The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

MURDER AT MANCHESTER

James Waddington and Ann Waddington, (his wife,) were
indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Hardy, by means of
adminiFtering to her arsenic, on the 23d of April last.
Mr. Monk, along with Mr. S owler, conducted the case for
the prosecution, and Mr. Pollock defended the prisoners.
Mr. MoNK gave a full detail of the circumstances of the
case, which, at the time of the occurrence, were published at
considerable length in the newspapers. The prisoners are
man and wife, living at Manchester, and the deceased was the
illegitimate daughter of the female prisoner. On the 23d of
April, the deceased went to a fair, and on thefollowing morning
she was found lying dead by her bedside. On a post modern
examination being made, so many as 120 grains of arsenic were
found. On the clay following the death of the deceased, the
male prisoner went to a burial society, of which the deceased
was a member, and procured £7, to which she was entitled.

The prisoners were subsequently apprehended on the charge of
murder. The following evidence will be sufficient to put the
reader in possession of all the necessary facts :--
Thomas Waddington. a son of the prisoners, said he went to
dinner at one o'clock the day before his sister Mary died. He
and his bro

er, who was eight years of age. dined together,
and had potato pie for dinner. As he was returning to his tea
he met his father, mother, and brother going to the fair. At
seven o'clock his mother brought his tea to the shop, a thing
which she had never done before. At that time she said
nothing about his sister being ill. He went home at ten
o'clock. The next morning he was sent to request his sister to
get up. He found her on the floor. He told his mother, and
then she went into the room. They kept sugar, treacle, Bir.,
in the cupboard, and he had frequently seen Mary tasting
things there.

By the JUDGE.—He had never talked to his parents since
they had been taken into custody.
Dr. H. Brown, lecturer on medicine, was for iwo years
lecturer on medical jurisprudence, and physician to one of
the hospitals in Manchester, stated, that he had upon several
occasions attended the female prisoner professionally. On the
23rd of April be was called to the house at a quarter past seven
o'clock in the morning. He saw the body of the deceased
in a sitting posture. The forehead rested on the hand, the
elbow of which was placed on the edge of the bed. The fore-
head was dark. The lips were livid, the teeth closed, and the
tongue slightly protruding. The body was warm, except the
'emale
that

lie finger nails were blue

deceased, therday before, had liaTi.oiii-i;:p1-,;foi dinner, and
bread and butter for her tea. He asked whether she had eaten
anything else, and the prisoner replied that she had been eat-
ing nuts. She said the deceased had been sick two or three
times, and some of the contents discharged she still had. He
examined these and found them to contain a sediment of mucus
and vomited matter. She objected to empty some of the
matter in ' . .

_ order that he might taAe it fioMe with him ;
but her husband coming in told her to use a brown bowl
for the purpose. He (the witness) went home for a bot-
tle, and when he returned all appeared to be in the same order
as when lie left. The female prisoner said, "This is an awful
job," and witness replied, " Yes; and we must let the coroner
know ;" and the male prisoner said, "Yes ; we must becleared."
He found nothing in the pockets of the deceased. The vomited
matter was almost all mucus. When he reached home, he no-
Siced at the bottom of the bottle two spots, which consisted al-
most entirely of arsenic. He used two tests, and these were
conclusive that there was arsenic. On the following day he
made a post modem examination. The condition of the body
was one of health—stout and robust. The jaw was locked. The
stomach was much inflamed. It contained a pint of reddish
fluid, like blood and water- There was white coagula, and
mixed with this a white powder. On some portion of
the mucus membrane there was the powder alone. On
one place, about the size of a pea, the membrane was
entirely gone. The stomach was varied in colour,—one-third
being purple, denoting ,txtravarated blood, and the rest a scarlet,
denoting arterial blood. There were sixty grains of arceneous
mixed with organic matter, probab' ,!or

coagulm, judging
from the appearanceiof the analysis. He had not the slightest
doubt that arsenic was the cause of death. He had examined
some powders brought to him by Inspector Neaves. There
were ten or eleven of them,—none contained arsenic. The
officer also brought to him a dirty wet handkerchief, which

containen arsenic mixed with organic matter, as if a person
who had taken arsenic had used it. He examined a coffee-pot,
containing dregs of coffee: there was no arsenic. On the 10th
of May the inspector brought witness a mug, smeared with
arsenic. He (witness) had never told the prisoner of what dis-
ease the girl had died. In the afternoon of the 24th of April
the female prisoner came to ask him whether he had found
anyt-

ling in the matter he took away with him in the bottle.

He refused to tell her ; and on the following day she
again called and said no arsenic would be found in her house;
she had hail some, but had thrown it away ten days ago, and she
stated that this arsenic her former landlord had given to her
to destroy bugs. She said, as she was cleaning the cupboard,
meeting with the arsenic, she threw it into the fire. Previously

'o this he had said nothing to her about arsenic. The prisoner
told her that her daughter was aware that she had the arsenic,
but that she did not know where it was. The arsenic found in
the stomach was not mixed with chalk or lime.
In cross-examination by Mr. POLLOCK, Dr. Brown stated
that the female prisoner had not evinced any disinclination to
to show him the contents emitted from the stomach of the
deceased. Nothing appeared to have been disturbed during the
time he was absent to fetch the bottle. There were at least 120
grains of arsenic in the stomach. There was also arsenic in
the liver. From two to four grains of arsenic were sufficient
to produce death. He should consider that the arsenic had
been taken within six hours previously to death. Arsenic
could only be kept mixed with- tea or coffee by continual
stirring. The state of the kidneys and bladder indicated that
arsenic might have been taken 'some days previously; Arse-
nic got to the liver through the medium of the blood. The
deceased, if conscious at the time, must have known that she
was taking a gritty substance.

