The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

„ , t,~~ . ;,~ INg. 21, 1840. Loral ftrlus. c f_ushman sailed o n S a t ur d a y, i n the steamer Cale , yes t s u e r i Americ a . a lu br oil arrived in the r i ver f rom one of the Irish ports %r e , • gilt seventeen casks of peat as a portio.n of her We le lie oeia „arnth a t a northern branch of the House Owners' is JobeLiturs Is contemplated, to establish which a meeting ueld this evening. pe Griffith, tere lts i twelve years of age, residing with his Io th e D i u i lsad-street, Toxteth-park, on Thursday went ry-311 to bathe, was swept out of his depth t,i,de, and was drowned. trial a jnaton and R o b ert Sh annon were com mitted for Pbb ed the sessions on Saturday, charged with having °Pite f i ei. , Man named Henry Connington of £44 in O n ". a ndaY week Mr. Crum ler, of Lytchett, was L a , ,as p 1 knock e d LU e lel, he was attacked by a ferocious bull, which kee n ,. ,Uon down and killed him, after mangling and On uis body in a dreadful manner. t4dj or e . du esday, the Mayor entertained the judges, .the oeep 3', the high sheriff, Mr. Page Wood, M,P., Vice tce, Vie ' of the Duchy, William Brown, Esq., t e: , to dinner at the Town-hall. r2le.r et c, Health Committee meeting on Thursday a sin -414114 Ler was read from Mr. D. Forber, Mitchell-place, 4 04 eet East, complaining of the unnatural and un- F P ractice of watering the streets. aear ri daY last, a . newly-born female child was found Derby„De wall, Mill-street. It was taken to the W est . Nkifvorkhouse, where it died on Tuesday.—Verdict, ~eteu_Treer against some person unknown. l i ttle/ 18 ; 1 1 1 aq at Knowsley has received considerable ad be is week, nearly a hundred beasts and birds hay 4ae i -e n added to the already magnificent collection. ka,,rtaPortation is from the East Indies, by the Anne Messrs. Locketts. all the IM MIGRATION.—Captain Denham has been here s ender week registering steam vessels carrying deck pas tle-e s between Ireland and Liverpool, in obedience to tee r e ," orders of the Board of Trade. The effect of the tteAolllations may be estimated from the fact that screw ke n e ts, which carried previously 245 deck passengers, wo.yr restricted to 46. i l ha 4 t T ,,, L a it s s t'ouT . .---On Friday, the phenomenon of a water tete.ea, seen in the river Mersey. A dense dark cloud . ;he ',!ed nearly opposite to the battery, and, on touching I , l oiv a b le e r i '„teok the shape of an immense funnel, the water %ar eting up furiously. For a mom ent it was sta tilagar•Y 11 1 then began to move up the river towards the disp er , t !les, but soon changed its course, and descended, did Tug in a shower opposite to Bootle. ' l4 fles daY morning last, the wife of Hugh M`Farlane ippe°llhe steps f a door in Great Howird-street. It Ilear,u, that the n poor woman, on the morning in ques ted eg c k lie„,,,., u her husband who was going to the docks, 14 1, edi him for some money in order to procure some •eiv e e v l ue, as she felt very unwell. The unfeeling man, Net s r, refused to give her any, and a short time after liteeasel she deceased was seized w ith cholera, of which Ii ue died. 11 01 1 - a 1 , 1 u .,_e.. - -On Friday, Mary Wilson, a young woman, east been a tempora ry servant at 21, Gerard-street, kareo heead in her bed, about seven o'clock. On 4‘v ln e g t pockets, two smll bottles were found, each cetite le , - ,,,`',a_d evidently conta i ned . a pennyworth of lau ll° cir which, it was ascertained, she had purchased from a e „ l . l .ggists' shops in the neighbourhood. Her father t 'llke it tY . e r , and it is supposed that his neglect towards his 'llsto rate r had so far preyed upon the mind of the un "ung woman, as to cause her to commit the 1. 4 4 1' t $- E ,'T__ION OF THE POLICE. —. A . conversation took the r e 'Lie Health Committee meeting on Thursday as to taisePorts which ought to be furnished by the police to () ,Tugh Engineer of the footwalks out of repair, t 'thlke. It was 'stated that there was great neglect ktte,-je matters , and a resolution was passed, drawing the s ,hai , I°ll -f the ' Watch Committee to the subject. The 7st r tf i ' e ari stated, as a proof of the e inattention of the police, pr e t, was place in a public patt of the tow . n, ' r esen t - "ave been reported, and it had remained in its N it state for twelve months. The place was known, of thewas,.allowed to remain, in order to test the vigilance Ilk Douce. 4 rna„'s D ROWNED.—On Sunday morning, the body of the' WaS brou ht to the dead-house, where it no . w th t 4 a e g e oroner s inquest. The body was picked up in 40 a• t z „ ek Channel by Wm. Pritchard and Wm. Gee, two r b e e L I I PlYing at the Prince's Pier. Deceased appears l ' el eigh - t a . u °,,,t thirty-five years of . age 5 feet 8 inches in °th t Were a black shooting coat, black . vest, brown !ileeiLruusers, and black cloth boots. In his pocket was 4 alf p ;',,et purse containing one shilling and three pence %crib grlY, a knife , a steel pen and holder, a cork screw, 7°,4Q and a map , —Another body remains at the dead- ACi e 'f,, r 2l l 3ht there on Sunday morning from the ship • '" Wolf," lying in the river. The man was found L T berth. 4 1 ,,, 4 EVE50N • S TREET MURDFRS.—The trial of Wilson ,tt e ,,Z, for Thurs day next. Since our last it has been u eotO t ued that Mr. 3ose h Pollock, of Manchester, the 11 0a - n e r of theßevWilli p am Pollock, of this town, under vninistry the' deceased lady sat, will defend the !ad "„ er • During the week Dr. Formby, Dr. Macrorie, ris o ," e veral other medical gentlemen,. heve visited the ` e fere er In Kirkdale Gaol. Their visit, it is supposed, has l' i sob a - 1 , 4 0e to th e fact that the plea of insanity will, in all I ° , s e tC,, u ltY, be set up on the trial. The strongest grounds X - as sumption of mental disease would be, of course, the e R„ - is c essive violence that marked the murders. From 'etlev7seeuent cunning and calmness shown, there is but . siteePaelihood, however, that the point of insanity, if P A Z will be for a moment entertained. uel ." 4 9 1 tAm A g THE MISSISSIPPI. Mr. Banvard's ; u1 Picture ° is already attracting the interest it de- Yue le e The whole of the scenery is most imposing, and 1 ° ,44i - f a nner in which it is depicted on canvas reflects great li tre On On the artist—the whole of the views being, we be triost correctly drawn. The spectators have before altte t i l le less than three throusand miles of the most ro eet.'e country in the world, and, during the entertain- L akr e "„°l witnessing this extraordinary production, they b et f 'ue Pleasure of being enlivened by listening to a num t'ese(): ur iginal and well-told anecdotes, illustrative of the to erlPtive parts of the picture. The voyage is supposed Ise e :"PY three days and three nights, and the artist in blosfets a number of moonlight scenes, which contrast effectively with those of the sunlight. ti ,ati lt e c i ta ,:rnE-Royee.—The Hungarian vocalists have con e,'YeekVo give their admirable performances during the s'e; ",t, we are sorry to say, to excessively bad audiences. cast e e VY do not know what has become of the musical tesPo n ° _,` the Liverpoel people if even such appeals are not ;eartaeO to. It is enough to discourage any faint- I tet.Y f ' manager from any further exertions, and we are ',eaf e rtlinate that a man like Mr. Copeland is at the qta t Of theatrical affairs, else the probability would be 1,2 t11 houses would be closed within a short time. e_ 'N I "Pe that the season has drawn many people out of l llor e ' and that by-and-bye the house will fill again, and Idust en couragement ell oouragement will be given to the artists, who ' 4l (ly b e c ome indifferent as to their acting, i f there is no aypplaud them or to stir them up. L , ai ti ,":, -DOLTON PLACARD.—This mystery is now ex rkael;,' Mr. Ur uhart avows that he is the author of the e ns and that q his justification has reference to the fact ,"Yas ee -e is the owner of property in Bolton. Mr. Earle 1 44 misled when he asserted that the placa rd . 'sre - b a ,,ld ‘ for Y ba town councillor, and that 1500 copies an y d that 500 of these were sent to Liver tet Mr. Heato r ec ei v e d in a letter on Wednesday, .to t 0 ee :—" I from you an order to print e i B of a placard, and after forwarding eight copies e 11 0• 3 - ,, s t gentlemen, the remainder were posted in this :se e arhood, and not one other copy has been printed a ll• on'ee• The manuscript of same is still in my pos e,' otie'. a ,ad may be seen, if required. The entry in my elted th ° uook may also be seen, if required ; and as I re- Payment for the job at the time, it never was D %t k re el to my ledger." b t evii, TI FYING RZSENTATION.— On Tuesday night, o litne e ll t s to the P lecture at the Collegiate Institution, a D e sed. re of Mr. Muncaster's friends assembled in the li u eu, for the purpose of presenting him with a eteoli°l himself, p a i n ted in excellent style by Mr. Wit- Zstee e The picture is to bang in the board-room. ePerable Archdeacon Brooks addressed Mr. Mun r„S,fOrrrin very appropr i a t e an d f ee li ng terms, alluding to ) I rteib e e t Position o f a respectable tradesman, and. t fe,.. 