The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL,

Correll : A slightly improved feeling has prevailed in
the cotton market to-day, and a fair business has been
transacted, at steady prices. The sales—including 100
Pernanabucn, 641 to 61 70 li,tttia 6,1 to 61,1; 100
Dzyptian, 611 to ; ; 300 Ssirat, to 42. !_ are reprted
7.000 bales, of which 500 are on qecu:atiun and tor
export.

C)TCH PIG IRON: Our wtrket for w,Lrrauts closes at

667 61 cash

THE CIIIMEA

(FROM OUR OWN 00aRRSPONDRNT.)

SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 13,

The Monotony of camp Hie has of late been somewhat
relieved by the excitement of the armistice, and the
consequent opening of a new field tor the exploring genius
of men whose eyes had been tired with beholding the same
dreary scene day atter day. The aqueduct and the balks
of the Tchernaya are now the fashionable ride for our
Crimean heroes, and have become the Hyde-park of the
Crimea. English and French uniforms are now seen
scattered over the ground, where a fortnight back it would
have been death to have showed oneself for an instant.
Tne valley of the Tchernaya, apart from its historical
interest, has natural attractions equal to any in the world.
On Monday last the weather (which for ten days back
has been as severe as at any time during the winter)
showed signs of a change ; the frost disappeared,
the sun gave us her glad sun shine once more, and
nature seemed inclined to exhiu►t itself in a more natural

and spring-like manlier.

Everybody seemed to rise that

twe determination

to ao and have a

The whole ride from the beg

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SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

CROWN' COURT.—SATURDAY.
The learned judge, Mr. Baron Martin, took his seat ott
the bench this morning at nine o'clock, and proceeded
with the trial of prisoners.
CHARGE or PEILTURY AT PALFORD.—EOOB Roberts,
-aged 48, described in the calendar as a joieer, and was a
person of respectable appearance, was indicted fur having
at Salford committed wilful and corrupt perjury. In this
case the prisoner was tenant to a person of the name of
Hunt, and having fallen into arrears of rent, a distress
warrant, was executed upon the peemises, and but a very
small value of goods were found, but amongst them
chest. The prisoner was seated upon the chest, and
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when asked to open it he declined to do so, as he said
contained his tools. The bailiffs then took the chest to
an tmpty house, and it was subsequently opened, when it
was found to contain ten or eleven bricks, an old bread
tin, a plane, and some tew other tools, the whole of which
were of very small value. After this, the prisoner cum:
menced an action against Mr. Hunt, the landlord, and
Crawford, the bailiff, in the Sal:ord county court, to

