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he would buy it in, and make Tompkins his foreman., The "
next morning Ashton and Cuff came together, and witness
then heard Cuff tell the officer not to obstruct the work, and
that Ashton was to have any thing that he wanted. The
plaintiff told witness to keep an account of the work done for
the good of the creditors, and he would pay him for it on the
following Saturday night. On another occasion he sent out
for drink for the bailiffs and the workmen. Ashton and
plaintiff used frequently to meet in the office. The sale was
to have been on the 14th of May [the removal took place on
the 13th] ; but about three o'clock on- the same afternoon,
the plaintiff told witness he had countermanded the sale.
About six o'clock the same evening Ashton directed witness
to carry the paper to Jones', in St. John's Market, with
the assistance of the errand lad. Some type was re-
moved the same evening to Ashton's house. The value
of the paper taken that night was £3O. Four reams
of stamps for the Liverpool Guardian were also taken, which
was worth about three or four pounds ; the stamps were
worth nothing. The removed was worth about £l2, in-
cluding the ca .es. The total value of the printing materials
would be about £26. Cuff paid one week's wages during the
execution, and Ashton another. Cuff and Tompkins were
friends. Witness went to Cuff to get the balance of his
wages, when Cuff said to him, he knew where the property
was which had been taken, and the police were after it.
Joseph Ronald, an apprentice to Tomkins, corroborated
the last witness as to the interference of the plaintiff and
Ashton whilst the execution was in the office.
Mr. Joseph Keane, manager for Mr. Trotter, auctioneer,
proved the countermand of the sale, which was fixed for the
14th by the plaintiff.
Cross-examined.—The sale was postponed at the suggestion
of witness, because the type was " set up," and it would not
sell well in that state.
This was the plaintiff's case ; and the jury said they would
not trouble Mr. Knowles for a reply. They returned a ver-
diet for the plaintiff—damages, £129.
The court adjourned at half-past six o'clock.

EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION.—In our last we stated
that Peter Pierce, who had been convicted at Mold for at-
tempts to poison his wife on Friday last, had committed
suicide on the following morning by hanging himself. The
day previous to that appointed for his execution, the convict
made a long confession of a most extraordinary nature, ad-
mitting that Ile was guilty of two attempts to poison his wife,
but denying the third attempt—that on the 17th July—for
which he was tried and convicted. He denied that it was in
consequence of his having an attachment to another girl that
had caused him to do it, but stated over and over again, that
it was the fear of not being able to earn a sufficiency to main-
tain his wife—that was the sole and only reason. He bad i
been promised work by a farmer n the neighbourhood, and
this promise not being kept, he determined to destroy his
wife, and had purchased the arsenic for that purpose, as
proved on the trial. The evidence given before the coroner
was of considerable length, all the witnesses, including the.
surgeon and chaplain to the gaol, being clearly of opinion,
that the deceased was of perfectly sound mind. On this the
jury returned a verdict of filo de se, and the coroner issued
his warrant for the burial of the body, according to the
statute.

)l)tppuig

TUESDAY, APRIL s.—Wind North

IMEMOINOTAIMI

ARRIVED.—Ocean Queen, Wilson, from Savannah.
SAlLED.—Higginson, Hogg, for Barbadoes—Portland, Robinson,
for St. John. N.B,—Ariel, Clements, for Newfoundland—lsabella
Dick. Walter, and Pursuit, Ruthmer, fot Stettin—Westbrook, Lin-
nington, for Port Philip and Sydney—Warre, Crompton, fur Africa
—Liverpool, Agry, for New York—Mersey, Hamilton, and Alex.
Wise, Coulthard, for Montreal—C.R.C., Huelin, for Bay Chaleur—
Lord Glenelg, Baikie, for Amsterdam and Archangel—Brigand,
M'Donald, for Honduras—Amalia, Albrecht, for Danzic—Superb.
Keitch, for Riga—Mersey. Gregory, for Oporto—and Eben Preble,
Hinkley, for New Orleans.

