Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

AME RICA.

LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES.

November, feloniously wounded Hannah Neile M'Grearly
and also with assaulting her daughter, Margaret Harrocks,
with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. This offence
took place in a brothel in Norman-street, in this town,
when a regular row ensued between the prisoner and
others, and some of the friends and acquaintances of the
prosecutors, in the course of which the younger female was
dragged into the street, and grossly ill-used, when the
mother went to her rescue, and found the prisoner beating
and kicking her. In the course of the affray the latter
was seen to use a knife, with which he wounded each of
the females. For the defence, it vas urged that the pri-
soner was not present on the occasion at all, and the whole
tale wa3 concocted by the prosecutrix. The prisoner was
acquitted.

TUBSDAY.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WIGHTMAN.
CHARGE CF HORsE STEALING.-- Patrick Curtis, aged 20,
described as a horse dealer, was indicted for having, OD
the 14th of September late, stolen a gelding, the property
of John Neville. In this essa the prosecutor was a far-
mer, living in Ireland, but trades between that island and
this country in horses, and the prisoner, as the prosecutor
alleged, was his servant, but the latter claimed to be a
partner in that business. However, in the month of Sep-
tember last, the latter attended at Ormskirk Fair, for the
purpose of selling horses, and sold all but one, a grey
gelding, upwards of seven years of ago, slighly lame,
having his wind touched, and a "rover," for which
the prosecutor said he had given £lO, and would have
sold it, if ho could, for £2O, which was the one in
question. The horse was brought back to Liverpool,
and placed in the stable of a public-house. Up to this
time the prisoner and the prosecutor had apparently been
acting in concert with respect to the horses. In the after-
noon the prisoner took the horse from the stable, and
nothing further was heard of the matter until a few days
after, when the prosecutor asked the prisoner what he had
done with the horse. His reply was '• I have sold it,
and lost the money." The prosecutor then said, " Well,
but you will let me have the money," but as neither hone
nor money was forthcoming, the prosecutor gave him into
custody on a charge of horse stealing, when the prisoner's
aniwer to the charge e as, "The horse is as much mine as
it is yours." After the prosecutor been examined, his
Lordsip directed an acquittal, as it was clear there was
an authority given, and afterwards acknowledged, for the
prisoner to sell the horse.
CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.—Bridget Larkin, a middle-
aged, tidy looking female, stood indicted with having, on
the 12th of November last, murdered her new-born male
child, at Blackburn. She was also indicted for having
concealed the birth of the same child. Thri evidence in
this case went to prove, that on the day in question three
little boys were playing by the side of a house near
Blackburn. They saw something floating away, and think-
ing it was a great prize, they fished it out of the brook,
and took it to a quarry, to see its contents, when, to their
surprise, they found in it the body of a ma'e child. They
immediately conveyed it to the police authorities, who
took steps to find out its parent, and from the
clothes in which it was wrapped, and a piece of iron
that had been placed in the bundle, it was discovered
that the prisoner was the parent of the child, and upon her
being apprehended, she admitted the fact of having been
delivered of the child, but denied that she had been the
cause of its death, although she stated that after she had
fr.und out that the father of the child would not marry
her, she had crawled from her house, and had placed the
body where it was found. he medical person who had
been entrusted with making a pose niert,ni examination of
the body, gave it as his opinitn that the child had been
born alive, and that it had lived for eight or nine hours.
He also spoke to certain marks on the child's neck, and
froth all that he had seen, and the medical tests that he
had applied, he believed that the child had died from
strangulation. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, who had been
instructed by his Lordship to defend the prisoner,
then addressed the jury on her behalf, and in
thing so appealed to their sympathy for the woman, who
through the villiany of some scoundrel who had compassed
her ruin and then had refused to marry her, and had thus
brought her to the present painful position in which she
was placed. Ho then argued that although the child might
have been born alive, still it might have died from ex-
haustion, in consequence of her having no assistance in
her time of trouble, and if so that wool: not be murder.
His Lordshij in summing up Ihe evidence said, the
prisoner was chargal with the wilful murder of the child,
and if they were satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt,
that that'child had met with is death at the hands of the
priserien there could be no doubt but that the offence
would be fully proved. In this case, there were points in
which there were no doubts. There was no doubt of the
child being born, there was no doubt but that the child was
dead; therefore, the only question that they would have to
decide was, how did it come by its death? Having
reviewed the evidence with great minuteness, he said that
if they believed that the death of the child was caused by
the prisoner's, wilful acts, they would find a verdict of wilful
