Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

THE MUTINY' Oil THE bra fEENCIAL CAVALRY

We -have been favonred with the following letter, detail-
ing the circumstances under which ono of the best regular
cavalry regiments•in• the Beugel army revolted :
Jul'under Doab, June 10. •
I have indeed little heart to write, bute as the sad news
of the mutiny in our corps will go home by this mail,
cannot refrain from writirg to tell: youethat, thank God;
we are all safe.
I must explain as briefly as possible how all this miser-
a%)le business took place. After about a week of compar-
ative quiet, we were put on the pi cite on the 3rd instant
by a fire breaking out in the men's lines of the 61st. Oa
the fallowing night they 'learnt the hospital. On: the
sth all was quiet.. On the (h a native troop of horse
artillery marched into this station ; the 4th Sikh Infantry
also came in. I believe that the reason of the move on
the part of the naive troop was, that it was not considered
safe to leave a native troop at a ration where there was
no European regiment. The arrival of the 41 Sikhs, it
appears, caused great anxiety.in the minds of the men
of the native regiment here, and the Brigaclie-, fearing that
some of them would desalt, ordered the Sikh regiment out
of the station on the evening of the day on which they
arrived. The native -.troop were encamped in the Horse-
Artillery lines, and their guns were parked with those of
the Europeau troop. This brings its up to tho-morning of
Sunday, the 7th ; daring the nhele of the day everything
was quiet Our mereehowed no symptoms of uneasiness,
and ail went on as usual. So quiet was everything that in
the evening, my Wife went to c lurch with, our old friend
Harris, the veterinary surgeon. I could not go, as I 'wished
to visit the lines, as has been my invariable custom ever
since hearing the lamentable' 'news front Delhi. After
church several of our regiment dined quietly with us, and
at ten o'clock, having sent my wife to sleep at the Ardilery
Barracks with the other ladies and children, I went to bed ,
at eleven, with all my clothes on as usual.. I
had just closed my. eyes, when I • heard one of my
guard call out that there was a .fire. I jumped up,
and saw the tegection of fire in the direction of the
36. h Native Inf tntry lines. 1. instantly .mounted my
horse, and rode down to our Fries as hard as I coulel.gallop.
On reaching our men's lines all appeared. quiet. I rode
gently up between the men's and horse lines, and had
nearly reached the lines of the second troop, when I heerd
a shot fired in the direction of the 36th lineS. Nut as.
ins ant elapsed before I saw a rush made by the men of
the sec md troop for the. boll of arms, which they had
reached before I could get up to them. eI drew my sword,
rode at them, end succeeded in driving them back.to their
lines, but not until they had forced one of the doors. The
troopers stood,ae the end of their lines, and appealed to
them in every possible way, reminded them of the distin-
guished name their fathers had gained for the regiment,
and told them to prove they were faithful soldiers by
returning every man to, his hut. (In tha meantime I sent
off to our commanding offizer, Macmullen, who was• in
the lines, to tell • him what- was going on.) The men
seemed to have come 'to their senses, and I hoped the
panic was over, for they. turned
,to obey me, and walked,
back towards their huts. Before they had reached them a
brisk file firing commenced in the infantry lines; the men
turned again and made another rash towards the bell of
arms. 1 stopped them at the head of the troop, and swore
I would cot the first man down who -crossed- the little
ditch that runs across the front of the lines. I kept them
in check for a minute or two, during which I heard horses
galloping, and glancing.in the direction of the sound, saw
men galloping out of the horse lines of the 3cd squadron.
A cry was raised that the 3rd squadron had 'urinated, and
the men of the right wing daehed off to the bell of arms.
I rode at them, and upset some of the infatuated scoundrels,
but it was of,no use. One, ellow drew his tul war, which
he had in addition to his regimental sabre, and made a cut
at my leg. Fortunately, I managed to guard it. Some of
the men tried to catch at myreins ; and, seeing that it was
all up, and that half the regiment had mounted, I rode
through them and galloped . off towards the artillery to
warn them that our men were-in open mutiny. I must tell
you that the artillery lines are between the 36th Native.
Infantry. Before I had left the lines some of our men
came at me and rode across the road after me, close up to
the barracks. I rode up to the orderly room, and told
the fir. t person I met, who happened to be Hill, what had
occurred, and told him to go off to the Brigadier and warn
him. I then rode back into our lines along the front of
the horse lines, and found' that almost all the men had
made off. As I reached dill horse lines of the Ist troop I
was overtaken by our quartermaster-sergeant, who told me
that Macmullen had been shot by one of our men. I in-
stantly went off with the sergeant, and found poor M ic-
mullen with some of the other officers between the men
and horse lines of the 61 troop. He was wounded in the
band. Just at this time there was 'a rush made towards