3 4,, ti is virlt with an honourable c.ompetency„theeofesuoi ref et ed Il tr and attention , in that situ . a n tio o n t li ng Of Muneaster s exereions ph ldi the in tituos ° I the country, and in promoting the interests telp , vv est ablishments—especially the Collegiate I nstitu- T l Y eete at i Fls had for their object the advancement of in. reL.,,,linprovernent on the basis of religious principle. V' Me' re rid gentleman made some other remarks, . and Ile aSter who was quite overcome by his feelings, d,ged the gift. th e ste t 01 ' TIIE TowN.—At the Health Committee eb was Thursday the Medical Officer reported that f tr ?ler 4 . s again an increase in the number of deaths from li t a th a Paring the week there had been 412 deaths wi t atal disorder, being an increase of 44 as corn the the the previous week. The total number of deaths r ° l agli for the week was 666, being an increase of Iti j a had general mortality. 156 of the dea m cho- Nd r ee ) . '43,e,Surted in Scotland and yauxhall Wards; 12 in Vf e ,.'og tet' e u Abercromby Wards ; and 62 in Toxteth-park. t t.‘ 99, 122. Za s e re ap _ past four days the cases of ch olera . repotted t 154, and 151, making 526 agues e e u, s tee zh t.',s the same days of the previous week. The t o ';'s• of t e i 4 . o eineer reported the death of Mr. Wrake, . Kir i; l ett e he a U,e north district, from cholera. The Chairman t o ,er, w t i tieY of the services of the deceased, and read a ba r s le " etated that the son had also fallen a victim z)nßjaaltehpsease, after a few . hours illness, both being Oyg L same grave at one time. itta t i 's to —sl PßlTneeene.—Mr. Barry Sullivan con e, eti e „ go. through a course of characters, and in most atatl a 3 f /M l' signal success; if be only takes care to i n h• mannerisms, he will be sure to attain that Ivipreolew scareer which he is struggling to reach. The d o / try to Macready Macready leaves a place vacant which many th e so with fill, but it is the question whether any one will t °ll ght e q u al Power and honour. Mr. Sullivan is on lre.eeted 0 read towards it. The company which is now I t ell 4, 1 , 1 , t h e boards of this theatre is certainly the best 011 "..,e_en seen in Liverpool for years, and everything !iv ai dea ls ci Te Part of the management to satisfy the most th satands of the public. The philanthropic fes -4141,1eY Pa e ir i l ark ilas given birth to a ballet, called the ett ee e rep ea 2_', which was produced during last week, and ~ee of 4 ,teo every evening during this week in conse frespitai, ,`,ue great success attending it. The scenery te pa 'une nt iePresenting a view of the great tent, the re ateel a visit B ce., and the whole performance will well eiketltand it' different incidents, even to the balloon eo m e `..! l create the t hunder -storm, are depicted in a manner e ee tiltie. . A .. 5 bursts of laughter and merriment every ItlaZ.,!'es Pearson, who has arranged this little piece, !y et tu bers of Pram°, besides being one of the most able r Wirt pe e th trusted u to tro, him.d bestowing equal care upon an BIRKENHEAD.—The Marquis of Lansdowne, on his return from Dublin, paid a visit to this place on the 13th instant, and expressed himself pleased at the progress of the works. House property is filling fast, There are not thirti ' houses to let of a rental from £3O to £ 6O per ztnn 4a and building has again commenced of this class ; and ch is the demand, that several are let ere the roof Is on, and offers made for others just commenced: The market tolls have risen from £7 to £23 per week, and the quarter's rental is estimated to be upwards £23,000 in excess of last year, the assessment being £93,939. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. — On Thursday morning the Birkenhead (Corporation Ferry) boat Fanny, one of the swiftest vessels on the river, left the Cheshire side at eight o'clock. It being flood tide, she ran along the Cheshire side. When between Monks' Ferry and Woodside, she came up and ran into a shrimping boat under sail. The small craft was at once capsized, floated down under the paddle-wheels, and the two poor fellows who were on board met with a watery grave. We under stand that there were only three hands on board the Fanny, the captain, mate, and stoker being on shore. At the time the accident occurred there was on deck only the man at the wheel and another sailor forward. As the en gineer, in the absence of the stoker, had gone down to trim the fire, and was below when the collision took place, there was no one on deck to stop the engine. The turn of the Fanny to leave Birkenhead was not till half an hour later, but as the other boat was not ready, the Fanny was despatched short handed. The unfortunate men are named Edward Wilson, sen. and Edward Wilson, jun., grandfather and grandson ; they resided at No. 15, Ed- mund-street, in this town. THE Assn ES.—THE CAUSE LIST.—The progress made with the cause list has been more rapid than usual. The whole of the first list, with the exception of Wainwright v. Dyson (adjourned to the end of the assizes), has been gone through, and only 28 causes remain for trial in the second list. Amongst these, however, are 12 special jury causes. Some of these are, we believe, of considerable importance and interest, Beard v. Sweetnzan, is an im portant patent cause, in which Professor Brande and other scientific men of eminence are subpcened to give evidence. Turner and others v. The Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, we believe, involves questions of considerable interest to commercial men. Isherwood v. Ridgway is an important cause bearing upon . the question of the responsibilities attaching to attorneys and solicitors. Hattersleu v. The East Lancashire Company is an issue out of the - Court of Chancery, resulting from the late proceedings in that court, which we have already reported. The last-named cause, in which Sir Frederick Thessiger is retained, is the only special jury cause the time of trial of which has yet been fixed. It will be taken next Friday. It seems pro bable that the assizes will terminate by the eud of this week. BEBINGTON FLOWER Snow.—On Thursday the last exhibition of the season of the Bebington Horticultural Society, was held on the delightful pleasure grounds con nected with the Rock Ferry Hotel. The weather, at the commencement, was fine, and this caused a very good attendance, especially of the fair sex. The display was an exceedingly good one, many rich and rare specimens of flowers and plants gracing the benches. Mr. James Kel lock, nurseryman, of Oxton, produced some very fine dahlias and hollyhocks, besides a rare plant named Zeus chneria California, which was much admired. Some very beautiful devices of flowers, belonging to Jonathan Wil liamson, Esq., and W. Harden, Esq., and a quantity o f cut flowers and baskets of plants, contributed by the Rev. J. Redhead, Smith Harrison, Esq., Edward Lane, Esq., and J. Finch, Esq., attracted considerable notice. Amongst the gentlemen to whom prizes were awarded were the Rev. J. Mainwaring, W. Hall, Esq., Smith Har rison, Esq., H. Winch, Esq., H. Littledale, Esq., Wm. Sharp, Esq., J. T. Raynes, Esq., Messrs. Henderson and Brown, Edward Lane, Esq., J. Finch, Esq., Wm. Hun tries, Esq., &c. The show of fruit and vegetables was also very good. There was an abundance of fuchsias. An excellent band was in attendance. A RECIPE FOR CHOLERA.—At the Dock Committee meeting, on Thursday, a memorandum, signed by Mr. Jessie Hartley, the surveyor, relative to the recipe pro cured for the committee's servants, in case of their being attacked by cholera, was read. It stated that up to that morning (the 16th instant), 157 men on the north works, and 93 men at the dock yard-250 altogether—who had been attacked either by diarrhoea or cholera, bad taken the medicine made up from the prescription, and the whole of them had recovered. Ten men on the north works, and thirteen men at the dock-yard, who had been similarly attacked, but who had not taken the medicine, had died. In not a single case had the prescription been known to fail. Gratification was expressed at the benefi cial nsult, and a general desire prevailed in the committee that the recipe should be rendered as public as possible. The following is a copy : REMEDY FOR DIARRIICEA AND CHOLERA. 3 drachms spirits of camphor. 3 „ laudanum. 3 „ oil of turpentine. • 30 drops oil of peppermint. DIRECTIONS.—Mix, and take a teaspoonful in a glass of weak brandy and water, for diarrhoea ; and a table-spoonful, in weak brandy and water, for chelera. No time should be lost in sending for medical assistance, in cases of attack, and the medical attendant should be informed of what has been administered. WESLEYANISM.—The following are the appointments of ministers for the Liverpool district : Liverpool North, k ßrunswick Chapel, &c.)