The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-28 00:00:00

. . • _ "enerally throughout th e country. For years it has baffled COMMITMENT TO THE Assi zes. , —At the Police-court h a lld s, se e t at defi ance the calculations of our most acute men of yesterday, a man named Peter Dogherty was committed for h as i v n et ss io Granted th a t t h e crop is large, the immensity of it I trial, on two charges of uttering base coin. like ratio• like be Th e consumption is going on in the ( 4 ...._ . i Tis well k nown that the ingenuity and talent THE HALIFAX AND BOSTON ROYAL ' MAIL STEAM- eeund n some instances the trickery) of our manufacturers snips.—We draw attention to the advertisement of the are dailY ad • • Halifax and Boston steamers in our advertising columns. therto unknoctting it in the production of various articles hi- The new steam-ship Hibernia is appointed to leave Liverpool at 2 ie e ri i and theaverage weekly consumption is taken on the 19th April. The passage money by this vessel, we .e,.. , . not 28,000 bales. Avery large quantity (say 200 to . eseanut,OpOrOielepasles) is held and will be held at any thing like pre- observe, is reduced to thirty guineas, with one guinea stew trade the immense crop ; so that with any thing like a good ard's fee. Rumour speaks of the Hibernia as, perhaps, the most complete steam-ship afloat. rambling, crop will be required to keep prices from s i It ALGANOBILLA SEED.—A Treasury order was last week e . i ‘e e l know n to those in the trade, that the hulk of 'ue speculation now being done in our market is on London received, which, pursuant to the recommendation . of called aee oent; so that "the speculative spirit at all limey too Board of Trade, directs that this article (commonly Prev a i •. slep t in Liverpool" is led or, and algarobilla) be charged the same duty as bark, namely, 3d. faaPitalibt. 12 abettetl by the London e,ut our contemporary . need not he alarmed, for per cwt. A prior Treasury order had directed it to be charged with the same duty as st;cklac, which then paid ls., de has improved, and must coetinue to do so, to the dis- b t nowpays only N. per cwt. Previously, algarobilla was eotnfitu things e ' League," u ad c t , e r t r ei t r iiat whose aim, glory, and boast is charged an valorem duty as "unrated." tnbeyalsntal7y are, if they cannot be made worse, ha FINES:UPON PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS.—Tv‘enty moa e earth and spirits in the vasty deep five informations were heard, on Friday, forinfractions of the tubes lastP 'e, encore ass their selfish schemes. With the sale of 52,000 law for regulating the sale of sale and spirits in the town. and freel y prices are not higher. Cotton is still plenti- Of these, thirteen were against publicans, which were dis soete return y offered at prices which yields a VERY HAND- posed of as follows :—Two £5 each and costs, (second con- The cotton to the manufacturer. riected withotiviction,) one £4 and costs, three £5 each and costs, two £2 trade is on too large a scale, the parties con- each and costs, two £1 each and costs, two postponed, and reputation it here are too respectable, and jealous of their one acquitted. There were twelve informations against beer the prim ti , be guilty of any rig or combination to get up sellers, which were disposed of in the following manner : since, nod ditt_was attempted by the Americans a few years one (second conviction,) £5 and costs, one (also a second e aek nowled 'e disaster and ruin were the result. But it is conviction,) £3 and costs, seven £2 and costs, one 10s. and du es not touch landPaoY aged on all hands that the present price of cotton costs, one postponed, and one acquitted. Total amount of the grower for his outlay, and would throw fines, £76. many other eapitai. things out of cultivation—a happy medium in this, as in FillE.—On Saturday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock to ti rsts will invest when whenfirethey they see it to their interest so had b r oke n out in the Old Quay Company's yard, at George's think the low price of cott on an indncee Dock. In one corner of the yard were about five hundred n o reason , , even to ten times their present extent, we see crates of glass bottles, packed in straw, the property of the uncalled for they Maas y not do so without incurring such Bank Quay Company. Three engines were quickly got into Ner a id ur remarks as those quoted from the Morning play, and the flames, which for a short time raged very fiercely, were quickly quelled. About one hundred of the lIIGHLY PROMISING---'-1.••=-".---"`" crates were destroyed. It is supposed that so m e spa r k s STATE OF THE WHEAT from the engine communicated the fire to the straw. The CROPS. property was not insured. W e e - -aye conversed----- ELECTION OF GOVERNOR OF THE WORKHOUSE.—The experience i with a gentleman who has bad much deputation of gentlemen who went to the south to enquire counties, n agriculture, and who frequently visits the corn into the system and success of the management of several grai n, are ° a ° the general condition of the growing crop of workhouses, which had been under the charge of some of the which i s I' the ourselves of the :ratifying information with fi"eeldhaicandidates remaining on the list as elegible for the vacancy of the fav oured us,—the result of a careful inspection of our House of Industry, were, it appears, detained ry. n n t he Principal corn districts throughout the cumstances beyond their intended time. They were, how everwheatcrop is assures us that the present appearance of the ever,. expected ' here last night, and we learn that in all pro witnessedthe rnost Promising that he remembers to have bability the election will take place this day. We are strength o r at this season of theyear, both as regards unable to state which of the nine will be the favoured harve s t is like]T ant and forwardness of rowth,—and that the i l a id E t h e e pi rri a_ o s‘ t y t o weee s o af i e ndividu . al—eseveral of them having high claims to pre favoured be the g by three or earliest, (probablyfour rence productive, with which we have been - -low STEALING COTTON.—Three persons, named Joseph Ma ifith ,as the p r i' oe :u f since the year 1827. With this prosect kenzie, William Collister, and Robert Samuels, alias Stretch, hosheinstant beingo 4. vheat now are—the last ayerage c o l [the alias Hurst, were placed at the bar, on Friday, charged with Price -the Probele'l . is• 6d.. per quarter, or .;.). D li ft • • er stealing a bale of cotton from the King's Dock quay, the pro s must 1 Ity—he is strongly of opinion, is, that teost, continue to d l' to ol - • a bushel, at te petty of M . ~ r Hydes, of Oldhall-street. It appeared that the th e end s an rage ) . ec me, unas. . cottonvesselwhichwas lying in the was unloading from a d before I rice will have e submitte to th a eee °f nave Yeadock, and Makenzie was employed to assist removing be e tien of the growing He attributes the present . fine appear- bales to Mr. Hydes's warehouse, but i they e were fb n e otto as ia 14 e s ell durin, thes .thiefly to the super r io a r_pre e p ar ra taken until the evening of Thursday. .lowever, prisoner in 'sett '' ev e ma e plopitious summei o let Y . s hired a cart, and was in the act of having the bales carted to the 8 better conditio Y add, that the land was never perhaps Launcelot's-hey, when the police interfered, and they were neen• Pri ng of teen as a seed-bed for the spring-corn, since taken into custody. Committed for trial. In g Pros c orresponding season-182i, so that the Prone sie Pct for thebeautiful button has AGATE BUTTONS.—A new . and very . Th e 'g yield of oats and barley is equally just been produced, which claims our notice from its novelty di eted v a ie ets or ' our in'orm . pre- of material and embellishments. The button is intended for in the deonsiderable fall • ant (who . had some time . ago f d all sorts of garments, being in different shapes, from the shit t for e i ecrease of in the price of grain,.notwiths . an of to the dress coat. The material is porcelain, and either in l east, sup p i ie s th e stock on hand, and . irrespective . . white,or beautifully ornamented with principal devices. bv • s ) , appear also to be entertained so traderfr a plain who, th' Intelligent indie'd ' We were shown by the agents to the manufacturers some eandidi'°ugli naturalla .i . uals engaged in the e t o . ru i es horn buttos which have all the finish and glossiness of the cir colar Y .hold , out no prospect nx of an t obtaig remuner l a n is t •e i e pr e ic ern , finest silk ; n a y variety of devices appear upon them suitable to t aaY b e ( i n Our last P u blication, oana el v s a t Bce instant, and which the taste of the wearer. These buttons are much cheaper Fr„ ee • aled c d . the first ' dated . ~ is _ than silk, and more durable. We understand that Messrs. Past , it aelous as he authority, it remarked . . W • ; 1 t •nd Chidson are the only house who keep these e corn trade has been for some time ooir.g i a o ec appear s ur r i og to to become more irregular weekly, nothing sorts retail. rather to de render it capable of the least improvement, but case at e Press the value of every article. Such was the Int en , eur market to-da fth chit freely ' l nce of h e 1 ad a moderate at euYers, wheat, o f r ll CI t ' s was offered Wee k • a decli ne of 2d. ,o a e ion , of ' as had per 701bs. from the rates last risou nt, s.. sales been practicable, beyond a mere retail ewer ter use holders appeared d' , -d to accept even and eoems• Flour was also difficult sell than ,ln the'arlly soine h so more to erid corn cir w attcheaper. ' ay la st, it i celar o. Messrs. R. Makin and Sons, dated trail W e have e s also remarked : intere this ,e_eperienced in every department of the corn el)). esti oe ul _° cane, another excessively dull, heavy and un to Red aeeemket. In wheat, a few casual sales of very L e-day, amount appeared to be the only transactions notified sub y, though holders disposed to sioti ced, ° any material decline were not generally co ke , a slay material _, from the low rates previously . de ne e d ed get anatement, notwithstanding, was partially "reitio our was likewise in very slow request, and all ss It i s i h , r is rather ' a pP • l ••"P°ssible cheaper. tide ' Y s oosewh , after . the long depression of trade, (now afte lliate ein • 1 at reviving,) and the consequent want of s r, 00, „ oYment of masses of r industrial classes,— recente, LnePerils and ex ense in wl which the country has s i b eenPossiel e involved both P • Peet n' we sa y' to • I b d 't is ine at home and a roa ,--i - itos eed 9w before' wilt ihold our thankfulness for the pros % la te soil us of an abundant harvest from our own A c e niu n i t . • The general good and contentment of the eu es win I _l l will thus be promoted ins thou h some sacri als h e "ave to he submitted to g by • cl . • 80 tee 1 re and there consequence in ivi ,,, °ss or i ~ no general benefit can arise without -ncon ee t le t :v e , may h_ donenience to particular interests. Much . , Pro vo l thi ngs, ' h to avert any severe pressure from this er ea " Manures •Ythe general introduction of the most ap oversed fertility t'on sufficient quantity, which, by giving in crea;"nie the precarious home soils, would, a certain extent, elterl el productie nous nature of our climate, and, by in avertitreatsi" °f our n t On. a . given area, be tantamount to an national i territorial surface. This is a subject of enit elected or ov importance though hitherto almost wholly t o aral soi ,leto o ked , e even by our most celebrated agri ,ssebteit e ll s• Vi 'e shall probably be enabled, ere long, Z ( ‘ ) e hed stasesmmunication upon it, addressed to a distin- Who nan from the '`Le' • • wh eat 41 we a re indebted ' per. intelligent gentleman f a i l cr op for our present information on the en • , and ve ts vvith io e . nded on facts and experiments that have •e a els own kit owl edge nd • ow ege and that of others conversant iuterest d • e in • • agrieultural improvements. kr ........