The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-22 00:00:00

;48. ...... .o.o° August 22. Pug. Co In Kolb, nt, pR ibeitistieu ,0 ----..--''-'. furtbe r oms, 19' •ET. FCP hat b e , es B C" %e 25t11 the ? Ts c,plo c h cO , ": fasluo i ,l" /ao s ! d Stnirci Wen t.of iolsters,, i willb lesd a view ' he A t i_- osite to ck Pre• Ichester Of Doub le WOOD Long i. u scaer 'Le ach', L e tter , t ers, ai r t : . on the treet. AND lock ill 01. aining vILIA aso ntbr &road, 7i, 7 3 , patioos :cuPi eci , ()ca l " s. • De l ,c„pi. ipie th As Ye r " the re ' for lock it : ,steel r sucv' S S A n Lorthree. , - : o rpe2: bous: a xp , v ieor s ; 3 1,e to t oe T o the an rPo s m es i 'he t 8 :t to TO BE SOLD OR LET. To be SOLD, by P RIVATE T RE ATY, upwards of THREE MILLIONS in VALUE of PROPERTY, £4,000 consistirr, of Several Spl en did C ountry Mans i ons from to £30,000, b oire of which having about FORTY ACRES of LAND. Also, liPvvards of a MILLION SQUARE YARDS Of Building Land in Various Lots. To be LET a few Delightful and Commodious Country RESIDENCES, from .eBO to -250 per annum ; also some of the best Dwelling -houses in Town and neighbourhood, with a few splendid SHOPS in some of the principal Thoroughfares, and several Splendid Furnished Houses in the most Fashion able localities. _To be LET, an excellent FAMILY HOUSE, Dingle-terrace, lied- Toxteth-park Bath., containin BzO g Three Entertaining Rooms, Four best rooms MOM, &c. Apply to 'Wm. WI LLtxm s, Estate Agent, 47, Ranelagh-street. TO PUBLICANS, SPIRIT MERCHANTS, BREWERS, AND OTHERS. T 0 be SOLD with immediate Possession, the LICENSE, GOODWILL, and FIXTURES of a.PUBLIC SO UIJSE, situate in a most central situation, and doing a PUBLIC- Outdoor Outdoor Business. The above affords an eligible opportu n't7 to any party who can command about x=3oo ; the present proprietor leaving on rccount of having other business to attend to. Free from Brewer or Spirit-merchant. For further particulars apply to Messrs. TROTTER and 'HMI', Auctioneers, 8, Whitechapel, Liverpool. T 0 be 'SOLD, a very light TwoAvheeled FAMILY CARRIAGE, improved pattern, with low cranked Mail AXle, and'seven Springs, overhanging Top, Door behind, lined, tvinimed, cushioned, &c., suitable for four or six persons. ...„4 capital Cob ourz VAN, w ith overhanging head. Crank Axle, heels with patent Mail Oil Box, long Springs with collateral motion Lancewood Shafts, &c., suitable for a Family, or well adapted for any business requiring a delivery conveyance. Farmer's Broad-wheel CART, improved pattern, with v,Ptings made to tip, fitted up with'graduating Tipping Sword, ' e nt Shafts, dripple Rathes, &c., Wheels with improved Oil Box, Iron Naithes and Hoops,re six inches wide. Ah Ty 'excellent Scotch Farm CART, fitted with graduating gipping Sword, wheels with improved Oil Box, Iron Naithes and oops, yre four inches wide. av!l H R Perior T Broad-wheel WAGGON, with Double Fore-carri 'Wlii, Pole, Shafts, &c. for Horses, Mules, or Oxen; Wheels r emoved Oil Biix, Iron Naithes and Hoops, Tyre 4i K e i l wide— suitable for Farm purposes, or for the Colonies. ' - "quid Manure or Water CART, with moveable Delivery four- for tideland ground, Wheels with Iron Naithes, Tyre and-a-balf inches wide—holds 200 gallons—Manure .nia, with or without Stand, Suction Hose, &c. w cranked Axle Spring Safety TRUCK, with folding Doors and Flaps, which lock up, well suited for securitrof small parcels f. om theft,very light. An improved Scotch HOE-and Moulding PLOUGH, BRAN and OAT CRUSHERS, ORAFF MACHINES, BONE and GRAVEL BREAKER, 'Lever CHEESE PRESS, Coucrh RAKE, Porter's, Garden, Box, Navy, and other BARROWS ln - lron and Wooa. A large number of very superior made Sheet Iron BUCKETS, very light and strong, painted various. A Second-band Light 'FLOAT, light Spring CART forilony, a six-inch-wheel Miller's CART, a large CART, FourLWkeeled PHAETON, &c. May be seen at Wittirobt THOMAS'S, WheeiciTight•and Ma chinist, Comus-streetpßichmond-row. Co in Ert. BOOTLE. • T be LET, with immediate Possessicm . , , tatesirable COTTAGE RESIDENCE, in excellentorder, command ing a view of the River Mersey. The Furniture, which is useful and genteel, to be taken at a valuation. KFRBV further articulars ap to Messrs. ll and Auction p eers,- Whitech ply apel, Liverpool. TßOTTE TTO be LET,iti.Wavertree, a DWELLING-HOUSE, Church-lane, with Coachbouse, Stable, Oowhouse, prewhouse, and Outbuildings, Garden, Pleasure: - ground, and Pasture, all within Walls, containing Three Statute Acres. „two FIELDS irr addition may be LET, if desired. r /Re Teed Pres are suitable for the accommodaticwof a large am ilY• istance from the Town-ball is three-and-a-half miles. I • mmediate possession may be had. A pply at the Office of the Liverpoel Times. lima! gottm, CHARLES SENIOR, ESQ., DECEASED. ALL PERSONS having CLAIMS •against the late tic CHARLES SENIOR, Esq., are requested to send the par ,_"eldars thereof to his Executrix, to 'his late Office, Gommerce "'mil. Lord -street, Liverpool, without delay. Liverpoa, 22nd August, 1848. WHEREAS, a Petition of JAMES LEE, formerly .._ of Low Green, Ince, near Wigan, in the county of Lan irter, farmer, then of Hollen Hey, Ashton in-Mackerfield, in st,. e s aid county, farmer, and then and-now of No. 63, Duke- Saint Helen's, in the said countrof Lancaster, labourer CoC",;' g r een grocer, an Insolvent Debtor,laving been filed in the 04ntY Court of Lancashire at Saint Helen's, and an interim Ja z tbr protection from process having been given tothe said made Le„ e, under the provisions of the statutes in that case app e Otin provided, the said James Lee is hereby required to next . .‘„ lo ,,auch eforezaid Court, on the sixth day of Septembey nation twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, for hit first exami dealt t ouching' his debts. estate, and effects, and to be further Notice with according to tlie provisions of the said statutes ; and place is her e by given, that the choice of assignees isto take im!ce at the time so appointed. 0.4,11 Persons indebted to the said James Lee, or who have any sanis effects, are: not to pay or deliver the same but to Jon i id DELL, Esquire, Market-street, St. Helen's, the Glerk of the Court and Offi c ial A ss i gnee , n ominated in that behalf by the said Court acting.in the matter of the said Petition. PETER SCRYMC-EOUR, High Bailiff of the said Court. STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERY WAREHOUSE. LACE AND ADD I S ON, PUBLISHERS OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ACCOUNT BOOT, MAKERS AND PRINTERS, Have in Stock, and Manufacture to order, LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, LETTERBOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS, & WASTE BOOKS, IN EVERY ;VARIETY OF STYLE. PAPERS, '' ? rota the Mills of Matman, J. R. Jones, and ether approved Makers CREAM, LAID, NOTE, AND LETTER PAPER, "URGE AND SMALL POST. IN FOLIO AND QUARTO, LAID AND WOVE FOOLSCAPS, SIEM YS, ROYALS, IMPERIALS, DRAFT, BRIEF, AND COPYING PAPER. MORISON'S BLACK, COLOURED, AND COPYING IN4K S. • 11 .rtY'S, HARWSTOOD'S E , VO L :ORSENS ANGER'S, AND OTHER EP. PAPER CASES, WITH AND WITHOUT-LOCKS ANT) KEYS. PENCILS, SUITED TO MERCANTILE AND °TITER. PURPOSES. ENVELOPES OF EVERY SIZE. Q U ILL S AND PENS OF EXCELLENT QUALM, CARD CASES AND POCKET BOOKS, IN CALF, RUSSIA, AND MOROCCO. WRITING DESKS. 11 ARNVOOD'S METALLIC MEMORANDUM BOOKS, SEALING WAX, WAFERS., LEI TER FILES. ANNEXING RIBBON AND TAPE. S HAREFsROKERS' SALE__ AND PURCHASE BOOKS, ROUND IN MOROCCO, FOR TV:, E POCKET. LETTER-PRESS PRINTING : RE PORTS, CATALOGUES, SHAREBROKERS' BOOKS & F ORMS, BILLS OF LADING, CARDS. CIRCULARS, INVOICES, CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTRIES, &c., XRCITTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE. I THOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING. MACHINE RULING, &c. STANDARD OFFICE, 4 , NT. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. SANATORY REFORM. TD THE NOBILITY, CLERGY, GENTRY, AND INIIA -s.TANTAS GENERALLY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Al 7 RILE much may be done by the Legislature to d am. t r h aise t the liof Society to its highest possible stan t in i m le e a n lt t of this -desirable object is much more Serider!t a up a on the cultivation of individual health. of ia,..