Ilindostan, Brown, hence at Bombay 12th Feb.
Chieftain, Payne, hence at ditto 24th
Lancaster, Jefferson, hence at ditto 27th
Corea, Kerr, and Cambridge, -, hence at ditto
Rachel, Scott, from London, at ditto
Mertoun, Kenn, sailed from Bombay 13th Feb. ; Clansman,
Spence, 19th; Alexander Grant, Thompson, 25th, and Clara and
Maria, -, all for this port •
Eleanor Lancaster, Cowley, sailed from Bombay for Calcutta
16th Feb. and Caledonia, Lawson, and Royal Saxon, Crawford,
23rd, and Christina, Birkett, 26th, for China
Parsee, Chivas, hence at Calcutta 18th Jan.
Coaxer, Ridley, hence at ditto 19th
Zoe, Holmes, hence at ditto 23rd
Gazelle, Ogg, hence at ditto 2nd Feb.
Ingleborough, Rea, hence at ditto sth
Francis Burn, Edington, hence at ditto 14th
Strabane, Cook, from Bombay, at ditto
Henry Hoyle. Griffiths, from Covelong, ditto
Wm. Turner, Roals. from Rangoon, at ditto
Diamond, Taylor, from Port Philip, at ditto
Frankland, Christie, and Inglewood, Kerr, sailed from Calcutta
22nd Jan. and Mary White, Wakeham, 2nd Feb. all for this port
Mary Sharp, Robson, from Calcutta, at Ceylon
Royal William, Smith, sailed from Ceylon for London 7th Jan.
Flowers of Ugie, Annand, from Mauritius, at Madras '
Cleveland, Morley, from Sincapore, &c. at ditto, and sailed 6th
Feb. for the Malabar Coast
Wild Irish Girl, Graham, sailed from Madras for London 3rd Feb.
and the Elizabeth, Mossop. 7th, for this port
Richmond Lass, Leask, from Algiers, at Constantinople
Sultana, Rogers, hence at Odessa
S. J. Stanta Anna, Saldanha, hence at St. Übes

City of Derry, Roberts, from China, at Deal
Blakely, Batina, from China, at ditto, sailed 12th Nov. On 6th
Dec. in the Straits of Sunda, spoke the Josephine, from Sincapore
to London
George, Hale, from Cephalonia, at Milford
Haberdine Hour, sailed from Figueira for this port 24th March
Sir Peregrine, Lipset, sailed from Oporto for this port 27th March

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6.-

-Wind North.

ADRlVED.—lgnarzo, Rizzo, from Palermo.
SAlLED.—Sterling, Saunders, for Savannah—Nautilus, Gibson,
for Rio Janeiro and Valparaiso—Princess Victoria, Gray, for Que-
bec—Jessamine, Jarvis, for Newfoundland—Robert Finnie, Bever-
ley, for Lima—Mischief, Campbell, and Nancy, Brown, for Lisbon
—Ashburton, Bulkely, and Victoria, Stromberg, for Hamburg—
Try, Howes, and Lucy, Wright, for Dordt—Undaunted, Hayman,
for Buenos Ayres—Josephine, Mattison, and Ohio, Lyons, for New
York—Thomas, Ashendorff, for Bremen—Morgiana, Duncan, for
Pernau—Speedy Packet, Bailhach, for Cadiz—Colombo, Eldridge,
for Boston—Mary Henney, Henney, for Narva—Vesta, Shearer,
for Bahia—Toivo, Swanbeck, for Elainore—Johnstone, Harrison,
for Calcutta—Claughane, Doyle, for Rouen, &c.—Jessie Greig,
Greig, for Stettin—Charleston, Harlow, for Canton—Portland,
Stalker, for Bombay—Superb, Houston, for Jamaica—and Cerere,
Isouard, tor Alexandria.