recover the value of the tools, and he asse•sed their va":"'
to £5O. The case was tried, the prisoner was called as
witness, anti lie distinctly swore that the chest did con-
tain the tools, and that they were worth, after deducting
ten per cent, at least £45. In the course of the
after tie, distress, the chest was stolen from th.) house ha
which it had been deposited. Several witnesses w'
re
called to prove the above tams, and also to give evidence
that the tools allt-ged to have been taken by t"
bailiff had previously been pledged by the 1311-stiller,:
The counsel for the prisoner (Mr. Fernley ), rai,ed son'"
technical oujections to the indictment, all of which were
overruled by his lordship. Having addressed filmset! to
the facts of the case, he called witnesses to character:.
His lordship sninmed up the case, and in the course tt•
his remarks, said the only point for the jury
to con,ider
was did the prisoner make a false statement on oath tat a
i
material point in an action then being tried, and t
did he do it wilfully. The jury found the prisoner guilty,
but recommended him to the mercy of the court.
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
CIIILD MURDER AT MANCUESTER.—Fanny Leather,
aged 21, described as a dressmaker, was charged, one
coroner's warrant, with the wilful murder of her oat':
born male child. On the night of the 4th January last'
while some night men were engaged in emptying a privy
in Gregson-street, Manchester, they discovered the btrY
of a new born child, which they took to the police statiott;
On the same day the prisoner was apprehended, and
when charged with having been recently delivered, she
denied the fact, and stated that she had been trouble.
with dropsy, which accounted for her size. After this,
the prisoner was examined by a surgeon. The surgeon
could not say at what time she had been delivered; I°
might have been over forty-eight hours ; it might bays
been a fortnight. There being no evidence to support the
charge of murder, or that of concealing the birth, the
prisoner was acqu'tted.
.lint oulxlNG FROM TRANSPORTATION.—Bridget Feries, a
young woman, apparently in a very weak state of health,
was indicted for having returned from transportation
before the expiration of her sentence. She pleaded guilty:
His Lordship said as the prisoner's health was so bad
that she could not undergo a further term of transporte•
.
tion, he should sentence her to twelve months' ka
prisonment.
CHARGE OF MURDER AT DUCKINFIELD,--JOhn Neekll":,
was next placed at the bar on an indictment charging
him with having, on the 3d of December, murdered e,!"
Enoch Duncan, at Duckinfield, near Manchester. On t'ed
night in question, two females, Louisa Willinghan2
Jane Russell went to . a house in Duckinfield to a tne:
party. After tea, they all repaired to the King's Arm
public house to a dance, and were soon after joined by 1."0
deceased, the prisoner, and some other young me
About twelve o'clock they left the public house,
the two females returned to Newton's house for the Ira
pose of getting their bonnets and shawls, aa they
some
them there. The deceased, the prisoner, and some otne a
followed them. Louisa Wellingham left the house, an
was followed by the prisoner, who, as' she alleged, ea", a
hold of tier. She cried, and told the young man Dooca,t
what he hal done to her, when he replied," Oh, d°F.,
take any notice or him, (prisoner), he is mad. The pets,
over and the deceased then scuffled together, but I`e
were soon separated. The two girls the u left to go Wn'
and were again followed by some of he youths, and vetiell
near the King's Arms corner, thev heard deceased e!,,
out, " Alf—, (meaning Aifred), I am stabbeo26
The deceased was then taken to a surgeon, when it
ova
found that he had received a most severe wound lane
body, from which the bowels were protruding.
prisoner was soon alter apprehended by the police offic.v,.ll
who, upon suirching him tound a knife, the blade of Whi'L,
was very Log, and with which there could nut be a%
doubt the wound was inflicted, as tie prisoner said ttew
being charged, "I did it in self-defence—l did not th;
the knife was so sharp" From the evidence of the medic!!
gentleman, in describing the nature of the wound, at tpe
suggestion of the jsdge, and by consent of council 1(0_02;
prisoner, a vet diet of manslaughter was retuned.
mother of the prisoner stated to his Lordship, that
th
prisoner had already been confined to a lunatic asylittii.
MANSLAUGHTER —Peter Connolly, a sailor, was 1
dieted ior ha.vin4 caused the death of another sailor, °'
the name of Henry Barnes, on board the ship Driver'rue ship was on her voyage from New York to Liver-
pool,, when, on the 2lst of January, the prisoner
ordered to do something to the rigging of the ship. IV
Ile went about the work rather reluctantly, the deceased'
Barnes, mounted the rigging, but on his comi.ig
again, an altercation ensued, when the deceased stie
_ 1111111 to knock his teeth out." 1",
prisoner replied, "you had better try it on." They they
• tiehting, when the prisoner having been knoe'nd
/era' times, pulled his knife from his belt 4.et,
stabbed the deceased, who died a few days after. Verdi
guilty. Sentence deferred.
BURGLARY

Town sev

Roberts, agel

AT LivEnpoot..—Robert _
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twenty-one, a painter, John M.. Bride, also a pain"'
Thomas Garnett, aged twenty-five, a labourer, ".,va
ind,cred for having on the 19th of January, broken 1,
entered the dwelling house of Timothy Gill, and 'Tts
therefrom a large quantity of property. The facts filer
case were recently reported in this journal. The Pr''„nti
,
Roberts pleadei guilty, and the other two were ""
the
guilty by the jury. His lordship, in sentencing re,
prisoners, said that M'Bride and Garnett had been P, d
viously transported, and the former seventeen
the latter eleven times summarily convicted in this 1. 4;
Roberts had previously been tried on a charge of et,e:ncleld
seven sovereigns, but acquitted. lie, therefore, sen'—ach•
M'Bride and Garnett to ten years' penal servitude e
and Roberts to four years' penal set vitude. for
Broamy.—Ann Lhon, 23, dressmaker, was indictedsent
bigamy. Bridget Cavanagh deposed that she was Pre -01,
in St. Matthias's church, Liverpool, on the 20th of AEOO
1854, when the prisoner was married to John Lihon, roja
she had seen alive two months ago. Catherine l'e.ant at
deposed that, on the sth of July, 1855, she was Presfsoner
St. Peter's church, in this town, when she saw the Pri,rtitl*
married to Mr. Clive. A police officer produced a %and
cate of the first marriage. Prisoner said her lit had
had left her three weeks after their marriage, and sa-fot Of
heard that he was dead. The jury returned a ver-
guilty. Sentence deferred.
, oc,
a
BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A NEGRO.—Michael wile„nffrei
coloured seaman, was indicted for assaulting 'l°,l; 29th
Jackson, another coloured sailor, on the night of Taos
January. Both men were at the public house 0' un tbef
Perry, another gentleman of sable complexion, Wilchefore
quarrelled about Jackson having given evidence "ogre
the magistrates against Parker Whitehead, also !
bee
(who was convicted of stabbing on Thursday), LI in tb,
to fight. Perry turned them out of the house, an bit bit a
street the prisoner knocked Jackson down, and St
piece from his upper lip, and from his left thumb'
diet, guilty. Sentence deferred. 22,
ANOTHER BITING CAM—Mary Ann Dong`a-icacei
courtftzan, was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth t