„"elfare of the social whole, is-made up of the welfare o s i s "'" - ,,, t i• A becoming attention to personal health, then, i 1 14 — "°rtant means of advancing the great cause of Sanatory th - ,; . ,ortn ; and this attention cannot - be more beneficially directed b ig - e ;t e he correction of all irregularities in the functions of the th e .'ni, .organs, and to the removal of the first symptoms of ene e anY.dangerous a . nd fatal _d m iso: n ders which cut short, and These objects can only l 'a at t r •Patofulf the existence pf i w . wined by the use of medicinal . age' tits • and we respectfully ' 4 ' 4, You utmosttha we are the proprietors of one' which, for twenty Years, has bee A tv, R-M ON'SEFFERVESCENT MAGNESIAN APERIENT ei'ons'gjn.ost agreeable and . efficient medicine ever discovered, th e "'lung all the properties of the best Saline Purgatives, with 1, Palatable qualities of a glass of SODA Pleasant mails s.- . • ato l _ effervescing form, febrifuge in its influence on the Wi le cn and system, certain in its operation . on the bowels, 1 1l ,Pever ,ne best that a gative is required, this elegant preparation I t i „ . ia can be need. Co ati ; esoecially . adapted for the relief of Habitual or-Casual I n tl eness, Bilious Affections. Indigestion, Heartburn, Pains St o „, l e Head, Lowness of Spirits, Nausea, Irritation of the la ;",a,ch and Bowe's, Piles fistula, the effects of excess either itit.."ag or drinking, Szc, 'and, by its occasional use during__ s ord-7'miller months', for the prevention of those serious di - Tr's, Cholera, Diarrhata, and Dysentery. . co4u 6 ands of those who, from hgbits of life, or hereditary an. zero Itution, are subject to that painful and,. in the end,._ 4_l om thel,lt disorder, the 'GOUT, have found astonishing relief from antacid -e of this ' preparation. If taken tegnlarly, its cooling, t et, e , and corrective properties . will Altogether pr 4 0Qed . ii ° . 4 0( this disorder : and . , q taken . during si t i h et , e_fi e t, d n ic i at it Atitno reheye the pain and limit its duration. Many Ai Mtg e 1 ., r ,' of great celebrity have recommended i for } this pur- Nal; txtracts from their works, and many other ftestimo vi:;re contained in the bill wrapped round each bo n t a l tii, and oth er "rra to Harrow ate Cheltenham, Leamington, tioi l ° pas, find it to be of great service in assisting opera it i the waters. catit a T ' 45 ht in bottles at 9 s. 9d , 4s. 6d., and 11s., the latter w e n,flig five of the first - size. . s, ac,',Bo prepare a concentrated form of the celebrated __ ° I th e ; ')AIROUND DECOCTION OF SARSAPARILLA'? the ni..!4°,10n Pharmacopoeia, which we . declare to contain It deesratlv.e, antiscorbutic, and restorative propertie.s solda.n totti` e ( B ' o ll, in an enduring and portable shape.. It is i 44Acilj2._enaln4t: o6fd ih 2 Lo g. ltd a o n t t l i D i e 2 c s Oc ; teioqn". 1, respectively to 6, 16, 1T der, anectable Medicine Vendors sell our Medicines, and we to `"ak to of any quantity amounting to 2es. or more, `p art of the Kingdom, carriage . free,. oh receipt of a " 11( .: 17. e ?rile! for the amount. ,v elliain, your obedient Servants. PINJ: MOXON and EON; CliClniSts/ HUH. Wantes. ALADY, of the Established Church , thirty-one years of age, long versed in the art of Teaching , and per fectly competent Instruct in Music, French, and English, is anxious to RE-ENGAGE herself as GOVERNESS in a Gentle man's Family, on moderate terms. Apply to A. 8., Postoffice, Fleetwood. TO BREWERS. WANTED, a BREWER. lie must thoroughly understand his business. Testimonials of character and ability will be required. Application to be made at the Brewery, Wilderspool, near Warrington. PARTNERSHIP, A. GENTLEMAI4,iTaCiWe business habits, and possessed of a good connexion amongst Cotton Spinners, is desirous of meeting with a respectable GENTLEMAN, who has influence amongst Importers and a thorough knowledge of the Trade, to join him in the COTTON BROKERAGE BUSI NESS. The most unexceptionable reference will be given and required. Address, Box S 84, Postoffice. Lkooo WANTEDmost eioj3ie oa and d improvingMOßTGAGE Property, o f being S ops, &c. to the front of one of the most leading tho roughfares in Liverpool, covering a site of 1750 square yards of Land. Rental, .'€3Bs. Apply to JOHN DORNINO, 1, Cook-street ; or Messrs. HARVEY and FALCON, Castle-street, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OF MONEY. riIHE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willing to receive LOANS of MONEY to a LIMITED AMOUNT, on the Security of the Bonds of the Trtuttees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of FIVE POUNDS per Centum per Annum Interest, for periods of either Three, Five, or Seven "Years. All letters to be addressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esquire, Treasurer of the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Deck-office, Liverpool, (Weber 21, 1847. LOANS OF MONEY. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. THE CORPORATION of LIVERPOOL sre willing to receive LOANS, to a limited amount, for Three, Five, or Seven Years, bearing interest at the rate of Fkve'Pounds per Centum per Annum, mrsecurity of the several SEWER RATES in and for the respective Districts of the Parish of Liverpool, the Townships of Brerfon and larkdale, and of - so much of the Township of West Derby and of the Extra-parochial Place of Toxteth-park, respectively, as are within the said Borough, authorized to be made and levied under the provisions of an Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Improvement of the Sewerage and Drainage of the Borough of Liverpool, and for making further provisions for the Sanatory Regulation of the said Borough?' The Interest Wit/ be paid Half-Yearly, on the first of January and the first of Jirly. All Letters to be addressed to the andersivel, or to CAPES ASHLIN, Esq., Treasurer, Public Offices, • Cornwallis-street, Liverpool. By order, WM. SHUTTLEWOBTII, Town Clerk. Tow* Hall, 011 May, 184 S. (contracts. PARISH - OP LIVERPOOL. THE 'CHURCHWARDENS of -the PARISH of 1 LIVERPOOL are prepared to - receive TENDERS for the WORKS required in the ERECTION of a CHAPEL and Two LODGES, at tile New Parochial Cemetery, Walton. The Plans.and Specifications lie for inspection at the Office of Mr. J. A. *PICTON, Architect, 19, Clayton-square. Sealed Tenders, addressed "To the Churchwardens of Liver pool," must 'be left at the Parish-office, Lime-street, on or before SATURDAY, September 9th, endorsed " Tender for Cemetery Chapel, &c." The Churchwardens do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender, unless in all respects-satisfactory. CONTRACT FOR CAST-IRON PIPES. rpHE TOWN COUNCIL of - LIVERPOOL are desirous to receive TENDERS. - fcr the supply of a large quantity of CAST-IRON WATER PIPES, of Forty-four laches diameter. ' Printed Copies of the Specification may be had on and -after MONDAY next, the 21st instant, on application, in writing, ad dressed to me, at my Office, in the Town Hall, Liverpool. Sealed Tenders, made in the prescribed form, and enclosed in the printed envelopes supplied with the copies of the Speci fication, must be delivered at my said Office, on or before Noon, on TutritserKY, the 31st day of Augustinstant. WILLIAM SHUTTLEWORTH, Town Clerk of. Liverpool. Town Hall, August 16, 1849. ';nstirante o.ctiles. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William V. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, NO-6,2VEW-BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. ESTABLISHED WA. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir THOS. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart.,M.P., Chairman. HENRY 'FRED. STEPLESI§6SI.Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. •I Thomas Edgar, Esq. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hastie. Esq., M.P. Robert Biddulph, Esq. 1 John Mendham, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq. Ao-ENTs roe LIVERPOOL—T. O. COOPER and SON. MEDICAL RErEREE FOR LIVERPOOL—A. ROBERTSON,M.D The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : ECONOMY combined with security. LOWER ltArss of Premium than those of any other Office which entitlcthe assured to participate in the profits, and con siderably lower than those of any other ,Afttlual Assurance So ciety. A. Bowes is-sdded, after the payment.af the Fifth Annual Premium., to ev6ry Policy effected on'the participating Scale, if a claim accruetnereon prior to the next division of profits. Three Bonuses have been declared out of three-fourths of the profits, the last of which, in 1844, averaged £36 per cent. on the premiums paid. In future, thcsoilole of the profits will be divided among the Assured. The next division of profits will be triode: in 1849. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on annii cation to JAMES JOHN DOWNES, :Actuary, or to either of the followinsr Asrents T. 0. COOPER and SON, 7, Rumford-street, Liverpool. Warrington Edward West, Esq. Wigan Joseph Darlington, Esq. Manchester Tiiomas Michael Baines;tEsq., 5, Cromford -court. Bolton Henry Glover, Esq. Macclesfield...