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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1844,

in Shorter's, Millington's Brown's, and Trevethick's in-
vention the vanes were flat, and that Cummerow's patent
was for a whole screw, and not for a section of a screw.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
Forty Shillings.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, pec. 16.
(Before the LORD GRIEF Belncjx.)
His Lordship sat, as usual, during the day, but no case
was heard which possessed any public interest.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 16.
(Sittings ia London.)
MANGNALL V. VALPINE.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a manu-
facturer at Bolton, to recover damages for the infi inge
ment of a patent. The invention which is the suhj"ct of
this action is an improvement in the mode of bleaching
and finishing muslin. The evidence, which was illus-
trated by several complicated and curious models, could
not be made intelligible even to the scientific without the
aid of diagrams. But three witnesses had been examined
when the Court rose, and there are thirty-two wit-
nesses in the cause; so that the trial is likely to last at
least another day.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,

-
(Before the RECORDER and Alderman Sir CIIAPMAN
MARSHALL.)
The second session of the Central Criminal Court, in
the present mayoralty, took place yesterday.
The grand jury being sworn,
The RECORDER said he had to congratulate them on
the comparative lightness of the calendar, both in regard
to the number and the character of the charges. There
were only three cases to which he would call their at-
tention. The first was one of cutting and wounding,
with intent to do grievous bodily harm ; the second
was a case of manslaughter ; and the third was one of
falsely personating an owner of stock, and by that means
fraudulently obtaining possession of that stock. With
regard to the first, he only wished to say that a blow
having been aimed at the prosecutor with a knife, and
it having only reached the hand, cutting three of
the fingers, it would be for them to consider whe-
ther the blow had been given with the intent alleged.
The charge of manslaughter was against a Captain of
one of the Watermea steamers, for having struck a skiff
in the Thames, thereby overturning that skiff, and caus-
ing the death of two persons. This case had been
already tried at the last session, one of the bodies having
been found at that time. The other body was since
found, and the prisoner became liable to be tried a second
time. With regard to the last charge, that of fraudulently
personating an owner of stock, and thereby becoming
possessed of that stock, the person charged with that
offence was represented not to be the prisoner, but it
would be proved that he had been present at the time,
thereby becoming amenable to the laws for aiding and
abetting in the fraud, and he was liable to the same pu-
nishment as if he had been a principal in the act.
With regard to the other charges, he considered it
would be useless to make any remarks upon them. He
should therefore dismiss them to the execution of their
duty. The grand jury then retired.
To a question from Mr. CLARKSON, as to the con-
tinuance of the evening sittings,
The RECORDER could not give a definite answer. All
he could say was, that on Monday and Tuesday at least,
the ordinary procedure would not be departed from.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
UNION-BALL.
William Young and Thomas Simms were charged before
Mr. Trail' with the following highway robbery
Thomas Luffery, a mechanic, stated that on Saturday
night he was in the George public-house, Walworth, and
left it at twelve o'clock, to see his master home to rather
an unfrequented street near Lock's-fields. On his re-
turn he aas met by the two prisoners, who entered into
conversation with him, and when they arrived at a spot
near a garden, they each seized him by the arms, and
draggedhim into the garden. He called out, but they
threatened him, and proceeded to tear open his coat,
and from his waistcoat pocket they took ss. in silver, all
the money he had at the time. The prisoners were then
in the act of going away, when he gave the alarm, and
they were both taken into custody. He added, that pre-
viously to leaving the George, he saw the prisoners
drinking in the tap-room of that public-house, and they
must have followed him out and dodged him all the way
until he left his master.—They were remanded.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--Yorh, Dec. 13.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
His LORDSHIP this morning at the sitting of the Court
passed sentence upon several prisoners whose cases had
stood over, avd amongst them was Joseph Steadman
Maddi.on, His Lordship said,—Josedh Steadman Mad-
dison, you have been convicted of the crime of embez-
zlement—always a serious offence in its character, be-
csuse it involves a breach of duty between the master
and the servant, tke employer and the employed. We
must, as well as we can, as we pass through this
world, protect ourselies against the violence and fraud
of strangers ; but•no person can effectually protect him.
self against fraud from a clerk or servant whom he em-
ploys. I have, therefore, always been in the habit when
I meet with a case of this description of awarding a se-
vere punishment to the offender. You had alleged in
your favour a good character, but that, in cases of this
sort, I do not consider a very mitigatory circumstance,
because no person would be placed in a situation of trust
unless he had maintained a pretty fair appearance in
the world.. It appears, however, that there was a good
deal of negligence on the part of the gentleman who
employed you, in not calling upon yen oftener to
make up your amounts, and this perhaps may have
held out an improper temptation to you to com-
mit the offence of which you have been convicted. This
circumstance, and this alone, induces me to abstain from
sending you abroad, as I should otherwise have done. I
am not quite sure that I do right now in inflicting upon
you a milder punishment ; and I trust that you will not
abuse the clemency that has been extended to you, but
that you will endeavour, by future good conduct, to make
amends to society for the injury you have done it. The
sentence of the Court is, that you be imprisoned for 18
calendar months, and during that time be kept to hard
labour.

