The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

April 6, 1847. korai Pasws. On Sunday, Baron and Lady Rolfe attended Divine service at St. George's Church, in the Crescent. The Crown business was finished on Thursday after noon, after which Mr. Baron Alderson left for London. The new landing stage is now in a state of great for wardness, and is expected to be completed next month. VERY PROPER.—On Thursday, Police-officer Page (486) 'was suspended for using unnecessary violence in taking a prisoner' at the Prince's Dock. The Rev. Charles Davies has been appointed to the Incumbency of Holy Trinity in this town, vacant by reignation to the Rev. Thomas Bibby. CAUTION.—On 'Wednesday, Charlotte Green, aged 27, of Westmorland-street, Caine by her death through her clothes taking fire while nursing her child. On Wednesday, a woman, named Catherine Molloy, was committed for trial for having caused the death of her infant child. On Thursday, Margaret Farrell was convicted in the 'mitigated penalty of £l2 10s. for selling wine and spirits in a saloon at the Amphitheatre, without a license. The Liverpool Dispensaries are now relieving about 600 new cases weekly, and have given medicines and medical aid to upwards of 10,000 patients since the commence ment of the present year. At the annual meeting of the township of Bootle-cum- Linacre, on Thursday, Mr. P. Donally was unanimously re-elected surveyor for the ensuing year; at a salary of £BO. On Sunday night, as the ten o'clock Woodside steamer was proceeding hence to the ferry, when about half way across the river, a man, name unknown, mounted the bulwark, jumped oxerboard, and was drowned. • A splendid new steamer, called the Orion, is about to be placed on the passage between this port and Glasgow. She is to be commanded by Captain Hugh Main, who has been long and favourably known as a commander between the two ports.s , REMOVING SPIRITS WITHOUT A LlCENSE.—Yester day Peter Warbrick was charged with having removed a "allon, and three pints of whi sk y , from board a Dublin ' steamer. The prisoner was mulcted in the mitigated penalty of £25. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Good Friday, a porter, em ployed on the South-Western Railway, stepped from be tween the rails into the engine track, Just as the up-train was coming and a down train about to pass. He was knocked by the up train beneath the wheels of the down train, which passed over his legs and crushed them fright fully. He is not expected to recover. CHANCERY COURT OF LANCASHIRE. — A new order was made on Thursday by the Vice-Chancellor, to prevent a defendant delaying a plaintiff by taking out unnecessary .orders for further time to answer. A defendant will now be able to obtain only one'order as of course, and if he should desire further time, it can only be obtained under special circumstances. COMMITMENTS. -- On Saturday, at the Police-court, Thomas Evans, for stealing a cap in Albion - street , three months ; Frank Finn, for cutting open a bag of sugar, seven days ; Mary M'Ghee, for stealing meal at Victoria Dock, one month ; Michael Hughes and Thomas Fl y nn, for stealing 411bs. of biscuits at the Prince's Dock, seven days ; a little boy, named John - Ferguson, for stealing ropes at Brunswick Dock, one month. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAIL. — The royal mail steam-ship Cambria lett the river for Halifax and Boston on Sunday, carrying out about £350,000 specie on freight and 120 passengers, including Sir Garpard de Mar chant, Governor of Newfoundland, and the Count de Redepont, French Minister to the United States. She 'has on board the largest mail ever despatched. The total number of letters and newspapers is about 146,000 ! con tained in 156 bags and thirteen iron boxes. SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS. — On Thursday two stylish looking men, named William Dawson and Robert Searle, were placed before Mr. Rushton, in consequence of having been found, under suspicious circumstances. near the Borough Bank. Officers Toole and Grisenthwaite stated that they saw the, prisoners dodging about, and knowing - them to be what are termed flash characters, took them into custody. One of them had a handsome cloak on his arm, respecting which Mr. Rushton directed inquiries to be made. The prisoners were remanded. The inhabitants of Scotland-road and the neighbour hood have memorialized the Town Council to have the clock of St. Martin's Market made to strike the hours of the day, and to be lighted up at nights, as it would be of great convenience to the public, and especially to the working Classes in the neighbourhood; and also to have a lamp placed over the central gate in Scotland-road Mar ket, as it is very awkward for the thousands of people who go in and out of the market, especially on Saturday nights. We hope the Market Committee will do this, as it will be a great boon to that part of the town. FELONY. — On Saturday, at the Police-court, a sailor, named Charles Smith, was charged with stealing wearing apparel belonging to a person named Thomas Martin. It appeared that the prisoner had been stopping at the complainant's house for a few days. On Tuesday morning complainant found his chest broken open, and a jacket taken away. The article was afterwards found in the shop of a second-hand clothier, named James Kennedy, in Park-lane. It was produced in court, and sworn to as being the complainant's property. The prisoner said he was runk when he took it. Mr. Rushton sentenced him to 14 days' imprisonment. ILLEGALLY PAWNING.—During the course of last week, a female named Mary A. Brocklebank, took lodgings at the house of a Mrs. Smith. On Thursday morning, Mrs. I ;raith missed some bedclothes from the sleeping apart ment of her lodger, and, upon questioning her as to what had become of them, she said she had pledged them, and vould show her where they were. Upon this, Mrs. Brocklebank led her up Toxteth-park-road, to the pawn shop, when Smith gave her into the custody of police constable 325, who brought her before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with the above offence. The articles were pledged for ss. 6d. The prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine of 60s. or in default to be imprisoned for one month. The complainant and the pawnbroker were to divide the loss between them. STEALING INDIAN MEAL.—On Saturday, an Irish labourer, named Cornelius Desmond, was chargel by police-officer 273, with stealing 41bs. of Indian meal; he was committed for seven days.—Thos. Corneze and John Sweeny were also charged with the same offence ; the for mer had taken 41bs of meal, the latter only a very small quantity. On Sweeney being searched in the Bridewell, the sum of £4 in gold, besides some loose silver and cop per, were found in his pocket. Police-officer 273, said that these persons make a practice of going down to the quay side, and picking up the loose grain, sold it to beg gars like themselves. Mr. Rushton sentenced them for one month each, and said that the money found on Sweeney was to go towards paying for his lodging in gaol, and to be appropriated for his keep during the time of his incar ceration. • STABBING.—A coloured person of the name of Thomas Brown, and a boy and a female, well known to the police force, named Thomas Parkinson, and Alice M`Neile, were brought up before. Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with stabbing a person named Wm. Edwards. It appeared that all four were drinking at a public house in Skelhorne street. A gentleman named Swan saw the female stand ing with Edwards on the door-steps of the public-house, and she was using bad language to him. All at once the complainant rushed from the steps, and cried out that he had been stabb d in the back. Mr. Swan heard the woman say " By God, I'll kill him," or something to that effect. Police-constable 224 took the prisoners into cus tody, when there was an attempt made to rescue them. Inspector Hudson said the prisoner Brown was a most notorious character, and the dread of the neighbourhood. Mr. Rushton fined them £5 each, or in default to be im prisoned two months. BRUTAL ASSAULT By WORKMEN.—For several weeks a dispute has been going on between the o p era ti ve ropers *yid their employer s relative to the e e n m t plo}iment of women Instead of men in some department s "This has lead to threats and intimidationo tOnietl:Picpneanritnaogsf. the men, and in some instances, we hear, violen ce been exercised towards the individuals who were willing to embrace the terms offered by the employers. On Thursday, three brutes, named James Dobson, William Carr, and James Turista'', were brought up, charged with a violent assault on three young women who were em ployed at a ropery near the Old Swan. It appeared the Prisoners waylaid them as they were leaving their work, and beat them most violently ; so much so, that they are in a very dangerous state, and could not make their ap pearance to give evidence. The surgeon who was in at tendance on them appeared in court, and stated that the • eomplainants would not be able to attend for several ( lays, and the prisoners were remanded for a week. THE JUDGES IN DANGER. — AS Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron itolfe were proceeding to their respective courts on Wednesday morning, an accident occurred which might have been, but fortunately was not, attended with serious consequences. Their lordships rode, as usual, in the high-sheriff's carriage, drawn by four grey horses, and driven by two postillions. The horses were going at a rapid rate. along Dale-street, when the wheeler, upon - winch oue of the postillions was seated, stumbled and fell. The other three horses continued their pace, dragging for a considerable distance the fallen wheeler with them. The Postillion succeeded in extricating himself from the stir toPs and in ming a sure footing uon the sidepath. gr. ' Baron Alde a rs k on, who appeared so p mewhat alarmed, Put his head out of the window, and by continued hailing Made himself heard by the postillion, who pulled up. His lordship, on finding that the other postillion had escaped uninjured, expressed the gratification he felt, and ordered the horses to be walked the remainder of the clis 'toece to the court, an order which, of course, was strictly leyed. Mr. Baron Rolfe did not appear to be in the ghtest degree alarmed. The high-sheriff was in the t 'arriage at the time. THE GREEN-LANE WATER WORKS.