murder ; but if, on the other hand, they had a reasonable
doubt on the subject, and believed that the child had died
front exhaustion, then they would find a verdict of guilty of
concealeig the birth of the child. The jury, after a brief
consultation, returned a verdict of guilty of the minor
offence, and his Lordship sentenced the pr:soner to two
years' imprisonment.
GAROTTE ROBBERY AT WIGAN.—Owen Lenegan was
charged with having, on the 9de of Octeber, feloniously
assaulted and robbed B tty Eccles of ten shillings.
The prosecutrix was the wife of a person who gets
a living by selling tripe in the market-place at
Wigan. They live in Mitigate, which is some little dis-
tance from the market. On the night of the rubbery,
Betty Eccles and her daughter were proceeding home, after
the market was closed, the former carrying in her hand a
bowl, containing about 10a. in copper money. They had
not proceeded far along Millgate, when they observed two
men following them, and immediately after the prisoner
seized the'prcsecutrix, by placing his arm under her chin,
and with his other hand took the money out of the
bowl, and put it into the cap, which was held by the other
man. She held the prisoner for some time, and
called for the police, but he tore himself away
from her for a moment, but she caught him
again, and held him until the policeman arrived, when
they gave him into custody. The prisoner, with the other
man, had previously been seen loitering about the stall.
For the defence it was contended that the evidence for the
prosecution was all a mistake, that the prisoner was a
respectable man, but had on that night been found in close
contiguity with the prosecutrix in a helpless state of
drunkenness, and that the prosecutrix and her daughter
were altogether mistaken as to his identity. Two colliers
were called to prove that defence, as were also several
witnesses to character. The jury retired for a short time,
and them acquitted the prisoner.
ETABBING AT SuTToN.—George Gerard, who had been
admitted out on bail; and was most respectably attired,
surrendered to take his trial on a charge of having, on the
12th of August last, stabbed and wounded George Gibson,
with intent to do him some grievous bodily rm. On
the day in question, William Gibson, the prosecutors
brother had a dispute with the prisoner at a public-house
called " The Clock Face," in the township, and near the
railway station, and, on hearing the quarrel, the prosecutor
went up to the prisoner and challenged him to fight. An
encounter took place between the two, and soon after, or
just as they were about to have another rally, the prosecutor
complained of being faint, and putting his hand to his breast
found that he was bleeding, having previously felt something
sharp strike him. He called out that he had been stabbed,
and it was then found that ho had received four stabs
tinder the left arm, but not of a severe character. The
jury, after a brief absence from the Court, returned a
verdict of " Unlawfully Wounding," with a recommendation
to mercy. Sentence deferred.
ATTEMPING To Suoor.—John Skibberriug, having been
admitted out on bail, surrendered ,o take his trial, on a
charge of having feloniously shot at William Pratt,
with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
In this case the prosecutor and the prisoner were
factory hands, employed at Preston, and in con-
sequence of their employer's having given a holiday
with a view that they should visit the great Manchester
exhibition, they were not engaged at their respective
mills on the 26th of August last, the day on which the
alleged offence was committed, On that day the proaecutor,
with several other operatives, instead of going to the Exhi-
bition, went and hired a boat to take a cruise on the river
Ribble. The prisoner and nine others did the same, and
the two boats were moored near each other. On the morn-
ing of the day, however, it was discovered that the prisoner
and his party had taken the boat which the prosecutor had
engaged, which was considered to be the better of the
two, and had left their own half filled with water.
The prosecutor and his party, however, set to work
and got the boat in proper order, and proceeded
up the river, when, to their surprise, they found the pri-
soner's party aground on a bank, in a shallow place in the
river. The prosecutor called out to the other party, and
said, " What made you take that boat ? " to which the
prisoner replied, " What made you fill our boat with
water ? " and then the prisoner rejoined, " I will shoot
them, by God," and then took a deliberate aim at the
brat with a gun, from which he fired the contents, and t he
shots took effect upon the breast of the prosecutor, while
some fell into the boat. In the ciurse of the day the pei-
saner was given into custody on the above charge, when
he expressed his regret for what had occurred. For the
defence, it was urged that the firing of the gun was only a
joke, and dohe as a lark to frighten the others ; and
several witnesses were celled to prove that was the fact.
The jury, without the slightest hesitation, acquitted the
prisoner, his Lordship observing that it was, no doubt, a
very foolish act, but still it wee quite clear that no harm
was intended.
BURGLARY.—James M'Donald, aged 35, stood indicted
for having, on the 15th of November, burglariously entered
the dwelling-house of Hannah Pafford, of Ince, in
Mackerfield, with intent to commit a felony. In this case
the prisoner was a small specimen of the genuine Yankee,
and stated that he got into the house where he was found
by a mistake, taking it for a barn. The prisoner was
acquitted.
MORE WOUNDING AT Ltvaaroore—Robert Henry, aged
35, a grinder, was indicted for having, on the 21st of