—.............,e_ CIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. _ it t he close -- surer „, . , .last of weerc James Pownall, Esq., the trea 4,4nicua, this society, received the following anonymous corn , 011t:on, addressed to himself as treasurer for Promo. tiri z c, 015ing over the accounts of the Society lB42 kipe„ „nristin Knowled,c, for the there appears t hat " tr e fa ce of them a ' rery gross e 3 ;r e o a i r '. It'is £583 13s ll 'her ea le y r e is a balance due to the treasurer of .ti 1 • ! ex pe --,,, tl.don ding up the different items of receipt and tae tl( ntur e • - . of £416 6s 3d. in , e i re ,It would appear there is a sum . it ca rt Sr hands at the credit of the society. Perhaps err or h c explained through the STANDARD paper how the is " as arisen? WIt is qu i te c l ear from the accounts that it e Al av e been requested to give the following complete re- Irtl,°,,the ner • _u4let,t(l„asY• of the District Society for Promoting u rteo„ 4nowledge informs an anonymou.s, eht ,r)"?' correspondent, that the sum remitted to the Pa but not very 1 148 icletQft London, for books during the past year, was tile port d• not £l4B 18s. 13d ,as erroneously stated in t)verstiec.,-L°ll just:issued. and ha ' t ;he error originated in .l an_ I; 4 Ppoii;7. t i o a ti the part of Mr. Kirkey, the . society's tm r a e r c k en t , h y is a a r rt e i tle u l ' a r i t ge ni n t ( Iv a t h e l - i b e d s er s e ll om i n n o otime notice tt alongin g to mark others) i. , ti,,.,ecti(n in the proo(faSieet. iii,psequer these circumstances the treasurer cannot hold ° all i, resPonsible for what his correspondent is pleased to t(l,t,h Thez an grosse a e s r r 0 r . ' stated , glad eiftrea.slirer;', in the re rr p m ort £583 13s. 9d.. due to„ th is 1 , therefore, only correct, ' and he will be p i "eut t t , explanation should lead is anonymous corres i ° re a affOrd his aid in liquidatin, so large a debt, to a ,eeo °ll rate ' ae • a, Repaw 41,2_ qsuaintance with the large b sums which have the Parent Society, th ea l r a s to ia`ithrmot-rer Years ra,t o (. for r kn b o o wle s d t g o e of the usefulness of tr It rpieAt society itself in c effecting their distribution." . th,,,,hle oft!'ll,,v,e_Occurred to the querist, had he been at the that arnop,..`, - " , .,-. the two sums mentiond. in his letter, that th at th e 'l,, exactly to £lOOO, and he might hare surmised ‘'e inac::ssion of a single figure would have occasioned 'cY, which is the simple fact. LOCAL NEWS D ii , which this torice,rLtuAßNloNic CoNcERT. The late hour at 110tjee 4opeluded last evening, compels us to postpone "• our l'H ndaY next. vtilis OtivtRPOOL DOCKS BILL —The second reading of Nels:w°r regulating the mode of ad measurement of foreign t5,4:11.4, Lials,:Ppointed for Monday (yes F ter id d a a y y. week this bill reoorretPorted to ° t ( l i i r e 1-91 -AS BlLfLCnOlmnonsr. On Tuesday the IV, 'l4B considered,°''asned of amendments o agreed to, d. and v Op Tuesday the bill was read a third time and ; titi ei , (i)pdaY last the breviate, (~f the Liverpool Fire Pre -41 c ' 4l ' I ill ' w hich was noticed in a letter signed " Alpha," I N airi4st OtnaTher, as eontaininr, some objectionable causes, t :' on the table of the Holise of Commons. bhht°,lllv(4)l. WATERING BILL —This bill, which has b . een , "- 1 ev,,elto Parliament by the • Commissioners for . sin ' ll l g , L ws e e l. rs a ge, and for the promotion of which a public meett.e,,`"e II ZItlY beld was on Thursday last, read a first time ' ) cr,, - " e °f Co coons. Irtii ~,I t: ItAL E , n Sunday last, after two L , - „' e s ' u li r ) ; 5,,L,5t• Andri r v ew l ' ' s T a N u . rTh ° , by the Rev. Hugh St f o or wed , l e , ,it"P,Pott 4',A112 was collected in a4 t . " , Jude,‘,e s chools in connection a l i l d w e i n tl f t i l L e t f c a h n u d r s ch; and :11 , 0 1 d t c ,: i ! oh the same day, the co c tiOns for the schools +Neile_ %,mt church, after two sermons by the Rev. Hugh jalLivti;l,alllourited to £lO3 ss. 4d. aOhig. 1,u,?1' PtMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—On Sunday b e `," of 32',1., after a sermon by the Rev. B. A Marshall, the VhtZ,k of tkl-s,..(Jd.was collected, at St. Mark's C . urcl for the e , . lqt,js i,iteresting institution ; and at the_ same ' time, i ll „Gb', Y 8 Church, Icirkdale, after a sermon by the . Rev. ' l q ft} " of Aigburth, the sum of £l7 was contributed \II le s auce t• re , e 6, euject. Teller s 4,!, Pleasure in Canino. the attention of those of our ee t} ,le Je \ ",,,", the Public who are interested in the conversion th e s h q (4,'„n, the east to a public meeting to be held in the Of 414`..ev.. ,f,"e'oe,°,,,Rodney-street, to-morrow evening, detail 'e Parts ' Nssi o ? "dinuel, a converted Jew, will give a d other fo re Of ,n in the Holy Land &c., in which, an 1,4, of ( 1.' 14 he travelled for a l'iumber of years for the Pur ill‘)thigir,e,loitiating the knowledge of the Gospel among ,110 doki-b'tc,Oku_ntryrne.n, th, 'Ai N , 4 ''',: very intereTtl t e lg rev. gentleman's address I)(2ar'lartrintic;ArrNsT A BeNaPIT SOCIETY.--The officers of )I '°li ed b efor' Y "dge of the Order of Modern Druids ap bity : 4 by j e Mr. Rushton on Saturday, having been surn tilliltip t''ertai:sePh Crook, to show cause why they refused to ta 4) h i , h (j,, 84 ,.. 41 of money which he claimed as the allowance tottopit had-007, a recent sickness. It appeared that the Il ti (l .t t: ante stnerelY gone on one occasion to receive so d ir i e celve ont per raihvay by his brother, and that he , (I , 41,1 th‘leerhr.atl"etriY 11,,coefit from it. Mr. Rushton . (lid not think ;1 t e[ore ()torment as to take the plaintiff off the box, rt.e, 4Aekies I , e red the money to be paid. '' ')l hi the ''-- I"C"°RTE AND -MUSC BAZAAR.—Wvee. , 4, og owtuvertiserneut, that Mr. Dreaper has rem? tltipelieqNiusieuillew Premises in 80ld -street. He sty . les them r _ as tl,ttlev,, 41, 4 stao2c; Ur," W.hiCh the spirited proprimetoa cohn. kkthei h 4 c . ) f that ic that will, no doubt, ensure to hi_ Iti e ,kti Patronage which he has hitherto for many 'iolrj,, 01'11 whiheiri,ted. g I 4 0,4(4, Illiarrn ,ch Nliss Weller is to perform t , , i is evening, We have seen the repeater t it Ss of \'').,i''e Concert. It is one of the most superb tillikb.vvillbe it'2,l,lssrs• Collard and Collard. Olka ''''l / . °sPection at Mr. D.'s bazaa\r\.'e understand the gli e c . , f f , LAD IMl'l l B 0 Thursday, . 1 . 4' ivil ,01114,0,_ OvtNitsT BILL.— On the foi&s Solved .itself into committee '' ons e t s h . e i . s . 4 0t4 ) 5 iv re 'l'w,o, aunisinr, colloquy took place. v'll-citiee tilieestllit)f)°Bied be read Ot,‘ trine „. hp 4 -ng put that one of the clauses be sir, 0 1 tat " r• Iln ami dst '' much noise and confusion, 111 1 )4 , e (lo me rese and said—Please to chairman, th t Iv e , i , the c l in g' a (A laugh) Mr. Greene l'itiNti te oh, n'e• Mr. 11 time : I wantetnoel;no the w9ain pUt ,p he , (Roars f 1 t tt' r let 4 l l , o 4t, a s f,, _ 0 aughter) Mr. _G h ree u n e e stion of the sir, what ktrteupt•ofor AtocitarSoWsee comd gather, r t e e . q d The clauses , a hd the repowratsbrirooutg7tswupe arid receievd. NEEDLEWORK PICTURE.—We had the pleasure of inspect ing a few days ago a very beautiful specimen of needlework, the production of the Misses Oils, of Warwick-street. The subject is a hunting party in the East, and consists of several figures on horseback, with wild boar and dog. The lights and shades are extremely well managed, and give the ap pearance of a finished oil painting. The tall grass, from the midst of which the boar appears to be roused, is beautifully worked. The figures are splendidly executed and correctly made out. The colours are vivid in the extreme. As a speci men of handy work, industry, and perseverance, this tableau may compete with some of the tapestries of old. It has occu pied the Misses 011 is upwards of a twelvemonth. The size is 7 feet 7 in length, and 6 feet 5 in width. The picture is framed in a rich rosewood and gold mounting. It is to be disposed of by subscription. STABBING BY A BLIND MAN.—Peter Callighan, a blind man, residing in Lace-street, was, on Saturday, charged with having stabbed police-officer Dixon. It appeared, that, be tween twelve and one o'clock, on Friday night, the officers were called into Lace-street by a woman, who stated that her husband was pursuing her with a knife. They found the street in some disorder, and discovered that the prisoner was keeping the street in disorder, and, as they could not induce him to go home, the officers determined on taking him to bridewell. The prisoner ran into an entry and Dixon followed and seized him by the collar. The prisoner took out a large clasp knife and began to cut savagely at Dixon's arm, which he severely wounded in three places, severing one of the arteries. Dixon went to the Northern Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes. AFFLICTING OCCURRENCE.—On the morning of Friday week Mr. James Taylor, a respectable gentleman, residing at Birkenhead, and who until lately carried on the business of a timber merchant there, was found weltering in his blood in a field contiguous to the railway station. He was immediately removed to the house which ha formerly occupied, when Mr. Liddell, apothecary and chemist, of Birkenhead, attended, and found that the unfortunate gentleman had inflicted a gash in his throat in width about four or five inches, and extend ing over the gullet. The wound was immediately stitched up, and the usual remedies applied. It is supposed that the unhappy man committed the rash attempt in consequence of being recently reduced in circumstances. On Friday even ing he was so far recovered as to be enabled to write a letter to his wife, and he appeared very solicitous about her and his children. Oa the morning in question he had gone out with the avowed intention of taking a walk, and when he was found he had a razor in Itis hand. COMMITINUNT:=A boy named Thomas Daniels was yes terday brought before Mr, Rushton, on a charge of having stolen from a respectable female by whom he was employed, a cape, a scarf, and other articles of dress. He had, it ap peared, without promise being held out to him, afterwards confessed that be had taken them, and sold them to a man named Ford, a tailor, in London-road, who had given him the small sum of Is. 6d. for them, though they were worth I3s. or Ids. It came out also that the prisoner, who had previously robbed the complainant, had also sold to the same man some time ago, two pieces of calico, at a price far below the value. Ford appeared in court, and endeavoured to explain away these transactions, but failed. There was, however, not sufficient evidence against him to enable the magistrate to convict him, the only witness being the boy himself. Mr. Rushton strongly remarked that he (Ford) was the greatest delinquent, and lamented that he could not send him for trial. The boy was committed for trial at the sessions. SEAMEN'S WAGES.—On Friday eight persons belonging to the ship Caledonia, which has arrived in this port from New Orleans, summoned the captain of the vessel for non payment of their wages. It appeared that he had been obliged to employ a boarding-master at New Orleans to procure him hands. He had in this way made up the number he required, paying from 18 to 30 dollars for the passage. However, it was soon found out that most of the hands were totally in competent for the task they had undertaken, either from sickness or other causes, and, in consequence, during a great portion of the voyage, the ship was manned by only about half a dozen hands, instead of more than double that number. In three cases Mr. Rushton decided that the men were en titled to £3 Is. 6d., and 165., and dismissed the other cases, at the same time severely reprehending the practice of taking such hands on board without first ascertaining whether they were competent or not. The captain said they were obliged to do so, for as soon as the vessel arrived at New Orleans all the hands ran away for the purpose of trying to get better wages. ASSAULT.—Richard Jones was on Saturday, charged by Charlotte Henry with ha iring violently assaulted her. The girl stated that she was returning along Basnett-street from the Liver Theatre, on Friday night, when the defendant met her, and having struck her violently on the mouth, pro ceeded to beat her very severely. He was the keeper of a brothel, and she recently lodged with him; but, as he per mitted robbery in his house, and she refused to comply with his commands, and he had manifested great towards her. She was so weak from the blows which he inflicted upon her that she was compelled to go home in a car. She had been at home but a short time when the defendant rushed into the house, accompanied by two women, and again ill-treated her. The defendant brought some witnes ses forward who said the complainant was drunk, but a police-officer said she was, perfectly sober. 