The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-04-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SENTENCES.—Jonathan Barber, for the manslaugl?Ler of his wife, at Chorlton-on-Medlock : six months' inif prisonment, with hard labour.—William Christy, ;°' manslaughter : 18 months' imprisonment, with hard bour.—James Myerscough, for the manslaughter of father-in-law : 18 months' imprisonment.--Lawresct Kennah, for wounding with intent to do bodily harm 15 years' transportation.—Edward Riley and James Riley' for a street robbery : ten years' transportation each." Simeon Lord, for forging a cheque : 15 years' till/Isparta' tion.—James Ward, for forging a request for The deliver! of goods : 12 months' imprisonment.—John Witleock' for larceny : three months' imprisonment.-- Geofge Hampson, for perjury : 12 months' imprisonment, wit' hard labour.  " November 29, 1852. " My last was dated from Moonlight Creek, or, as I persist in calling it, "Moonshine Gully." We have been most signally unsuccessful there; our loss not including time, which here is worth at the lowest valtation 10s. per diem) amounting to upwards of £l5O ; we are rapidly, however, making up the loss, and, no doubt, will soon be proportionately fortunate. Our post-office managers have not, as yet, allowed me the happiness of receiving any letters by the Great Britain, or any other vessels • the former arrived about three weeks ago, and her mails are not yet assorted, without they have accomplished the Herculean task to-day. You will understand from this that 1 have not heard from you yet, and,. to say the truth, am beginning to be very anxious and very angry with all post-office authorities. " New diggings have broken out at Mount Korough Krong, about 150 miles from Melbourne, and from here, 150 miles in the interior, whither I purpose transporting myself as soon as the reports are confirmed. If Liverpool papers deign to notice us little ones at the Antipodes, you will most probably get a faint idea of the state of things here ;—the government incapable, minus energy, the confidence of the people must either change or vanish. The other day they attempted to put on an extra 2s. 6d. per ounce on gold ; the miners very coolly told his excellency that if the said duty were levied, one man fully armed, provisioned for fourteen days, out of each party, would leave the diggings for Melbourne, for the express purpose of knocking the said city about his ears. Of course, after that, the bill stands ordered to be read again some six months hence. The London Times may sneer at the " vagabonds" of Mount Alexander, of which I happen to be one ; but I tell the Times that England cannot plant a physical force in Victoria sufficient to control us. A troop of " lobsters," arrived about a month ago, have deserted for the diggings,, or, as the diggers eloquently term it, have " sloped,' and the " sloping" of the rest is momentarily expected ; every soldier and sailor setting foot on this colony becomes at once a digger ; now this will show a rather queer state of things when taken into consideration with the hourly murders, robberies, and libertinism. " The infant colony is now grown up, and longs to act like a man. God forgive the British government if, through any of their supineness, bloodshed and ruin desolate our gold fields. Without a good stand is soon made