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.

The serow seam-ship City of Washington
arrived in th,3 Mersey- yesterday morning from
New York, with 225 pa;:,s!!ngers, 12 500 dolle,rs in
specie, and dates from New York to the 26th ulf.
These adviees are cue. day later than those by the
Arabia.

The steamer, Vanderbilt, had arrived out with
the news of the suspension of the Bank Charter
Act. The New York Journal of Commerce says, the
event had been anticipated, but, nevertheless, it Was
received with a sense of relief; nd, although there
much -1;-ixiety to know the details of tha terrible was
sruggl which precled the action of the British
Government, the buoyancy of feeling had been
general in all departments of trade. The Stock
market, on the 25th, opened with more firmness
under the news, closing, however, somewhat
irregularly.

After this trial the Court adjourned until this day a'
nine rielock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MAYIiFIELD.
STREET ROBBERY.—A young woman named Mary
Withers (not known to the police), was charged by a
person named Thomas Jackman, with having stolen his
watch, value £7, a chain, and other property. The com-
plainant said, on Friday night, ho was going through
Be'ry-street when he met the prisonee, who induced him
to give her some wine, and afrer they parted he missed his
property. He met her again the previous night and gave
her into custody. The prisoner denied having ever seen
the man before. She was remanded in order to look after
the watch.
ALLEGED THEFT BY A SE qvAN 7.—Tns POLICE AND
" PRIVATA hmane—A well-dressed female, named
Cetherine Jones, late a servant in the louse of Miss Hill.
58; Everton-road, was brought up by Officers Scaife and
Thompson, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of
groceries, soap, dripping, and six pair of boots. Mr. Dag,
ge's was for the prisoner. From the evidence of Miss
Hill, it appeared that the prisoner and another servant
were under notice to leave on Saturday lest. Previous to
their leaving she examined the place and found a quantity
of groceries, soap, and other things concealed in a basket,
which the prisoner had removed to the coal vault, for the
purpose of taking away. She then found that six pair of
boots were gone. In reply to Mr. Daggers, the lady said
she could not say the prisoner took the boots; she had no
right to take the other things, as she could not claim them
as perquisites. Mr. Daggers submitted that the case of
felony, so far as the boots went, must fail, as there was no
proof whatever that the prisoner bad taken them ; and as
to the other things, there were no proof that the prisoner
had removed them for a felonious purpose. The fellow-
abeyant of the prisoner was produced, and said she saw the
prisoner pack up the articles for the purnose of taking
them away. Mr. Mansfield: And you did not tell your
mistress ? Witness : No, sir. Mr. Mansfield : You are
hardly any better than the prisoner, to know your mistress
was robbed and not to tell her of it. I would advise Miss
Hill to discharge you. Officer Scaife : She was to have left
on Saturday,* along with the prisoner. I beg leave to
remark in this case, that Mr. Bates, who keeps a private
inquiry office in Sweeting-street, was applied to in the first
instance, and he rent up a man that was drunk, who
acted very improperly, and tried to blenborzle the people
about the house, and then endeavoured to persuade Miss
Hill not to come to the court, as, he said, she would be
exposed, and only laughed at for proceeding with such a
paltry case. Mr. Daggers. What has that to do with this
case ? You have no right to import it into the case at all.
Scaife : Yes, it is right to tell his Worship, as neither Mr.
Bites nor his man are police-officers, and they have no right
to interfere with police duty. Mr. Mansfield: I will remand
the prisoner till to-morrow, and let inquiry be made about
the boots. [ln reference to the statement made about Mr.
Bates, it is only right to sey that it was made behind his