us by part of our men, and, seeing that to 'remain was
only to sacrifice our lives uselessly, I prevailed on Mac-
mullen to leave the lines and proceed to the Artillery
Barracks, which was the rendezvous. On reaching the
barracks, where all the ladies were congregated, we found
poor Bagshaere, the adjutant of :the 36th, had just been
brought in severely wounded. It appears that some of our
men rode eff to the 361 td 61st lines, and attempted to
cut down all the officers they saw. They mounded three
officers in the 61st, and one in the 36th; the scene at the
barracks was one of the utmost confusion,— ladies,
children, servants, and soldiers, all 'mixed up together.
An order was given f)r the ladiee, children, &c , to be
taken to a barrack nearer the gun_ sheds, and off they
Went, my wife in an awful state, and our little boy sitting
on my holster pipe. We had nearly got them into their
new quarters when file firing commenced film the direc-
tion 'of the 36 h lines, the shot whistling through the
artillery lives. Shortly after the firing commenced some
of our men made a dash at the guns, but were receive
with a couple of rounds of grape and a smart volley of
musketry, which stopped them. I was standing in view
of the guns, and saw the wretches sheer off to the right,
There is no doubt that they /ally expected the Native
Horse Artillery to join them, and I eel told that they
shouted-to them to de so, bat this I, did not hear myself
Th • native troop were by a judicious arrangement so
dovetailed with the European troops, and, in addition, had
a company of the B.h Foot to look after them, that had
they wished it they could not have sold,us. „
We were troubled no more, by the mutineers, who
seemed to have commenced their march to Phillour on
finding that it was hopeless to attempt to take our guns.
The hours passed slowly enough till morning, and, to make
matters still more uncomfortable, we were treated to a
sand-storm, which at once blinded and choked us.
At two o'clock a.m. Macmullen and Farquharson went
into our lines and found many of our men there. They
called the roll and took the names of all the men who were
present. This I did not know until afterwards. As soon
as day broke Bay, our riding master, and I went to our
standard guard, and to my great delight found that the
guard had remained at their post and oar standards .ware
safe. I had been up to the guard during the night, but
could not hear or see a soul, and concluded that they had
also gone off. We went to the men's lines, turned them
out and took the muster ; the result was that. we found
156 men, not including the native non-commissioned officers,,
were present ; doubtless many of them had gone off and
returned.
We had ninety troopers on furlough, so that just one
squadron of the regiment has joined the mutineers.
However I have now no confidence in any native. Some
of our best men have proved the most active in this
miserable bisiness. A. rough rider in my troop, who• had
been riding my charger in, the morning, and had played
with my little child, was one of the men who charged the
guns; he was wounded, and had the impudence to go up
to our hospital.
On taking the muster in the morning we • compared it
with the one which was taken by Farquharson, and found
that a native officer and ten men bad returned subse-
qaently to the muster being taken. These we-made over
to a party of the &h Foot. We tried them by- a drum-
head court-mattiat and had them shot. We maived an
order to make over all the horses and arms that remained
to the Artillery. The men were ordered to give up their
arms and did it. It was a cruel sight, and we all felt it
most bitterly. These were men in whom we had implicit
confidence. •
The 61 has now virtually ceased, to exist. Oar horses
are all being given to Irregulars, or being draughted into
the Artillery, and our men guard their' lines with
bludgecns.
It seems that after their attack on the guns, finding that
the native troop would not join them, the whole of the
mutineers left this station and marched for Phillour ;
and I believe the larger number of them were out of this
station by two in the morning. When the mutiny com-
menced we telegraphed to Phillour to break the bridge of
bailee to prevent thorascals crossing, but the men at Phil-
lour being all asleep, the message was passed on to Urn-
ballah, to he telegraphed back to Phillour 20 ease the wire
between this and Phillour should be cut, which was done
very shortly afrer the message was sent.
It appears the mutineers marched into Phillonr, took
the 3rd Native Infantry with- them, proceeded up to the
Ghaut, six miles up the river, where they procured boats,
and crossed. They were met on the opposite bank by the
4th Sikh Infantry, who attacked them, but from want of
ammunition were obliged to fall back.
June 12.—We are now all quiet—our men perfectly 80,
but dreadfully alarmed, as some scoundrels have been tell=
ing them that they .are to be destroyed, and a hundred
other lies. We have a' great deal of work ; we have to be
constantly with the men to calm their fears, and restore
confidence, if possible. Goad news from Delhi, we have
given the villains a sound drubbing, and taken 26 of their
guns. There are lots of work to be done. The whole army
is up, and. we are in a fix if we are not relieved at,
once froze Engload so, if you please, send ens fir:me