TRURSDAY, APRIL 7.—Wind Easterly Elul variable

TIDE TABLE

1 Mr n,

taLttt 3.

Rocket, Bishop, from Cape Coast Castle, at British Accra, and
sailed 6th Dec, for Gaboon
Margaret Pollock, from the Clyde, at Bombay
Token, Chalmers, from London, at ditto
Tweed, Dixon, from Sincapore, at ditto
Isabella, Gray, hence at Sincapore 3:st Dec.
Mary Bulmer, Gaskin, hence at ditto 10th Jan.
Isabella Robertson, Kelly, from China, at ditto, and sailed 26th
Jan. for Calcutta
City of Aberdeen, Munro, from Penang, at ditto
Charles Parker, sailed from Sincapore for this port, 12th Jan.
and Mary Imrie. Boyd, for Hong Kong, 16th
Robert Henderson, Haywood, sailed from Sincopore 22nd Dec.
and the Manilla. Bolton, 23rd, both for London
Marmion, Jellard, sailed from Sincapore 28th Dec. for Siam
Wallace, —, off Calicut, for Bombay
Coromandel, from China, at St. Helena
Latne, —, hence at Sydney, N.S.W. and was to sail for
Lima sth December
Gulnare, —, hence and Hobart Town, at ditto
Hero of Malown, from London, at ditto
Tam o'Shanter, sailed from Sydney, N.S.W. for Guam 10th Nov.
and Sarah Birkett, for Valparaiso 21st
Anna Liffey, Lyle, hence at Bermuda, short of provisions and
water, and sailed 13th March for New York
Henrietta, —, and Storm King, —, hence at Vera Cruz
Broad Oak, M'Coy. hence at Bahia
Tiber, Ramsey, hence at Beirut
Sophia, Giacobbe, hence at Palermo
'Earl of Errol, Wade, from Marsala, at ditto, and sailed 16th Feb.
for this port
Monarch, Hartnell, from Messina, at ditto, and sailed Ist March
for this port
Redbreast, Benn, from Naples, at ditto, and sailed Ist March for
this port
Shannon, Stephenson, hence at Trieste
Pet, Smith, and Agitator, Henry, sailed from Alexandria 6th
March, and Mary, Randall, 15th, all for this port
Youka, Medanich, sailed from Trieste for this port 25th March
Tom Tough, Williams, hence at Charente
Gerde, Aslaken, hence at Marseilles
Clarita, Allona, sailed from Bilboa for this port 27th March
Ann, Softly, and guard, Theobald. hence at Brouwershaven
Eleonore, Cathinzer, hence at Flushing
Huntington, Wilson; Equity, Jardin, and David, Garry, hence
at Helvoet
Edouard, Brandhoff, hence at Swinemunde
Kate & Jane. Brown, hence at the Texel
Scotland, for New York, is on shore near Egremout
Watkins. from the Mauritius to this port, was spoken 17th March,
in lat. 34, long: 32
Barbara. from the Mauritius to this port, was spoken 29th March,
in lat. 47, long. 15—short manned, and captain not on board
Majestic, from Bombay to this port, was spoken 11th Jan. in
lat. 26 S, long. 56 E

SAILRD.—John Cocks, Cross, for Buenos Ayres—Fenella, Self,
for Sincapore, &c.—Henry, Smith, for Africa—Gannet, Nicol, for
Barbadoes—Margaret Marshall, Boyce, for Newfoundland—Cali-
fornia, Ould, for Halifax—Rockshire, Duggan ; Prince-of Wales,
Wilson, and Mary Muir, Payne, for-Montreal—Jessie Miller, Crow-
der, for Halifax—Scotland, Robinson, for New York—Wave,
,Mearns, for Pernau—Helen, —, for Vera Cruz—Echo, Renfers,
for Illeaborg—lEtna, Davies, for Genoa—Maria, Hult, for Hambro
—Adeona, Jamouneau, for Gibraltar—Catherine, Coffey, for Ma-
deira, &c.—Victoria, Bemister, for Newfoundland—Britannia,
Oliver, for Restigoucke—Ruby, Crocker, for Arichat—Brilliant,
Brown, for Almeira—Mary Sommerville, Pearson, for Calcutta--
Mary, Turner, for Rio Grande—Antelope, Griffiths, for Prince
Edward Island—and George. Thompson, for New Orleans.

