The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-16 00:00:00

fini3trial Varliairant. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Sha l nnon navigation bill went through a committee, and was i!'eitorted. The bill to he read a third time on Thurs day nex - i.Hi ' • In the - ainmittee on the London Metropolitan police bill, Lord BrIcilUGHAm objected to third clause. From the man ner in 'RI& the bill passed the commons, he was sure he could poipt;to six,persons who, on the bill passing,would he immedr/itllfiiiadelnagistiates. • The ft q r, gti,iii.:i. •e.,(1 by a majority of 34 to 33. Lord's ~ ;Sin; kiected to clause 23. The noble and learnelye iltig the option given to the magistrates. to try ti . - , . Of felony, quoted Blackstone, to shotr the dart el dVof juries. The 01 y 1 ,3r ii3e observed, at present, p ers o ns w e r e o f ten c p de4 F.o4ee or four months b e f ore th e y cou ld be trit4ll!, Mii eies 'trilling in their na t ure . A summar y mode ettkisiiis ' fSuch 'cases would be beneficial to the partiesieriQe ' s::: 1 Lori Ike I .ol'stipported the view taken by Lord Lynd hurst. ' .l The v inle(Er.r.ort defended the clause, which was ultirna pc 34 , majority of 34 to 31. t i Toe s ) s .Af t qlo bill to be received on Thursday. oft ' OUSE Lord OF COMMONS,—MoNDAY. Lord ..e. RtssELL, having moved the order of the day for the; cl rderation of the lords' amendments on the Irish 4 / muni • ~. rpOrations bill, Mr. Co:: : : C,o_N-NELL begged to ask the noble lord if the report was tin eat more troops had been withdrawn from Ireland. His loi nswered that it was true. His noble friend at the he thefl war department had been in communication with tdriander-in-Chief of the Forces in Ireland, who infor pi that if there was any necessity for it, he could readily a %. More troops, and another regiment had been sent %i f its statement was followed by loud cheers from the mg Till benches. ti t Lo 14 - ilt:ssELL then announced, that he did not pro pose tA n iiiduie a ne , ,v bill this - session. With respect to the q• 4 ,:pl - privilege, lie did not think that it formed in 4 this ins lice 'iii objection's° important, or that it referred to clajog4 oo,f Scl 7 ,l.,laentially important a character as to be neces tiflr ifal o t 'pie. hill ; and they might, at all events, be prove 4 o ok ii vl Mier bill. With respect to other points, he thong 4.7ilyr t , t . :be able to come to sortie agreement as re garde lips g u e-ainenflments made by the other house; while :4 lips to others of those amendments, there migheA 016'aill some difference of opinion. 'On the whole t he enlZ hied a stront; hope, that, before much of the next session elapsed, they might be able to frame some measure, by which! the anomalies and disadvantages with regard to the existimikqiiiorations in Ireland might be done away with. His lordship concluded by moving, that the amend ments be taken-into consideration that day three months. Mnltidttait "disclaimed the entertaining any peculiar par tialitPol.4liis bill.- On the contrary, he was desirous of abolisilltivall - the existing corporations in Ireland, without adopting others in: their place, betievinc , thatit was impossi ble that the cities and corporations in Ireland could be well regulatt4 by such institutions, while party spirit existed to the extent it did at present ; and he was the more convinced of this, from the exhibition of party spirit at the recent elec tion of gilardians under the poor-law act. He had merely waivetl:Als , own sentiments as regarded the present bill, be lievirolothat the leaders of the conservative party in both housdsthul-agreed to the terms of settlement as it stood. Mi , .`kgenstNam, said, with respect to the party spirit dis played in the election of poor-law guardians in Ireland, he was primied .to show, that, while the popular party gene rally returned Protestants to serve as guardians, the anti popular part* had not returned one Catholic. He was quite readOtttsuppose, that the conservative party in both houses, with .rte ifr two exceptions, vere agreed to support this bill, because thera could not be a worse bill than it was in its present shape. Lord MORPETII contended that the general proceedings under the poor-law by no means justified Mr. Shaw's impu tation of a partisan or sectarian spirit: After some further discussion, the motion was agreed to. The-Poor Rates' Collection Bill was read a third time, and passed by a majority of 37 to 18. The report of the Birmingham Police Bill was received, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) bill was read the third time andpssed, after some remarks from Lord GLEN - GALL and the Attripis of NonmANnv. Lorkiiitouon Am presented a petition from numerous agents -bf , licensed victuallers against the Excise Licenses (Sale.,of Spirits) bill; the object of which bill appeared to be, he: said, to make every grocer's shop, and every wine and spirit, merchant a retailer of spirits. Lord Brougham presented a petition for the mitigation of the capital sentence passed on the three men at Warwick, on acconnt of the Birmingham outrage. A similar petition was presented to the commons. The Sale of Spirits (Ireland) billwent through committee, as did the Assaults (Ireland) bill. Lord BROUGHAM, on the report of Metropolitan Police Courts bill, being taken into consideration, moved that clauses 3 and 4 he struck out ; but, on explanation from the Lord Chancellor, the motion was limited to clause 3—viz., that providing that " magistrates may be superseded at the discretion of the secretary of state on two-thirds of their salaries.'! That proposition was carried by 43 to 30, being a majority of 13 for striking out the clause. The third reading was afterwards .fixed for Friday. The•report of the Dublin Police bill was agreed to. The Shannon Navigation bill was read the third time and - The Constabulary Force (Ireland) bill went through corn. mitteei.;:v! The Bishop of LONDON moved for-1. " Copies of so much of any despatches sent by the Court of Directors to Indiasince Btluoditifust,' , .lB3o;i as, relates to the abolition of taxes in Indiiumxnmected with religious observances of the natives, or tontraaxmploymcnt of Christian troops in the religious rroevisiciaaand festivals of the natives."—Also, (2), for a ebintlsciflhe memorial sent to the governor-general from the presidency of.lladras, on the subject of the attendance of tatriatiito troops at the religious processions and festivals of the natives ; together with the appendix to such memorial." HA1:y(14..4), for Copies of the despatch of,lBth October, 1837, to ii governor-general in council, No. 14, revenue depart meut ; and of tiir Peregrine Maitland's letter thereon to the Costa Ajf: Directors, tendering his resignation of the com mand of the Madras army, and of . hisseat in council." - - „ IserrioNfx+ipiLtpiE and the Duke of WELLINGTON having exprOAimpls#bies as opposed to the third portion of the rnokevisfiaArAqttherproduction of the papers therein men tion4d, The Bishop of ,LoNp.oN, did ,not press for the whole of Av il first two series of papers were orditiorA sift bn.a Llbudivtiork gok l 4l4 ll lvogs4, go committee,. on the Adsidra4difept4 5i1143 Lord LYN DH URST moved to postpone it for three months, and shuom Tith6tVitioilew, , i.tgorried by 34 to 23. The bill is eon seqoPthhilbliNte,lir Tix*l*Osliff.4}sitigorippission Continuance Bill was read a second time, it being, arranged that discussion should be had in ii?dgnitt44l g, ,5513,ig„17 was appointed for Thursday. try", song, Wales . Bill was read a second time. 1 /6 4 9ttiOn.iof ::Lord M INTO, the Slave Trade Treaties Bilk3vierttothrough committee, and was reported. To be read a ti irtkimeon Tuesday. Wlt4llordsliips then adjourned. mid s'is • )8 . _d3,141.10U5E OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. TittiaU- T _Fsx.Lny gave notice that he would this day call at tegAionii.to ,a-petition for the mitigation of the capital part of thltosciiittpee _oa the three men found guilty at the Warwick Atalisctsi:Pu account of the Birmingham outrages. iiird J. RUSSELL having moved that the " Birmingham Palloo" Bill be read the third time, ht,e.,-c/1014EFIELn proposed, as an amendment, that it be reati.l`.itlint day three months." Died.iutise divided on the original motion, which was car riaa.by-3ts to b. The bill was then read the third time and pawed. ,Mihe question that the "Manchester. Police" Bill be coranritted, Lord G. SOMERSET proposed an amendment, that4tke committed that day three months. The bill was suptioxted by both the members for Manchester, Mr. Mark Pliitips and Mr. P. Thompson, and the amendment was evtia‘ually negatived, by 63 for the committee " now". and 17.110 inst it. - ,ibith e e,conarnittee, Mr. HINOLEY proposed an amendment of the clause, empowering " her Majesty" to appoint the eutartiasiouer, substituting " the council,!' but it was nega titad The,bill went through committee, and tlipire.vont.was ordered to be read on Wednesday. aTitellWolton Police" Bill also went through committee. ,iriho.Tithe Commutation Acts Amendment bill, the Joint St,aek;Banking Companies' Act Continuation bill, and the E'xcia - Fe., Licenses (Sale of Spirits) bill, were severally read ausk PtssSe4 ; As were also the Real Estates Liability bill, and theiSlterills' Exemption bill. 3 The lords' amendments to the Stannaries Courts (Corn wai),hill,were read and agreed to. tab& -Consolidated Fund bill, the Exchequer Bills (X 12,056,050) bill, and the Corporate Property (Ireland) bury were , severally read the second time. Tenseit called attention to the experiments sub mitted to. the " Bude-light" committee, and moved, amidst %Nile merriment, " that the lustres be furnished with candles, shorf-ihrees to the pound, instead of long-threes, which given° more light than six to the pound, and which, there- fortic.idefeat the intention of making a fair comparison bet,ween-the power of the wax-light and the Bude-light." Puvuz having seconded the motion, F.The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the time of the house might be much better employed than in ' discussing the comparative merits of " long threes" and " short threes. " He, however, did not wish to place Lin extinguisher" upon any experiment that might be deemed advisable. The motion was eventually withdrawn, and the house adjounied. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. The,House of Lords did not assemble to-day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. ',,The' Con so lid a t e d F un d Bill ( w ith the " appropriation" etaiise, the closing one of the session, so far as financial treasures are concerned), and the Exchequer Bills Bill, went through committee, and the reports thereon were ordered to be received on Thursday. The Administration of Justice (parts of Counties) Bill was considered in committee, and the report thereon ordered to be received on Thursday. The Patents for Inventions Bill was read the third time and passed. The Corporate Property Alienation Prevention (Ireland) Bill went througn committee. - :'TlieCofinty and Districts Constables' Bill was read the ThttCoiirts in Counties Bill went through committee. ' - rAtIiChANcELLoR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the horitetresolve itself into committee on the Bank of Ireland " ,,, ltalttir/CoNxELL opposed the measure, wiith the deelara 7ftitlatit: he should use all means to defeat it for the present lstisto•ti cii the ground that Ireland had not had an oppor lslitifrof considering the bill, and that it was unjust to urge "Mht4d.-such a bill when there were not 100 members in *Phi& • - 3,l ?l , lttfqttistiem of going into committee was affirmed on a antiiil6 4 tilwith a considerable majority. The house then re -tatCe tillitd :committee. Mr. O ' CONNELL resisted the several clauses, which re sistance called forth discussion and various divisions. ditirhelwhole of the evening sitting was occupied with the dis htumbrili d divisions on such bill. The bill was eventually dliateml tO be further considered in committee on Thursday. -szabffUCEths:ELL obtained leave to bring in bills for the nberttri•eaulittio n of the profession of attorneys and solicitors skiliretraid . ; and for the incorporation of the society called Whiffs Is* Dublin.