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

Atig. Zl, 1849. ........ VA anttb 1 147 - n, in the Vicinity E of Liverpool, good i,,,:thtNISHED A 171 tO Bo PARTM NTS for a small Family. C .7, Post-office. 1 2ED, a First- rate KITCHEN MAID. Also, Itl ite from Fourteen to Sixteen, who can read and 8 1e . it er . -renee List, STA NDARD-OffiCe. RULE TOBACCONISTS, CIGAR MANUFAC TURERS, MERCHANTS, &c. o se br anch EMAN, largely connected in the above k ri q s A kof Trade, as 3lanufacturer, is Fixions to place ts t ,:t.) with a FIRM, 'either Travelhng co! Manufac ree4, arid nii °, ll .ge is ablergy conversant . in every depart th'o"e cap of at once entering into N an , I n,,ost important character. The object of the DeriC `° iorward the views of his Son, in order at some j i ites s negotiate with the Principal for a share of the Prei s ?,"e care E Mess f nnd would be preferred. C. C. ofrs. GARRATT and HODGSON, .n.....-street, London. " Retail Establishment need apply. „, CARPENTERS,LIVERPOOL DOCKS. &c. ILS AT , J 7-ICK COMMITTEE will be prepared, , P.t”' fo r -D AY, the 1 st•of September next, to receive TEN - Letted „ the CARPENTER ' S WORK of SHEDS, to be i,6e l ,",Pan the Qnays j of the Nelson Dock. The Plans and Lio n „, 0 'aY be seen at the Dock Surveyor's Office, Dock 'ol tOit' , sie of the Coburg Dock, on and after MONDAY 4 ", than tant, between the hours of Nine A.Bi. and Six % en Pc o f T, nder lilted Forms of Tender will be supplied. Oc tk e B ti b . s must be Sealed and addressed to the Chairman SeC°lntrattee on Dock Works," under cover to the -0 11 pi' l arY, and left at his Office not later than Eleven t i . 1 . 34 Y, the 31st st ord er DANIEL MASON, Secretary. '`ce, Liverpool , 14th Augvat, 1849. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. lit , LOANS ON DEBENTURES. k e Directors of this Company are prepared to t,l)p a e p (under the powers of their Act of Parliament) 14,14,10 r LOANS of MONEY, on security of l j e n eb n e um tu , th 4 it 4t ,!Ile, rest at the rate of Five per Cent. p o 'lid er 7. able Half-yearly, viz., 10th January Pe a r nd 10th July. Do ci ,Etating amount and term of years for which it to is 410 a, L o t % l : i e ,) lent, to be addressed to the Secretary, us n 4r 1 1 1 „ 1 ' ° Mer l ? . DREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary. -4 St ation, July 14, 1849. -'-----.._ Eolit &orb or lid: Pr O I)•'`IARK'S CHURCH.—PEWS TO BE SOLD. lb CHURCH PFWS TO BE SOLD. 4 PV O LD, by P , (11 ' - , u . ' 4; , MARK'S CHURCH, Liverpool, , A t ,d157 , , 76 . and 2-76, on the Ground Floor ; and Nos. 78, *key t o ',,,,'n the Gallery. wrk "• E• MACKINTOSH, Esq. 4, , Dingle-terrace, Tgx- T ,or to 0 Iv, GEORGE H LAST, Esq., Leeds. Letters prepaid. Itla t tgoo ' d!„9, l, D, or LET, with immediate possession, tired, a '" ,l capacious FAMILY HOUSE, with the Garden . ro t , _ i d , A on very moderate terms. It is situated half a 4 . " Y to x i uen 'Woolton, and on the road leading to Hale. atre e - aessrs. A. and G. WILLIAMS, Architects, &c., 12, t, Clayton -square, Liverpool. TO be T OFFICES. , s ,9lPic, r, T, in Rumford-street, Two DOUBLE stikorth er , suitable for a Cotton or General Broker. .......i.otePearticulars, apply to Mr. J. WiLms, Jun., No. 1, ki tty „„. E tboi HALL, WARWICKSHIRE, 110 be rable Lb, COMPLETELY FURNISHED. • 41. , on Lease, by CHOKES and Sox's, a most F 0 4%FAMILY MANSION, in p particularly dry and 4 44 Tation, situated at aconvem , ent distance from the ti ced b y irish Church, on a trent l ,e elevation, and ap tliSt 441 1 v l 'odge Entrance, and Carriage Drive, through a ,i,,etet;,,woOded Park of about 300 acres ; the whole of a o;" f a o P r ted for the immediate , reception of a first-rate iih iv e, it b the residence of a Nobleman or Gentleman of 04 ( 4 0 . 4 ' 1 4 one of the best Country Mansions in the situ at ed county of arwick. IA ar i d four miles W from a first-class Station, on the f - orth West Railwa, twelve miles om War y la a L )llr teen miles ern north-west y of Royal Leamin fr gton Spa. Ir~lde es Pheasant Preserve in the Park, with Shoot ng Lphkcregt`nls The Keeper's House which is in the Park, n "lt,h the Mansion and the ' Home Farm (if about '01,,,",e114 4 rab1e and Grass Land, with good Farm Build tri,,4l°Dted for the occupation of a Gentleman fond of t Pursuits may also be had. nr6 B ,, l° N-liat;sE contains Entrance Hall, B 3 feet by 18 Tee n ' Stu " ; tWo small Drawing-rooms. 24 feet by 17 feet 6 ; 6' IY lb , feet by 18 feet ; Dining-room and Salon, each t;'l4,, 'atm ) , oy 23 feet 6 inches, and about 22 ffet bigh ; two Bte . rs, 21 feet by 19 feet 6 inches, with Dressing attivtaehed, above which are eight more s, and Red-rooms, with three Dressmg-rooms, and ,' 4 c tsoli'` Yonts'' Apartments, (there being four other Ser '44 4t, in the lower part of the house.) - The Domestic an t,nost - ample, well lighted, and so conveniently ar• 1 ,;11 th tp., ° 2 35 well adapted for a large Establishment. "N"e GARDENS and LAWN are , quite in keeping I i stt, and although occupying a considerable site, N' o silittchen Garden, kept in perfect , onler, at a mode -1,„le /atter is very productive, being well screened t Lelel, ll l and east, and containing about Two Acres, (13071 t in, and fully stocked twos !Range of Forcing 4,l4eri, v eletan lengih) comprise Peach-houses, and itiNnere are also Melon Pits, &c.lzc. ; adjoining the h it, e aly4. °uses for Head and Under Gardeners, and every 7, inV e 'lee that can be desired. The Coach-houses and n.L B Yfficient for six Carriages and fourteen Horses, ,Vrt(eqieate with the Mansion-boute, through a fine 4 4 ; e1 Y Lime Trees. ,li,,,kl t ,, d trge Family Pew, and three-smaller ones in the -". h which is only distant a few minutes walk from %kk l ''' ) ,54 1 , 11 :11 - 14 1° ';' is completely . and Tenant ost comfortably Furnish tit rt e.. 0 a really eligible ,be Let on Lease, at f!lrthitental. Particulars apply to J. T. BOLTON, Esq.. yo net to COOKES and SONS, Midland Counties Estate 4 tency Office, Royal Leamington Spa. 1 'Oll cE 7r OL AND EXETER RAILWAY. kOIA.- IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next tr 4 R-1 , 4,241. 8 - EARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO „of this COMPANY will beheld, in . pursuance of tititt,rarliarr ent, at the Office at the Terminus, in Tern titete'Lt, Vit the city of Bristol, on THURSDAY, the 30th kDr we've o'clock. The Chair will be taken at One I‘. kigety. Ar b . I* t iii,,,, f er Book s wifl A b l e lE C S lo W sed on HULLER, Chairman. of 4 7 : ;: e k ei o - la g ti e oL:i l e Reopened J. B. , s g i e d cr e a n ry e . ral 4 41, --qtne e, Temple-meads, 2d August, 1849. „ ltd t E STER SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. No i) 4RLY GENERAL MEETING OF PROPRIE TORS. L l 4l, p u ki, C H t .,,IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ORDI \ • HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of - • -. -!Sis in the MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and I, t , HIRE RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, at the k t , , in Alanchester, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, Ateorth"AY, the 29th day of August instant. and thr!t the e T ransfer of Shares in the-oaid Company will . be kt, - the Bth instant inclusive until after the Meeting. By order of the Directors 4 J. H. HUMFREY, Secretary. Ist August, 1849. A NNUAL INSURANCE (COMPANY. it iti k .„, 4 NNUAL MEETING of the BOARD of t t - 0 4 ,„RS and SHAREHOLDERS, held THIS DAY, tb tl Da nY's O ffi ces, Dale-street. Liverpool, it was 14,1114 on the 23d day of August instant, the Sum of OVNI to 4 , l3 Propriated out of the Profits of the Company t 3 oe .t . 2 already paid on each Share. 11;: ( t o N 06%. HEREBY GIVEN, that 'in purs9ance of the 0,7 10 n, NEW CERTIFICATES will be issued by the NPriet7, •a nd after the 29th day of September next, when tv-olr in u rs are requested to leave theirpresent Certificates e (tth r ", n is Offices for the purpose of=being Exchanged. z ; 'uth TURNER , 1649. gley - , Ch a ir m an of the Board of Directors. '"0 ' M. DOVE, Manager and Acttutry. /tr, , O F LIVERPOOL. to wit. ,T HENDERSON, ESQ., EaCORDER. Ckirt ik.Ctr j lt r r of QUARTER SESKONS of the DOI th e f or.the BOROUGH will be held, in the Crown JIRSiODS -house, in Chapel-street, on MONDAY, V , 6,;4‘*etjoge i; ' U gliSt instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. will be tried unless entered an the first day of 1,%;!. 