Bangalore, Smith, was chartered by a house in Cairo, to load a
cargo of wheat at Suez for Mauritius, at 44 iOs per ton, and
would sail in all March
Euphrates, Wilson. from Calcutta, at China
Canopus, Titherington, ditto ditto
Gondolier, Oliver, sailed from China for Cly 4 15th Dec.
Esther, Sharpe, sailed from Diamond Harbottr for London 16th
February

Charles Eyes, Moss, and DarbV, Lee, sailed from Ceylon for
Liverpool sth February
Ann, Martin, sailed from St. Helena for Liverpool sth February
Albatross, -, hence and Dublin, at Sydney
Teviot, (steamer) from Falmouth, at Barbadoes
Mary Elleu, Joy, and Carnerton, Cockbin, hence at Barbadoes
Eliza, Lowry, hence at Mogadoze
Firefly, Holland, sailed from Messina 14th March, and Dean,
M ottatt, 19th, both for Liverpool
Lord Redesdale, Bailey, hence at Syra
Active, Williams, sailed from Barcelona for Liverpool 20th March
Caledonia, Ritchie, sailed from Port Mahon for Liverpool 26th
February
Celina, Benson, hence at Kouen
James Gibson, Smart, from Mauritius, at Waterford for Liver-
pool, with loss of sails
Providence, Baker, from Lisbon, at St. Mawe's for Liverpool,
with loss of foretopmast
Scotland, Robinson, for New York, that was on shore near
Egremont, came off this morning's tide, without apparent damage,
and proceeded.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL
APRIL. Hov
ii , Robert AVLachlan, (proof and div.( Clarendon Rooms, 1
13, Thomas Peake Pearson
14, John Senior . Ditto, 2
15, Gardiner Boggs, (2nd) .. Court of Bankruptcy, London, 11
15, Peter M'Ardle, (proof and div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1
15, Daniel Antrobus, (2nd) Ditto,
15, John Critchley, (2nd)
15, William Slater, (2nd) Ditto,
16, John Shand, (proof) Ditto, 1
16, Elizabeth Linstead, (Ist) Ditto, 1

Height.l Sundays, Helydays, 5-C

U. U. R. M. I P. i•
Friday .. 8 g 57 10 13 14 7
Saturday g 10 30 10 46 15 9
Sunday.. 10 11 2 11 16 16 8 2nd Sunday after Easter
Monday. 11 11 31 11 46 17 3 [New Moon 10h 18r
Tuesday .12 o 1 17 8
Wednes .13 017 033 17 6 Saturn rises 111. 51m. nn
Thursdayl4 051 1 8 17 1 Jupiter rises 2h. 11n.

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SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 5,
The show of Cattle was again small, and of Sheep by no means
large. The quality of both was only middling, but, as there were
many buyers, the market was rather dearer, of Beef especially.
All the Cattle were sold, and but few Sheep left at the close of the.
,wft-1 d, prime Mutton
market. Best Beef 6id to 7d, middling 6d to
7d, and'Ewes and clipped Sheep 6d to bid per lb.

MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HIDE, SKIN, AND
TALLOW MARKET, APRIL 5.
The price of heavy Hides has declined, and all above SOlbs.
per lb., under 601 b. 125 each. Large skins. (117slrand Yorkshire)
Is to 6s 6d; Cheviots and half-bred 4s to Is; Scotch 2s 6d to 3s 6d.
Tallow 5s per stone of 141bs.