—Adjourned. nf tbooA sift , , • of 400,000 labour ers are now employed on the gar iloads now in progress in this country. al ~ ,,T.N5.0.!,7-7 - Tne crops in this neighbourhood, notwith saw ing the q-heavy falls of rain, are in a remarkably fine • condition: The farmers, taking' advantage of the last few day§ of: fit} g weather, have secured th e most part of the hay, te,h, , pi r ta—Athte than was anticipated. The present settled :fiksaiio Of the weather, a serene sky, and a fresh breeze Of: northetard, indicate a fine harvest season.—Caer , , eV. MISCELLANEOUS. Papineau has determined Co reside in France in future. Count Pozzo di Borgo is expected to return as Russian Ambassador to England. The Bath Guardian, a radical newspaper, 'established by the friends of Mr. Roebuck, was discontinued last week. Sir J. J. Guest, Bart., has purchased the greater part of the Newton estate, for which he has agreed to give £40,000. —Cambrian. • IDEM SONANS.-It is said of Lord Glennlg, that his habit of dozing arises from his habit of dosing, and that port is its import. By accounts from Navarre we learn that the wheat crop had lven so abundant in that province that it was offered at lef. per hectolitre. In consequence of the late heavy rain and wind, the duty on the hops has fallen £25,000. Great mischief has been done to the bine.—Maidstone Journal. DUNDEE Custom-HOUSE.---The duties paid at the Cus tom-house, during July, amounted to the unusually large sum of £9,774.—Dundee Advertiser. Spring Rice acquits himself of having any personal interest in 'the Shannon job, by declaring that he never cared for water since he was born. The widow of Nourrit, the well-known French tenor, who (lestroyed himself at Naples some months back, expired at Yaris a few days ago. 'WEST STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—The Hon. George Anson has written to say that he has not, nor ever had any intention of relinquishing the representation of West Stafford at any future election. BOCHSA AND MRS. BISHOP.-It appears, from the Ham burg papers, that Bochsa and Mrs. Bishop have been forced to leave the hotel at which they put up at Hamburg. THE CHARTISTS IN Dunmx.—The Dublin, "Freeinan's Journal states that delegates frdm the national convention are actively at work in endeavouring to spread their poison- Pus doctrines amongst the operatives of that city. Owing .to the heavy debates and long sittings in the Lords, Lord Melbourne has been of late arumfrequent guest at,the palace. his rumoured, that,his lordship's seat is always left vacant, in the hope of bis - ,arrival. TURN-OUT OF THE POl NTON COLLlERS.—Weunderstand - that a portion of these men, who turned out thirteen weeks ago, and have been standing out ever since, have agreed to commence their work again this week. The town-majorship of LiMerick, vacant by the death of Captain Welsh, is rated at .£162 a-year ; it is a sinecure. The town-major has not been in Limerick these last twelve years.7-Liinerick Chronicle: Miss Susan Hobbs has been engaged to sing at Brighton, Winchester, Southampton, Isle of Wight, and Salisbury, .at the concerts to be given by Mr. Thalberg, in the absence of :Miss Birch. We understand that Sir•Jaspar Nicholls is to succeed Sir Henry Fane as commander in chiefih India. Major General Sir William Gomm is appointed commander of the forces in Jamaica. —Herald. DEVlZES.—Reaping has been partially commenced in this neighbourhood ; a very good sample of new wheat, which was grdsvn at Winsley, near Bradford, was shoWn in our market this day.—Wills Independent. A CHIEF MAGISTRATE.—At a meeting of the Lincoln Town Council, when its members were called upon to elect a new Alderman, this Theban read the signature, " Charles Beaty. M.D."—Charles Beaty, MASTER OF DIVINITY ! ! A beautiful specimen of the rose-coloured pastor, one of the rarest of our occasional visitants, was shot a few days ago at Ladythorne, the seat of R. Wilkie, Esq. and has been kindly presented by that gentleman to our local museum.—Kelso Chronicle. DEATH OF JACKSON.-Our sporting readers will regret to learn the death of Mr. John Jackson, the celebrated jockey. He died at Northallerton on Monday last, at an advanced age. Jackson rode the winner of the DoncaAter St. Leger on eight several occasions. Mrs. Fry is stated, by the Federal of Geneva of the 30th ult. to have been several days in that town visiting the Peni tentiary, with the good arrangement of which that benevolent lady had declared herself much satisfied. EXTRAORDINARY MUSHROOM.—A mushroom of unusual size and weight -25 inches in circumference, and weighing 11b. 2oz. was found on Thursday the Ist inst. in the neigh bourhood of Humberston, Lincolnshire, by a party visiting Cleetshorpes. Although nothing positive can be known as to the precise day on which parliament will be prorogued, we learn that next Friday week, the 23d inst. is the day mentioned as most likely in the best informed quarters.—Government Paper. A VORACIOUS DUCK.—Some time ago, Mr. John Auburn, of Lipwood well, near Haydon bridge, lost a gold seal from his watch chain. The identical seal was, last week, found deposited in the stomach of a duck which had been tempted to swallow the glittering prize.— Tyne Mercury. APPROACHING MARRIAGE I,N HIGH LIFE.—We under stand that Lord Charles Hervey, son of the Marquis of Bris tol, and brother of the Earl Jerrnyn, will shortly be united to Lady Harriet Ryder, daughter of the Earl of Harrowby, and sister to the Viscount Saudon, M.P. SNIPES.—The late waters upon the meadows having left them very soaky, and in good order for snipes to feed, have occasioned a large flight of young birds in the neighbourhood of Crowland, where great numbers have been shot and taken in springs by the gunners.—Lincoln Chronicle. • At the Ilford petty sessions, on Monday, a boy named An derson was fined £5 for throwing a glass bottle upon the rail way near Romfurd. The company had offered a reward of £lO for the discovery of the offender, and one of their ser vants, who had been instrumental in discovering him, has been discharged from their service for demanding the reward. —Essex Herald. THE LATE LADY HESTER STANHOPE.—At the period of her death this distinguished lady had no English attendant upon her person, though the number of her domestics amounted to 23. It was only the day before her decease that she sent for medical advice to Beyrout, but it was too late to be of service. The excellent British consul in that city of fered every assistance in his power, but it was unfortunately Unavailing, • Litc:AL WIT.—At Birmingham, 'on Thursday, the Attor ney-General haVing stepped out of court; and immediately returned, the following dialogue, occurred :—Mr. Daniel—l have been saying behind the Attorney-General's back what I would not have said if he were present. The Attorney- General-Well, what is that: Mr. Daniel—Why, I said that you were absent.--Coventry Mercury. The once notorious Richard Carlile has published a pam phlet, in ivhich he denounces the chartist leaders as a design ing set of knaves, who are deluding the people, in order that they (the knaves) may revel in luxury and idleness. There was a time when Mister Carlile traded largely in this contra band way himself. Satan rebuking Sin is the type of all such enlighteners of the people. CROWNER'S QUEST LAW ! — Alearned coroner in Lincoln shire, in addressing a jury summoned to inquire into the death of a new-born infant, the body of which had been found in the river, said, " If upon the evidence it is clearly shown that the child was still born, your verdict will necessarily be found drowned, unless evidence be adduced to show by whom it was thrown into the water ! !”—Lincoln Chronicle. The weather-prophet, Murphy, has, it is understood, at length given up business. To be sure, if publishing false news be an offence, this man's lying predictions are more numer ous than any of the many previous taxers of public credulity. This year his readers have found him out, and have discovered that it is the safest course to judge him by the rule of con tradiction. REMARKABLE EFFECT OF THE LATE WlNDS.—During the prevalence of the winds last week, the houses in this town and neighbourhood, facing the east, received a lodg ment of saline encrustment. We have observed large por tions adhering to the sides of many chimneys, and to the more exposed parts of buildings. We have not ascertained the exact nature of the crystallization, but we are informed by a scientific gentleman that it possesses a saline taste. and has been blown from the east sea. Assuming the accuracy of thiS hypothesis it has travelled across the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire.. Such a circumstance has not occurred in the memory of any with whom we have con versed on the subject. It is, we think, worthy of scientific investigation.—Preston Chronicle, ISLE OY MAN.—From the precarious state of the weather for some time past, serious apprehensions have been enter tained as to the ultimate fate of the crops; but the present week having proved a gratifying contrast to the last, (which bore a closer resemblance to Match than to July,) those fears arc beginning to subside, and give place to more fa vourable anticipations. Since the cessation of the late con tinuous rains, a considerable portion of hay has been got in, but for the most part, we regret to state, in a condition more or less damaged. It is generally admitted, however, that the growing crops of grain have sustained but little injury, and should the weather now become seasonable, more than an aver . age of all kinds of produce may be con fid en tl y expecte d. —Manx Liberal. TEL LATE STORMS IN SOUTH WALES,—The Monmouth shire Merlin says—On Tuesday night the large pond at the British Works, Abersychan, gave way; the water rushing with terrific violence, destroying every thing in its course. Several hundred tons of coal and heaps of mine were carried off. A small house was buried in sand to the upper win dows. The engine -house, near the pits. was quite filled with rubbish ; the water having flowed through it, filling the pits, drowning, we are sorry to say, two men and seven horses. The damage to the works alone is estimated at £20,000. Around Monmouth the injury has been very ex tensive, the water flowing into the very cellars of the houses. At Trosnant the people were obligetrfebe talttn out oT their bedroom windows, at twelve o'clock at night. The park of Mr. Leigh has been completely inundated. Nearly all the bridges on the various rivers have been carried away by the force of the current. The damage done to the crops has been very great. THE CINQUE PORTS BANQUET TO THE DUKE OF WEL LINGTON.—The Pavilion is now almost completed for the grand banquet to the hero of Waterloo. The interior is to be most georgeously decorated, having suits of ancient armour upon pedestals fitted up with banners and draperies: The armour is partly from Parts, and partly lent by the mas ter general of the ordnance from the Tower of London. The light is to be admitted through transparencies, having the appearance of the most beautiful and richly-stained glass. Kentish Gazette. LuNEBunG, Au°. B.—Last week a clergyman with his two children travelled on the Dutch frontiers, in an open carriage, without a coachman. On his way, a swarm of bees threw themselves on the horse, and when the clergyman attempted to drive them away, they fell over him with a kind of fury, and stung him so violently that the peasants of a neighbouring village, whither the child ren h a d fled to seek for assistance, found him almost lifeless and blind. The horse died from its wounds. E ARV' QU AKE.