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CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) _ _ _ John Baniett loXn Woll, zs Greu secon . d wife, and had r which rest SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES Ted with having stolen a -11 iam Large, at Windle. It ' - speared he had been . •TL ; and the learned diet. remarked that ho had a 'ged with 52, was c £7 103, fr jUry acquitted the prisoner. victed of felony some years ago Thomas Lundwa: Mary Hodgkin ickburn, grid Mar L at AffftrtAvout., indicted for bigamy; he hay on the 16th of Anzust, In The jar: found the pr: 3annon, 17, was charged with - havin, of Henry Wightman, at Salfoi The jury found the prisoner g 46, wag cha t; his former wife being at the time alive. Guilty ts_ 77zonias !ct defer: .'Arid Hartshorn, 31, John Wilrocks. 19, and James Sephton, 19, were chat ered the house of John Wright, at )rd and four candl to eha utt to The jury pleaded gui to an indietwent Sanchest e he refused to comply , eing taken into 'enito, the dwellir several artiel, Ilartshc who had I , u previously tried y at Fazakerley, 4e prisa itteen yE )f the burglary at F ev, were then pia Ttention to recommend them to the mer ransportation for a long period flie Court ro t ten minut NISI PRIUS COURT. -TUESDAY man on the 12th of Octobe entered aliam - , and variou3 articles o ad hard minutes, returned, find :nifty against M'Bride andWileocks.— prisoner left Um with her for eleven years them, and it was only h a demand she made ye him a good cha- leri guilty to a charge of enter- I oho - Aker, at II of wearing apparel. Sentenc lowly convicted of Senhton, who had been found . _ His I.9rthhip said ihat j udg ;(l. eainst them, but it was it eonsi- so that the punishment of death 1 . must, however, ex- Baron -RoLFE.) MELT SITDLOW AND ANOTHER V as undefended to pay, the jury found for the plaintiffs, datnag BROADBENT AND OTHERS FERNLEY he plaintiffi in tlii assignees to the estate of INles William and Samuel Haigh, w Hahne, near Manche3l - € months of Jun 1845, and March., 1846 verdict lc was an action to recover a balance of £45, du the parties. Th m. Sudlow havin defendant, and h which was for replevin, ar Joseph Phillips aru Tied on business a when they be led that the bills no d could not be considered as pay, he defendant for th intiffs' counsel to mov FRASER V. STA.' DISTI A. verdict svas taken for the lefendant by consent, fo: ILLOR V. RAYNE! iff in this actiol 11 Millor, stone )n and cont t for v fondant, Mr. AlfrE tayner, a cotton-spinner of th it was one of thost iieh it was madne in clients not to agr ei verdict wa settle their differences out of court fienfed to for the plaintiff subject to a re peL't to all matters in dispute. AINSWORTH This case, which stood as No. 19 upon the Salford - Hundred List, was next called on ; but, as no one ap it was ordered to he struck out The plaintiff in this case is AI Edward C. 3ioker in Manchest, cer, carrying on business in one of th the neighbourhood. His Lordship ver: alf* . su ry, after a short considera lefendant. tion, returned a verdict for ti CROWN COURT WEDNESDAY John Fielding, 23, and Peter Reynold, 26, were found _ guilty of having a mould and implements for coining base shil4ngs in their possession, on the 21st of February last, in a:cellar in a court off Ennerdale-street, in this town. fficer rushed on them, and seized them while at Fielding exclaiming, " You have catched me tighter prisoners attempted to now' than eve that they were the victims of a police conspiracy - - • - Mr. B. mniented on the injury )ris inflicted on the po, tonced both to ten years' transportation. Thomas Morrow, indicted for passing two counterfeit shillings, was acquitted ndieted for passing two bad shillings at separate times in Hindley, on the 13th Febru ary.—Guilty. Six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Michael Carroll, —„-.. John Murphy, indicted for passing two bad shillings on stparate days, was acquitted of the former and con victed' of the latter passing. Imprisonment, with hard labour, for nine month John Keating and James Brown victed, pleaded guilty to having pas! 13, previously con- 135 e coin. They ansportation fames Ingham, 34, was charged with the manslaughtc his wife, Lettice Ingham, at Ashton-under-Lyne. Mr. Brandt prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Joseph Pollock. It' appeared from the statement a the counsel and the witnesses, that on the night of the 17th of January last, the ,prisoner, who lived at ,Ashton-under-Lyne, went home in a state of intoxication, and found his wife and iarrelling, and two police-officers in women c ith theta on t' E ri°tY of their conduct, and some angry words then ensued etween him and the deceased, during which he gave her a kick with his foot in the lower part of her , person. She by a surgeon, but ne gra! The prisoner was found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment (solitary)• • ASSAULT AND ROBBERY lan Garragon, 18, amliall, at Manche des several trifling articles wt :h he had about him The prosecutor is e night of alonz Newton-lane, he the prisoner. robbed 14th December, when pas was stopped by two men, on After treating him with considerable violence Lim.of the amount stated, and made their escape The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to ten yew's' transportation. NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. being fast day, the court did not sit till after one EDWAP.DS V. ABRAHAM AND OTHERS The plaintiff in this action, John Edwards, i biliet-rnnl neyman lam, of M Lester. On ( 5 from the d, in instalments of ss. a week mettts, it was alleg half-a-crown, the defendants ordered one of t tneti to bring bark the furniture, and an old I sent•him for the money he had al into, ti ge Glee, is a mama 'enrinrit. Mr_ Irtrrtr GLEE V. FERNLEY The plaintiff in this case, Mr. Geor faeturer at Duckinfield, and the del Fernley, was formerly business at Manchester x.ecover ti 11th Sept mount of a bill of Member, 181 ) ANOTHE m quarter Manchester and Lee b were bought by the plaintiffs ( • •.Irl [hat, at £4 le Court rose at seven a'cic CROWN CO 4nn Brunt, am d the action turer, carryin :hange for £3oo;datec ~in London, ;ed 28, pleaded guilty to a charge a similar cha f au a having Lester and Lee( THURSDAY with re- which was refused, but he afterwards returned, and offered to take £lO, saying he had bought another, which cir cumstance exciting suspicion, he was given into custody. At Chester, he procured a gig from the Red Lion, saying be would leave the saddle and bridle, and would be back• at three o'clock, but never returned. To the police officer he confessed the crime. The prisoner's defence was that he got drunk on the day he left Warrington. and that he had not the least idea of committing a theft. The prisoner was found guilty, and two previous convic tions (one for forgery) were proved ; he also pleaded guilty to a second indictment for a robbery of American The judge, in passing sentence, said it was of no lenient to such a man, and son him to fifteen years' transportation. i4ocks hatever William Wolstelikolme, 36 were arraigned and James Taylor, 32, in eomp:tny with a man nam JVildiarre Brown to pleaded guilty to being on the premi iken into a waretrouse, at Ashton-undo The prosecutors had received robbery was contemplated. awn his plea, was placed with the and a fresh bill sent before the Grand nd stolen sund ry artiel information prey Brown havin - g witted William with having HOUSE BREAKING. Todd, 22, and Jenne& Farrell, 21. were charged e dwelling-house of James Twiss, from 30 pairs of shoes, that adinisiion had been f shivs were One pair of shoes, Iseeutor's daughter, was found in pos n-Farrell.