of your Crimean heroes, whose spurs eanr.etrllare mated
It will take years to set ma'ters to rights, and; croaking
apart, if the Nepaulese, Affghan., and old Gmlab ware to
take this opportunity, you would have to retake India;
howeyer, I trust that the capture of Ddlhii whin it takes
place, will have a great effect.
I am perfectly certain that our men went, in a panic,
some; of course, were bad, but many galloped -off believ-
ing-what_they were told.—viz., that the guns and ,8 h Foot,
_with the Kapootallah Raj %ifs msn, were camingliown on
them, and fkeling.that they: had compromised themselves,
feared to. returM.

MURDER ON BOARD SHTP.
•
One of the most lamentable cases of jitclicial itittstice
seems to be the case of Sohn Smith, arias .utonio Frank,
now— sentenced to death by hinging on the 13:Ir of
August instant, for the murder of the cork of the brig
Gen.. Pierce, It will he recollected that•four of the crew
Nerf,, Cotta and Beown —were indlotecHor
the tonrderof the captain in an affray which took place on
the 10th ..of February last, on the high seas, and were all

convieted• of manslaughter. They Were then placed otz
triallor the murder of the c?ok in the same atTray,and
was convic:ed of murder, while the rest' were only
convicted of • manslaughter, though the same evidence was
brought -to •bear against them all. Acc3rding to all the
evident', it appears that Smith was the least guilty of the
four, and it seems as-if he were selected Unjustly as the

sole victim of the law,- to atone for the dreadful Cleedg:of

his shipmates in that evetriul tragedy.

Smith if, nOw

confitiei in doe. 7,1111)=. He is a-Po-rtuguese' by birth,
only .24 .year of age, and of apparently very mil item-
perament. He has no relaives nor frieirls in this c ry,
and rithout the .interference of executive clemency must
goon die the death of a felon for a crime which there can
be no doubt' that he never intended to commit; and
which ifte did•comtnit, was in the heat of pissian, an 1 in
a_ desperate strugg to prevent the cook from veying
arms.to the captain with which to maim or kill the crew.
The following is his simple story, as accurately flo it could
be gathered frOm hie broken Eiglish dialect, and it is
_ _

nain-fully.illustrative of the hardship which the fri-trilcu
sailor is -too often comp3llcd to endure :

ST iTEMEATT OF' S:JELN SMITH, ALIAS ANTONIO MA NZ.,

. " I am.a B.A..uguese by birth, and• have sailed from New
York city about three years. I shipped on the' 22 'O3 of
. _

J:nnary 6n board the,brig General Pier‘ce, bound for

•
rovia, on. the coast of Africa, :for a cargo of pal:n oil.
There were on b3ard the captain, first and second times,
•nolc and s;s mm before the mast. After we had got a
few Tiys.out Of New York,andcresisd the Gulf the csptairt
asked.me.if woul.d assist in getting a.cargo of slaves: I