—A most satisfac t°l7 experiment of the force and applicability of the new Corporation -water for extinguishing fires was made on Tuesdav night, in Dale-street, by Mr. Dowling, Mr. Duncan,the-etgineer, and Mr. Hewitt, assisted by seve ral of the Fire Brigade. The *tains throughout the whole t °n'n arc not yet supplied with the necessary plugs for general use, but they are complete to a great extent. Mr. Dowling has commenced drilling the Fire Brigade to the use of this water, which will be continued until the men are sufficiently instructed to make use of it on all O ccasions of fire, and we have no doubt that by judicious attention to its management it will eventually supersede the use of fire-engines altogether. Mr. Duncan has been -n ulefatigable in his exertions to carry out this scheme for 'a good supply of water for fires, and by its completion we - ,.!nticipate the most beneficial results. On Thursday, Mr. I'Donald, superintendent of the Liverpool and Herring- Lon Water Works, made some further experiments as to Practicability of raising water from the mains without the a id of fire-engines. Eight plugs were opened close to the alvr Custom-house, and a hose attached to each ; the :_aole were kept i n o p era ti on a t one time, and the streams 1 water reached an elevation of from eighty to ninety r e o , and occasionally even higher. The water used on ccasion was obtained from the mains connected with the Green.lane Works. \ t 4 ^_ Distrat &W. MANCTIKSTER RACES.—Through the intervention of M. Philips, Esq., M.P., the queen's plate has been transferred from the old to the new race course. It is rumoured that several of the factories in Wigan are about to recommence the short system. At present there is only one. Mr. Warburton, the member for Kendal, has announced his intention, at the dissolution of the present parliament, to retire altogether from public life. CHESHIRE ASSIZES.—The business of these assizes commenced yesterday morning. Mr. Justice Wightmau commenced in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Coltman at Nisi Prins. Sour KITCHEN.—This establishment still continues to supply daily thousands of the poor of this town and neighbourhood with a tvholesome diet. The quantity of soup prepared varies from 5,000 to 6,000 quarts, with a greater or less number of loaves.—Manehester Examiner. NEW LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE RIEBLE.—The first stone of this structure, about to be erected at the Double Stanner, was laid yesterday week, by Paul Fleetwood, Esq. TAE CROPS.—Never did we see, at all events, for a considerable period, the crops look so well as at the pre sent time, in the neighbourhood of Wigan. During the week the weather has been very changable, but to use the farmers' own words, "it has been all for the better." — Preston Pilot. - - NEW COURT FOR SMALL DEBTS.—J. S. T. Greene, Esq.. judge of the county court, held a court at Rochdale, on Monday last, for the appointment of officers, when Mr. James Woods, solicitor, was appointed clerk, and Mr. Henry Lord, high bailiff. The next court is fixed for the sth of April, for the dispatch of causes. On Thursday, as fourteen colliers, men and boys, were descending a pit, at Church Gresley, a wheel broke, and the nest was precipitated to the bottom, the rope giving way and falling upon them. Seven were taken out dead, and six were so dreadfully injured that their recovery is despaired of. CAUTION TO SMOKERS ON 'THE RAILWAY. — At the Rochdale petty sessions, on Wednesday last, a foreigner, named Adolph Cassebohm, cotton manufacturer, resident at Rochdale, was convicted in the penalty of ss. and costs for smokinc , a cigar in one of the first class carriages on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, on Saturday week. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.--In conse quence of the recent decline in the corn markets, the bread bakers of Wigan (at all events a. great portion of them), have this week reduced the price of their bread from 24d. per lb. to 2d. for the same quantity.—Preston Pilot. BLACKBURN POST-OFFICE.—The mid-day departure for Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, and all parts of England, &c.. has been discontinued, in consequence of a change in the arrangements of the Blackburn and Preston branch of the East Lancashire Railway. A bag is now despatched at 11.30 a.m. instead of the late despatch at 1 p.m. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, an inquest was held at the Half-way House, on the Oldham load, before Mr. Henshall, deputy coroner, on the booty of a collier named Samuel Fletcher, who was killed at the Woodside colliery, on the previous day, by a large stone which fell upon him from the roof of the pit. A verdict of acci dental death was returned. THE SEASON.—We have had a remarkable variety of weather this week. After a good spell of comparatively warm days, we were on Thursday morning surprised by the changed face of nature, the whole country being cov ered with snow. „, Snow continued to fall, sometimes pretty thickly, - the whole day. Yesterday being Good Friday, we are obliged to suspend our record till next week.—Lancaster Gazette. BREACHES OF THE FACTORY ACT.—At the Oldham petty sessions, on Thursday, Messrs. Wm. Heginbottom and Co., of Greenacres Moor, were charged by Mr. E. Davies, sub-inspector of factories, with having neglected -to, enter the name of Sarah Whitaker, one of their factory workers, in the registry of workers, on the 26th of March, and also with having neglected to obtain a medical certi ficate of the age of Sarah Whitaker. The defendants admitted the offence, and were convicted in two penalties of £2 each and costs. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—YES fate furnishes a remark able instance of the instability of human greatness, and there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take some simple remedy, he allowed disease to gain the ascendancy over his constitution, and death was the result. Thus it is that persons cannot be too watchful of their state of health, and being always provided with a safe and efficient medicine, such as Frampton's Pill of Health, enjoy the two greatest blessings of this world, health and long life. AN UNINTENDED TEMPTATION.—OR a field in the outskirts of Manchester, there is erected a board, on which is painted the following rather tempting notice : " Five Pounds Reward. Any Person found, breaking down or removeing, any Rails or Posts, from the fences of this estate, shall upon conviction receive the above reward." We omit the name of the solicitor, to whom application is to be made for the reward, lest he should be pestered with a crowd of applicants, willing, for the sake of the £5 offered, to break down as many fences as might be thought desirable, and to find witnesses to convict them of the offence. CHANGE RINGING.—On Tuesday evening last, the ringers of Prescot rung in a masterly style, on the bells of the Parish Church, a peal of grandsire triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in three hours and three minutes. The ringers.were placed as follows :—Robert Clitherow, treble; Thomas Hutchen, second ; James liaison, third ; M. D. Dumbell, fourth; Lawrence Wainwright, fifth; Thomas Denton, sixth ; John Bullock, seventh ; William Byron, eighth ; conducted by John Bullock. Considering how lately change ringing has been introduced into Prescot, the above performance does great credit to the ringers of that town. AN ImrosTon..—At the Bury petty sessions, on Thurs day last, Henry Savage, a young man, about 24 years of age, who has been residing in Bolton, and has only one arm, was brought up on a charge of imposing upon the charitable inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Bury, Tottington, and other places, by means of a fictitious letter, which recommended him as an object of charity, and asserted that he had lost his arm in consequence of injuries received while tending a thrashing machine. When apprehended at Tottington, on Wednesday, by police-c'onstable Saggerson, a sum of 6s. sd. was found upon him. He stated that he had purchased the letter from a man on the road from Bolton to Bury. lie was committed for fourteen days. INFAMOUS DECEPTION. TRANSFORMATION OF CALVES INTO RABBITS.