John SkirrOw, a lamp-lighter, (that being the calling of the
prisoner,) deposed that on the 23rd of April, at seven o'clock in
the morning, he met the prisoner at the Town-hall, and the
prisoner asked him when he would call for a waistcoat, which
he (witness) was going to buy from him. The prisoner said
he did not want his wife to know anything about it, and in the
morning, after extinguishing their lamps, they would call at
his house, when:she was in bed, and he would give the waistcoat
to him. They did so call. The prisoner lighted a candle and
went up stairs. Witness heard his wife say: "They have been
at the fair, and when they came back, we found the girl lying
on her belly, between the two rooms, and she had been vomit-
ing. She said she had exnmined the sediment, and challenged
the girl with having taken something. The deceased denied
having taken anything except nuts. The prisoner told the
girl that she had been taking something which she ought not,
for that she had some arsenic in the house, which she obtained
from Mr. Appleby, her landlord, for the purpose of killing hugs.
She had wrapped the arsenic up in a paper, and placed it on a
ledge under the stairs, but no one knew anything about it but
the girl and herself. Just as she was speaking the male priso-
ner came down stairs. lie said " What art thou talking about
this arsenic for; thou knows very well there's no arsenic bere."
He then came oat with an oath. and said " Hold thy blab."
The female prisoner repled, "Thou knows it is so, Jem. and its
of no use of thee eating thy own words." Witness said he then
took his waistcoai and went away.

In cross-examination the witness said, that during the whole
of this conversation the prisoner was in an upper room, and he
only knew it was she from her voice. He further stated that
the prisoner said her (laughter should have gone to a situation
that day, and she had taken something to make herself ill to
prevent her t!oing so. At nine o'clock he saw the prisoner at
the Town-hall office. He (the prisoner) knew that the name of
the landlord was Appleby. The male prisoner had been eleven
years in the service of the Manchester corportion, at .e 1 per
week. On - the morning of the 24th of April the prisoner got
him (witness) to write a letter inviting his son to the funeral of
the girl.
Samuel Lee, another lamplighter, stated that about a fort.
night previous to the death of the deceased, he met the male
prisoner, and asked him whether Mary had got work yet ; and
he (the prisoner) said, "No, but I'll very soon get quit of her."
On the following morning he again met the prisoner, who
asked him what .£7 would do for a funeral. He (witness) said
it would do a mere nothing, for he himself had buried a little
girl, and it had cost more. He again. saw the male prisoner
one morning in the fair-week. The prisoner said Mary had
been out all Monday night; that she bad been at the door, but
he would not let her in. About nine o'clock on the following
morning he again met the prisoner, who renewed the conver-
sation about Mary, and again asked what .e 7 would do for a
funeral, when he (witness) replied as on the former occasion.
On the Thursday morning following he heard of the girl's
death. On the previous night the male prisoner told him that
be had been to the fair ; that he had left home at five o'clock,
and had returned at seven. lie saw the prisoner again at ten
o'clock on the Thursday, and he (the prisoner) then told him
that Mary was dead, and that he supposed she had died of
apoplexy. On the evening of Thursday witness was at the
prisoner's house, and went up stairs with him to see the dead
body. Witness placed his hand upon the face, and said, " She
does not look like a corpse, nor feel like one." Witness also
said, " She has taken something"; and the prisoner replied,
" Oh, tLe b-!" Witness, on hearing these words, immedi-
ately went down stairs. _ _

Edward Martin, also a lamplighter, deposed that he had
spoken to the male prisoner at nine o'clock on the morning
that the deceased died. The prisoner told him that Mary was
dead. Witness asked him the cause, and the prisoner replied
that he supposed it was a fit. Witness asked him if he thought
she had taken anything she ought not to have done. He said
nothing but nuts. The prisoner told him that Dr. Brown said
it was an apoplectic fit. He again saw the prisoner at a beer-
house, and he told him that he had been to the coroner, with a
note from Dr. Brown, and that an inquest would be held. The
landlady observed that she should have felt sorry even if her
child had died a natural death. The prisoner replied he should
not mind if she had not had poison. A man came to the door
with hats, and the prisoner spoke to him about cleaning a hat
for him. Witness said he had never seen him wear it but once
or twice, and the prisoner replied, " I was looking at it but
yesterday." Witness said, " What caused you to look at it
then," and the prisoner became confused. At length he re-
plied, "To see what state it was in." About three months
before the death the prisoner said to him, " I wish she was
dead or out of the way." _ _ _