—The judge summed uu with Id seemed to think that the Todd with tl , and censured po3seAsion of a bundle which he pursuit. After a few 'na ry acquitted Todd, and found transportation. A. meanly-dressed man here interruptect the court, and red to be brought forward by the . Judge. On ed what he had to say, the following colloquy being asi took plat JUDGE Man. are mo! junc What have you to Fay I mean to say that the proceedings of this court st hypocritical. 3E.—And I conmit you to gaol for one month. him into custody. ,lan.—Thank you, my Lord. 11013 SI 44, wa 2 Elliott, urglary, at Sal. _ baton, had been stolen on the night his house was entered, and amongst them a shilling of the reign of George IL, with a remarkable inscription engraved on it, rhich was identified by the prosecutor, and found on the 7. The prisoner was observed by a a witness, standing on the seat of a boy, who appiared water closet, an 4 the same witness found in the water closet a-number of papers, also identified by the proAecu . t')t, as well as some skeleton keys, and a joiner's gouge stuck up with a view to concealment on a ledge in the aer made a very-rambling The jury found the prisoner guilty. A previous conviction was proved, and the sentence of ten years' ►ansportation Was passed LARCENY Michael Furlong, 36, and Mary Furlong, 29, were charged with stealing a child's frock, and other articles, at Preston, and also a quantity of carpet, at Bolton. The female prisoner pleaded guilty, but remained at the bar, and was accommodated with a chair. The only evidence against the male prisoner was, that he was in the posses- --- sion of the key of a box, in which the stolen property was found. He was acquitted. The female was sentenced to six months on each of three indictments, with hard labour. William Ban ARSON r, an intelligent looking lad of 15, was g set tire to a quantity of cotton in the f manufacture in a carding engine at Heaton Nor is, on the Ist of March. A lad employed in the same establishment swore positively to seeing the prisoner throw a lighted match upon the cotton, and then run away ; but upon cross-examination, varied considerably from his original statement, and the prisoner was acquitted. The grand jury. was discharged at two o'clock. ARSON AN D ROBBERY John Ingham ,Bond, 30, was indicted for setting fire to the hat warehouse of Messrs. Owen and Eyton, at Man chester, on the 6th of February last. It appeared that there were no fewer than four fires lighted in different parts of the building, leaving not the slightest doubt that in s the work of in incendiary. A number of hats, in m unfinished state were also stolen at the time of the fire. The prisoner pledged some hats with a pawnbroker at Staleybridge on the 6th of February, and portion of these hats proved to be the property of the prosecutors. To obtain admission into the warehouse a hole had been cut through the door, and a razor belonging to the prisoner, formerly in good order, but now a good' deal worn, as if from rough work, was found to correspond with the marks in the wood where the bole was cut. It was con tended for the prosecution, that the prisoner being found in the possession of the property, under the circumstances detailed, would fix upon him the guilt of having set fire to the place. The prisoner, who took copious notes during the trial, subjected the first witness (prosecutors' foreman) to' a long cross-examination. He was found guilty. Sentence deferred. The court rose at half-past five. NISI PRIUS COURT -THURSDAY HOWARD V. WOOD AND OTHERS This was an action of replevin. The plaintiff, Mr. James Howard, is a butcher in Bury, and the defendants, Abra. ham Wood and Thomas Grundy, are magistrates of the of distraint upon ment of his port] e goods of the plaintiff for non-pay -2d.) of a lighting rate. It ap : of the rate-payers and in- ared that at a pu habitants of Bury, a lighting act, passedifi 1836, was adopted by a majority of at least two-thirds of those pre sent, and twelve inspectors were appointed to carry it into effect. At a subsequent meeting it was resolved that a sum of £7OO should be raised, and the churchwardens were empowered, for this purpose to levy a rate of Sd in the pound. The only question to try was whether the rate imposed in 1843 was valid; because, if it were, the seizure of plaintiff's goods was justifiable by law. On be half of the plaintiff a number of technical objections were urged, which were, however, overruled, and his lordship quaintly - summed Up as follows:—"Gentlemen, different people see things in different lights. Mr. Howard has proved himself a hero., In 1843 a rate of is. 2d. was levied upon the plaintiff for the purpose of lighting the township in which lie lives ; and what he says is, that he ought to have been rated first at 75., and afterwards at 2d. ; and because he was rated all at once, he has brought the pre sent action (a laugh). This being the case, it is my duty to tell you that yon must give your verdict for the defend ants, and the plaintiff has the satisfaction of knowing that he has settled the question."—A verdict for the defend ants was accordingly returned.—Mr. Baines, with whom was Mr. Thornlinson, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. in Manchester; and.st session WALKER 'V ELLOR AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff iu this case is a brickmaker and beerseller at Manchester, and the defendants, Messrs. Mellor and in the same place and the action number of bricks sold by the plaintiff to the defendants, in October, 182(i. A written agreement was handed in, showing that Walker had contracted to sell to the defen dants the whole of the bricks made upon a certain plot of that when they had carried 284,000, a person named is property, ani 3n listopp - ed by the intervention of ti . .. . The evidence called went clearly to prove that the whole of the bricks had been sold by plaintiffs wife to Coupe, in liquidation of a debt for malt, he offering to pay any ba lance that might accrue. The case having been fully ar gued, his lordship said on the face of it, it certainly ap peared a very unjust claim ; but he was of opinion that the plaintiff's case had been legally made out. A verdict was then returned for the plaintiff. with liberty to move a non- HARRIS AND ANOTHER V. WEBSTER The plaintiffs in this case Itomas Harris. of the firm c ley, Manch I was hro ice of XBO of a f Mr. Bennet The can to recover. fro! Value of two Mended. Verdict for plaintif It to recover 111' Knight nail and Timoth ASPINALL AND ANOTHER V. trtwt,, The plaintiffs in thi Hastings Irwin i came an extensi action was I- who, in 1845, be own account ; and !cover a balance of £1493 19s 3d January of the present Year eon in partner;hip with Mr rived in August, 1845. Mr 772, dec strikin lowish .t a verdit n thn dap] half of akin to THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. JENKINS AND OTHERS V. MORRIS AND OTHERS The plaintiffs in this case, Messrs. Jenkins, are slate merchants, in Liverpool, and they sought to recover 434 15..5d , upon a bill of exchange drawn by William and Robert Harrison, and alleged to have been accepted by