—We understand that a novel and extraordinary trick, in connexion with the " slinking trade," amongst a class of the butchers of Blackburn, has just been detected. It consists in the conversion of calves, extracted from slaughtered cows, skinned, and otherwise manipulated upon, into fine full-grown rabbits ! There are certain mysterious changes effected in the external ap pearance of these unborn calves, such as splitting the skull, &c., which, it is said, gives them very much the appearance of the genuine denizens of the rabbit warren. We are informed that no fewer than six of these trans formed animals were found by the police yesterday, in the possession of two parties in this town, who had purchased them as rabbits. It is high time that disgraceful tricks of this kind, too long and too generally practised: in this town and neighbourhood, should be visited with an amount of punishment proportionate to the enormity of the offence. Imprisonment, with hard labour, is the least penalty to which these traffickers in carron and other unwholesome food ought to be subjected.—Blackburn Standard. 'WESLEYAN ASSOCIATION MISSIONS. —The annual meeting of the Auxiliary Society, Grosvenor-street Circuit, was held in the Tabernacle, Grosvenor-street, Chorlton upon-Medlock, on Monday evening last, William Howe, Esq., in the chair. The meeting was opened by the Rev. T. A. Bayley, after which the secretary, Mr. J. F. Fletcher, read the report, from which it appeared that the missions are in a prosperous state, and the funds much improved, there being an increase in the contributions from this cir cuit of upwards of £7, and an increase throughout the m co i n ss u i e o ti a o r n ies o! ,vio upwardslao labour rf in£ 5 O the o . w. T e h sf i t s society Indies, Germany,h ave fif interest s and w someas excited parts in o th G e reat Britain. A which good America, deal closed a little after ten o'clock. The tot:l e c e o t n in t% for this year amount to £77 9s. 4w.—The Juven n ile u trs s sionary Society, in connection with the Sunday School, held their annual meeting on Tuesday evening; in the large school-room under the Tabernacle. William Wilson, Esq., in the chair. The report was read by Mr. Millen ' the secretary, from which it appeared that the boys and girls have not been behind in the great missionary cause. CHANCERY OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1. (Before Horace Twiss, Esq., Vice-Chancellor.) WOODWARD V. STAVELY. The purpose of this suit was to carry into effect the trusts of the will of a testator named Woodward, who left several infant children, the plaintiffs in this cause, and directed that his business, which was carried on at Manchester and Preston, should be carried on for their benefit. The trustees were desirous of acting in this respect under the sanction of the Court, and it was ac cordingly referred to the Registrar to inquire whether it would be for the benefit of the infants that the trade should be prosecuted. The Registrar found that the Preston business produced an annual profit of £4OO or thereabouts, but that the Manchester business was not a profitable concern. The Registrar also found that the testator had especially re: ommended his children to the care and management of Mrs. Staveley, the wife of the trustee by whom the business was to be carried on. and therefore he found and submitted that the same lady would be a proper person to be appointed a guardian of the infants. Mr. Little and Mr. Adams appeared for the parties in the cause. A doubt was expressed whether it would be regular and proper, and according to the course of the Court, to appoint a married lady the guardian of infants : it was, in fact, vesting the appointment in the husband. The Registrar mentioned a case in which the court had ordered the allowance for the maintenance of infants to be paid to a married lady for her separate use, but to ae by her applied for the benefit of the children. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that the Court was in the habit, generally, of approving of the appointment of a married woman as the guardian of infants ; but there was no absolute rule precluding such an appointment. Many circumstances might appear, as age, the state of the family, consanguinity, absence of other persons willing to undertake the office, or other reasons, rendering such an appointment one of peculiar fitness. In this case there was the strongly expressed confidence of the testator, and the fact that the husband of the lady was the party in trusted by the testator and by the Court to carry on the business, which appeared sufficient to make it proper that the Court should support the finding of the Registrar. The Preston business was ordered to be carried on, the Manchester Luslness discontinued, and the stock sold. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. • SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY. Elizabeth Johnson, aged 33, who was attired in widow's .weeds, and was accommodated with a seat in the dock, was indicted for the wilful murder of William Henry .Johnson, on the 27th of November last, at Barton-upon ' Irwell, by administering arsenic to him. The jury retired for about half an hour, and at twenty minutes past seven o'clock returned into court, and delivered a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner bore .her trial with great apparent fortitude; and after the summing up of the judge, her countenance betrayed no symptons of uneasiness whatever as to what might be the verdict of the jury. The trial occupied the Court the whole of the day. NISI PRIUS COURT.-TIIESDAY. DOE DEM MOLESWORTII V. ELLIOT AND OTHERS, This was a special jury cause in which the Rev. J. E. Nassau. Molesworth, the present vicar of Rochdale, was the plaintiff, and the defendants were a numerous party of individuals residing at Rochdale, of which Mr. Elliott, attorney, was the principal, who had become tenants under leases granted by the predecessors of the plaintiff. The action was one of ejectment to recover possession of certain glebe lands, and to test the validity of the leases under which it was held by the defendants. Mr. Knowles, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Robinson ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin, Mr. Watson, and Mr Cowling for the defendants. Mr. Knowles stated the case. By an act passed in the year 1764, power was given to the vicar for the time being, and his successors to make a lease for 90 years under cer tain conditions, and let land to parties applying for it, in order to improve his possessions and render them more profitable. The conditions of the lease were, that the most improved ground-rent should be obtained, and that there should also be a covenant to, build and keep in re pair. At the time of the passing of the act the Rev. Dr. Drake was the vicar, and he afterwards exercised the powers granted by it, but not with discretion, and for the benefit of the church ; he granted several leases, and among others was the one in question. Some discussion took place between the opposing coun sel, with the view of settling the matter, as the question was considered merely a legal one for the opinion of his lordship ; but no agreement took place. A number of documents were then put in, showing the rights of the plaintiff, and the leasing of the glebe lands, &c., by the Right Rev. Dr. Drake, in the manner stated by Mr. Knowles. Subsequently another attempt at com promise was made, which resulted in a verdict being taken for the plaintiff subject to certain conditions. After the arrangement had been made, 11,1 r. MARTIN complained that the terms obtained for the defendant were not very liberal, and remarked strongly npon the case. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff. A bill of exceptions to the summing up of the Judge was tendered by Mr. Martin, which will have to be argued in the superior courts. LEES V. THE HUDDERSFIELD RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. This was another special jury case, in which Thomas Lees was the plaintiff, and the Huddersfield Railway and Canal Company were the defendants. The declaration stated that the defendants had seized and caused to ibe removed certain buildings belonging to the plaintiff, for which he was entitled to compensation to the amount of £5OOO. The defendants pleaded four pleas, upon which issue was joined. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. Martin, Mr. Hoggins, and Mr. Robinson for the defendants. Mr. KNOWLES stated the case. In the year.lB4s, the defendants obtained an act of parliament authorising them to make a railway, and to purchase land, &c., for that purpose ; and under the provisions of this act they took possession of the premises of the plaintiff, and were there fore bound to make adequate compensation. Mr. MARTIN, upon the part of the defendants, admitted that the facts were not disputed, but he contended that £5,000 was an exorbitant demand, about £2,500 over and above what a competent appzaiser had valued the property at. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. NISI PRIUS COURT.