-A severe shock of earthquake was felt in Antigue about thirty-five minutes past six, a.m., on the 9th June, and about the same, p.m., there was an evident ap proaching change of weather. It gradually increased as the night advanced to a terrific thunder storm, and from mid night till morning the atmosphere was one blaze of lightning and one roar of thunder. During this time there were heavy falls of rain, which relieved the country at a critical moment from fears of a long drought : the wind blew stormy at in tervals. A slighter shock 'was felt this morning a few minutes before six o'clock. AN AGED ANTI-MALTHUSIAN.—There is now living at Whittle, near this town, an old man of the name of James Snape, aged 82 years. He is a weaver of handkerchiefs, which he can see to weave without the aid of spectacles. He has brought up 19 children, (12 of whom are now living.) He has 204 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren—all living ! When a young man he was exceedingly active, and is said to have been one of the first vaulters in the kingdom. The old veteran is now able to walk with as much ease ap parently, as a young man in the prinie of life.—Preston Chronicle. NEW WAY OF PAYING CHURCH-RATES.—Thursday last a serjeant and two officers of the Tewkesbury police went to Mr. Osborne's house for the purpose of levying under a dis tress warrant for the church-rates due from him, he declar ing that, as a Dissenter, he could not conscientiously pay them. The officers were asked to sit down, which they did, when Mr. Osborne went into his garden, procured a hive of bees, and threw it into the middle of the chamber. The officers were, of course, obliged to retreat, but they secured enough of the property to pay the rate and the costs of the levy, besides which, they have obtained a warrant against Mr. Osborne, who is likely to pay dearly for his new method of settling church-rate accounts.— Woreester Journal. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. At six o'clock on Tuesday evening, Mr. Justice COLTMAN and Baron MAULE arrived here from Lancaster, and imme diately proceeded to the court-house,, when the usual pro clamation for opening the court having been read, the business was postponed until the following morning. Mr. Justice Coltman presides in the Crown court, and Baron Maule in the Nisi Prius court. On Wednesday morning, their lordships attended divine service in St. George's Church, after which they proceeded to their respective courts. CROWN COURT. The following gentlemen were sworn as members of the Grand Jury. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, Foreman. Sir Thomas Brancker, Peter Bourne, Esq., Hugh Hornby Birley, Esq., Sir George Drinkwater, Pattison Ellames, Esq., John Formby, Esq., William Garnett, Esq., John Pemberton Heywood, Esq., Joseph Hornby, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., John Speir Heron, Esq., Charles Horsfall, Esq., John Hodgson Kearsley, Esq., Thomas Potter, Esq. Theodore Woolman Esq., Esq., Samuel Staniforth, Esq., Ralph Thicknesse, jun. Esq., The Hon. R. 13.• Wilbraham, George William Wood, Esq. The proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, and for the restraining of immorality and vice having been read,' His Lordship proceeded to deliver his charge :—He said that on examining the calendar, he found that it contained a number of of of a'very serious description. In looking over the calendar, what first naturally attracted the attention were the cases of wilful Murder, where they existed, and hA was sorry to perceive that not less than three of that nature were to be brcught before them. He: did not: prceive that any of them were marked by any features of deep andde liberate design beforehand, as far at-least as he could judge from the depositions. Two of them were cases of stabbing —(Francis Jooreens and Daniel Cole)—and the' third: - was a person of the name of Heywood, whose case did not call any particular observations, except that it was a -somewhat ob scure case, and would require investigation On • the part of the grand jury. Re thought that Heywood must be tried for murder, as he had been committed on that charge by the coroner. That, however, must be left to the decision of the gentlemen of the grand jury themselves. There were also a great many cases of manslaughter, as many, he thought, `as eleven, independent of- the cases of murder. A great part cf.thetn were cases of a Aiseription not marked by an feature alf atrocity, and had occurre,d in quarrels between the parties. There was one case of a- captain of a steam-vessel running down a small boat in the Mersey. The jury were perfectly . well aware that a party in possession of a vessel of that des cription, was hound to use the greatest care in crowded places such as the _river Mersey : and if they were of opinion that there had been- a- want of due care on the part of the captain, he should be put to his trial for manslaughter. There was but one • case amongst those of manslaughter 'which called for observation on his part—that of James Nunan. In that case ittappeared that death had been inflicted by a very violent blow of a sledge hammer, used with both hands. As that was an instrument of a deadly nature, it might give rise to a notion that Nunan should have been put on his trial for man slaughter. However, it was for murder in the coroner's in quest, and if there were not circumstances which, in their opinion, would mitigate it to manslaughter, they must find accordingly. It appeared that the blow had been inflict ed under circumstances of provocation, and after blows had been given. Whether the verdict on the coroner's in quest was right or not was a matter for their consideration, Independed of these cases, there were many others of extreme violence—cases of wounding —some of which were of a capital nature, and others not. For the most - part they were cases of stabbing. It was a matter much to be regretted that, judging from the matters passing there and at other assizes, the offence of wounding and stabbing had become much more frequent than it formerly was. They were well aware that, until a recent period, the crime of stabbing with any intent was a capital offence. The legisla ture, however, in its wisdom, had thought it advisable that the offence should no longer be a capital one, except deliberately attempted. The result, he was sorry to say, had been, that persons of ungovernable temper had felt themselves under less restraint than when the offence was a capital one. He did slot mean to say that the legislature had not acted wisely in altering the law ; but in judging of such alterations it was,necessary to look at consequences, and he thought that the results were such as he had stated. There were two cases of violence, and there was one man against whom a bill had been found, and against whom, possibly,• some other charges might be found. Those cases were extremely unpleasant and highly disgusting ; but it was necessary that they should do their duty firmly, however un pleasant it might be. If on investigation it appeared satis factory to them that there was some consent on the part of the woman, it was desirable to spare a public investigation of cases of that nature ; but, if such did not appear distinctly to be the fact, it was better to undergo the pain of a public trial than that the matter should be repressed without examination. The next cases on which he should remark, were those of robbery and burglary, and, judging from the state of the calendar, the proceedings of the legis lature with respect to those charges seemed to have been attended with satisfactory results, because he found no state of violence accompanying burglary, and only one in highway robbery. Probably cases of both kinds might have been punished at the sessions; but, inasmuch as he found none in the calendar, he presumed that the intention of the legisla ture, in drawing a mark of distinction between cases accom-. panied with violence and those merely of abstraction-of pro perty, had drawn the attention of such persons as were addicted to those crimes, and caused them to abstain from adding to their guilt by violence. There was also another class of cases in the calendar. There were a considerable number of persons against whom, he presumed, bills would be presented, on charges connected with sedition, or military training, or other offences of that nature. No one could , have observed what was going on in the country without seeing that there was many misguided persons perfectly igno rant of their own rights, and, he was afraid, very indifferent to moral obligations,,goipg about the country preaching doc trines which it was necessary to meet with the vigour of the law. As long as they confined themselves to the expression of opinions which they might honestly conceive to be beneficial to the country, the law could not take hold of them ; but when they came to attempt, by force and violence, by intimi dation, and by other means of that description, to compel the adoption of other courses than those pursued, they came within the law, which must be put in force with vigour. The learned judge mentioned that there were a considerable number of other cases. amongst which were some Mint prosecutions, and cases of bigamy, and embezzlement, but they presented no features of novelty, and required no particular remark. The grand jury then retired. CUTTING WITH INTENT TO KILL. George Whittaker, 33, a wood-turner, was indicted for having, at Manchester, on Wednesday, the 13th March last, feloniously assaulted and struck Sarah Whittaker, his wife, with intent to kill her. There were other counts in the in dictment, varying the charge, and stating the assault to be with intent to wound and hurt. Mr. BRANDT conductediite prosecution. was undefended. The prisoner Mr. BRANDT, in stating the case, said that it was accom panied with such circumstances of atrocity, as could scarcely be accounted for on any other supposition than insanity. It would, however, rest with the prisoner to establish that such had been the case. The first witness called was Sarah Whittaker, the wife of the prisoner, who deposed that she left the house of her husband on the morning of Wednesday, the 13th March, in consequenceof ill usage. On the previous evening he came home intoxicated, and charged her with having two men concealed in bed ; and, taking up an axe, he swore, if she did not show him the men, he wool kill her. Witness staid up .all night, as shenever went to bed with her husband when he was tipsy. He also staid up all night, quarrelling. In the morning she left the house, and went first to her husband's cousin, and thence to her own mother's. The prisoner came there on Sunday, and said that if she would go and live with him again, he would behave to her better than he ever had done before. After some solici tation, she consented to go with him to his brother's house. When there, and in the course of the day, he made a request to her with which she refused at first to comply, on the score of delicacy. She, however, at last consented, and went with him into a parlour, where there were a couple of beds. After he had risen from the bed, he went and locked the room door, and, without uttering a word, he took up an axe which was used by him in his work, and struck her three or four blows on the head. She raised her hands to save herself, but he continued to strike, and cut off two fingers of her right hand, three of the fingers of her left hand, above the second joint, and inflicted several wounds on her face, forehead, and under the left eye. She screamed out " Murder," and the door was forced open by the persons attracted by her cries. The prisoner was sober at the time, though he had had a little drink. Other evidence corroborative of this statement was pro duced. The surgeon who was called in deposed that the wounds were so severe that at first he had not the slightest hope of her recovery. A voluntary examination of the witness read at the time of his examination before the magistrates was put in, in which he acknowledged that he was guilty, but stated that he had been driven frantic by the dissolute conduct of his wife. It was well known that when he had been drinking, too, he knew very little of what he was doing. The prisoner, being asked Wtetliere had anything t 6 say, put in a long written address, giving a full detail of the mat ters in which theas s a u lt h a d its origin. His wife had not been a drunken woman, but she began to form a close inti macy with a very drunken woman named Walker, who kept a lodging-house for men. This irritated him greatly, and he several times chastised her, but without effect. When he found that his wife had left him, he him Self, though a hard working sober man, who loved his wife and children, was driven into frenzy, and he left his work, took to drinking. and continued in that way until he found his wife on the Sun day. They then accommodated matters—all appearance of uneasiness and spleen vanished in an embrace, and he loved his wife above all the world. How it came that he rose from bed and acted in the manner charged against him he could not say.