To his Lordship—l had first asked him if she had not taken
poison. - -

- Bernard Riley stated that he had heard a man named Spen-
cer ask who the young woman lie had seen go into a privy near
to his house was, and the prisoner answered that it was Mary,
who had been to the fair, and on her return home late he would
not allow her to come into the house, and she had gone into the
privy. On the Wednesday night he had heard the prisoner tell
some men that Mary was dead. _

Mary Penny said—She knew the deceased very well. De-
ceased went by the name of Mary Waddington. On the Wed-
nesday evening in the fair week witness saw the deceased look-
ing through the window, and witness remarked that she was
looking very well and lusty. She heard of ber death on the
following morning. _

Mary .terniheaa gave evidenee to the same effect. Immedi-
ately after hearing of Mary's death she saw the male prisoner
go into Wilson's beer-house, and shortly return to his own
house. He again came out, and went in the direction of Dr.
Brown's. The female prisoner then came out carrying a cham-
ber utensil beneath her apron, the contents of which she emp,
tied into a privy. rr. Brown shortly came to the house of the
prisoners. The witness had lived next door to the prisoners 13
months prior to the death of the deceased. The walls were
thin and she could bear all that passed.—Mr. Monk was about
to ask relative to certain conversations which she had heard.
Mr. POLLOCK objected.
After an argument the learned Judge overruled the objection.
The witness said at the time alluded to,the male prisoner was in
the habit, on coming home at night, of swearing at his daughter
for not having got anything to do. The deceased would reply,
"No father, I have not." The prisoner would then run up
stairs saying, " Damn your eyes, I have worked long enough
' for you • I will kill you.' After the prisoner had gone up stairs
witness heard noises as if a barrel was rolling down stairs, and
then there would be screams. This would occur perhaps three
or four times a week when Mary was at home. After these
noises Mary had come to witness' house, to be let in ; but she
(witness) had refused, in consequence of having been threatened
by the female prisoner. Witness remembered Mary working
at a factory before the prisoner lift to go and live in another
house. Witness had heard the female prisoner tell the de-
, to go aw"v on a Saturday night, and never to let he,

ceasea -..ay
(the prisoner) see her face again, as her father and she lived
like cat and dog on her account. Witness had heard both
prisoners say many a time that they wished Mary was dead.
In cross-examination the witness said that the male prisoner
had charged her brother about twelve months ago with having
stolen lime.
Betty Cunningham stated that her husband kept a beerbouse.
The deceased had lived with her as a servant, for six weeks. On
the Monday the girl was found dead the male prisoner called
upon her and said Mary had been found dead. Witness went to
the prisoners' house,where she saw the deceased. The female
prisoner was in the room, and she asked why the girl looked so
black:on the face and hands, for she looked as if she had been
knocked against the wall. The prisoner said that was impos-
sible, as she had been wrapped up in the bed-clothes. The
prisoner said Doctor Brown had been there and had said he
thought the girl had died of apoplexy. On going down stairs
the female prisoner said that she and her husband bad been at
the fair on the Wednesday, and when they came home they
found Mary lying on two chairs, vomiting. The prisoner said
that about rive o'clock on Thursday morning, Mary came and
wished to come to bed to.her. The girl pat her arms round
her (the mother's) waist, but her hands were so cold that she
(the prisoner) told her to take them away, and go to her own
bed. When the deceased was going out of the room she turned
back three times—first, for some tea ; next, to request her (the
prisoner) to ask her father when he returned home to bring her
a drink of water; and the third was to ask •for a blanket
for her own bed. Deceased left witness' service about a
fortnight before her death. Witness told her father that
Mary had been telling tales Out of the house, and that would
not do. It was for this she discharged the deceased. When
witness told the male prisoner that she had discharged his
daughter; he said he would break almost every bone in her