—Tntinsnay. ACCEPTANCE OF A BILL. KENDALL AND ANOTHER v. BROWNELL (s. J.) , In this case Messrs. Martin, Noggins, and Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Messrs. Knowles and Atherton for the defendant, and the action was brought upon an alleged acceptance of a bill of exchange for £B2BO 14s. 2d. The plaintiffs are the executors of Mr. William 'Brittain. who died in the year 1838, and Mr. Brownell is the partner of the firm of Messrs. Brittain, Wilkinson, and Brownell, an , old-established house in Sheffield. Mr. Wm. Brittain was formerly a partner in the firm constituting this hoase, but ceased to be so in the year 1821, leaving a large sum of money belonging to him '43. the then existing partners, to be used for business pur poses, in trust for himself. The business was carried on some time, Mr. Geo. Brittain being a partner. Connected with the house at Sheffield there was a house at Rio Ja neiro in the name of Brittain, Scheiner and Co. In 1828 Mr. Wm.Brittain had retired, and the house - in Shef field was carried on by Mr. Charles Brownell and Mr. Robert Robinson and others. On the death of Mr. W. Brittain, his executors the plaintiffs, became entitled, and the present action was brought upon a bill of exchange alleged to have been accepted by the Sheffield house, drawn by Mr G. Brittain, payable to Mr. W. Brittain. This bill was said to have been drawn at Rio Janeiro by Geo. Brittain, upon the house of.Brittain, Wilkinson, and Co. The bill was ad dressed for Mr. William Brittain, and remitted to Eng land, and arrived here in due course of time, and, it was alleged, accepted by the Sheffield firm. The question at issue between the parties simply and shortly was, whether the liability to pay was absolute liability or conditional to pay in the event of George Brittain's interest in the Shef field house. Mr. Knowles was proceeding to contend that it could not have this meaning, when Mr. Baron Rolfe interrupted him, and said it was clearly no acceptance ; the defendants refused to accept the bill, but said that they would pay over certain sums, if directed by Mr. George Brittaln. Mr. George Brittain wrote them ac cordingly, and the letter which, in consequence, they wrote to Mr. W. Brittain on January Gth, 1830, must be taken to be the carrying out of that previous agreement. The learned Judge, then addressing the jury, said that in the case of oversea bills like the one in question, it was not necessary, as in the case of inland bills, that the acceptance should be on the face of the bill-; it might be by letter, or even by word of mouth; but, in the present case, there seemed to be a positive refusal to accept on the. part of the defendants. They said they could not accept the bill drawn by Mr. G. Brittain, but that they would pay over any sums that they might realize on his account. A letter afterwards comes from Mr. G. Brittain, authorizing them to do this, and they then said they were glad to have received instructions " to credit the draft," which could not mean to "accept the bill," but to do that which they had' said they would do before.—Verdict for the defendant. LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE MEN. SOWLER v. SIMPSON.—In this case Messrs. Baines, Pashley, and Sowler appeared for the plaintiff, and Messrs. Martin and Hugh Hill for the defendant, and the action had been brought to recover £lO 17s. 11d. for work and labour done. The plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Sowler, is the proprietor of the Manchester Courier, and the de fendant, Mr. Samuel Simpson, was an attorney at L4n caster, but is now living independent, and the action was brought to recover the amount named from the defendant as a provisional committee man of a contemplated line of railway which was to have been called " The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company." The company was pro visionally registered on the 22nd September, 1845, after which several advertisements appeased in the different newspapers, which contained the list of provisional com mittee men, and a copy of these advertisements was sent to Mr. Simpson, he having consented to act upon the committee. The advertisement for the payment of which the action was brought appeared on the 18th and 25th of October. The evidence to render the de fendant liable was to show that he had taken an ac tive part in promoting the formation of the line, and had recommended the solicitor, Mr. Coulburn, to advertise in the provincial papers. Mr. Martin addressed the jury for the defendant. He said the attorney in the case for Mr. Sowler was Mr. Coulburn, the very man who had acted for the railway company. Mr. Sowler had nothing whatever to do with the action more than having lent his name, and it had been brought by Mr. Coulburn, who was really the responsible party to Mr. Sowler, to save himself and those who acted with him from their respon sibility ; for the truth was, Messrs. Coulburn and Norris, attorneys, got up the company, conjointly with the three promoters whose names had been mentioned, for their own benefit, and they were the persons who had taken the steps for the purpose of carrying the project out. Mr. Simpson, being a provisional committee man, was not liable merely because he had manifested a desire that the matter should be made public. The learned Baron left it with the jury to decide whether, in their opinion, the defendant had rendered himself liable by the part he had taken in the different interviews which had been de posed to. If they should have any doubt that he had authorised the insertion of the advertisements, then the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict. The jury retired, and after an hour's absence returned a verdict for the plaintiff. WATSON V. ASPINALL, , A case of no interest, closed the Salford list. Verdict for the plaintiff, by consent, £7OO. CROWN COURT.-WEDNESDAY. Michael Fitzgerald and John Richardson, found guilty of obtaining money under false pretences from Messrs. Barbour, of Manchester, were sentenced—Fitzgerald to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour, Richardson (recommended to' mercy) to one year's imprisonment, with hard labour. Maria O'Neill, for feloniousl} wounding and stabbing Margaret M'Cumsky, was sentenced to two years' impri sonment, with hard labour. Michael Trainor pleaded guilty to forging a promissory note ; sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. _ _ _ Walter Tattersall, convicted of housebreaking at Liver pool, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour. Michael Bird, convicted of having killed Mary Anne Meldon, a child five years old, by pressing her with his cart against the wall, was (it being an accident) sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. William Warbrick, police constable, was convicted of slaying a lad, named John Riddell. This was quite unin tentional, and the man was a steady well conducted officer, who threw a stone at some lads in a boat, to make them come to land ; a small injury was caused to one of them, which being neglected, after some days inflammation took place, and caused his death. Fined Is. William Bradley, for making a false declaration in regard to a pawn ticket, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour. NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY. ACTION AGAINST A SHERIFF ' S OFFICER. LEIGH v. STANDISH. — The plaintiff in this case was Mr. John Leigh, a saddler, in Liverpool, and the real defendant, Walch, a sheriff's officer. Last year, a Dr. Cronin being indebted to the plaintiff, the latter brought an action against him, and having obtained judgment, a writ was issued for the debt and costs, amounting toge ther to £44 3s. 10d. This writ was entrusted to Walch, but he returned that Dr. Cronin had no goods on which to levy. Walch had at the time in his possession the remnant of a former levy on the goods of Dr. Cronin, which lie did not hand over. He was also informed by plaintiff's attorney that there were certain goods belong ing to Dr. Cronin lying at the house of a person named Redmond ; the defendant, however, took no steps to secure them, 'and returned that Dr. Cronin had'no goods on which to distrain.—Verdict for plaintiff; dainages,£ls. AN ARCHITECT'S BILL. ED WARDS AND ANOTHER V. HENDERSON.—The plain tiffs, Messrs. Edwards, are architects and surveyors, car rying on business in Hanover-street ; the defendant, Francis Blair Harrison ; and the action was brought to recover payment for the drawing of plans and superin tending the erection of a house in Ashton-street. It is usual, it appeared, for architects to charge five per cent. upon the estimated cost of a building; but in this case, by agreement, the defendants were to receive only £3 per cent., at which rate they were entitled to £6O, and a further sum was claimed for measurement. After being partly gone into, the case was referred to Mr. James. DOE DEM. GORST AND ANOTHER V. TIMOTHY.—This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover possession of the Grapes Inn, Lime-street, from Mr. Timothy, who has occupied it since 1829.—Verdict for the plaintiffs ; speedy execution. ATTORNEYS' BILLS. GREEN v. ALDERSEY.—Mr. Charles Green, attorney, of Clarendon Buildings, in this town, was the plaintiff; Mr. John Aldersey, the defendant; and the action was brought to recover £36 14s. 3d., the amount of a bill for work done. Undefended . — Verdict for the plaintiff. GREEN v. WRlGHT.—Verdict for the plaintiff ; da mages, (deducting £l2 14s. 6d. paid into court,) £l4 4s. SHARE TRANSACTIONS. BAYLIFFE u, BurrrnwonTn.