The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-12 00:00:00

Mr, .1, 11, LAIVIMCC A' totter trans the Hereon?. tha, if Sr. Stone diet say what he was them re ported to have done, he had grossly misunderstood his duty and the wishes of the committee, Mr. Alderman MOLYNEUX observed that he would have acted contrary to the rules of the schools. The council rose at two o'clock, haying sat three hours. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY, The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors and shareholders in the Chester and Birkenhead Railway was held on Saturday, in the Clarendon-rooms, South John street. The circular issued by the directors to the share holders, calling this meeting, stated that no business would be transacted, but the meeting would be adjourned to the 14th of July. William Dixon, Esq., chairman of the direc tors, presided. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by observing that the only business to be transacted would be to propose a►i adjournment. The circular by which the meeting had been convened stated that the directors called the proprietors to gether in conformity with the act of parliament ; but it was desirable that an adjournment should be made to the 14th of July. Mr. HARDMAN enquired whether a legal opinion had been taken to" ascertain whether the proposed adjournment was legal and correct according to the act of parliament ? The CHAIRMAN said it had been proposed under the direc n of the Law-clerk. Mr. HARDMAN asked the Law-ch: a legal adjourninent ? Mr. MALLABY (the Law-clerk Mr. HARDMAN.—IS it your opinion tt went is legal for all purposes? Mr. MALLABY.—Yes, for all purposes Mr. HARDMAN.—Under what clause in the act of parlia ment is it legal? whether it would be —Yes, certainly such an adjourn- Mr. MALLABY replied that it was not necessary there should be any clause in the act of parliament to make the adjournment legal. Every general meeting had, incidentally with its creation, a power of adjournment within itself, to such a time as might be thought proper, so that it was not adjourned to a period beyond that at which the next general meeting appointed by law should be held. Hence they could not adjourn this meeting beyond the period for holding the next in October, but they might adjourn it to any intervening period. Mr. HARDMAN then begged to be allowed to ask another question, and that was, whether this was the same as other general meetings? It was a regular and legal half-yearly general meeting, but convened under the authority of a spe cial clause [clause 132] in the act of parliament, which ap pointed a meeting to be held in March, 1842, expressly for certain purposes which were therein specified ; and one of those purposes most clearly was that the proprietors should then and there proceed to the election of directors, in the place of those who by law went out by rotation in due course. This therefore he apprehended was not an ordinary general meeting, but one which was expressly stated in the act of parliament. Mr. ATALLABY was aware of that. The election of direc tors in the place of those retiring became, by the act of par liament, part of the business of that general meeting. Mr HARDMAN repeated his question, whether a meeting so taking place, could legally be adjourned ? Mr. MALLABY replied that there was no doubt of it; and he read the 132 d clause, which provides that the primary di rectors of the company shall go out of office this month, and cease to be directors. He asked Mr. Hardman whether that was the clause to which he alluded ? Mr. HARDMAN replied in the affirmative, and called the attention of the Law-clerk to the words " cease and go out, and their places be supplied," &c., at the general meeting to be held in March, 1842. If, however, it was the legal opinion of the Law-clerk that this meeting had power to adjourn without making the appointments named in the clause, he had no more to say. Mr. MALLABY.—That is my opinion. Mr. HARDMAN.—I have had no leisure since I returned from London to take a legal opinion on the question, there fore I am not prepared to say it is not so. Mr. MALLABY might as well mention at once, and Mr. Hardman would see the propriety of it, that an original meet ing, whatever it might be, and an adjournment of it, were precisely the same as one meeting. The effect of this was, that any proceedings which might take place at the adjourned meeting were just as legal as if they had taken place at the original meeting. Mr. HARDMAN said, that was very likely, and he did not doubt it. He understood, then, that the object, at present, of the adjournment was to postpone the business which should have been transacted in March till the 14th of July, in the meantime leaving the proprietors and shareholders in utter ignorance, and in darkness as to the state of their affairs for a period of three months and a half. (Hear, hear, hear.) He trusted he might be allowed to read the paper which he held in his hand. He was there as the representative of the shareholders in the south of England ; and in the first in stance, he must not be understood as speaking in his own behalf as one of the proprietors. He had made the paper which he proposed to read as succinct as possible, and he had condensed as much as possible the opinions of those absentees whom he represented. Mr. JAMES MULLENEUX begged to interrupt Mr. Hard man. He believed there was no question before the meeting at this moment, and perhaps it would be more regular, there fore, if he at once moved that this meeting do adjourn till the 14th of July next. He had reason to know that there were difficulties, concerning the accounts, in the way of pro proceeding, at this particular moment; and under all the circumstances, he thought it most desirable, for the interests of the company, that time should be given to the directors. For this reason he begged to move the adjournment. Mr. WILFPN seconded the motion. Mr. HEALING asked what specific reason could be assigned for the adjournment? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was the opinion of the directors, that, in future, their general meetings should be held at a period shortly after the making up of the accounts, say on the 30th June and 31st December: and as the ac counts in the hands of the late treasurer required explana tion, this was also a stronger reason for asking for an adjournment,—to enable them to be correctly stated to the proprietors. Mr. HEALING.—That is the reason, is it ? The CHAIRMAN.—The accounts will be made up to the 30th June, and it is proposed to hold the adjourned meeting on the 14th July. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said, the real reason was, that the directors could not produce their accounts. The late treasurer was in such a state of health that the directors had not been able to see him once; and until the adjourned meet ing, they could give no information to the shareholders for want of the books. The treasurer was in such a state of health that they could not obtain any explanation from him. It was much against the will of the directors to propose an adjournment •, but they could not help it, otherwise they should have been glad to give any explanation in their power as to the accounts. . M— r.-. HEALING said if adequate reasons were assigned for an adjournment of the meeting, he should not oppose the motion,_ , Mr. HARDMAN.—How long has your new secretary and treasurer, Mr. Wilcox, been appointed ? The CHAIRMAN.—About two months. Mr. HARDMAN said that the directors having had a trea surer and secretary (who, he presumed, was in the nature of a book-keeper) for that purpose, they surely ought to have had their books properly kept. He was not particularly con versant with railway book-keeping, but he should think, from what he did know of it, that the books of a concern like this might be made up in a period of two months, at the most. In addition to the new treasurer and secretary, the directors had employed a new accountant, who was an experienced man of business. He was also to be employed in checking the books, and he understood from this gentleman, as they were toge ther passing by the railway the other night, that the accounts would all be ready in the course of next week. He (Mr. Hardman) wished to know from this gentleman when the meeting was likely to take place, and he replied, " for my part I have given the directors to understand that I shall be ready next week." He was satisfied that every one who knew Mr. Fry, for he was the accountant, would think that he was competent to give an opinion on the subject ; yet now, at the eleventh hour, the proprietors were told by circular, which only reached hini on Friday last, that the accounts were not ready because Mr. James was laid up. The fact of Mr. James being ill was well known ; but it was to be pre sumed that the new secretary found all his books in good order, and, if they were not, certainly two months appeared long enough to make them up, wnen it was considered that they were kept according to printed forms. The shareholders were totally in the dark as to the reason of all this, and, therefore, he did not admit the reasons assigned at the bottom of the circular to be a valid and just cause for the adjourn ment of this meeting. The CHAIRMAN said the books and accounts in the hands of the late treasurer required explanation, which the present treasurer (Mr. Wilcox) had not been able to obtain, in con sequence of the long and severe illness of Mr. James ; but us he was now much better, there was no doubt a full and satisfactory statement would be produced for the directors. Mr. JACKSON said that, in order to be prepared for any questions of this sort which might arise, he had been that morning (Saturday) to see Mr. James. For eighteen weeks he had not been able to get off his back, for seven weeks he was not allowed to speak ; but he had assured him (Mr. Jackson), on the faith of a man who was just rising from a sick bed, that after having taken an excursion for a few days as his medical adviser recommended, lie would come down and rectify any account which might want it, so that there should not be one farthing wrong. Mr. HARDMAN.—In a few days, you say? Mr. JACKSON.—Yes, in a few days. For weeks he has not been allowed to speak or to point a step ; but he assured me that he is determined to come down fully prepared to sa tisfy the most minute enquiry. Mr. HARDMAN.—I am glad of it. Mr. ABBOTT.—Have all these irregularities taken place since the last statement of the accounts were presented ? The CHAIRMAN.—I believe they have not ; they have arisen in consequence of the accounts not being posted pre- viously _ Mr. ABBOTT said, on that as well as on all previous occa sions the accounts laid before the shareholders purported to have been audited by a gentleman from Manchester ; and it seemed exceedingly strange, if all were correct then, how the affairs of a small company like this could have got into such inextricable confusion in the course of three months. What meant the statement made by one of the directors about bringing down the accounts up to the time of that meeting— that was, up to within three months of the end of the year? It must be presumed, however, that the accounts were cor rect ; but, if they were not, he would ask how had it been possible for the affairs of the company to get into such a state, when they had eight or ten directors (he did not know how many) with a secretary and treasurer to look after them ? The shareholders could not tell what position they were in. Indeed, he thought theirs a most extraordinary situation for any company to be.placed in. The CHAIRMAN.—That course the directors have adopted from the commencement, by calling in a gentleman from Manchester to audit the accounts with Mr. James ; and I have reason to believe that the statement then drawn up is not a correct one. Therefore we are desirous of having all the accounts placed before the proprietors in their real form, and it is on this account we are desirous of having the meet ing adjourned. Mr. MULLENEUX.—Perhaps you will state that before the time which has been named you cannot be prepared to give them. If you cannot, it is a waste of time to pursue the subject further. The CHAIRMAN. —We cannot. Mr. JAMES LAwitEscE said, still the question of Mr. Abbott ought to be answered. It was not known when the irregularity began. The shareholders wanted to get that in formation, and it ought to be given. Mr. MULLENE U X.—That can lead to no result, and it ap pears to me a perfect waste of time to go on with questions which cannot be answered. I, therefore, press my motion for adjournment. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, and it was carried. Mr. ABBOTT, before the meeting adjourned, suggested that a list of those shareholders who were eligible to serve the office of director should be printed and circulated among the proprietors ten days before the adjourned meeting. The CHAIRMAN replied, that a resolution to the same effect had been passed at the last meeting, and it would be attended to. Mr. HARDMAN begged to tender to the chairman his dis sent and protest against the adjournment of this meeting from the purposes for which it had been legally appointed and as they were not willing to hear his sentiments upon it, be begged to say that he should make them known through another channel. He should serve the law clerk of this com pany with his reasons for dissenting from an d protesting against the adjournment, and he begged that they mi g ht be recorded upon the book of proceedings. Mr. MALL ABY said he should decline to do so, as they could not appear on the proceedings. Mr, HARDMAN meant that be should publish them In the :elannig of a newspaper, and the law clerk might please Wm. elf what use he made et them, Mr. eaiinot record anything upon the mi nutes which does not take place before the meeting of pro prietors ; but anything which you may think right to send to me, as their law clerk, I shall lay before the directors at once. Mr. H ARDM AN said he should assert his dissent and pro test on behalf of all those proprietors whom he represented in Bath, York, Reading, Hastings, London, Chester, and other places against this adjournment, unless some satisfac tory reason were given for it to the meeting. He had heard no valid reason for it, therefore, on their behalf, and on his own, he was inclined to protest against it ; he should not, however, now protest on their behalf, but he certainly did on his own account, as one of the proprietors in the company. Mr. MALLABY asked Mr. Hardman whether he was aware of the clause in the act of parliament which stated that no proxy could be received now, because no proxy had yet been lodged according to its provisions ? Mr. H ARDAIAN.—That I understand. Mr. MALLAny.—The company cannot be cognisant of any proxy not lodged according to the provisions of the act of parliament. Mr. HARDMAN knew that the proxies which he now held were not registered according to the provisions of the act ; but he would take care to provide against that objection another time. He held these proxies, and they were to the extent of 700 shares, without having solicited for one of them. The CHAIRMAN.—Any information you may wish to for ward to the directors will be received and attended to : but I think at present a further discussion is out of order. Mr. HARDMAN.—I think it is quite useless. I will for ward what I think is necessary to the law clerk for him to lay before the directors Mr _ ABBOTT.—I beg to move that as it appears — The CH AIRMAN.—I think you are rather going too far : the meeting is adjourned. Mr. ABBOTT.—I was merely going to make a suggestion, whiclivvaS — iliis—tilat as there appear to be some errors in the accounts of the late secretary, a competent acccountant be employed to investigate the whole accounts from the be- ginning. The CHAIRMAN.—It has been done. Mr. ABBOTT. — Then if it has been done, you can give us a statement. Mr. MALLABY.—The investigation is gone through ; and it is because the investigation is imperfect, from there not being personal communication with Mr. James, that the re sult is not stated. The CIiAIRMAN. — Mr. Fryy, assisted by Mr. Wilcox is engaged in going into the accounts, and they gave it as their opinion that through the illness of Mr. James they could not be ont into form until he had been seen. ABBOTT. — And is he going into the accounts from the commencement ? The CnAtnmAs.—He is. The meeting then separated, the proceedings having"occu pied little more than half an hour. EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE We regret to have to state the discovery of a serious em bezzlement of the funds of the Steam-tug Company, and the subsequent suicide, by poison, of one of two individuals con cerned in the embezzlement. On Wednesday, the 30th ultimo, Mr. Andrew Clark, who I had formerly been a merchant, but who, for years past, had superintended part of the out-door business of the company, requested Mr. Arthur, the manager, to give him leave of ab sence until Friday, alleging that a friend of his in the country was seriously ill, and that his friend wanted his assistance to arrange some affairs. Mr. Arthur said that the steamers were likely to be busy for the next few days, but that, under the peculiar circumstances stated, he would contrive to carry on business without him for the short time he (Clark) would be absent. Clark, it has been since ascertained, went by the half-past three o'clock railway train, on Thursday morning, the 31st ult., to London. On Saturday evening, as he did not return, Mr. Arthur sent Mr. Harvey, the collector of the company's accounts, to Clark's house to inquire after him. Harvey, on his return, stated that Clark had come back from the country, but that he was ill in bed of a fever, and quite unable to resume his duties. Mr. Arthur, on hearing this. requested Harvey to call at Clark's house, and to say that, as he (Clark) was ill, not to harass himself by coming out until he was better. On Monday evening last Captain Lyons, of the American ship Ohio, called at the Steam-tug-office to order a steamer to tow his ship to sea next day. Mr. Arthur, who was not in the office at the time, on seeing the entry, recollected that Captain Lyons appeared, by their accounts, to be in arrear for the sum charged for towing his ship last year, and drew Harvey's attention to the circumstance. Next morning he himself proceeded to Mr. Grimshaw's office, in the Goree, where he found Captain Lyons. He told the captain that the company would be glad to send the steamer, but reminded him that, according to their books, he owed them for a for mer towing. Captain Lyons fired up at this statement, and, under the supposition that a fraud was intended, used some rather strong language. He told Mr. Arthur that Clarke had been paid for the towing at the time it took place, viz., in May last, through his consignees, Messrs. Waddington, Holt and Co. On going to the office of these gentlemen, the receipt for the amount, with Clark's signature, was pro duced. Mr. Arthur now, for the first time, had his suspi cions of roguery aroused. He went back to his office ; told Harvey that he had discovered that Captain Lyons had paid Clark for the towing ; and that he suspected a fraud had been committed on the company. On referring to the books it was found that no entry had been made of the payment. There could be no doubt, therefore, that Clark had embez zled the money. Harvey, in the course of comers stion, said that Clark was " an old rascal," and that he had long sus pected him. " Why, then," said Mr. Arthur, " did you not tell me of your suspicions ?" " I did not like to do so," was Harvey's reply. One instance of fraud having been discovered in this sin gular manner, Mr. Arthur very naturally suspected, that more embezzlements of the company's funds had taken