Mr. Edward. Maundy, anc?" others, trustees of the Clarence Temperance Hall," in this town. The defen dants, whom it was sought to involve as trustees, were Messrs. Penney, Morris, and Edward Jones. The other trustees were Maundy and Stephenson. The Messrs. Harrison, whose names are to the bill, executed work at the hall. They were unable to pay him the balance due, and a bill for £34 ls. sd. was drawn upon Maundy, who had since failed, and others of the trustees. It was drawn and accepted, it was alleged, in the presence of all the de fendants. The evidence having been gone through, it was suhmitted, on behalf of the defendants, that the bill bound Maundy alone. A verdict was recorded for the plaintiffs, with liberty to move for a nonsuit. The business during the day had been so rapidly dis posed of, that the attornies and witnesses in several cases called on were found not to be in attendance. In some the records were withdrawn ; and his lordship ultimately finding it impossible to proceed, at half-past three o'clock commenced to try CRIMINAL CASES. ARSON. James Lord, a youth apparently about 17 years of age, pleaded guilty to two indictments, charging him with having, at Rochdale, feloniously set fire to a plantation belonging to Ann Taylor. He was sentenced to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for one year, and to be three times privately whipped. James Chadwick, a younger boy, who pleaded guilty to an indictment, for the same offence, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and to be twice whipped. •• ROBBING A • FACTORY. Samuel Worthington and William Shuttleteorth pleaded guilty to the charge of getting into a factory in the night, in Manchester, and stealing various articles of value therefrom. The prisoners had formerly been em ployed at the factory, which was, at the time of the rob bery, standing idle. The' prisoners were sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for fifteen calendar months. CHARGE OF BURGLARY. Robert Phythian and Thomas Hignett were charged with a burglary in the house of Ann Little, at Halewood. The evidence adduced was far from proving that the prisoners entered the house with a felonious intent, and the jury acquitted the prisoners. The counsel for the prosecution said Phythian had been before convicted of felony. Mr. Baron ROLFE.—I would not say that if I were you. Magistrates have no right to commit for a serious offence like that of burglary because a man has a bad character. The court rose at a quarter past five o'clock. CROWN COURT . MANSLAUGHTER -FRIDAY George Fletcher Cooke, surrendered in discharge of his bail, and pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with the manslaughter of James Briggs, at Manchester, on the 22nd December last. Mr. Monk and Mr. Aspland were counsel for the pro secution ; and Mr. J. Pollock and Mr. Owens for the prisoner It appeared from the evidence that, on the day in ques tion, the prisoner was at the King's Arms public-house, Ducie Bridge, in Manchester. He was in the house, and the horse was standing across the footpath. The police officer on duty desired him to remove the horse, on which he mounted, and galloped off, and when near Ducie Bridge he came up to the deceased, who was with a horse and cart. The horse on which the prisoner was riding, knocked the deceased down, and the cart wheel passed over his body, producing death in a few minutes. Mr. PoLLocic addressed the jury in behalf of the pri- If the jury were of opinion that the prisoner so far improperly conducted himself by his negligent riding, as to produce the death of the deceased, they must find him guilty ; if, on the other hand, they should be of opinion that the horse ran away with the prisoner—that he lost the control of it, and did all in his power to pre vent mishief they must acquit him. The jury after five hours deliberation acquitted the pri soner. ported her helm, and put herself in a proper position at the moment she saw the tug at a distance. Those on board the Finn M'Coull did not see the Venice until the collision took place, on account of her not having a proper light. And , by the collision the defendant's vessel sus tained much damage. The Finn M'Coull kept the side which she ought to do.—Mr. Nicholas Murphy, who was in command of the steam-tug at the time of the collision (the captain being sick), Mr. Johnson, mate, Barney Doran, seaman, William Evans, seaman, William Ponah, the keeper of the Formby light-ship, and Lieut. Saars field, of the Royal Navy, and superintendent of the City of Dublin Company's boats, were examined in support of the case for the defendants. Mr. MARTIN replied, contending that the balance of evidence was in favour of the plaintiff. Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up. The jury before they found a verdict for the plaintiff, must be satisfied that the injury done to the Venice was caused by the negli gence of the persons in charge of the Finn M'Coull. The jury, after a ,short deliberation, found a verdict for the defendants. This case lasted from nine in the morning till half-past four in the afternoon. ROBSON v. BROWN.—In this case, Mr. William Rob son, a master mariner in Northumberland, is the plaintiff, and the defendant was formerly an attorney in the same county. They became partners in a shipowning and col li9l, speculation, and fitted out a ship, the Christine Murray, in which the. defendant had seven-eights share, and the plaintiff, who also acted as master, the other one eighth. In July, 1846, the plaintiff ceased to be master of the ship, and some dispute arose as to settling the accounts, which were referred to an arbitrator, who made the balance of £4O Bi. Ild. now claimed to be due to the plaintiff. Mr. Addison, who appeared for the defendant, raised the very singular plea that the arbitrator had by mistake assigned the balance to the wrong party. and produced a statement of accounts, by which that £4O Bs. lid. was the exact amount due to the defendant. As the statement of accounts had formed no part of the award, his LORDSHIP said he must abide by the latter ; and a verdict was accordingly returned for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. WILLIAMS V. MIDDLETON.—This action arose out of a share transaction. Mr. Robert Williams, the plaintiff, is a surgeon, in Merionethshire, who in 1845 employed Mr. Hughes, sharebroker, of this town, to purchase him some shares in the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, which were accordingly purchased by Mr. Bentley, a con fidential clerk, from Mr. Middleton ; and the action was brought to recover £149 15s. for ten of these shares, the scrip of which had never been delivered.—Verdict for the plaintiff. • . . PASS AND ANOTHER V. BAXENDALE.