—William W. Stamp, William Illineworth, Samuel R. Hall; George Highfield, John Davis, Thomas Stead, Supernumeraries. Liverpool South, (Pitt-street, &c.)—Peter M`Owan, Geo. Roe buck, William H. Taylor, William Willan ; Calverley Riley, Supernumerary. Liverpool, Welsh, (Benn's Gardens, &c.)—Lot Hughes, Thos. Ambrey ; Samuel Davis, Ist Supernumerary. Chester—Charles Cheetharn, Joseph Akrill ; Isaac Lilly, John Jones, 2nd Supernumeraries. Mold and Buckley Mount—Felix H. Pickworth. Carnarvon and Bangor ' (English)—John Bowman. Holyhead—William T. Nelson. Wrexham—Robert Mainwaring, John Eaton. Whitchurch, (Salop)—Robert Totherick, Benjamin Smith. Warrington—Samuel Broadment, George Dickinson. Runcorn—Robert H. Hare, William P. Peck. St. Helen's and Prescot—Joshua Hocken, Robert Dyson. Southport and Ormskirk—James Miller, William H. Lewis, John Phillips, Supernumerary. Wigan—Thomas Moss, James Allen, 3rd. Preston and Chorley—James E. Moulton, Thos. Kent, Joshua Priestley; Joseph Meek, Supernumerary. Garstang—Thomas Burrows, Geo. Mather, Richard Smetham. Lancaster—William Coultas, James Faulkner. Newtown—James Eacott, Edward Watson; John Nicklen, Supernumerary. WILLIAM W. STAMP, Chairman of the District. WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, Financial Secretary. IRON WAREHOUSE FOR CALIFORNIA.—We have be fore had occasion to notice several iron; or wooden houses, (or both conjointly), constructed for the gold region of California, and so contrived in pieces, all numbered, and fitted in temporary erection here, that they could be stowed on ship-board for their destination, and easily put together on the selected ground in a permanent manner. On Saturday we saw at the ship-building yard of Messrs. Vernon, of Baffin-street, a covered-in iron warehouse for the same country, no less than 110 feet in length, 30 feet in width, and of proportianote elevation—namely, twenty feet. The sides and gables are of corrugated sheet iron, which have a rich waved appearance • and the roof is of the same metal, but flat, and supported by principals so scientifically formed, and applied, as tension rods, that the strength is great, and the weight inconsiderable. The eaves, for the shedding of rain, (which falls heavily in that southern climate), will project 16 feet outside of the walls. It was built for Messrs. Green and Co., and is intended for San Francisco. The interior now resembles that of a huge empty barn ; but when completed it will, we believe, contain dwelling apartments and a counting house at one end. It is built for a firm in this town, and a very moderate bulk of the " precious metal" which it is intended to receive will cover the cost of the scarcely less precious metal of which it is built, and the excellent and workmanlike manner in which the several parts are finished. We are certainly becoming adepts in the " tor turing" of iron into any shape—even for houses and ships—and it is to be hoped that, as the riches of Califor nia are discovered, we may live to pronounce this to be " the gold and iron age" conjointly. INGENIOUS AND USEFUL INVENTION.—Last week, Mr. Hughes, of the firm of Messrs. Stratton, Hughes and Co., agricultural implement makers, of Bristol, exhibited before the Committee of Public Works, at the Public Offices, in Cornwallis-street, a handsome model of the " Patent Tumbler Cart," invented and manufactured by himself and partners, for the purpose of removing night soil, sweepings of streets, and liquid or other manures. The premium was awarded to this cart by the Worcester City Commissioners, as the best design yet brought out for the object stated ; and it has already been largely adopted by the authorities of Manchester and other large towns, as well as by many eminent agriculturists. The body of the cart is a wrought iron tank, the bottom and ends forming an inverted elliptic arch. The axle goes through the body, which has freedom to revolve upon it, and which may be readily tipped by means of a small winch, or roller, in front of the frame, to which a crank handle is attached,—a chain passing round the roller and fixed at one end to the tank, forming the purchase. By the same means the body may be so inclined, or depressed at the back part to within a few inches of the ground, that it may be loaded as easily as a handbarrow ; or it may be entirely subverted, or turned bottom up, for the effectual discharge of the contents without the necessity of using, as in common wooden carts (to which impurities adhere,) a spade or a shovel. It may, in fact, be called a " ladle" cart, being self-cleansing. A great saving in labour and expense is thus effected ; and ata time like the present when the speedy removal of noxious matter becomes an object:of primary consideration, we think the contrivance, though simple, is worthy of the encouragement of those whose duty it is—as members of boards of health or other civic bodies—to conserve the public health. Every one knows that from the mud or manure carts now used, for the most part, the matter drops upon the street, so that long trains of black and offensive mud are observable in the wake of any such vehicle. The cart to which we invite the attention of our local authorities is so covered in, with hinged sheets of iron, that no spilling or slopping can arise, even when it is proceeding either up or down an acclivity. The gentlemen of our Committee of Public Works expressed their approbation of the plan ; but as the contractor for the removal of nuisances furnishes his own carts, they could not go further than recommend it to that gentleman. As it has been tested elsewhere we trust he will give it a trial. The cart is fitted with a delivery pipe and valve, so that it may also be used for watering streets, or spreading liquid manure upon fields. It is made of several sizes. AMPUTATION OF THE TOES PREVENTED, BY HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mr. Oliver Smith Jen kins, of Falkirk, when superintending the erection of a railway bridge. bad his foot severely bruised by the falling of a heavy stone. Apprehending that serious conse quences would result from it, he consulted some of the most eminent surgeons in Edinburgh, who informed him that to effect a cure two of his toes must be amputated. Refusing to submit to this. he returned to Falkirk, and commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills ; and, miraculous as it may appear, these invaluable medicines healed his foot, and in three weeks he was enabled to , re sume his employment. Livt PRIVATE PERFORMANCE AT THE THEATRE ROYAL. We are going to be ungrateful, but cannot help it; and although the public were not intended to know anything about the intellectual treat afforded on Saturday night to a few frien4.tnoving in dramatic circles, we were so much gratified that we cannot withstand the temptation of at one lime letting our readers into the secret, and also awarding to merit, however modest, its due meed of praise. Faites places aux dames. Three Miss Copelands and two Miss Hammonds, trod the boards for the first time before an audience ; also Mr. Lacy Gaskill, jun., and Messrs. C. and W. Melville. Mr. Bowring was the only unfamiliar name, and Mr. R. Cathcart the only practised artist. A brother of Miss K. Fitzwilliam, we believe, pre sided at the piano. "Married Life" was the first perform ance, in which the Mr. Henry .Dove of C. Melville, jun., forcibly reminded us of the almost inimitable Buckstone ; and we would advise him, if he intends the stage as a pro fession, to stick to this line of character, and he may de pend upon it he will not miss his vocation. Little Miss K. Copeland, as Miss Dismal, drew forth rapturous plau dits, by the innocent playfulness with which she enacted the character of a wife ; and in the course of the piece, when all the ladies assembled on the stage, "Strung like a tow of pearls," their appearance " made quite a picture" " So that the philosophical beholder Sighed for their sakes—that they should e'er grow older." " The Loan of a Lover," which followed, we never saw better played, because never more naturally. youth telling powerfully in favour of the principal characters. Keeley and Vestris have often delighted us as Peter Spyk and Gertrude; but we were more pleased with our juvenile performers, C. Melville, jun., and Miss F. Hammond — than on any previous occasion. The archness and viva city which this lady threw into her part proves that she well understands "The gesture which enchants, the eye that speaks," and her song, " I'd marry him to-morrow," which she gave with much sweetness, met with the approval of an encore. Miss H. Copeland played Ernestine with dignity and taste, and Messrs. Gaskill (Swyzel), J. A Bowring (Captain Amersfort), and Mr. W. Melville (Delve), sup ported their characters very creditably. The evening's amusements concluded with the National Anthem. LOCAL MEETINGS. WESI DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday the usual weekly meeting was held at Everton. The number of members composing the Nuisance Committee was in creased to twelve, and several suggestions agreed to for the better carrying out of the act. A letter was read from the Poor-law Board, in which they state that, from the inquiries made last week by the assistant-commissioner, Mr. Austin, and forwarded to them, they have come to the conclusion that the Rev. Thomas Moore is the gen- tleman legally appointed to fill the office of chaplain to the Workhouse. £3O was voted to the Rev. Mr. Matthias for his services as chaplain to the Workhouse. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the usual weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Steel was the only new member present. A communication was read from Mr. Joseph Norris, of the Brunswick-terrace, North Shore, setting forth that, in consequence of the dock works extending so rapidly, and the influx of labourers and their families caused thereby, most of the respectable inhabitants were leaving the neighbourhood ; there was not a church in the dis trict, and the writer requested that the Dock Committee would grant the loan of 500 or 600 feet of timber for the purpose of forming seats for a temp Drary place of worship, the Rev. Mr. James, of Kirkdale, having offered to un dertake ministerial duties, on condition that a building was provided, and the Earl of Derby bad kindly tendered £lO towards the fitting up of a suitable room.—Mr. Ro binson remarked that Bootle Church would shortly be ready. The subject was referred to the committee of works.—The committee then proceeded to the re-forma tion of the various committees. For the committee of works, Messrs. Steel and Holt were elected in place of Messrs. Wood and Mann; and Messrs. Aikin and Sand bach were reappointed. Marine committee, Messrs. Tobin and Robinson were reappointed. Warehouse ma nagement committee : Mr. Bold was reappointed, and Mr. Robinson was elected in place of Mr. Mann. Harbour masters' committee: Mr. Bold was reappointed; Mr. Lockett was elected in place of Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Littledale in place of Mr. Chilton. Finance committee : Mr. Bent was elected in place of Mr. Chilton, and Mr. Steel was appointed as an additional member. Master porters' committee : Messrs. Robinson and Aikin were appointed. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.--The annual meeting was held on Thursday, at the companies' rooms, Charles Turner, Esq. presiding. The chairman passed a high compliment on Mr. Josias Booker, the late chairman, who had retired. Mr. Dove, the manager, read the report. It showed that, notwithstanding the diminution in the amount and value of produce in Liverpool in 1848, in the whole year the amount of premium was but £2,369 less than for the preceding year, whilst it exceeded that of 1846. The amount of claims (£9,777) was less than the average. Out of four hundred lives accepted for insurance, only one had died ; while out of ninety rejected eight deaths had occurred. Up to the present time the number of shares issued was 89,280, and the capital paid up £178,560. The statement of accounts showed an amount to the credit of profit and loss, for the past year of £27,804 2s. 4d. ; to the credit of reserved fund of £52,268 9s. 4d. ; and to the credit of re-assurance fund of £25,569 3s. 3d. ; making together £108,641 14s. Ild. The directors, after due and lengthened consideration of the best mode of dealing with this amount, bad agreed to recommend that the sum of £89,280 should be taken from this accumulation, and capitalised, by adding £1 to every share held by each proprietor, and that a dividend ne declared for the present of 2s. per share, which would amount to £8,928. This would leave but £10,433 14s. 11d. to be carried to the re-assurance fund; but an investiga tion of the state of affairs of the company, for the six mouths ending the present midsummer quarter, showed that an amount of £15,397 might be considered as stand ing to the credit of profit and loss in that period, and which might be added to the re-assurance fund, making it in all £25,830 14s. 11d. The total cost of the new building in Dale. street was £29,100, but they had already let offices giving a rental of £1,138, and had others to let valued at £230 a year. TOWN COUNCIL.—A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday to elect five members of the Dock Committee. Mr. Parker proposed and Mr. Ferguson seconded the election of Mr. Littledale in the place of Mr. Mann. Considerable discussion ensued, and Mr. Alderman Molyneux proposed and Mr. George Holt seconded the re-election of Mr. Mann. On a division, the numbers were—For Mr. Littledale :—Messrs. Langs dale, Walthew, Jas. Holme, Woodruff, Thomson, Pres ton, Hodson, Briscoe, Hornby, Bell, Ferguson, Toulmin, Robinson, Harbord, Rogers, Wagstaff, Samuel Holme, Booker, Kaye, Gardner, Johnson, Bennett, Parker, Freme, Beckwith, Watson, Hindley, Mann, and Fisher. Aldermen Hodgson, Holmes, and Henderson.—For Mr. Mann :—Messrs. Morris, Hill, Holt, Tinne, Rimmer, Tobin, Lloyd, Lawrence, Jones, and Benn. Aldermen Swainson, Horsfall, Wood, Molyneux, Chilton, and the Mayor.—On the motion of Mr. Harbord, Mr. Thomas Robinson was then re-elected a member of the Dock Committee.—Mr. Fisher then proposed Mr. Watson as a member of the Dock Committee in place of Mr. Aikin.— Mr. Harbord seconded the motion.—Mr. H. Hornby proposed, as an amendment, the re-election of Mr. Aikin. —Considerable discussion took place, and on a division Mr. Aikin was elected by a majority of 34 to 14.—Mr. S. Holme next proposed Mr. Alderman Bent in place of Mr. Chilton.—Mr. Parker seconded the motion.—Mr. G. H. Lawrence moved as an amendment the re-election of Mr. Chilton, which was seconded by Mr. Alderman Horsfall. —After an animated discussion, Mr. Alderman Bent was elected by a majority of 32 to 17.—Mr. S. Holme next proposed Mr. Stitt in place of Mr. Wood, seconded by Mr. Rogers.—Mr. Thomson proposed Mr. Langsdale, seconded by Mr. Beckwith.—On a division, Mr. Stitt had a majority of votes.—Mr. Wood was next proposed, and on a second division Mr. Stitt was declared to have been elected by a considerable majority.—The rest of the busi ness, which included the proceedings of several of the committees standing over from the last Council, was then disposed of.—Mr. Thomson brought forward his motion that all work of the Health and Water Committee above £3O be done by contract, which, after some discussion, was negatived, and the Council broke up about half-east 1. NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK.—On Friday the annual meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the Clarendon-rooms ; Richard Griffith, Esq., the head director, in the chair. He said the report would shew that they were now in a much more prosperous state than be and others had expected.—Mr. Rae, the manager, read the report. The purport was that the position of the affairs of the bank had gradually improved. The whole of the post bills issued at the time of the sus pension, and amounting to £189,000, had been cleared off, and the business had been steadily on the increase. The profits for the whole year (ending June last) were £5859 15s. sd. ; and the position of the capital spewed that the now deficiency, or balance of losses, was only £37,264. It was hoped that in the course of the present year a small dividend might be paid to the proprietors ; and the directors had it in contemplation to repay the proprietors, before the next annual meeting, their sub scriptions on account of preference shares. In conclu sion, the prospects were such as to justify a belief that in a few years the bank would resume a position yet more satisfactory to the shareholders, and of increased advan tage to the Principality,—a result which would be has tened by the hearty co-operation of the shareholders and their friends in supporting the interests of the bank.— The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said that during the first half-year the profits had been £2OOO, and during that ending June last £4OOO. During the next 12 months they might fairly estimate their profits at £BOOO to £lO,OOO, as the business was now conducted on safe and sound principles. The directors were also work ing in such a manner as to avoid bad debts.—Mr. Staley moved, in accordance with a section of the ad of incor poration, that a dissolution of the company should take place, in consequence of one-fourth of the capital having been lost.—Mr. Mallaby (the law clerk) said the motion could not be legally put at the present meeting. It could only be done at a special meeting.—The chairman ex plained that the present capital of the company was £166,180, and there was only a deficiency of £37,000 shown, which was not one-fourth of the capital.—No one appeared to second Mr. Staley's motion.