back, but being so made in open court by an officer, we,
in the discharge of a public duty; are compelled to publish
it ; at the same time, no doubt Mr. Bi• es will be fully
able to explain the affair, as his respectability is unques-
tionable.]
FORGING A NAME.----A very tall and rather well-dressed
man, who gave the name of John Smith, but who refused
to tell where he lived or what he was, was charged with
having forged the name of a Captain Allen, to a document
for 10s. Mr. James Gill'sen, the cash-keeper at
Messrs. Fern e, Brotners & Co., Water-street, said the
prisoner called at the office and presented a bill for
£1 10s, porportin,e to be signed by Captain John Allen, of
the ship Clifton Ball, and was for having procured a crew
for the vessel. The witness knew the hand-writing of
Captain Allen, and also his Christian name, which is
James, and not John. The name he knew to be a
forgery, and on asking the prisoner some questions he at
once discovered the whole aff tat to be an attempt to obtain
money under f else pretences. The prisoner refused to say
anything. He was committed for trial.
A VALOUROUS CAPTAlN.—Captain Wilson, James Bell
(his mate), and William and Thomas Fisher (two of his
sailors)—the ship they belonged to was not named—were
brought up by police-officers 491 and 654, charm'ed with
having assaulted Mrs. Wainwright, the keeper of a public-
house in Nova Scotia, and with having broken 6s worth of
glass in the house From the evidence of the lady and
the police, it appeared that the prisoners went to the house
the previous night and wanted drink. With the exception
of the captain, they were all drunk, and she refused to
supply them with any more, when they created a die-
turbmce, and she went round the counter to put them
our, when the captain knocked her down, whilst one of the
Fishers broke the glass. The captain was fined £5, and
Fisher 6s for the glass, and the other two prisoners were
fired 5s each for being drank. Toe fines were paid.
John Ross and Isaac Jennings, two half-coloueed men,
stewards on board a ship called the Phenols, were rent
for trial for having stolen a quantity of rum, wine, tea,
and other articles from the vessel. They were stopped at
the gate of the Princes dock, by officer Banon, No. 7, who
got the property in their possession,
William Hodson was sent for trial for having obtained
money and goods from Mr. Stumbles, of Argyle-street,
and Mr. Jeffreys of Price's-street, by falsely representing
hieoself as the mate of a ship.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—James Thompson, of 14, Court
Eldon-street, John Sutton, of Berriegton-street, and George
Stewart, of Hotham-street, were charged under the follow-
ing circumstances. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Black defended the prisoner Stewart, who was
reeresented as keeping a stall for " medicine" (?) at the
corner of Roe-street, near St. John's market, Ii appeared
from the opening statement of Mr. Cobb, and the evidence
of one or two witnesses whom he called to sustain the case,
that the prisoner Thompson was in the employment of
Foster, Frazne and Co., of D ike-street, and who were
engard in a large commission trade, and importers of
foreign goof's, and that on taking stock lately a large
quantity of goods, consisting of shirts, purses, and a
varietv of other things ire their line, were missed. On search
being merle, a cotsiderable quantity of these things
were found at the lodgings of the prisoner Stewart, and also
with Thompson, who hid sold them to Stewart; some
things were also found with Sutton. On these grounds Mr.
Cobb asked for a remand, which was granted for a week.
Jack Hick's, a well known character, was charged with
having assaulted Daniel M'Glcary, who keeps an oyster shop
and shooing saloon in Marry-street. Mr. Black defen-
der!. The complainant was going hinne with his wife, at
three o'clock in the morning, when the prisoner assaulted
him. He was fined XI and coats.