4 ) a Previously, at the O ffi ce of the Clerk of the ~ q 'hsl ic tt,„,l o awick-street. kq'e itle,,,n's for Misdemeanours found at these Sessimls, WelvW s , a dmitted to Bail, must be erryred for Trial ary clock on the day after the discharge of the or the Trial will stand over. ert of WRIGHT, Clerk of rthe Peace. the peacel e Offi ce , Liverpool, Au t 16, 1849. TI /b C - ST DURABLE OUT-DOOR TAINT t: `' IlSo v c , EVER INVENTED. At" ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION B Peeially patronised by the British an_ r d .n o c t i he a r t 14ttialttir),4i_lie lion. East India Co . mpa_ny, t s h e 1 P trOr er facl eu ;_s . llnd othsr . Public Bodies, 5Fc i p e articularly k ti li 071(11 Proprietors,4l , ye s i u in tli d LNbilit Gentry, A culturists, Maim and others, it having been t,pl T4ZPractical test,of more than sixty rears to sur . pass t it ll(li' the 4 as an out-door preservative. It is extensively t,;tti, Rs, frclection of wocden houses, farm and other .nut .l4, r,,m„!ng implements, conservatories, park pal!ng, com r- „",'ngs, iron hurdles, copper, zinc, lead, brick, Alt:' and stucco fronts, and tiles to represent shit !lt% th toorPeriority of the infer to every other ip t t or 4t tirDoses may be easily red from the supple k,tr t , t air ufa e has been always most strenuously opposed by ed tciurers, Painters, Oil and Colormen, and others Is°)O l ,t 'Y lab e Sale of common paints. It is also very ecano -14 it fit : (in pn°llrer being able to lay it on. ite stone light stone, drab or Port l.ght and dark yellow stone, light nnd •,1 4 ,K r e li t Ond (lark lead, light and dark chocolate, bright '. Lack, and brown, 348. per cwt.; invisible green, ye A l;e 2816 ` e ,'",!:,6es., deep green, 605.,, and blue. 60s. per cwt. lipTri b r igh i ; l l , o., and 1121 b. each, Oil and Brushes. Rill sg . _ CA itf,',nti-Corrosion Paint is only to be obtained of , !crb l ) , (Suce , sor to the inventors,) 15, TOKEN het,._, (back of the Bank of England,) LONDON, who 111 ,, 1 ell 'i tr e y n a _ oo , _ll . lld 500 Testimonials received from the , o 0 Ye aN .1(1 ulergv, who have used the Anti-Corrosion d;. A gents of AA. at ther count Te st i monialswill he . sent on application. All orders are particularly requested to be sent „ 1),,,. 41 1 . "IR tb --------------- 99,941 i dRi. 4 „ ree months preceding the 4th instant , . . I ° h g e t r s d 4 i r Lived , at New York from Europe, being nearly tr,, All ot _ w.i merage. a f• has huutqlS'Alt".—The chaplain to the gao , I,lklitedeen dismissed for holding a prisoner s l ahta d o n v over rep ealidle, with a view to induce her t 9. confess. I. r atr i • • gent' • t l'd -t 1) , itted Man admitted the fact, and said that he Der ~ the act because the woman of was sue h her leB. 181 She was only to be reached throug %t:lcd o has oi tNill,,' .34 the Pall, a fine old remnant of the feudsl ages, Olassin 10th instant the scene of joyous festivities. of riettqad been granted by his Grace the Duke . t:trt` Q ar t , ° the c ommitt e of theßakewell and Hig/irealc . ai cristitute to hold their annual festival at his an he thNst,v4ll, and a most numerous and highly respectable _ f.,, etit4'„a!serlabled. Such was the attractive nature . of ti t i t[chts'alnreent, that more than athousand application th e 4 had been refused. Lord him Manners pre- THE ASSIZES. (Continued from page 3.) CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY. His LORDSHIP took his seat on the bench at nine o'clock. The learned JUDGE proceeded to pass sentence Upon several prisoners who had previously been found guilty, or had pleaded guilty. Amongst the prisoners thus dealt with were—William Bond, for having, at Liverpool, ut tered several warrants, orders, &c., nine calendar months imprisonment.—John Crosby, for a like offence, also in Liverpool, seven years' transportation,—Joshua White head, for uttering a forged bank note, for the payment of £5, seven years' transportation. Some time was occupied .in calling over names for a new petty jury, and several of the parties who did not answer to their names, or produce a medical certificate, were fined £5 each. William Jabez Davies was charged with having, at Manchester, after having been declared a bankrupt, feloniously not delivered up to the commissioners certain personal property which was then in his possession. In this case Mr. Conn Err (for the prisoner) demurred on two indictments, and requested the Judge to defer the case. A great deal of learned argument was exchanged, between Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Monk, and others (for the pro secution), which was replied to by his Lordship. The whole matter involved a mere point of law ; and it was finally agreed that Mr. Cobbett should be allowed time to state the points upon which he claimed that the case should be deferred, as he bad not had an opportunity pre viously of carefully reading the indictments. The pri soner was then put back. BURGLARY. Thomas Bate,l9, was indicted for burglary in the house of a man named Wells, in Warrington, and robbing it of some copper money, and removing articles within the pre mises, so that they might be readily removed. The prosecutor, a tailor and shopkeeper, said that on the 6th April he was awakened by the barking of a dog. He went out, but found nobody. He spoke to the police man, and search was made about, but no one found. Some drawers had been forced, and ls. 6d. in bad copper was missed. The officer afterwards heard some noise, and re turned to the house. It was then found that some person had forced a shutter, and that within there were marks of soot about, as if a party had been in the chimney of the cutting room fronting Horse Market-street. The con stable afterwards heard a door open, and the prisoner came out, but escaped. Two iron bars were found to be forced from the shop window, and the top hanging of the shutter was so forced that a person of the size of the prisoner might be got in. The prisoner surrendered himself three days afterwards to a police officer. The prisoner said he was innocent. His LORDSHIP summed up perspicuously, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. He had previously been guilty of slight felony, and was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. ARSON. Robert Tetlow, 62, was charged with having at Accring ton set fire to a cottage, belonging to James Partington, with (as stated in the several counts of the indictment) in tent to destroy the hous: , , loom-house, and shippon, and to do injury to the occupant. Mr. SPINRS opened the case for the prosecution. The prisoner; had lodged in the house ; had had a quarrel with the prosecutor; and had used threats towards him that he would burn down his castle. The prosecutor said the premises were under one thatched roof. He had known the prisoner for 40 years. He had lodged there for 18 months. He used to come home drunk, and prosecutor told him he must not tarry there any longer. He had frequently said he would burn down the prosecutor's castle. Prisoner was a weaver, and worked at the house. On the previous Thursday he had some gingham in his loom, which he took away and sold. The prosecutor and prisoner lived alone in the house. On the night in question the former heard an alarm from neighbours. who cried, " Get up or you'll be burned !" He got up and found the shippon and loom-house in flames. There had been neither fire nor candle in the house for some weeks. The crowd saw the prisoner, and remarked that the prisoner had done it. The prisoner denied it, saying he had not been there, or in the town ship, that day. On cross-examination by the prisoner, witness said the threat was used three or four days before the fire. _ _ •_ _ A witness, who kept his clock an hour fast, said he saw the smoke issue from the cottage at about half-past ten on the night in question. lie dressed and went to the spot. He saw the shippon and loom-house on fire, and the flames were approaching the roof of the cottage. It was sworn by another witness that prisoner left his beer-house at half-past ten that night. Witness kept lucifer matches in the kitchen, and the prisoner sat there. Re missed some matches nest morning, and did not again see them. Another witness saw the prisoner passing towards the prosecutor's house about half-past ten that night. He was staggering in liquor. About an hour after he was roused by a knocking at the door, and went •and saw the fire. Other witnesses were called, who had seen the pri soner before the tre, which they saw soon after. The JUDGE, in summing up, stated the slaw as regards the igniting of a building in which there was s person who might be burned or injured. The shippon, it appeared, had been fired, but the house part took fire from that, and the offence was the same in law as if the dwelling part of the house had been set fire to. The jury, after five minutes' consideration, found the prisoner guilty of setting fire to the house of James Par tington, at a time when the prosecutor was in it. The Junen said the offence of setting fire to premises in which no one was living at the time was not capital, but in this case the law remained as it 'was formerly, and the prisoner was consequently liable, to forfeit his life. But he should not pass sentence of death ; but should re commend.her Majesty to spare his life, which recommen dation he.doubted not would be graciously attended to, but only on the condition that the prisoner should be sent out of fheeountry. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. BURGLARY. Edward Grimes, 30, was indicted, -after a previous con viction for felony, for having, onthe 30th of June last, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Joseph Doyle, of 117, 'Bedford-street, in this town, and stolen various articles therein. The case for -the prosecution rested solely upon the identity of the prisoner, and Mr. Atkin son, who defended him, contended that it was altogether insufficient to a conviction. He called witnesses to esta blish awalibi. who deposed that at the time the prisoner was alleged to be robbing the house he was at home in bed. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the previous conviction was proved against Mtn. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment tehard labour. MALICIOUSLY WOVNMING. Robert Morgan, 29, was indicted for having, at the ho rough of Liverpool, on the 22nd of June, assaulted and wounded John Briscoe, with various intents. On the evening of the day stated in the indictment the prisoner and a , man named 111 4 Quay were fighting in Skelhorne street ; the prosecutor interferedito separate them, when the prisoner stabbed him with a renkife, which he (the prisonek) had open in his hand at the time the prosecutor went up. The prisoner was found guilty of an assault only, and mitigatory circumstances tieing shown, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment to hard labour. ,FORGING AND UTTERINGSDIP NOTES Jonathan Watmough, 48, and 'James Smith, 48, were indicted for forging and putting off several forged under takings for the payment of £t Ns., with intent to defraud William Elinor and others. The prisoners went to the hoardinphouse of William 111Tabe, in Jordan• street, where the:prosecutors were lodging. and asked did they wish to ship, end being told they did, they received 10a. each from the men, and gave them shipping notes for £4 10s., purporting to be signed by• Capt. Nason, of the Calendar, Which were subsequently found to be forgeries. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and they were each sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment to hard labour in Kirkdale. BURGLARY. George Weer, 19, was indicted, after a previous con viction for felony, for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Martin Call. The prosecutor is a provision dealer in Lati more-street, 'Vauxhall-road, in this , town, and between the night of , the 22d and morning of the 23d of June last, his premises were entered and a quantity of provisions stolen, which provisions were afterwards found in pos session of the prisoner--Guilty. Sentence : eighteen months' imprisonment to hard labour. Grace Wheeler, 36, for uttering a forged sailor's note for £2, with intent to defraud Martha Markham, was tried and acquitted, on the ground that she was not aware that it was a forgery. The prisoner was then•placell upon her trial on an indictment charging her with asimilar offence, with intent to defraud Margaret Culcheth. :She was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment to hard labour. ----- --- CHARGE OF FE,I,ONY AGAINST A RAIIKRUPT. William Jabez Davies, (the charge against whom is stated above,) was again brought up. Mr. Connerr, (for the prisoner,) addressed hs lordship, contending on two points of law as regarded the indict ment, the principal of which was that the prisoner could not be tried for feloniously concealing his books, until after he had undergone his final examination before the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, which the prisoner had not ; and he quoted several cases in support of his argu ment, The offence was only inchoate, inasmuch as at a last examination the prisoner might have delivered up the books, &c. The other demur was to the effect that the indictment did not aver that the articles concealed or withheld were of the " estate" of the prisoner. The JUDGE ruled that any one " adjudged" a bankrupt, and found removing or embezzling any of the property, was guilty of a felony, without reference to examination at all. It was finally agreed that the points should be reserved and considered, upon application for arrest of judgment, should that come before the court. By advice of his counsel the prisoner pleaded guilty of concealing, as charged in one of the indictments. The prosecution for the other indictment, charging concealment of property &c., was not pushed against him. Mr. JAMEs, on behalf of the prisoner, said that the Prisoner had for many years moved in a respectable sphere of life ; that this was his first offence, and he therefore implored his Lordship to deal with the case with as much lenity as he deemed consistent with justice. Severel respectable witnesses spoke highly of the pri soner's character over a series of years. His LORDSHIP said be should consider the case, and in flict as lenient a punishment as he should, consider consis tent with holding out an example to others, and meeting the ends of public justice. The prisoner was then put down. BIGAMY. Robert Grundy, a respectable-looking man, was charged with having married Alice Mott, at Eccles, in October, 1849, his first wife, Elizabeth Grundy, whom he married in April, 1837, in Bolton, being then alive. The first wife behaved ill and left her home. In this case the second female could have suffered no injury, for she THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. knew the prisoner's former wife was alive. The sentence was therefore mitigated to four months' imprisonment. CHARGE OF INTENT TO SHOOT AND KILL. John Barton, 25, was charged with having, at Salford, presented a loaded pistol at Giles Hardman, with intent to kill and murder him. The prisoner and prosecutor had been friendly, and had lived together. The prisoner and his wife had lodged with the prosecutor, of whom the pri soner was jealous. The prisoner had not fired the pistol, so that there was no felony involved. The case was not gone minutely into, as the charge reduced itself to a com mon assault, which the jury found. The Judge, after a feeling admonition to the prisoner sentenced him to be im prisoned for one month. BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL. David Smith, 26, and Mary Hughes, 26, were indicted for having, on the 17th May, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of William Smith, in Bap tist-street, and stealing therefrom a loaf of bread, some butter, and some few articles of crockery-ware. The jury found the prisoner Smith guilty, and Mary Hughes not guilty. Smith had frequently before been convicted, and was sentenced to be transported for seven years. PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. Joseph Ward, 22, and Henry Mitchell, 35, mariners, were charged with having, on board the ship York, on the high seas, on the 27th of May last, feloniously endea voured to make a revolt, and to excite others to join them in it, with intent to take possession of the vessel and run away with her. There were other counts laying the felony in other ways. Mr. Paget ,with whom was Mr. Rushton) opened the case to the jury, drawing attention to the chief points in the evidence, which was then detailed at great length. Mr. ATKINSON said a few words in behalf of Ward, who had told him his story—namely that he had been shipped while intoxicated, and had so remained drinking for three days, and he was not conscious of what he might have done that it would have been madness to attempt to take the ship against a crew of 33 men and several boys ; and that several of the witnesses had given him a good character for quietness. He also addressed the court in behalf of Mitchell nearly to the same effect. The learned JUDGE summed up, and read those clauses of the act affecting the case, the strongest part of which was contained in the count in the indictment charging a mutiny with intent to run away with the ship. He recap itulated the heads of the evidence. He pointed out that Mitchell was the least implicated, inasmuch as it was not shown that he bad himself endeavoured to excite any of the rest of the crew to revolt ; and it might be that he did not intend to join Ward in his wicked proposition. With regard to the language used by Ward, it was most explicit and serious as showing his intention. The jury, in a few minutes, returned a verdict of guilty against Ward, and found Mitchell not guilty. His Lordship deferred passing sentence until this morn ing. The court rose at half-past five o'clock. GRAND JURY ROOM—YESTERDAY. Before Mr. Serjeant Murphy. Owing to the nature of the cases left for trial on the criminal side being likely to extend the business beyond the present week, Mr. Justice Patteson, on Saturday, appointed Mr. Serjeant Murphy to hold a third court in the Grand Jury Room ; and accordingly at ten o'clock this morning the Learned Sergeant took his seat, and pro ceeded with the following cases : FORGING A SHIPPING NOTE. Thomas Charles M`Kay, 26, pleaded guilty to having, at Liverpool, forged a shipping note for the payment of £5, with the view of defrauding Robt. Gracie. The wit ness wad formerly master of a merchant ship of this port, but for some length of time had been out of employment. Several witnesses were called, who gave him a most unex ceptionable character. His Lordship, after remarking upon the serious nature of the offence in a port like Liver pool, said, in consequence of the good character given to the prisoner, he felt inclined to be more lenient than otherwise he would have been. A sentence of two years' imprisonment to hard labour in Kirkdale was passed. BIGAMY. James White, 48, pleaded guilty to having, at Liver pool, feloniously married Catherine Manger, his former wife being then alive. The second wife stated that the prisoner, at the time she married him, ten years ago, re presented that he was a widower. She had lived with him from that time, but they had no: had any children. The learned judge, after commenting upon the aggravation of the offence, owing to the deception resorted to, sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation. DEFRAUDING AN ODDFELLOW ' S LODGE.