—Mr. Richard Roberts then said, that in company with Mr. Prichard, he had, at the request of the directors, gone minutely into their estimates of the assets of the bank, and he had no hesitation in saying that if he had the money to spare he would take the whole of the assets at the value put upon them in the report. (Cheers.) —Mr. Prichard con firmed this view, as did Mr. Andrew Paten, of Glasgow, who said that coming from a distance he was naturally disposed to take an unfavourable view of matters, but that he was glad to find, in going over the accounts, that if the directors had erred in their estimates it had been on the safe side.—The report was- then unanimously carried. —Messrs. Tomkinson and Mr. Maurice, the retiring direc tors, were re-elected, and a vote of £5OO-was passed to the directors for their services.. THE ASSIZES. CROWN C LOU RT.—Tu asp mr. Peter M'Evoy (33), Teter M'Evoy k 7), and Sarah Jenkins (26), were charged with having uttered a coun terfeit shilling at Kersley, near Manchester, in July last, and with having at the same time 117 other counterfeit shillings in their possession. The two elder prisoners were found guilty ; but the boy, against whom no evi dence was offered was acquitted. M'Evoy had been con victed of felony four times previously, and the female once. They were sentenced to transportation for seven years. M'Evoy asked where he should find his son on his return. His lordship replied that he could make no order as to that. No doubt the boy would be taken care of, and he thought it a fortunate circumstance that he should be separated from the two elder prisoners, as that would give him a chance of growing up an honest man. Peter Riley was found guilty of uttering base coin in Liverpool.—Thomas Baines was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for the same offence; and Mary Duncan, for the like crime, at Bol ton, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Denis Malone was found guilty of stabbing, at Bolton, John Peace. George Porter was sentenced to one year's imprison ment, with hard labour, for having assaulted, at Lathorm, Mary Rylance, and stealing from her seven shillings and other articles. POOL STANDARD. NISI PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY. A SURGEON'S BILL.—WAINWRIGHT V. DYSON AND ANOTHER.—The plaintiff is a surgeon at Chorlton upon Medlock, and claimed from the defendants, as executors of Mr. James Woodworth, the sum of £4lB 65., being the amount of his bill for medical advice to that gentleman and his wife, who lived apart. £2BO had been paid into court. Mr. W. and his wife for several years were greatly afflicted with various complaints, and the bill extended over a period of two years, the plaintiff sometimes calling on the male patient, who lived at Didsbury, four or five times a day. The bill consisted of 54 closely written pages. There were 1,260 mixtures, and 1,170 attendances. The judge suggested a reference, but this was declined.and an articled pupil of the plaintiff was called, but in half-an hour he had only got through three weeks' work out of the 104, when his Lordship said it would be unjust to the other suitors to continue the case then, and it was agreed that it should stand over until the end of the assizes. Mr. Knowles said a learned friend near him had calculated that the case would occupy just nine days and a half. (Loud laughter.) And that was only allowing three hours for :speeches.—Our readers will probably be interested with the following analysis of the plaintiff's bill: There are charged 788 ordinary visits in the day time, 209 eve ning and night visits, 95 visits at Didsbury, 24 at Bowdon. 132 pills, 11 draughts, 1,290 mixtures, 70 lotions and blisters, three injections, six prescriptions, two cuppings, eight consultations, and one bleeding. GOODS SUPPLIED TO A WIFE.—BRIERLEY V. BELFIELD. —The plaintiff in this case, Robert Brierley, is a publican at Rochdale, and the defendant, at the commencement of the action, a small farmer, residing at Sandiford, near that town. The action was brought to recover the value of some furniture and money supplied to the defendant's wife, in 1846, during the time she was separated from her husband.—After witnesses bad been called for the plain tiff and defendant, his Lordship said that the plaintiff could not recover any money paid on account or lent to the wife ; and with reference to the furniture, he told the jury that the question for them to decide was, whether the wife was obliged to leave the house and protection of her husband, either because he would not suffer her to remain at home any longer, or because she had reasonable and well grounded cause for thinking that she should endure personal violence or ill-usage if she remained there longer ; for if she left the house of her husband under these cir cumstances, she would have a right to pledge his credit for the supply of the necessaries of life.—The jury re turned a verdict for the defendant. WALMSLEY V. BRIERLEY.—The plaintiff is a large manufacturer, at Failsworth, near Manchester, and had brought the action to clear his character from certain as persions published by the defendant, and reflecting on the moral character of the plaintiff.—Mr. Pollock, for the defendant, apologised for the libel, and the case was stopped.—Three other cases, arising out of the same transaction, were in the list, and it was agreed that the records should be withdrawn. ACTION AGAINST AN INSURANCE COMPANY.—HULL V. HE STAR INSURANCE COMPANY.—The plaintiff in this case, Mr. Richard Hull, is a commission agent, at Manchester; the defendants, a company called " The Star Insurance Company," carrying on business in Lon don ; and the action was brought to recover £284 165., upon a policy of insurance, dated October, 1848. The plaintiff, Mr. Hull, it appeared had a mortgage of £BOO ipon a " hardwaste mill," used in manufacturing cop buttons, at Godshaw Fold. Having this large interest in the mill, he wished to have it insured, and for that pur pose applied to Mr. Bird, or Birge, the Manchester agent for the Star Insurance Company for the purpose, and the agent went through and examined the mill. There were six or seven implements called "devils," or " breakers," at work in his presence. On the 14th September, 1846, a policy was granted, on consideration of a payment of 20s. on account, insuring the mill for £5OO. In February, 1848, Mr. Hull, the plaintiff, himself bought the mill. The old policy having lapsed, Mr. Hull, on the 29th Sep tember last, insured the mill for £5OO. Mr. Bird after wards came to him, and setting forth the superior cheap ness of the Star Insurance Company, and the great value of the mill, induced him to insure in that office for £3OO. The policy was delivered, and on the 13th February last, a fire took place, and the mill was burned to the ground. The West of England Company had paid, but the Star Company refused. The pleas for the defence were, that the policy had been delivered under a fraudulent covenant, that the mill had been misdescribed, and that the value of the goods destroyed in the fire had been incorrectly stated in the inventory.—Mr. Attorney-General Knowles called special attention to the fact that the mill in question had been described in the policy not as a " waste," but as a " cotton" mill, and in corroboration referred to a provi sion that "no bought flyings or strippings, nor any other waste than that produced by the owner of the said mill. should be spun therin." There was less liability to fire in a cotton than in a waste mill, and the premiums of in surance were consequently lighter. CROWN COURT.-WEDNESDAY. James Ruddock,lB, Thomas Collier, 18, pleaded guilty, and Charles Warner, 21, and John Challoner,l9, pleaded not guilty to a burglary for entering the house of James Champion, at Manchester. The jury found Warner guilty and acquitted Challoner. A previous conviction was proved against Warner, and he was sentencedito seven years' transportation. Collier and Ruddock were sentenced to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour. Samuel Openshaw, 41, a carter, was charged with having killed and slain a little girl named Mary Smith, at Bury, on the 28th of June, by driving over her while sitting in his cart. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, the Judge observing that he had no wish to add to the misery of the prisoner. Peter and Owen Devine, two brothers, both young men, were indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 20th of January, feloniously killed and slain George Brannon, in a drunken squabble at a public-house. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Peter Devine. The other pri soner was found not guilty, and discharged. Sentence was deferred. John Brough, 25, charged with stealing a basket con taining four pounds of beef and other articles from the person of Ellen Horrocks, on the sth of May last, was found guilty, and transported for seven years. DISCHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY. His LORDSHIP, in discharging the grand jury, said that he was happy to say that their labours were at an end much sooner than he expected they would be. He bad no reason to detain them longer, and he thanked them for the duties they had so ably discharged to their country. NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. At the sitting of the court, Mr. Knowles intimated that as regarded the case left over from the previous day, Hull v. the Star Fire Insurance Company, he would not offer any evidence for the defendants. A verdict was then taken for the defendants upon the third plea, and for the plain tiff upon the other issues, subject to a decision of the court above on certain legal points. CATTERALL V. LEES.