111 r. Rushton said, assaults which which were committed by men on wo men were, generally, very base and dastardly ; but the worst description of assaults were those committed by fellows who kept brothels, on the poor, defenceless, and degraded women who come under' their power. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of £2 10s. and costs, or to be imprisoned one month. He was further to find bail, himself in £5O and two sureties in £25 each, for his good behaviour, or be impriso ned two months. DEFECTIVE STATE OF OUR MARITIME LAWS.-At the police-court, yesterday, a seaman, named Daniel O'Hara. who had arrived a fortnight ago in the bargue Charles, from Savanilla, applied to Mr. Rushton for an order on the cap tain for the amount of wages due to him, amounting to £6 is. Captain John V. Giles, an intelligent young man, said he had been in command of the ship during the voyage, and, that lie did not dispute the claim made, nor other similar claims, which would doubtless vet be made by others of his crew. He was, however, peculiarly and painfully situated. The ship was owned at, and hailed from London, He had been sent by the owners from London to take charge of her, and under their directions had her fitted up for the voyage in a suitable and economical manner, and had drawn bills on the owners in behalf of the several tradesmen who had done work, or supplied stores or other articles. He had made a successful voyage, the vessel having earned a large amount of freight. On his return to this port, he made out and gave in all his bills ; but he found that they were all returned un paid, that the ship was mortgaged far beyond her value; that an agent was sent down who had received the freight ; that he had paid so far as he could out of his own pocket, (and which he did not expect would be returned,) that he had since been assailed by the creditors at his house and else where every day ; and that he found on consultin . two re spectable solicitors that he could not attach the ship or the freight. In this dilemma, he being only a servant of the owners, lie wished the advice, and, if possible, the aid of the magistrate. Mr. Rushton said that the applicant could by law claim his wages either from the captain, or from the owner or owners, and the claim not being disputed, the de fendant must pay the man's wages, for which he (Mr. Rush ton) was obliged by law to make an order. He, however, advised the defendant to consult his attorney—some respect able man—who would instruct him how to act. Captain Giles said that he would do so, but he could not help re marking, that while Liverpool was proverbial for administer ing justice to seamen, (through the Merchant Seamen's Act) there was no legal protection extended to captains and mates, from such acts of owners or agents, as those of which he complained ; and by which they might be totally ruined in their property and prospects. Had the ship been in London, he could have commenced process in the Lord Mayor's court, which would have enabled him to attach the ship and freight for the payment of the debts, he being only a servant of the owners. Mr. Rushton said that no such privilege existed here, and repeated his injunc tion to employ a professional adviser. Meantime the order must be issued against him, and if he did not pay, his goods or other property would be brought to sale.—Captain Giles said he could not complain of the decision as it was legal, but he conside re d hi s pos i t i on one o f great and unmerited hard ship,—arising ou t o f t h e d e f ec ti v e state of the maratuueiltawset. He then left th e cour t. W e u nderstand the ship wholly dischar ge d, an d t h a t, though she made about is 12(100 so of freight, Capt a i n Gil es h as no lien upon her • nor can he, from the circu ms t ances un d er w hich she is placed, raise any money upon her. What the result will be remains to be seen. On Wednesday evening, Captain Irwin, master and owner of the brig Jean, of Carlisle, l y ing at Fathaw , near ewrY, while assisting the men i t : :N turning the windlass, fell down apparently dead. Captain Irwin was formerly master of the City of Carlisle steamer, which traded from Warrenpoult to Liverpool. THE IRON COLONNADE OP Tim LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The following description of this massive but elegant structure at Hunt's Bank, Manchester, may not prove unacceptable to our readers. The colonnade is 738 feet in length and 24 feet wide, and is supported on 52 cast-iron columns, each weighing about four tons. These carry 46 main girders, averaging six and a halt tons each ; and upon the latter rest the ends of the longitudinal girders, of which there are 86, varying from 34- tons to 52 tons in weight. The columns stand in pairs, at intervals of 28 feet; and the height of the main girders from the pavement of the street below is 18 feet. The columns are of elegant propor tions and by no means so squab and thick as those of the ancient Egyptian temples. Each column rises from a strong base, about a foot high, and has a button or mushroom-formed head ; from which springs the favourite reeded or fluted ca pital of the Egyptian architecture. In the upper work (con sisting of the girders and parapet), which forms a noble frieze or entablature above the columns, is placed over each pillar a paunch, containing two figures of a species of winged ser pent, one of the favourite embellishments of the Egyptian architecture ; and by this sparing but judicious use of orna ment, the general effect is heightened of the chasteness of the design, and the massive character of the structure. Tile whole will be fenced off on the side next the New Bailey prison by a cast-iron screen, eleven feet in height; the top of which will be seven feet above the rails when they are laid. The necessity for this high screen (to shut out the prison) requires great massiveness in the whole structure ; and the style which has been adopted, as most in accordance with this requirement, is a modification of the Egyptian ; which was also the more requisite i❑ consequence of the columns standing along the centre of the street.—a position which would not be adapted to the plainest of the Grecian orders. The columns stand upon stone basements, which project about one foot above the pavement, and give firmness and solidity of appearance to the structure. There will be about 1,020 tons of iron work in the whole. The spaces between the longitudinal girders will be filled in with brick arches, and on the ballast over these the rails will be laid. The whole is rapidly progressing towards completion, and will probably be finished i❑ about two months. THE HONEST (?) LEAGUERS So Quaker BRIGHT, . That Rochdale wight, Will put in no disclaimer, But BROUGH Am's hit Has caus'd a "split!" And wrung the truth from HAMER! " EDUCATION !". •" ROBBERY !" VATTX Eustace Giles's speech at Leeds, March 23, 1843, Dissenters, now, are ill at ease, E'en " education" cannot please ! " Teach not (they cry) th' untutor'd man " Unless you teach him on—our plan 1" CORRESPONDENCE, VENTILATION OF CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, If any one be doubtful that a constant supply of fresh air is necessary to life and health, after the facts I have related, their doubt may easily he removed. Let them confine a mouse under a glass jar, full of air, arranged so that no fresh air can enter in from without. In proportion as the oxygen is consumed, the animal will begin to shew symptoms of uneasiness, similar to those experienced by persons in a crowded building where no provision is made for ventilation (as in many of our churches). In a while longer the animal will pant in its breathing, as if to dilate its lungs to the ut most, struggling for air. In a few hours it will die con vulsed : so necessary is a constant supply of air to life and health in all animals. The effects of want of ventilation on the human system are different in different individuals. Its action being directly on the blood, it tends to produce that disease or disorder to which there may be a predisposition in the party suffering the effects of it. In some way or other it cannot but be de cidedly injurious to all. The venous blood, being allowed to pass through the lungs unaerated, acts like a slow poison on the system- One very general effect from it is, a cold ness in the extremities, accompanied by frequent headaches. This coldness arises from the deficiency of oxygen also. The union of the oxygen of the air with the carbon in the venous blood, is the means of the generation of heat for the warmth of the body ; and of course therefore, if the oxygen be defi cient in quantity, there will also be a deficiency of heat. This is especially felt by ladies, and all who have not much outdoor exercise. Dr. Combe, in speaking of churches, says—" If 1,000 people be confined in a church for 11 hours, and no provision be made for ventilation, for a renewal of its air and the escape of the breathed air," (as in most churches in this town,) " what will be the result? 1,000 people will require for their health, in that time, 4,000 hhds. of air. If no pro vision be made for this, by openings in the roof for escape, and at the bottom for supply, healthy respiration is impossi ble." Yet so wholly are considerations of this kind without influence on the public mind, that in this and almost every large town, churches and halls for 1,000 to 3,000 persons are built without any means of ventilation, except such as may serve to let off the surplus heat in summer. When these places are filled for some hours, the consequences are suffi ciently marked. It is impossible to look around us towards the close of the service in one of these churches, and not see the effects in the expression of feature of every one present. Either a relaxed sallow paleness or a hectic flush is observa ble, and, as the necessary accompaniment, a sensation of mental and bodily weariness is felt. I know churches in which, during winter, not only no means of ventilation are employed during service, but even between services the win dows are kept closed, as if deadly infection, and not air, were outside; and where, consequently, the congregation must inhale for hours an exceedingly corrupted air, and suffer the penalty in colds, and bilious and nervous attacks. Dr. Combe once attended a church where the windows were all shat, and, in consequence, the open door was of little use in supplying the air for the breathing of so many people, there being no egress for the expended air. At the conclusion of the service, he heard one general complaint of headache, sickness, and oppression ; and the reality of suffering was amply attested by the pale and wearied appearance__even of the most robust. How frequently scenes of this kind might be witnessed in our many crowded churches in this town ! I know of many instances of suffering from it. St. Jude's, I believe, is the only church where we have any adequate provision for ventilation—at least where the means are made use of, if they exist—except in the summer season. But to draw to a conclusion. There is scarcely a day passes in which a well-employed physician does not meet with some victim of the popular ignorance on this subject—of some instance where health has suffered, or recovery been retard ed, by a disregard of pure air to the wellbeing of the animal economy. I am afraid, sir, you will think I am trespassing at very great length upon your kindness ; but I think you will not think I have said more than the importance of the matter justifies. A few words more, and I have done. I could quote Dr. Jackson, an army physician, shewing the suffering produced in the army before ventilation was attended to there. I could quote Dr. Carmichael, who shews that dis ease was induced by the want of it, in Dublin, in a public institution, to a great extent; and that when ventilation was attended to, the disease vanished. But I must not say more. This requirement of our body is disregarded to an extent which will appear incredible when the absolute necessity of it is better understood. If, in compiling and arranging these remarks for your paper, I am the means of drawing the attention of those connected with the management of any of our public build ings to this important subject, I am confident they will see the necessity of, and their responsibility in, supplying that building with air, and thereby preventing an amount of hu man suffering—who knows how great ? Should this be the case, which I would fain hope, it will amply repay me any trouble I have had in preparing these statements. Thanking you most sincerely for the room in your excel lent journal, I am, sir, your most obedient servant, A YOUNG PHYSIOLOGIST. On Monday, the St. Helen's Waterworks Bill was read a second time, and referred to the committee of selection. A case of bigamy is now occupying the attention of the Monmouth magistrates, which creates great interest in the neighbourhood. The subject of the proceedings is a very in teresting young woman, 21 years of age, named Eliza Ann Dent, otherwise Morgan. The charge against the prisoner is, " That she did feloniously intermarry with one Richard Stanley Wall, her husband, Edward Dent, being then alive. The Standing Orders Committee have reported, " That, in the case of the Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate peti tion, the standing orders ought not to be despensed with ;" and the bill, therefore, cannot be brought i❑ this session. THE EARTIIQUAKE. — The Newcastle (on Tyne) Journal says that the earthquake was distinctly felt in that town. It was also experienced in Dumfries, betwixt twelve and one o'clock. THE ARNOLD TESTIMONIAL.