— Sarni. Jesper, Esq., or W. N. Wadsworth, Esq. Chester Messrs. Thomas Edwardsandßobert Roberts, lgoqrs., Old Bank. Denbigh........ . Richard Williams, Esq. Mrexham John Bury, Esq. SASSAFRAS CHOCOLATF. DR. DE LA MOTTE'S nutritive, health-restoring AROMATIC CHOCOLATE, prepared from the Nuts of the Sassafras Tree. This , Chocolate contains the peculiar vir tues of the Sassafras Root, which has been long held in great estimation for its purifying and alterative properties. The aromatic quality (which is vcry grateful to the stomach) most invalids-require for breakfast and evening. repast, to,promote digestion.; and to a deficiency-of this property in the customary breakfastand supper may, in a great measure, be attributed the frequency of cases of indigestion genet! "ly termed bilious. It has been found highly beneficial in co , r ecting the state of the digestive organs, &c., from whence arise many diseases, anal as eruptions of the skin, gout, rheumatism, and scrofula. In cases of debility of the stomach and a sluggish state of the liver and intestines, occasioning :flatulence, costiveness, &c., and in spasmodic asthma, it is much recommended. Sold in pound packets, by the PATENTEE, 12, Southampton street, Strand,Undon ; also by Chemists. Mr. F. G. JONE.% Patent Medicine Warehouse, 5, Paradise-street, Patent Medi.. ine Warehouse, Alen tfor Liverpool. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. _ _ Q ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 7, Lo vell's-court, Paternoster-row, London; and by all Vendors of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat tended with the least danger or inconvenience; hundreds have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first introduced; and such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that persons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. The astonishing success which has crowned the application of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. Amongst many which are being daily received are thefollow mg testimonials : Morleg's Hotel, Strand, 18th August, 1846. SIR,—I have hitherto had a prejudice against paving recourse to advertised medicines, but as I have for years been a severe sufferer from Lumbago, as well as Sciatica, and having tried several of the most eminent Physicians of London and Paris I was induced by a friend to make a trial of your liquid, called " Serjeant's Lotion." I think it in gratitude due to you to say, in less than an hour from the time I applied the Lotion, I felt the most pleasant and indescribable relief. The immediate effect was to produce a short but tranquil and most refreshing slumber, from which I awoke to enjoy that which was, from its novelty, the greatest happiness—perfect quietude and freedom rom pain. The number of poor souls that suffer as I have is immense, and if the publication of this testimony can induce one to accept of the salvation you offer, I shall feel that I have not lived in vain.—With many thanks, I am yours, HENRI VILLENNEVE. 14, Belmont place. Wandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844. Sra,—l feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in the hip-joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to .say that after three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder. —I am, Sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES. Well-street, Cripeegate. SIR S have been several weeks confined to my b - ea by Gout and Rheumatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from pain, and as helpless as an infant : not even a finger could move. In this unpleasant situation I was informea by my me dical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that I might remain months in my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I might have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close appli cation of four days, my troublesome companion began to dis appear; in a week I was capable of v►alking about my room, and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi cine was enabled to leave London. Fearful of another attack, you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,— D. W. STONE. Sold by Pendlebury, Russell• Street ; Titherington, Oxford' street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher. Bold-street Coupland, Parker-street ; Geri ard, Oldhall -street ; Parkinson, New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland road, opposite St. Martin's Market ; Mackow, Vauxhall-road; Britten, corner of Dale-street and Hapearket ; Smith, Great Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street ; Cillord, Richmond-row; Low, Islington ; Walker, London-road ; Parry, Christian-street; Wagstaff, Preat George-place ; prigtl s ey, bctrd-street ; Smith Woodside Price, Wavertrec THE LIVERPOOL STANDAM YESTERDAY'S ASSIZES. CROWN * COURT. His Lordship took his seat at the usual hour, and pro ceeded to pass sentence upon the following prisoners who had pleaded guilty : John Holden, aged 9, and Jane Holden, 14, for uttering base shillings at Ashton-under-Lyne, were feelingly ad dressed by his lordship, who remarked that they were no doubt instructed to commit the offence by their father. They would be sent to the House of Industry, where they would be looked after, and he hoped, as they would not there be contaminated, they would be led, on their release, to pursue a better course of life. They were sentenced to nine calendar months' imprisonment. Abraham Rigg . for theft, at Bury, four months ; Saml. Hallsworth, for bigamy, nine months ' • John Stopford, for burglary, at Oldham, twelve months ; Thomas Cain, for manslaughter, at Wigan, nine months •, Wm. Hartley, for highway robbery and assault, at Wardle, seven years' transportation ; John Taylor, for a burglary, and a sepa rate charge of robbery, ten years' transportation. BURGLARY.—Mary Ann Tinsley, 22, Thos. Sherring ton, 26, and Wm. Rigby, 20, were placed at the bar, charged with having, at Wigan, on the 21st of April, forcibly entered the house of Zechariah Molyneux, and stolen therefrom two shawls, two pieces of satin, a coat, &c., also provisions, and some copper money, tobacco, &c. The case occupied nearly three hours. The male prisoners had, it appeared, entered the house by breaking six panes of glass, in a back lead-light window. In the course of the examinations, a good-looking and decently clad girl of apparently 14 to 16 years of age, was cross examined by Mr. Pollock, and said she did not know how many days there were in a week, and had learned that Tuesday followed Monday, and Wednesday followed Tues day. She admitted that she had learned that since she was before the magistrates in the case ! To other ques tions she said she had never been at a school, or at a church, and shed tears when she stated the fact. Soon afterwards, an elderly female, on being examined, said she did not know at what time of year Christmas or Easter took place : she had never heard of them ! The evidence as against Rigby was not sufficient in his Lordship's opi nion to send the case to the jury as affecting him. His Lordship also stated in summing up that there was no evidence of the female being present at the burglary. All that appeared as affecting her was that she had pledged some of the articles, and the jury would therefore acquit her. (immediately on his Lordship stating this, the wo man in the dock fell down in a fit, and was removed.) The evidence'against Sherrington was strong, including a confession made by him to a police-officer, while he was in custody. The jury found him guilty, and the other two not guilty. It was proved that the prisoner had pre viously been convicted of two felonies, for the last of which he was sentenced to be transported for seven years, but was sent to the hulks. His Lordship, addressing Sherrington, said, — . You have now been convicted of a burglary, and you had been found guilty -of the same offence before. But this is by no means the history of your whole career in crime. I find by the record, that you were convicted in November, 1831, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment ; in November, 1838, again convicted, and imprisoned for twelve months. In January, 'lB4O, you were again con victed, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. In May, 1848, you were apprehended on the present charge, and you have also confessed:to another felony. It seldom happens that we have so succinct a history of the progress of crime. You have gone on in the commission of grave Offences over the space of nearly eleven years. The time for reformation has in your case passed away, for no hope can be entertained of the