Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

MAGISTRATES COURT.

Robert J nes, who stands ek,rged with the murder of his brother
William. as fully reported in our paper of yesterday, was brought up
before Mr. Mansfield for final examination. In:additton to the evi-
dence already given,
Mr. Clough said he had to examine Mr. Ellery, one of the bridewell
keep •rs, who had some important evidence to give, which he was
not aware of until this morning.
Mr. Ellery said—On Suuday night, about a quarter to twelve, the
prisoner was brought to the station by officer 111, who sail he was
charged with having stabbed and killed his brother. I said, " Jones, is
he dead?'' and he replie i"tie is lead enough." I then said," Jones, yo
.are charged with having stabbed and killed your brother; you need
not spy any h'ng about the charge, because, if Sou do, it may be given
in evidence against you." He then sai 1, I was obliged to do it—they
In ced me to el., it. I asked who forced you to do It ? and he said they did
—they struck me in the face ; I saw blood on hit face and hands, and
asked him how be got it ? and he replied, they cut me in the face snd
hands; in two hours after that, I went into the cell where the prisoner
was, in company with an officer, when theprisouer said they knocked
four of my teeth out, and I asked him where they were? he said over
there, and I picked up one ; the prisoner laid the others we, e
larger. . .

Mr. Clough : The prisonef'd brother stated here yesterday, that the
decrasid struck him first.

Mr. Mansfle'd : Yes, I remember that.

Mr. Allen, surgeon of tt e Royal Infirmary, who made a p9st mor:em
examittation of the body, said he found a wound on the le: 't side of the
body which penetrated the cavity, and entered the heart to the 3ep•h
of four ,nches. The blood flawed is and filled the left cavity of the
chest, and eau el immediate death. The knife now produced would
infl,ct puch a wound.
Mr. Mansfield said it was'as shoesing and horrible a case as could

be imagined in itself, but it was clear to him that the else amounted
only 0 manslaughter. The man was eating his supper with a
knife, that was ronnded and blunt at the top, and not likely to be
used for a mat-demi purpose. He would, therefore, commit the

prisoner for trial on a charge of manslaughter. He was accordingly
committed. _ _

CORONER'S COURT.

The impost on the body of William Jones, was hel 1 yesterday
by the Col oner. Th 3 evidence given in the case, was the same as
given oa Mmday a❑d yesterday In tie police court. The jury
found a verdict of " Manslaughter against Robert Jones," and a
c ,mmittal from this court, as well as from the police court, was
made against him.

The United Service Gazette says :—" The Commander-in-
Chief has directed that ever) regiment shall be instructed
in the bayonet exercise."
" Pay me that six-and-eightpence yr,u owe me, Mr
Muhl, ,ney," said a village attorney. "For what ?'' "Fur
the opini n you had at me." " Faith I uLver bad any
opinion of you at all, at all."
A P..ris letter, in the Aord of Brussels, affirms that
neither Pin -e Albert will visit this year the camp of
Cua'ons, nor Qie-n Victoria Fontainebleau nr Gimpiegrte,
oa account of the engagements caLs?.(l by the events

A FACT FOR THE flee SUITING SERGEANT —For the
office of doorkeeper at the Liverpcol Sailors' Horne, with
£5O a-year, there were no less that 1,58 applicants,
including a cumber of stalwart. youeg 'e'lows, who seemed
well able to tig'rt the battles of their country.
" Well, Mr. J cksoe" said a clergym in to his por'shoner,
" Sunday must be a blessed day to yo t, You woik hard
six days, and the seventh you come to church," " Yes."
said Mr. Jackson, "1 works hard all the week, and then I
comes to church, sits me dawe, cocks urs my legs, and
thinks of nothing !"
THE LAY or 11l E LAST 'MINSTREL .—Oat Weer, a ho;
of fourteen years old, having been sent to fetch a inusi,:•
hook, returned aunt placed an egg on the music-stand On
being asked tihat that was for, he replel that it was the
"lay f the last miwtrel," and that Vie composer was
singing in honour of her roductioni in the fowl-house.
LIKE AND UNLIKE —Tree following strange confession
is made by Dr. Hoffman and NI,. Wit, in one of their
reports to the referees on the drainage of London :
"The valueb'e consti'uents of sewerage are like the gold
in the sands of the Rhin', its aggregate value mist he
immense, but no company has yet succeeded in raising the
treasure.''
ACCIDENT ON THE LEETS, BRADFORD, AND WAKEFrELD
RAILWAY.—On Monday morning this railway commenced
running passengers (the line having been f irmally opened
on Saturday ) A train left the Wakefield station at 915
a.m., conducted by Carain Binste ad, the superintendent
of the Lancashire and Yorkshite Railway. When near the
point at Holbech Junction, where the line runs into the
Leeds, Halifax, and Bradford Railway, the engine ran off
the l'ue, ploughing up the embankment for some way.
Captain B-ns sad was on the engine, and received one or
two st vane bruists; tut providentially, neither he nor the
driver or stoker were seriously injured. The engine was
so.in afterwards replaced oa the line, and the train pre-
ceeded on its way.
THE CRYSTAL PLACE ON WIDNESDAY.—A number of
letters have reached our table erquiring whether the admis-
sion money to the palac3 on 'Wednesday is to be given by
the direct ors fur the benefit of the Indian euffi.rars. The
adve,tis,ments which announce the sermon of Mr. Spur-
geon do not say so, but one would imagine there could
be
no doubt that such was the intention of the direc'ors. A
corresp, ndent writes—On Surds)? Mr. Spurgeon, in the
most straightfor.vard manner, informed bis hearers that the
abiding admission to the Crystal Palace would not in any
way help the Indian Relief Fund. Will you, therefore,
kindly sliow me through you to inform the public gere-
rally list the shilling admission on that day is for the
benefit of the Crystal Palacs Company only, and that the
subscriptions collected from the visitors will be the only
advantage gained by the Indian Relief Fund.—London
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