—This was an action to recover £149 4s. 9d., the amount of a mortgage, with interest. The deed was produced, and a verdict recorded for the plaintiffs. The Court rose at twenty minutes past five. CROWN COURT RAPE. SATURDAY James liatton, aged twenty-three, was charged with having violated the person of Sarah Grundy. The pri soner was found guilty, and sentenced to twenty years' transportation. Alexander Macdonald was indicted for having violated his own daughter. As the principal witness did not ap pear, the jury acquitted the prisoner. Peter Coulon, 23, was indicted for a rape on a child, ten years of age, named Martha Rooney, at Liverpool, on the 30th day of January last. He was found guilty of an assault, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour, and at the end of that time to find security, himself in £5O and two of £2O each, for his good behaviour during two years longer, and be further imprisoned till such security be found. CONCEALING BIRTH Sarah Manse Vs:as• indicted for having concealed the birth of a child at Manchester. It appeared, that, on the 4th of February, the prisoner prematurely delivered her self of an illegitimate child, the dead body of which was afterwards found secreted in a box in her bedroom. The jury found the prisoner guilty ; but his LORDSHIP, from the nature of the evidence, which was altogether uninte resting, took a lenient view of the case, and sentenced the prisoner to a fortnight's imprisonment only. The JUDGE said he took the meaning of the term " nett proceeds "to be the nett sum that came to the party. It appeared that a portion of the oil had been sold to Messrs. Stockdale, arid they becoming insolvent a loss was sus tamed by the defendants, and, under these circumstances, it W4S contended that the payment of commission , to the plaintiff should be made accordingly. A person who had been in the African trade was called as a witness for the plaintiff, and he gave evidence to the effect that the cap taM was to pay on the price to be paid by the vendee and not on the actual sales. The JUDGE gave it as his opinion, that, as to the £l7O, the plaintiff could not recover, as it appeared he had re- ailed to perform with the vess( the engagement he had made After some discussion between the opposing counsel and his lordship, a nonsuit was entered against the plain tiff, with leave to move to enter a verdict for £370, if the court above should overrule the decision of this court. ASSAULT BY TURN-OUTS Joseph Jones, 39, and James Jones, 35, were then placed at the bar on an indictment charging them with having, at Manchester, on the sth of March last, mali ciously cut and wounded Joseph Greenwood, with intent to maim, to disable, to disfigure, or to do some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Joseph Pollock were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Grainger and Mr. Fry for the prisoners. . Mr. Sergeant WILKiNs stated the case, and called Joseph Greenwood, who deposed that he was a sawyer, working at Miles Platten, adjoining the Manchester and Leeds Railway Station, and overlooker in the tank yard. On Friday evening, the sth instant, left work with a per son named John Kidd. On his way home he saw the two prisoners standing at a place called the Hatter's Cottage, and just after he passed, he (witness) was knocked down .by a blow from behind, which produced immediate insensibility. Recollects nothing more until he found himself in bed at his own house. Two , severe blows were inflicted on the left side of his head. Saw no other person about at the time, except the two priso ners and Kidd. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. GRAINGER, and it was elicited that the time now mentioned by the witness, as to when the assault took place, differed from the time he had named before the magistrates. Several other witnesses were called, who spoke to con versations between the prisoners and other men, from which it would seem that they, at least, were privy to the sault the prosecutor, if they had not abso ;" 4 t themselves. conspiracy to The learned JUDGE went over the whole evidence, ob serving upon it as he proceeded ; and the jury retired at ten minutes past eight, and on returning found the pri-, soners guilty. Sentence deferred. NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. BEVAN V. GLOVER AND ANOTHER. - Mr. Martin, Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Jones were for the plaintiff; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the defendants. Mr. ATHERTON having opened the pleadings, Mr. MARTIN stated the case. The plaintiff, Matthew Bevan, was an American merchant and ship-owner, of Phila delphia, and he was the owner of a vessel called the Ve nice. The action was brought in consequence of a colli .sion which took place on the twenty-fourth of January last between the Venice and a steam-vessel called' Finn' Mc. Coull. The circumstances under which the action arose were very short. Un the morning of Sunday, the 24th of January last, the Venice left the Prince's Dock at Liverpool, to proceed on her voyage to America. She left, having on board Mr. George Evans, one of the most experienced pilots in Liverpool. He had been a pilot for twenty-flve years. The Venice was attached to a steam tug, for the purpose of being towed out clear of the banks. Mr. Newton, the master of the steam tug had had great experience. They left the Prince's Dock about four in the morning, and it was high water about thirty- one minutes after Toth. o'clock. They first proceeded down the usual channel, which was called the Crosby Channel. The Mersey runs nearly north and south, and Crosby Channel is - a broadchaimel, proceeding im me- diately from the mouth of the Mersey. The - Crosby light-ship was placed near the middle of the channel, and there were buoys to mark out the course. Down to the Crosby light-boat was pretty nearly north and south. On arriving at the Crosby light they got into the Formby the Formby light ship is a little tarther down, about nine miles from Liverpool, and it formed the entrance to the the steam-tug and the Venice took on the morning in question. The wind was S.S.E. ; it was blowing pretty nearly direct from Liverpool down the channel. Nothing of consequence occurred before the collision except, and that was not of much consequence, that the tow rope broke somewhere between the Formby light ship and the Crosby light ship, which caused them to stop until a new one was put up. Upon approaching the Formby light, the pilot who had the command of the ship observed two vessels at anchor in the channel between the Formby light and the east side of it, and some vessels which had sailed in the morning were going down. The pilot t fore determined on g( the Foimliy light-ship he ported his helm put the helm as to get the vessel to the ea time when the occurrence which was ti beyond the Formby light seventy yards behind her. the Formby light-ship the tween the Crosby and the Formby 1 with the Veni It' FALSE REGISTRATION John Heywood, for making a false entry upon the parish register of marriages, at Eccles, in this county, was acquitted upon a point of law, no evidence being sub mitted to the jury. BIGAMY John Howarth, of Manchester, indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Ann Brunt; well knowing her to be the wife of Thomas Brunt, was found guilty. Sentence deferred. NISI PRIUS YATES V. FENTON -SATURDAY Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. It appeared, from the statement of the case by Mr. KNOWLES, that this was an action brought to recover the sum of £l7O, or of £l5O, which the plaintiff, William Leigh Yates, claimed as due to him from the defendant, John Fenton. The defendant is a surgeon at Liverpool; but before he commenced prac tice as a surgeon, or simultaneously with it, he carried on business as &chemist and druggist, in St. James's-place, Liverpool. In order that he might be enabled to confine himself to his practice, he was desirous of disposing of his business as a druggist. The business was accordingly ad vertised for sale, and the plaintiff, who was a gentleman living at