The Cotton market improved a quarter cent per
pound. Flour advanced ten cents per barrel ; and
Wheat was in more general demand.
The steam-Aiip Tennessee Led arrived at New
Orleans with dates from Vera Cruz to the 21st ult.,
and from the City of Mexico to the 19th. The
country was in the most distracted condition, and
anoill'er- general revolution was impending. Ne,go-
ciations were pending between the revolutionists
and General Santa Anna, whom, undoubtedly,
they intend for President. Of the passengers by
the Tennessee there are twenty-three political
exiles, and among these are ex-President Salas,
Jose Washington, Colonel Powers and William
Moran, editor of the Extraordinary, who was im-
prisoned for publications against the Governor of
Zacatecas. Ccmonfort's fall wis considered cer-
tain, end it was thought doubtful whether his life
would be spared if he remained in the country.
The following is a summary of the condition
of the New York Markets :

The foreign news reeeived~by telezraph, and brought by
the steam-ship Vanderbilt, imparted more confidence ta
holders of cotton yesterday, who asked from he to is
advance en previous rates, which buyers were not disposed
to give. and more inclined to await the receipt of the
stennier's private letters. The sales were under 125 bales,
in late, on a basis of full ie advance. The closing of the
canals, and the foreign news being bettor than was
expected, had the effect of improving the market for
breadstuff:. The receipts by the North river and canals,
for twenty-four hours prior to yesterday morning, were
as follows :—Flour, 21,000 brie; wheat, 65,106 bushels ;
corn, 4,000 de.; barley, 3,108 do. By the Erie Railroad
—Flour, 5 500 brls; wheat, 340 sack. The transactions
in flour were to a fair extent, with a good local and
_Eastern demand ; the market closed at 5 cents advance,
and in same caws 10 cents per barrel was claimed,
especiary on good shipping grades, which were not
plenty. Wheat was firmer and more active; among the
sales were 10,000 bushels of good Canada white at
1 dol 30c for city milling; sales were also male of
Milwankie club, Chicago spring, red Indians, with South-
ern red and white. Western mixed coin advanced to 84c
to 85c, with light sales. Pork was drill at ID dols to
19 dole 25a for old iness, and at 18 dols 76e for new ditto,
and at 16 .doll 50c for pritn_% Sigers were pia, and
sales were unimportant. Freights were quiet, and rates
to English ports unsettled and nomin,d; to Bremea,
me.e.surernent goods were taken et 22s per tun.

LIST OF CABIN PASSENGERS per Steam-ship City of
Washington--Mr. H. Rose, Miss Clarke, Miss
Geohigan, Mrs. Owen, Mr. Samuel Noyes, Mr. D. M.
Drysdale, Mr. Samuel Elias, Mr. W. H. Huskisson, Rev.
D. Senez, Mr. E. Crenieux, Mr. D. Gill, Mrs. Williams,
Mr A. G Mr. L. Frank, Mr John Taylor, Mr.
Christopher Hope, Mr. No't, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Spratt,
Mr. J. Elliott. Mr. G. C. Croak, and Mr. J. Gilkinson.

BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE,
AND EAST LANCASHIRE COMPANIES.

Three extraordinary general meetings of railway share-
helders were held at Manchester on Monday afternoon,
for the purpose of sine ioning or otherwise a provisional
agreement for the purchase or amalgamation of the under-
taking of the Blackburn Only iny with those of the
Lancashire and Yorks'aire and the East Lancashire Com-
panies, and the result was, in each case, a unanimous
approval.

THE BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA
RAILWAY COMPANY.

The fourth hal!'-yearly meeting of this company was
held on Monday at the offices of the company, No. 10,
Liverpoul-street, 0/(1 Broad-street. Colonel French pre-
sided. Having briefly opened the proceedings, the
Secretary read a report, which stated that the directors of
the E tst India Company had conceded their sanction for
the immediate construction of the extensive line from Surat
to Bombay open the terms of the original contract. 03e
million of capital will be requirA to ba raised for the
section to Bombay. Notwithstanding the disturbances in
India, the woke of the company have been carried on
uninterruptedly, and eight-tenths of the permanent way
materials have been either furnished or contracted f: r.
The repot-, in. other respects, was very favourable to the
future prospects of the company. Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy,
who addressed the shareholders, urged the necessity of
pressing forward the works, and said they expected to
open 200 miles of railway a year. The report was
ultimately adopted, and the LuetinEr separated.

TURNING OF THE FIRST SOD OF THE
MID-SUSSEX RAILWAY.

On Monday, this interesting event took place. The
railway, when completed, will open up the disirict between
llorshem and Petworth, including the town of itchenfield,
Billinghurst, and those adjacen', which have not hitherto
had the advantages of a direct communication with the
metropolis. Yesterday morning, the directors and
friends of ;he enterprise, and several of the local gentry,
as well as Mr. Hawkins, the traffic manager of the Lon-
don, Brighton, and South-Coast Line, proceeded to
Pulboreneb, a short distance from Petworth, where, in
the presence of a large assemblage, the first sod was
turned in a field called Glebe Land, adjoining the church.
The live passes through the places above-mentiened on
its way to Petworth, a distance of about 18 miles; and
with the exceptitn of one heavy cutting, the whole of the
works will be exceedingly light, and it is understood will
be completed for £9,000 per mile. In the absence of the
Earl of March, sI.P., who was prevented aterding by
another engagement, Captain Barthelot performed the
attendant ceremonies, which, howeve-, from the state of the
weather, wera necessarily brief, in the presence of a '
numerous ass; mblage. Subsequently, the company dined
togethEr at the Stag's Head, at Horsham, several of the
directors of the Brighton line being present. Mr. Jamrs
Garrard, chairman of the company, presided ; speeches
were mode by the chairman, by Mr. Mitford, Captain
Barthelot, Mr. L. Schuster a ed Admiral Lewes ;after which
the party returned by a special train to town, highly
gratified with the result of the proceedings of the day.

BEFORE MESSRS. H. EARLE, AND W. E.tttLE.
George Murphy, a sailor, on board a ship called the
" Laconia," summoned Jane Robinson, who keeps a beer-
house in Clayton-square, for detaining a dagnarreotype
box, and a Gereva witch. Mr. Cobb appeared far the
complainant, and said he tvotid call on a gentleman who
appeared for the defendant, to give an explanation of Ida
conduct. The complainant, he said, had consuLed
an attorney, named Mr. Parker, who was now
presen', as to the rfcavery of the property, and paid
several sums of money, and waited f4-‘r some time,
but Mr. Parker did not do anything ; but now that it
came on fur hearing, he appeared for the defendant,
beirg in possession of the whole of the case. In reply to
the bench, Mr. Cobb said he was bringing up Mr. Parker
to account for his conduct. In the first place Mr. Parker
was employed by the complainant, and took 14s or 155,
for which he did nothing. Mr. Parker said the complainant
daserte I him, and went to other persons about it, and he
had a right to he annoyed and to complain rather than
the present man. Mr.iTarybei-git : The charge against you
is that you have gone to the other side, after you were
employed by the, complainant, and that is not professional.
Mr. Cab]) called the complainant, who-said he formerly
lodged with the defendant, and paid her mere than £7
heycial what was due to her. Re consulted Mr. Parker.
and gave him half a guinea, and subsequently 5s fid, and
he said he had taken the case in hand. After some discus-
sion, the case was dismissed, on tha ground that the
complaint should have been brought within s a months
after the original transaction.