place. Sending Harvey after urgent business to a distant dock, he proceeded to make personal inquiries respecting the accounts which were, apparently, owing to the company. The result was, that he discovered, on calling at the offices of mer chants who appeared indebted to the company, that the moneys had been paid ; that receipts had been given, mostly in Clark's name, but not on leaves cut out of the check-book, which, if regular, they ought to have been, but on the tow ing notes ; and that a considerrble sum of the company's money had been thus embezzled. Meanwhile, Harvey, whom Mr. Arthur did not suspect of having been concerned in the frauds, cl!d not return at the time expected, and Cap tain Newton, one of the company's masters, was sent to look after him. Not finding him about the docks, he went to his house, in the vicinity of Windsor. Harvey had not been there since morning, and his wife, the servant said, had gone out to tea. It was soon afterwards discovered, that he and his wife had gone to the seawall, taken a boat, rowed to the British and North American royal mail steamer Britannia, lying in the Sloyne, paid their passage money on board, and and sailed in her, shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, for Halifax and Boston. Of course, the tale which the fugitive told, on Saturday, of Clark's return and illness was found to have been an artful lie. It was now but too evident, that Harvey had embezzled moneys as well as Clark, and that, without doubt, they had conspired together to rob their employers. Captain Newton was placed in possession of Harvey's house, where he was ordered to stay till further notice. On Wednesday and sub sequently the system of fraud practised by Clark and Harvey was fully developed. It was very artful; and no plan of check, no vigilance could, for a time, prevent its successful operation. Whenever Mr. Arthur spoke to Harvey, who was the ca ly collector employed by the company, it not hav ing been Clark's business to receive accounts, of the small amount of his collections, the latter always alleged that it was owing to the badness of the times ; and that, in conse quence of the scarcity of money, even the first houses allowed their accounts to remain in arrear. Of course, having the fullest reliance on Harvey's integrity, Mr. Arthur never sus pected that:he was deceiving him, and received the reason given as sufficient to account for the smallness of the collec- Lions. We now return to Clark. When he came back to town is not exactly known. On Friday night, however, a knock was heard at the door of the house formerly inhabited by Harvey. Captain Newton, who, as has been stated, was in charge of the house, opened the door. " Ah!" exclaimed Clark, (for he it was who had knocked,) are you here, Newton ? He then stepped into the lobby, and Captain Newton quietl Captain the key in the lock. Clarke asked for Harvey. p Newton told him that Harvey was not there, and that he suspected that he (Clark) knew very well where he was. Clark denied all knowledge of Har vey or his " whereabout," and pretended the most perfect ignorance of anything wrong. Newton told Clark that he must accompany him to the office. Clark said he was fatigued, and would wait until Newton brought a car. Newton said he would not leave him, and desired Clark to come along, and they would most probably find a car on the road. On reaching a hackney coach house, they found that all the cars .were out, but that one was expected back every minute. Clark said he would, in the mean while, go to the privy in the yard. Newton told him he must leave the door open, as he would not let him go out of his sight. Clark went in on this condition, and sat down on the seat. About his person he had concealed a phial of prussic acid. He drank off the poison, and died instantly. The body, as soon as the suicide was discovered, was removed to an adjoining public-house. An inquest was held upon it on Saturday, when the facts detailed above, in connexion with Clark, were given in evidence, and the inquiry was adjourned until yesterday, when some additional evidence was adduced. The lady with whom the deceased lodged stated that she had observed a great change in his manner for the last three or four weeks. He appeared greatly agitated. The con ductor of the Grand Junction train also deposed that he ob served a " peculiar strangeness" about the deceased when he travelled on the line on Thursday week. After a little further evidence the coroner summed up, and left the jury to form their own conclusions. The jury immediately returned a verdict of felo de se.® This verdict renders it necessary that the deceased should be interred without the rites of Christian burial. In accord ance with it the body was removed from the dead-house, Canning Dock, about half-past nine las t night, placed in a hearse, and conveyed to the parish burial-ground adjoining the workhouse, where it was interred about ten o'clock. — The property of the deceased, which, we understand, con sisted only of a few personal effects, is, by this verdict, for feited to the crown. We have been informed that with the exception of one son, who is receiving a university education, all the family of the unfortunate man reside in France. He was well known to the inhabitants of the Cheshire side of the river, having lived many years at Holt-hill. We believe his wife is entitled to some property in her own right. The British and North American royal mail steamer Co lumbia, which would sail from Boston on the Ist and Hali fax on the 3d instant, will be due at this port on Thursday next. ACCIDENT AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL. —On Friday night, at the Theatre-Royal, a little girl, who was performing one of the fairies in " The Midsummer Night's Dream, unfor tunately came in contact with one of the stage lights while she hung suspended in the air. The fire was communicated to her muslin frock, and she was instantly enveloped in flames. She was lowered to the stage immediately, and the fire was promptly extinguished, but we understand she was injured very severely. COMMITTALS. —Yesterday, a man of the name of Henry Wilson was committed by Mr. Rushton, for trial at the ses sions now holding, for stealing a handcart, the property of Mr. Mather, corn-merchant, from Drury-lane, on Friday laat—Another man was committed for trial for stealing from the cart of a washerwoman a basket, containing many linen articles of value. The cart was stationed at the door of Dr. Brandreth, in Rodney-street, and the prisoner had taken ad vantage of the absence of the woman and, decamped with the property. He was speedily apprehended. The Rev. T. S. Bowstead, M.A., St. John's College, Cam bridge, and incumbent of St. Philip's Church, in this town, has been appointed to the prepend of Bobenhall, anciently founded in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Bowstead, B.D. NEW BRIGHTON.