—IMPORTANT DECISION. Cardwell Russell Smith, 32, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 2d August, 1848, foloniously forged and uttered a certain order for the payment of 35., with intent to defraud Price Jones. Subsequent counts laid the for gery with the view of defrauding T. A. Hunter and others. Mr. Blair prosecuted.; Mr. 11. T. Atkinson defended.— The prisoner was secretary to the Loyal Rainbow Lodge of Oddfellows, and part of his duty was to make out all orders for the payment of money, which orders were to be signed by the N. G. or V. N. G. before they were ren dered payable. On the 2d of August, last year, the pri soner presented an order for the payment of 3s. purport ing to be signed by Mr. Hunter, V. N. G., to Mrs. Ann Jones, the wife of Mr. Price Jones, the treasurer of the lodge, and received the money upon it. In March last the prisoner was removed from office, and his successor, Mr. Astley, discovered that the order presented was a for gery, Mr. Hunter not having signed it, and in June the prisoner was taken into custody on the charge.-1n cross examination by Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Astley, the secretary, described an Oddfellow's Lodge to be an association for mutual protection in sickness and distress, and for:general purposes ofTelief. The subscriptions were paid into a common fund. They communicated with other lodges in the country, and a portion of the funds were appropriated to the purposes of those lodges.—Mr. Atkinson : Sup pose a lodge were to break up, with funds of £5O, what would become of it ?—Witness: When a lodge decides to break up, the majority coming to that determination can join another lodge."—Mr. Atkinson: Suppose the majo rity do not wish to join, can they not divide the funds ?" Witness: 44 If they do, it is by force and against the rules of the order ; but it has been done."—Mr. Atkinson then submitted to the court whether there was any case for the jury upon any of the counts in the indictment except the first, the intent in each charging the iprisoner with the forgery to defraud Mr. Hunter and others, one of which orders was for himself.—Mr. Blair replied.—Astley, the witness, being recalled, stated that trustees had not yet been appointed to the society, the funds not being of the required amount.—The learned fudge, having consulted an analogous case in a legal work, decided that the objec tions raised by Mr. Atkinson relative to the counts of uttering with intent to defraud, must be held fatal, inas much asthe law contemplated the appointment of trus tees, in -whom the property of the society should be vested, and in their names all charges were to be brought. and suchttruatees not having been appointed, the prisoner must be'held a joint owner of the property.—Mr. Atkin son-then addressed the jury with respect to the first count, and contended that the intent to defraud was not esta blished, the name of Mr. Hunter having been attached merely to facilitate getting the money in Mr. Hunter's absence, as a mere matter of form, and not with any in tent to'defraud, the money having:, for anything shown to the contrary, been honestly appropriated to the objects of the society.—The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict-of not guilty. Thevhole of the list of prisoners -sent over for trial having been gone through, at four d'clock his lordship ad journed•the court until nine o'clock:the following (this) morning. NISI PRTUS COURT—YBSTERDAY. BROWN V. COOPER. 'Verdict by consent for £llo—subject to an arrangement. SHARPLES H. COOPER. Mr. -Seger for the plaintiff, Sergeant Martin for the de fendant. Plaintiff was a manufacturer of silk cloth in Blackburn, and defendant a printer having an establish ment in 'Manchester and another in Glasgow. The action was for the value of twenty pieces of.eloth sent to be printed, which the defendant had refused , to deliver up. John Emoadson, a commission agent, inChurch-street, Manchester, , proved the delivery of the cloth to Brown to be printed in Glasgow, and sent back to:hire in Manches ter for sale. They were to be charged for printing ss. a piece, if not more than four colours; and a further sum, not agreed upon, if they exceeded four colours. He made several applications afterwards to Brown for the goods; but he said he would not deliver them up_; without giving any reason. Made a tender of ten pounds forthe printing. His answer was that his Glasgow partner and himself had dissolved, and he should not deliver the goods. On exa mination by 'Mr. Sergeant Martin, it was cilicited that witness had been arrested and sent to gaol; and filed de fendant's debt as owing to himself, which schedule was dis missed. Afterwards presented another, and was remanded four months. Shatyles was his detaining creditor, and discharged him two days after his sentence. A.letter was put in, showing that he had written, while in Lancaster Castle, a letter, dated from London, requiring the goods to be sent up there. He had been both bankrupt Mid in solvent before. Re-examined by Mr. Segar.—Several letters vat in from defendant's house,advising of the prints being.aiNaut to be sent off to Edmondson. Mr. Mitartx addressed the jury for the defence., eon tending that the transaction was between the defendant and Edmondson; and that the whole proceeding was con cocted between Edmondson and Sharples, to enable the latter to get back the goods, leaving defendant unpaid for the.printing, and for £lO lent to Edmondson. An errand boy of defendant's was called, who deposed that he never saw any tender made. Mr. Neilson, defendant's partner, received the goods to print for Edmondson, and never knew the plaintiff in the transaction. Mr. SEGAR replied, and his Lordship having summed np, thd Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the defendant. CASE OF LIBEL.—STANSFIELD V BOWLER. Mr. Sergeant Martin and Mr. Atherton for the plain tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Crompton for the defendant. This was an action against defendant for libel, consisting of a report of a public meeting at Burnley, and remarks upon it in a leading article in the Man chester Courier. The plaintiff denied the libel, and pleaded justification. Mr. Sergeant MARTIN stated the case. The plaintiff was a banker in Yorkshire, and was formerly a barrister in this circuit. The libel consisted of articles contained in the Manchester Courier of the 21st April. The plain tiff lives in the township of Habergharneves, In the parish of Whalley, the inhabitants of which frequented a chapel at Burnley. By a recent act of Parliament, Habergham eves was male a separate ecclesiastical district, and de clared totally independent of Burnley. Mr. James was the first curate appointed, and Mr. Wilson is curate at present. The unfortunate cause of the present action arose from the vicar of Burnley, Mr. Masters, persisting that he had still a right to appoint a churchwarden and sidesmen for Haberghameves, which the inhabitants of that place resisted and called a public meeting, at which it was determined they should choose their own church wardens and sidesmen ; and such appointment was ac cordingly made at the Easter Vestry. Mr. Stansfield was required to go down to Burnley with some of the witnes ses to communicate this appointment to the Burnley Vestry. Mr. Masters was in the chair. The church . - wardens for Burnley were appointed ; but Mr. Stansfield was surprised when the same parties whom they had them selves appointed were proposed aschurchwardens and sides men for Habergameves, which they considered