(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
John M'Cann, Tizonias Rogan, John O'Brien, Daniel
Donovan, IVillium Quinn, and Daniel Power, the last five
of whom were convicted at the last assizes, and the fin,t
at the present assizes, of the manslaughter of Benjitniil
Gott, at4tradiord;' werel Mel 'ivied at 016 bp!
to receive sentence.
The case will no doubt be fresh in the recollection of
our readers, as we recapitulated the details of it upon the
occasion of M'Cann's trial in the course of the present
assizes. The prisoners are all Irishmen, and the de-
ceased was a musician belonging to the Idle and Cal-
verley band. In July last there was an Orange proces-
sion, which was attended by the band referred to, and
in the course of their march they played the " Boyne
Water," " Croppies lie down," and other airs offensive
to the Irish population of the neighbourhood, who sub-
sequently set upon them, and so violently attacked the
deceased that his death resulted. The prisoners had all
been found guilty of manslaughter, but in consequence of
some legal objection being taken by the prisoners'
counsel, judgment was arrested till the opinion of the
Judges could be ascertained upon the point in dispute.
His LORDSHIP this morning, in passing sentence, ob-
serve,' that the jury had taken a most merciful view of
their case The line which divided their crime from that
of murder was exceedingly narrow, and had they been
found guilty of that offence, the manner in which the
deceased's death was compassed was such that he should
have deemed it his duty to leave them all for execution.
At an early part of the day they had allowed themselves
to be influenced by passion, and there was evidence from
which it might reasonably be concluded that they had
assembled together before the deceased returned to
Bradford, and had fixed a time fur the perpetration of
those acts which had resulted in his violent death. He
repeated, that the most merciful construction must have
been put by the jury upon every circumstance connected
with the case, or they would have been unable to distin-
guish it from the more heinous crime of murder. As it
was, this was a manslaughter of the most grievous de-
scription, -calling for the heaviest punishment that the
law awarded for that offence. Their punishment had
been postponed, however, since conviction, in con-
sequence of a doubt entertained, not as to their guilt,
but as to a technical form in which the crime imputed to
them was required to be preferred. As far as he (Mr.
Justice Cresswell) was concerned, having tried five of the
prisoners,.he felt it to be his duty at that time to decide
the point without furtner deliberation, and to pro-
nounce sentence against them, that justice might not
fail by the lapse of an interval from one assizes
to another. If, on further consideration, any doubt
should be raised as to the propriety of their conviction,
there was no question but the Secretary of State
would prevent them from harm ; but at present he
must overrule the objection, and proceed, as his duty de-
manded of him, to secure their removal for ever from
this country. They were wholly unfit to move in society
in this country—wholly unfit to enjoy the liberty they
once, possessed. In the land to which they were going
they would live in a condition little better than ono of
slavery ; but he trusted that they might live there long
enough to repent having caused the death of a fellow
creature. The sentence of the Court was, that they be
transported beyond the seas for the term of their natural
lives.

James Gill was indicted for corrupt and wilful perjury.
, At the last Summer Assizes, tried before the Lord Chief
, Baron, a labourer, named Bailey, brought an action
against Mr. John Wilson, a' manufacturer at Keighley'
to recover damages for having, as he alleged, kicked him
on the leg, and thereby fractured the bone. The
prisoner Gill was a witness for the plaintiff, and he
deposed at the time that he was present, and that he saw
Mr. Wilson run at Bailey, and give him a kick which
lamed him. The evidence given by Gill on that occa-
sion was proved this morning by Mr. William Green-
halgh, a short hand writer, and the reporter to the
Yorkshireman newspaper, who was present at the trial,
and was engaged to take a note of the proceedings.