• Madness must have taken possession of him ; for when his senses revived, and he saw his beloved wife standing before him, covered with blood, his sensations were inde scribable. The more, however, he loved her, the more was he irritated when he found her preferring the society of a most drunken woman to that of her own husband and chil l i - dren (of which there were four.) The learned Judge, in summing up, said that the case was certainly a very distressing one. He was charged with an assault with intent to kill, but subsequent counts made it with intent to maim, or to do grievous bodily harm, th us re moving it out of the list of capital offences. It would be for the jury to decide with what intent the prisoner had assaulted his wife. As this was one out of the common course of these cases, he had thought it right to enquire from the witnesses whether the prisoner was a man at all subject to insanity; for, if this were the case,he would be entitled to be acquitted of the charge. The answers of the witnesses, however, did not appear to come up to that point which would warrant an acquittal on the score of insanity. As far as the evidence went, the prisoner appeared competent to know what he was doing ; and though, when heated with liquor, he might be very violent, that he did not constitute such a state as could be regarded as insanity ; and allow him to be acquitted, The learned Judge then went through the evidence, and said, that from all the circumstances of the case, it appeared that the prisoner had been actuated by a feeling of unfounded jealousy. The jury, after about ten minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of guilty on the first count of the indictmerit.--Sen tence deferred. MANSLAUGHTER. Robert Bentley, 26, was charged with having, on the 16th July last, at Bolton, killed and slain Betty Haslam, an old woman of 70 years of age, and John' Lowe, 23, with having aided and abetted therein. Mr. Brandt appe are d f or the prosecution. The pcisoners were undefended. Having stated the case, Mr. Brandt called Ann Lee s , w h o deposed that on th e 16th July last, about eight o'clock in the evening, she heard a noise in Back Newport-street, in Bolton. She went to the spot, and saw Bentley attempt to lift the clothes of the old woman, to whom he at the same time put an indecent question. The old woman seemed angry, and the neighbours told her to throw dirt or something else, at hith. The old woman went,into'the middle of the street and lifted up a stone, which she was about to throw at him, when he ran at her and struck her on the chin with his clenched fist, in which there was the bone of a sheep's trotter that he had been eating. He then placed his foot before her, and threw her down; her head fell against the edge of the curb stone. Lowe stood by and said to Bentley, " D—n her, purr into her." The neighbours :called that the old woman , was killed ; the prisoner stood a minute, and then took to his heels. Lowe stood his ground. From the evidence of Charlotte Haslani, the grossness of which fenders it unfit for publication, it appeared that the prisoner Bentley first attacked her, and behaved in a very outrageous and indecent manner. Other qvid.e night, that the woman died at twelve o'clock on th e s4rUe ht f and the surgeon attributed her death to the wotifid'th i PilA tom which had fractured her skull. Bentley addressed the jury in his own defence.. Lowe de nied that he had incited his companion to .purr or kick the deceased. Two or three witnesses' Were Called for the defence; who stated that a crowd of women gathered round the,prisoners, and attacked them with mud,, stones, &c. The. prisoner nently did not strike her, but pushedier from him, and she fell. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Bentley, and of not guilty against Lowe. Bentley was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour in Kirkdale. The court closed at six o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY. After several cases of minor importance had, been disposed of, the following was taken. WARD AND ANOTHER V. REECE AND ANOTHER. in this case Messrs. Ward and Evans, brewers of this town were the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Guppy, Reece and Co., also brewers of this town, defendants. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Ellice appeared for the,plaintiffs, and Mr. Alexander and Mr. Crompton fat the defendants. The action was sought to recover;,compensation fori goods alleged to have been taken away and dainage done. to a cer tain public-house belonging to the plaintiffs, in Tithcbarn street, and for which injuries thereunto had rendered.. the plaintiffs unable to fulfil,their:contract with another party. It appeared that the plaintiffs were proprietors, under a lease of a public-house, at the corner of Tithebarn-street and.Hatton-garden. This, house they let to a person ugned William Profit. Gray. , The house was completely, fitted with fixtures and every requisite, and which were delivered.,te ? mn ther to Gray, who thus became the sub-tenant . of„l‘lessrs,: Ward and Evans. Mr. Gray became indebted to the de fendants, who had him in the Borough Court 'for their money, when they obtained judgment, which was executed in the month of January. A writ was issue.l by Messrs. /Guppy, Reece, and Co., and lodged in the hands of an officer of the Borough Court, who entered and seized. Mr. Cress-, well, in allusion.to this part of the case, stated that the fix tures, which' might be moved and taken away by the sub tenant; the officers might have legally taken under such cir cumstances. But the fixtures and goods belonging, to the plaintiffs had no right to be touched. Notice was given to Kirby, one of the officers of the Borptigte Court, that the plaintiffs claimed certain of the fixtures arid chattels. Kirby, however ; had directions to proceed to a sale of all the effects, and when he poiutedout to Mr. Reece that there were cer-, fain goods which were the property of the landlord, the latter told hiin to proceed and lie would hold him harmless. It was Stated that the plaintiffs bought in. goods to the - amount of £57, and that to place the . premises in as good condition as before would cost £l5O more. His LORDSHIP expressed his opinion that Mr. Reece having, through the solicitor, Mr. T. Harvey, given autho rity to seize the goods of the plaintiffs, this, being a wrong action, did not implicate Mr. Guppy. He would, however, trust that to the jury. Mr. CRESSWEtL contended that Mr. Guppy, being a part ner, was responsible jointly for whatever was done by the attorney. Mr. ALEXANDER followed by Mi. CROMPTO', observed that the fact of a new assignment, which was produced, men tioning a second trespass, that the pla,lti's ought to have proved a second trespass. His LORDSHIP consented to reserve the point. It was agreed that the damage shoUld be settled out of court. , The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff against both part ners. If the opinion of the judges should be favourable to the defendants on the reserved point, leave given to enter a nonsuit. CROWN COURT.—Tnuasimr. Mr. Justice COLTMAN took his seat at a little after nine o'clock. MANSLAUGHTER. Charles Thornley, 2S, was charged with killing and slay ing one James France, at Manchester, in March last. Mr. L. Peel appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wil kins for the defence. The learned Counsel for the prosecution, in stating the case, said that at the last assizes two men, charged with the offence for which the prisoner stood arraigned, were acquitted, the judge being of opinion, that, as the case was involved in some obscurity, it would not justify a verdict against the pri soners. The circumstances in the present case were stronger against the prisoner than those urged at the late assizes against the men who who were acquitted. In March last the deceased and the prisoner met in a public-house in Man chester. A person who was selling " sheeps' trotters" was present. When the deceased went in, the individual, who was engaged with the prisoner, left him to attend upon the deceased. A companion of the deceased took a " trotter" from the basket, which gave rise to a disturbance, and this individual and the person selling the " trotters" were going out to fight, when the prisoner interfered on behalf of the latter, and in consequence of some altercation between the deceased and the prisoner, the latter struck him a blow on the face, and subsequently another on the breast. A general fight commenced, in which the prisoner received injuries. Mr. Peel said a difficulty would arise as to who it was who inflicted the injuries which caused death. As there was no thing in the evidence to be offered to show a previous con sert among the parties inflicting the injuries, the prisoner could not be held responsible for acts done by others. The statement of the surgeon would show whether death had been occasioned by the blows which could be proved to have been struck by the prisoner. If this could not be established, the evidence would at any rate clearly prove a common assault. Mr. Oilier surgeon, of Manchester, said he Is as strongly of opinion that the deceased had died from injuries inflicted on the head; in consequence of which. Mr t Feel Alaandoncd the prosecution for the principal charge, but urged the case for the assault. Mr. WILK:Ns consented to a verdict of guilty for a com mon assault. His LORDSHIP said as there were many extenuating cir cumstances in the case. and as the prisoner had already been a length of time in gaol, he thought the purposes of justice would be served if he inflicted a - week's imprisonment. MALICIOUS CUTTING. James Westwell, 40, was charged with havini nd stabbed one Peter Walkden, in June last, at Culcheth,' th" intent to murder him. There were other counts in tli! dictment varying the intent. Mr. Ramshay prosecuted, and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. The prisoner kept a small farm at a place called Culcheth, about ten miles from Wigan, and in June last was in arrear for rent to his landlord for ten guineas. The landlord pro cured a warrant to distrain, which was placed in the hands of a bailiff to be executed. The bailiff employed two "follow ers" to assist him, one of whom was the landlord and the other the prosecutor, the latter of whom by order of the bailiff, entered the house of th e prisoner. An attempt was made to eject him, and in doing so the prisoner seized a spade and struck a blow at the prosecutor, which caught him on the thigh, which blow inflicted a severe wound, from the effects of which the prosecutor was confined for a month. This formed the subject of the indictment. Mr. John Latham, of Wigan, the surgeon w h o examined the wound, described it to be about four inches in