was done to prevent two other persons being proposed, and the question tried. Mr. Stansfield then read the resolution passed at the meeting, asserting the independence of Black burn of the new ecclesiastical district. Mr. Masters, on his own authority as chairman, refused to put the ques tion. Such refusal being given, a violent disturbance took place ; the police were sent for, and the church cleared ; after which, Mr. Masters insisted that the par ties elected by the Burnley Vestry were legally elected. The learned Sergeant then read a statement of the affair from the Blackburn Standard, which he urged was a statement concocted by a partisan of Mr. Masters, but of which Mr. Stansfield never thought of taking any notice. This is the report, whose quotation by the Manchester Courier is part of the libel complained of. The learned Sergeant next read the comments upon the conduct of Mr. Stansfield, made in that paper, headed " Disgraceful Proceedings in Burnley Church." The libel admitted Mr. Stansfield to have been a barrister, though a silent one, a " briefless barrister ;" and then accused him of being the party who a few assizes ago "broke faith with Mr. Baron Alderson, by failing to produce an important document which he promised to fetch, and sending in its stead a stupid note full of ignorance, presumption, and disrespect." This was the passage of which Mr. Stans field complained. The learned counsel explained the transaction referred to, which arose out of an indictment of two parties for a conspiracy to defraud an insurance compaey. The policy on which the claim was made, with the title deeds of the property were in the hands of Mr. Stansfield, in his capacity as a banker, as security. In the course of the trial the policy was called for, and Mr. Stansfield admitted that he so held the policy. He was asked if he had it with him and he said no, upon which Mr. Baron Alderson said very angrily, " do you come here to defeat the ends of justice ?" and after some more.conversation Mr. Baron Alderson ordered him to bring the document, and Mr. Stansfield left the court. The learned Sergeant contended that Mr. Stansfield, not having received a subpoena, the Judge had no right to make such an order. The letter said by defendant to be "full of ignorance," &c., was then read • and, in pur port, it was a protest against the authority Of the learned Judge; and a complaint against having it imputed to him in open court that he had come there to defeat the ends of justice. The remarks of the Courier went on to style Mr. Stansfield "a well-dressed demagogue," who " not only countenanced but counselled the brutalities" exercised towards Mr. Masters. A letter was next read from Mr. Stansfield's attorney to Mr. Sowler, and that gentleman's reply, offering, if Mr. Stansfield would deny the accuracy of the report in the Blackburn Standard he would publish it, and stating that he had made no impu tation upon his private character. • The witnesses on both sides had been ordered out of court during the learned Sergeant's address. Henry Holland was the first witness called—examined by Mr. ATHERTON, — Is Assistant-overseer of Habergah meaves—explained the ecclesiastical position of the Burn ley district ; and described the occurrences which took place at the Burnley meeting, exonerating Mr. Stans field from the charge of having taken any part in the disturbance. Heard no threats used towards Mr. Masters. Mr. John Maggerison corroborated the evidence of last witness as to the nature and conduct of the meeting. Charles Owen, examined by Mr. ATHERTON,—Heard no threats used towards Mr. Masters. Mr. Stansfield never advised any violence towards Mr. Masters. Mr. Richard Shaw, attorney atßurnley, was examined by Mr. Sergeant MARTIN as to the circumstances attending the indictment of two parties for conspiring to defraud an Assurance Co.; and statedthecircumstances connected with the deposit of the policy of assurance with Mr. Stansfield in substantially the same terms as the description of them in Mr. Sergeant Martin's opening. Witness stated that the policy of insurance was given up by his father to Mr. Stansfield, after a threat of a prosecution had been held out. Witness explained that his father was afraid the parties indicted might s et hold of it and taking it to York settle the affair with the Company for a few hun dred pounds, and thus defeat his claim for £l5OO, for which he had become security for them at the bank. When Mr. Stansfield left the court and did not re turn, he was sent for, but could not be found. Baron Alderson remarked on this that Mr. Stansfield had left the court on an honourable understanding that he would re turn ; and that his not doing so would teach him in future not to trust persons put of court. Mr. Baron Alderson went out to consult Mr. Baron Rolfe on the matter, whose opinion he stated to be that, under the circum stances, parole evidence ought to be taken, and that Mr. Stansfield ought to be liable to a contempt of court. Re-examined by Serjeant Martin :—Did not himself con ceive that there was any honourable understanding to re tain. The reading of Mr. Stansfield's letter to Mr. Baron Alderson closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS rose to speak to the defence; and after an eloquent exordium, in the course of which he commented with great force, upon the ill-advised nature of the proceedings adopted by Mr. Stansfield, went at great length through tie evidence, and commented upon the libel itself, the latter of which he contended was fully justified and proved by the plaintiff's own witnesses. In the course of a long and eloquent address, many portions of which elicited great merriment from the happiness of their sarcasm, the learned counsel held up the conduct of the plaintiff as worthy of the - unmeasured reprobation of the court, and, without producing any witnesses, called for a verdict for the defendant. The learned judge summed up, and the jars returned, after an absence of about a quarter of an hour, a verdict for the defendant on both counts. The Court rose soon after. THE CHOLERA. — This dreadful scourge is, we regret to say, devastating the poorer districts of the town with in creased effect. On Sunday there were upwards of twenty funerals at St. Mary's, Kirkdale, and such was the scarcity of funeral equipages, that as the occupants of one mourn ing coach were puttown the carriage •was driven rapidly away with its accompanying hearse, to supply the urgent demands of those requiring interment for their.relations. The proprietors, these instances, provided ordinary hackney carriages for the purpose of conveying the funeral parties home. The funeral pedestrian processions daily approaching St. Patrick's Chapel, Toxteth , park, are so numerous as to shock persons livinginthe neighbourhood. AWFUL MORTALITY IN ONE Fammr.--Unfortu nately, it hes been often our duty Of late to give publicity •to the inroads of-disease and deathumongstusl but sel dom has it been our melancholy tack to detail such serious mortality in a single family as is exhibited in the following particulars :—On Thursday, Mr. Superintendent Anders, of our borough police, a -young man.universally 'respected for his gentlemanly demeanour in the.discharge Of the duties of his office, lost his wife, who died of cho lera. On the -same day, a brother of Mr. Anders, who was a machinist employed at a mine in St.'Haled's, was instantaneously killed by the breelking of a rope; and on the following day, the daughter of Mr. Anders, a little girl not ten years of age, died ofthe same fatal-disease as her mother. PASSENGERS:HY THE EUROPA.—From New York : Mr., Mrs., and Miss Mozier, and servant ; Mr. and Miss 'Stone; Mons. and Madame deCkallaye, infant, and two maid servants.; Mr. Parr, infant and nurse; Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie, two children, and nurse ; Mrs. Gipps ; Miss Harrison; Mrs. M'Nab; Miss Moir; - Nom le Moyne and Lady, four children -and maid servant.; Dr. King; Colonel:Hitchcock ; Master Parr; Signor Gomes Farcaz ; Signor Cartrode de flan Salavidor; Comple. J. deßruery, Margrur de Radpont-; Col. Clark : Mons. de Challage and lady ; Dr. Young ; Master R. Stone ; Messrs. M. Bertheen, Eml. Peek, G. Hook, E. and A. Ober, E. A. Fryon, Greeves, J. :Scobie, F. Alexander, Lambert, A. Parrillier, Thomas, Canty. A. Grace, G. Lawrence, C. C. Burr, P. S.'Lacave, S. Draper, Barlow, J. M. Picabea, John C. Lord, James C. Lord, S. Baker, Sandford, Cook, Rufkohl, W. E. -Rutherford, Bucking ham, H. Boyle, Canfuld, R. M'Carty, F. Placide, Wil kinson, Tuckerman, J. H. Connell, Frednek, Penond, Solebac, Herbert, Deem. Lauchtin, Davies, Manaharett, Turnbull, Stevens, -Gordon, Keely, and Millar. From Half - fox :—Miss Bazalgitte, Assistant Commissary Gen. Greg, lady, infant, and nurse; Mr. Seattie ; Mr. Playfair ; a non-commissioned officer, wife, and two children. CoN6Ecuariox.