—In this case the plaintiff, who did not appear when called for by the officer of the court, was nonsuited. RAILWAY CONTRACT.—MILLS V. FAVIELL.—Robert Mills, a mason, carrying on business at Todmorden, was the plaintiff, and Mark Faviell, person largely engaged in railway contracts, the defendant. The action was brought to recover compensation for losses alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in building a row of railway bridges, by the defendant not strictly complying with the terms of the contract. The case was of no interest. It was agreed to take a verdict for the defendant for £B4O, subject to a reference of all the matters in dispute. AN EXECUTOR'S LIABILITY.—EYRE V. HILTON AND OTHERS.—The plaintiffs were Thomasand Charles Eyre, drysalters, of this town, and the defendants Nancy Hilton, Ellis Allen, and Samuel Horrocks, executors of a person named Hilton, a dyer at Radcliffe, who died in October, 1848. By the will of the testator, the business was to be carried on by the executors for the benefit of his children. The business was so carried on, under the direction prin cipally of Mrs. Hilton, the widow, and Allen and Horrocks occasionally coming over to the place where the business was carried on. The question was as to the liability of Horrocks and the executors, and was purely a matter of law. It was agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff, with liberty to the defendants to move for a nonsuit, if the court should think there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a jury in finding a verdict for the plaintiff. JONES AND OTHERS V. EVANS AND OTHERS.—Mr. Watson and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiffs. The cause was undefended. The plaintiffs in the present suit were the executors of one David Jones ; John Evans and Joseph Hughes were the defendants ; and the action was brought to recover the value of a promissory note for £lB5, bearing date the 17th December, 1830. The note had been given by the churchwardens and overseers of Eglwyrrhos, in Carnarvonshire, to the plaintiff, who, in consideration of it, had agreed to advance the sum stated to the parish, to aid in building twelve almshouses at Towyn. The only question involved was, whether the five per cent. interest (that had been agreed upon) h a d been so paid from time to time, as to take the case out of the statute of limitations. This the evidence failed to establish, although there was proof of the payment of interest in 1847 and 1848. His lordship put it to the jury whether the evidence warranted the belief that these payments- had been made with the consent and by the authority of the defendants.—The jury returned a verdict for the defendants. PRESTON AND WATSON V. CABABE.—The plaintiffs in this action are the highly respectable firm of Preston and Watson, ship-brokers, in Liverpool, and the defendant is a foreign (say Syrian). merchant, Paul Cababe, of Man chester. The action. was brought to recover &sum of L £741, which consisted paitly ce an accommodation bill given by the plaintiffs to defendant for £5OO, which the defendant had promised to meet at or before maturity, but had refused to do, and consequently the plaintiffs were obliged to pay the amount to the holders, the Union Bank of Manchester, together with expenses thereon. The remaining portion of the demand was for work and labour done, and for moneys had and received by defen dant for plaintiffs' use. The case was opened by Mr. Martin on behalf of the plaintiffs, and although a refe rence had been offered by defendant's attorney, he con sidered himself hound, in justice to his clients, to decline it, as the plaintiffs wished the fullest and clearest inves tigation of all matters of account or in dispute. The plaintiffs fully established their case. Mr. Watson was counsel for the defendant, and ably argued his client's case. The defence made was a variety of set-offs, which, although numerous, were ultimately proven, with .the exception of two amounts, to have been all correctly set tled in former accounts. These two amounts were for £4B surplus freight per " Dusty Miller," and £59 for the " Gem."—A verdict was ultimately taken by consent for plaintiffs for £633 and costs. CROWN COURT.—THURSD AY. .Tames Doyle, 26, was indicted for having, at Manches ter, feloniously assaulted Michael Gallagher, and having stolen from his person a purse and other articles. Prose cutor was a clothes dealer, residing in Manchester. On the evening of the 9th of May last he was in a spirit vaults, in Swan-street : the prisoner and several other prisoners were also there. About half-past eleven o'clock the pro secutor left to go home. He had .not got more than two hundred yards before he was knocked down by several persons and robbed of the whole of the contents of his pockets. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Patrick Summerfield, 25, and Charles Hamer Grimes, (ne:ther of whom could read or write), were indicted for having burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of Francis O'Neil, and stolen a quantity of silverplate, &c. The prisoner Grimes pleaded guilty. The jury found the Prisoner Summerfield guilty, and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. Grimes was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Ann Parkinson, 37, the woman who was committed for having murdered John Parkinson, was discharged from custody, the grand jury having cut the bill. John Fox, 25, Thos. Verdon, 25, Esther Hill, 26, and Mary Ann Dempsey, 28, were indicted for having feloni ously assaulted John Cochrane, and robbed him of his watch and silver snuff box. The prosecutor is a gentle man belonging to Preston, and the robbery took place at a house of ill fame in Manchester. Fox and Dempsey were acquitted, the other prisoners were found guilty. Verdon was sentenced to seven year's transportation, and Hill to one year's imprisonment. John Clarke, 18, John Smith, 21, and James Living ston, 22, (all of whom could read and write imperfectly,) were indicted for having assaulted Robert Healey, at Manchester, with intent to rob him. They were found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for twelve months. Wm. Boardman, 16, and James Massey, 16, were in dicted for breaking into the house of Mr. Brown, at Ordsall Cottage, Salford, and stealing a quantity of arti cles. The jury found the prisoners guilty. Sentence deferred. Wm. Gledhill, 24, was indicted for having burglariously broken into the house of William Greenwood, at Ashton , under-Lyne, and stolen therefrom a quantity of wearing apparel. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. James Beesley, 24, and Richard Urrnson, 25, were indicted for feloniously assaulting Thos. Holding, and robbing him of ten sovereigns. On the 16th of May, the prosecutor left Liverpool for Wigan fair, to make a pur chase of a cow. He did not make the purchase, and started from Wigan, to walk home. On the way he met with the prisoners, in a public-house at Billinge, and upon leaving they followed him, knocked him down, and rifled his pockets of ten sovereigns. Guilty. Sentence deferred. NISI PRIUS COURT.—THuRsDAT. -.-- - SPOTSWOOD V. BARROW.—MarkhOnSe G. Spotswood was the plaintiff, and Thomas Barrow and James Morris, the defendants. The action arose out of a refusal on the part of the defendants to pay the plaintiff a balance of salary which he alleged to be due to him for his services in the capacity of traveller. The Attorney-General, with whom was Mr. Hill, appeared for the plaintiff, and Ser geant Wilkins and Mr. Atherton for the defendants. From the opening statement of the plaintiff's counsel it appeared that the plaintiff was, and had been, for a num ber of years, a commercial traveller. The defendants were warehousemen and merchants at Manchester, and dealt largely in shirts and shirt-fronts. On the 26th of March, 1846, the defendants entered into an agreement with plaintiff to become their traveller, at a salary of £2OO per annum. The plaintiff travelled in the north, and obtained a number of orders on behalf of the defendants ; but, in consequence of the pressure of the times, the amount of business he was enabled to do did not equal the expectations of the defendants. This, and other cir cumstances, induced the defendants to discharge the plaintiff, which they did without assigning any cause. A number of witnesses were called, and the case occupied the attention of the court for a considerable time. Ver dict for the plaintiff, damages £B6. COWELL AND UX V. CHADWICK,—This was an action brought by the proprietors of the late Manchester and Salford Advertiser, to recover £74 for advertisements relating to a bubble railway scheme inserted in that paper. It was not clearly proved that the defendant had given the order, and the plaintiffs were nonsuited. BLAND V. WILLIAMS AND ANOTHER.