body. The deceased was a remarkably healthy girl, a person of
steady habits. and cheerful in her disposition.
William Jackson, coachman to Mr. Williamson, surgeon, of
Bloomsbury. His master's stable was next to the house of pri-
soners. He recollected the time of Mary Waddington's
death ; he saw Mrs. Waddington and her daughter at his house.
The female prisoner showed him a white powder, and said—
" Look, Mr. Jackson, here is arsenic;" there was about a table
spoonful of it. Witness recollected being at the house on Wed-
nesday in the fair week ; Mary was making a dress for herself.
She then appeared in perfect health.
Betty Smedley, the keeper of a beer-house, stated, that she
remembered the Wednesday in the fair week. About a fort-
night before that Mrs. Waddington was at her house. She (wit-
ness) was washing some bedsteads. The female prisoner asked
her what she was doing, and witness replied that she would
fill every crevice with arsenic and soft soap, and the female
prisoner said—" I've plenty at home; I'll give thee some."
The prisoner then said, that her landlord had sent her albs. of
it to put in some colouring, when they were colouring the house
down. The deceased subsequently brought her some arsenic,
which she (witness) mixed with soft soap, and applied it to the
bedsteads. She slid, on the day of telling her, that she had
arsenic, and that Mary had put her finger into it and tasted it.
Cross-examined.—The female prisoner said when the de-
ceased tasted the arsenic it only made her mouth sore. The
girl was with the prisoner at the time she said she had arsenic.
Francis Appleby, the landlord of the house in which the pri-
soners lived, stated that he bad never given the prisoner any
arsenic, neither had she asked for any. She had remarked to
him that she and her husband did not live comfortably on ac-
count of the girl leaving her places. Witness told the prisoner
that he thought she did not treat her so well as the others of
the family. Before the coroner, the prisoner asked witness
did he not recollect giving her arsenic, and be told her that he
did not.
Francis Johnson, collector of the Chorlton-upon-Medlock
Friendly Burial Society--The two prisoners and deceased were
members of the society. The deceased had been a member
sixteen years, and was entitled to seven pounds. The prisoner
on applying for the money said his daughter was dead, and he
(witness) remarked that was very curious, as be had never
heard of her being poorly. The prisoner said she had died sud- '
denly in the night, but on finding her he went for Dr. Brown
who attributed death to apoplexy. In about a quarter of an
hour after this witness went to the house of the prisoners,
where he saw the female prisoner. She skid, alluding to the
death of Mary, that it was a bad job. Witness acquainted the
secretary with the death, and the money was paid.
To his Lordship.—The application for the money was not
made with unusual haste.
Samuel Hill, secretary to the Burial Society, proved the pay-
ment of the .t'7 to the female prisoner.
To his Lordship, —The female prisoner did not appear to be
particularly distressed at the loss of her child.
John Neaves, a Manchester police-inspector, stated that on
Friday morning, the 25th of April, he went to the house of the
prisoners, and found them there, He told the male prisoner
that Mr. Beswick, the chief superintendent of police, wanted
to speak:with him. The pri.oner said, " What does he want
me for ?" His wife remarked, "It's about Mary, go with hint.
This is a bad job, poor thing : she was well and hearty last
night, and dead this morning. When we found she was
dead, we sent for Dr. Brown, and lie says she died of an
apoplectic fit." On the following Sunday witness went with
Mr. Beswick to the house. Mr. Beswick left the prisoners in
charge of the witness, whilst he (witness) made inquiries in
the neighbourhood. During Mr. Beswick's absence, the male
prisoner said, " I know nothing of administering, or anything
of any arsenic." Mr. Beswick had told the charge, but Ilan
not spoken of arsenic. The female prisoner said, "I know
that our Jem is innocent, but people will talk." The prisoners
were taken to the police-station. Witness received from Betty
Smedley a pot, 'containing soft soap and arsenic, which he
took to Dr. Brown.

Mr. Beswick was next examined. He first heard of the death
of Mary Waddington on the 25th of April. He sent for the
prisoners, and told them that there were various reports rela-
tive to the death of their daughter, and he should make in-
quiries into the matter. He then cautioned the prisoners not
to say anything to criminate themselves, as it might afterwards
be given in evidence against them. The female prisoner then
said, " I and my husband went together to the fair, and on
returning, about seven o'clock, my husband went to light his
lamps, without tea ; I went with Thomas's tea to Mr. Bisse's ;
Marycomplained of being sick, and she went to bed ; I returned
in about ten minutes and Mary was calling for some water; I
took her some tea, and at eight o'clock she called for more
water and a candle. About half-past nine o'clock my husband
came home, and shortly afterwards we went to bed; I looked
into Mary's bed-room as I passed, at 20 minutes to .3 o'clock ;
on the following morning my husband was called up to light
• the lamps, and after he was gone Mary came into my bed. She
lay with me t.ome time without speaking. She put her arms
around me. I told her that her father would be coming down, and
she had better go to her own bed. She said thosenuts have made
me very thirsty. I (the femaleprisoner) gotup about fiVe o'clock,.
and found Mary lying on the floor. I put my hand upon her, and
she was very cold. I called my husband and we found that she.
was dead. He went for Dr. Brown, who stated that she had
died of apoplexy. I (witness) asked her if she had any poison
in the house, and she said she had not, but that about two years
ago she had taken a house from Mr. Appleby, which required'
to be cleaned down, and that she had received some arsenic
from him ; that she had used a part of it and put the rest in the
cupboard; but that en the Friday previous she was cleaning
down the house, and meeting with the arsenic she threw it into
the fire. I asked her if her daughter knew where the arsenic
was kept, and she said she did not, but that she
knew she had some. The male prisoner stated he had been
at the fair with his wife, and when they returned they found
Mary lying on the floor. She appeared to be sick, and had an
apron to her mouth. I (the male prisoner) went to light the
lamps, and returned shortly after nine o'clock, At two o'clock
on the following morning I was called up to extinguish the
lamps, and I returned with Skerrow to give him a waistcoat.
At seven, my wife called Thomas, and requested him to tell
Mary to get up and make a fire, and the boy came back and
stated that she was dead on the floor. We then both went into
the room together. I went for Dr. Brown." On the
following Sunday I (the witness) searched the house. In the
interim there had been a coroner's inquest, and Mrs. Wad=
dington was a witness. I. found several articles in the house,
which I sent to Dr. Brown. The prisoners were subsequently
re-arrested. The male prisoner said he was innocent, and the
wife that she would rather be hanging from the window than be
suspected. . _ _

Patrick Steward, the coroner% officer at Manchester, deposed
to having called at the house of the prisoner, by direction of the
coroner. He asked Mrs. Waddington what time the deceased
had died, and she said between six and seven o'clock. He
asked if she had been ill before, and she replied that she had
not. She had been at the fair and returned between six and
seven o'clock, and she found her lying on the floor, with her
apron beneath her head. He asked the female prisoner whe-
ther there was any arsenic in the house, and she said there was
not.