Evidence also was adduced to prove that the prisoner
was not present at all when the kick was said to have
been given, and that Bailey, instead of being lamed by a
kick, was drunk, and had received his injury from falling
over a form. This was the case for
,the prosecution,
conducted by Mr. hall and Mr. Ingham, and attempted
in vain to be contravened by Mr. Blanshard, on behalf
of the prisoner.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
His LORbSIIIP sentenced him to be imprisoned for two
years in the House of Correction, with hard labour.
One other case concluded the business of the York
assizes. Their Lordships got through the whole of the
business by six o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. JUstice Coleridge proceeds in the morning to
Durham to open the commission there, and Mr. Justice
Cresswell returns, we believe, to London.

Durham, Saturday, Dec. 14.
Mr. Justice Coleridge arrived here this morning by the
half-past nine o'clock train from York, and in the even-
ing opened the commission with the usual ceremony.
The Court will sit on Monday for the trial of prisoners.
The calendar is rather lighter than usual, which is to
be accounted for by the fact that special general quarter
sessions have been held within these few days, in order
to clear from it as many unimportant cases as possible,
that his Lordship might not be delayed longer here than
is absolutely necessary. There are at present bat 26
prisoners in the list, of whom 1 is charged with the
murder of her new-born child ; 1 with manslaughter ;
1 with cutting and wounding with intent to kill ; 7 with
assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm ; 3 with
rape ; 5 with forgery ; several with burglary ; whilst
minor offences complete the number.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, Dec. 14
THE LATE rtAILWAY ACCIDENT.
The commissions of assize for the borough and county
of Nottingham were opened before Mr. Justice Patti son
this morning. The chief cases of interest for trial were
of course those of Robert Lightfoot and Jonathan Raven,
charged with manslaughter on the occasion of the late
fatal accident on the Midland Counties Railway. In
consequence of these trials being expected to last at
least two or three days, Mr. Justice Patteson, as will
be seen from his charge, determined to commence busi-
ness this day, otherwise Monday was understood to be
the first day of the assize. The Borough Court, in
which the first trial of Mr. Lightfoot was to take place,
was crowded by railway directors and others to hear the
charge to the grand jury.
Mr. Justice PATTESON, in proceeding to charge the
grand jury, commenced by observing, that he was aware
that the grand jury of the borough (Saturday being a
very busy day in Nottingham) were assembled on that
occasion at great personal inconvenience ; and he wished
therefore, at the commencement to say a few words in
explanation. When he appoicted the various commis-
sion-days at Warwick, Coventry, Leicester, and Derby,
the business at Nottingham was apparently so light that
he had every reason to suppose that the business of that
borough and county would conclude so early as to allow
him to finish and arrive at Lincoln at least at an early
hour on Wednesday. In consequence, however, of an
unfortunate occurrence on the railway, which happened
after these appointments were made, it appeared to him
(Mr. Justice Patteson) very :possible that it might be
necessary to commence at an early hour that day (Sa-
turday), in order that they might complete the business
of the assizes by the time fixed for their being holden
at Lincoln. It was under these circumstances that he
had convened them at the inconvenient time at which
they were then assembled. The calendar presented no
cas-es of difficulty with the exception of that to which
he had alluded. He would, therefore, not detain them
with any observations upon other cases, but would
direct their attention in a few words to that of the un-
fortunate accideut which happened on the neighbouring
railway. With respect to the charge against Robert
Lightfoot for the manslaughter of John Dean, he might
be allowed to say that that charge could not come
before them, as the violence took place in the county
of Nottingham, as also did the death of the deceased. In
that case, therefore, the borough grand jury had no
jurisdiction at all. The Learned Judge proceeded to
remark that it was to be regretted that the two inquests
had not been held within the same jurisdiction, as then
the cases would have been one and the same, and tried
before one court. He would . not say that the inquests
had not been properly held, but in the case of Mr. Dean
the, grand jury of the town had no jurisdiction.—(lt ap-
peared that in the case of Mr. Dean the deceased died cn
his way from Beeston to the. Nottingham Infirmary ;
but on his arrival at Nottingham the body was placed in
that part of the infirmary which is situated within the
borough. The trial of Mr. Lightfoot for the man.
slaughter of Mr. Dean was afterwards removed by cer-
tiorari into the County Court.) With respect to the
charge against Mr. Lightfoot and Mr. Raven, jointly for
the manslaughter of Mr. Bolestridge, the death took
place within the borough. In that case the indictment
might be preferred either in the county where the
violence took place, or in the town, where death ensued.