length, and about half an inch deep, and said it appeared to have been occasioned by some blunt instrument. Mr. WILKINS cross-examined the various witnesses, with the object of showing that the prosecution againstthe pri soner had been instigated for the purpose of cove ring an il legal proceeding of the parties bringing the charge, with re ference to executing the warrant. Mr. WILKINS said he would leave the case in his Lord ship's hands. His LORDSHIP said the jury would first have to consider whether the party charged inflicted the blow, and of this fact there could be no doubt ; .and next, with what intent the blow was given. If they should be of opinion that the prisoner intended deliberately to kill the prosecutor, they must find him guilty on the first count of the indictment ; but if they were not satisfied of this, they would then have to consider whether the evidence would sustain the other counts. The law had•no specific definition of the words "grievous bodily harm," but they were understood to imply the infliction of injury. If the jury were of opinion that the prisoner in flicted the blow with this intent, they would find him guilty on the 4th count ; however, if they were not satisfied that the blow was inflicted to do grievous bodily harm, they might, by an alteration which had been made in the law, find the prisoner guilty simply of an assault, which would not sub ject him to transportation; and from the nature of the evi dence his Lordship thought that this would be the construc tion placed upon the act of the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the assault, but acquitted him Of the felony. The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment to hard labour. Frederick Carrington, 23, was indicted for maliciously cutting and wounding Richard Gill, at Lathom, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. , Mr. Hulton prosecuted, and . Mr. Wilkins defended. It appeared from the evidence, that, on Whit-Mcinday, the prisoner and prosecutor were together at a public-house in Lathom, where dancing was going on. A quarrel took place between them, and blows were exchanged. The parties pre sent succeeded in parting them, and the prosecutor went and sat at the top of the room ; in a littl e ti me 'tte priSoner went up to hi4,and struck him a kip w on,theßeck, and then ran off. PrOsecutor.immediately found that he had been stabbed, ancia. large clasp-knife, with which the wound had been in flicted, and which belonged to, the prisoner, was found lying at the prosecutor's feet. A great number of witnesses were called. The surgeon who wa;;:lied Ko - dressihe wound said he was rather inclined to think that it, bad been inflicted in the manner in which he had been informed it had, (with a piece of broken glass,) than with a knife. There was no danger to be apprehended from it. He thought the rent in the shirt worn by the prosecutor on the night of the occurrence did not correspond, either in size or situation, to the wound 'on the prosecutor's neck. ' The prosecutor was requested to put on the shirt, that the jury might examine for themselves ; but in consequence of the neck of the shirt having shrunk; owing to the gore upon it, this point could not be clearly ascertained.. Mr. WILKINS, in an able speech, addressed the jury for the prisoner ; and after strongly remarking upon the extra ordinary anxiety manifested by the prosecutor to make out a case against his client, and the disparity which existed in the statements of the witnesses, contended that the probability was—as they had been told by the evidence, that the occurrence took place on a feast day, that a glass had been broken, and from the surgeon they had it, that it was his opinion that the wound , had been inflicted, not with a knife, but with a broken glass—that at the time the prosecutor had been drinking some one must have struck against him, and that the wound had been inflicted by the broken glass. His LORDSHIP carefully read over the whole of the evi dence, and remarked upon it as he went on, and told the jury it was of the greatest importance for them to be satisfied whe ther or not the wound had been inflicted with a knife, for this would put entirely a different complexion on the case ; if they should be of opinion that the injury had been caused in the manner which the learned Counsel for the prisoner had endeavoured to show, by the prisoner striking the prosecu tor's glass, he could only be found gay of an assault. The jury, sfter consulting together for a few minutes, re turned a verdict of not guilty of the charge in the indictment, but guilty of an assault. The prisoner was sentenced to six months' hard labour. This trial lasted upWards of four hours. HIGHWAY ROQBERY. Michael Doyle, 22, (remandedfrom last assizes), was charged with robbing and assaulting Patrick Donally, on the 3rd of September, at Ashton-under-Lyne. In answer to a question from the Judge, the prosecutor said the reason he had not appeared last assizes was, because he had been threatened. Mr. counsel. Whigham prosecuted ; the 'prioner was without The particulars of the case are thesel—On the 3rd of Sep tember there was a foot-race on Kersal Moor, and the pro secutor left his home at Stayley Bridge,, for the purpose of attending it, but meeting with some acquaintance in Man chester, he remained there all day. He left Manchester about ten o'clock at night to go to Stayley Bridge. When he reached a place called Clayton-road, the prisoner with others came up. The moon shone very brightly, so that there could be no difficulty of uis recognising the prisoner as 'one of the party. The' prisoner seized him by the legs and " tripped" him up, and three of the persons with him fell across him. They took prosecutor's hat and shoes from him, and ordered his companions to search his pockets, which they did, and not finding anything, they were about -to strip him of his trousers, but some one coming up, they ran away. One of the parties who had robbed the prosecu tor, left behind him an old hat which prosecutor had seen the prisoner wearing the day previous. The prosecutor pro ceeded to the next public-house, where he told the particu lars of -xvhat had happened. Prosecutor the following day called upon the prisoner at his work with the hat he had found, and requested him to return him his own along with the shoes he had taken: Prisoner denied knowing anything of the robbery, and laug'ned at the prosecutor for being so simple. Prosecutor told him he should send a police-officer .to him, and prisoner replied he might do so if, he pleased, for he was innocent of any robbery. The individual who keeps the public-house where prosecu toi,called after; the robbery, was called, and stated that when prosecutor came to his house he was perfectly sober. The prisoner handed in &document, which gave a similar account of seeing the prisoner drunk on the road to the state tnent he. had made .to the, constable. In the document, he wished the following questions to be put to the prosecutor : Where , riiis you robbed? At Ashton-under-Lyne. At what time was it ? Between n and 12 o'clock. What sort of a night was it ? Moonlight. Had you been to the prisoner's friend to endeavdur to compromise the matter ? No. Did you receive the sum of £1 not to say anything more about it? No; a sum was offered me, but after consulting with Mr. Hall, the Magistrates clerk, I refused. The prisoner called two witnesses who deposed that the statement made by the prisoner respecting finding the prosecutor drunk on the road was true, and gave the full particulars of the case ; and stated that the- prosecutor refused. to'accompany them home, as he said he was working at a mill, near to where he was lying, and that if he went home, he should be unable to get to his work in time. A; witpe§-s was called who swore that he saw, X 4 paid by the prisoner s' sister to the prosecutor to compound the matter; and said that he had spoken-to. him on the impropriety and consequences of compounding a. felony. The JUDGE remarked to the witness that he would have him lx-ware 4s;hat path he took in such matters ; as it was evident* hacl taken some share in making the arrangement. The - , prosecutor was re-called, arid stated that what the last witness had said about him receiving 'Was altogether falsg —Ol t le witness ~had several times been with him, and told him that if he came against DoYie, " he would get the sawer's death in Dublin," meaning that they would kill him ; it was in consequence of this-threat prosecutor said that he absconded, and did not appear at the last assizes. Mr. WrirariAm addressed the jury, and contended that from the nature of the evidence adduced by the prosecutor, the statements made by the witnesses called by the prisoner could not be credited. After being out'of collator three-quarters-of an hour, the jury, returned into court with ayerdicfof ;guilty, but recom mended the prisoner to mercy. His 'LORDSHIP in passing seneence, said-the prisoner was liable to be transported for life, but the act of Parliament did:not make it imperative Upon him to pass that sentence. The jury had recommended him to Mercy, and upon that recommendation, and from the fact that no violence had been committed, he was induced to inflict a very light punish ment. The sentence of the court' Was, that he should be imprisoned for two years, and kept to hard labour. GEORGE NV lIITTAIIER'S CASE Previous to the rising of court, "aeo;;;Whittaker, the man who was yesterday found guilty of assaulting his wife with intent to murder her, was - placed at the bar. His LORDSHIP said " Prisoner, you have been convicted of a most barbarous assault upon your wife. I have taken time to deliberate upon your case, because it is of a nature for which you might have had to forfeit your life ; there are, however circumstances connected with it which will warrant me in recommending you to the mercy of the Crown ; but you must expect to be transportedior a great length of time beyond the seas. I shall recommend your case to her Ma jesty, and perhaps the sentence I have named will be awarded you." NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY. SHARPE V. NEWSHOLME AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover a number of pieces of worsted stuffs, or their value, which had been detained by the de fendants, who were assignees of the estate and effects of Sharpe Bailey, a nephew of the plaintiff, who had become bankrupt,—the plea for so doing being that they were his property, and therefore available by his creditors. Mr. Cresswell and another conducted the case for the plain tiff, and Mr. Alexander and another appeared for the de fendants. Mr. CRESSWELL stated the case—Mr. Jonas Sharpe was a manufacturer of worsted pieces at Bingley ' • and was in the habit of sending goods to B ra df or d, w h ere he had a ware room. In the month of March, 1838, Mr. Sharpe had a con siderable stock on hand, for which he could not find a market, and Mr. Sharpe Bailey, who had been in the trade, advised Mr. Sharpe to send his goods to be dyed and finished, so that they might be sold at the London market. They were ac cordingly sent to Bradford, and were then delivered, 246 pieces in all, to the carrier of Messrs. Holt and Bedford, dyers, of. Leeds, by whom they were dyed and finished. Be fore they were delivered, however, Sharpe Bailey became bankrupt, and they wore claimed by his assignees, and also by Mr. Sharpe, who denied having sold the goods to Bailey, —the sole transaction between them merely being that Mr. Sharpe availed himself of Mr. Sharpe Bailey's advice and assistance in selecting the pieces, and giving directions rela tive to their being dyed. The value of the property was about £469. James ;; Pearson, said he,was foreman to the plaintiff Jo nas Sharpe, at Binglev. Saw 220 pieces belonging to him, packed up on the 28th of March: They were sent next day to Holt,and Bradford, by the carrier to be dyed. Thomas Folds, said he was the