Dartmouth, in Devonshire, and had been brought up to the business of a chemist and druggist, seeing the advertisement, wrote to the defendant on the subject. Eventually an agreement was entered into between the parties, by which it was stipulated that the plaintiff sho - uld give the sum of £3OO for the stock in trade, goodwill, and fixtures. It was at the same time agreed,that the plaintiff should pay down 1 - 20 as a deposit ; and 17211 was instantly paid down ; and some time afterwards, on the 4th of August, 1845, the plaintiff paid a further sum of £l5O, making, altogether, a sum of £l7O. Soon after this the plaintiff became ill, and was unable to pay the remaining £l3O necessary to iiaake up the £3OO. The defendant remained in the place, and continued to carry on the busi ness. In March, 1847, the defendant sold what remained of the stock to a gentleman of the name of Blythe for £llO. Thus the plaintiff had paid the defendant £l7O for some thing which the defendant could not give him. It was to recover this sum, or, at least, the £l5O which was paid in August, allowing the defendant to retain the deposit of £2O, for which the action was brought. The plaintiff was nonsuited, with leave to move to enter a verdict for the plaintiff for £l7O. BIRD AND OTHERS V. UNSWORTH This was an action, brought by William Bird and Wil liam Lunn against the defendants, John and Wm. Uns- defendants pleaded non-liability. Mr. KNOWLES stated the case. He said the plaintiffs were assignees of a person of the name of Patrick Hare, who carried on the business of a tallow-chandler, in Rane lagh-street, until June, 1846 ; and the object of the action was to recover a sum of £l,OOO which was paid by the bankrupt, Hare, to the defendants, shortly before his bankruptcy, under circumstances which entitled it to be recovered for the general benefit of the creditors. The factswerefewand simple. The defendantswere soap-boilers in Livhpool. There were considerable dealings between them and the bankrupt, and at the time of the bankruptcy there was a large debt owing to them by the bankrupt. The bankrupt carried on business in a somewhat consider able way ; and he (Mr. Knowles) should satisfy the jury, that, in the early part of April, 1846, the bankrupt was utterly insolvent ; that he must have known of his insol vency ; that he had acceptances due which he was unable to take up; and that he must then have_ contemplated —, irremediable bankruptcy. Ile s had at that time an account with the North and South Wales Bank, and in the early part of April certain acceptances were to be provided for by the bankrupt, the bank having re fused to supply the acceptances. But, the bankrupt having obtained a guarantee from the defendants to the hank to the extent of one thousand five hundred pounds, the bank then provided for. the acceptances. The defend . until May the 27th following, ',Ong after the time when the fraudulen preference was alleged to have taken place: On the Bth, ant again on t th, of Apri 4SsC4iis aLL,uurag, .t.vciitaLll,ea Li/ l.Jarne ana lope and other parties, and in three days after he collected all his property in an available shape and sent the whole of it to the defendants. That property then consisted of bills, cheques, and cash to the amount of £1,602, and the bankrupt, who was then unable to pay his acceptances, ,ole of this amount, withoul inlicitation, to the This constituted what the law called a fmu erence. The effect was, not to pay the de- Ly thing they had advanced on account of the guarantee, for they had then advanced nothing 'on that, but by sending them all the available assets there was any thing left to pay the creditors when Mr. ,came a bankrupt on the 11th of June. In such a state were his affairs on the 21st of April that the hat sent to him pressing him to diminish the balance owing . them ; and in a day or two afterwards the defendants a hen a meeting - . and Plitt, to know what ne was to of the creditors was held, at which a composition of 4s. in the pound was offered and refused, principally by the bank, and on the 11th• of June a fiat was issued. It was for the jury to say whether, under all the circumstances, the transfer of the £1,600 in April amounted to a fraudu lent preference. lARTIN contended transaction was not a volunt ment of a contract entered into between the bankrupt and the defendant, a proceeding perfectly justifiable and legal, and that it had not been shown Hare contemplated bankruptcy when he disposed of his property. ' The JUDGE remarked, that, in the 'performance of a !ct of a particu- side of 00. yards beyond .ed. , While be- Lt-ships those,bn board the steam-tug and the. VenieC Observed" a steamer coining from Scotland at a very quick rate. and aft ing the Formby light, they steered their vessel s. in such a I nstantaneously, when at the point mentioned came up at full speed, grazed the quarter of I through the rope by which the tug was attt Venice with her starboard paddle-box, stru board bow of the Venice, broke it in, carried anchors which was hanging to the Venice, dr an iron chain of 200 yards length, and was negligence of the people on board the Fin if so the defendants, Mr. J, Glover and a: of that vessel. were responsible. Last y( passed, laying down the express way in wh f the a, ', own Mr. G. Evan: hug £5O Joseph Newton, master of the tug, 11 man of the steam-tug, Wm. Downhat steam-tug, Mr. Joseph Cooke, superin Liverpool; Mr. William Hudson, a m ItheZ if a security were given in r ce, thee might be a fraudul to the def table. .t IVerdict for the defendant. 4. CAINE V. HORSFBLL the sum in question le bankrupt paid ow nits, he contemplated bankruptcy as inevi COOKE V. BLAKE This was an action brought by Ralph Cooke against John Blake, to try the right of way through a certain yard between Bold-street and Wood-street. The verdict was for the plaintiff on the two first counts, and for the de fendant on the remaining four. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. :AL...A AUG we:e. have been tolerably firm, with a disposition to advanee, caused by the decline in the markets for grain, together with the release of the Bank of France from its difficulties, which has only been counteracted by the pressing demand for money. The extent of this influence, and the purpose for which money is required, may be" judged of from a circular which is being transmitted by one of the Scotch Exchange Banks to solicitors and others; in the different towns of the north, offering a commission for procuring deposits for.over a year at five per cent. interest, to be used in advancing upon railway shares held over by par ties who are disinclined to sell at the present depreciated rates. The interest charged upon such operations may be estimated by considering that the banks advancing pay themselves, probably from 2 to 2i per cent. commission, in addition to the 5 per cent. for the lodgements. Commercial affairs generally wear a rather more healtny 'appearance. We are now assured that our • supplies of food are likely to be abundant ; acid that prices will'shortly be. brought down to a point which will place eOnSifruers in ability to devote an increased portion of their incomes -to the purchase of manufactured goods and imported produce. The country trade is found to be good and remunerative, the farmers generally haying profited by the recent high rates for their crops. The decreased etnisuntptiOn owing to the stoppage of