—Many of our readers will be pleased to hear that the subscriptions to this testimonial have reached upwards of £B,BOO. The Cornwall assizes commenced at Bodmin on Wednes day. Among the cases is an indictment of Frederick Peter Statton (who, by the bye, on his card assumes the affix M.A.) for falsely pretending to Jenny Francis, from his skill in witchcraft and sorcery, to discover where certain lost or stolen property might be found. CHURCH-RATES.—Sir H. Jenner Fust delivered judgment in the celebrated Braintree church-rate case, and as far as we can understand the conflicting opinions, it appears to be in di rect contradiction to the well known decision of the court of common law. The learned judge said, the leading point in the case was, if the minority and the churchwardens could make a rate that was voted after the majority had refused one, the vestry being still sitting. He then alluded to several de cisions, and concluded as follows :—" Is this rate a valid one ? Can it he supported by law, by authority, by principle, and by reason? The churchwardens have to see that the church is repaired ; was it reasonable that they should pay the ex pense ? The parishioners, when they become owners or oc cupiers of lands or tenements in a parish, know that by the common law of the land they are subject to the payment of rates for the repairs of the church. How could they be re lieved ? They could not relieve themselves from the obliga tion by any vote of theirs. The tax existed long before they met to consider it. The church required repair long before they who opposed the rate voted against it. The estimate of the repairs required had been made out before they voted against the rate. Making a rate and imposing a tax seem to be two very different things. The churchwardens had sub mitted estimates of the expense of the repairs required. There was no objection to the estimates ; there was no objec tion that the rate was too large, but they would not have a rate at all. They took on themselves to alter the law, and they had no right to do so. They had not done their luty ; they were resolved not to repair the church, which by law they were compelled to do. What would be the effect if their decision should be upheld ? The court could have no diffi culty in citing authorities upon the point. It was good as a general position that the rate should be made with the con sent of the majority of the parishioners in vestry assembled. The Court of Queen's Bench had repudiated it, but, on a careful consideration of it, he (Sir H. Jenner Fust) thought it bore him out in the opinion entertained on this case. The parishioners had no right to vote against any rate at all. The cases of voting in corporations for persons not qualified for office had been cited in argument. It had been said their votes were thrown away, and that the mino rity who voted for a properly qualified person, would return the individual disqualified. The votes of those who refused the tax already imposed upon them were illegal. They have ni no ad ri e gh b t y t t o h r i yj n h o e r r i e ty sh , o v u a l s d i n n ot th b i e s a c u i y se ra g t , e ,o a d t . all. The o deto decision ratas the ofl ne circumstances, t g io r grant ti t t oa it,p prevent ywe The ra,st had been found that a rate so made was illegal. Lgcnoodouldiiio prin cipleftalice tn, thatsu to p pt a ol l , l ret t er h da e tie c t i .w rc a u Ts u ht i .i s ee t c a ce n hs c isi e ,ri s a o ,w f rae t ra l d i s i eo s nn e s, a da se lid , t — haol i lroitotty kd y , a , not get a rateous ofbut and i must courti t ; be btlei reversed.el , v 7 e , s u t rnyd under As u would cptri judgmentetl erroneous, o c t court urt admitting the libel might be obtained-- error may he applied for—or the case might go up on writ of to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The court expressed a desire that an appeal from its present decision t might be presented, as then the whole points would be set tled. If not, the court would proceed to enforce the rates. The court reversed the sentence of the learned judge of t h e . Consistory Court; retained the principal causes ; and directed the libel to be admitted to proof. No order was made for the present as to costa." PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the members and friends of the Prayer Book and Homily Society was held last evening in the Music Hall, 80ld -street, and was nnmerously and respecta bly. Among others, we observed, on the platform, the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, the Rev. J. H. Stewart, the Rev. J. Jones, the Rev. 11. M'Neile, the Rev. J. Nolan. the Rev. W. Falloon, the Rev. R. Davies, Mr. J. Howard, Mr. C. Cetesworth, &c. &c. &c. The proceedings having been opened with prayer by the Rev. W. 11,1AyNAan, The Rev. CHANCELLOR RAIKES having taken the Chair, observed that they were assembled to consider the prospects of the Prayer Book and Homily Society, a society which. though small and humble, and unassuming, bad yet met with a large degree of support in Liverpool and in the kingdom at large. People had asked what could be the reason for the establiishment of a separate society simply with the ob ject of distributing the prayer book and homilies of the Church, seeing that the Society for the Promotion of Chris tian Knowledge circulated both ? In reply to this he would mention that there were circumstances in the church's his tory which might account for the necessity of introducing this society into the Christian world, and for the measure of pa tronage and support it had met with. With regard to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, he need not say a word concerning it, inasmuch, as he greatly approved of it, and hoped it would go on prospering, but at the same time it should be borne in mind, in order to justify the pro. moters of the present society in the step they had taken for its establishment, that though the Society for Promoting Chris. tian Knowledge did distribute the book of common prayer, and the homilies, it was a fact that it accompanied that dis tribution, with the distribution of a great variety of tracts and books which did not possess the same peculiar authority, and certainly not the same peculiar merit. It was because the promoters of this society wished to draw a line between that which peculiarly and specifically belonged to the Church of England, and that, which, though professing to be long to the Church of England, might savour of the tone and character of the individuals who belonged to it: they wished to separate that which belonged to the church from that which belonged to individuals themselves. On that account the original founders of this society took a wise and discriminating line of conduct when they commenced it. There could be no doubt that when the society was instituted the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was not in a satisfactory state. It certainly did distribute the Prayer Book, but it was also a fact that certain essential parts of the book were universally found wanting; the ar tides were not there ; the services for the ordination of deacons and priests were not found there, although they were integral and essential parts of it. It was only by the con stant exhibition of these services that the difficulties of those who differed from us could be overcome, and where they were wanting the chat acter of the Church of England was not represented as it ought to be. Thus the original founders of this society had reason and justice to support them in the steps which they took ; and it was also that which justified us in following their steps ? and the steps which thfLmeetingwas_taking on the present occasion,_ The Rev. W. MAYIsARD, of the Mariners' Church, then read the report. After alluding to the advantages derivable to the public from the circulation of the formularies of the church, and to the circumstance of the society being the only one to circulate those formularies amongst the seamen, (the society for promoting christian knowledge having declined to engage in that part of the work,) the report stated that du ring the past year, 2500 vessels were visited and revisited. The number of prayer books sold was 221, and the number of homilies given to captains was 80. The annual subscrip tions of this auxiliary amount only to £33, and the loss en tailed on the parent society (by the sale of books at reduced prices, and by other necessary expenses) is upwards of £2OO. Three clergymen in this town, during the past year, have urged the claims of the society upon their congregations, The report concluded with an earnest call upon the public for support. The rev. gentleman concluded by mentioning several instances of the success of the society's agents amongst our nautical population, and their desire to possess the scriptures. The Rev. J. H.STEWART moved the first resolution, au- thorising the printing and circulation of the report in a per suasive address, in the course of which he mentioned that it was to this society the public were first indebted for a cheap and complete copy of the prayer book. Mr. C. COTESWORTH here read a statement of the trea surer's accounts for the year 1842; from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to £5O lOs sd, and that after pay ing all the expenses a balance bad been remitted to the parent society of £2l 14s. _ Mr. SEWARD, travelling agent to the society, commenced an eloquent address by observing it was a blessed thing that all the formularies of the Church of England were founded upon the Bible. The society, which had been spoken of as small, was small only because of the smallness of its funds ; enlarge them, and its efforts would reach the bo un d a ries of the earth. It had already begun to translate the liturgy into foreign tongues; and wherever the Bible was known who would not wish that our admirable liturgy should not follow? They would then see that, although the society was small, its objects were great, and in that it had a claim upon the Christian liberality of the public. It had supplied all the missionary societies with the book of common prayer, and be held it to be a great benefit no less to the heathen than to those societies so to circulate it. Look to the state of the church in Germany. How important it was that our liturgy should go there, because he had heard that it was intended by a certain society to revise the German liturgy because it was too Lutheran ! With respect to China, God had raised up Dr : Morison, and endowed him with faculties to translate the Bible into the language of that country, and to circulate 4 editions, of 2006 each, of the book of common prayer. Eng land had been raised up as the scourge of that people; she had been made their conqueror; but if we hoarded up the sil ver which that country had sent us, without following out God's will with respect to her people, by sending Christianity among them, we might expect a calamity to befal us. Now, with respect to the Chinese prayer-book, as trans lated by Dr. Morison, we had a talent confided to us, and the society were now collecting funds to reprint the Prayer-book in that language, and send it to them. Mr. Seward then shewed the fallacy of an objection which he had heard made to printing the Prayer-book in Chinese before there was a church there. He next spoke of the labours of the society among seamen, and narrated several instances of religious destitution among them, for Le removal of which he strongly urged that the Church of England was alone fit ted, by sending among them lay readers and catechists. The Christian public were greatiVfnclebted 'to this society for reproducing the Homilies, and circulating them as single tracts. Some might have thought that the Homilies were obsolete, but it was not so ; and he mentioned that the so ciety had recently had many applications for them from Lancashire, and be had reason to believe that they had done much in the way of preventing the spread of irreligious doc trines. The committee of the society bad been informed that the punctuation of the Prayer-book had been altered. and that apparently without authority, and that the alterations were of such a nature that in some instances they perverted the sense, more particularly with regard to what was termed baptismal regeneration. They, therefore, had felt it impor tant to examine for themselves ; they had compared the Book of Common Prayer, printed in 16 . 