said, "No;?'' bad been -once on boar-d• of a- slaver wheul
w:,.s bat ten years old, and I was so horrified that 1 would
nut g. again; the captain asked the other men on blued if •
they would join him in getting .a cargo of slaves, and they
said "No ;" -when he fnpnd that we would t otedo that he •
began to treat us very bad!y; he struck U 3 with his fists,
shoved us.about and slapped oar faces, and wed u 3 very
roughly; about the 10:h of February, about eight o'clock
inahe morning, 'the mate it Ina into the foretop to haul
the top rigging. tighter ; I went up and stayed there till
about ten o'clock; when the •captain called me down•
and sent me to relieve John Morris et the wheel ; h 3 told
ma to steer southwest and I did Sp ; the eaptain elortly af-
tervvaids tame on deck, andsays, " How do you steer ?" I
said, •°• steer southwest;" he said, "Steer straight';" I
answered, ".I cre sir ;" after this he said, "Yetemust
st-er Seraight..; keep southwelt by south ;" and that if I •
did not steer straight he would strike me ; About half past
eleven he came and changed the compass, And told me to
steer south by southwest. He did-not give me a chenca
to, do, so,. bat hit the right across the face. I said, " Why
do you strike me, sir ?" He said. " I will chuck you over-
board." I said n )thing at I could net h• p teo make
anything by strik'ng the captair. The mate stood by and
saw all this. At twelve o'clock John Brown reli• ve,d me,
and I went to dinner wi.h the rest of the c:esi. The mate
then told me that if I had killed he captain I would have
'get clear; because I was at tli 3 wheel. I said " No, I kilt
no man." As I went to the forecastle to my dinner, the
sailors said, " What is, the moor With you ?". I did not
aasattie John Be •C attats said, after there had been some
tedlcieg, that he would go and ask the captain why he..
struck the men; be said he could spealc'English, and there
was no we in talkie; to the captain Poituguese, as he did
not uederstand it. After this John. Ned went to his trunk
and gat a knife and put it ie his pocket. He then spoke
to DJ Costa, 'mud Morris and myself, and Andrew
and got us tOgo ee deck with him b ask the captain why he
beat the crew. Tiny went on d ek•and asked the captain that.
lie made no reply, but went aft' and met J the De Costa,
and grabbed him by the th oat and-struck him in the
fiCe. John Ned struck the captain on the back of the..
neek with a knife closed. The captain then fell down, but,
got up q lickly, and rune out for the cook to bring hin his.
pistol. I went for the c.ok, and told him not to bring the.
pistol, because the captain would shoot some of, the men.
The cook said he would go, nod I told bite he should nor.
He struck me and we had a fight, and I whipped him. He
went inside to get a knife: and came out at me with a
kuife in his hand. He cut me so much that I shouted for
a knife, and felt in ray belt to find one, alit cut him with-it.
This was in the door of the gangwa-. Ho. cut me through
' the ban.), and I stabbed him. I left then and went on
deck, where I saw the rest of the crew around the cap
Lain, with the mate and second mate. The captain asked
what they were going to do. They said if he would give
up bit pistols and throve them ore; board .they would peon
duty. The captain said no, he would not do .it,, and
they might take tha ship. The men told the .mate
to take.. charge .of the. ship, but the captain said..no,
John Morris that relieved Brown ta the wheel ; captain=
wanted the mate to help hire, but he, would no:.; John Da-
Costa then struck the
.rapt tin on the head with a heaver,
(a billet of wpod, about 2 feet• long, and. 3 nreati inches-
in diameter); the captain went and sat down, and John.
Brown. took a knife-and etabbed hint twice in the, lef:, side e.
the cry was thee Overboard with him," and john,Ned;
Andrew, and the first and sec pad mate tookehe captain and,
. threw him overboard ; the carotin was then alive ; the
sec-
end mate, Andrew, and De Costa then went after the cook
and hove him :overboard ; he was alive, too ; all the men
then gave their opinions as to -what should be done-with
the ship ; scene. said, "sink her, and take to the boats;"
some wanted' to do other thugs, but it was finally agreed
to go to S. Thomas, to get,a mate and eook, the flat mate
acting as captain ; some created to go to.the Oast ollanfriea,
but we went to St. Thomee; the mate said thatethemen
whO spoke least would be best At; the mate went
ashore, and in about • two hours returned' end arrested us
all but the second mate, Jahn Morris and Andrew, whom he
said were good men and:the rest were all rascals; so we were
confiledein prison by order of the Aeneeican Clonsale on
complaint of the mate.. We were kept in St. Thomas seven
days, and then brought to New Yerk. No data can prove
that 1. killed the cook, because I did not help to throw him
overboard, and .he was alive when he was thread over-
board. I was thetbest friend ofethe captain.whee we left
New York ; but after I refused logo after slaves he abnd
me. The ship was fitted out as .a slaver.. There were
casks of water, large boilers, "eanac'es. and &atm provis-
ions on beard, and some things were taken. on off Sandy
.I.look, after we left New Yprk. It seems,vory hard that I
ebou'd be meet punished, when I did net do 30 mucle as the
others. It have always be n, a sober man, arid was never
in a raw, or in prison before." •