—The plaintiff, Edward Bayliffe, is a sharebroker in this town ; the defendant, Mr. James Butterworth, a gentleman residing at Oldham. On the 3rd of July, 1845, the defendant employed the plaintiff to sell for him twenty shares in the Huddersfield T an in d le S y h a e n tE d eld so J , Junction Railway R m a s i . l‘ 6 v d ay Company.. a i;, Th . e shares i w ia e d re sh s a o r l e d s o h n i the behalf h an d of s the of a plaintiff t o iff we to n , 11 1 1 ,_ e lt s_srs Thomas lh ought to have been delivered, iaore:ealele,ealddefennedtaenrt would not give them up. The shares :-ere subsequently wenteY bought in for Messrs. Tinley, and: the market having risen, - the twenty shares cost 10s. more than the price at which they were sold by the - plaintiff to Messrs. Tinley, and he had brought this action to recover it from the defendant. His lordship directed a verdict to be given for the plaintiff for £2105., the amount of commis sion, with leave to move the court above to increase the damages. BAYLIFFE v. F. M'FARLANE. — This was another share transaction, the plaintiff being the same as in the pre ceding case, and the amount sought to be recovered was £93.—Referred. BOARD AND LODGINGS. ... --- ECCLES V. Wnionr.—Thomas Eccles was the plaintiff, and Hamlet Wright the defendant. The plaintiff was a beerhouse keeper, in Great Nelson-street, and the action, which was undefended, was to recover the sum of £6 6s. 5?..d. for board and lodging. Verdict for plaintiff. LEES v. CHADWICK AND Ux.—ln thi s case , i n w hi c h the plaintiff was nonsuitcd . last week, i n consequence o f the absence of the plaintiff's attorney when the case was called on, Mr. James, for the plaintiff, applied for a rule `absolute to set aside the nonsuit, on the ground that the attorney was attending before an officer of Chancery at the time the ease was called. Mr.Tyndal Atkins on sa id it was a very trifling case, the plaintiff complaini ng th a t th e defendant's wife had put water into the milk, and the ex cuse of the attorney was not a good one. His l or d s hi p granted the rule, the plaintiff to pay the costs incurred. The case to be tried at the next assizes. CROWN COURT.-TIIURSDAY. UTTERING FORGED SHIPPING NOTES James Fletcher, 21, was placed at the bar, and arraigned for having uttered two forged undertakings for the pay ment of 3 each, with intent to defraud James Wood, at Liverpool, on the 18th of January last. Guilty—twelve months' imprisonment. UTTERING A FORGED DOCUMENT, Charles North, 28, a man of colour, was indicted f or having uttered a forged undertaking i. the pnyment of £2 55., to Owen Malian, knowing the same to be forged. This terminated the criminal eusiness of the assizes. CIVIL . SMITH V. FISHER AND ANOTHER. This action was brought to recover the sum of £l6l 75., being the amount of loss upon a re-sale of 64 tons 10 cwt. of Ichaboe guano, agreed to be purchased by the defend ants from the plaintiff, at the rate of £6 per ton, on the 10th of March, 1846. The jury found for the plaintiff Xl6l. ACTION UPON A POLICY OF INSURANCE. WHITEIVELI ?;. - HARRISON, (s. J.) -In this case Messrs. Watson and Henderson appeared for the plain tiff; and Messrs. Martin and Crompton for the defen dant ; and the declaration was upon a policy of an in surance of a vessel hence to Quebec and back. Mr. Watson stated the case to the jury. The plaintiff, he said, was the owner of a vessel called the Governor Hal kett, which, subsequent to the transaction forming the subject of the present inquiry, was lost, and the action had been brought against the defendant as underwriter upon a policy of insurance which had been entered into so far back as the Ist of April, 1845. The vessel in ques tion belonged to Mr. Whitwell, and was chartered on the 13th of March, 1845, to Rigby and Mercer, on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec, where she was to take in a cargo of pine deal, with which to return to Wallasey Pool. She proceeded to Quebec, leaded her cargo, and left Quebec on the 19th of July. On the 26th of August she made land. She had fallen in with bad weather, but ultimately, on the sth of SepteMber, arrived in the river Mersey, and came up near to Wallasey Pool, having with her a steam-tug and a pilot on board. When she came up close to the poOl, it was found that there was not suf ficient water to carry her over the mouth of the bar of the pool, and she was directed to be brought up in the neighbourhood of Seacombe, where part of her cargo was discharged, with the view ligtening her, in order to get her into Wallasey Pool. On the 14th September it was discovered that she had sustained very serious injury ; the water had rot into the vessel, her keel was out of the water, she had parted from her cable, and had driven up on a bank. It would seem that he had either come upon a rock, or pricked upon an anchor. Ultimately her rig ging was taken off, and on the 18th September, by the as sistance of two steam tugs, she was taken into Wallasey Pool, where the residue of her cargo was discharged. The defendant (remarked Mr. Watson) said that' the plaintiff had been damaged and injured by the perils of the sea. The qUestion would be, whether or not these injuries had been sustained during the voyage, or when it could be said the voyage had terminated ; and the point which the jury would have to decide was, whether or not the vessel had arrived at her port of destination when she was so damaged. By the charter and policy of insurance Wallasey Pool was the place where the vessel was to be discharged. Captain llillman, master of the vessel at the time of the occurrence which gave rise to the present action, deposed to the facts relative to the matter ; and Mr. Joseph Cooke, superintendent of pilots, spoke to the situation in which the vessel was lying in the Mersey, and deposed that, in his opinion, the captain, under the circumstances, had acted judiciously in taking his vessel to the place in the river where he had done, and discharging part of , her cargo. This closed the case for the plaintiff, and it being now half-past five o'clock, his lordship adjourned the case until two o'clock the following day, and the court then rose. NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY. This day being Good Friday, the court did not open till two o'clock. WIIITWELL V. HARRISON. This case, which had been adjourned from the preceding day, was proceeded with, .and Mr. Martin addressed the jury at considerable length. The JUDGE laid down the law briefly to be this—that as soon as the vessel reached Wallasey-pool, in the Mersey, and was moored there for twenty-four hours, and dis charged a part of its cargo, the liability of the underwriters ceased ; anti that that ceased w h e th er or no t th e capta i n intended to proceed further up Wallasey-pool, there to discharge the remainder of his cargo. Tie lu , y returned a verdict for the defendant. THE NEWTON CONSPIRACY. THE QUEEN V. SELSBY AND OTHERS.—This was an indictment for conspiracy at Newton-in-the-Willows, against no fewer than twenty-six defendants, of whose names we subjoin the following list :—Henry Selsby, William Read, John Bonsfield, Alfred Cheeseborough, Francis Dawson, John Dumbell, Gilbert Gray, Peter Grundy, Samuel Mills, William Murgatroyd, Joseph Platt, James Quarry, Nathan Ramsden, Joseph Smith, Robert Westwater, Thomas Wilson, Thomas . Wright, Joseph Blemiars, John Firth, George Leach, John Ro berts, Geor g e Scholes, John Thomason, Rowland Wil kinson, and Elijah Bowman. The case for the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr, Monk, and Mr. Pollock. Mr. Pou-ocx read the Indictment, which charged the defendants with intending to impoverish and injure John Jones and Arthur Potts, ironfounders. There were several counts in the indictment, one of which alleged. that they had conspired to prevent fifty journeymen, work men, and apprentices, from accepting work at the foundry. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS opened the case. Whatever might be the opinions of those who had counselled the defendants, their offence was calculated to injure society, and the jury were bound to find a verdict. The prosecu tors were the proprietors of the Viaduct Foundry, at Newton ; and all the defendants, except Selsby, had been in their employment, A disagreement arose, and they attempted to dictate to the prosecutor as to how they should conduct their business. They came to the masters, and almost insisted that apprentices over a cer tain age should not be engaged, and that no men should be employed who did not belong to a certain trade's union, called the Journeymen Millwrights Benefit Soci ety—a society that had the enormous fund of £lB,OOO at its command. The masters would not submit to this dictation, and then fifteen of the defendants left, and those who remained became so turbulent that they were obliged to be discharged. Then the discharged workmen ' formed themselves into bands to prevent workmen from, a distance entering the emp l o yment. The learned coun seltheettetnadllaengtes.d various ac ts of intimidation practised by the d Constable Jones, from Warrington, was the first wit ness called. He proved the apprehension of several of the defendants. He also proved the finding of Selsby's letter on Cheeseborough, and the conversation he had with Selsby when he arrested the latter ; and when, prior to the arrest, Selsby mistaking him for Jones, the prose cutor, waxed communicative, and admitted that he was the acting secretary of the millwrights' executive, the author of the placard, and the writer of the letter to Cheeseborough, enclosing ten pounds for the turn-outs. At the house of Quarry, the defendant, a number of hooks and papers, and a balance-sheet, were' found. Papers were also found in Bowman's box. Witness had been several pickets prior to the apprehension of the de fendants. They Walked backwards and forwards on the road in the neighbourhood of the foundry of Jones and Potts. They walked in twos and threes ; sometimes in sixes and sevens, nines and tens ; and they spoke to per sons going along the roads. Cross-examined by Mr. KNOWLV.S.