54 by the order of King James, with one printed at Oxford in 1836, and they found no less than 83 variations in the service for the public bap tism of infants, and 39 variations in the catechism. In the first prayer used at the baptism of children, a prayer asking the divine blessing upon the ordinance, and asking an espe cial blessing uport the child to be dedicated to God, there was a comma introduced between the pronoun "he and the participle " being," which made the sentence a paren thesis, and making it a declaration instead of a petition. The petition of the prayer was this— " We beseech thee for thine infinite mercies that thou wilt mercifully look upon this child ; wash him and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost; that he being delivered from thy wrath may be received into th e ar t o f Christ's Church, &c. ' A. comma was introduced after the pronoun he; making the words thus—" That he, being delivered from thy wrath may be received, &c." . But the pointing of the Prayer Book in the old editions, ac cording to authority, was without a comma, and therefore the sentence read as a petition. Then with regard to the mean ing of a sacrament—there a comma was omitted—" What meanest thou by this word sacrament ?" I mean an outward and visible sign of an inw ar d an d sp i r it ua l grace given uuto us, ordained by Christ, &c. Th e original mode of pointing this passage was thus—" I m ean an ou t w ard and visible sign of av inward and spiritu a l grace , given unto us" — which altered the sense as a declaratio n . Thi s , however, was alto gether a clerical question, but it was so important that the committee intended to represent these variations in the pro per quarter to ascertain by what authority the book of Com mon Prayer had been altered. Mr. Seward concluded an able speech by calling upon the meeting to support the society. (Cheers.) The Rev. T. Nor,AN moved the second resolution, which acknowledged the thanks of the meeting for the success which had attended the labours of the society among seamen and others. The Rev. F. PARRY seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. A collection was here made, during whicn the meetieg sang a hymn. The Rev. HUGH APNEILE moved the next resolution, which stated that the society was calculated to propagate and maintain the sound principles of Protestantism, and commended the loan and distribution of the works issued by it upon the plan of district visiting, agreeably to the 9th rule of the society. The rev. gentleman delivered a very eloquent speech, in which he shewed, with great plainness, the strong expression given to the principles of Protestantism by our forefathers; and shewed that this society, in circulating the Homilies and the Prayer-book, was following in the foot steps of the Reformers. In the course of his speech, the rev. gentleman took occasion to refer to the observations made by Mr. Seward upon the punctuation used in the book of common prayer. He should be excused for saying that in the first instance of the two which he (Mr. Seward) motioned, the introduction of a comma after the pronoun he made no difference in the sense of the passage. The whole was a petition, and Mr. Seward would see there could be no decla ration made concerning the existing state of the infant in that prayer because it was antecedent to the administration of the office of baptism. The whole was a petition ; and whe ther there was a comma after he or not could not in his (Mr. M'Neiles) judgment alter the sense of the prayer. In the second case which had been introduced concerninc , the mean ing of the word sacrament, " I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward spiritual grace given unto us." Mr. Sew ard objected, as he (Mr. M'Neile) understood, to the comma after "grace," or rather to the want of a comma after " grace, in that " given to us" ought, according to that view, be referred to the sacrament and not to the grace. But the original language in which the article was written, namely, Latin, would not bear this construction because the word " given" in the Latin Language was in the femi nine, and therefore must refer to the grace. It could not refer either to sacrament or sign ; it was " grace given to us," but the sacrament was the outward and visible sign of the grace given to us, so that there was no fault iii not having a comma after grace. The rev. gentleman, after a variety of observations upon the resolution, concluded amidst loud cheers by moving its adoption. hyanik in the to th e R ev- t d relatedauMr. Jost HOWARD in seconding the resolution, add resse d the meeting as simply a l a yman, and as such m a d e some very c t e i n eo appropriate remarks on the Prayer Book, the beautif u l con tents of which and their consecutive adaptation i n Di v i ne worship, he feelingly and forcibly explained. p a several larly dwelt affecting instances a e l c c e e s l excellence c i e t so redeeming the Liturgy, fr eec ant s The Rev. Mr. DAMES proposed a resolution commenda toryf t 1 thee csoohfcai Chancellor, e ye oarn,s increased whoi labours conveying o t a uht eveningeras record the l. b c clergy presided, gesided, and whose kindness and attention in the cause had b een great and un wearied. He concluded by reading a lot of the officers for the year, commencing with the Diooisan as pat ron. The motion was duly seconde d, and on being put by the mover was cordially seconded. that he was for ile Rev. the appearanc e o f the meeting anything CHAIRMANbehad donemore than rep a id said, y that evening ; for it proved that the church wa s i n a sound and healthy condition. He trusted that ail present were sa tisfied with what they had learned of the objects and progress of the society, and that every one would quit the ro om w ith a determination to support it , as one that would strengt h en the efforts of the Church of England, and enable it to multi ply the blessings which the church was calculated to diffuse amongst the people at large. The meeting then separated. A return has been presented to the House of Commons of the name and designation of every person convicted at the last York Summer Assizes, or before the Special Commis sions at Stafford, Chester, and Liverpool, in October last, The return was ordered to lie on the table. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.. OPENING OF THE COMMISSION, &c The Assizes for the Southern Division of this county com menced on Saturday last, in this town, before Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Coltman. The High-sheriff, William Garnett, Esq., of Manchester, arrived on Saturday, at twelve o'clock. The Judges arrived shortly after six o'clock, haNing set out from Manchester by the five o'clock train. They arrived at the courts a few minutes after seven, where the commission was opened in due form in the Crown Court. The High-sheriff was attended by the Under-sheriff, Thos. Carson, Esq., of this town. The commission having been read, it was intimated to their lordships that counsel was in attendance to make a motion. Their lordships hereupon took their scats, and Mr. Atherton entered the court. Mr. ATIIERTON said that he had a motion to make on a writ of right in the case Rishton v. Nesbitt, for four knights to appear in the court girt with swords. The writ was handed to Mr. Hopkins, who read it to the court. The writ was handed to the Iligh-sheriff, and com manded John Ogle and Richard Sellars to summon four knights—namely, Sir Thomas Potter, Sir Thomas Brancker, Sir John Tobin, and Sir George Drinkwater, to appear in the court girt with swords. The knights were to appear under the writ, and to choose eight other jurors from the panel to decide the right of the parties to certain lands, tene ments, and hereditaments. Mr. ATHERTON moved that the knights be brought forth with into court. The Clerk of Arraigns called on the knights above named to appear. Sir Thomas Braneker, Sir George Drinkwater, and Sir John Tobin, each of whom wore a dress sword, stood up as their names were called. Sir Thomas Potter did not answer. Mr. Baron PARKE asked if Sir Thomas Potter had been duly summoned. The Under Sheriff called Richard Sellars, the summoning officer, who was sworn. The witness deposed that he summoned Sir Thomas Potter personally, at his counting-house, on the 231 instant. Mr. Baron Parke (to Mr. Atherton) : Well what do you propose to do ? Mr. ATHERTON.—I can't proceed, my lord, in his absence. The case was brought forward at the last assizes, when one of the Knights was absent, and it was arranged that it should stand over by consent. _ _ _ _ _ , The ATTORNEY for the defendant said he had no authority to consent to any thing. Mr. Baron PARKE.—What is the next procedure? Mr. ATHERTON.—I can't say, my lord. It is but a short time since I received my instructions, and these proceedings are so unusual. The recreant Knight is in the hands of the Court. Mr. Baron PARKE.--I suppose yon will have an alias ? Mr. ATHERTON.—Yes, my lord o take an alias. I suppose we shall have The proceedings here terminated, it being understood that an alias writ was to issue. The court was adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. The calendar, as we stated last week, is extremely heavy. The number of prisoners for trial is 219. The following is a correct analysis of the calendar :—Murder, 3; attempt to murder, 1; robbery, with assault, 20; manslaughter, 17; cutting and wounding, 14 ; burglary, 59 ; horse stealing, 4 ; forgery, 14; cow and bullock stealing, 3; breaking and en tering, 7 • stealing, 6 ; highway robbery, 14 ; bigamy, 9 ; sheepstealing, 1; arson, 2; embezzlement, 1; assault, with intent to ravish, 1 ; poaching, 3 ; rape, 5 ; false statement to Registrar, 1; maliciously shooting, l ; shooting, with intent to maim, 1 ; unlawfully receiving, 2 ; using seditious lan guage, 1 ; offences against the Mint, 23 ; in custody to give evidence, 1. It is intended that, as sdbn as the grand jury is discharged, there shall be three courts open. Mr. Baron Parke will preside in the Crown Court, Mr. Justice Coltman in the Nisi Prius, and Mr. Sergeant Starkie will sit in the third court, which will, we believe, be held in the magistrates' room, for the trial of certain cases in the calendar. CROWN COURT-MONDAY, MARCH 27 Mr. Baron PARKE took his seat on the bench shortly after twelve o'clock. The roll of county magistrates was first cal .ed over, after which followed the list of mayors and caro lers. The following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY : Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P., of Blythe-hall, Foreman James Aspinall, Esq., of Liverpool. Richard Watson Barton, Esq„ of Springwood. Richard Birley, Esq., of Chorley._ .. __ . _ _ Joim Ireland Blackl;nrne, Esq., - M.P., of Hale-hall. Peter Whitfield Brancker, Esq., of Wavertree. Elias Chadwick, Esq., of Swinton. Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq., of Arley-hall Thomas Drinkwatet, Esq., of I rwell-house Richard Earle, Esq., of Edenhurst. John Fletcher, Esq., of Haulgh. John Frederick Foster, Esq., of Sale Priory. Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, of Court Hey. James Collier Harter, Esq., of Broughton-hall. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Baronet, of Claremont. David Hodeson, Esq., of Everton. William Ford Hulton, Esq., of Lomax Fold. Edward Loyd, Esq., of Green-hill. Clement Royds, Esq., of Falinge. Samuel Taylor, Esq., of Eccleston. James Hibbert Wanklyn, Esq., of Crumpsall Lodge. John Bradshaw Wanklyn, Esq., of Salford. The Queen's proclamation against vice and immorality hav ig been read, Mr. Baron PAR KE proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury. He regretted to find that their labours, and his own, in administering the criminal justice for this great and populous county, would, upon the present occasion, be by no means light; but although they would have a great number of cases presented to them for their consideration — more, indeed, than he ever recollected since he had had the honour of presiding in that place—and though many of them were of a serious character, many of a painful nature, and some also of a most aggravated and atrocious character, yet, still he did not believe that they stood in much need of any remarks from him in order to guide them as to matters of law, which it was his promise to state to them, nor to assist them in matters of fact, which belong - al exclusively to them selves. Though the calendar which lay before him contained a great number of offences, and a great number of a serious class, yet, unhappily, they were for the most part of frequent occurrence ; and he was well satisfied they must all of them be well versed in the mode of examining the evidence upon which the proofs of each might depend. There were a great number of burglaries, of cases of cattle stealing, and of highway robbery. Upon these it was not necessary for him to make a single observation. There were also too many charges of rape, and attempts to commit rape, with reference to which they were aware they would require the exercise of the greatest caution. In these cases they must, necessarily, hear the story from the injured party, who was most frequently the least guilty, but was not always perfectly innocent. They would form their opinion with such allowances as the case deserved, and look at all the circumstances before they found the bill for that serious offence, because although it was not now liable to the punishment of death, it was punishable by trans portation for life. There were also in the calendar a great num ber of cases of stabbing, with intent to murder, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, or with intent to maim and dis figure. There were a great number of cases of this descrip tion, which he was very sorry to observe ; and he was afraid that that crime was greatly upon the increase, both in this part of the country and in others in which it had fallen to his lot to administer criminal justice. Upon the other hand it was satisfactory to find that, so far as he was acquainted with the depositions, and he had had an opportunity of reading the most of them, there was no case of death or serious injury occasioned by the practise which heretofore had been so com mon in this and the adjoining county of fighting with and in juring each other by the heels and the teeth. He was not aware of a single charge of that kind. Society, in that re spect seemed to have gained a little ; but instead of that it seemed as if recourse had been had to the knife or other dan gerous instruments. He should call their attention to this circumstance with regard to that numerous class of cases— they were first made punishable as felonies in the beginning of the present century, and a clause in the act of Parliament making them so highly penal, enacted, that in case of death not ensuing, the crime was not murder, and the prisoner was entitled to be acquitted. It consequently became frequently a very nice inquiry whether or no the circumstances occur ring when the wound was inflicted would have prevented the offence being of that aggravated nature; but by an alteration in the present reign, the punishment of death for the most part had been mitigated, and it was no longer capital except where the wound was given with intent to murder ; and there was no provision of the sort which exempted the prisoner from punishment in ease it was not murder. Therefore they were spared the necessity of inquiry whether or not the offence would be murder or manslaughter in case death had ensued. If it should appear, though it was not likely it would, that the wound was inflicted in self-defence, or from an accident, still, by law, it was punishable ; and in cases where the offence would be manslaughter it would be their duty to find the bill. He had now to direct their attention to what was always in this county a very numerous class of offences, manslaughter, where the deceased had come by death in con sequence of some neglect, improper, or wanton act. There were many cases of this kind in the calendar; but he pro posed to call their attention merely to three of them, because, with regard to each of them, there appeared to him to be some circumstances with regard to the investigation of which there was a doubt in his mind—but it was a doubt which arose only upon the depositions, and which further investigation might clear up. There was a case charged against a person in this town who, whether he was a shop man to a druggist, or had taken upon himself the situation of master, because it appeared he was under contract to take the business of the shop, in which he unfortunately supplied a quantity of laudanum instead of tincture of rhubarb which was wanted to be administered to a sick child. According to the statement of, the accused—and-they of course would look at all the facts in the case—the laudanum, or opium, was kept in a bottle with a glass de scription upon it; the tincture of rhubarb was kept in a bottle upon which there was a label in writing, describing it to be the tincture of compound rhubarb. When he was called upon, somewhat upon a sudden, to give what was required by the customer,—namely, tincture of rhubarb,—he put his hand to the place in which the tincture of rhubarb was always placed, and where, by the mistake of another person in the same establishment, the bottle of laudanum had been placed. That other shopman had substituted the bottle with the written label for the other. It would therefore be a question for them, the grand jury, whether the party, in such a case as that, could be considered guilty of that clear negligence which would alone make him liable as for a felony. By law no one could be guilty of the crime of manslaughter, except by his own personal negligence. The master was responsible civilly, no doubt, for the conduct of his servant, but he could not be made liable to the charge of felony by the neg ligence of his servant; therefore, though it might appear that:the person who placed the bottle in the situation it oc cupied was the servant, that circumstance would not make him responsible, in point of law, as the guilty person. The question then was, were these facts true; and, supposing them to be true, did the grand jury think it was a case of negligence so clearly made out as to cause the person to stand his trial upon so serious a charge. Of course, how ever, the grand jury would exercise their own judgment upon the matter. There was also another case, in which a father was accused of taking the life of an infant child, by admi nistering to it some rum. The child was sick ; the father gave it some rum, what quantity did not appear. and the sur geon had given it as his opinion that the child had lost its life in consequence of the administration to it of ardent spirits. If this had been done, not in wantonness, but for the purpose, as he thought, of doing good to the child, which had had disordered bowels, he (the learned Judge) thought that the jury would not be justified in findiug a bill against the prisoner. He was not in the situation of a man who undertook the treatment of a child, being supposed to have competent skill in the subject ; for if a man professing to be skilled in medicinee, undertook to administer to a patient, and acted so ignorantly that death ensued he was guilty of manslaughter. Or if a man administered a danger ous medicine, without knowing anything of its p r operties, he was guilty of manslaughter ; but if he honestly gave that which he thought best for the health of another, and it turned out to be a fatal dose, that was not sufficient to constitute the offence of manslaughter. The jury would consider, therefore, whether the father had acted honestly and fairly by his child, and if they were of opinion that he had done so, of course they would not find the bill. There was an other case, in which it appeared doubtful whether, the act of manslaughter bad been committed. A marl got up into a cart to be driven by a carter. Now, if a carter was guilty of negligence, and death ensued to a person whom he had taken up as a paskiti. ger, the offence was manslaughter; for a driver owed the passenger a duty, when he took him up, to drive him care fully, and if he did not so drive, and death ensued, he was guilty of manslaughter. There were circumstances, however, which induced him to believe that the deceased himself was a party to the bad driving, and if that were so, he did not see how they could find him guilty of manslaughter. The grand jury, however, would exercise their own discretion, after having heard all the facts of the case. These were the only cases of this class that he thought it necessary to make any observations upon. In the next place, there were three charges of the awful crime of wilful murder. In on of these cases, which rested upon circumstantial evidence, the pri soner was charged with having taken the life of his wife, by cutting her throat ; but it appeared that he had made a de claration to a witness, as well as before the magistrates, which would leave the jury no alternative. With regard to the two other cases, which were of an aggravated character, they were charges against two women, one for the murder of her children and stepson, and the other for the murder of her husband, by poisoning him with arsenic. These were all cases of cir cumstantial evidence, as well as others, in which there were charges against two persons for setting fire to their premises, with the intention of defrauding the insurance office. As, in all these cases, the charg es were sought to he brought home by circumstantial evidnce, he would make a remark with regard to that, which was perhaps necessary for their guidance, namely, that, although it was, generally, of a description that would convince the human mind, it required very careful consideration ; and his advice to the grand jury was, that they should ascertain what facts were clearly and distinctly proved, and then see whether all those facts were consistent with the supposition that the prisoners were guilty of the crimes laid to their charge, and consistent with no other supposition; for if they were, a jury would not find a verdict, and the grand jury ought not to find a bill. It was not necessary to arrive at anything more than a moral cer tainty, for that was all tbat a human tribunal could acquire. With these observations, the grand jury were discharged to their labours. BIGAMY Isabella Ann Bennett, aged 29, the wife of Joseph Benett, late of Manchester, labourer, was indicted for having, on the 15th of August last, married Joseph Lloyd, her former hus band being then alive. She pleaded guilty. As she had already been imprisoned since the sth of April, she was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. HORSE STEALING John Williams, aged 22, was charged with having, in August last, at Manchester, stolen a horse, the property of William Holland. then the landlord of the Spread Eagle. He was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for ten years. Betty Shaw, aged 33, was indicted for having, at Man chester, felonously married