amendment of such a person ; land if you were sent away fora term, you would, on your return, again begin spoliations upon society. The sen tence of the court, therefore, is, that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life. Alexander Worrall„/.20 ; John Street, 21; Isaac Jack son, 22; and Catharine Gibson, 19, were indicted for having, at Salford, on the night of the 25th May, burgle riously broken and entered the dwelling-house and gro cer's shop of Joseph Crossley, and stolen therefrom £5 ss. in copper, which was set forth in the indictment as 1260 pennies, and .2620 halfpennies, each making the amount. The shop was No. 2, Bank-parade, and there was a projecting part- or front abutting into the street, and lighted by a skylight. An entrance had been effected by breaking two squares in the skylight, by which one or more of the male prisoners entered, using an iron hook with a rope attached to one end of it, to lower themselves. The premises were secure when closed on the previous evening. In the morning the breaking was [discovered and the money missed. A candle and some lucifer matches were found within. After the robbery the male prisoners went to-a public-house. This was a tedious case, presenting nothing of novelty. A good deal of the evidence was from•the lips of an approver. The two male prisoners were ably defended by Mr. Monk and Mr. New. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Pollock. His Lordship summed• up in perspicuity, and the jury found the two men guilty who had been tried, and the woman not guilty. There had been a previous conviction against Jackson, another against Street, and another against Worrall.—His Lordship said they had been convicted on the clearest evidence, two of them by a witness, and the other by his own confession. Jackson had twice before been convicted ofifelony, and Street four times. He sen tenced Worrell and Jackson to be transported for ten years, and Street for fourteen years. Mary Ann Tinsley, Thomas Sherrington, and William , Rigby were again brought up on another indictment, but as they had previously been tried, and sentence was passed, the evidence was not taken in this case. • ASSAULTS ON.POLICE-OFFICERS.—MichaeI Hogan 26. was charged with ,having feloniously assaulted John Wil liamson, a police-officer, in Peter's-street, Manchester, with an iron instrument, early on the morning of the.2oth June. The prisoner went up to the officer and addressed ' to him some coarse language, relative to a woman of whom he was in search. The officer, accordinc , to his own ac count, pushed him away and told him to go home,uponwhich prisoner pulled out-from his trowsers an iron bar or rod — a kind of crow-bar about a yard in length—and struck the officer violently with it over the head, and on various parts of his body. The-prosecutor was so much hurt that he was confined for a week in the Infirmary. A string was firmly attached to the bar, apparently to prevent it from being taken from the possessor.—The officer was strongly cross-questioned by .Mr. Pollock as to an alleged threat of the prisoner, uttered-three times, that he would knock his (the officer's) brains out. He had not mentioned that before the magistrates . — Robert Hughes, another officer, corroborated the first part of the prosecutor's statement as to the threats and the blows, and lie got hold of the bar of iron. The prosecutor was bleeding freely.—The surgeon said the wound on the head was severe.—Mr. Pollock defended the prisoner, and, after a powerful address, called witnesses at the request of the prisoner. One witness stated that the prosecutor first struck the prisoner, and repeated the blow ; both fell in a struggle. The prisoner received a good character, as having been foreman to Mr. Miller, lithographic printer, of this town, for twelve months,.and afterwards with other masters at Blackburn and Manchester.—The jury found a verdict against the prisoner for the felony, and he was put down. FORGERY.—Benjamia Anderson, .33, was indicted for having forged and passed off, at Manchester, in June last, an order for the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud Messrs. Tomlinson and Leigh. The order purported to be signed by Messrs. Lilly and Son, of Store-street. Manchester ' and was for two pairs of compasses, an d a slide rule. The jury found the prisoner guilty of uttering. There was a second case against them, but it was not gone into. Sentence was deferred, and the Court rose at a quarter before six o'clock. In reply to a question from one of the counsel, his Lordship said lie should take the case of William Adams, charged with having wilfully murdered his wife at Man chester, on Wednesday (to-morrow) morning. NISI PRIU6 COURT.-YESTERDAY. A WATER QUESTION. ROCHDALE CANAL COMPANY V. KING AND OTHEI3.B. The Attorney-General (Knowles) and Messrs. Tomlinson and Cowley were for the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Martin and Atherton for the defendants. The Attorney-General stated the case to the jury. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs to recover damages for a trespass in hav ing taken water out of the Rochdale Canal, which they had not returned according to the terms of the act. of parliament, under which the company were incorporated. The defendants are Messrs. James King, sen., James King, jun., and John Houldsworth, cotton spinners and manufacturers at Rochdale. He did not apprehend that there would be much dispute about the facts in the cause, but the question would rather resolve itself into one for the consideration of the court, namely, as to whether the defendants had a right to take the quantity of water out of the canal which they had been in the habit of doing. The canal was commenced in the year 1794, the company being incorporated by the 34th Geo. 111. It was to commence at a place called Sowerby Bridge, in York shire, and to be continued to the neighbourhood of Manchester, where it was to communicate with the Duke of Bridgewater's canal. At that time it was conceived that there would be great difficulty to obtain sufficient waterifor the purposes of the canal, and accordingly five different reservoirs were formed for the purpose and the water from the neighbourhood was conveyed into them by means of culverts and drains. By the 113th section of the act, the mode in which parties having works in the neighbourhood were to be supplied was described, and ac cording to that clause, they were to have water gratuitously, for the purpose, and no other, of condensing the steam, and subject to the inevitable waste in that, all the water was to be returned into the canal. In the year 1806, another act of parliament (the 46th George 111., cap. 46) was ob tained, increasing the powers of the company. By that act, authority was given to the agents of the company to enter the works of any party taking water from the canal, for the purpose of ascertaining whether more water was taken out of the canal than was necessary. This act cor roborated clause 113 in the former act, and showed his view of the law to be correct. Soon after the canal was opened, a great number of factories and other works were erected adjacent to the canal, and undoubtedly the company were not very strict as to the quantity of water used at the different works, for they imagined that as they were the sole carriers along the line, a con siderable return would be obtained from the carriage of coal and other goods, but a railway had recently been opened all along the whole line of the canal, which had interfered to a great extent with the profits of the canal. The consequence of this was that the plaintiffs were com-. pelled to look more strictly after their rights in justice to the proprietors of the canal, and therefore they called upon all those using more water than was allowed for condensing the steam used at the engines. Several of the manufacturers had agreed to pay fir the water they used, but the defendants declined to do so. They had been in the habit of taking more water from the canal than was requisite for condensing the steam. They had constructed a large reservoir, and after the water bad bean used it was again conveyed to the steam-engine and used again when warm, after which some of it was returned to the canal. The object of this was to save fuel. They also used the water for the purpose of making the steam, as well as condensing it, and also for heating the mill. The first witness was then called, when Mr. MARTIN said he would admit the statement made by the Attorney-General—that more water had been taken out of the canal than was allowed by law, which would save the time of the Court, and he had no doubt his learned friend would also admit that the navigation of the canal had not been injured in corse.quence of the water taken out of it by the defendant. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, so far as they knew he would admit that the navigation had not been interrupted. Mr. MARTIN said before the verdict was entered, he would say a word or two to the jury. In 1789, the first steam-engine was erected in Lancashire, and- in 1794 the act of Parliament for the construction of this canal was obtained. People then knew very little respecting the requirements of the steam-engine, and therefore the object of having •a supply of water was not so compre hensively provided for as in more recent acts. People had gone on building mills on the banks of the canal to an enormous extent ; and until the opening of the Lanca shire and Yorkshire railway, no difficulty had been thrown in the way of their obtaining water. For nearly fifty years no impediment had been thrown in their way. It was a principle of•law, that where a party enjoyed the advantages of a watercourse for upwards of twenty years, he could not be dispossessed of it, and he thought the plaintiffs would- have acted more fairly, had they com menced proceedings against some one who had enjoyed the privilege for thirty years or upwards, instead of those of a more recent date. However, the last allegation in the declaration was, that in conseqpence of water being taken out of the canal by. the defendant, the navigation was obstructed, but as the navigation had not been ob structed, he should maintain that there was not a suffi cient cause of action: The learned JUDGE then directed the jury to find a ver dict for the plaintiff,—damages ls., and that the naviga tion of the canal had not been impeded. A verdict was entered in accordance with this direction, and leave given to the defendants' counsel to move to en ter a nonsuit in case the court above should be of opinion that there was not sufficient cause of action. It was also agreed that the learned Judge should certify, so as to secure the plaintiffs their costs, if the defendants did not succeed in their application to the court above. A BAKER'S BILL. FORT v. BEATTIE.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Richard Fort, a flour and provision dealer, at Middleton, near Manchester, against the defendants, Thomas and Samuel Beattie, bakers, in London-road, Manchester. Samuel Beattie suffered judgment by de fault, and Thomas Beattie pleaded never indebted. The action was to recover the sum of £lOB Bs. 6d., the balance of an account for goods sold and delivered ; and the only question in the cause was whether the defendant Thomas Beattie was a partner in the concern at the time the goods were sold, and a good deal of evidence was adduced on both sides. The jury found for the plaintiff for £lOB Bs. 6d. The Attorney-General and Mr. Crompton were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Monk for the defence. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. ASERMON will be preached (God willing) TO MORROW EVENING. (Wednesday,) the 23d instant, at ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, Pitt-street, for the IRISH SOCIETY, by the Rev. DANIEL FOLEY, M.A., formerly a Member of the Church of Rome. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the LIVERPOOL BUILDING LAND COMPANY will be held at the Office of Mr. WILLIAM OWEN, Solicitor to the said Company, No. 7. Clayton-square, Liverpool, on TUESDAY, the 29th day of August instant, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon. Dated this 12th day of August, 1848. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PICKEN, Secretary. DR. MUSPRATT'S SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY, 21, CANNING-STREET. THE Laboratory will Open on the First of October next, and close the Thirty-first of January. The Second Session will commence the First of March, and end the Thirtieth of June. Students working every day, .€l5 Os. Od. per Session. Four days, 12 10s. Od. „ PP Three „ 10 Os. Od. „ Two „ 8 Os. Od. „ One , 6 Os. Od. „ Laboratory open from Ten 'till Five. Twenty Practical Lectures will be given by the Professor during the Session. Two Guineas for the Course. Medical and all other Analyses will be executed on reasona ble terms. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. REPORT of THE HEALTH COMMITTEE on the SEWERAGE and other WORKS under the SANITARY ACT. By the BOROUGH ENGINEER. Copies of the above Repoft, Price 2s. 6d. each, may be ob tained at the Office of the Borough Engineer, Public Offices, 2, Cornwallis-street, Liverpool. By order of the Health Committee, WIII, SHUrrLEWORTH, Town Clerk. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. OPENED TEROUGHOUT TO HOLYHEAD. LONDON TO DUBLIN IN THIRTEEN HOURS. rPHE CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY 1 is now OPEN THROUGHOUT, with the exception of about four miles adjoining the Menai Straits, for which the Company have 'provided properly appointed conveyances, the charge for which is included in the railway fare. The Admiralty's and Company's splendid Steam-packets, 670 tons, 370-horse power, run between Holyhead and Kingstown in conjunction with the following trains, pert - drilling the pas sage in aboutlOur hours : LONDON TO DUBLIN. I. From Huston-square, London, at a Quarter to Nine in the Evening, with the Irish mails ; and from Chester at a Quarter to Four in the Morning, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown (and Dublin) ats Quarter to Seven in the Morning., and arriving at Kingstown about Half-past Ten, Dublin time. 2. From Easton-square, London, by (Express Train,) at Nine o'clock in the Morning, and from Chester at a Quarter to Three in the Afternoon, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown at a Quarter to Six in the Afternoon, arrivingat Kingstown about a Quarter past Nine, Dublin time. DUBLIN TO LONDON. 1. From Kingstown at Half-past Eight in the Morning, (Dublin time,) arriving at Chester at Ten :Minutes past Five, and in London at Half-past Ten in the"• Evening. 2. The Admiralty packet with the Mails from Kingstown, at Half-past Eleven in the Morning, the Train in conjunction therewith leaving Holyhead at Twenty Minutes past Six, arrivingat Chester at Twenty-five Minutes past Nine in the Evening, and in London at a Quarter to Five the next Morning. Only the Admiralty packets and mail ti ains (as above) run on the - Sunday. Migust 12, 1848. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE•OF 'VENETIAN BLINDS, AT lAT LEDGER'S WINDOW BLIND MANuFAcrony, V . V • 31, PARADISE-STREET, who has constantly on hand an ertensive and well-seasoned STOCK, and can furnish a Housecamplete with them in SIX HOURS' 'NOTICE •. . . Gauze Wire, and every other description of Blinds, at very moderate Prices, and superior Workmanship. OBSERVE, 31, PARADISE-STREET, Between the Unitarian Chapel and the Star and Garter Hotel. THE IRISH STATE PRISONERS. - At the present moment the following notice of the early 'life and career of the faction who have brought about the present state of things in Ireland may not perhaps be un interesting. A brief biography of Mr. Smith O'Brien's life has already been made public. Mr. C. Gavan Duffy is the son of a farmer in the county of Monaghan. In his.early career he moved in a-very subordinate position indeed. The first prominent position he occupied was that of a writer on the Duldin2iforning Register, a repeal or radical publication, now extinct. He subsequently proceeded to Belfast, where he was employed by the priests of the district to edite and otherwise manage a journal known as the Belfast 'Vindicator. Mr. Duffy, while in this position, supported the Whigs. On the latter party been driven from Office in 1841, the Vindi cator grew more violent, but, .nevertheless, its circulation gradually decreased, and it was almost defunct when Mr. Daffy, by publishing a violentarticle against government, in reference to the execution of a man named Woods, for murder, whom he described as having been illegally con victed by a Protestant jury, brought down on him the vengeance of Mr. Blackburne, <the Attorney-General of the. period. Duffy was duly tried and convicted, and would have been brought up. for judgment had he not expressed contrition, and Mr; T. B. Smith, who had suc ceeded to the office of Attorney-General, forgave him. In 1842. Mr. Duffy, whose name had claimed some degree of notoriety, established the Nation newspaper, by which he was•supposed to have made alarge fortune, that paper having enjoyed for several years a large circulation in Ire land. ,It is now certain that he has not done so, and that in truth the sedition of the