_
Such is the simple story of the condemned. If his story
b 3 true, he, will die from the esicience of the Yery mem,
who according to it, lea him on and!ensouraged him, and
the other men to ,do what they did. No one witnessed his.
struggle with the zock, and it is-,by no means sattled by
the evidence that the cook was. alive when the others
threw him overboard. He tells his story in a simple, im-
pressive manner, and exhibits. a. great deal of feeling at
his station. Ile is quite mild:and harmless in his denies-
n)r, and seems Like a man who meld commit violence only
ander the greatest provocation. It is to be hoped ibat no
mistaken ideas of executive duty will prevent his. pardon,
or at ie. Si. a commutation of his sentence to the. same as
that of his comrades, who were as conspic..:.:m in the
affray as he was.—Nezik,York,:ilerald.

EDIJC&TIONAL Co32camicE,—Last yetr an association,
was formed, under the ausplees of the Bop of Oxford,.
and the diocesan board of education, consisting of- tho'
parorthial e'ergy and schoolmasters of the.diocese of Oxford,
having for its obied, the promotion of unity, and sympathy
amongst the managers amd teachers et solaools belonging
to the Church of England. The annual conference of. the
association took, place on ThursJ,ay,,, 'Friday and turclay
last, at the Culhain college,4 near OLford.
Numerous suggestions were thxown out in refesence to the
theory and practice of eductition, which will, no do:11)f, be
productive of beneficial.res'ulis.
advocated, It was else, Lending libraries were
Te.sclved thatAt was desirable to
add to the ordinary row‘lna of schools, where practicable,
some branch
of indusll such as gardening for
lal training,
boys in country schools;
and household 'work for girls, in
addition to the usual needlework.
SO3TCH LAW.—Th 3 forms of a criminal trial in Scot"
land are certainly preferabk to.our own, as better conduc-
ing to the ends of justice. With us, as most of our readers
are' doubtless aware, the counsel fur the prosecution opens
with a speech irl which he states the case which he proposes,
to prove. In this statement, although his sense of pro-
priely would forbid him to adduce anything which he
knows not to be admissahle in evidence, he might state
mach that is doubtful, or which afterwards might be
rejected., and thus he prejudices to some extent the minds
of 'the jury, not only by much which he fails to prove.
but 'possibly also by much which he is not permitted to,
Although the jury are charged to consider only
the pr,,V,d fac!s„ they cannot fail to be prejudiced,-noore or.
I less, by statements made in the opening speech, even it
suserrently unproved.—Latv Times. •

CAUSE LIST

TOR THE
LANCASHIRE • SUMMER AS SIZE S, A T LIVE RPOO L.

BEFORE

CHARLES TO W NELEY, ES Q., SHERIFF.

• • .. Hi'ton
• • •• •. Wallace
RoA ley and Sou

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63 Ex ...Brirber —Weisman ..v '1 aylo r • • • • —l-lizharn and C
61 Ex COI way.. Nelsen . v Brownel and ano —Miler and P
6.5 Ex... T S Smith .. Muirl.ead• v Moore and ano. J B Lloyd
66 Ex... Freeman v Taylor
..J Clay
67 CPL R and 1V A scroft ..E:ackburn and. ano ..v Arams Sale and Co
68 EL.. Moss and L.. .. .. —Roberts .. v Rinks.. Highana and C

ASS,ZE INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—LivEnpooL, August 11.

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CROWN COURT.

His Lordship Baron Watson entered court at nine
&clock, and proceeded to pass sentence upon the following
piisoners :
William Twill, who pleaded guilty on the previous day
of having committed a burglary at Salford on the 9th of
April, and against whom a previous conviction was proved,
was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with har,l
labou r.
John Welsh, who pleaded guilty of having commi`ted a
burglary at Stretford on the 24th of April, was sentenced
to six years' penal servitude.
George Davenport, who pleaded guilty of two burglaries
at Bitten in May, was sentenced to eighteen months'
imprisonment with hard labour.
William Dyson, who, on Monday, pleaded guilty
of bigamy, was sentenced to twelve months' inprison-
meet.