Dr. Brown and Mr. Remick were recalled. Dr. Brown said
he had remonstrated with the girl about leaving her places.
Mr. Beswick said he liberated the prisoners after recognising a
letter from Dr. Brown.
This closed the case for the prosecution. _ _

Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the defence, at very
great length. His argument was, that the evidence was alto-
gether insufficient to show that the poison of which the de-
ceased had died had been administered to her by either one or
other of the prisoners, and that the whole of the conduct of
the prisoners after the death of the deceased, so far from
evincing a desire to cover their guilt, was to court inquiry, and to
furnish the means which must inevitably lead to their condem-
nation and punishment.
At the conclusion of Mr. Pollock's address, his LORDSHIP
adjourned the court to nine o'clock this (Tuesday) morning.
Accommodations were ordered for the jury at the Angel
Hotel. where they will be kept under the charge of the she-
riff% officers.
We shall give the result in a second edition.

MST PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY

(After the disposal of some Nisi Prius business, Mr. Justice

WILLIAMS beard Crown cases.)
MANSLAUGHTER.

John Noble was indicted for the manslaughter of John Mac-
Donald, on the 16th May last, in Atherton-street. It appeared
from the statement of Mr. Rushton, who conducted the pro-
secution, and the evidence in support, that on the day named,
the prisoner went to the house of the deceased,who Had married
his mother, and whilst some eggs were in preparation for dinner
a family squabble ensued and blows were exchanged, when the
prisoner suddenly drew from under his coat an iron weapon or
bar and struck the deceased with it on the head, who
instantly fell bathed in blood. The prisoner afterwards
went into South John-street, and meeting a policeman,
requested him to take deceased into custody for assault •
ing him, which he declined to do, not having wit-
nessed the assault. He was subsequently called in to see
the deceased, and instructed to take the prisoner into custody,
which he did. The deceased was conveyed to the Southern
Hospital, where, after remaining two or three weeks, he left at
his.own request. Mr. Wall, the surgeon, stated that the de-
ceased had sustained a compound fracture of the skull, extend-
ing 2a inches in length, which was inflicted by a blunt instru-
ment. He had made a post mortem examination of the body,
and the only cause of death was the wound on the head.
The Learned JUDGE summed up with great minuteness and
impartiality, and the jury, after a few minutes' consultation,
found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred.

MANSLAUGHTER ON BOARD A SHIP.
Joseph Rider, the second mate of the American ship Guy
Mannering, was indicted for the manslaughter of Alfred Os-
borne Gibbs, a boy on board that vessel.
Mr. JAMES conducted the prosecution. He said that it had
been neceesary on the 2d August last, when the vessel was in
port, to lower the toretopsail yard, and that in performing that
proceeding it became necessary that the halyards should be
slackened. Word was sent down for the purpose, and what
followed would be detailed in the evidence.

Bruce M`Kinney said : I am chief mate of the Guy Mannerirw.
She reached this port from New York on the 31st July, and the
following day went into Bramley-Moore Dock. I remember
the evening of the 2d August last. On that evening I sent de-
ceased and other hands to furl the foretopsail. After they had
been up some time heard the 3d mate call out. The prisoner was
standing on the larboard gangway. The third mate called out
to slack the foretop sail halyard. A man named John Murray
was at that time going up the fore rigging i I told him to slack
the halyards, and to be careful how he,did it. It required care
in letting down the halyard. Several men were upon the yard.
If they were let go suddenly they would come down quickly.
The prisoner said, "I'll slack the halyards for them—God
d—n them." Told the prisoner not to touch the halyards.
The prisoner then went round for the purpose. I heard them
say almost the next instant, " look out for yourselves, for the
mate has got hold of the halyards." I heard the yard come
down by the run. Saw a man fall down into the dock, and also
fall heavily on the deck. The prisoner was rather the worse
for liquor at the time. I went forward to where the boy lay,
and found him insensible. The prisoner then came forward,
and was about to take hold of the boy, when I requested him
•to desist. The prisoner had no business to touch the halyards,
and I had ordered him not to interfere.

By the Prisoner.—lt was not your place to lower the hal-
yards. I think it perfectly safe to send hands on the topsail
yard when it was hoisted up within five yards of the masthead.
If the chains of the yard had given way by being strained it
would have fallen down.

John Murray.—Was(;ne of the seamen on board of the Guy
Mannering. The chief mate desired roe to lower the foretop-
sail halyards down. Took hold of the halyards for the purpose.
At that time the prisoner was coming forward, and he took
hold of the coil which he lifted on deck, and the halyard was
ready for running.
By the Prisoner.—lt is quite possible in a ship so large as the
Guy Mannering to slacken the halyards in the easy manner
described.

