the Aniericastean::ro
JD Sunday, the 9th May last. He was brought to Glou-
cester the same night, and was subsequently committed for
trial on several charges of forgery.
The first indictment on which the prisoner was arraigned
was one fur having forged en acceptance to a bill of ex-
change for 35J1. 17a. 11d., on the 28th April, 1861, at Glou-
cester, with intent to defraud. A second count is the in-
dictment charged him with uttering the said bill. The
' prisoner, who appeared deeply sensible of his degrading
position, and who was well dressed in black, pleaded, in a
low tone of voice, " Guilty."
Mr. Keating intimated that he should not press the other
charges against him.
On the prisoner being brought up for judgment to-day
(having pleaded on the previous day), the mart was
crowded to excess, and
His Lordship, after a few remarks, sentenced him to be
transported beyond the seas for 14 years.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVIPAPOOL, Atm. 12.
The commission was opened on Wednesday afternoon,
and at ten o'clock this morning Lord Chief Justice Camp
bell took his meat in the Crown Court. . _

His Lordship, in his sharp, expressed his wird to AM
may 19 grand jurists pesiseat out of the ostomoloo mob.
&my of that great . He then alluded to the Moto of
the calendar, and proceeded to express hie seise of the be.
miming conduct of the High Sheriff is his reception of the
Judges. That gentlemen was the worthy representative of,
as ancient end dktinguished family, Ito litoollollo of Ince
Hisadell ; and, adhering to the faith of his mortors, ova
• strict and sincere Roman catholic; but, Wind of ob•
tending on the Judges as chaplain • Mafia
lie pries., in the costume of the Rood& &mob. he
had made arrangements whereby, both et Immerstee

LimPook tbey—iiii been =WWI* la= w airoategeei
• Protestant clergyman °deleting he theme is Oat captivity.
Happily the .heriff could perform all that Weaved to the
duty of hie =ice without any ioterfeemmi MO religions
=spies. It would indeed be creel Weed= if it...
Cathidice, while they =reed to submit t• tbe gammen'
of the state in all temporal matters, vise andaded heel
the full enjoyment of religious liberty; bet dry did well
to avoid eurything which might reasonably excite a sus.
picion that dor, mesas to act aggressively, or that they'
have foment • Plea for restoring the asotadeacy of their
religion in die erenntry, It might be hoped that after the
wise inineb set by dr. Blundell, the attempt to (amen
• llksis Catholic chaplain on Protestant judge.
=Mrbe repeated. Jews and Quakers might fill,
Ned, the office, and if every sheriff woe
t• put into the carriage along with the
'ackionthe religious =viter he selected for his own
, they might find themselves riding through the
illaseta of • provincial capital " the observed of all ob.
' Myers" with a Jewish high priest sitting by them, or a
sale or female follower of the founder of the rot of
fekrods," who admit the softer sex to the privilege of
publicly praying and preaching. Such a violation of pro.
feisty, howe,er, had not been attempted by the late Jewish
iheirlff of Buckinghamshire or Surrey, or by the late
Order sheriff of Cumberland, although there wu no sta.
Me 'inhibiting the use of rabbinical vestments or of bees&
beimmid bats and ruwet garments in public proceeds's.
T. •endesion, his lordship expressed a hope that pram of
'ail persuasions would live together in amity, sag eat
acme would think themselves persecuted or apprisioll if
they filed in any ill-advised attempt to obtaia an aim
" n 'ority.
There were no cases of public interest in the crows
court to-cloy.
Ni. Pates Cocas.—Beroaa Ma. Janice Weentes.
MILLIS a. Tile Ligie.Allellti•PiD Yoll[slllllo IiAILWee