—In this case, John Bland, of Liverpool, was the plaintiff, and Owen Williams and John Jones, estate agents, the defendants. The action was brought to recover a sum of £79 17s. 10d., being rents of property received by them, and which it was alleged was due to the plaintiff. The property, which was situated in Prince Edwin-street, Everton, originally belonged to a Mr. Holmes, and was mortgaged to a Mr. Highton ; but latterly some of the mortgage had been paid off, and the plaintiff made advances on the property. The defendants were, in the first instance, appointed by Highton to receive the rents, and continued to do so at the present time ; and the only question at issue was, on whose behalf they were now legally held by the defer dents. After several witnesses had been called, a nonsuit was directed for the plaintiff, with liberty to move to enter a verdict for £3O. KEEP OF A LUNATIC—COODE V. ALLIMY.— The plaintiff, Miss Coode, is proprietor of the Haydock-lodge Asylum, and sought to recover the sum of £4O from the defendant, a tradesman at Birmingham, whose daughter had been, for some time back, kept in that establishment. The action was undefended. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. PRESTON AND OTHERS, EXECUTORS, V. BENNETT, EXECUTRIX.—The plaintiffs were the executors of Mr. John Leyland, and the defendant the executrix of Mr. Thomas Rawson, formerly a merchant in this town. Mr. Leyland died on the 29th of March, 1847, and Rawson, the testator to the defendant, also died on the 20th of December, 1847. The action was to recover such a sum of money as the jury might think the plaintiffs, as execu tors of Mr. John Leyland, were entitled to, for the use of certain premises and the services of Mr. Leyland, between the 30th of April, 1846, and the 30th of March, 1847. The question was, whether offices and warehouses in Hanover-street, rented by Leyland, and used, as was alleged, for Rawson's business, were to be paid for by him, or whether the use of them was to be allowed gra tuitously. After a witness had been called, whose evi dence went to show certain transactions between Leyland and Rawson, as to the former having taken the business from the 30th of April, 1846, Mr. Watson wished to withdraw the record. His lordship objected to this, and the plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. CROWN COURT.—FRIDAY. His Lordship proceeded to pass sentence in the follow ing cases which had been tried the previous day : Isabella Crook, twelve months' imprisonment; Wm. Snee, seven years' transportation; Jonathan Chatham, nine months' imprisonment ; William Boardman, and James Massey, seven years' transportation ' • Geo. Cross ley, six months' imprisonment; and Joseph Davies, four teen years' transportation. John .Lynam, 23, was indicted for having, at Manches ter, killed and slain James Massey. Guilty ; nine months' imprisonment. Ann Bray, 27, was found guilty of burglary at Wor sley, near Manchester, and sentenced to six months' im prisonment. Adam Hamilton, William Johnson, Peter Ellames, Abraham Shone, and Mary Parkington, were charged with a burglary at the house of Mr. Exton, at Pendleton. Johnson, Ellames, and Parkington were found guilty, and Shone and Hamilton were acquitted. Johnson and Ellames were sentenced to seven years' transportation each, and Mary Parkington to one months' imprisonment. Wm. Ryan, 17, and John Houghton, 15, were charged with a burglary at Manchester. The prisoners were found guilty, and Ryan was sentenced to one year's imprison ment, and Houghton to seven years' transportation. John Sharrocks, Holt Holt, and Betsy Sharrocks, were charged with a burglary at Heaton Norris. John Sharrocks and Holt were found guilty, and sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment; Betsy Sharrocks was ac quitted. Wm. Neales, 21, was charged with having forged and uttered a promissory note for the payment of £5, at Manchester, with intent to defraud Thomas Cresswick and others. The prisoner was acquitted. NISI PRIUS COURT.--FRIDAY. SMITH V. CRIPPIN.—This was an action brought by Mr. Humphrey Smith, of Manchester, against Mr. John Crippin, for having pulled down a fence upon the land of the plaintiff, near the Oxnoble public house, Campfield, Manchester. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Hugh Hill ap peared for the defendant.—After Mr. Knowles's opening, and the production of some deeds upon which Sir Oswald Mosley was examined, an attempt was made by Mr. Mar tin to get the case referred. The learned gentleman sug gested that a portion of the land in question had been sold to both the plaintiff and defendant; and he thought that some mutual friend could best settle the matter. Ulti mately an arrangement was come to. BARTON IRLAM AND HIGGINSON V. HIGGINSON AND OTHERS.—Mr. Watson, with Mr. Cowling, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin, with Mr. Crompton, for the dtfendants. The plaintiffs were Mrs. Sarah Higginson, executrix, and Messrs. Jonathan Higginson, H. B. Hig ginson, and Richard Deane, executor of the late Mr. John Higginson, of this town, and Messrs. C. Turner and others, assignees of Mr. Jonathan Higginson and Richard Deane, were the defendants. The action was brought to recover the value of a quantity of shares in various Joint stock companies belonging to the executors, but which the defendants seized, as being the property of Mr. Jon athan Higginson. Mr. John Higginson died in 1833, and by his will he bequeathed £6OO a-year to his widow, who is now alive, and .f.. 5000 each to his sons, and investing his property in his executors. Upon Mr. Jonathan Hig ginson and Mr. Deane, his partner, becoming bankrupts, their assignees seized the shares which was the subject o the present inquiry, and which compri3ed shares in the St. Helens Canal and Railway, the Liverpool Commercial Bank, shares in the Cemetery, &c. The proceeds of these shares were now required to pay the annuity of the widow, and an application was made to the assignees for their restoration. In reply to this application, a letter from Messrs. Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson was w ceived, stating that the assignees would not r es t ore the shares unless they were compelled by a court of compe tent jurisdiction. The requisite proof of the possession of the shares, with the exception of the Greenwich Railway shares, by Mr. Higginson sen. having been given, a ver dict was taken for the plaintiffs for £422 12s.—Mr. Crompton said he was perfectly satisfied with the verdict, as there had been an injunction granted and a receiver . ap pointed.—Mr. Watson : Weil, so am I ; but this is the first time 1 ever heard my learned friend, Mr. Crompton, satisfied with a verdict against him. CLEMENT V. MARTYN.—In this case a juror was with drawn. Mr. Martin, for the defendant, said that the plaintiff and the defendant were in business at St. Helen's, and it was supposed that the defendant had slandered the plaintiff, waking a number of imputations against him. The defendant distinctly denied having said anything against the plaintiff, whose credulity had been imposed upon by some busybody, who had told Mr. Clement some story that ought never to have been mentioned. BOARDMAN V. COODE.—This case (after having been partly gone through) was arranged. The plaintiff is a tailor at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, and the defendant is Mr. Coode, one of the keepers at the Lunatic Asylum, Hay dock-lodge. Some time ago, Mr. Coode was unfortu nate, and was obliged to call his creditors together. The plaintiff, who was a creditor, attended the meeting, signed the letter of license, authorising Mr. Coode and his sister to continue carrying on the establishment, and to accept the terms contained in the license. In ten days after the execution of the letter of license by the plaintiff, he in duced the defendant to renew a bill of exchange for £3O. This, it was contended, was done to the prejudice of the other creditors, who had defended this action. _ FRANCE AND OTHERS V. ANDREWS AND OTHERS. — This was an action in ejectment, brought by Thomas Wilson France, and another party, to recover possession of certain land and building in Banastre-street, Free mason's-row, of which possession had been retained by the defendants. The case was one of considerable intri cacy, and would not be very interesting to the general reader. There was no doubt but that the party for whom the plaintiffs were the representatives had received the rents from several houses on the land in question; but there appeared to be some doubt as to the lapse of one of the lives, upon the decease of which the plaintiff was entitled to recover the reversion. Ultimately a nmsuit was entered, with liberty to the plaintiff to enter a ver dict. HARTLEY V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COM PANY.