Nation was very unprofitable, for its• owners affairs are in the most extreme state of derangement. His assets will hardly pay his liabilities. It isonderstood that he has out on mortgage a sum of £1,50Q ;besides book debts, which in his peculiar case will probably be difficult to realise, his liabilities amount to upwards .of the sum above-named. Of these, . ZOO are owing to his paper manufacturer, and £4OO to the engineer who•recently supplied him with patent printing machine. Mr.,Duffy "is a Roman Catholic. He is not more than thirty-twoeyears of age. - Mr. Meagher is the son of Mr. Thomas Meagher, M.P. for Waterford City, a merchant and .an alderman of that place, who has amassed considerable wealth by trading with America. The young gentleman, now about twenty six years of age, possesses some property independent of his father, with whom, as well as with his brother, he has always been at , variance so far as politics are concerned. He also is a :Hyman Catholic. According to his own statement, he was induced to embark in the cause of repeal by O'Connell's many warlike appeals to the youth of Ireland. _ _ _ Mr. Doheny, who, in poiat of years, is something more than a Young .Ire Lander, is, according to his own account, of humble origin. He cannot be less than forty-five veers of age. He -is a barrister, and has been many things. For several.years be followed the occupation of schoolmaster. He subsequently occupied Himself by acting as whipper-in to Whig attorneys-general and soli citors-general in the boroughs of Clonmel, Cashel, and Dungarvan. For nine -years he was understood to be employed in the Tithe Million-office, Dublin Castle. He is a Roman Catholic. Mr. Dillon is a barrister, and took a gold meeal and other honours in Trinity College, Dublin. He was for merly a writer in the Dublin Morning Register. Mr. Dillon. who is also a very young man, is son to an exten sive corn merchant in the county of Mayo. He is a Ro man Catholic. Mr. O'Gorman, jun., is son to an extensive woollen draper in Dublin, and is a Roman Catholic. Mr. Martin is understood to be a gentleman of inde pendence, but whether small or large is not generally known. He was the first northern Protestant who joined the confederates, and has latterly rendered himself con spicuous by being editor of the Felon newspaper. Mr. O'Doherty, of the Tribune, lately tried, is a medical student. He is a native of the south of Ireland, and a Roman Catholic. DIPLQMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL. (From the Morning Herald.) This bill was in the House of Lords, Presented, read first time, and ordered to be printed Read second time f 17 Considered in Committee Reported and reprinted . . Read a third time aid passed, and SENT to the Commons Brought down from the Lords to the Corn- mons ' 9 t ZU Read first time and printed , March 3 Proposed to be read second time August 17 The bill went through EVERY stage in the House of Lords, in three weeks. It has been twenty-three weeks and six days, or five and and a-half months, in the House Commons without moving a stage. From the meeting of Parliament to August 11, 1848, there have been presented— AGAINST THE BILL. Petitions 273 I Signatures .. FOR THE BILL. Petitions none I Signatures none. Does this statement require a comment ? There are horses in Arabia of which written genealogies have been kept for more than 2,000 years. If you will not have illumination from above, you shall have conflagration from below, and whoever refuses light will get it in the form of lightning one day ! An American court has decided that marriage contracts made on a Sunday are valid, on the ground that they come under the head of " works of necessity and charity." HARROGATE FACTOTUM.--Una signboard in Harro gate is the following inscripton :—"Hudson. umbrella maker, town bellman, optician, dealer of tobacco, lodg ings, baker." MELANCHOLY' DEATH OF LOVERS.—A young man, who lived at No. 122, Rue St. Martin, Paris, was found dead from voluntary suffocation by the fumes of two bra ziers of charcoal, which he had lighted •and placed at the foot of his bed. The cause of his suicide could only be divined from his having closely grasped in his right hand, against his heart, a lock of hair, and a small parcel of dried flowers. He was buried, and all was left to conjec ture for several days, when a young mantuamaker made away with herself in the same manner, leaving behind her a letter, desiring that her death might not be imputed to any one, but taken as an expiation for that of the young man who had previously destroyed himself, and of w hi c h she was the cause by her desire for luxuries above their means, which he had not sufficient res9l9tiQ9 refuse her ? ttilla lyinging himself to distress. COAL MINES.-ILLEGAL DISTRAINT. TOPPING V. BRETHERTON. — This was an action to re cover damages from the defendant for having let to the plaintiff a coal lane to which he had no title, and also for an illegal distraint. Mr..Baines and Mr. Crompton were counsel for the plaintiff and Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton for the defendant. Mr. CROMPTON opened the pleadings. Mr. BAINES stated the case. The plaintiff is a coal master, residing at Wigan: the defendant, Mr. Bartholomew Bretherton, formerly an extensive coach proprietor, and land owner, residing at Rainhill, in this county. The action was brought to recover damages upon two grounds—first, that the defendant let to the plaintiff a coal mine, con sisting of two closes, to one of which he had no right whatever, in consequence of which the plaintiff had suffered considerable loss. The second claim against the defendant was for an illegal distress—he having seized for rent and sold the property at considerably less than its value. The distraint was for £62 10s., whereas at all events rent to that amount was not due. The property sold had cost the plaintiff about £350, and in consequence of the manner in which the sale was conducted, it only realised £52 17s. In September, 1845, the plain tiff took from the defendant a colliery under two closes of land, one called the plantation close, and the other the common close, at Ince-in-Mackerfield, near Wigan. The term was for five years, and the rent to be £5O or £6O a-year, for both sums were named, the payments to be quarterly on the Ist March, the Ist June, Ist September, and the Ist December, the first payment to become due and payable on the Ist Decem ber then next ensuing. There was also to be an addi tional rent of £6O per foot per Cheshire acre of eight yards to the perch for every foot of coal raised. The sum of £25 was to be paid down for half a year's rent in ad vance. The plaintiff entered upon the colliery and com menced to sink a pit in the plantation close, when lie was stopped by Mr. Mralmsley, the lord of the manor, who claimed the mine as his property. This occurred in Fe bruary, 1846, and in October following the distress was made without any previous intimation having been given to the plaintiff. Evidence was then called to prove this statement, and also that the coals under this plantation were worth, when got, £936 2s. 6d., the profit on which would be £340, but no evidence was produced to show that the title to the coal was in the lord of the manor. Mr. MARTIN, in addressing the Jury for the defendant, contended that the allegation contained in the declara tion that the defendant had fraudulently, wickedly, and deceitfully, let the Plantation Mine to the plaintiff, know ing that he had no title to it, was not made out, for to that day he believed himself entitled to the property. As to the second claim—that for the illegal distraint—he should put in the agreement he held in his hand, signed by the plaintiff himself, in which he had given leave and license to the defendant to sell the property. Mr. BAINES said he would not unnecessarily take up the time of the Court, but should like to have the agree ment proved. Mr. Ward, solicitor to the defendant, was then called, and he stated that the distraint was made on the 24th October; that on the 27th the plaintiff called upon him and said, if time was given to him he could pay his rent. It was then agreed that a month's time should be given, and in consequence the agreement was executed. This was then put in. Mr. BAINES said, after that he would give up the cause, but it was right to state that the plaintiff bad never com municated to the gen`lema i who instructed him the ex istence of the agreement. His LORDSH IP said he had made up his mind on the subject, but did not wish to pronounce his opinion unless it would put an end to the case. Mr. BAINES said it was right to state that he had no grounds whatever for any imputation on the character of the defendant. Mr. MARTIN said they would consent to withdraw a juror, and would never ask the plaintiff for the costs, as he understood he was a very poor man. This course was adopted, all parties agreeing that no further proceedings respecting the matter should be taken. COLLISION. LEES AND OTHERS V. TAYLOR.