OUR DEAR FRIENDS IN ST PETERSBURCIR.—The fol-
lowing advertisement appeared in one of the St. PeterF-
burgh papers :—" To be sold, portraits of Nena Sahib,
the Indian Chief, the slayer of the English, at 15 copecks
each. The proceeds for the relief of the sufferers in the
Crimea "

SE imEN rx WonEnorsEs —A return has just been issued
showing the number of seamen, at the present date, who
are inmates of the several poor-law unions or workhouses
in England, and also of those who are in receipt of our .door
relief from the same, together with the weekly cost of their
inaintenc,nce. It appears"that the total nu eber of seamen
in EuglAn 1 who are in the workhouses is 577, at an average
weekly cost of 3e. 61d. ; while the number of seamen
receiving out-door relief is 851.

o.ExjtAn CANROBBRT.—Canrobert has written to a lady
now in Paris, widow of an English general killed in the
Crimes, a letter full of the deepest admiration of the
behaviour of the British trocps in India. "No one who
has seen the skill and volcur displayed by British officers
can have any drub s of the issue," says the mar.lisl ;
" bat even we are astonished at the speed with which
these immense results have been accomplisled."—Court
Journal.

It is said that Mr John Dent, the late member ft.
Knave shore', will be brought forward by tho Liberals,as
the successor of Earl Mulgrave.
MArtio's PERSECUTOR —The English lady, whose 'er-
secutions of Mario attracted so much attention in :Faris
last year—whose box at the Italien was made with a?anel
to draw before her whenever Mario left the stage—and
who followed that blessed tenor from clime to cline--liaa
just died from the effects of burns incurred, sole short
time since, by her dress catching fire, just as 00 was on
he point of starting for the Opera, to hear M.rio once
more in the "Barbiere."—Court Journal.

A HAWK KILLED BY A HEN.—One day last week, a
hawk. whilst flying over the farmyard of Mr. Nelson, of
Dial Nome, Rufford, espied a hen and a number of
chickens following her, upon which it instantly descended,
with the intention, no doubt, of stealing one or more of the
hen's offipring ; but scarcely had the kite alighted, before
it was attacked by the hen, and instead of stealing a
chicken, the bird of prey itself was almost immediately laid
lifeless on the ground, without the chickens receiving any
injury.

Exclnal,ely for CLOI HITG BOYS from Six to Twenty Years
LEIYIb & COMPANY. nanelaga-streo

SOT'S CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Raniagh-street.

At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-suet.
BOYS Are CLOTHED from tho Ages of Six to Inlay Years.

THE IN ORTHERN: E,TIME S.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNES DAY, DECEMBER 9, 1857

COUNTY COURT.

MFORB J. K. BLAIR, ESQ., JUDGE.

the whole of the correspondence, to the end of 1857 at
least, and which could easily be made to embrace the
reports of our consuls at Ilavannah and the Brszilisn ports
to that date, should not 133 in the hands of members quite
early in March or even Arad The papers we have been
•
cornmentir g on were 7,sued for the use of Parliament In
October, when Parliament hid none a shooting, or on a
contineutA tour.— Telegraph.

THE ELLESMERE ROBBERY.