carrier, and took th e goo d s . They Were &err to the by 'Mr. Shaipe's two sons. I saw Edward, one of therm,, at ,Brindford,. and served them, by his direction, to Holt 'and Bedford's cart. EdWatcl Sharpe, said he had been employed at his father's worsted mill for six years. He knew Sharpe Bailey, and heard him conversing with his (witness's) father—after which some pieceS'w6te selected by witness and Sharpe Bailey, for the purpose of being dyed, and sent to London market. The ldst witness's cart was loaded with 220 pieces, to be finished.' Witness afterwardi'ivent with his father to Brad ford; where his father had a warehouse. The pieces were given to Holt and Bedford's carter, and directions given as to the dying of them. Twenty-six other pieces were' also given out' of the warehouse at Bradford. Mr. Alexander addressed the jury for the defendant, con tending that Mr. Sharpe Bailey, who had 'become bankrupt soon after the goods were sent away, had exercised such an ownership over the goods as rendered them liable to go towards the liquidation of his debts, under a provision of the ,tiankrapt act. It appeared to him, indeed, that he had pur :eihas,;4,the goods of his uncle, or at all event was the reputed owner, and on the pieces, he would also prove, were the private marks of that individual. John Leycock, .said he had been in the service of Sharpe ' Bailey. The pieces were marked with the private marks, a letter used by Mr. Sharpe Bailey—taken from the word Nebel, hadnezzar." On cross-examination, witness said that he had not mentioned this before, because he was not asked. He was asked the question this morning by Mr. Leigh', attorney of Leeds, and said they were so marked. - The witness's replies relative to the Marks were involved in considerable confusion. . Another, witness said he heard Mr. Sharpe Bailey say what market he selected the goods. He said they were for the London market. They were marked by letters. George Bedford was a partner in the firm of Holt and Bedford,stuff-dyers, Leeds. On the 22d March, 1838, their man received the goods at Bradford. Witness saw Mr. Shatp'e Bailey in the street that day. He gave no direction then ; but in a day or two after, he directed them to send for 110 pieces more, and they were sent for. On the 30th March, Bailey came and gave instructions respecting the dying of them. He IVished them to be finished as soon as possible. He called again and gave directions that they should be sent to Mr. Leycock, in London. I took them to be Mr. Sharpe Bailey's. We never dyed for Sharpe the plaintiff. Samuel Hall was in the employment of Holt and Bedford, and received goods on 22nd March. Edward Sharp said they belonged to Mr. Sharp Bailey. Bailey came up after wards, and spoke about the goods. Edward Sharp took me to a room and showed me 26 pieces more. Sharp' was present, and said' Jonas knew nothing about the goods. Witness took the 246 pieces to the dye-house. Mr. CRESSWELL addressed the jury for the plaintiff, con tending that there was no power of sale to Sharp Bailey, that the goods never were in his possession ; that they were in his order and disposition of them as owner, with the con sent, of Mr. Sharp, and therefore that his client was entitled to a .verdict for the amount sued for. The learned judge summed up in a very lucid manner, explaining the Cause of the bankrupt act, which affected the case., The jury returned a verdict for . the plaintiff—damages £469, they being of opinion that there was no sale of the goods, and no Order of disposition of the goods by Sharp Bailey, with the consent of the real owner, so as to be available by. Bailey's creditors. RICHARDSON AND ANOTHER V. DUNN. This action was instituted for the purpose of recovering the value of £127 tons of coals, shipped from Stockton, by the plaintiffs, in compliance with the order of the defendant. The vessel in which the , coals were sent, was lost at sea— having been run down by another vessel and was lost, - and the defence was, that 200 to 300 tons being ordered, and only 127 tons sent, the contract had not been completed, and that:the defendants were therefore released from liability to pay. It appeared, on the other hand, they had employed the best vessel they could procure to send the coals, and that, had the defendant agreed to a proposition of the plaintiffs, the remainder of the order would have been completed by another vessel. • Mr. Turnbull being sworn, said, I am agent for Richard. son and Co.'s., Stockton. In November 1838, of last year, I received a letter from the defendant. The letter was read, to the effect-that the plaintiff should send to the defendant froth 200 to 300 tons. 1t was difficult at that season to get a ship, and the coals were not sent until the 31st of December. About 152 tons were sent, but only 127 charged for. The amount was £46 4s. Bd. A bill at two months was drawn for the amount. The vessel was afterwards lost. She was lost on the 6th of January. Witness wrote to defendant on the 10th, stating that the vessel had been run down by the W dham. Mr. CRESWELL said that he considered the plaintiff had not made out a case. An order was sent for from 200 to 300 tons, and only 127 tons were sent. He was not obliged to receive the coals; and when he knew of it, he repudiated the bill drawn. The learned counsel contended that the original contract was not completed. The bill was sent back without being accepted. It was paid into the bank and re turned: He . addressed the jury in amplification of his position. His LORDSHIP summed up. It appeared that the defend ants had pointed out the " Navigator" as a proved vessel in which to send the coals by; but that vessel could not take more than 150 tons ; so that it appeared that the defendants contemplated that the coals should be sent by more than one vessel—but as opportunity-offered, by two vessels. . He con sidered it might be difficult to find a vessel that would con tain the precise quantity ordered, and the jury would, there fore; be guided by what might be considered a reasonable compliance with: the coni ract, of which their experience of mercantile affairs would enable them to judge. The jury in a feW minutes returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages £42 2s. 2d. : SHOOTING A DOt.—.LITTLE V. AINSWORT H . This was an action to recover damages for the death of a dog. Mr. CRE.SSWELL stated the case for the plaintiff. •Mr. EdWard Little, lived at a plaCe called Handstile, near West Derby ; and had a valuable shepherd's dog, which he purposed to send out o Australia. The do; was used to drive and take care of sheep, and was considered a fine useful animal. An impression might have gone abroad, that as the dog'pursued sheep, he might also run after' leverets ; but even if that were the case, (and he did not anticipate any proof to that effect,), that would be no justification for de stroying it; for it had heenheld by Lord Ellenborough, that the mere running after a hare, did not justify the killing of a dog. He should show that the defendant, who was permitted occasionally to look after Mr. Bevan's preserves, had gone to a plantation where the dog was, and wantonly shot it. He should also prove the value of the dog, and he trusted the jury would award damages, not only to the full amount, but with an additional sum for the vexatious and affronting na ture of the act. Henry Rushton, a youth, said he livedat West Derby, and kneW tl;e defendant, who was a carter On the evening of the 22d of May last, about half-past eight o'clock, he saw the defendant go into a plantation near Mr. Bevan's house, and he had a gun with him. He soon after heard a report, arid then heard a dog yell a howl. He remained till Mr. Little went up, and then went to the • plantation with him, where they found the dog so much wounded in all his legs, that to put it out of pain, they threw it into a pit. Mr. HARDEN cross-examined this witness with a view to show that the defendant was not seen to shoot the dog, and that it was probably done by Lucas, Mr. Bevan's game keeper. Nothing important was, however, elicited. Thomas Rushton also sew the defendant go to the planta tion, and saw also the smoke of the gun which he fired. He went for Mr. Little. Richard Lunt said he was employed by Mr. Little, and knew the dog to be a valuable dhimal, which was to have been sent abroad. On the day after it was shot he saw de fendant with another man, and he said, people would be glad to hear that Little's dog was killed. He (defendant) added that he had shot it. He (witness) looked at him, and was going to say, something, when defendant said that he was at Mr. Ashley's, about a mile off, when the dog was killed. James Lunt gave similar testimony as to the above conver sation. He was employed by a butcher, and had frequently borrowed the dog to drive sheep. He considered it worth 5 ss. He had paid that sum for a similar dog. Mr. H ARDEN addressed the jury for the defence, and the case being left in the hands of the jury, they returned a ver dict for the plaintiff. Damages £2, costs £2. CASE OF ARBITRATION.—HEWETT V. HEWETT. By this action the plaintiff sought to recover a sum of about £l5OO, being the amount of an award fixed by arbitration. The defendant's declaration contained several pleas, amongst which were that the arbitration had not been duly enlarged, that the deed was not duly signed, &c. The attesting wit nesses to the several successive enlargements were, however, produced, and a ll th e d ocuments being proVed to be legally correct, the jury, under the direction of the learned judge, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, including interest. Damages, £l6OO. CHESHIRE ASSIZES. The active business of the assizes commenced on Monday before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Sir John PATTESON, Knight, at the Shire Hall, Chester. CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY. Before Baron GURNEY. FORGERY. Richard Blundell was indicted for uttering a prommissory note for £4BO, with intent to defraud Mr. Henry Ilayes ; and with endorsing it, with intent to defraud Sir T. S. M. Stanley, Bart., and also the bank of Messrs. Granville, and f Chester; and lastly, w ith utter i ng i t, k now i ng i t to be Co., forged. The Attorney-General stated the case at some length, and in the cours e o f hi s o b servat i ons he remarked, that the charge was one of a most serious nature, and was rendered more SO because the prisoner ( un lik e most criminals) was a well edu cated man. He had- been the head steward of Sir Thomas Stanley since the year 1829, and during that period he had received his rents, and transacted the greater portion of his business ; and Henry Hayes is Sir Thomas Stanley's land agent. In April last the prisoner went to Croughton and Weston to receive the rents due to his master; and' on his return it had been his usual custom; in obedience to Sir Thomas Stanley's orders, to deposit £5OO in Messrs. Wil liams and Granville's bank, for the use of Sir Thomas du ring Chester Races. On the 3d of May the latter asked the prisoner whether lie had deposited the usual sum in the bank, when he replied lie had done so. On the 4th of May the prisoner sent £l5 in notes, and a bill for £487, drawn on Henry Hayes, and " endorsed by myself, by procuration of Sir Thomas Stanley," dated Puddington. He (the attorney general) understood that the prisoner meant to set off against this fraud, that he was in partnership with Hayes • now this was unfounded,—the only transactio ns b e t ween ;hem were these—Sir Thomas Stanley gave the prisoner and Mr. Hayes permission to dig for lead on a plot of his property, in Flint shire, but they never obtained an ounce. After this they en gaged in another mining speculation, at Halkin, which had never produced anything. No partnership ever existed; each paid his own share for the purchase and labour, as it was common in such transactions ; and Mr. Hayes never gave the prisoner authority to draw bills on him, yet he had done this, and imitated his signature. As to the endorsement on the bill, the prisoner had no'right to draw a single note or cheque in the name of Sir Thos. Stanley, as he had never re ceived authority from him to do so. The learned gentleman concluded by observing that the questions for the jury to try were, whether the prisoner had a right to draw the bill and endorse it, and whether he had a right to utter it, knowing, as he did, that it was forged. Mr. Jervis called Sir T. S. Stanley, who deposed.