Alexander M'Coy, who was on Monday convicted of
forgery at Manchester, was sentenced to foar months'
imprisonment with hard labour.
Catherine Ridding, found guilty oa Monday of stabbing
Hannah Roscoe, was sentenced to tour years' panel
servitude.
Mary Anne Hall, who was on Monday found guilty of
unlawfally stabbing E len Oxley, was sentenced to nine
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
• Thomas Williams, who pleaded guilty of having, on
the 18th of May last, feloniously assaulted one Aaron
Hensball, and stolen from his person half a sovereign, and
lOs in silver, and against whom a previous conviction was
proved, was sentenced to six fears' penal servitude.
STABI3ING.—SamueI Jenkinson, aged 25, seam in, was
charged with having, at Constantinople, on board the
British ship Halifax, feloniously cut, stabbed, tend wounded
Jahn Brady, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Warren, Q.C., prosecuted, and Mr. Brett defended.
Tun prcsecator deposed that on Sunday, the 22nd of March,
the Halifax was lyirg in the Blsphorus, and the captain,
named Conolly, went to dine on board another British ship,
the Odessa, which was 13 ing a mile or two off. The pri-
soner was one of the seamen who rowel the captain to the
Odessa. When they came alongside the ()dew, the pri-
soner, with the other seamen, went into tee forceasle,
where they were talking with some of the men of the
Odessa. About inx o'clock in the evenine, the captain was
about to return to his vessel, and the prosecutor, who
was the mate of the Halifax, called the mere to get the
boat ready. The prisoner, who was called, did not come
.up at first, and prosecutor called ag tin. The prisoner then
replied by saying prosecutor we; in a h-1 of a hurry, and he
would come when he liked. When he came ea deck the
prosecutor gave prisoner a push, and caught him by the
shirt, when the prisoner rushed at him and hit him in the
cheek and forefinger. They were separated, the prosecutor's
wounds were dressed, and the party rowed back to the
Halifax. When they got on board the Halifax, the
prosecutor changed his clothes, and then wait up to the
prisoner, and, telling him he had insulted him on board
the Odessa, asked him if he wanted to fight to stand before
him like a man. The prisoner replied, ‘• Come on, I am
ready for Neu." The captain interfered, and endeavoared
to prevent the men from fighting, but the prosecutor ran
towards ihe prisoner. When he came close to the prisoner,
the prosecutor felt something running into his side,
between the right ribs. He exclaimed that he wasstabbed,
and, falling on the deck, bled profusely. He was taken
to the hospital at Constantinople, where it was fouled that
he had received a wound in the ribs, aed two wounds
about the chest and shoulders. He remained about five
weeks in the hospital. at Constantinople, and oa being
brought to Liverpool was examined by Mr. T. It. Richards,
surgeon, of this town, who deposed that the sears which
he found indicated eery severe stab, especially that in the
ribs, and that the proincutor would, probably, never
I ecover his former strength. The jury found the prisoner
Gull. His Lr. rdship sentenced the prisoner to tee years'
penal servitude.
deleesnaumenge.—Williata Wilson, aged 47. cab-driver,
was eharged with having, at Manchester, feloniously kiiled
and slain one Mary Whitesides. Mr. Feareley prosecuted.
Tee prisoner was driving a cab on the day in question
through Dele-steeet, Manchester, at a very raeid pace,
and coming to a crossing he drove over the deceased, en
old woman, who was at the time carnioet from one foot.
path to another. Mr. Wheeler defended the prisoner.
His Lordship directed a verdict of acqeittal.
BURGLARY.—James Callaghan. aged 16, bootcloser,
James Devine, 19, labourer, and Thom,,s Ross, 18, factory
hand, were charged wi h having, at Manchester, on tl e
night of the 10 to April, 1857, feloniously and burgle-
riously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Isaac
Minshull, and stolen tnerefrom 14 pairs of boors, value £4,
his property. The jury found the prisoners guilty. Mr.
Hannay prosecuted, and Mr. Wheeler defended, His
Lordship sentenced the prisoners to nine month's imprison-
ment each, at hard labour.