working, and short time, of our manu facturing population is, however, a serious drawback. In the district immediately around Manchester, extending from four to five miles from that place as its centre, it is computed that.of the wages of factory hands, and others dependant on manufacturing operations, at lest £BO,OOO Or week are withdrawn from circulation. The effect of hiatus in the demand for all articles of household neces sity is readily conceived. Our Cotton Market, during the week, has been operated upon by the advices from America, per Montezuma ; and an active speculative demand has produced a rise of Ad. to VI. per lb., the market leaving off firm. Whether this advance can be maintained or not appears exceedingly doubtful, when the decreased consumption- caused by the continued stoppage of spinning operations is taken into account. How far this decreased consumption. is merely temporary, it is at present difficult to say. We have as certained, that considerable orders for manufactured goods, for theUnited . States, were received by the CaM bria ; and we understand that the Montezuma also brought orders. These however are, at present, being very spar ingly given out ; and are not likely, in the present con flicting attitudes of the markets for the raw material and for manufactured products, to induce a return to active operations. The India Mail brings nothing very encou raging for the manufacturer. bu; Corn Markets are rapidly declining, and we have every symptom of an approaching panic, and " a heavy blow and great discouragement," to corn speculators, by which some of our merchants, unconnected with trade, are likely to be considerable sufferers. The decline in Wheat, on Friday, was 2d. to 3d. per 701b5.. from Tues - day's prices. Indian Corn, which was, a few weeks ago, at 755. per 4831b5., was pressed in vain, on Friday, at 525., and even at 50s. All other kinds of bread-stuffs are going fast downwards. A week of westerly winds will probably bring matters to a crisis. Every recent purchase in the American markets must prove ruinous. One of the chief supports of our corn markets here has been, of late, the demand for Ireland. This is abating. The Irish farmers are at length bringing forward their stocks, which prove more extensive than was generally anticipated. Even the potatoe crop is showing itself not so deficient as was expected. The pits are at length being opened ; and those who have hoarded for famine prices, are finding out that they have held too long, Good sound potatoes, for seed, which, a month ago, would have real ized 30s. per barrel, are now offered for 20s. ; and the probability is that less must be accepted. It is satisfac tory also to the consumers to know that the' markets for butcher's meat are declining suffi.iently to bring so neces sary an article of food within their reach. The necessities of France appear to be the only draw back against the prospect of a return to ordinary prices of food. The ports of the Baltic, however, arc now open ; and abundant supplies appear to be about to pour into that country. By the favour of Nicholas of Russia, France will be enabled to pay for what she requires without crea ting any great drain upon the bullion required for the commerce of Europe. erntral General complaint is made in. the metropolis that the banks are issuing light sovereigns in great abundance. The English mint has eight presses, which strike sixty blows in a minute, and produce 3,600 coins in an hour. On Thursday, the price of the four-pound loaf was lowered a penny by the London bakers. Many crocuses are now seen in. the meadow near Not tingham, which is said to be the only place in England where those flewers are indigenous. So great has been the demand in Wiltshire for parsnip seed, which has been generally sown in the room of pota toes, that its price has risen from £5 to £4O the cwt. Baron M, de Rothschild is said to be in treaty with the Earl of Buckinghamshire for the purchase of the earl's estate at Hampden, Bucks. On Saturday week, at the market of Shaftesbury, Wilt shire, a Jew, named Marcus Lewis, exposed four pigs for sale, and after great laughter among the dealers, ulti mately sold them for £2. It is reported that convict ships are to be fitted up for the reception of convicts, at each dock yard, and that captains and lieutenants from the navy are to superintend the management of the prisoners when on board. The Bath Herald states that the- bakers of that town, in consequence of the high price of flour have resolved not to make hot cross buns on Good Friday, as it is thought that much flour will thus be saved. On Sunday evening last, a maid-servant employed by a family residing in London, was so overjoyed at seeing her lover, who came to escort her home, that she fell down and died almost immediately. An electrical clock is to be erected in the tower of Wenham church, near Ipswich, and the motive power is to be incessantly maintained by a perpetual electric cur rent derived from the earth. At Pontypool, on. Monday, a coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Hannah Thomas, for the murder of her infant son, 10 days old, and she was com mitted to take her trial. Drainage is working wonders in the county of Caith ness, where bogs and locks are rapidly disappearing, giving cheering promise of being speedily converted into and fruitful fields. The use of the bear-skin can, hitherto worn by the fu silier regiments, is to be discontinued. Our fine-looking soldiers are all to be disfigured by the cap which Prince A ~.. • . The Suburban Village Association has arranged with it , Pa chn.r. 11,1 r .1 .he convey- s than five huridred passengers each day from and to a village intended for London artisans, w is to be erected five miles and a half from London. On Tuesday afternoon upwards of 20,000 mackerel, caught at Plymouth, were brought into Billingsgate by the Great Western Railway. This sudden glut so reduced the price that mackarel were sold retail at six and eight for ti shilling. The Shropshire Conservative proposes that policemen should disguise themselves in asses skins, in which dress it thinks they would appear in character, and should thus watch arid take thieves, who might trust to their stupidity for impunity. At the Maidstone Assizes, on Friday, a nameless man was tried for arson. The confession made by the anony ;ht have led to his conic. aconclusive. he was aeunit- fit Derby A garaener roar KUICa tus wire and attempted to destroy a female neighbour who entered his house to see what had occurred, was tried for the murder. Evidence was given of his having exhibited madness on several occasions and the verdict was "Acquittal on the ground of insanity." At York, on Wednesday, a respectable pawnbroker, named Hoatson, was tried for forging a transfer deed of shares in the Eastern Counties Railway, andlound guilty The lefence was that no fraud could have resulted froin the peculiar circumstances under which t mated. He was sentenced to two months act was corn imprison PARENTS PROSECUTING THEIR CHILDREN.-At the Middlesex Sessions, on Tuesday, several children werE convicted of larceny at the instance Of their parents. The judge remarked that the present system enabled parentf he conic their children, and from that moment they were relieved of all responsibility of their support. They became the " children of the state." A SAGACIOUS CAT.