—This was im action to recover the sum of £2O 35., for injury done to a horse. The plaintiffs are manufacturers in Fountain-street, Man chester, and the defendant, a farmer, at Stratford, near Manchester. On the 17th of December last, a man and horse belonging to the plaintiffs were standing at their warehouse-door, in Fountain-street, Manchester, when a cart and two horses were passing, and, as it was alleged, through negligence, had come in contact with the van, and injured the horse so as to render it incapable of work. The plaintiff claimed £6 14s. 6d., the veterinary surgeon's bill for attendance on the horse, and £l3 93., for the hire of a horse and cart in place of the horse in jured. The question was, as to whether there had or had not been a negligence on the part of the driver of the de fendant's cart, and on this point there was conflicting evidence. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £l5, costs 40s. Counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. llill : for the defendant, Mr. Martin and Mr. Cowling. The Great Western steam-ship from the West Indies brought £139,928 specie, on Sunday. THE ANTIPHONEL.—This beautiful and we may say wonderful instrument, which may be seen gratuitously at Mr. Smith's, Lord-street, is worthy the inspection of the numerous strangers in town at this season. THE BELGRAVE WINE TRAY...--A very beautifully-de signed tray in papier-mache has just been produced and registered by Messrs. Jennings and Betteridge, for the purpose of a wine salver. In shape it is perfectly novel, and the workmanship is chaste and elegant. It is adver tised in our paper to-day, by Mr. Roberts of Church street. _ _ ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The managers of these gar dens have added to their list of attractions a panorama illustrative of the incidents and scenes of the last French revolution. The work is well executed, and though as melo-dramatic as could be desired, is as carefully correct as strict art requires. The crowded picture gives a vivid idea of the roar and agitation of the great city in the agonies of a civil war. Amongst the most prominent views may be mentioned, General Cavaignac and staffbe fore the Pont St. Martin, and the subsequent attack on the temple—the attack and burning of Maubert—the storming of the Faubourg St. Antoine—and that most sanguinary and melancholy event, the death of the Arch bishop of Paris. The panorama is being exhibited every evening. THE NEW HuUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Reader ! Saint Paul's cost the country £736,752 2s 3d. The Houses of Parliament will cost nearly, if not quite, two millions. Look at the two sums, look at the two struc tures, and then look at the discussion on the Miscella neous Estimates which took place in the House of Com mons on Tuesday evening last. To hear Lord Morpeth, one would think that England hardly knows what to do just now with her money, and that poor working people are actually suffering from a plethora of the good things of life. No one, we presume, is indisposed to give Hoo Gentlemen all the accommodation and comfort they can reasonably look for, or to provide the country with a building suitable to her power and greatness ; but there is a limit to all things. Comfort may econerate into effeminate luxuriousness. A country's greatness need n.)t be exhibited at the cost of her substance. We are certainly overdoing things at Westminster. If you need to be impressed with the fact, call upon Lord Ashley, request his Lordship to accompany you to a few streets wrzh which he is tolerably well acquainted by this time, and which are all within five minutes' walk of the new palaces, and then immediately afterwards plunge into the gaudy chamber of the llouse of Lords. If you do not agree with us that it is as distressingly painful to see the unhappy creatures who infest the sinks of Westminster, left to their minified ignorance and vice, as it is painfully ludicrous to behold Lords Brougham and Campbell trans- acting their business in the midst of the gorgeous gim crackery by which they are surrounded, we have either mistaken the correctness of our own impressions, or sadly miscalculated the common sense, the humanity, and v.is- Elora, of this country. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. Our Exchange flags were cleared somewhat earlier than usual to-day, by the storminess of the weather, which threw a damper, in more respects than one, upon com mercial negotiations. It has been truly said that at this season of the year the corn markets are invariably weather markets ; and at the present time, when monetary disor ganisation is known to follow deficient crops, the influence of atmospheric changes is to be felt with great susceptibility throughout all the ramifications of trade. We have continued to hope, in spite of the discouraging accounts which have reached us from time to time, that the prospects of the partial destruction of the various plants which supply the food of man might have been exaggerated, by interested parties, for the. purpose f raising prices - , and that in reality the damage would pr but trifling: But everybody cannot be wrong; our_ "` wn eyes come into court unwilling witnesses to the t• 0 the statements; and we are reluctantly compellc dastoaddy mit, that unless the weather exhibits a marked - anpec conditionaltera the en d Gr o a o i ti e s h s arves t almostw il a l b m e froaethle it ered in very poo r ttervenes, the large orders for Breadstuffs went out t , , A mer i ca b y the Potato crop. will be a most disastrous NKre. Meanwhile x to the low limit s , i m t a is il- n b o o t at ex o p n e S et a e t d ur t d h a s y t , a t l h t e ho m u , g h h o , le ow w irr All be executed. Be ` . doubtless follow ; an d this o r a d s i e i t g m to ay p , re f s u e r o th t e a r p o p r e d s e ra rs n o n e i s u_s t {the rain at this mo mentor ten millions of quar ters About twenty millions ster o f is g pouringr in s say y ae a l uegoes)t—n of i e ling, will be required to stavr, off th e h orrors o f starva tion. We have at present a i l arge s t oc k o f Ri ce i n the country, and are capable r . ,(, 47 eatly increasing our imports of this article ; and we, take this opportunity of recom mending its more ger,eral adoption as an article of ordi nary consumption ;- --ulroady the demand has sensibly in creased, with th' 4 "antidpation of the failure of our crops of home-grow - , 1 food. Every department of speculative investment i.s gettiss more narrowed, owing to the pros pect of a 'tightness in the money market, which is opera-- ting ir. a, most prejudicial manner even on those branches of national industry which are requisite for supplying the everyday wants of the community. Consols closed on Saturday, both for money and account, sellers at 861. The unsettled state of the weather having induced holders of Wheat to demand higher prices here again this morning, the transactions which have taken place are only to a moderate extent, and an advance of Id. to 2d. per 701 h. has been paid ; Indian Corn has been held at the prices of Friday, but, in the absence of speculative demand, there has not been much doing ; and these two articles form the chief staple of the trade here at the pre sent time. Letters received from most parts of England and Ireland speak of the continuance of wet weather. and the consequent slow progress of the harvest, which is at present in a very precarious state, with rising markets everywhere. The complaints about the POTATO disease are also increasing, some of the most favourable accounts only holding out hopes that half the crop may be saved : it must, however, be borne in mind that a far greater amount of land than usual is this year in Potato cultiva tion : 'Waterford, Aug. 19: Potatoes continue to be pressed in large quantities on the market by our farmers, who fear they will not keep, and are sold at Cd. per stone of 16th. The disease is becoming more apparent in the tubers every day, and fears are entertained that the present heavy rains will causelt to progress rapidly.—Belfast, Aug.l7 : There can now be to.mis take as to the identity of the Potato disease of this year with that of 1846; the only question is as to the extent to which it may spread in the present crop. As to this the reports are various, some placing it at 15 to 20 per cent., whilst others run, up so far as to say there will be not less than a loss of 50 per cent. on the entire crop; and the misfortune is aggravated by the reckless manner in which the farmers are raising and con suming, or selling them.