—The prisoner has acted as my steward since 1829. He went in April last to receive my rents at Congleton and Warford. I Faye him directions to put, as usual, out of these rents, £5OO in Hughes and Co.'s bank, for my use during the race week ; prisoneytold me he had paid the usual sum into the bank, but said not a word about the bill. Hayes is my land agent, and resides at Puddington ; he owed me no money in March, 1839. Blundell received my rents, paid my bills, and kept my books ; he had no authority from me to accept or en dorse notes or bills of exchange, Robert Roberts.—l am clerk in the bank of Thomas Pierce Williams, George Brydges Granville, and Thamas Williams. On the 4th May last, I received a letter from the prisoner, it contained three £5 notes, and a promissory note for £487 ; the letter was dated Hooton ; it stated that it would leave a small amount to the credit of Sir Thomas Stanley ; no sum had been placed to Sir Thomas's credit instead of the bill. The bill was put in and read. Cross-examined by Mr. Temple.—He could not say that the prisoner was in the habit of paying in bills of exchange to Sir Thomas Stanley's account, but some had been paid in. William Hayes.—l am son of Mr. Henry Hayes, of Pud dington. The signature on the note is not in my father's handwriting, but it is a strong resemblance. Mr. Henry Hayes.—l am land-agent to Sir Thomas Stanley. The body of the note is in Blundell's handwriting, so is the endorsement ; the signature is in imitation of my writing. I know no firm of Henry Hayes and Co. in Pud dington ; I did not owe . Sir Thomas Stanley anything, nor ever authorised Blundell to draw a bill in my name. I and the prisoner worked a mine in Flintshire from July, 1836, to January, 1837, and in April, 1838, we commenced working a mine at Halkin mountain' together: I paid £229 for the mine, and Blundell paid £l6O. Cross-examined.—We were jointly interested in the mines. On the Kith May last, I and Mr. Blundell visited the Halkin mine, and the prospect was so bad that I thought then of giving it up. In a short time afterwards I had some hopes of the mine, but have not yet got any - lead. Blundell . asked me what name we should give the mine ; I said I would !Manage the mine until it came to profit, and then I would surrender it to him. I never mentioned anything about having my name first in the mining firm ; I never had dealing in bills in all my life, or endorsed any in favour of myself. A bill was handed up to witness, and he swore the signature was not in his handwriting. A letter was also handed up, and he said the signature was his. James Gregory - , examined by Mr. Cottingham.—l am manager of the colliery for Charles Stanley and-Co. at Ness. The note in question was handed up to him, and he swore that the signature to it was not in Hayes's handwriting, it was a more fluent hand. Richard Congreaves, Esq.—l am a magistrate of this county. and the examination of witnesses was taken before me. Blundell was then before me on a charge of embez zlement. Mr. Temple objected to the reading of the depositions, or any declaration made by the prisoner, because he was then on a different charge to the present. The Judge said he did not conceive the objection was good. _ _ - The declaration of the prisoner was read ; it consisted of several answers to questions put to the prisoner ; in one he said, the signature to that bill is mine. Sir Thomas Stanley.—l never gave authority to Blundell to endorse this bill in my name, and he never told me he had done so. He, as my agent, gave receipts for me for. rent. There are some few bills paid into the bank to my credit — one on May 14, 1839, and one on May 7. lam in the habit of selling large quantities of cheese to dealers, and Blundell has received bills on my account. I was in the habit of receiving my pass-book from the banker's about once a month ; the amount between the prisoner and myself was never finally settled. I had given no particular directions to the prisoner to pay in money for the races this year ; I never heard of a transaction in which a £lO,OOO bill was paid on my account by the Railway Company to Mr. Blundell, and that he paid it to the Royal Bank in Liverpool. Mr. Roberts, clerk in the bank, proved that Sir Thomas S,anley's pass-book there were several entries of bills paid by Blundell ; they had been honoured and paid. Mr. Temple submitted the indictment was not made out, as to the intent to defraud either Sir Thomas Stanley, Hayes, or the bankers. No ingenuity could prove that Sir Thomas had been defrauded. Mr. Welsby followed on the same side. He said the hank ers had made no advance on the bill ; Hayes could not be liable, for it had been proved the firm of Hayes and Co. was fictitious; and as to the false making of the bill, it could not be made out, as the bill was not due; and as to the indorse ment it was in Blundell's handwriting, and therefore the counts would not be sustained. The Court.—Hayes might have suffered from the bill if such a firm had existed, the, bankers received the bill in lieu of cash ; and as to Sir Thomas Stanley, the bill was a docu ment in the banker's hand against him ; under all these cir cumstances he thought there was no evidence to go before the jury. Mr. Temple addressed the jury with great force and effect ; in the course of which he alluded to the prejudice which had been excited against the prisoner, and guarded them not to be carried away with it. The prisoner• had always admitted he wrote the bill ; and the question was, did he conceive he had authority to do so, on the supposition of a partnership between himself and Hayes; which the latter admitted was true in two instances. If profit had arisen from the mines, Mr. Hayes would have been glad to acknowledge the partner ship; that such partnership existed there could be no donbt from Mr. Hayes's evidence, and therefore he (the prisoner) had a right to draw a bill in the name of Hayes and Co. The question - for the jury to consider ; was, had the prisoner done it feloniously; and as to the forgery,•Blundell had not forged Sir Thomas Stanley's name, but endorsed it in his own name ; they must be satisfied that there was sufficient evidence of an intent to defraud. Now, Sir Thomas Stanley could never be defrauded by the bill, for he could never be called upon to pay a farthing of it, as the bill was paid into the bank to that gentleman's credit ; Blundell never asked the banker for a farthing on the bill ; and then, if there was no firm, it could never injure Hayes. His lordship, in summing up, said the only questions were, had the prisoner forged the drawing or endorsement of the bill, and uttered it knowing the same to have been forged. The jury retired, and were absent about two hours, when they returned into court with a verdict, "We find the pri soner Not Guilty," and the foreman a dded, " on accoun t o f the partnership." WEDNESDAY. Richard Blundell was again placed in the dock this morn ing, and arraigned on an indictment charging him with hav ing embezzled money to the amount of £362, the property of his master, Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley, Bart. Another indictment charged him with having embezzled the sum of £29. He pleaded not guilty in both instances, and it was understood that he would be tried on the following day. The court was occupied during the earlier part of the day in trying felonies of no peculiar interest. About twelve o'clock, the queen's attorney-general, Sir John Campbell, came into court, to lead in the trials of the chartists, and in that of Stephens, for sedition and conspiracy. The grand jury having heard the evidence relative to some bills against four chartist leaders for conspiracy, intimated, through the foreman, their opinion to the court, that indict ments ought to have been preferred for the capital offence instead of for misdemeanour. The attorney-general, how ever, choosing to abide by his former directions, true bills were returned against the parties for the minor offence. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF CHARTISTS. James Mitchell, 27, described in the calendar as a beer seller ; Timothy Higgins, 35,. cotton-spinner ; Charles Davies, 26, spinner ; and George Thomson, 43, gun-maker, were indicted for conspiracy—in one count, with overt acts, in a second without overt acts. The prisoners, who are respectable looking men, severally pleaded not guilty. Sir John Campbell, the queen's attorney-general; Mr. Hill, the attorney-general for the county palatine ; and Mr. Welsby, appeared in support of the prosecution. Mr. Cot tingham, the recorder for Chester, attended on behalf of Mitchell and Davies ; Mr. Yardley for Higgins ; and Mr. Trafford for Thomson. Mr. Welsby stated the nature of the indictment against he prisoners. Sir John Campbell then proceeded to narrate the facts of the case to the jury. He said the offence with which filo prisoners stood charged, was one of a very grave and serious character. The defendant Thomson was a gun-maker, at Birmingham—he supplied the arms. Mitchell kept a beer shop at Stockport, by him arms were obtained to be distri buted. Davies also lived at Stockport, and took an active share in the conspiracy. Higgins lived at Ashton-under- Lyne, and was active under Thomson in distributing arms. tS ()eked ' Mitchell belonged to the chartist association at Nee .= and, on the 30th of July, took en active part in the i je ebea ings of a tumultuous and unlawful meeting there.. ei a force,' addressed the people assembled, recommended phYs_ l ss . illeg" and said " Once I had an opinion that it ,": th pikef' to arm, but now I advise you to get them eavennoir, guns, and pistols, and swear by the God of to cease agitating till you have got your I* . g!',' pe elai-' s house being searched there were found 0 11 , 1 fd ea lie5 i s e t a box containing muskets and bayonets — l ' s o f such articles there were also found tvco colNe,.D e fee it , mischievous,and abominable publication calle d '' Instructions to the People, '&c. By Colonel Maciwmgch tag title page of one of these exhibited a vignette,, pee!, mob were represented as opposed to the t ra i ll a ir e i' e i t ' eta g be ce u ' r, them to flight and slaughtering them. Cer a A Broa „d also found there, two from a person hol e. curing P.. showing that Mitchell was actively engaged in P r distributing arms •, another proving that o_ cd 0 05 h e reee ct to 5 1 ' from Thomson, collected themoney, and remittete; „Wll mingham, and another from Higgins. These let ri t, showed that Mitchell was not an unconscious ae:ftrade, ees ployed to sell such commodities merely in the " . 