—A " navie" lately left Brigham, Cumberland, and went to reside at Dumfries, taking with os,l, ;AI Con reachiriZ its destination Was Mardi 30,1847. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE.—On Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, a fatal accident occurred at Burraddon Colliery, by the bursting of one of the boilers used in working the engine of the pit, by which three persons were killed, viz., a man, a woman, and a boy. The colliery is sit ua t e d about six miles north of Newcastle, and belongs to Lord Ravens worth and partners. MRS. BUTLER, A MANAGER.—The Observer states it to be more than probable that Mrs. Butler (late Miss F. Kemble, for it is necessary to make the distinction, as there is another Mrs. Butler, who has advertised readings at Crosby Hall), will ere long become lessee of one of our metropolitan theatres ; the present tenant of the house being willing to dispose of his interest in it at only a mo derate profit, namely, .0,000 a-year beyond the compa ritively low rent he now pays. COMMITTEE ON THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—The com mittee now inquiring into the operation of the navigation laws, of which Mr. M. Gibson is the chairman, have agreed to report the evidence-to the house wee kly. This dcision has been taken in consequence of the condensed and imperfect .reports which have appeared in the morning journals, reports suggesting very faint ideas of the weight of testimony brought before the committee. Two more important committees than these have not been sitting simultaneously during any preceding session of parlia ment. THE BRITISH MUSEIIM.—A return, obtained by Mr. Moffatt, M.P., shows that the total amount of money that has been expended in the new buildings and fittings of the British Museum, from the commencement of the rebuilding in 1823, up to Christmas, 1846, is £606,500. The estimate of the cost of completing the building, in which sum is included the expence for fittings in the years 1847-48, amounts to the sum of £106,911. The amount that may be required for fittings in subseque n t y ears can not. at present, be estimated by the architect, as it will depend upon the nature and extent of the collections in progress. AN UNTOWARD DREAM.—A respectable auctioneer of Chesterfield was troubled last week with a dream that led him to inflict on himself a serious injury while. under its influence. He dreamt that he was much troubled with a nutshell that had become jammed between his teeth, and so strong was that impression, that he tugged violently at the supposed shell to re li eve himself from it; awakening with his efforts he found, to his great consternation, that he had pulled out a sound double tooth, which had been; the night before a firm-set and serviceable grinder, but which he then h e ld b e t ween his finger and thumb.—Der byskire Courier. The Educational malcontents have waited on Lord Lansdowne, and been by him again assured that this year's grant is to be administered with perfect impartiality. A concession," too, was obtained from his Lordship to the effect that any school of private foundation, which, after having received Government grants, and submitted to in spection, shall afterwards decline the grants, may free it self from the inspection also. This result is, of course, no more than what every man of common sense knew before; and we doubt much whether the iteration of it will ap pease the discontented. impartial assistance will not do the Dissenting bodies any good ; and they know it. LORD SANDON'S COMMITTEE ON OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA.—Lord Sandon has nominated his commit tee to inquire into the state of our commercial relations with China. Amongst the members there are no less than four connected by representation or family with Lancashire. The noble lord himself, Mr. Wm. Brown, Dr. Bowring; and Mr. Ewart. Witnesses will be sum moned both from Manchester and Liverpool, from whom scope striking statements will be elicited, showing the perverseness of our policy► towards China, particularly with respect to the importation of tea. No evidence will be taken until after Easter. DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO AN EXCAVATOR.—On Wed nesday se'nnight, a frightful accident occurred to a work man engaged in blasting on the Trent Valley Railway, in the neighbourhood of Polesworth. The poor fellow had been boring the rock for the purpose of blasting, and hav ing charged the aperture with powder, he applied the fuse, but from some cause it did not explode. He then left the place, and returned in about an hour, and commenced boring in the same part of the rock, when the friction caused the charge to explode, and the unfortunate man was blown to the distance of some yards, his body being dreadfully mangled. He survived only a few, minutes. Two fellow-workmen were also injured, but not so as to cause any serious apprehensions.—Birmingham Adver tiser. INCRISASE OF FEVER IN GLASGOW.—We regret to learn that the ravages of fever continue unabated, and that the disease is on the increase. The returns made by the dis trict surgeons to the managers of the infirmary up to Thursday last show that on that day the maximum of cases treated in the hospital was of corresponding, almost identical, amount with the maximum of cases treated in the houses of the patients. Under these circumstances, the managers of the infirmary have been unremitting in their exertions to find adequate accommodation, as they have been prevented from receiving the daily accumulat ing cases by absolute want of room. The auxiliary hos pital established in Rottenrow (the New Lock. Hospital) has for some time been completely filled, and it has there fore become necessary to establish another auxiliary insti tution, for which purpose a building has been purchased in Dalmarnock-road, Bridgeton, which is capable of being: fitted up in a week or two for the accommodation of about 100 patients.—Glasgow Argus. THE PROVISION SQUADRON.—Captain W. H. Hall is to take the Terrible, steam-frigate, loaded with meal, to Scotland. The Odin, steam-frigate, is ordered from Cork to h C P . o l A y r, m k, o nw u: ae l n t s o gt eraem-1 orders,o g. havinga te T , h i e Dr agon, teo s d t steam-frigate, provisions:r f n ri g t 4 a i s vonport after she has discharged her cargo at. clifden. The Bull-dog, steam-sloop, at Cork on the 15th inst., was ordered to take 860 sacks of meal to the tenor cuter.; mittee at Dingle. The Scourge, steam-sloop, having transferred to the Dasher, steam-vessel, at Westport, for distribution, some of the supplies on account of the Society of Friends, proceeded to.Clifden to•discharge the remainder, and is then to return to Liverpool for another cargo. The Avon steam-vessel, is ordered from Holy head to Oban. The Zephyr, steam-vessel, is distributing supplies of clothing, shipped by the British Relief Asso ciation, from Cork to Bantry. The Centaur, steam. frigate, left Portsmouth, on Thursday, with a large cargo of provisions, for Kenmare. The Rhadamanthus, steam transport, has proceeded from Liverpool to Fort-George, Inverness, with meal. The Portland, 50-gun frigate, is loading at Portsmouth with a large cargo. Her stowage is immense. EAVESDROPPING POLICEMEN.