—Cork, Aug. 19: The constant wet, it is thought, adds to the destruction of the Potato crop,iow almost generally complained of.—Limerick, Aug. 19: We have nothing to add to our remarks of last week touching the Potato crop, further than that the disease continues to progress in both the stalk and root. The improvement in the weather noted in our last wes hut temporary, as it has rained almost incessantly the entire week, with the exception of Thursday.— Cappoqu;n, Aug. 19: The Potatoes are doubtless much in jured; still should even half hold good, we shall net certainly require more than one-half the Indian Corn imported last year. —Youghal, Aug. 19: The opinion here seems to be, that al though they have been attacked with disease, yet having ar rived almost to maturity before it extended itself to the tubers, and they being so very productive in the ground, that more than half the crop will be saved in good condition. A variety of evil influences have affected the SHARE- Market during the week. There has been every day the unsettled, doubtful weather, deluging the gathering in of the harvest and aggravating the potato disease, to which have been added—the effect of the London and North western report throughout the country—the supposed in tention of the bank directors to raise the rate of discount —the almost certainty of another outbreak in Paris : these have all lent their aid to lower prices deepsthan they were ever known before. On Saturday, it was gene rally believed that government would propose this week a grant of money to Ireland; if this be attempted we can look for no reaction in the price of shares in this winter; but should there be no foundation in the report, and Pro vidence send us some settled weather, we may hope to recover somewhat this last awful depression. The Mid land meeting was held on Saturday, and declared a divi dend of six per cent., leaving a surplus of 2,000, this being a diminution of one per cent. ; and an unfounded rumour that Mr. Hudson was about to leave them brought the stock down from 94 to 86 at first, but it has since rallied to 91. It was said Mr. Hudson was to leave them in consequence of an arrangement he has made with , the Great Northern to run into the York and North Midland at Burton Salmon, and that by this route ho contemplated taking the Scotch traffic from the London line when the bridges over the Tweed and Tyne are com pleted. This seemed very probable, and was generally credited. The meeting of the South-eastern Company was held on Thursday, when a very satisfactory -report was made, and a guinea dividend declared. On the; same day, the Great Western meeting was held, when a divi dend t.f seven per cent. was declared, with 7,500 surplus. The Eastern Counties have divided the same amotint as January, Bs. per share. The London and Brighton, 13s. These are all the meetings of any consequence yet held. To-day, the York and North Midland and York -and Berwick meetings take place. We hone to give some particulars of them in our second edition. Another week of dulness has further depressed the COTTON market, and, on comparing the many Brokers' circulars before us with information derived orally, we are somewhat at a loss to fix the amount of declination on the week, up to Friday. The precise point at which a difference in price amounts to a quotation, is a somewhat - difficult problem to solve; and this week, while prices of all kinds are in favour of the buyer, in no case does the reduction amount to ad., middling qurlity American ap proaching nearest to it. The sales of Cotton TO-DAY are about 4,000 bales, chiefly American, at 3d. to sd. per lb. The market has been flat, without any material change in prices. About 500 bales have been taken for export. There has not been quite so much doing in Foreign - Wool, this week; but prices are without any material, change. In consequence of the high rates fixed by holders of AMERICAN Lard, there has been little transacted, the quotations for actual sales remaining the same as last week. In Bacon and Shoulders an improvement in price has taken place, a good business continuing to be done in the former. Hams arc unchanged in value, with a dull sale. The reduction in the price of Pork has caused au increased demand, and the sales for the week are to a greater extent than in any week for some months past, without,-how ever, any variation in price, holders meeting buyers freely. Beef presents no new feature. Nearly all the Cheese of fered at auction last week (2000 boxes) was sold, about 200 boxes small, ordinary quality, for 205., a large portion for 335. e 365., and some fine quality for 445. ® 493. ; one lot realised 58s. 6d., which was much more than its value, owing to the rival biddings of two competitors. Nisi] Provisions continue nearly a dead letter. Butter is offered at from is. ® 2s. per cwt. decline, but the dea lers resist the temptation to purchase, ex , Tpt to a very trivial amount of the finest quality, owing to the smallness of the consumptive demand. The TIMBER trade here has sustained during the last week a slight check, and prices have rather a downward tendency. The arrivals have been light latterly in most woods, with the exception of deals, which come in large quantities and rather overstock the market. At a sale by auction, a cargo of Honduras mahogany was sold, also a cargo of Cuba, at fair prices, with other fancy woods. There was a highly respectable attendance of buyers. The Scotch Pig IRON market is without animation, and the transactions during the week have been to a li rnited extent. Prices at Glasgow :—No. 1, good brands, 455. 6d.; No. 3, good brands, 445. 6d., nett cash. ' The demand for Ashes has been good, and sales made to the extent of 300 barrels Montreal Pots at 265., and small sales of Pearls at 30s. per cwt. The transactions in Baltic Hemp are unimportant. Jute is in good demand at advanced prices, 1000 bales selling at £l6 for common up to £2l for very fine : Manilla, 150 bales realised £36 per ton. Distillers having shown more disposition to get a stock of Turpentine, has resulted in sales of 2500 bar rels of good quality at 7s. 6d., and 100 barrels 'of very choice at Bs. 6d. per cwt. In the London.produce market the business transacted has been only on a limited scale, and the importers hav ing shown less disposition to hold firmly, a decline in the value of some articles has taken place. . _ According to the last rcturn of the Bank of England, the amount of notes in circulation is £18.165,729, beivg a decrease of £526,390; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £13,364,991, showing a decrease of £31,663, when compared with the preceding return. The advices by the Indian mail received yesterday, se_ present no improvement in commercial matters in the east. Distrust and want of confidence had, if anything, increased. Both the import and export markets had been characterised by great dullness and langour, though in the latter, a slight improvement had become apparent. The money market had undergone no improvement. The transactions in exchange were very limited, and most of the shipments which had gone forward were for purposes of remittance. The Europa brings advices from America to the 9th instant. Exchange on England was 1091 to 1092. The market for cotton was quiet. The news by the .outward. steamer did not aid holders, who were operating without spirit. Western flour was dull of sale, hold ers no t show ing any disposition to reduce rates. Freights.—There was more offering at the closing rates of previous day. 20,000 bushels of corn were taken for Liverpool in bulk, at sd. Cotton was steady at 5.32 d., while 3.16 d. was asked. Heavy goods stood at about 17s. 6d. A vessel was engaged to load with corn for a direct port in Ireland, at 81d. It will be seen that the condition of our West Indian colonies is now almost hopeless. At Jamaica there w: barely enough of sugar at market to meet the dc multi for consumption, which, added to the hope enter tained of the retirement of the present ministry, had caused sugar to sell briskly at 17s. to 21s. Leaf tobacco was extremely dull, with an ample suprly at Market. Its nominal value was 60s. to 625. per 1001135., long price. Vessels were not plentiful. Freight vas extremely dull, and th 2 regular traders found it difficult to get filled by. the I.- z ~f August. The following are the rates to Liver pool :---Sugar, per ton, £3 10s.; coffee, per cwt., £4. . ... i