It was, therefore, extremely probable that in this case a
bill would be preferred before the grand jury for this
borough, and assuming that would be the case, be wished
to make a few observations. He (Mr. Justice Pattison)
had not seen the evidence given in this last case, but a
verdict of manslaughter lad, he perceived, been re-
turned by the coroner's jury against Jonathan Raven
and Robert Lightfoot. As he had before observed,
he had not had an opportunity of seeing the evidence
in that case, because the inquest had been held so re-
cently that it was almost impossible that he could have
had the depositions placed before him ; he had, how-
ever, read the evidence in the case of Mr. Dean, and, as
a matter of course, the unfortunate occurrence arising
out of the same circumstances, the evidence at the
second inquest must be principally the same as at the
first. Of course it would be so. Now, there was a great
deal of the evidence given before the coroner not admis-
sible as to the charge of manslaughter against any par-
ticular person, and some of it was not legal at all.
Other parts of the evidence were not at all applicable to
the case. He (Mr. Justice Patteson) did not say this
with a view to find fault with the coroner ; not at all.
The inquiry before a coroner's jury extended over a
much wider field than an inquiry before a court similar
to that in which they were then assembled. The in-
quiry before them was, whether a particular person had
been guilty of a particular crime' whereas the inquiry
before the coroner was how the body, then lying Before
him, came to its death. That being so, they would not
have brought before them the whole of the evidence
taken before the coroner. Now, the law upon the sub
jeet was perfectly clear, but the difficulty was how to
apply the lee to the facts. It was perfectly clear that no
man could be indicted for manslaughter for a mere mis-
take or error in judgment. If he acted to the best of
his judgment or ability, in the discharge of his duty, he
was not criminally responsible or liable for a mere mis-
take; but if, on the contrary, a. person placed in a situa-
tion of great responsibility, duty, and trust, conducted
himself with gross negligence and inattention, then, in
.case of death, he was unquestionably guilty of the crime
of manslaughter. Therefore, it was always difficult to
apply facts in such a case as the present. The law
was the same, whether applied to a man driving a
waggon or carriage on the highway, managing a vessel
on the seas, or conducting an engine on a railway ; if
he did not display due care and caution he was liable to
the charge of manslaughter. But if a person so em-
ployed got into a difficulty, and, however untoward the
result, if he acted to the best of his judgment, if be acted
as he thought best under the circumstances, however un.
fertianate ;his judgment might be, haves nos to .made
to sufferior his &An% It Ava*ver
say, after a disastrous occurrence had taken place, that
another course would have been better, but it was often-
times very hard to judge of a man by particular circum-
stances—by; events which happened afterwards. Per-
sons too often said, " But he should have acted so and
so ;" but let such persons place themselves in a case of
suden difficulty, and then say whether he was fairly
answerable for the:consequences which followed. Now,
the particular facts .of this case were very plain and
clear indeed. It seemed that Mr. Lightfoot was the sta-
tion-master at Nottingham, and that he had voluntarily
put himself in a situation in which he had no right to be
—that was, he went by a " down-train," the up train"
being blocked up by the overturn of a tender. His ob-
ject in thus going appeared to be to direct the engine-
driver to drive slowly and properly. He (Mr. Jus-
tice Patteson) thought .Mr. Lightfoot wrong, and
that he committed an error in leaving the Not-
tingham station at all, but. for that he was
not to be indicted for. manslaughter. It was clear that
when he went all was safe ; there was no mischief as to
that train, and it was plain and clear Mr. Lightfoot had
taken up the notion when he went up the line that the
tender would be shortly removed, the line speedily
cleared, and the next up -train from Nottingham proceed
upon its proper line. That was the 6pinion which he
appeared to strongly entertain, and upon which he most
unquestionably acted. Then they found Mr. Lightfoot
proceeding back to Nottingham on his proper line in the
front of the engine, himself in the most hazardous and
dangerous position about the engine. He was apparently
confident that when the train came up from Nottingham
it would be upon its proper line. It turned out, how-
ever, unfortunately otherwise. A collision unhappily
took place, and Mr. Lightfoot was committed upon a
charge of manslaughter. That being so, another death
ensued, and Mr. Raven, the station-master at Beeston,
was next committed by another coroner's jury for the
same °fence, but for what reason he (Mr. Justice Patte-
son) could not divine. Be supposed it was for not stop-
ping the train when at Beeston. It did appear to him
(Mr. Justice Patteson) that the charge of manslaughter
against Raven was perfectly preposterous. In the con-
sideration of this case no one seemed to him to have
sufficiently considered the rate at which the up. train was
coming from Nottingham, and the circumstance that no
person, in obedience to the Company's code of regula-
tions, had preceded it to see that the line was clear. It
was in evidence before the coroner, that the up-train
was going upon its wrong line at the rate of between
twenty and thirty miles an hour, while that upon which
Mr. Lightfoot was travelling was going slowly. Then,
again, as he had before intimated, no one, in obedience
to the Company's laws, had preceded the train. They
were told that a man was always understood to precede
a train 800 yards, when danger was apprehended ; but,
on this occasion, no person preceded it. Much had
been said about the Company not having sufficient force
for the proper and careful management of their business
at the Nottingham station. If that were the case, then,
most certainly such a fact was decidedly in favour of the
accused—blame rested upon a higher party. He (Mr.