an old woman, and biting four inches out of her lef;tt, of
in a street quarrel, in Crosshall street, on the f 7
February. Verdict, guilty. Sentence deferred., tlil°
At six o'clock the court adjourned until ten oeloc
(Monday) morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY. k
Mr. Justice Willes entered Court at nine 001(4:-
Saturday, and proceeded with the hearing of civil can
DAUBY V. OUSLEY —ACTI diTort LIBEL AGAINSTI°
"LIVERPIOL PROTESTANT HERALD. rl3O
In this action Edward D oby, a tidovaiter
Liverpool Custcer a, was the plaintiff, and Thom e 3,., oh*
Ousley, proprietor of a journal which has recoil'? tbe
tamed some entoriety, and bears the nerl-Inf:,..°ootil
Liverpool Piolestant Herald, defendant. 11"" eor '-
was brought to r-eover damages laid at £504, written
libel against the plaintiff, cArtained in an r.rticle wire
and polished by defendant. Considerable inter ell
excited by the case. and the court was densely crewA3efor tbo
plalliinrti.ffS,earngdelliy.VEidlkwinasrdaKndenAelariyAosfp_tiinicalol ardurceil:ceit I`4
x or
ed
the defendant. „t
Mr. Aspinall opened the pleadings. The defeluLtifiO3.
pleaded not guilty to part of the alleged libel, and it
fion for the remainder. ,1
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins stated the case. He 0— I her-
please your lordship, and gentlemen of the jorcY:,, you °,,cl
the honour on the present occasion to app eer before S he
been
the
of the plaintiff, who complains that be has
libeled by the defendant, in a newspaper °f
.lieere°,l
is the editor. proprietor, and publisher, called tb(%,,t, Y,,°
Herald, and I think that you will be of opinion, fe,v ow";
shall have heard the facts of this case, with %Tel, —O, that;
meats from me, because they speak for them
more infamous libel was never published of frlY.,.:ot; for ibt:
It is infamous in every point of view—it is We"' nt wett of
Mo'ives and its objects—it is infamous on accoclondii,
harmlessness, respectability, and propriety ef whets/
the mon thus attacked. he editor of that per'ehri',,--k°`,o
att,ektd Mr. Edward Darby had never seen L', of IP,
nothtvg of him ; but bt c. he I lied 1° "-boo 131
iuse lai s
Roman C itholic Church, he has thought pr" Per C° -149 (l•
Christian charity towards him, and to illusirat- I° rapoT,
person the vast Cu' eriority Protestantism over
as far as Christian charity is concerned, by.:lt,_°'bt in D
!oirellile.
Ivan in a manner mean, cruel, and unmanlyss
Gentlemen, the plaintif is a man of bumble poiod be oc
lie is a tidewaiter in the customs of this toven,.'h,
,thweitlhaostutsiaxtespenotraasrs—fawr itahsontbt
eb.erriulbsiaicenoiricov_ol
imputation, st
aot fori
n
discern, upon his character. The defendant Is F'
I ; :001
who has lately come here from Shrewsbury, ,--0 ff
he is the editor, proprietor, and publisher of 1D ,e &Deli
Gerald; and certainly, if one may judge from tu 1100 '
character of that paper, a more dreadful firebrand :lee 11
ever thrown into the bosom of society. A Mall_ Core
to the town of Liverpool, where he was before