—We refer our readers to the advertise ment announcing that the steamers commence plying to this delightful watering-place on Thursday next, the 14th inst., thereby giving our townsmen an opportunity of having an agreeable and cheap sail on the Mersey. lengths'sS just been LIVERPOOL CARTAGE LENGTHS. work of a tabular form i cornpilaoti'l en published, showing the various cartag e have atter this town. If this table be correct — and we see no rea to doubt its accuraty—it must prove an useful u p r l e e d dg h e a s rd himself k t e o htlii:lsitttalteemweonrktspeberifnegctf.aithful, THE ABDUCTION CASE, The investigation into the extraordinary case of the abdue. tion of Miss Crellin was resumed on Friday, and the interest -which it created was greater than in any farmer instance of a legal inquiry within our remembrance. It was first sup posed that the proceedings would take place in the Court of Requests, High-street, in which the public business was transacted during the assizes ; and immediately on the open ing of that court the rush to obtain admission was great, and towards twelve o'clock the room and the approaches to it became densely crowded. About a quarter past twelve, however, the business before Mr. Justice Parke having been brought to a close, in the court at the Sessions-house, it was determined, for the better accommodation of all parties, to take Miss Crellin's case in the usual Police-court just vaca ted ; and Mr. Rushton, with a view to the ladies then pre sent obtaining seats, told them to go to the top of the court and get near to the doors, &fore Le announced the adjourn ment. By this means many of theni got ever to the other court; but no sooner did it become known that the proceed ings were there to be taken, than a general rush was made by hundreds, who soon crowded the stars, the lobbies, and the magistrates' room ; and the police-officers in attendance at the doors had some difficulty, when orders were given to admit the public, to prevent serious accidents, so great was the rush. The curiosity and excitement were extreme, and not a few were considerably crushed at the doors. Seats were reserved at the right of the bench for the witnesses ; and after a few moments' pushing and scrambling, order was obtained. The court was densely crowded iu every part. Amongst those on each side of the bench, we observed the High Sheriff, William Brown, Esq., Thomas Booth, Esq., J. B. Neilson, Esq., Hardman Earle, Esq., together with a number of ladies, and several of the barristers in their robes from the Nisi Prius Court. The body of the court was for the most cart filled with well-dressed individuals, in cluding many females,—the latter in particular, no doubt, curious to learn the denouement of the affair, as it occurred at Gretna Green. At thirty-three minutes after one o'clock, Mr. Rushton took his seat on the bench, and inquired of Mr. Snowball if he were ready. Mr. Snowball said he was; but that he did not purpose to I call any more witnesses himself, he having concluded his case on Thursday, in behalf of Miss Crellin. He suggested that Mr. Dowling should examine the witnesseshe had brought from Gretna, and he, Mr. S., would then examine them. He did not call them himself, and being solely employed in behalf of Miss Crellin, he might object to the evidence of some of them, as he did not know what they had to say. Those of them be had seen, he should wish to examine. Mr. Rushton said, that as attorney for the prosecution in behalf of Miss Crellin, Mr. Snowball could not cross-ex amine the witness in that stage of the case, and he must de cide whether he would call any witnesses himself. Mr. Snowball said that he would. Mr. Rushton then ordered a female prisoner who had a few hours before been ordered to be committed for trial, on a charge of stealing a watch and some money.. On her being brought up, Mr. Rushton, addressing Miss Crellin, said, " You have said, madam, that when you first saw artin, he was with a female whom he said he was to be mar ried to ?" Miss Crellin said yes ; but on being asked if she recog nised the female at the bar to be the same, she replied that she could not. The female was then put down. John Rodgers, gate-keeper, atßoby, on the Railway, said, I remember a party coming on the 18th March, to go by railway, at the station. The prisoners Quick, Mrs. Clayton, Jones, and M`Gill were amongst them. The party consisted of five persons. The other was Miss Crellin, now behind me. Miss C. appeared to me to be intoxicated. It was about five minutes before ten in the morning. I asked Quick what was the matter with her. He replied, it was merely a little funny way she had. He asked witness to book them in a carriage by themselves. Miss Crellin was assisted into the carriage by Jones and M`Gill. He saw Quick the Sunday but one following. He called me out of the office, and said, " Rodgers, I shall want you this week." I inquired what for? He said it was concerning the party that went from here the other day. He said that parties that knew Miss Crellin seemed to say that she was carried off in the night, and he wanted me to contradict that. I said that I could not leave my post without employing a substitute, whom I should have to pay. He said he would send me a note, and give me £2 for my trouble. Mr. Grocott here expressed his astonishment at the man ner in which the case was conducted in that court, other witnesses being brought up after the case had been closed by the legitimate advisers of the prosecutrix. A great deal of industry and zeal had been shown by Mr. Dowling in getting up evidence which he (Mr. G.) did not consider necessary at that preliminary stage of the proceedings. He had also to complain that the magistrate in a manner extremely un seemly put leading questions to the witnesses. Mr. Snowball claimed to say a word before Mr. Rushton replied. He said he appeared solely for Miss Crellin, and that he saw witnesses in court whom he was desirous of ex amining, as he believed they would be enabled to fix the guilt on the parties implicated ; but there were others pre sent, whom he should not examine, though he trusted he might be permitted to cross-question them. Mr. Rushton said he would give Mr. Snowball every fa cility consistently with the justice of the case. With respect to what had been stated by Mr. Grocott, he did not wish to enter into a