Justice Patteson) did not ape that that charge was
made out against the Company, but if it were it could
not be used as au argument against, but rather in favour
of the prisoners. They would have all the evidence
before them, and say whether they thought such a case
was made out as would justify them in placing either
one or both of the accused upon their trial for the crime
of manslaughter ; whether they had been guilty of gross
and palpable negligence, or merely committed an error of
judginent.
At the conclusion of the charge, the Learned Judge
proceeded to the County-hall, and opened the commis-
sion of assize for the county. At twelve o'clock- he-
returned to the Borough Court, aad commenced the
trial of prisoners. There was not one case of the
slightest public interest.
During the afternoon public speculation was afloat as
to the probability or improbability of the borough
grand jury finding bills against Mr. Lightfoot and Mr.
Raven. The Judge having concluded the trial of pri-
soners at four o'clock, returned to Iris lodgings; but at
half-past seven o'clock Mr. Collinson, the clerk of the
arraigns, was summoned to the court to bear the decision.
of the grand jury.
The Foreman announced that they found no true bills
against Robert Lightfoot and Jonathan Raven for man-
slaughter. The result was generally expected.
On Monday another bill against Mr. Lightfoot for
the manslaughter of Mr. Dean will be presented to the
county grand Jury,.when it is thought there can be

little doubt a similar result will follow. It is not in-
tended to offer any evidence in support of the coroner's
inquisition.
In the case of Mr. Raven there was a singular instance
of speedy justice. His committal took place on Thurs-
day, the indictment, not less than two yards long, was
drawn by Mr. Lewis, the clerk of indictments, on Fri-
day, and it was ignored by the grand jury on Saturday.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT—Bury St. Edmund's, Dec. 13.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAM S.)
MURDER.—Mary Sherring, aged 51, pleaded " Not
guilty" to an indictment charging her with the murder
of John Sherring, by administering to him some arsenic
on the 30th of' July last.
Mr. Sanders and Mr. Power conducted the prosecu-
tion ; the prisoner was not defended by counsel.
From the evidence adduced in the progress of this
painful case, it appeared that the prisoner resided at the
village of Martlesharn, near Woodbridge, in this county,
with her husband, an honest, hardworking labourer, their
family consisting of a daughter, Elizabeth, aged 14, and
two boys resp'ectively 10 and 3 years ; besides these chil-
dren, however, this couple had two other daughters,
Matilda, who lived out at service in the neighbourhood,
and Caroline, who was also in service at Lowestoft. This
latter girl had fallen from the paths of virtue, inso-
much as that she had, about three years ago, given birth
to an illegitimate boy, who had been thrown on her
parents for support and protection. After that unfor-
tunate occurrence his mother again went out into the
world, but not with any very steadfast moral reformation,
for in the course of the last summer she again became
a mother, when she bore another son, whose untimely
death was the subject of the present inquiry. He also,
together with his frail mother, became an inmate of
the prisoner's roof about three weeks after Whitsuntide,
he being then only four or five weeks old. With this
serious addition to their already poverty-stricken esta-
blishment, the grandfather and grandmother had much
to do to provide for themselves and those who were thus
cast upon their hands. The grandfather, however, stea-
dily pursued his daily labour, while his wife and her
daughters endeavoured to help him as much as was
within their power. Soon after the deceased and his
mother came home, the prisoner was frequently heard
to complain of their situation, and of the fact that no
allowance had been made to her by the father of John.