—The new church at Dringhowses, near York, erected and endowed'hy Mrs. Leigh (widow of • the Rev. E. T. Leigh, for eighteen years rector of Cheadle, in the diocese of Chester), was consecrated by the Arch bishop of York on the Bth inst. The prayers were read by the Rev. G. H. Phillips, the incumbent. More than sixty clergymen were present, and as many of the families as the church could contain. The .ehurch is a very elegant staacture. The style is middle pointed or deco rated—the windows containing geometrical tracery. The church comprises chancel and nave, with porch to the north andcacristy to the south. The interior arrange ments are extremely beautiful and well ordered. The pulpit is of stone, elaborately earved:; the desk being sup ported by an angel. The nave is lighted bycight windows, four of which are filled with stained glass illustrating the remarkable events in the life of Christ:: the others are ultimately to be filled in like manner. The doors are of oak, with curiously wrought iron scroll bands. The seats in the nave all front towards the chancel. They are executed after themost approved design, open, of spacious dimensions, and fitted throughout with cushions and hassocks. All the woodwork throughout the church is of the best oak, and in design and workmanship no expense appears to have been spared for providing for the comfort and convenience of the congregation. The church con tains accommodation for about 250 persons. BAnnic FESTIVAL. — The Royal Welsh Eistedffod took place at Aberfraw, Anglesea, on Tuesday. The concourse was very great, and comprised the elite of the principality. After an address from the president, competition for the various prizes commenced. Fifteen prizes, consisting of premiums and medals, were awarded for poems, epigrams, essays, and addresses in Welsh and English. M. Morris Williams, curate of Amlwch, was the successful caodidate for the grand prize, a premium of fifteen pounds, and a medal worth five, for a poem on the creation. He was installed in the Bardic chair by two chief bards, and in vested with the medal by Lady Vaughan, amid general acclamation. On Wednesday the proceedings were re newed. Amongst those who addressed the company in the pavilion, was the Rev. D. James, of this town. The award of a medal value £2, and £3, for the best poem on the " Chester and Holyhead Railway," was declared by the bard to be in favour of Richard Parry, of Llandovery, formerly of Llanerchymedd. Mr. Robert Williams, of Newborough, took the prize, a medal worth £3, for the best poem on the Menai Straits. In the competiti on on the Welsh harp, several harpers from Liverpool took part, amongst them Miss Mary Ann Brewer, who is only ten years old. Her performance was greatly admired. The prize was awarded to Ellis Roberts, of Bangor. On Thursday the proceedings terminated, THE PHILHARMONIC HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir, —Having received the following very satisfactory communication from Mr. Samuel Holme, accompanied with his permission to make what use of it I might deem proper. I have the pleasure of sending it to you for inser tion in your paper of to-morrow, believing that its insertion at the present moment will at once remove all apprehension for the safety of the building that might have been excited by the remarks of the editor of the L'verpool Mail. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, J. H. TURNER, Chairman. Liverpool Philharmonic Society, August 20, 1849. Dear Sir,—l have seen with much regret the remarks which have appeared in the Mail as to the alleged inse curity of the new Concert-hall. To publish a letter throwing doubt upon a magnificent structure, just as it is about being thrown open to the public, is sure to create alarm, and although that alarm has been quieted, yet I tremble to think of the serious consequences that might ensue if a panic was to seize the audience when assembled in the edifice. Having been appealed to by many persons for my opi nion, and having been alluded to by the press, I take the liberty of forwarding you the following remarks, in the hope that they may dissipate the feeling so unnecessarily and injudiciously created. I have had nothing whatever to do with the building in question. I have never had the slightest communication with the architect on the subject, and I may therefore be presumed to give an unprejudiced opinion. I do not even know the names of any of the persons engaged in its erection, except that of the mason. When the building was nearly roofed in, I observed that a portion of the cornice had been taken down and reset, and I then heard the common report that subsidence of the roof had caused a slight bulging of the external wall, which rendered it necessary to make some alteration. Im pelled by curiosity, I visited the building. I found that ; the archirect had adopted the bold idea of supporting the central portion of the roof upon longitudinal trusses ; and as it was necessary to frame these trusses from scaf folding on account of their prodigious size and weight, it naturally happened that a slight subsidence occurred when they came down to their bearing. The spars being placed at an angle of 38 or 40 degrees pressed against the back of the cornice, and every practical man knows that a lofty , and newly-built wall which will carry any weight verti cally, may be pushed out of perpendicular by a very slight lateral thrust. Such a circumstance is of common oc currence, and I have often known the walls of the best constructed edifices twisted by frost, or thrown out of per dendiculsr by a gale of wind following wet weather before a roof was completely finished. On perceiving the cause of the alteration then being made, I dismissed the circum stance from my mind. In consequence, however, of the remarks made in the Mail, I have this morning been over the building, and I have carefully scrutinised the whole with the working drawings in my hand. The plaster-work of the roof is a delicate and most unmistakable test of its security. Had there been the most trifling settlement, it would have been manifested by cracks in the plaster, chewing the na ture of the settlement by the direction of the lines of fracture. Nothing of the sort is visible,—all betokens solidity. The natural shrinking of the fibres of so much timber might have caused some cracks, as is often the case in ceilings which are hastily finished. In this case, how ever, nothing of the sort appears. With reference to the floors and galleries, it is perfectly preposterous to throw the slightest doubt upon them. They may be weighted by as many persons as can pack upon them with perfect safety. I can hardly conceive any weight that could touch them. The idea of their insecurity is too ridiculous to need a single comment. And even supposing a roof not to be of the strongest (although in the case of the Con cert-hall, I suppose nothing of the sort) the loading of the building has nothing whatever to do with the roof, which stands independent,is not in any way connected with the seats, and is quite unaffected whether a building be full or empty. The surveys made by Messrs. Smirke, Tite, and Cockerell, and the known reputation of the architect himself, amply satisfied me that the reports connected with the building had magnified a common occurrence into a " dangerous construction." When the old Music hall was altered a similar cry of insecurity was raised. Mr. Stewart surveyed it and reported his opinion. How well that opinion was borne out, let those thousands say who have attended public meetings on that " insecure" floor, which has over and over again been crammed to suffocation. In the case of the Philharmonic Concert-hall, the best proof of my opinion (whatever it may be worth) is, that if I am in Liverpool next week, which at present is some what doubtful, as I am expecting to be called into Ire land, it is my intention, together with my family, to be present on the occasion of its opening.