COlil PAN Y.—DAMAO= FOR PIRRONAL INJ VAT.
The plaintiff in this case seed iu fermi peuperis to recover
compensation for the injury he hail sustained by a train be-
longing to the defendants having been negligently unwed
to come into cullision with one of which the plaintiff was
stoker, whereby he had his foot cut off, and wu otherwise
severe!) injured.
John Miller, the plaintiff, who came into court upon
crutches, deposed that on the 16th of October last he was
stoker on the t ngins called the Countess, belonging to Lord
Bakeries, employed in conveying coals (rota a branch rail
along the main line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
eay Company. On that occasion he had been to Manches-
ter with coal, and 19 empty carriages ; on arriving at the
shunting place, et Bultsti station, the plaintiff was standing
on the connecting rod, oiling the engine, when the mow
pany's engine ran backwseds into the train on which de-
fendant was standing, and setting it in moat*, cut off the
plaintiff's foot at the instep.
The driver, the brakeman, and other witnesses, wen
called in support of the plaintiff's case, after which
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins addressed the jury on behalf of
the company, lamenting the predisposition which ezisted to
mulct railway companies, in cases of accident, in much
larger rums u damiles than would be awarded agaisat
other corporations or individuals. He contended that the
'accident was caused partly, if not altogether, by the plain-
tiff standing on the connecting rod of his engine, and Nat
unless the jury should be satisfied that the misfortune arose
entirely from the negligence of the servants of the coa-
-1 pan y, their verdict must be fur the defondaate
Mr. Justice Wightutan then lucidly summed up, sad the
jury, atter inquiring what wages the plaintiff had received
at the time of the occurrence, and being answered 18s. a
week, immediately found a verdict in his favour—Damages,
3001.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.--Camas, Aro.ll.
Came Coeur.- llamas N. James Cimarron.
Toe PRIVION TRACIIDY.
Williams Thomas was charged with the murder of
Elizabeth Thomas, his mother, at Prentoo, on the night of
the 31st of July. Preston is a small village about three
miles from Birkenhead.
Mr. Davison conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner is 23 years old, and appeared to demean
himself very unlike a madman. He regarded the proceed-
ings with seeming indifference, occasionally, however,
plume at the counsel and the witnesses with some interest.
He knit his brows, and the lower, part of his features
expressed some determination.
The circumstances an these :—On the night of the 81st
of July, Mrs. Thomas was sitting up in her cottage with
the prisoner and a younger son, Samuel, who was 9 years
waiting for the return of her shiest soa, Joseph who
had been out since eight o'clock. The primmer William
W said to his mother, " hat are you stopping up he Joseph
for / Be off to bed with you. I will step cep OM Joseph."
The deceased and the little boy went to bed ilgelbr. The
little I op &mud was awoke by his mother man against
him. He saw his brother William teas Mag by the
bed with a light in OM hand and • raver in the
other. William cut his mother's throat, mil after taking
tikunnel to his (the prisoner's) bed, dragged his
mother s body:down the stain end buried her in the garden.
Samuel saw his mother's bead as she was being dragged
down stain. Joseph returned home a little before eleven
o'clock, and was met at the bottom of the stain by William
who said, "Joe, I have murdered my mother and buried
her. You must not say anything, she will be better off,
for she's been in the road • great while." Joseph then ob-
tained waistline, and they foiled the body of the murdered
woman in the garden, about two feet under the ground.
The prison( r had for some time been ailing, end the day
before the murder a surgeon, who lad been previously con-
sulted, advised the deceased to prep the treatment of
blistering, sad if he was not better, to lead him toe lunatic
asylum. &vend odd things which he had been in the
habit of doing tor some time previously to the murder were
telly proved.
Mr. Llavisen—l don't know whether it is necessary to
produce any more evidence as to the prison is state of
mind.

The Jury—We me ceoiriacied the man is of unsound
mind.

45fia Learned Judge said it was lell7 KROPIRITT to feel
certain in such cases, as to the state of the prisoner's mind
at the time he committed the offence. In this instance,
however, h;s whole conduct was so strange, that he (the
learner) J ,dge) could not doubt the man's insanity.
A verdict of Acqurttai was entered, on the ground of in-
sanity, and the prison, r was ordered to be detained during
her Majesty's pleasure.
AVOCIIT 12.
Tan STOCKPORT RIOT/.

Mew Phew; 1;;;;;;;- li;;;;"Thoweas MewAy,
Thor. Garvey, Michael APlterasott, Patrick Natagn,
and Rower .11.1ieneete, were charged with riototion assem-
bling at Stockport, and msatilting several of her Majesty's
subject..
Mr. lieddlestane, Mr. Swettenham, and Mr. Vaughan
Willits. prosecuted; Mr. Welsby, Mr. Maelotyre, and
Mr. Brandt, were counsel for the defence.
Mr. Iluddlestone stated the cam very fully, and called
Thomas Cheetharn, who said—l am a fireman residing
in Rtnckport. On Tuesday, the 29th of June, I we* in my
sister', shop at Chestergate, about 20 minutes past 8.
Whilst there I maw a body of lads peso the shop and turn
towans Husk-row. They were all Irieh. I went to the
back-door to see if they were going to create any distur-
banes. About 60 men and boys were assembled in Rock-
row. I watched thi In for about 40 minute., sad saw uu
move the... Th., .remed to be talking together. They
had pokers, soldering-Ivens, and Italian heaters in their
hands. I observed • horse and cart with • man and child
in it coating (rum St. Peter's4iqulre. The crowd refused to
Ur him pate The buue began M iii, and the
mob threw atones at him, ceiling him an English-
man sad a d---d protestant.' The cart went
towards Carr-green, and the persons amembled went
together in • body. About ten minutes afterwards
the men all withdrew, and went into the houses. The boys
crewed the square to Lord-street. I followed them to Dr.
Graham's bones, opposite the school of St. Peter'. Church.
The bole
_trim to -threw asses Lord•streer, sad thee
rushed hack towards Rock-row. Two ar three Kagliehmor
'hosed than as fez as the mass t>t tin Minh Agm WM