In the course of a conversation with Mrs. Brett, a neigh-
bour, she said one day, about a fortnight before the
death of the child, that "If no allowance was made,
something must be done ; if they got no assistance, to
the union-house they must all go," appearing, at the
same time, to be in great distress of mind. In about a
week afterwards, at a time when the deceased was in
perfect health. she went to the village coffin-maker. and
said that "John Sherring was very bad, and that there
would soon be a job for a coffin ;" and on the evening of
Tuesday, the 30th of July, about eight o'clock, she
went hurriedly to Mrs. Brett, requesting her presence
and aid, as her daughter Caroline was at Woodbridge,
and" her child was overwhelmed with sickness." On
going into the cottage Mrs. Brett found the poor
thing lying in Elisabeth Sherring's lap, retching and
straining violently, his eyes ready to start from
their sockets, and his mouth covered with foam. In
the absence of anything else the neighbour suggested
an emetic, but the prisoner said, " No, that will do him
no good ; he will not be here many hours." "Dear me,"
said Mrs. Brett, " why, what have you been giving
him ?" when the prisoner answered, " Nothing but
pap." Soon after this conversation the mother came
home, when the prisoner repeated her assertion that she
had given the baby some pap ; and, his sufferings grow-
'ling more acute, the distracted parent went to bed with
it. No doctor was sent for, and in the night the sufferer
passed from this world as it had come into it—the inno-
cent victim and object of vice and passion. Oa the fol-
lowing day the order was given for the coffin, and the
body was in a few days consigned to the grave in the
burial ground of a chapel in the adjoining parish.
Although no indecent haste was observed in the funeral,
rumour soon began to busy herself about the cause of
the death, and one day the prisoner went angrily to Mrs.
Brett, and 'accusing her of talking about the child,
threatened to " make her jump for it" if she repeated
her scandal. In spite of this, however, the neighbours
still talked, and it being about that time ascertained
that the prisoner had bought sonic arsenic a fortnight
before the death, " to poison rats," as she said (when
she had received a solemn caution as to its use and
danger), it was determined brthe authorities that
the body should be exhumed, Sand subjected to chemi-
cal analysis. This important step was accordingly taken
about two months after the burial, and the stomach
arid its contents having been intrusted to Mr. Moore, a
skilful practitioner at Woodbridge,. that gentleman ap-
plied to them the approved most. modern tests, all
of which resulted in the production of arsenic, both in
its original metallic form and substance, and in a state of
solution with -the fluids in the stomach. Under this state
of things the accused was consigned to prison on this
grievous charge, in support of which, besides the facts
above stated, it was shown that she had actually regis-
tered the death of her grandson long before he died, and
just at the time she bought the arsenic, and had assigned
to the registrar the very causes of death— viz., " convul-
sions and retchings," which did afterwards mark his exit
from life. It also appeared that, when before the coroner,
the prisoner made a long statement, admitting that she
had bought the poison, but adding that she had used
some of it for the rats, and had thrown away the rest
into the dungheap. She also then denied having fed the
baby for more than a week before it was dead t - but to-
day, when called on for her defence, she varied her state-
ment as to the disposition of the arsenic, and evidently
endeavoured, to screen herself at the expense of her
daughters Elizabeth and Matilda, one of whom she said
had found, or shown her in a drawer, the paper in which
she had originally put away the arsenic in a shed, while
she insinuate(' that she had on one occasion missed about
one• third part of the poison soon after she had bought it.
It also further appeared that the child was quite well from
twelve to six o'clock in the evening of the 30th, when
his mother went to Woodbridge, leaving him in his
grandmother's care ; and Mr. Image, an eminent sur-
geon of this town, distinctly deposed that the effects of
arsenic on the child would of necessity develope them-
selves from 10 minutes to three hours after it had been
received in the stomach, and that it must have been ad-
ministed between 6 and 8 o'clock that night.
The Learned JUDGE, at the close of the evidence for
the prosecution, summed it all up most carefully and
luminously to the jury, who, having retired for about 20
minutes, returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then, in most solemn and
suitable terms, proceeded to pass sentence on the pri-
soner. In so doing he expressed his entire concurrence
in the finOing of the jury, and after having exhorted-herr
to Oluftyiabblholtireirinant'of her4regestt inefsenis;
tent and anxious preparation for that future one into
which she was so soon about to enter, pronounced sen-
tence of death upon her, without holding out to her the
most distant hope of mercy in this world.
The prisoner, who had preserved an unwonted degree
of composure and self-possession up to the last solemn
moment of her trial, received her awful doom with un-
disturbed serenity of feature, and as calmly descended
from the dock as though she had been an unconcerned
spectator of another's fate.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Liverpool, Dec. 13.
George Leone, a young man, aged 20, was placed at
the bar on a charge of the wilful murder of Jane Millen,
at Manchester, on the 14th of August last. He was
charged with doing it, in the first count, by inflicting a
wound on the forehead with an iron bar ; in the second,
by a blow on the back of the head ; in the third, by
strangulation ; and, in the fourth, by both means—those
of strangulation and the blows.