—l am, dear sir: yours very faithfully, August 20, 1849. Lao. H. Turner, Esq. SAMUEL HOLME. THE COTTON TRADE. No attempt having been made for some time past on the part of our manufacturing neighbours, who are gene rally on the alert, to rebut our statistical deductions, we concluded that the thinking portion of their body at length viewed the matter in its true light, and would act on the suggestions we have frequently thrown out, which were to buy freely and keep well stocked; but not a little to our surprise, do we find our old friend, the Manchester Exa miner, actually stating that there will not only be plenty of cotton, but that the manufacturers of Manchester and the adjoining districts may go on spinning and weaving away in perfect security, regardless of the future. He promises that the stock of cotton is considerable, that the supply to come forward will be ample, that the stocks will not be less for the next twelve months than they were on the 30th June last, that his private accounts of the grow ing crop in America by the last steamer were very satis factory, and that with a favourable autumn the coming crop will be as large as the last (2,700,000 bales); and further, he particularly calls the attention of his ma nufacturing friends to the necessity, at the present critical juncture, of studying the position of the cotton trade for the present year, and of investigating for themselves the statistics connected with so important a subject. We had thought our friend of the Manchester Examiner was si lenced two months ago, but since he has thought fit to come on 'the arena again, we shall be happy to silence him once more, which will probably be sufficient for the next two months. Regarding our present stock of cotton. by referring to 'the Brokers' Circular of the 17th instant, we find it put down at 652,810 bales, against 581,160 bales same time last year, which must be considered small when we com pare the present rate of consumption with what it was twelve months since. He states that we shall receive the -same amount of cotton for the six months ending 31st December, if not more, than we did last year, which was 617,000 bales. But how stands the fact ? We have already received, since the 30th June, 242,713 bales, which are absorbed in our present stock of 652,810 bales, and we nzay receive some 300, 000 bales more , at the utmost , calculation, viz.::-- Of the old crop in America . New crop 100,000 Bombay, Egypt, South America. &c 150,000 Total. 300,000 bales. There are yet 19 weeks to the close of the present year, and 300,000 bales is a trifle short of IG,OOO per week, or one half of our present consumption, so that spinners may form their own conclusions, without the aid of our sage contemporary, knowing as they do how firmly our present stock is held for higher prices. With regard to what the probable stock will be at the end of the year, that is easily arrived at, supposing the consumption to continue at its present ratio, though we are afraid we have given too flat tering an estimate of the probable supply for the next four months, parties inthe American trade estimating the pro bable supply of the ACW crop at only ,one half of what we have taken it. Stock, 17th August, 1849 .. . 653.000 Probable supply to the end of the year 300,000 953,000 53,000 Export 900,000 19 weeks consumption, at 31,600...... 600,000 Extreme stock on the.3lst Dec. next.. 300,000 And in calculating the export at only 53,000 bales, we have left out the probability of France being a large pur chaser. The stock of cotton in France is only adequate to a few weeks' consumption, and as there is little probabi lity of their getting supplies from elsewhere, it is highly probable they will be forced to come to this country, in which case their government would have to suspend their navigation laws. Ipohg S s So far r ownpef f r r ibo o aym m v ett, thehh ee seen ha last c e c ra o ev p u ysr n tre t eas s aei :nu b s ; ari a tn, favourab legasancoldel aatrelyw.aneaadl iti the ar o. precarious t a h enc accounts i firmation of this view, prices had risen Id. per lb., and the planters' letters to their correspondents in this coun try were to hold on and not to sell at present prices, and in some instances considerable orders were received to purchase cotton. The writer of the Manchester Examiner Is very ingenious, no doubt, in attempting to mystify the next six months with the first six months of 1850, but if he will attempt to give his readers information upon such an important subject as the supply of cotton, he had better confine himself to what be so earnestly recommends to the attention of his friends—valuable data. We know pretty nearly what we can receive for the next four or five months, but with the a ccoun t s f r om America of the certainty of a late season, the crop having received considerable damage. and the general estimate being below an average one, and every probability that the prices this year in the States will open at an advance of at least Id. per lb. over last, to attempt to speak with certainty of the future, and that over a space of twelve months, either with respect to supply or prices, seems to us to be a piece of pre sumption which any person of experience in the cotton trade would not commit. That the great body of the spinners will look to other data . than that furnished by our contemporary we cannot doubt, and well will it be for them if they do so. It is neither desirable that cotton should advance too rapidly nor too high, but being in pos session of correct data is calculated to check both, for if there is to be a scarcity before Christmas, spinners had better know it, and " cut their cloth accordingly." During the past week the market has been very active, and prices have advanced id. per lb. Spinners and ex porters have purchased freely, and have been met by speculators. This now being the cheapest market, we may reasonably expect a considerable pull upon it for the next month or two from our continental neighbours. By the last accounts from America cotton would lose id. per lb., so that with their reduced stock we cannot look for any supply of moment for a length of time, the quantity at sea for this country being under 20,000 bales. P.S., MONDAY NOON. . . The American steamer Europa has just steamed up the river. The accounts by her of the coming crop are the worst we have yet received. In the south they had had heavy rain, and further damage had been sustained by the young plant. The overland mail is also in, and, contrary to general expectation, the accounts of the demand for manufactured goods and twist, both from Bombay and Calcutta, are highly satisfactory. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. JOHN GARDNER, OF BIRKENHEAD. On Friday evening last, the friends of the Rev. John Gardner, late minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Conway-street, Birkenhead, met at a soire3 in the school-room of the United Presbyterian Church, Grange-road. with the object of presenting to that gen tleman a mark of their affection and esteem prior to his transferring the scene of his ministerial labours from England to South Australia. The school-room, which is of large dimensions, was decorated with evergreens and drapery in a very tasteful style; and when the company, to the number of 400 and upwards. were seated, and the scene was lighted up, the coup d' cell was truly imposing— such, indeed, as we have never seen exceeded, if equalled. on such an occasion. The proceedings were marked by the utmost order and unanimity, not a single dissen tient voice arising in the assembly, which was the more remarkable as the occasion which led to the meeting had its origin in an unfortunate difference somewhere as regarded the ministrations of Mr. Gardner. It is just necessary to add that the company were exclusively per sons of the superior classes of society. Amongst the gentlemen who took a prominent part in the proceedings were the Revds. Dr. Crichton, Towers, Ferguson, Graham, White, Buck ; and Messrs. Adamson, Zeigler, Blaikie. Henderson, and Wilson. An agreeable variety was afforded in the details of the evening's business by the introduction, at intervals, of anthems, performed by the choir of St. Mary's Church, who attended by the express desire of the Rev. Mr. Knox, the incumbent ; a powerful-toned piano -forte gave effect to these performances. Mr. Gardner opened the business by announcing that the chair would be occupied by the Rev. A. McLean, of Ramsbottom, the oldest member of the Lancashire Presbytery. The rev. gentle man having assumed his seat, a blessing was invoked, to which succeeded the agreeable duties of the tea table, which were in return followed by the return of thanks, after which an anthem was sung, and then the special business of the evening was commenced by The CHAIRMAN expressing his sense of the honour conferred on him in his being placed in the chair on that most important and interesting occasion. He was quite aware it was no ordinary motive that had brought them there that evening. He alluded slightly, but with feel ings of regret, to the trials and difficulties which had beset the path of their friend, and observed that, having been his friend from the beginning, it behoved him to main tain that friendship to the end. He testified to the high standing of his friend in all the essentials of a Christian minister, and expressed his conviction that, in his re moval from the scenes of his trials, God was making him an instrument in bringing men from darkness to light. If it had been so ordained that they were to meet no more on this side of eternity, there was much happiness in the thought that there was a home where they should meet again, and where no apprehensions of separation would intrude. At the conclusion of the Chairman's observa