NISI Pit lUi COURT.
Yesterd.iy, at one o'clo&t, the nisi prim business of the
assizes COlllll AIC%II befJre Mr. BARON OJIANNELL aad a
c mmon jury.
The cause list comprises 104 cases.
jOULF: U. f EzareiN.—This was an action on a promis-
sory note fur £250. It appeared from the stitement or
counsel, that in April, 1856, the defendant, Anne Robert-
son, ar.d her mother Mrs. Whi.taker, were anxious to take
the Albert Ins,Salford, for the purpose of carr3inl on the
iptsiness. To raise the necessary funds they borrowed
£250 from the plaintiff, and gave their promissory note,
dated the lOth :ip;il, 1856, fur the amount. The note was
not disputed, but the defendant alleged that she was a
married woman w:ien the money was borrowed, and that in
consequence, she could net be personally sued. The plain-
tiff was not aware of her marriage When ow lainwag

FORGERY.—WiIIiam Bowden, aged 24, blacksmith, was
charged with haring, at Wigan) on the 26th of March,

The lleaouraLle Sir WILLIAM FEY CHANNEL, ICizbt, one of the Barons. of Her Muj€stl'a Court of :Exchecner.

FIRST LIST.—SALFORD }I:UNDRED•
Attorneys. Plaintiffs, Defendants. Da'endants' Attorneys.
1 QB.. Inn iff.:s an , 8... • • .. Be aver (sr) v The Mayor of Manchester 7.. Chester and Co
2 QB_Shter and C 3 .. • • .. Hampson and ano (sr) v Hampson..
3 CPL.Vickers and .. • • ..Jon'e .. • • .. ..v Robertson .. • • •• • ..Hargseaves and K
4 CPL.. later anu M. Baines ..v •Ainsworth .. .. Withdrawn
5 CPL Blair .. • . ..Moose and ano ..v Fushell, P 0 .. •• .. Buck and D
Q9..E Harwood.. Har,4reaves
...v Fast Lancashire Railway Co .. !' A and J Grundy
744 8.. Cobbett:and W... .. .• Prescott ... .• v Cross ant ore.. .• Southana.—Downey
BFa ..Sa!e and Cu.. •• Hinton.. •• .. (sr) v I,n and N. West. Railway Co.. Swift atid Co
9 Ex.. Same .. • • ..itoorhouse.. (Sr) V Alcoek s.ims
10 QB...Same _The Queen .. (sr) v Spence .. • • .. _ Cooper and Sons
11 CP...liow:ey and Fon.. .. —Bancroft .. v Pettit .. .••• ..Cobbett and Sons
12 Q 8... tkinsors and Co. omas ..v •E
T Garbutt .. .• .Bent
13 CPL.Rutter and P Go,dier and ano v Williamson and crs illiamson in person
14 Ex.. J Eltoft.. Robinson v Flaming• • „lleawood
15 Ex.. J R Hrrner.. Harrison ..v Hair= .„ • Cobbett and W
li. QB..J H 14a,rpson .. Lees and ors ..v Eicnholz ••
.. Rowley and Son
17 Fa.. T Learning Wood . • • • • • ••v Whitlow ard Son
18 Ex• • J Strumdring, jun .. ..Wood ..v Garside, she younger .. —Gartside
19 CPL Gar'si e Ana._ •• V finlme .• .. •• .. „Standring
20 CPL..Siitton __Bower . • ••• • • ..v Booth
..Bal ey
21 CPL.Higs,.n and Woodiw s •• •• .. ..v Ashworth .. cooper and Sonsll,
22 Fx..WM Atherton .. „Richardson •• ..v Kimberley..Haroman
23 CPL.Blair Moore and crs
..v Featherston sale and Co
24 CPL.:earce —Chandler
..v Same .• :fame
QB. Fershaw and .. —Massey arld ano ..v Twig, and ano
2i Ex.. Holden and A --Hamer (sr) v Knowlas and ors .. •• •.
27 QB..W P Roberts Parkirs= v Neild and crs.. .• 3.fanh and B
CPL.II ne .. Leach ..
29 QR. •Li, aft „Robinson Foot• d and ano .• ..J Pickcp
• .
30 QF..F Andrew .. Mackay and crs.. ..• . v Crt(sr) v Stephenson .. •• . —Hulme and. J
31 qs..Worthington and E Noweli (sr) v The Mayor, &c of Wigan .. ••1 or.; and A
32 QB inscrs ci.d .. Temple and ors .. ..v Hindle a:rd crs .. • • ..Cobbett and IV
33 CPL. Cooper end Sons .. .Minder .v Wood
34 Fx... Richardson and Co .. Bold .. • • .. ..v France ..
35 Ql3..Atalato sand Co .. Thomas .. .• ..v T Garbutt ..
36 Ex... Gould „Topper ...v Bridge and ano