The third mate of the vessel deposed that he was aloft. This
witness corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses.
Mr. Wm. Eddowes, the house-surgeon of the Northern Hos-
pital, stated that the deceased was in a dying state when'ad-
mitted, and that he died within an hour afterwards, of the
inj2ries he had received.

The leiiinedsityncis having summed up, the jury found the
prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred.

-,,,-.
GRAND JURY ROOM, YESTERDAY

(Before Mr. Bias., Q.C.)
Thotnag Rigby was indicted for the manslaughter of Robert
Anscoff, at Wigan. The facts are as follow:—On the night of
the Ist August last, the deceased went to the house where his
wife lived. but she would not let him in as he was in liquoi.
She desired him t, go away, and, upon his refusal, requested
the prisoner to forcibly remove and thrash him, which he did,
but so viole.itly as to cause his death on the following night.
The jury 'found the prisoner guilty, and he was se►,tenced to
eighteen irmths' impri• onment.

-Richard Roberts was ndicted for the Manslaughter of Ellen
Galvin on the night of the 13th July last. Air. Milward
appeared for the prose( ution, and Mr. Atkinson for the defence.
It appeared that, on the evening in question, a row took

EN ORDER OF THE MORTGAGE.
WIR. ROXBURGH will SELL by AUCTION, on
MONDAY next, the Ist day of September, at Six o'clock
in the Evening, at Gough's Woodside Hotel, Birkenhead, sub-
ject to conditions to be then produced, all Piece of LAND,
situate, lying, and being on the no - est side of William-
street and in breadth at the bac erally 30 feet, and running
in depth on the north-east a south west sides severally 30
feet 7 inches, or thereabo ; together with the Tiro DWELL-
ING-HOUSES there° rected, and numbered, respectively, 28
and 29; now in th ccupation of J. Cumming and William
Price, at an annu rental of .£23 Bs. The Tenure is Freehold
of Inheritance.

For'further particulars apply to the Broker, 1, North John-
stieet.

AT R. SYERS will SELL by AUCTION, TO-MOR-
ROW, the 27th instant, at Seven o'clock-in-the Even-
ing, at the house of Mrs. Lobley, GregsWs Well, Brunswick-
road, subject to conditions to b ifen produced, all that
MESSUAGE or DWELLIN USF. situate and being
No. 36, Bedford-terrace, o e east side of the road leading
from Low-hill to Evert , and at present in the occupation of
the owner, Mr. Tho Hendrick.
The Tenure la• opyhold of Inheritance. The House is
fitted up wityevery. modern convenience, and in an excellent
state of repair, and immediate possession may be had.
For particulars apply to Mr. T. S. SMITH, Solicitor, Corte's-
buildings, Preeson's-row, Liverpool.

TO GROCERS, FLOUR-DEALERS, AND IsAKERS.
MR. J. B. MACLEAN will SELL by AUCTION,
To MORROW (Wednesday), the 27th instant, at Eleven
o'clock precisely, on the Premises, No. 355,Pecv Scotland-road,
for the benefit of the creditors, the wholeof the STOCK-IN-
TRADE, FURNITURE, &c., comp • *Pg Flour, Cheese, Bacon,
and Hams; Sugar, Tea, Coffee dies,. Soap, starch, spices;
Scales • and Weights, Japann anisters, Show Glasses, &c.,
&c. ; tbiether with the Go ill and Fixtures, in. well fitted-up
Shelving and Drawers ; o Utensils in the Bakehouse.
The FURNITURE prises Eight-day Clock, in Mahogany
Case, Mahogany ardrobe, Sofa, covered In Hair Seating,
Easy Chair, Be eads and Curtains, Feather Beds, Mahogany
Chairs, Carpets, Fire-irons, Dressing-glasses, &c., &c. ; and
various articles of domestic utility.
The whole may be viewed on the Morning of Sale, and fur-
ther particulars known on application to the AUCTIONEER,
138, Scotland-road.

SALE OF PAINTINGS BY MODERN ARTISTS.
MESSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS
I, WSW
SELI by AUCTION, on THURSDAY nexl, the ?St et,
at Twelve o'clock precisely, at their newG lety, Church-sty; .
A valuable Collection of PAINTI by
high Ply-esteemed
they
will of the Modern Britisl. 00l of Art ; amongst th
will be found desirable speci sof the Works of several Bolt;
Academicans and Assoc' a, namely, of the former, Et
Maclise' Uwins, Red ye, F. R. Lee, &c. ;of the lutter,,th
Danby,W. E. Fro , .F. Poole, W. P. Frith, Pickersgil),,ti,
others, by W. 11 Iler, J. Holland, D. Cox, J. B. P-trne, the
&c.,Knell, Earle. the whole of which are guaranteedar be ""
genuine productlonaof the Artists named.
Catalogues are now ready, and the Collection will be 01)
for inspection To- aroartow (Wednesday), the 27th instant-