9' but that he was a member of the chartist assoeiaii° '0,0111: of its intentions, and that he took an active part 1 ' 1 , 4 stocii i sing it. Davies was the secretary of the associatio,af's port. When he was apprehended, a bullet in oul , U R as Tv?: in his possession of the same manufacture as tho-e ets at 1 1 son's. There were also found a variety of P 3P sc ai a bi g house which implicated him. Amongst these ineti ne,i 4 r i which had been forwarded to him from Thomson, P h o tA, to the inhabitants of Ashton-under-Lyne, tha t ! ni he w itlll ll , l a a house there, and should be able to supplY ru e- ta is.bl on the shortest notice and the most reasonable te rot of was found also on him a paper, which, having p ec „ s orle r the grand jury, he (the Attorney-General) did n° l it 054, the doubt and scruples which they entertained. A,bto.tas, account of preparations that had been mad e • a t g dig rh r e under-Lyne, and other places in the manufacturme pie 0 14 It stated iat at Hyde and Stale bring th, e t l e c ° l for w i a af armed ; a vast many more places were ready t° the rac ' se' in defence of Stephens and the convention ; tha t „ v erl Glossop were actiye—the people of Middleton in e r ho paP e o Live state—those of Bradford, armed, &c. Anwere stated that " at Ashton-under-Lyne, 90 0 111 ,,e f tl ap, re at ;:e for physical force—Staleybridge and Ne'l 0 1 40 Rochdale, very well prepared—Glossop. ha d " , --s r . Manchester, 5,000 strong—Hyde had given °r 11 ... apr' le a ' t arms. Moved that a committee of public safetY vr ' cr a'ar go d ed." The jury would judge if these documents 0 , dee p oe , an alarming nature', and if they did not show n e e ,a a l e serious the conspiracy was. There was also fiw h e d thsr i o there from Thomson. As to Thomson, it aPP e n ar d he Id was the person who had supplied these arms , a w hich bii not have been ignorant of the purpose thr _.,a on f oe were supplied. He also was apprehended, , 4 11 . eh he leiter premises were found several paper PP of .a e o Attorney-General) would read. First there from Higgins giving an account of the seizure el cerc his premises, and dated July 2, '1839. The re ;a 1, a Oct found on the premises of Thomson, at Binning I `' e ato) e j o . rantee for payment of the arms supplied. ()Be g i the 'iota appeared to on his part to obtain a profit froutetter sion which he had excited. There was also a a other ° For James Duke, ordering muskets, bayonets, an,,,..f4 . 0e• n ed Now, Duke kept a pUblie-house at Ashton-nn that sra what purpose, then, could Thomson believe 0%4 these articles ? That order required no coinmeniccoolar premises of Higgins there were found two b o N e : t 411 14111 0 guns, bayonets, and a number of papers of a 111° 06 1 ' A I tory and dangerous 'character. He attended otoe, the 20th of July, andit appeared that at_that tansoretio being a member of the association, this was in„, a ,„ 3 .i3th e itail livered to the members :—" Dear irothers---I`3you r e to try men's souls. Arc your arms ready? Baur c° l li,, .0 ? of powder and shot? Have you screwed uP or - 00 the sticking pitch? Do you intend to be Win -- fair litt Are you inclined to hope for a fair day's W3ge f° D3 L. e 3 if tber ar to your work. a a f A e t s y k d y e o p u e r n s d e a lv n e n s t t h h e a s e a t questions,rangtit of i and O n r ight i oth How long are you going to allow your Y u °- i u v r esl t re r e and your daughters to he for ever toiling for °, e i r 'boY benefit ? Nothing can convince tyrants octiaod, aer o tbe gunpowder and steel. So put your trust in A or t";00 0/ 1 and keep your powder dry. Be patient a ug ho t to* tst e,., ready at a minute's warning; no man knows tbe, i o g 4 ' may bring forth. Be ready, then, to nom w oo 00 0 liberty with the blood of tyrants. You ea n g roloa cig eoil cowardice or petitioning. Prance is in arms , eae t N o r! beneath the bloody Russian yoke, and Irish:lien Fo.holedio's the sweets of liberty. Up, then, brethren, r h f o rl. - ii i r n too depends on you for support. If you fail, the ye 43 1 1111 0 e sun is set for ever. The operatives of Paris 1 , 1 :, ve lie f o li bei‹; worldpossession i s in o a f rni th s e ? cit N y. o, C m a y n fr y ie o n u d r a e , m n a p in Pa ss " 01 1° f Y eLl Down with all oppressors, and enjoy toil. Now, or never, is the time. Be st ir ' 't be'• tbeh i c with onu oi a t o il s t lect your arms, and, when you strike, let it n° o i s teit., o or stones, but let the blood of all you susPec r n' itr oy e ' of your native land, that you may for ever de remembrance of poverty and shame. Let England's sons then prize their 6 1 , And save each good man's daug hte In tyrants' blood baptise your sons, And every villain slaughter; e ain , IsiOj By pike and sword your freedom try T ie d'af t asf i at Or make one bloody Moscow of old Engcbloa of ,a The learned attorney-general observed that h i ; e B , h ie b r e g as he read this horrid docu m ent. He ne st e; from their proceedings to show the m otives 6t i t ero":o3 l were actuated iu instigating those who wer e g o l oa p eof h le e il disposed to the commission of crime. He e ' l the 055 support with their money the delegates for i , s to e' y charter. These idle, and profligate and ree e k f oli n tf e rtli f to live rather on the labour of others than tu— o ey poor people are called on to contribute their 010.0041 support. There was also fonnd on Higg los Ot lier el l 6 expenditure of part of the money, that arnunb",i e glY.,bi r i o showing that Higgins was actively and 1 01° ‘`ield,41001 in the conspiracy. The attorney-general en r ! t % vow o cP ing that if lie proved these material facts, 10 0 the duty of the jury to find the defendants guilty". lat 4; his witnesses. stoo . 01 0, , 'cc 3 ' el' , 0 Joseph Sadler, the superintendent of poll he paP proved the finding, at Mitchell's house, °f e t e 'fba re e foo lll , - el toned, sonic of them in the handwriting:abThOltirecri,e, dressed te, Mitchell, and others printed; an' be hh o tt. pieces, three muskets, three bayonets, froivi Thomson—the maker—a brace of P- s t i tt ee ' e ° d art( and twenty pike-handles, These were Pt° t hesPr,o7 o ,l The pike-heads, when flied on the poles, bo re „t the, h ' a r of the halberds used in the' army, - but with e " t of 0 cross-bar. He also gave evidence snPF °l.- terl3° stated by tbe attorney-eene Mr. Cottinghain cros b s-ex r a a mined hirn that Mitchell was mer e ly th e ag ent of Thon i- ' f had a signboard i n hi s h ouse t o that effect. t o ° William Walker and Abraham Longs° 9 ' be P. II clt „ e r o , sistants, were also examined. pro. e , i 5 r p oi` ing W n i f lli p a a m per H a o a u t g D h, a a vi c e o a n ,a sta a b n le d a ti t ia S t to b e e kP t : o r t i f e rol i ol o s oe c ri , a bullet and some percussion caps. He haa l i d a t ar ht' o f at chartist meetings, and found a bullet moll r ber iac Mr. Sadler then proved the finding 3 / 1 1 0 . g1 , , 1 fS 511 „ and books at the house of Thomson, in liir il Veigipt e ilit ing letters requiring a supply of arms frog' ve ter..J tp° maker, of Hulme, near Manchester, and. " s s tatP" spinner, of Bradford. A letter from fligg in o` d , had a great demand for fasces and matches: the,P fe the. o r a' Robert Newton produced papers found matches:/ of Higgins, including that commencing .a i ia d i g 6d' &c.; another edition of Macerone's 'new' i beg' vention subscription book, in which there aPr te ee e t ; r io ments for silk for cap of liberty, 2s. 3d., f '.. e te usl` e- thr ee A ti e &c. &c. He found at Higgin's house II ti es, , O'er onets, four double and four sin le-barrelled g t s tts p oa el e hld s i , cphai s threepistols, trtheopelsoleratandodef rstbhua a eur epebtlauttplcmlp appointed, iunilntd g c.mould,dti, andeo r nil ° ewa h n i f s i e t c h l : w e a er or ?: g lie ire :;! d . 1 1 4 0 r i action. 114)olfril fo r wir C i c o wh t h t i iw n c g ah h sh a ac m do m , in addressingr the t a li s e t tr r e - c a ' r t a ii;ed ic e h : ftes fa r f e : ' , dot tie 40 the form beenm o commonly s k e n n o f v% t hat joa 10 1 r crime—as it was notorious that uuder m igh t be eve crime became a crime, and that a man to pla i- th ea - 0 •1' conspiring to commit a legal act. He also e a op re e - d i: grand jury for having come into court 3 %. pr° c , 10 Old` desire to find a bill for treason. He said this tbti, a government conspiracy, a government, lived '' e aftl on agitation, built on agitation, and wl 3e ' ar y °ooekrt Chest ment on agitation. He requested the, .1 o er „ii, their recollection to 1830. Lord Grey gel etioa ' roi e e bo came into power on the very wings of reN O ce e il" the f p time the people of France had c hange- , A e ece n os that country, and but for that we shotiriieicill"frololc. reform. The ministry of that day was 4 - oe,s n riciii ir , to the people, they locked up top hysical °L. re of t r it sir hour to this the country had been in aniutiesvoict Instead of confining itself to its lecritiniatech its du ~of were the first to promote. Had there ~_,oce _OO 5 ted this prosecution to suppress opTnionsb,ece"L'i 'lre; the part of others entitled to their interpiej o ga t three years ago a noble peer in pa rliainet it t il the‘io o ;lo 4 ple of this' country not to pay.taxes .° ll ess oP , n ot they required. If their object was to rep a d th e) iir)' had they been so long in idleness ? I V I4 ) at higher game? 3 d dressc i /t° f°r l . Mr. Trafford and Mr. Yardley aso te r 0 r ot „ TWhietneAststeosrwneeyre-gtehneenraclalrleedotioedti:le chaok c ct it wa 9 de ° 40, 1) 1 defendants above all others, to come co o r e ' r eet t oo J 'secution. He had recommended it on Ina tret oon , e et, instead of proceeding against them fbr govern , f , have to defend himself elsewhere. Th e b a its tbn, dared, would shamefully have abatidooe,,„„ e boa„ ti ao duties if it had not instituted this prosecun"cluderito'rvi, The learned Judge summed up, and c' e . 9 ,e etis c past five o'clock, when the jury, after le" u ration, returned a verdict of Guilty 8 0 94 8 Sentence was no passect and . sa o l f : 9 4 17 , I ,,TISi v , gi STATIONS OF WESLEY AN . for The following appointment's of Min ist e e t r o s l o°Pl' mentioned districts are announced to IT r gla' THE LIVERPOOL 1) 1 ~,....j0b il 5 0' Liverpool, North (Brunswick Chapel) 0, SO „,, A t sen., Charles Ha don, David Hl'. Thoi° , 2 35 , iv° . ply' Liverpool, South (Pitt-street , &e. hero y'- ,° ,131 15 ' Joseph Beaumont, John Nelson , „ fr eco Liverpool, Welsh (Benn's Garden)—i" ,`,alts 007, Jones. Chester—Ralph Scurrah, Samuel Fiddian'Greeo:. Holiwell (English)—Henry Hine, Georg e ifug h , t): 5 Wrexham—Thomas Hall, John Bangor (English)—Jabez Roughllt,TaGrrAtaos.llotitianitericie/y); Whitchureh (Salop)—B. Hudson, T' oe lc, ie el Warringtou—Benj. Clayton, .1 ames La) 50 Slugg' St. Helen's and Frescot—Thom as rl 13e3f' W Jones, Supernumerary. Preston e l g s a t o n n — and i S Ormskirk and Sou h ' ,j T. Williinsn; jolP Raby, J. S k in e c m i e lo tl r l i a te tn yt J rßt . —e P ni . a. Fair bourn. W. Winterburn. 0 4 ,4 ' Garstang—John 1) Lancaster—Jose ph Lowthian, F. • • rra an 0 re tar•l! , JOHN ANDERSON, sen, Chao . 1 s e c is otd THOMAS H. SQUANCE Filq.C63:4 V' jo hll 0 THE MANCHESTER AND ' B° P itigg' 0 0 John 0 First Manchester (Oldham-stree t) --- 3d, William , ileo . ~ old , r. M. Bunting, Louis ..,, es me or IP Second Manchester (Irwell-street) --J3'. pyl 0 40 Dickin, H. D. Lowe. ..-Joset bV' Third Manchester (Grosvenor-street) , ogP_,.,a Altiincham Manchester 7 ,a , Fourth Manchester NVOwan, George Steward, B. B. NS ad Y ..„.135 0 , ' y isn. :rasnekeliaino: t. the v , T. (Bridgewater- T. C. Ingle. w Am el o sh s )__ Lea s r a o m yd ue . Stockport (I)—W. Horton, W. H• Clar gea ton• to Stockport is (2)—Josh. Hargreaves Josb.:ll, New Mills—lsaac Denison, T. d. geYs' ..1000' Glossop—James Catts, Richard sue Jahn so ot io , Ashton-under-Lyne—'Thomas Dunn, J vatr ° Oldham—James Wilson, p c tin ell' Little. 'Davi:tree:o Delph (Saddieworth)—William 13enma lc, jai Bolton—Thomas Stead, Isaac Woodc°c foe' James Hyde. Rochdale—R. Felvus, William Cloptn-'bertoarti• 10 Jeff" ifo d. Burnley—James Heaton, William - 'l ll° A 1-0. iev• Bury—John Blackett, John E. C 0 t.1„, , 1 Elc i. Blackburn—John Squarebridge, Will.'-ei,h, J. Haslingden—Abel Dernaley, Samuel L _._., ~t b , • i n 0. D ° ' Bacup—Benjamin Pearce, Willia . Colne—William Levell, Joseph M P. . il c oirt ai t l ° r l i ra l'ee o ll. : l : g g rl2ll- t : ° ls.l3: c : t :° : Clitheroe—Christopher Newton, James f t be V iitri Leigh—John Haigh. an ° JOSEPH TAYLOR, ;.. . i see p JOHN SMITH, Fili 1. RE Fos774e .8 4. nf; heeSO ( 0 f 4 N d P I i . th 1 H M I l 'etling, Pres.,„ fl r ted f qe l4l , , t i i (3l* 4 ), *4 rd e it lt ,! i t th e T i l t ! ,14ctesste, A 4 Ora