—The pickets were very peaceable. He had never seen them otherwise than well conducted. Selsby said, when arrested, that if they had done anything wrong, it was contrary to his instruc tions. He admitted that most of the apprehensions had taken place, and most of the boxes of the prisoners had been broken open, late at night. Elizabeth Pendlebury proved that she had pointed out Quarry's and Bowman's boxes to the first witness. Both these men had lodged at her house, and . they' had been out of work for three months. At twenty minutes past six o'clock, the further hearing ,- of . the case for the prosecution was adjourned to nine the following morning. NISI PRIUS COURT-SATURDAY. The trial of the twenty-six ironfounders and engineers, charged with conspiracy at Newton-in-the-Willows, was re sumed this morning, before Mr. Baron Rolfe. Mr. Jones, c ons t a bl e, reca ll e d, produced a letter to-Cheese borough from Selsby, a nd an account-book of the society, found in Elijah Bowman's box. By. Mr. BAINES: When I opened the box I had no warrant of any kind against Bowman. Mr. WATSON objected to the papers just produced being read. They were taken from two of the defendants, and there was no evidence to show that his clients had the least know ledge of their co n t en t s. Th en , aga i n , here was a man going without a warrant and breaking open another's box. He had never known an instance in which a- highwayman who took papers from another could produce those papers as evidence in a court of justice. His Lanni IP over-ruled the objections. Mr. WATSbN: There is a celebrated instance on record, in which the breaking open of a box was strongly deprecated, at the revolution. His LORDSHIP:. Sydney's case. Ay, but that is a different thin;: The minute-book of the committee was then read. Some of the rules passed were, "that so and so be allowed to work ;" "that no more than four zo on picket, &c." These were the strongest expressions used. A great variety of documents and other letters were then read. They revealed little more than the usual organization of the trade society. The whole day was consumed in adducing evidence to prove that the pickets were upon the roads preventing men from entering the works, and intimidating them under a variety of circumstances. A clerk from the works of Messrs. Potts and Jones was called prove the number of worknen who had left, or been induced o leave. _ James Pemberton, formerly a special constable at Warring ton, spoke to letters produced being in the, hand-writing of Selsby. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS: I understand your lordship to rule . that we could not adduce in evidence what has' been done at Glasgow or Belfast? His LORDSHIP: Oh dear, no I This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. KNOWLES then addressed the jury on behalf of those of the defendants who were his clients. He began by asking his learned friends for the priisecution if they would oblige him by telling him upon what count or counts of the indictment they had proceeded? Mr. Sergeant WILKINS declined. Mr. KNOWLES then delivered an admirable 'and eloquent address. He said the facts were few, and much of the evidence which had wasted the time of the court was not applicable at all, or so remotely applicable, that he need not think of or dis cuss it. His learned friend, in opening, had read documents, with emphasis and theatrical tone, whi c hi were not compatible, he thought with that cool judgment which juries were called upon to exercise. He had mixed up with the case much which did not belong to it; for instance, he talked of men like the de fendants "prating about political freedom." From the very beginning of the case up till that very moment had there been one word or syllable which showed that the defendants had any political purpose? For his part he could see no harm in what his friend called "prating about political freedom ;" and when constables, without warrant, break open the defendants' boxes, he should not have thought worse of the defendants, seeing that an Englishman's home is his castle, if they .had burst forth into one of the noblest exclamations of Chatham. His learned friend had talked,—lie could not but think sarcastically,—of I the " length and breadth of the indictment." " Never was such an appropriate phrase," said Mr. Knowles, rolling out the parchment on the table, " I believe it would reach from one end of the room to the other. it is twice as large,—we have measured it,—as the famous monster indictment in the famous O'Connell case. Now any indictment is intended to let an accused man know what he is charged with ; and is it fair, I ask, to perplex any man by putting into his hand this long string of charges? In the time before the flood, when men lived to be eigt hundred years old, and ',when forty or fifty years was of no consequence,_ then this indictment might be pleasant reading; but we, who have shorter lives, who live in railway times, and must do every thing in haste, how can any man read this extraordinary thing, with no less than twenty seven charges, the party charging being so bewildered as to what he is to harge that he is obliged to spread his net this way and waite on Providence for the result? Of the twenty seven charges, the framer knew he could convict only on.one. Here it is," continued Mr. Knowles. " I will roll it up. I believe you will pay little attention to it. And, instead of ad dressing myself to each count, which might fill the interval be tween these assizes and the next,(laughter)—l shall consider the general merits of the case, and see if a case has been made out against my clients. The indictment charges a combina tion : to that extent we plead guilty. There may be a combina tion to carry out a legal object by legal means, and beyond that I deny that there has been any. Every great, every charitable object in this country (and it has made the country what it is) has been brought about by combination. There was such a thing as combination amongst masters, too ' • combinations bearing heavily upon the working man ; and it would, indeed, be hard if the law should give its shield and protection to the stronger and the wealthier class and not allow the working classes to combine for their own protection." Mr. Knowles proceeded to contend that the law, beyond all question, did allow them to combine. He knew there was some doubt on this matter in olden times ; he knew that, some, years ago, it was thought a crime for workmen even to fix a price for their labour; but statutes had repealed the common law. Mr. Knowles then, with great ability, considered the evidence as affecting his clients. Ile wished, he said, that his learned friends bad put in the rules of the society. If they had, every one in court must desire to see many such societies in the land. It was a friendly society, formed to relieve the needy. Not one penny of the funds of the society had gone for the purposes which they had heard of that day. The rules, as one of the do cuments showed, were open to the inspection of both masters and men. If the impoverishment of , Messrs. Potts and Jones were not the primary object, if it were incidental only, then, lie contended, the indictment could not be sustained. Mr. Knowles, in conclusion, impressed upon the j ury th at a con spiracy shouldi be shown by acts; and, in all his life, he had never heard of a conspiracy where there was no evidence or force, where the acts were so light as men walking and stand ing, confining themselves to speaking . quietly to parties going by. No one, he added, could entertain any regret that the in dictment could not be sustained, for, in regard to Selsby, it was founded upon illegality ; in regard to others, upon documents obtained from a box broken open by fraud. Mr. BAINES ? in a very able and argumentative speech, then addressed the jury on behalf of his clients. He quoted the re buke which Lord Denman gave in the O'Connell case on the extraordinary length of the indictment, and said, he had hoped, that, after that rebuke, there would have been no more monster indictments; yet here was one twice the length of that which had called forth his eloquent animadversions. He had calcu lated, from the number of the counts and the number of per sons, and found there were not less than 4,914 questions for the jury to determine: a pretty number for a criminal case. After a warm and able comment on the general merits of. the case, Mr. Baines treated of the progress and present condition of the law affecting combinations. Mr. WATSON then addressed the jury with great ability and at considerable length. Baron Roerr: carefully and impartially summed up, taking on the whole a view favourable to the defendants. The Jury then retired, and, after an absence of ten minutes ; returned a verdict of guilty against Selsby, Bousfield, Dawson ; Cheeseborough, Platt, Quarry, Wilson, Firth, and Bowman ; and not guilty against the remainder. The court, adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. SCREW PROPULSION. (From the Nautical Standard.) We have noticed the result of the first voyage of the Sarah Sands, a large packet ship built