BY ORDER OP THE MORTGAGEES.
MESSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS Will
SELL by AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th (lag.i
September, at Two o'clock inn the Afternoon, at the Ciaren
rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, subject to such conditwo
as will he then and there produced, valuable FREEHOLD an
LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, in Percy street, Parliament-stree
Myrtle-street, and Finch-street, in the following or such eV'
Lots as may be agreed upon at the time of sale :
PERCY-STREET.
o
Lot I.—All that Piece of LAND, on the west side of .err,ro,
street, with the DWELLINGLHOUSE thereon, known as tbe
1, in the occupation of Mr. Robert H. Taylor, bounded on 00
south by Huskisson-street, on the east by Percy-street, and 2;
the west by a back street, containing in front to Percy.stree,m,t
feet 8 inches, to Huskisson-street 1/2 feet, at ie back 28,nie
11 inches, and on the west 116 feet 4 inc , and in the W."
374 square yards, or thereabouts.
erse);
Lot 2. All that Piece of LAND the west side of P
street, with the DWELLING- SE thereon, "
known as .bf
2, in the occupation of Mr. J n Al`Fie•rbounded on the ea.dt
Percy-street, on the sout y Lot 3, on the west by a b
street, and on the nort y street, and containing ab",,tir
160'square yards.
Lot 3.—A1l tha wee of LAND, one the west side of per§.,,,
street, with th WELLING-HOUSE thereon, known as the
4, in the occ ation of Mr. Andrew Batligate, bounded on the
east by Percy-street, on the west by a back street, and on
north by Lot 2, and containing about 160'square yards.
Lot, 4.—A1l that Piece of LAND, on the west side of Peg
street, with the DWELLING-HOUSE thereon, known a' tbe
10, in the occupation of Mr. Thomas bounded on
east by Percy-street, and on the west side by a back street ,_l`
yards wide, containing in front to Percy,street 22 feet 6 inC;r5,
on
at the back 22 feet 9 inches, on the north 68 feet 10 inches, and or
the south 64 feet 4 inches, and in the whole 166-square yards,
thereabouts,

The above four Lots are Leasehold under the Corporation °I
Liverpool, for a term of 75 years, from 16tb0ttober, 1830* ids
Lot 5.—A1l that triangular Piece of LANI 4 on the east so
of Percy-street, with the-DWELLING-HOUSE thereon, lined
as No. 3, in the occupation of Mr. W. D. MiAndrew, bound
on the east by Percy-street, on the north by a street seisi'e`t,
yards wide, containing in front to Percy-street 40 feet 10 _
on the north 90 feet 6 inches, and on the south 80 feet 10 inches'
and in the whole 183 square yards.
The above Lot is Leasehold under the Corporation of Liver'
pool, for a term of 75 years, from the Ist of June, 1833. ero
All the above Houses are most substantially built, and 0.
a good opportunity for investment.
MYRTLE-STREET.
Lot 6.—A1l that Piece of LAND, ou the south side of 31Yreo,
street, with the DWELLING-HOUSE thereon, known as 'ilia
4, in the occupation of Mr. Robert Topping, bounded on g
north by Myrtle-street, on the west by Back Mulberry-street"
on the east by Lot 7, and on the south by a passage three
wide, and containing 162 square yards, or thereabouts.
~tle•
Lot 7.—A1l that Piece of LAND, on the south side of Marro.
street, with the DWELLING-HOUSE thereon, known as
6, in the occupation of Mrs. Mary Smith, bounded on the In $
by Myrtle-street, on the west by Lot 6, and on the-south via
passage three feet wide, and containing 162 square yards
thereabouts.
These Lots are Leasehold under the Corporation of LiverPool'
for a term of 75 years, commencing sth September, 1829.
FINCH-STREET.
'
Lot B.—All that Piece of LAND, on the north side of .01,ch0,
street, with the DWELLING-HOUSE thereon, known as No.
57, bounded on the south by Finch-street, and on the north
a common passage, .and containing in front to Finch-street first
the south severally 18 feet 1 inch, and on the east and iffre
sides severally 77 feet 2 inches, and in the whole 155 squat
yards.
This Lot is Leasehold under the Corporation of Liver9o6
for a term of 75 years, commencing sth December, 1828.
PARLIAMENT-STREET. lis'
Lot 9.—A1l that Piece of LAND, on the south side of Pa' „(t
ment-street, with theDWELLING-HOUSES, COTTAGES, .
other BUILDINGS thereon, now in the several occupatjon'od
R. Day, B. Maddox, J. Galgan, A. Orr, T. Hirne, J. Gain, and,
W. Rose, containing in front to Parliament-street 58'reety40.
on the east side 144,feet 2 inches, and has a frontage to 'el
„el
llama-place of 81 feet 9 inches, and to Back Parliament-str'e.
of 37 feet, and contains in the whole 700 square yards or the'
abouts.
Lot 10.—All that Piece of LAND, on the south side of pileliament-street, with. the DWELLING-HOUSES and o.`b
..a.
BUILDINGS thereon, fronting Parliament-street, in the
nations of Henry Clowes and John Warren, and W.:1;0
COTTAGES at the back, in the occupations of M. Fagan,,-.J.vief
Jones, W. Fielding, H. Lawler, J. Atkinson, and A. ii:jeet
containing on the north, in front to Parliament-street, 70:, 76
11 inches, at the back, in front to Back Parliament-strett $
feet 9 inches, and on the east and west sides severally 60 f';re-
inches, and contains in the whole 516 square yards, or th
abouts.

