The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-14 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

time—they would be in a position to commence the work.
By the arrangement which was recommended to be made with
Sir Joseph Bailey, the, earth from the excavations could be
placed on Mr. Vynnis land, *bich was the nearest place on
which it could be deposited, and that he believed' would lead
to the saying• of considerable expense. A conference had al.o
been held with Mr. Brunel], on behalf Of tho treat Western
Railway Company, and, from all he could, hear, .a plan had
been suggested which would be found satisfactory to all parties;
and he hoped that when they proceeded to parliament next
year, they Would not meet with any opposition in that quarter.
( Hear, hear.) In conclision, Mr. Holme, Mentioned that a
sub-committee had been appointed to enquire into the salaries
and number of officials employed at Birkenhead, and to report
whether or bet they were too numerous.

Mr. Robertson Gladstone
proceedings were eenfirmed.
Mr. Gladstone then asked what progress was being made by
the surveyor in preparing the return off tic corporation
property which he had moved for
The Mayor replied ILA considerable progress was made

seconded the motion, and the

with the retuin, but that

one, and would requii

as being prepared from

Ir. She

wards, for if a

whole borough he

Alderman S. Itolme obser'

)yor were to

that his

trate i

SMITH LANCASHIRE
ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY.

CROWN CbURT.
REtORE MR JUSTICE WILLES

This morning his Lordship took his seat on the bench
at nine o'clock. _ _ • ,

BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.—Richard Welsh, aged 18,
a dyer, Mary Welsh, aged 17, a factory halal:li and Mary
M'Ewen, aged 17, a weaver, stood indicted with having,
on the 15th of May last, burglariously entered the dwell-
ing-house of Bernard Poland, and stolen therefrom a large
quantity of wearing apparel. The male prisoner pleaded
guilty. On the night preceding the robbery, all the doors
in the house were made secure prior to the inmates
retiring to rest, but at an early hour on the following
morning it was discovered that the house had been entered
and the property stolen. On the day preceding the "rob
berg home coals had been placed in the Cellar, and it was

supposed that the "grid" had been left open, by which
an entrance had been effected. On the 17th of May the
two female prisoners were found disposing of some of the
articles, which were subsequently given up.to the police,
and upon being produced in court, were identified by the
respective owners) all of whom spoke to theil'heing safe ib
the house on the night prior to the robbery. The eiridence
weft to shot* that the feMale prisoners had evidently
reeeiVed the property with a gtilt.y knoWledge; and the
jury returfied a verdict accordingly. The Male PriSdriet
Vvas sentenced to four years penal servitude, and the two
'remake prisoners to six month's imprisonment with hard

ROTE ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER —James
?,2, Mary Kennedy, agcd 19, and Thom
), stood indicted with having with

aged 2,

George William Tomlinsor.

Rigby,

night of Wh

Holiday

olence rc

grocer) or Manchester,. On
Itetvovem nine and ten o'clock

pear-s

wtieti ho Was aeco

tor Wa4 pa§sing alor

soner. • He told her to go about her business; and im'the-
diately afterwards four men rushed upon him (arden4St

whom.' were the twd Male la
by the the heck, thee*

throat w

tter which thc

of the other

(Aers), one ca.neht him
A and held him by the
Me his watch and 145.,

all ran away

tteotly

After he was thus attackrd

.C. and when hp oarne:to
Jet* at the time) he found
At the time of the rob-

6bout the street,

eircumstance of the case into consideration, to substantial
damages at their hands. The plaintiff was now, he
relieved, E 5 years of age, and was the daughter of a miner,
living at Stanhope, near Waidle, in purham, and in 1852,
She came to live in the Muse of Dr. Lamb, cif Middlehain,
in Yorkshire, as housemaid. Unfortunately for het', very
scion after her arrival at that place, she attracted the at-
tention of the defendant, who was a bUtcher, carrying on
it deent trade, apOsaessed of considerable freehold
defendant
property. The at the time lived with his
mother, opposite the house where plaintiff was
employed. His visits to her were very fre-
quent, and the result was an engagement of
marriage; and, as if to give a more than ordinary im-
portance to his proniise, the defendant gave her a written
dicametit, , dated 18th July, • 1851, stating!—" I, Peter
Yeoman, promise to hive Sarah Nattrass to be my wife."
The matter went on for some time without the marriage
taking place, the def‘nclant continuing to Vigit her fre-
quently.. In the' month of November, the plaintiff
obtained another service with Miss. Mednalf, postmistress
and confectioner, of Richmond; in Yorkshire: The
defendant frequently met her hi Richmond-=that is to
say; he welt to ViMt a perstin bathed Bales liVing in Well-
Mond, whom he had firevimisly known, and by-his direo-
tiorfs, Mr. Sue brought- hcr tD his house, in order that