of iron, and trading between Liverpool and New York. We have since then seen the plans of this vessel and her engines, and the whole subject appears so interesting that we are glad to be enabled to follow it up by a few remarks. We have abundant proof that steam navigation cannot be maintained with distant countries without the sup port of a Government contract for carrying the mails, such ves sels virtually become monopolies in the conveyance of passen gers, and are at the same time but of little service to the mercantile community in carrying cargo. We may therefore consider that except for the conveyance of mails and first-class passengers, steam has not till now been successfully employed on a large scale for long voyages and the merchants' service. The Sarah Sands is the first instance, we believe, in which the question has been fairly tested, and m e are not wrong, therefore, la attaching great importance to the experiment. The Sarah Sands was built at Liverpool from the plans of Mr. Grantham, consulting engineer. She is shout 1300 tons, new measurement, and 160 horse power. Her tirst voyage was commeneed on the 20th of January, under the command of Capt. Thompson, and having encountered most severe gales, and a few delays, she reached New York in 20 days 10 hours. To give some idea of the state of the weather, we have been informed that the Halifax steamer, which preceded the Sarah Sands, was upwards of 19 days to Boston, and some of the finest of the sailing packets were upwards of 50 days. This establishes the question as regards the sailing qualities of such a vessel. The next thing to be considered is the amount of stowage, in addition to the apace required for the machinery and coals. These occupy less than one-fifth of the length of the vessel, leaving room for nearly 1,000 tons of cargo, besides large and magnificent cabins. We have here then a case where steam power is so applied that considerable speed is attained during a long voyage, with a vessel having large carrying powers, the object so long de sired but not till now fairly attained. We may therefore justly . mark this as a new era in steam navigation, exceeding in im portance, if we are not mistaken, any previous step in this most important branch of our national strength. There are other features connected with the Sarah Sands that deserve no tice, and add greatly to the merit of the experiment. We have been assured, that, contrary of all preconceived views on the subject of the screw propeller, viz., that it must be worked at a high velocity, that either a multiplying power must be applied, or the engines be worked at a greater speed than is desirable, (and although the engines of the Sarah Sands are coupled direct to the screw) tl'e pistons never exceeded 200 feet per minute during the highest speeds attained by the ves sel, about 12 knots, and that the average speed was 180 feet.* The machinery also is placed so low in the vessel that it is many feet below the water line, and acts as ballast for the ship. About three years ago Mr. Grantham read a paper, a copy of which is now before ns, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, in which he stated his views, and at the same time submitted plans to the Admiralty such as be has since applied to the Sarah sands. It does not appear that other engineers agreed with him in the opinion he had formed, and since then large orders have been given out by the government for engines for screw steamers. Some of these are worked by spur wheels, or, with the intention of driving the pistons at high velocities, both of which plans Mr. Grantham has shown to be unnecessary. The Lords of the Admiralty now in office however, hearing of the success of the Sarah Sands, sent an engineer to i n sp ec t h er , and his report has been highly satisfactory. Had Mr. Gran tham not had opportunities of accomplishing his plans in the course of his private business, the results he has shown might still have remained unknown, o r o th ers m i g h t have steppeein to reap the reward to justly due to him. We trust he will not stop here, but pursue this important subject when we may hope to see still further improvements. * The rate of a piston for such engines in the paddle-wheel steamer would be 220 to 240 when running free. LOCAL MEETINGS. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.—On Friday the annual con ference of the Sunday School Teachers of Liverpool and neigh bourhood took place, in the forenoon, at the Chapel in Great George-street, and was very numerously attended. Delegates were present from the several parts of the'country. We should have presented a report. but, the proceedings being of a theolo gical, rather than of a political nature, do not properly come within the cognizance of a newspaper. A tea party was held, in the evening, in the Music-hall, Dr. Raffles in the chair. The room was crowded to excess, and numbers were refused ad mittance, from the fact of its being impessible to accommodate them with seats. After tea the president delivered a short ad dress, which was followed by a paper, by M r . R o b inson, on the " Connexion between the Church and Sunday Schools." The meeting was also addressed by Mr. Miller; of Manchester, and other delegates from the eastern districts. WALLASEY CommissioxEns ev The usual monthly meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening, at the Queen's Arms, Liscard, H. Winch, Esq., in the chair. The repots of a committee appointed to inquire as to the expediency of the - commissioners becoming proprietors of a ferry for the conve nience of the parish was read. The report etated thatovith the view of ascertaining the most eligible site for the purpose, they had availed themselves of the services of Mr. J. IL Hart ley. • That gentleman, after examining the existing ferries, recommended a point midway between Seacombe and Egre mont, at a place called Codline - -e'ap. The committee, however, recommended a piece of land belonging to Messrs. Cannon and Miller, nlittle further south than the Codling-gap. The esti mated expense of erecting the works, exclusive of land and boats, was stated to be .15470. Mr. Mann moved the reception of the report, and in doing so, stated the reasons which had, induced the committee to adopt the site they had selected, the principal of which were its position in reference to the town ship, and facilities it afforded for carrying out the works.. In the course of the discussion which ensued, Mr. Meadows-ob jected to spending .e50,W0 of the township money for the pur pose of a ferry. Mr. John Parry. seconded by Mr. Feet's, submitted an amendment to the effect that the report be not received. On a division the votes were equal, when the chair man gave the casting vote in favour of the motion, and the report was accordingly received. It was ordered that the plans, &c., should lie on the table for the inspection of the commissioners. After some other business the meeting ad journed. - MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—On Thursday the usual weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held at the Revenue-buildings. Mr. Alderman Bramley-Moor presided- The following members were present :—Messrs. Nichol, Mo lyneaux, Houghton, Boyden, Mann, Bold, Rankin, Tobin, Kendall, Gladstone, and Lockett. The committee of works re commended the removal of the offices of the north and south harbour masters, to rooms at the Central Police Station. The matter was referred to the harbour masters committee to in spect and report. The warehouse committee submitted a list of men whom they recemmended to be appointed permanent labonrers at the Albert Dock. The harbour masters commit tee reported that they had investigated the complaint against ' the master of the Waterloo Dock, by Pickling Brothers and Co., and that he was not to blame. A copy of the regulations for working the Canning Graving Dock for tides only, was read, and referred for a week for further consideration. A salary of 15s. a week was ordered to be paid during pleasure to John Zobart. a superanuated dock-gateman. Owen Lewis was appointed dock-gateman at the Albert Dock. in place of Rich ards dismissed. A further report was submitted from the solicitor. with reference to the damage done to the ship Con queror. but it was ordered not to be read until after the re porters had withdrawn. A letter was read from Messrs. James Hodgson and Co., requesting that some allowance might be made to them for the removal of their premises from the north to the extremity of the south shore. The board decided that the question could not be entertained, A letter was read from Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, requesting that the north docks might be placed, in respect to crane berths, in the same position as the south docks. It was referred to the harbour masters' committe. A letter was read from Mr. Herbert, secretary of Trinity House, relative to the store belonging to that corporation at Hibre Island. They stated that the store had been undermined last winter, and that prior to incurring the expense of putting it on a secure condition, they wished for an extension of the lease on which they held the property. It was referred to the Marine Committee. Messrs. Ward and Co., consignees of the Lapland, from Boston, wrote to say that, while the vessel was lying in the river, she was run foul of by six of the corparation mud flats, by which damage was sus tained, and they were entitled to compensation. Theletter was referred to the harbour masters's committee. A letter was read from Mr. Peter Halliday, suggesting that a shed for oak bark ought to be erected at the Queen's Dock, was referred to the committee of works. The committee then disposed of their financial business, and shortly afterwards adjourned. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.—At the monthly meeting of the Council, on to-morrow, the proceedings of the Finance Committee will comprise a resolution upon the reference from last Council, relative to laying a rate, under the provisions of the Act 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 43, intituled "An Act for the Encouragement of the Establishment of Museums in large Towns.—The proceedings of the Watch Committee will com prise the appointment of assessors,of the lighting rate for the year 1847-8 ; the appointment of collectors of the lighting and fire police rates (in conjunction with the rates to be levied under the Sanatory Act) for 1847-8 ; and the proceedings for laying the usual fire police rate cf one half-penny in the pound for 1847-8. The report of the special committee appointed to take into consideration a general and comprehensive plan for the improvement of the municipal borough will be submitted; a watch rate will be laid upon the parish of Liverpool, the townships of Kirkdale and Everton, and those parts of the townships of West Derby and the extra-parochial place of Toxteth-park which are within the borough. A report of the Town-clerk to the Council, on his establishment, will be sub mitted, so, also, will the Coroner's account, amounting to .t - '125 18s. 3d. The Mayor's communications will comprise applications from the following persons for compensation, under the sanatory Act, for loss of office :—Mr. William Shaw, Mr. Comenius Davies, Mr. G. E. Cunningham, Mr. S. B. Rogers, Mr. P. Macauliffe, Mr. William Dickenson, Mr. James Standing, Mr. David Griffiths, Mr. E. J. Strachan, Mr. John Longworth, Mr. Thomas Whaley, and Mr. William Sainsbury; ancra table of rates for the regulation of charges by master porters. The business of the day will be wound up with the following motions, of which notices have been given : by Mr. Higgins, " That the Newsham-horse Estate be placed under the management of the Gardens' Committee, with a view to their laying out for public use as gardens, walks, and drives, such portion of it as may be required f or t h ose purposes. " By Mr. Cooper, " That in any futureapplication to parliament, it may be an instruction to the committee to take powers to widen Park-lane, from the Custom-house to Crosbie-street." By Mr. Parker, "That in consequence of the unfavourable hearing of the report of the government commissioners on the Corporation bill, for the better supply of the town with water, it is not desirabla that any further expense be incurred in the prosecution of the said bill." INQUESTS. On Saturday no fewer than ten inquests were held. The first was on Mary Boreham, about fifty-six years of age, who lodged at No. 1, Upper Essex-street. It appeared that, on Thursday night, she went to bed apparently in good health, and that on the following morning she died suddenly, most probably in one of those apoplectic fits to which she had been subject for the most part of her life.—The second was on Michael Collins, about twenty-two years of age, who, on the 19th o f J anuary last, was on the landing- s t age of the Seacombe slip waiting to get on board the Prince of Wales, which was coming alongside. Whilst getting on board that steamer, he missed his footing, and, catching hold of a friend who stood near, they both fell into the river.- The friend was taken out of the water imme diately, but the deceased sank, and his body was not found until Friday, when it was discovered off the new battery on the. North Shore.—The third was on a female child unknown, aged about three months, which was found in the Salthobse Dock by two men who were engaged in warping a vessel. It had a bruise on the right side. It was wrapped in a chemise and a. nightcap, and did not appear to have been long in the water. — The fourth was on Elizabeth Barton, aged about sixty-three, who lived in Porter-street. It appeared that, about twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, she went to bed in good health, with the exception of a swelling in both her legs, with which she had been troubled for the past month. In the course of the night, she quietly breathed her last.—The fifth was on Mary Susannah Ashmore, of Bedford-street, Toxteth-park, about six months old, who was placed on one side of her mother, on Wednesday night, and was most probably suffocated- front having been overlain.—The sixth was on Martha Crabh, of Lower Beau-street, aged about nineteen. On Thursday -night, she was sitting by the fire on a stool, with her head leaning on. a box, when a hot coal flew out of the fire and set her clothes in a blaze. She was so severely burnt from head to foot, that she only survived the injuries twenty-four hours.—The seventh was on Patrick Quin, aged twenty-eight. He was engaged at the works at the new North Dods, and, on the 10th instant, he prepared a piece of rock for blasting, and then charged it with gunpowder. It missed going off at the usual time. lie accordingly went to clear it out, when the powder ex ploded, and he was heard to exclaim, " I'm smashed." Two of the fingers of his left hand were blown off, and his right hand was also very much injured. He had the entire charge of the blasting, and there was no blame attachable to any of the other workmen. He died in the Northern Hospital.—The eighth was on E len Kensley, about seventy-six years of age, who lived in Camden-street, and who fell down suddenly on getting out of bed on Friday morning and instantly expired.—The ninth was on Michael Neale ' two years old, who lived with his parents, in. Summer-street. It appeared, that, about three weeks ago, he was left with some other children in the kitchen, and that in a very short time his clothes took fire and he was so severely burned in the breast and neck that he died on Thursday last.— The tenth and last was on a new-born male child, found by a little boy in a field near Prince Edwin-lane. There were na marks of violence on the body, and it was wrapped in a piece of old calico. Verdicts in accordance with the evidence were returned is each case. THE GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY- That there is no country from which so many advan— tages are likely to accrue, not only to its own population,. but to the British nation, from the, improvement of its internal communication, as from India, is an almost universally acknowledged fact. That valued possession has never yet had justice done to it in this particular. We draw a large revenue from its population, and we have hitherto done little indeed as a return. With respect to its roads, all that we can be said to have accomplished has been done to facilitate our warlike and defensive operations ; whilst such a provision as ought to be made by a great power for the convenience of its commerce and the amelioration of the social condition of its population. has been almost entirely neglected. Private enterprise is at length about to attempt what the sluggish course of a great company would probably have left for years neglected. The company bearing the title of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company have laid down we hope the first only of their lines of railway communication from the coast of India, at Bombay, to the interior of Western India ; and from the plans and documents before us, we entertain no doubt that by the carrying out of even the limited facilities which are thus to be afforded, both India and Great Britain will reap a rich harvest of benefit.. If we intend that the three hundred millions of our Indian population are to become consumers of the products of our industry, we must take measures to promote our approaches to those consumers. If we hope to civilise and christianise Ilindostan, we must provide roads for the missionary and the neophyte. ' India is fertile in nearly every article of produce and nearly every mineral required for the consumption of man ; but that produce is locked up, as the producer is locked up from communication with the marts of commercial and social interchange by had roads and the inaccessibility of portions of the country. The Great Indian Peninsular Company at present limit themselves to the construction of a line from Bombay to Allen, whence a bifurcation takes place, one extending northerly to the Peera River, and the other in a southerly direction to the Valley of the 'Mhuse, a distance in all of about 170 miles. The engineering difficulties are repre sented by Mr. Robert Stephenson as not at all serious. Along the greater portion of the line the gradients are ex• cellent ; and in the difficult portions, stationary engine power can be applied without difficulty. The estimates of traffic, taking existing data, and looking only at incr , rqiu p. n n dise and produce for revenue, show a clear profi t o in have • wards of eleven per cent. In addition, however, to the line at present laid down, the company's en geers and the result of examined other portions of the country; at their examinations is, that this line will form India may a nucleus by which the resources of the whole of Wes ter n be developed. i . ~:. ~, { I