The case fur the prosecution having closed,
Mr. POLLOCK, in addressing the jury for the prisoner,
complained of the more than railway speed at which they
had travelled in the case ; and he would venture to ask
whether, if they had heard cases of murder tried, they
ever witnessed such haste—such rapidity—such more
than railway speed ?
The JUDGE—What do you mean, Sir—what do you
mean by rapidity ?
. Mr. Pou.ocx—l apply it, my Lord, to the way in
which my Learned Friends have examined the witnesses.
The JUDSE—I cannot allow such observations to be
made ; there has been ample time to take everything
down.
Mr. Poixoca said he was a very young man in the
profession, and he had too much respect for that profes-
sion to degrade it by any observation on the Court, to
which he was bound to pay every respect ' • but he was
determined to do his duty to his client, and he did com-
plain of the mode in which his Learned Friends had
conducted the case.

At the conclusion of his address the jury retired, and
after being out of Court a quarter of an hour, returned
and pronounced a verdict of Guilty.
His LORDSHIP proceeded to pass sentence as follows
—" Prisoner at the bar, the jury have been compelled,
by the evidence which has been laid before them, to find
you guilty, guilty of a foul, cruel, wicked, and I fear,
deliberate murder. To a man who has discovered such
an utter absence of all feeling, I am afraid that any ad-
monitions of mine would be useless. Lose no time in
applying to God, your maker and your judge, for that
mercy which my duty to the public forbids me to show
to you. The sentence of the Court upon you is, that
you be taken to the place from whence you came, and
from thence to the place of execution ; that there you
be hanged by the neck until you shall be dead, and that
your body be afterwards buried within the precincts of
the prison in which you shall be confined. And may
the Lord have inercy upon your soul !"
The prisoner bowed respectfully to the Bench, and
walked steadily from the dock.
Saturday, Dec. 14.
Richard Leach was indicted for arson in setting fire to
a steer of timber, the property
.of Thomas Graham, at
Little Bolton.

Mr. Hulton and Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecu-
tion. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Monk.
It appeared that the prisoner belonged to a sawyers'
union, and had several times, in the absence of Mr. Gra-
ham, forced his way into the yard, and endeavoured to
intimidate the men who were at work in the s.a,wpit. He
had also at various times held out threats of injury to
Mr. Graham. On the evening in question a person who
lived in the neighbourhood saw a sudden blaze of light
in the timber yard, and immediately after two men, who
got over the palings and ran away. One of them had
clogs. Within a few minutes the prisoner was seen in a
public-house near, in company with two other men. An
alarm of fire having been given, the parties belonging to
the yard succeeded in extinguishing it. Close to the
steer or click of wood in which the tire broke out were
found two ginger-beer bottles, which seemed to have
contained turpentine One was a good deal smaller than
the other, and they were of different colours. It ap-
peared that a very short time before the fire broke out
the prisoner went into a chemist's shop not far font the
yarc with two bottles of similar appearance and got a
gill of turpentine in each.
Mr. MONK addressed the jury for the defence.
His LORDSIIIP summed up, and the _jury, after some
consultation, found the prisoner Guilty.
To be transported fbr •
Moen years,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, DEC. 16.—Wind easterly,moderate breeze,
and cloudy.
DEAL, DEC. 14. —Wind S.E., mod. 15. S.E., ditto,
P.M. E.S.E., fresh.—Sld. Isabella, Watson, Port Ade-
laide; Pauline, Houghton, Mauritius; Emily, St. Helena.
COWES, DEC. 15.—Arrd. New York, Harding, Ma-
tanzas, and Key, West.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. A sia,Wood•
ward, Quebec ; Walrnsley, Loge, Sierra Leone. 15.
Bertha, Rio, for Hamburgh. It is and has been blowing
very strong from E. to E.S.E. the last forty-eight hours,
with rain and snow. Off. Charlotte, Valparaiso, for
Ilarnisurgh.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC 14.—Wind E. 15. E.N.E: to
E.S.E., blowing hard.—Arrd. Abel Tasman, Hoften,
Batavia, for Amsterdam; Fanny, Kuvil, Batavia, for
Rotterdam; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon.
DARTmotrni, DEc. 13.—Arrd. Alexandre, Billand,
New York, fur Havre. 14. Louisa, Menike; Richmond,
for Bremen; Ringrnahon Castle, Jersey, for Newcastle,
leaky, and with pumps choked.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind E., strong and squally.