one John Rayner, her former husband, James Shaw, of Oldham, being then alive. She pleaded guilty. She had been in custody two months, and was sentenced to two month's imprisonment and hard labour. Robert Ashworth, 48, was charged with having, at Prest wich-cum-Oldham, married Margaret Witham, during the liietime of his former wife, Alice Greenhalgh. He pleaded guilty. He had been in custody six months, and was sen tenced to an imprisonment of the same duration. Thomas Dinsdale, 25, charged with having, at Castleton; feloniously married Eliz a b e th Wild , d ur i ng the lifetim o his former wife, Alice Hartley, pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to nine months' imprisonment, he having been in custody rather more than two months. Samuel Johnson, 23, who was indicted for having, at War rington, feloniously married Elizabeth Houghton, Alive Johnson, his former wife, being then alive, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard labour. Elizabeth Sumner,2s, was charged with having, at Liver pool, married Thomas Windrow, during the life-time of her former husband, James Sumner. She pleaded guilty, and the sentence was four months' imprisonment. CATTLE STEALING Philip Hart. 26, and John Campayne, 23, were indicted for hay ng, at Warrington, stolen two bullocks, the property of Peter Murphy. Campayne was acquitted, and H art was found guilty. Hart was sentenced to ten years' trans portation._ _ - Richard Blackbarne, 22, who was charged with having at Tockholes, stolen a mare, the p ro p erty o f J eremiah. Smith, pleaded guilty. Sentence, ten years' transportation BIGAMY Charles Warren, 32, was charged with having, at Bed. ford, married Ann Smith, and afterwards with having felo• niously married Mary Pearson, his former wife being tber living. Verdict, guilty, sentence, eight calendar months imprisonment. SHEEP STEALING James TVilkitzson, 35, was indicted for having, at Stretford killed a sheep, the property of Septimus Lambert, with intent to steal the carcass. He was found guilty, and sen tenced to transportation for ten years. CATTLE STEALING- William Martin, 18, was indicted for stealing a cow, the property of George Fazakerley, farmer, of Walton-on-the- Hill. Found guilty, and transported for ten years. The Court adjourned, at half-past five, until nine o'clock this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.—MONDAY (Before Mr. Justice Coltman.) The learned Judge entered the Court and took his seat a few minutes after twelve o'clock. There was a very full atten dance of counsel. No addition appeared to have been made to the list of " leaders " in the front seats. A jury having been summoned, the trials commenced about half-past twelve. In conformity with the order of court, made some time ago, the Salford list was first taken. GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED PAGET V. CLIFFS.-1 his was an undefended action to recover the sum of £2l Bs. 6d., the value of certain goods sold by the plaintiff to the defendent. From the statement of Mr. MARTIN, who represented the plaintiff, it appeared that the plaintiff, who is in the wine and spirit trade, in Manches ter, in October last, supplied to the defendant, who is a publi can, a quantity of spirits to the value of the amount claimed. Verdict for the plaintiff ; damages £2l Bs. 6d. PATCHETT v. DUNLOP.-1n this case a verdict was take by consent for the plaintiff for £B7 10s. ACTION FOR BORROWED MONEY WRIGHT v. WILLIAMSON.—The plaintiff is a baker re siding at Salford, and the defendant stands in the relation of son-in-law to him. In December last the wife of the defend ant borrowed from the plaintiff the sum of £4O, which was specially obtained for her out of the Savings Bank, and, when the defendant was applied to for repayment, he denied his liability. The defence now set up was, that the defendant was not indebted. A verdict was returned for the amount claimed, £lO 10s. ACTION FOR DEBT. SMITH V. JEFFRIES.—An undefended action by a spirit merchant in Manchester, trading under the name of Messrs. Arrowsinith and Ryder, against an innkeeper, at Bury, to recover £22 for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the amount claimed. ACTION ON A MORTGAGE Lowe. HOLT.—This was an action by a mortgagee against a mortgagor, in which a verdict was entered by consent for the plaintiff, none of the circumstances being entered into. ASSIGNEES OF CHADWICK V. JONES.—An action to re cover £193, the balance of an account, alleged to be due for goods sold and delivered. It appeared, however, that the goods had been sold on commission only, and consequently a verdict was returned for the defendant. HINDLEY V. CHESHIRE.—Verdict for the plaintiff. FLETCHER V. STOPFORD.—An action upon a bill of ex change. Verdict for the plaintiff. ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT, THOMAS V. WORRALL AND ANOTHER.-Mr. Brandt and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Atherton for the defendants. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract. The declaration stated that tbe plaintiff had been in the service of the defendants as foreman drab and fancy dyer, and that in consideration of his services being given to the best of his skill and ability, the defendants undertook to find him employment for the period of four years, and to pay him -P3 per week for his services ; that they continued to do so till the 9th of February, 1843, when they dismissed him without reasonable and probable cause. The defendants put in several pleas, the most important of which was that the plaintiff had not served them to the best of his skill and ability, and thereupon issue was joined. It appeared from the statement of counsel and the evidence of the witnesses, that the defendants, Messrs. James and John Mayo Worrell, are extensive dyers in Ordsall-lane, Salford. and in the time of their father, as well as subse quently, the defendant was engaged as foreman drab and fancy dyer. Altogether be had been in their service for a period of more than seven years, and had obtained the repu tation of being a very skilful, active, and intelligent workman. In the early part of last year the defendants entered into the agreement with the plaintiff, which was the subject of the present action, in which there was a penalty of X2OO upon either party if they receded from it. The plaintiff brought the action to recover the penalty, alleging that he had tendered his services, but they were rejected, and he had been dismissed on the 4th of February last. In support of his case, Joseph Booker, a foreman and bookkeeper in the defendants' works, was called, and he proved, generally, the case as stated for the plaintiff. In his cross-examination, however, which was of very great length, by Mr. 'Wortley, the witness described a variety of instances in which the plaintiff had spoiled the work entrusted to him, and for which the defendants had been called upon to pay, and many instances of absence, without reasonable cause, during which time the plaintiff's wages were paid, although other men were necesssarily employed in his place. Besides these, in their letter dismissing the plaintiff, the defendants alleged that he had, during the turn• out of dyers in August] last, tampered with the other men, and had not fulfilled the conditions of his engagement in other respects. No evidence, however, was called on the part of the defend. ants ; but Mr. Wortley, in a very able speech, contended from the testimony of the plaintiff himself; tharample proof had been given that he had not discharged his duty to his employers as he was bound, to the best of his skill and ability. The JUDGE in his summing up read all the evidence to the jury and left them to say whether the plaintiff had ful filled his part of the contract. The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and after remaining in consultation until half past six, they returned into court with a verdict for the defendant. The court adjourned till nine this morning. The total number of causes to be tried at these assizes is 149, among which are several special juries. We believe that one case in the Salford list in an action against a party for violation of the marriage vow. LEWES, MARCH 23. (Before Mr. Justice Patteson and a Special Jury.) HOLLOWAY V. HARR. This was an action to recover damages for a libel, brought by the plaintiff, a clergyman of the Church of England, against the Rev. Mr. Hare, archdeacon of Lewes. The declaration alleged that the defendant had published a certain letter, containing divers libellous charges Against the plaintiff, which letter was sent to a lady named Gilbert. The damages were laid at £2,000. The defendant pleaded a justification. Mr. Platt rote to address the jury. The plaintiff and the defendant were both ministers of the Church of England ; the plaintiff not holding a high situation, certainly; but still he had for eighteen years fulfilled the duties of his office with great ability, and to the satisfaction of every congregation over which he had presided. The defendant was the Arch deacon of Lewes, and the plaintiff complained that he had thought fit to write and publish a letter in which be attacked the character of the plaintiff, and made charges against him which, if there had been any foundation, would have the effect of not only expelling him for ever from his holy office, but from all decent society. In 1810 he was appointed curate of the parish of Eastdean, in this county. There was con siderable c ompetition for the appointment ; but the plaintiff obtained it, by reason, no doubt, of the superior testimonials he was able to produce. The profits of the curacy were very small ; and a lady named Gilbert, who resided in an adjoining parish, gave a stipend of £lOO a year in addition. The plaintiff continued to perform the duties of his office to the satisfaction of all his parishioners, every one of whom was willing to bear testimony to the excellence of his conduct. There was, however, it would appear, some secret enemy seeking an opportunity to destroy him ; and after some time the plaintiff became aware that certain rumours to his preju dice bad been circulated in the neighbourhood, although he could never discover what those rumours exactly referred to; and it was not until a few days ago, when the pleas were put upon the record, that he was made aware of the precise natnre of the charges against him. It seemed that these and the lady he e i n t o co p se_ whom elt a er, es Lad reached the knowledge of M r . Pit man, who had recommended s s t e h d e a plaintiff t o t o m t I h s e s G c l r b a e c r y t ,. be had referred. That lady was slow to believe the charges that were made, and she had such an opinion of the character of the plaintiff that she returned the letter to Mr. Pitmar. It appeared that the charges were renewed against the plain tiff, and he then took every means in his power to cause an investigation into them, and he desired that a fu!l i m bh„ ingtiiry should take place before the 13s,:hop of c who was the proper judge to inq The plaintiff was anxious that the chargt be investigated, not secretly and behind his bae Miss eill s t t t licly in his presence, where he might have an o rebutting them. Instead, however, of liroceedii another course was adopted. The Venera e I.llispportunity Hare, instead of promoting the office of the bisho l ca r e ; instituted an inquiry into the charges brought a t, • - plaintiff, and thought fit to write a letter to object of which was clearly to deprive the plaintiff of' t t.' stipend he received from that lady , and to drive him fro the parish witja his wife and family. The letter was w t calculated to effect the object the writer had in view, ami w , filled with arguments likely to affect the mind of a deltea lady, and induce her to withdraw her countenance from ti;e plaintiff, and yet, at the same time, it was written guardedly, in order that the writer might not, as he supposed, run aiy risk from being the author of it. In consequence of these proceedings the plaintiff, on November sth, 1842, was re moved by the Bishop of Chichester from his curacy. He was a ruined man; for although the immediate effect of his dismissal by the bishop only removed him from that diocese, vet there could be no doubt that it would entirely prevent him from assuming any other offias in the church. What course, then, was left