tions, Mr. ADAMSON rose to present the testimonial. He prefaced the act by a few appropriate remarks as to the pleasure he experienced in having been deputed to pre sent Mr. Gardner with a mark of the respect that gentle man was held in by his congregation. That mark of respect was a piece of plate, which he trusted would remain in Mr. Gardner's family for a long time to come. Mr. Adamson then handed to the rev. gentleman a tea service of plate, accompanied by a purse containing 60 sovereigns, and, as he said, last though not least, an address signed by 200 members of his flock. The pre sentation took place amidst long-continued applause, after which the address was read as follows : "TO THE REV. JOHN GARDNER. "Rev. and dear Sir,—We, the undersigned, on thus pre senting you with, and respectfully requesting your acceptance of, this small token of our esteem and regard, desire also, while acquiescing in the will of God, to convey to you our unfeigned re f, r ,, that i,eg youaasrseu assure ot ut l t ) that li we will ever e separated .r f cherish,ro n i us with feelings_ of the liveliest thankfulness, the recollection of your ministra tions among us—your faithfulness in the pulpit, where you never shunned to declare the whole counsel of God, by the exhibition, in all its fulness and freeness, of the glorious Gospel of the grace of God, and, as occasion required, by admonition or reproof, in the Spirit of Him who said `Go in peace and sin no more.' But it is in connection with our homes and hearths that we shall specially grieve over your loss—in the family circle, where your urbanity and affection went direct to the heart— pre-eminently as regarded the young, who have always esteemed you as their devoted friend, and among whom your labours have been so signally owned; and to such of us who have been of the number, pi ivileged either to witness or to feel the comfort and consolation which your ministrations in the chamber of sickness and death have been the means of im parting, there are links of association which seem too painful to be broken : nor would we now recal remembrances so affecting, were they not scenes in which your duty, promp titude, and inanation ever seemed as one, and did we not conceive that even such humble testimony to your past usefulness here might lead to cheer your heart and strengthen your hands for labour, in the vineyard of the lord, in the land of your adoption. Not doubting, then, that He, who said to his servants of old Lo, I am with you alway,' will accompany you through life, we now take an affectionate farewell or you, praying that He who holds the waters in the hollow of his hand' will give the winds and the waves charge concerning you, your partner in life, and your dear little one—crown you with temporal and spiritual prosperity. and long spare you to he an honoured and useful minister of the Gospel of Christ, in promoting his cause and kingdom in Australia, or wherever your lot may be cast in the providence of God." Mr. Adamson concluded by again wishing a long period of health and enjoyment to Mr. Gardner and his lady. The Rev. Mr. GARDNER trusted, in returning thanks, that the language be emplciyed would not be measured • with the value of such a testimonial and such a memorial as had just been read. The rev. gentleman went on to hint at unpleasant circumstances that had transpired in connexion with his ministry among them, but they had, he was sure, sympathised with him throughout the whole course of that ministry, and had overlooked any short - comings which might have characterised it. On his part . he would assure them there had been but one object, which was to preach Christ and Him crucified. He again acknowledged himself incapable of expressing his gratitude for so strong and valuable a proof of their affections as had been given him by his friends. The impression made on his mind then would not easily be effaced, and when in a far distant land, Birkenhead and all its endearing ties would pass before his recollection as if the scene were really conjured up by the wand of enchantment, and its people would never cease to ho remembered by him with affection. He should ever feel ready to exclaim with heartfelt sincerity, as he did then in the words of Scrip ture, " The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and give you peace." There were around him, his brethren in the ministry with whom he had lived in sweet and delightful intercourse. There never had been an occasion when he had asked their assistance as preacher that that assistance bad been with held. The recollection of all this would allow him, if ever it plea - ed God that he should reach his distant honie, to forget all his former trials and difficulties, and forget the acts of his enemies in his prayers for their prosperity. He had further to say that he did not fail to cherish the hope that in the present circumstances of that place, and in the 'present circumstances of the kingdom, some of them might be desirous to emigrate to a land which offered' a greater return to labour and energy. He could only say, if any of them should brave the dangers of the ocean and land in the neighbourhood of his abode, if God spared him, they might rely on receiving a brother's welcome, and sharing in all the hospitality of a minister's home. And further, if his position as a minister gave him the' power of forwarding the temporal interests of such elZii grants by his introduction of them to his flock, his ser vices would be willingly given. Mr. Gardner concluded by affectionately bidding his friends farewell. tie resumed 'his seat amidst the most unmistakable burst of warm feeling. Subsequently the tea service presented to the reverend gentleman was handed round the room, and greatly ad mired by all who inspected it. The following inscription, appears on the tea-pot:—" Presented to the Rev. John. Gardner, minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Birkenhead, by two hundred of his attached congregation, as a token of esteem and regard on his leaving for Ade laide, South Australia, August 16, 1849." The Rev. Mr. TOWERS addressed some remarks to the' meeting, on the relation of the colonies to Great Britain and their religious claims on the mother country. He might compare the platform on which he stood with his revered brethren to our little Britain ; and the colonies with their one hundred and twenty or forty millions of people might be represented by the audience before him. It was then a circumstance of which they might justly be proud, that they found themselves able to contribute to the religious instruction of these vast territories. Ad verting to the subject of the evening, Mr. Gardner, he said he had often met him in the classes, where, as in pri vate, his deportment was such as to gain for him esteem and regard ; he trusted the future would be all that his friend could desire. Mr. BLAIKIE, a member of Mr. Gardner's congrega tion, then addressed the meeting, and answered the ques tion which had several times been put to him, " Why did' they not meet in their own school-room ?" by saying that it had been withheld from them. He went on delicately to touch upon the unhappy differences which had led to Mr. Gardner leaving Birkenhead, and observed that from first to last the congregation had stood by their minister in the face of all opposition. They had notified again and again to his worth and usefulness. Mr. B. went on to show that though the address had been signed by two hundred persons, it was still in process of signature; all the majority of these persons were communicants. Dr. Crichton, Mr. Zeigler, the Rev. Mr. Ferguson, the Rev. Mr. Graham, the Rev. Mr. Buck, the Rev. Mr. White, and the Rev. Mr. Henderson, addressed the meeting in succession. The addresses were of a superior description ; and it is with great regret we omit them, not having space in consequence of a press of matter. Mr. Ferguson read letters of apology from Dr. Raffles, the Rev. Mr. Knox, and the Rev. Mr. Birrell. Mr. Willon proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, and thus the meeting separated after an evening of unalloyed enjoyment. DEATH 73Y LIGHTNING. — On Thursday, at Sandtoft, Bulay Eyre, a boy only six years of age, while slniine_ near to his grandfather and his two sons, watchilb WI:. PPOOt cleanse out a drain, was suddenjy struck by the d.e*iiici ki imam fluid, and was a corpse before lie could be remotil. " AY." Imilp the house. It is somewhat singular that Whilst: e.lit*i - :" I gl , • IP who were employed cleaning out the drain, re/44i -.i ,:.,, tools which were calculated to attract the light t i tli: : 4 y.--,,, .. 4 % : entirely escaped, whilst the boy. who had not Dtri04V,:,7.1 - n t , 4.). y. sort about him, was struck. On being stripper:.:- '• 7, ,- # not the slightest mark to be found upon the b ' --; - .4-.::. - ' l ' , :';''.'l7 - \ , -,-;-,tr-(7.-"_ '13.1 Vci SMA 047