—This was an action brought to recover the value of a quantity of glass, which had been sent from the premises of the plaintiff, at Sunderland, to the railway station at Lincoln. The glass had been packed inside two trucks, with stays, so as to prevent breakage ; but instead of being forwarded by railway to their destination, they were unloaded, and shipped across the hater at Grimsby, and the contents reloaded into three trucks. Upon their arrival at Lincoln it was found that a great part of the glass was broken. The defence was that the carrier's act applied in this case; and his lordship ruling that a railway truck was a package, and that glass was one of the articles for damage to which a carrier was exempt, unless an extra price was paid thereon, a verdict was entered substantially for the defendants, with liberty for the plaintiff to move the court above. CROWN COURT.-SATURDAY. Robert M'Connell, 40, was charged with having, at Tyldesley, violated Catherine Astle, aged thirteen. The particulars are unfit for publication. The jury found the prisoner guilty of an assault, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned a year and kept to hard labour. William Workman was convicted of a similar assault on the same individual. He was sentenced to six months' imprison ment and hard labour. Robert Brook, 22, was indicted for an assault upon the pereon of Isabella Greenhalgh, a girl between ten and twelve years of age, at Tottenham Lower End, near Bury, in June last. The prisoner was found guilty, and sen tenced to be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months. Thomas Hallows, 18, and William Banks, 21, were indicted for having burglariously entered the dwelling house of Margaret Hulme, at Westleigh. The prosecu trix is a'beerhouse-keeper and provision -dealer, and on the night of the 27th of July last an entrance was effected into the house by removing the bricks from the wall be neath the window, and various articles were carried away. Banks was apprehended in the house, and Hallows was found sleeping in an outhouse. Hallows was acquitted; Banks was sentenced to one year's imprisonment. CHARGE OF FOI G NG A BANK NOT] /Walt!, 21, and Joshua Whitehead, also a young man, were in dicted for having, at Manchester, forged and uttered a promissory note for the payment of £5, with intent to defraud Thomas Cresswick a'id others. The prisoners are the same men who were on Friday tried and acquitted of a similar offence. According to the evidence now adduced, on the 13th September, 1847, the day preceding Doncaster races, two men, alleged to be the prisoners called at the Manchester station of the Manchester. Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway, and took two tickets for Sheffield, in payment for which they tendered a five pound note of the Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company, and, on paying the note into the bank, it was discovered to be a forgery. Nothing was heard of the prisoners afterwards until the sth of April of the present year : they were subsequently taken into custody and committed for trial on the charge in July last. Neales, as on the previous day, called on Mr. Bromilow, of the Liverpool Borough Gaol, to prove that at the time of the alleged uttering of the forged note he (Neales) was a prisoner in the Borough Gaol. It was proved that Neales was lodged in the borough prison on the day when the note was al leged to be uttered. He was lodged there on the 28th of August, 1847, and was committed to take his trial at the borough sessions in October following. The witnesses must therefore have been mistaken in his identity. Neales was thereupon acquitted. Whitehead was found guilty. The prisoner Neales was then placed upon his trial on another indictment, charging him, in one count, with forging a promissory note for the payment of £5, with the view to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England ; and, in another, with uttering the said note, knowing it to be forged, with the view to defraud one Jane Chadwick. The jury found the prisoner" guilty of uttering, but not with a guilty knowledge." This was, in effect, a verdict of not guilty. On application being made for the prisoner's discharge, his Lordship said, " Yes ; after so much good luck, let him go." The pri soner was tried on each indictment by a separate jury. The sentence on Whitehead was deferred. NISI PRIUS.-SATURDAY. ASPINWALL V. FORSHAW.—The plaintiff in this case, Mr. Aspinwall, is a licensed victualler, near Ormskirk ; the defendant, Mr. Philip Forshaw, a brewer, carrying on business at Ormskirk, and also in Liverpool. The present was an appeal from the decision of the Ormskirk District County Court, which had issued a warrant for the eject ment of the plaintiff from some premises he held from the defendant. In 1845, Mr. Aspinwall took from the de fendant a beer-house, at a rental of £5O a-year, afterwards obtaining a wine and spirit license. The house is one of those which the landlord himself supplied with the ale, &c. consumed. On the Ist of February, that being the day on which the year's holding terminated, the plaintiff paid his annual rent. On the 7th of the same month he was much surprised by a visit from the defendant, who was accompanied by his clerk, and demanded possession of the house. No previous notice, it was alleged, had been given him to quit. The defendant laid a plaint in the County Court. On the 20th of February, the matter was heard, and, under, the 122nd section of the County Courts Act, a warrant was issued requiring the plaintiff to deliver up possession of the house. He still retains possession, however, and the present, as we have stated, was an appeal against the decision. The evidence was of a conflicting character. The jury retired at half-past twelve o'clock, and at four sent in word that they had not agreed, and were not likely to agree. The learned counsel on this mutually consented that a juror should be with drawn. ASHWORTH AND OTHERS V. POCKLINGTON AND OTHERS.—This was an action for the recovery of £574, the amount of a disputed account.. The plaintiffs are masons and architects, at Newchurch, Rossendale, and the defendants reside at Boston, in Lincolnshire. The amount claimed had been contracted for the building of a church, in this county, a dispute having arisen out of the measurement of the work. After the ease had been opened, it was referred to surveyors, to be appointed by the respective parties interested. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY V. BLINKHORN.—This was an action brought by the plaintiffs to recover from the defendant, John Blinkhorn, alleged to be a shareholder in the railway company, the sum of £lOOO, the amount of four calls for shares held by him. The case was tried at the last assizes. The defendant denied that his name attached to documents requesting to be registered for one hundred shares was in his handwriting. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. A bill of exceptions was handed in. DETENTION OF FURNITURE, &c.—GORDON v. Rus- SELL.—Mr. Robert Gordon, the plaintiff, is the steward of an East Indianian, and sought to recover from Mr. John Russell, the defendant, who is an oil-merchant, in this town, the value of a quantity of clothing, household furniture, jewellery, and other things, improperly detained by him. In 1840, the plaintiff married the daughter of the defendant. At their own request, she continued to reside with her father and mother after marriage, being their only child. In the intervals of his voyages the plaintiff also stayed there. This continued till 1848, when some dispute arose with his father-in-law, and the plain tiff took a house for himself and wife in Slate-street, Bootle. They lived together there for five or six weeks, when he again went on a voyage to sea. Shortly after that, in consequence of the defendant's interposition, Mrs. Gordon was induced to return to her father's house, and give up housekeeping. The furniture and other articles were taken to the defendant's house. The plain tiff, on his return, applied for the goods, but they were refused. The articles that he claimed were chiefly fancy articles he had brought from the East Indies, wearing apparel, trinkets, &c., of the value altogether of £5O or £6O. Mrs. Gordon died in January last. The jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff for £5O. CLEWORTH V. SOUTHERN. —This was a like action, also undefended, brought to recover the value of a quantity of w b raeswdi devoid utensil s t e , r w e h s t i .ch Verdict h e e def endantthe p h l a a d detained. It It £45. • A FACT FOR DRUNKARDS.—As an instance of the sharp look-ont kept by the police on " gentlemen bemused with beer," in order to protect them from falling amongst thieves, we learn that the amount of money taken from such persons and restored to them when sober, was, during the past year, £628 7s. 9d.—Manchester Courier.