for him to pursue? He was anxious to learn what the charges were against him, and he applied to the Archbishop of Canterbury to institute an inquiry, but in consequence of his not having been regularly licensed as the curate of Eastdean, that reverend prelate found himself precluded from interfering in the matter. Here, then, was his unfortunate client driven from his ministry without any appeal. What was he to do? He had no other alternative but to bring this action, and he had brought it. He came before a jury of his cOuntrymen, who would do equal justice between them, and by that action he challenged the defendant to make out any charge of misconduct against him. The defendant bad accepted the challenge, and he kad put pleas upon the record which imputed the most shameful crimes to the plaintiff, whom those pleas accused not only of public misconduct, bat also of having committed the crime of wilful and deliberate perjury. Miss Gilbert was then called, and proved the statements of Mr. Platt relative to herself. The letter written by the defendant was pat in. It never mentioned the plaintiff by name, but referred to the letters written by Mr. Pittman, and assured the party to whom it was addressed, (Miss ail bert) that Mr. Pittman was fully justified jn what he had done. The defendant also in it advised Misd Gilbert to let the matter rest with those who had authority in the matter, and implied that she was stepping out of her proper sphere in p return r Bishop of Petfiot Chichester mohffiai e n ehi ' e s est l te e e t r%. te iw e t by hasi o ellxhi his s s re s id G el.o. e i ' de b : e s r ae t : . and proper becoming the protectress of a man publicly, reierring to the he had come to the conclusion that Mr. Holloway was not a Opinion was founded on the short-hand notes of a trial in which the plaintiff was a witness. His lordship said the communication relative to the charges against die plaintiff had been made to him by the defendant. Mr. Thesiger then addressed the jury for the defendant. Mr. J. Darns examined by Sergeant Channel.—l am a schoolmaster, and reside at Brancaster, in Norfolk. I first became acquainted with the plaintiff in 1828, on his being ap pointed curate of the parish. The Re v. Mr. Bolton was the rector of the parish. The plaintiff told nie that lie had an interest in the tithes of that parish, and I assis._erl him in keeping the accounts relating to his tithes. I remember at tending a trial at the Norwich assizes in 1832, when I was subpoenaed by Mr. Rankin, Mr. Holloway's attorney. After the trial was over I received a book from a person named Rogers, which book I handed to Mr. Hclloway, and I saw it in his custody frequently afterwards. I last saw that book in the spring of 1839, when Mr. Holloway left Brancaster. attended several meetings of the tithe commissioners in 1839, and the first in August. The plaintiff was present. Mr. Holloway was examined as a witness at that assize, and gave evidence on oath. The book was handed to me, and was produced before the tithe commissioners, and I have no doubt Mr. Holloway saw it, as he was examined respecting it by the commissioners, who asked him whether that was the original account of the tithe, and be replied that it was not. He was then asked whether he had the original ac counts, and he said he had not, but that Mr. Rankin, his attorney, had taken them away with him from England. He was asked respecting some other original accounts, and he said he had not got them; but I bad seen them in his posses sion the same morning, and both myself and Mr. Holloway had been engaged in examining them. After Mr. Holloway had been examined I called him out, and told hisn he had made a mistake respecting the book which he said his attor ney had taken away with him, or 1 had myself given it to Mrs. Holloway the day before she left Brancaster. He notice mad o e some evasive answer, and did not take any further f what I said. I have no doubt that the plaintiff made an entry in this other book (produced) on the 28th of August, and he asked me before he did so. I reco llected how certain pieces of land in his possession had been cropped during bis raei entries dence at Brancaster. I gave hies all the informaTtion he in my power, arid he made the entries immediately were upon two pages, and he made tbsm at the inn. Mr. Holloway referred to this book while be was under exami nation by the tithe commissioner, and he refssed to answer the question that was put to him until he looked into it. He referred to the entries he had just made, and said in answer to a question put to him, that those entries were made at the time they bore date. Several more witnesses were exam ined and pro ved some other circumstances prejudicial to the character of the plain tiff, and after an address from Mr. Platt, in which he argued that the • defendant had failed to justification,mak4eaetheissues the jury found a verdi c t for the defendant , justi fying the defendant in sending the letter. • an A d t se t n he ten L c i e n d co to ln transportation ass i zes, John Nicholson , Alford, was convict e d o f stealing bank no tes from letters, forNileibfeo pos t- m aster of . and_ wounding James M'Queen,-at Tweedmouth, William Richardson has been sentenced W fifteen yea r s transportation, at the Newcastle on-Tyne assizes, for cutting with latent to do him some grievous bodily harm. _ THE HOMICIDES AT SKIBBEREEN. —The grand jury this day unanimously ignored the bills of indictment sent before them_ against the policemen, charg ed with homicides at Ski bbereen, in the late affray near that town, connecvd with the poor laws. —Cork .Reporter. NORTHERN ClRetliT.—Felix Booth, whose extramvlinary attempt to extort money from Sir Felix Booth, by a threat of accusin g him of a horrible crime, has been reported in our columns, was sentenced on Tbursday last to be transported for twenty years. At the Newcastle-on -Tyne assizes last week g ather s George on H with bough was found guilty of killing William W a knife. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The particulars have already appeared in our paper. He had received great provocation• co b i gamy,nce a n2gcattle stealing, 2 ; CHESHIRE &MING ASSIZES. of of prisoners for trial, at the Castle of Chester, Ist of April :—For arson, 1 ; rape, 6 ; sacrilege, 4 ; horsestealing, 7 ; house. ;thben birth,rg lat y ,12;liorgcoernsyp, i I rv ; y , 5 ; breaking, 11 ; manslaughter, m urder, 6 ; poaching, 22 ; stealingfrom the person, 9; stabbing and wounding, 16 ; unnatural crimes, 6 ; uttering base coin, 3 ; aheapstealing, 5 ; an d various, 2. Total , 132 . Of these , fourteen are admitted to bail. TRIAL AND CONVICTION A NEPHEW FOR SHOOTING AT AN UNCLE.—On Friday l ast, at the Cambridge assizes, John F. Mortlock was arraigned for having attempted to shoot his uncle, the Rev. E. Mortlock, at Cambridge. The Prisoner, in his defence, solemnly declared that he had, in firing the pistol, merely intended e sentenced to frighten hi him tos unclebe He was found guilty , and the Judg transported beyond the seas for , the term of 2 1 years. The and remarked, 'My lord, you have sa ve d prisoner bowed me from starvati o n." The se ntence was heard with great sensation by a densely crowded cour t. STAFF ORD. —The trial of Cooper, C HARTIST TRIALS AT the Leicester Chartist , and t h re e others, for conspiracy t o excite the people of the Potteries to commit the outrages of the 15th an d 16th August last, began on Monday, at nine o'clock ; and when the court rose on Saturday evening, t h e case for the prosecution had not closed. This slow progress is owing to the tediou s oper, w h e ther they cross-examinatspeak toion of ev fact ery s iwimpli tness by the defendant Co eating him or not. In one or two instances the witnesses were un der eross.examination between four and five hours. There was a report Thursday that this course adj had o u, been rned determined upon to resent p the case coming to a close before Friday, when, being the commission day at Shrewsbury, it was thought the Judge must adjourn the proceedings that d th ay e ; but if s o , it did not gain its object. Mr. Justice Erskine on Thursday s ent up his nephew, who acts as marshal! on th circuit, for instructions from the government, and on hi s e return it wa s announced that his lordship would continue sitting at Stafford until this case was disposed of. rrl .4 business of Shrewsbury has, in consequenee, b een until after the Gloucester Assizes, and it is expected same thing roust be done at Hereford, the commission for that city being to-daY• hich is at Ascot. n os prevailed for a long time LAMENESS." —This disorder, kea " KENNEL preva lent katintgimdeetes ,more or less in nearly every preva nnel throughout ::onsiderable extent, in the royal kennel Past, and to a Pears that the water which supplies the kennellt ap pears a long extent of leaden pipe, and en passes throsvl; chemist it wa s found that the water contained by so great a quan tity of lead as to be sufficient to have LORD BROUGHAM AND MR. COBDE produced paralysis. in a recent letter .to Mr. Hamer Stausr.—Lord 13rougham writes of thrfersek orator of the Anti-Co ei r d ' °f Leeds,thus " I say nothing of the downfall of poor- n-Ltv,v League rr sole work of his own folly, an d which lie Mr. Cobden—the had his h oatot been turned b the e mi g ht have avoided am sorry ; but only because I provincial applause. I and able, and now find him m• • bad believed h ho nes t nn "Sing himself basest of our spec i es. " up with the very STATE OF TRADE IN THE MAN UF ACTURING large and increasing busines s cotton districts. Our pr ivate —The trade re p orts show that a is now doing , es p eciall y in the i n formation confirms the public rev i va l of manufacturing industry . intelligence of the mark ed r than they are at The spinners have sel dom b een basic the raw material at an un ( t i tle present moment. uying Pre taining comparatively high ce ented low price, they arc ob- And not only is the business prices for their goods and yarns. likewise safe, the bulk of the s transactions transacting extensive; it is credit, but on capital, and the arnesas Itionfseebteuinj based, ma not on not of speculation. This altered and gratifying state o n f things will, there is every reason to believe, • •an d d continne, ren er the 1843, so far as trade is concerned, a striking orntrast to. too many of its predecessors. EXECUTION AT LINCOLN.—On Friday last, at noon Thomas Johnson, alias Upton, aged 28fears, underwent the last penalty of the law, upon the drop o Lincoln Castle, for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Evinsoa, at Croft. The up happy culprit made a full confession to Capt. Nicholson, governor of the castle. He said that be bad no confederate in the commission of the burglary, having parted with his associate " Yorke the day before ; he said that he entered the window about ten o'clock on the Sunday night, and struck a light with a Inciter match, with which he lighted a candle. He first tried Mrs. Fairvreather, and a ft erwards Mrs. Evin son, and covered them over with the bed-clothes; but he did not intend to smother either oft hem ; he remained searching about the house other hour and a half or two hours. Besides the spoons and articles traced to him, he got only about thirty shillings in money. The prisoner, in his per sonal appearance, was much reduced since his condemnation ; and during two or three days before his execution was unable to take much food. He sat up later than the usual hour on the last evening of his life, and was attended early the follow ing morning by the rev. and venerable chaplain, who accom panied him to the foot of the scaffold. About two rainutcs before twelve, the governor of the prison ascended the pl a t_ form, attended by the culprit, and the hangman of Newgate ; the last preparations were speedily made, the malefactor stood firmly till all was arranged, holding a prayer-book in hi hand ; on the first stroke of the great bell of the Cathedral, the bolt was drawn, and the wretched man was launched i eternity. The vast multitude behaved very orderly • but ":'''' moral effect of a public execution is doubtful. , t the Saturday, the remains of the culprit were buried within thewalls old keep. It hes already been stated that the real of the the culprit was Uptou# lie was 28 years of a name of Journal. age. —Notting/tan,