—At the trial of a man at Cambridge, on Tuesday, on a charge of setting fire to two corn-stacks, an inspector of police was called to speak about statements said to have been made by the prisoner whilst in his cell, and it turned out that the inspector had overheard them by listening at the door. Mr. Justice Coleridge thereupon interposed, and said that he should receive with the greatest reluctance, if, indeed, he should not reject, evidence so obtained, for it was impossible that a jury should not suspect, and perhaps disbelieve, all the evidence of a person who had descended to such unworthy means of gaining information.. The inspector then urged that he had often been blamed for not having , on similar occasions, listened to what had been said. Mr. Justice Coleridge said that if such a course of proceeding was sug gested to policemen it could no longer be a matter or wonder that an ill opinion of them was entertained, and that their testimony was received with distrust. It must, however, be obvious to every person of good sense and good feeling, who might be discharging the duties of a po• liceman, that such a mode of obtainin g evidence against 3 , man accused of crime was most proper. The counsel. for the prosecution, deferred to the opinion of the judge, and withdrew the witness. The jury, however, were sa tisfied with the other evidence, and found a verdict of Guilty ag ainst the p r i soner , w h o was sentenced to b e transported for ten years. EDUCATION WANTED.—One of two navigators sen tenced at the last Westmorland assizes to transportation for life for an atrocious crime, has addressed a letter to Mr. Thwaite, the governor of Appleby gaol, dated Lon don, March 7, 1847, of which the following is a literal copy :—" Dear Friend,-1 take the pleasure of writing these few lines to you, hoping to find you and all your f - olth has it leaves me at present, thank God - iree has gone away above four months The other t ago, ana Lam yet. riease to give my best respects to. John Bridget, and to John Tate, and if you churl hapen to see my Brother, tell him that I am. in good health, Bless the Lord for it. And I chud like to hear from some of them, So that I could write to some of them for a few shillings, to get a little Prayer Book, to take away with me when Igo away. This his some of my own writing, and this his but the second time that I have writ on paper. And you must make the writing out as well has you can, and I hope you will send me a letter has soon. nas you.can, to let me now how you are all getting on, and. I will send you another letter,—WlLLlAm SMITII.—When, the writer of this letter, in the summerofl246, was com mitted for trial, he did not know the alphabet, and was, been companions, as teac lad_ he would. in nil ler and - pupil, when the Teen a virl ,uous anc f society TUE CUICSTERFIELD MURDER. —On Friday week, John Platts, twenty-six years of age, a butcher, was tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, on a charge of having murdered George Collis, a man about the same age, with whom he was 'connected in business, at Chesterfield. It appeared from the evidence that prisoner and deceased had had a quarrel about.money, and that, on the night of the inur ht to the shop, stupified with drink, `y, and another man unknown, and .er, Co is was bl there killed with a hammer or a cleaver. For w_ after the murder it was supposed that Collis had abscon ded; but as some parties were cleaning oat a cess-pool, they discovered the remains of a human body. which was ascertained to, be Collihs's, by the clothes. Platts and Morley were apprehended. Morley, almost immediately after his appiel, ,e months ension, was seized 'With brain fever, and tied raving mad. No trace has yet been found of the third party, but the guilt of Platts was clearly established by a long chain of circumstantial evidence. The case was adjourned to Saturday, on which day the jury found the the prisoner guilty of murder. 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Twelve a horse to go Is wer offerer vet to an inquiry whether chargeable against Messrs Aid del TLEY A :e of an Verdi amount claimed ...70.1f.5 I. 11 u•.a.a,, Aspinail V. ROGER D ANOTIIE OTHER t Verdict for plaintiff, I nce of £197 17 2d. Verdict fox publican, defendant T £4O Bg., being thi is of ale sold andd ,t to r „ . Mr. Martin stated that that was the ca as they had agreed to refer the damage Mr. KN. OWLES hoped it would not col refering the damages. lie then addr the defendants, who, he contended wa.s. was only in the event of their beir aVentellt vtaz Luc ivnutt, 111 111.11,1.11.8V/11 , ... those in the Finn M'Coull, they could And the plaintiff. And if those on board the pla were at all to blame for the accident, the lie contend! acciaentw as contributed to—first must nalurally'te exp ected tut a steamer won The Finn M'Coula o beyed. every-regulation sh tjuired to do, did everything she aught to have lo to a ques that th Id Mr: Thoinas Berry Ho: of this town, the defendant recover a sum of £BOB for work done, commission, tated. It appeared that the plaintiff had I in one of the defendant's vessels on an African ity of supercargo, and was to he paid tract drawn up, by a tion was brought to ill the cap, :utage nn the cargo, which consisted of palm oil. )rm of the contract was as follows :—That the plain ould be _paid six per cent. on the nett proceeds on deducting the usual charge, as ar- A.ssociation, namely, £4 per ton ,frican I sum of X 175 (included in the amount Übove nr the trouble he hattin preparing a cargo for the, Packet, A vessel ilelongiog to the defendant. the hot released from the basket in which it had been conveyed. It was missed shortly afterwards. and the disappointed owner has discovered that it has contrived, to find its way back to Brigham, a distance of sixty miles from Dumfries. —Carlisle Journal. Great consternation prevailed in a union -house in Essex, a short time since, through_ the , freak of a man of weak intellect, who having been placeu in the dead house, containing a coffin, in which was corpse of a wan, changed dress and place with the corpse! On the porter entering to relase him, the corpse, wl.' " Silly rim" had placed upright, fell: upon•which' the porter went in great alarm to fetch the governor • - the return of both, a living, though shrouded fi was motionless ; and on the t Den" had the laugh against them "Po!' hiM, the prisoner said, " I am innocent of having clone the murder." Mr. Justice Patteson then passed sentence of death, and the prisoner, who appeared I but slightly moved by the awful fate which awaits him,. ', was remexed from the bar. During Monday it was cu,r rentlY reported that Platts had freely and unreservedly 'tssed to having been a direct party in the horrible ~,edy. We immediately instituted an inquiry into,the .ritth of the statement respecting Platts' reported confess • , • sion, and we are informed that,' in the presence of several 1-, : magistrates, Platts made a statement, which, although of a very rambling description, left on their minds no doubt 4d on whatever of his guilt. We are not enabled to,say more at - : but it must be very ____ satisfactory -to the peblic W .91- -- "-e ^1,,, :.- • gib/ —Aired, and, the porter know that the verdict of the jury has teen so early admit rick being disc4yerett "Silly test to he just. We believe the epeution is fixed to take place r gn TbArgiay next, April 1„.. 7 -.ppsby. Arerccy. , • t &;: l i c ni Derrve Au; Guir Grac Hevl t St. Agni Lim, Lad! Law Hong Jan. 1 Wham Tho Tar, 31st 1) Chit Fair Will Of sail: Tho Ann The was al The ca by, the Mar ras, J( Abb Cor MA shore tnstan hard,, Doh; Ye c Rai