These two Lots are Freehold.
Mess-
For further particulars apply, as to all the Lots, to ~-tie
LACE, R►GGE, and RoscoE, Solicitors, Union-court, tAno 9
street. at whose Office Plans may be seen ; and, as to Vol
and 10, to ➢i-. LEACHER, Solicitor, Clarendon•rooms,
John-street.

BY• ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, of
qiwo DWELLING-HOUSES, on the west side 89
Bedford-street, Toxteth-park, numbered respectivelYnr
and 90; Four DWELLING-HOUSES, at the back, forms $S
court or place, called Jane court; Two DWELLING-BOL'? ;;i1
fronting Robert-street, Toxteth-park numbered 52 and a', till
a YARD and SHIPPON adjoining, No. 54, Robert-street, bet
be SOLD by. AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, the 3d SePterfles,
next, at Six o'Clock in the Evening, at Mr.--Robert Boof!t to
the King's Arms Inn, 19, Stanhope-street, Liverpool, subr.,ed
snch conditions of sale and in s inots as may be then al-
on.
The above Premises severally occupied by John Z oea
Pinder, Stephen Ba , John Whitfield, Peter Itimnier,
others, at an.ann rental of .elO4 14s. 2d.
The Tenur the whole is Freehold of Inheritance. 't.or,
For further particulars apply to Mr. M. J. HORE,
27, Lower Castle-street, Liverpool, where a Pima the Pr
sea may be seen.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGES.
MIL WALKER will SELL by A,UCTI01"000
THURSDAY, the 4th September next, at One o'cloteeto
the afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-stbefe
Liverpool, subject to the conditions to be then and ,
produced, sa
All that Piece of LAND, with the Four Stin.f.--P8
DWELLING-HOUSES thereon erected; situate-"oll,t,nrierge
u
side of Netherfield-road North, (at the foOlof St. afOre,;
bill,) Evert." containing in front to" Netherfield-roau
said 60 feet, and runt.ing in den,tbrbackwards on the now'
south s:des severaly 58 feet_Ptliches. ciOg
The Tenure is Lelaeh for a term of 800 years, COTlOieno,,
in 1846, and is subje o a Ground Rent of per alli,,j wji
The above Pr es are situate in an improving nel a Be'
hood, and 1 o respectable Tenants, and produces
Annual Renal of £ll5. li° So -toff
For further particulars apply to. Mr. DALY,
Compton-chambers, Bassnett-street.

10
°
CASH AD VANCED.—FROM.XI to dpi
at all tirues ready to be advanced on Furniture, cots*
Paintings, Cloths, Valuables, Carriages, Gigs, Vans, XC;,
Waggons, Tools, Farming Implements, Horses, C°We'fect,
and, in fact, every other description of moveahle.tori,,,,o r
Wines and Spirits, and Merchandise in bond, Stocks-10cl 1,
and General Merchandise of every descriptidn, mien vseco;1t
sale or warehoused for periods of time, or otherwise.
,sc"ess 0•
tions for Debt, Warrants for Rent, and every other Pruscli4
Law, paid off fcr parties so situated, on terms most
tageous, by the undersigned Broker, , to
,
OFFICE, 54, HANOVER-STREET. ~008 a
The strictest secresy observed, as no person is a'.e '
transact or look over the accounts respecting this 10—
undersigned's business.
r o.• • .
Cash advanced to any amount through„ the broke ~.ausiggaC
description of moveable Property and-Merchandise, Pa
from any part of the world, either-by Private Sale s' of
ev •
Auction. fact, JO
Furniture, Plate, Pfaiiipa,‘&c., &c., and, in ,(1,111,,c..
other description of m eable Property, wareliaits'uses,,?ol
and separate Rooms arebouses, Vaults, Coach-hoost cal or,
well provided wi ocks and fastenings, in the rrithose
and responsib anner for safety or otherwise, for ts, or er,
are removi ,or who may consign from various pa Every
until re ms, and every accommodation given•_, rsignecifire
son's property put in care of the broker, as 1111'1%01e
considered by him as sacred, and the greatest P° Or
for
taken of them.
premises
baryeptrliieea
private
tmostreaetyx,teansswiveell and
as best asau3cPti°ll; °‘
imksingdom. public os.
faancTßYillorotnamttill for hire for sales of property on advantarier:e,4OrtiOice.
and are most centrally situated, and well worthy isoti„,
The undersigned broker has also special aKenotEaggoatr,
missioners in London, in north, south, east, aria bio,
also in America, New York, Jersey, PhiladelPhiaP Coaitoirntlo
Carolina, West Indies Bermuda, Jamaica, Ikc• ; ei
of Europe, Boulog_.ne, Paris,. Cologne, and otherw‘ keroMod
transacting of business and information. Tma lets oat I
consulted at all times upon general businessc,T_,,ed giv,
proceedings, his information having been .le_`_able
birth in active general business, &C., therefor, fessui
asonFudunerndr.ipttriarcetaicnadl
naldlymicoeveaanbdleapidropinerhtyisboguegnhertaal too
to
any amount.

J. HILL, .rs /4„0.0
AUCTIONEER AND APPB„,
LOAN AND INVESTMENT GENERAL

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