—Arrd. Undaunted, Barber, Ichaboe, sailed Oct. 6, se-
cond mate washed overboard ; Paramatta, Bloomfield,
Pueta Arenea and Valparaiso. 13. Arrd. Euphrosyne,
Sierra Leone, for Havre. George Sutton, Dartmouth, for
St. John's, Newfoundland, bore up 2d inst., let. 48, lon.
40. Off, Orator, Tate, Ichaboe.

PoRTsMoUTH, DEc. 14.—A ship's mast, with top,
three yards, sails, and rigging, and a short pole royal
mast painted white, was fallen ig with this morning eight
or nine miles S.W. of the Ovvers.

PENZANCE, DEC. 14.—The Lock woods, Cookman, from
Quebec to Hull, arrived here yetterday, with loss of fore
and mainmast, bowsprit, cutwater, &c., having been in
contact, 3d inst , off the Lizard, with a barque, name un-
known ; she subsequently grounded outside, and became
water-logged in running for the pier.
11A.RWICII, DEC. 13.—Arrd. England's Queen, for
Newcastle, with stem stove, having been in contact with
the Sir Henry Parnell, of Dundee.
CORK, DEC. 11.—SId. Heywood, Coact of Africa. 12.
Arrd. Kingston, Thompson, Ichaboe. 13. Lord Ravens.
worth, Newholm, Valparaiso. 12. Put back, Hope-
well, for Ichaboe. 12. Off,Tandora, Cothay, Manilla.'
CROOKIIAVEN, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Alhambra, Thompson,
Ichaboe, for Liverpool; crew sick.
LIVERPOOL,
,DEC. 14 AND 15.—Wind S.E. and fresh.
15. Arrd. Princess Charlotte, Bombay ; Joshua Wad-
dington, Valparaiso ; Susannah Collings, Porto Cabello;
Hottinguer, New York ; Adelaide, St. John's, New
Brunswick. 14. Sld. Buenos Ayrean, Hong acing ;
Rienzi, Ichaboe •, Demerara :packet, Demerara ; Eng.
land, Hero of Sidon, and Margaret, New Orleans ; Sym-
metry, Mobile. 15. Margaret, Java ; Royalist and
Westmoreland, Ichaboe, &c. ; Thistle, New Orleans ;
Dauntless, Charleston.

CLYDE, DEc. 12.—Arrd. Bowling, Gurtles, Calcutta.
13. James Steward, Jamieson, Ichaboe ; Higlander,
Chisholm, Demerara. Sld. Benares, Trinidad.
OFF HOLYHEAD, DEC. 14.—Morice, Rollings, Ichaboe.
YOUGHAL, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Ellen, Burnett, Icha-
boe ; Tottenham, Evans, Quebec.
ICHADOE, OCT. B.—The brig Mona, of Dublin, parted
her chains, got in_contact, and lost her masts, and car-
ried away the other vessel's bowsprit.
GREENOCK, DEC. 14.—The Scotland, Cunningham,
which arrived in the Clyde 10th inst., from Calcutta,
took fire in the Bromielaw 12th inst., and was scuttled,
and sunk early the next morning; cargo nearly totally
destroyed and the vessel a wreck. The Amity, Menzies,
of Glasgow, for St. John's, New Brunswick, from
Ardrossan, is on shore in Carrigill Bay.
YOUORAL, DEC. 13.—The Ellen, Burnett, of Liver-
pool, from Ichiboe, fell over at her berth and is strained,
and leaks badly : she is discharging her cargo. The
Valentine. steamer, from Seville to Dublin, went ashore
this morning at the west entrance of this harbour, and
is expected to become a wreck; crew saved.
OFF ICRABOE, OCT. 6.—lllinerva, of Ayr, Pernam-
buco, Montrose. 13. The weather throughout the week
bas been very boisterous, strong gales at S.E , and a
heavy sea on the coast.

GALWAY, DEC. 11.—The Swedish brig Srea, from
New York to Amsterdam, went ashore near Theddall
and Banna this morning.
\VIVENHOE, DEC. 15. —A boat marked Morning Star,
of Scarborough, and inside, Win. Harrison, was picked
up yesterday between the Black Tail Beacon and the
Nore Light.
Coax, Dac. 13.—1 t came on blowing a gale yesterday
morning at S.S.E., and continues. The Brutus, 'for Li-
perpool, and the Haywood, for Africa, drove on the Bank
near the Spit Buoy. The shipping ride well.