1856, feloniously forged a certain invoice of goods and
receipt for money, with intent to defraud one John Woods.
Mr. Cross prosecuted. The prisoner was employed as
blacksmith in the establishment of Mr. John Woods, and
the charge against him was that he presented to the
manager of the establishment an invoice purporting to
state that a rt,-tain rpl,nrie o .ebtto L... o.l.littl rut-
the use of the establishment, from a persan named Ord-
shaw, who had been in the habit of supplying such articles.
The manager paid the amount stated, £9 8s 6d, but it sub-
sequently appeared that the invoice had never been written
by Ordshaw' and that he had not supplied the nails. Mr.
Tyndal Atkinson defended the prisoner. His lordship
directed an acquittal.
Ganorrs Roß3EßY.—James Stirling, aged 20, poulterer,
and Samuel Robinson, aged 37, tobacconist, were charged
with having, at Manchester, on the 18th May lest,
feloniously and violently asaulted Thomas Barlow and
robbed him of three halfpence and a tobacco box. Mr.
Fonblanque conducted the pro:ecation. Mr. Sowler
defended Rabinson. The prisoner Stirling was not
defended. The prosecutor, a machine-printer, was going
along Portland-street, Manchester, on the
morn-.
ing of the 19.1 i of May, when the prisoner, Stirling,
leaped upon him, struck him in the face, squeezed his
throat, and ended by throwing him against a wall, and
taking out of his p ckets 41., and a tobacca bex, which
were all he had in his possession at the time. Robinson
was with the prisoner at the time, and Stirling handed
the box to him. Rubinson opened it, and said, " There's
nothing in it—what's the ar=e of robbing him ?" The
prosecutor was straggling with S irling, and crying out
fur help, when taro praice cfficers came up and arrested
both prisoners. Mr. S)wler addressed the jury on b half
of Robinson, who he contended was otly a passer-by, and
had nothing to do with the robbery- He called as evidence
in his behalf Mr. Williams,n, master carpenter of this
town, who deposed that he had known Robins in for
twenty-two years, during which tire tbousands of pounds
had passed between their hands, and had always found
him a strictly honest man. The prisoner Stirling defended
himself with considerable ability and eloquence, arguing
that the prosecut w met him in the street, challenged him
to fight, and then finding that he was geniis?: the worst
of it, cried cut 'Robbery," and made up the charge
against him. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty of
a common assault only." His Lerdship said, this was
equivalent to a verdict of not guilty, and ordered the pea-
soneos to be discharged.
POST OFFICE ROBBERY.—{Imes Purvis, aged 40, letter-
carrier, was charged with hayieg at Liverpool, on the 17th
Jane, 1857, feloeiously stolen one post letter, containing
one sovereign. From the cis.; for the 1 r situ ion, it ap-
peared that some susaicion being entertained of the
prisoner's honesty, a marked sovereign was enclosed in a
letter which the prisoner was to deliver, addressed to " Miss
Mary Liwson, his. llolme's, 31, Feenehe-street, Liver-
poo!." There is no such street in verpoot as that named,
and the letter was what is known as a " blind letter." The
prisoner was watched and seen to go through " Finch"-
street, but be did not deliver the letter anywhere. He then
went home to his house, 68, Brunswick-real, and was there
arrestea', Tne narked sovereign was found in his pocket
but not the letter. Mr. Bliss prosecuted in this case, and
Mr. Cross defended. The. jury found the prisoner
His lordship sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal

MANSLAUGIITEL—George L-es, aged 20, silk-weaver,
was charged wish having at Middleton, feloniously killed
and slain Joseph Tetiow. Mr. Cobbett prosecuted, and
Mr, Cross defended. The case rested chiefly on the evidence
of a girl, the daughter of the deceased. There was a tea-
p trty cn sLe ni,fht when the eccarrence took place, at a
public-house cal;ed tlae Red Lion, and the girl was there.
Toe prisoner was also there, and the deceased came to
fetch his daughter home. The prisonEr and the deceased
were very friendly up to the time of leaving, when it was
sated that the prisoner made soma effort to fasten a
quarrel upon the deceased. Some pushing and scuffling
took place, after which, the prisoner punched and kicked
the deceased several times in the abdomen and other parts
of :ha body. jto injuries Ivhich deceased rec.tived caused.
h death in a fe.v days. Tee jary found eh? prisoner is
Tce court they rcse.