controversy respecting the manner in which the case had been conducted by him. He thought such remarks might have been- spared. The course he had pursued was adopted from the fact that when the case was last before him, he had no proof that a felony had been com mitted by the parties carrying off Miss Crellin, to marry or defile her ; and he bad thought fit to take the mode pursued, in order to arrive at the truth on that point. The only way by which the ends of justice could be attained was by getting all the evidence possible of the whole transaction. Whether the attorneys for the prosecution or the defensive chose to question or cross-question the witness or otherwise, would not alter his determination. He should take care that all the evidence which it was possible to collect should be adduced, and laid before the public ; and it was the duty of the com missioner of police—who was appointed by the proper au thority for that purpose—to make dilligent inquiry, and to bring forward all the evidence he could obtain bearing on the case. _ ---- John Rogers continued.—Hodgkinson's house is 500 or 600 yards from the station—no other person living at Roby of the same name. Cross-examined.—ls sure Jones was there. Knew Mr. Quick before, but not M'Gill. Never saw Rogerson before. Mr. Quick told me the other man's name was M`Gill. Matthew Eckersley said—l am a porter at Parkside sta tion ; remember a train arriving on the 18th March, about 11 o'clock. Several passengers alighted, and walked to the North Union Station. The witness identified Quick, Jones, and Mrs. Clayton, as of the party. They sat down about half an hour in one place, and Miss Crellin with them. Miss C. appeared to be in a drunken state. She asked for a pipe, which she smoked for about ten minutes, and appeared a little faint—and the man Jones and the Dr. walked out until the train came up, when the Dr. wished to see if there was an empty carriage, and 1 put them in. The fare was paid by Quick Cross-examined.--The party was about an hour at Park side before the train came up. Miss Crellin seemed to en joy her pipe. Had not much trouble to get Miss Crellin into the coach, but she was not very active and cheerful. Spoke to Miss Crellin. The party had some brandy. She was able in conversation to address herself to the parties. Cornelius Whittaker.—l am a porter at Parkside station. Recollect seeing Quick, Jones, and Mrs. Clayton. Miss Crellin was there, and was tipsey. Jones produced some liquor in a glass bottle. I tasted it ; it was brandy, and it seemed very palateable. Penelope Nichols, wife of the keeper of the Parkside Railway Station, said,—On the 18th March a party came to the station. Miss Crellin was one of them. She wished to come in. The gentleman with her did not seem inclined to allow her. She went up stairs. She first said " Yes," and then " No," and then " It does not matter." She said she was going to Birmingham, but it did not matter whether she went that day or not. When I came down stairs I saw Mrs. Clayton. She wished to go up stairs, and I said there was not time. Both soon afterwards left the house. I went to the door with them. I saw a gentleman waiting for them in the gentlemen's waiting-room. He was a stout gentleman, with a white macintosh. 1 saw them afterwards in the gar den. One of them pushed or struck her. The prisoner M`Gill inquired for Miss Crellin. I told him the lady would not go to Birmingham that day. That was the last time I saw them there, till they came back same day by the mail train. The lady appeared much overcome with some thing, and greatly agitated. Her face was swollen and bloated. Cross-ex. by Mr. Grocott.—The striking and pushing was in a trifling way, not apparently in anger. She expressed a great wish to go into the house. She went out with them freely enough afterwards. Cross-ex. by Mr. Davenport.—lt was on a Friday. They were going towards Lancaster. The Birmingham train was coming up at the time. The joking took place in the garden. I should say she was not mad, but did not know what she was doing. It was a few minutes before eleven o'clock. I saw nothing of them afterwards that day. James Baines said—l am coachman of the North Britain, from Lancaster to Chap. I drove the coach on the 18th March. A party went with me. I see them all here— M`Gill, Quick, Jones, Mrs. Clayton, and Miss Crellin. Quick took the places, and booked them in the name of Thompson. He paid for the places. The two females and Jones rode inside, and M`Gill and Quick outside. I took them up at the Railway station at Lancaster. We drove to the King's Arms, where we dined. We went thence to the coach-office. Miss Crellin was looking out, and making a noise, and Quick said to M'Gill, get inside to her and qui eten the old b—ch. He did get inside and rode there to Calmforth. Some brandy was taken into the coach by the waiter. We drove to Burton and had glasses again. M'Gill then got outside. I then saw Miss Crellin asleep, with her hand leaning on one of the gentlemen's shoulders. We left Lancaster at half-past two o'clock. No particular conver sation took place in my hearing. We arrived at Crookland. I had three glasses of ale, and was offered some brandy. The doctor said bring out the bottle. M'Gill said, she (Miss C.) has drunk it all. I asked the doctor if they were taking the lady to an asylum. He said, No," you would not think the old lady was worth £60,000. This was at Burrow's Green. The doctor asked me the distance to Annan. He said when they got amongst the hills that they were in a different coun try from what they had been used to ; that they (himself and M`Gill) were on leave of absence from the army, and had been to see the Liverpool Steeple Chase. At Hux, sever miles from Chap, they had more glasses, and the doctor paid Miss Crellin there got out. She appeared tipsy, and conic not walk herself. I once helped to take her out of the coach She appeared very different from what she is now. Her face was blotched and swollen. Two of us assisted her into the coach. We had to lift her to get her in. I left the coach at Chap. There was more drink got there. The doctor wanted more brandy in a bottle to take into the coach ; but it was not got, as the coach was going to start. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—When the lady made a noise at Lancaster, she called for " the doctor," not for M'Gill. She had two glasses at Hux. They were ordered by the doctor. a i Wilson, rode f , lo.o c nm o a t c ch hm ehabp a o n tx . o — wc l iat dr . Carlisle—four drove fivefoe. lu sr o a f iwn a s pdoaenrset Jones at na a dt f t Ce onerawa r lio i s • ul d et s : fn liN Cl° ' u— e ritc h hk\ a wlr d only the five passengers that night. There were two ladies and two gentlemen inside. At Acthorp we changed horses. The doctor got some brandy, I think, and gave glasses into the coach, and I had a glass. There was a noise made in the coach at Acthorp. I saw them afterwards in a room at Carlisle. I saw the doctor and I think the same party start in a double-seated carriage from the Bush Inn, at Carlisle, and saw they were the same party I had driven. Quick was seated outside. We took some other passengers up at Acthorp. Joseph Hodeson called.—l am waiter at the Buck Inn, Carlisle. The North Briton came there on the 18th March. The parties stopped at our house. There were Quick, Jones, M`Gill, Mrs. Clayton, and Miss Crellin. They arrived at eleven o'clock at night. The lady (Miss Crellin) appeared to be in a state of insensibility, I thought they were going to take her to the asylum. 1 thought so from his manner and conversation. Four of them had tea, and the doc tor (Quick) had a glass of brandy. They slept then. Before going to bed, the doctor ordered two glasses of brandy. He mixed one of them, and gave it to ed scolding d t o them. hate Aftert e that othe tookt two, Miss Crellin, and h e then took the other himself.— lo h n e e w s a a s n n d o m t To er i v ii, qu an i three glasses of ale to t he three gentlemen. Before they went to bed there was a great noise made by them house mus. Anothert wa iter went to quieten them, ad them the not be so disturbed at such time in the morning. M'Gill e d t. was She scosl • lent others were his servants, f mone and tha that she was a lady who had o y, t were waited on them in the morn going to Annan. I ning. pushed him out. Quick said Mrs. Clayton came down with the doctor, and she asked hilt They had breakfast for only three._ The lady had none for a itait of brandy for Min Cronin, and the doctor WAS against it, saying she would only kick up another row. The doctor then asked for a glass of brandy and two glasses of ale. On the night they arrived the lady asked where she was, and the doctor replied, •' Five miles from Warrington." Quick said they would stop there all night, and go to War rington in the morning. They left the Bush at half-past eleven on Saturday morning, in a double-seated carriage. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—The three gentlemen had breakfast. They had eggs, cold meat, and ham. Miss Crellin was not in the room at all while I was waiting upon them. I saw them go off from the door. I saw Miss Crellin when she went into the carriage. I did not see her get any brandy that morning. The waiters assisted the ladies to get into the cot nage. 1 never heard Miss Crellin ask, " how far is it to Gretna Green." _ _ Thomas Brownrigg sworn.-1 am a coachman, of Carlisle. I was employed to drive a double-seated carriage from the Bush on the morning of Saturday, the 19th. The three male prisoners, M'Gill, Quick, and Jones, and Mrs. Clayton and Miss Crellin, were the party. I did not see Miss Crellin's face. The waiter told'ine to drive to the Metal Bridge, six and a half miles on the Glasgow road. Quick was on the box. About two and a half miles from Carlisle we stopped. One of the gentlemen inside called out to the Doctor to tell me to stop at the first public-house we came to. He said they were a set of d d ugly devils inside, and wanted nothing but drink. I told the Doctor there was a beer-house close at hand, and a public-house about a mile further on. We told him to drive to the latter, and when we got there, the doctor got down and ordered four glasses of ale. Three glasses only were brought, and two of them were handed in side, he taking the other. The doctor ordered another glass, and the landlord fetched two. I drank one, and the doctor wanted me to drink the other, but I would not. Soon afterwards, as we were going through the toll-bar, the doctor asked me it we had any weddings now ? I said they were very scarce. He asked me how they paid, and I said there were various prices, and it was according to circumstances. He wished to know how much they paid to be married at Gretna. I told him the fee was from a gill of whisky to £lOO. The doctor then directed me to stop at the Metal bridge, and asked if they had any posting conveyances there. I said no they had not. He then said he would leave the rest of the party and walk on to Gretna, as he merely wished to see it. The doctor said my master charged him too much (155.) for the coach hire ; and I said I did not mind giving them a ride a little further ; and I drove them two or three hundred yards beyond the bridge. When we were leaving the bridge the doctor asked me where was the nearest place to get married at. I told him Sark Bar. He said he would have a lark there ; and I told him he might get the lines there by going in for a glass of whiskey. I pulled up rather short of two miles from the Sark Bar. I looked into tha carriage when I was letting them out, and saw Jones had a small black bottle, and Mrs. Clayton had a wine glass. On the road iron - 1 Carlisle the party kept " skriking' , out, and bursting into loud fits of laughter, more particularly on the part of the ladies. The doctor-(Quick) paid the coach fare. Cross-examined by Mr. GrocOtt.—The old lady (Miss Crellin) when she got out, hung_her,head down, took hold of M`Gill's arm, and walked away with him. We were then at the south side of Sark bar. We could see Gretna Hall from the place where I set them down. Gretna Hall is between two or three miles from there. John Linton keeps Gretna Hall. I looked after them some time. The ladies walked with them as far as 1 could see them. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—l drove them about seven miles. I thought it was very like a wedding. 1 am sure the female, Mrs. Clay ton, had a wine glass in her hand when 1 looked into the carriage, as before stated. I can't tell which of the ladies laughed and shrieked out. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. M`Gill took hold of Miss Crellin's arm when she alighted. She took his arm as they went along the road. Mr. Rushton said that a great portion of the evidence Mr. Dowling had collected related to the journey back from Gretna, and he did not think it was necessary to give it. Mr. Grocott inquired if the priest was brought? Mr. Rushton said, No; Mr. Dowling had not succeeded in bringing him. Mr. Dowling said he had seen the priest, but that he re fused to come unless he were paid a considerable sum for coming, and he (Mr. D.) was not authorised to pay him so large a sum. Mr. Snowball had also seen him. Mr. Snowball said he understood the priest was willing to come provided he received £2O for himself, and would also bring his daughter, for whom he wanted £lO. This was to include all their expenses. r. Rushton said he would be obliged to make his appear ance before the proper tribunal. Mr. Davenport again cross-examined the postboy, rela tive to his seeing a wine glass in Mrs. Clayton's hand, but elicited nothing contradictory of his former testimony. William George M`Gill, saddler, 7, Molesworth-street , Dublin. I know John Orr M`Gill. He is the son of a tailor. I have known him from a boy. His father is dead. lie lived in South Frederick-street, Dublin. His father kept his carriage and horses in Dublin, and two or three livery servants. _ Cross-examined. — l am no relation to the prisoner. He left a handsome fortune behind him, of which the prisoner got a share. His father has been dead about 16 years. Mr. Snowball then called the following witnesses: — Elizabeth Armstrong said—l am chamber maid at the Crown and Mitre Inn. The prisoners Clayton, Jones, Quick, and Miss Crellin came there. I was then out, but found them there on the evening of the 20th March. Mrs. Clayton had gone to bed at half-past nine. I lent her one of my • night-caps. She wanted me to go down to the other lady to get her to bed, for she was very tipsy. When I went down stairs, I got to the sitting-room door. I saw Mr. M`Gill; he wished me to show him to: Mrs. Clayton's bedroom, which 1 did. He wished Mrs. Clayton to come down, but she said she was going off in the morning. He said that would be two guineas out of his way. She said that would be nothing in his way, if he acted as a gentleman, as he said he was. Ten minutes after I saw Mr. coming out of Mrs. Clayton's bed-room. Mrs. Clayton was in bed. About ten minutes afterwards I met the waiter taking up two glasses of brandy and two segars to Mr. Wth.ll and Miss Crellin. She and nightcap. A short time was very tipsy. She could not undress herself. I undressed her. I lent her a nightgown after Mr. asked to be shewn to iss Creliin's bed room. I wished him to g o in. I carried M the candle into the room, and set it on the dressing-table. She wa, asleep, and M`Gill said, " She is fast asleep. came out of the room, and left them in. He did„not wish to waken her. ie said to me, " Don't waken her. Shea ppeared to be very tipsy. Mr. Davenport.—l first saw Miss Her dress was open at the back, and her hair hanging down. Cross-examined by Crellin about ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the 20th March. I first saw her In the sitting-room, with M`Gill. No one else was in the roots. I took her up stairs, and left M‘Gill. I did not see her next morning. She did nut send for M‘Grill down stairs. She walked by herself, but could not undress herself. I don't recollect saying to Mr. M`Gill that the lady will riot go to bed unless you go to her. Wm. George M`Gill was here called, in order to be bound over as a witness, as he had wished to return to Dublin. John M'Farlane called. —I am a waiter at the Crown and an omnibus drove up Mitre. On Sunday, 20th March, about five in the afternoon, with all the five prisoners before named. Mr. Quick was outside, and the others inside. I looked into the omnibus and saw Miss Crellin lying with her head on one of the gentlemen's knees. I think it was M`Gill, but am not quite sure. She seemed to be asleep. I assisted them out. The gentleman on whose knee she was lying said they were at Carlisle, and would go out. She g o t up. She appeared stupid, either from the effects of sleep or drink. Her dress was much out of order. Her bonnet was crushed, her boots unlaced, and herclothes unloosed behind. She went up stairs. She walked up, but staggered a little. I afterwards showed her a sitting-room, and she had a glass of brandy. She must have had at least six or seven glasses that evening. She had a glass of brandy next morning. She was then at breakfast with the other four. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—She ordered all the glasses of brandy herself. By Mr. Davenport.—On the night previous she pressed upon Mr. Jones to take another glass, and he declined it. She then asked me if I had ever seen so rum a set there be fore ? and I said, " Oh, yes, often." She then said she had got married, and she was determined to have a d--d good spree. She was about three-quarters of an hour before she went to bed. She appeared to be .very much pleased. She offered to treat. I declined drinking, and she offered me a shilling to get something for m yself. Mr. Clayton said— " Take it ; she is worth plenty more.'' 1 took it. She at least appeared to be very merry, and to enjoy herself. Re-examined by Mr. Snowball.—Yet she was very merry and very drunk. John Hawkes.—l am a waiter at the King's Arms, at Kendal. I recollect Jones, Quick, Miss Crellin, and Mr. Clayton coming there on the 21st of March, about two in the afternoon. They dined there. Miss Crellin ap peared to be in a state of stupefaction. Her face was very red and bloated. She did not eat much. She drank some sherry. They left by the coach (the mail) to Lancaster. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport. There were 'four glasses of brandy taken in at dinner, and a pint of sherry. They all enjoyed the dinner, but Miss Crellin, who ate but little. The witnesses who had been examined this day were here called upon, and bound over in the sum of £lOO each, to appear at the next assizes, to give evidence against the pri soners. SIXTH DAY'S EXAMINATION--SATURDAY The Crown Court was, on Saturday, set apart specially for the hearing of this case, which was appointed to be taken at eleven o'clock. It was nearly twelve, however, before the business commenced. Immediately after the doors were opened, the court was filled in every part, a considerable number of ladies appearing among the auditory. Mr. Grocott said he had bail in court for Mr. Donlevy. Mr. Donlevy was placed at the bar, and the gentlemen offering bail were questioned and approved of. Mr. Donlevy's statement, formerly published, was read to him, and he was asked if he had any thing further to say. He said he had one or two other observations to add, and be proceeded as follows : • 4 When Mr. M‘Gill brought Miss Crellin to our house, and introduced her, he did so as his intended wife. She never intended to undeceive us or to undeceive me till we ar rived at the church. That was the first intimation that I had that she was not in earnest. That is all that I have to say. It was on the presumption that she had assented to the marriage that I accompanied her to church." The bail for Mr. Donlevy was taken, that he should ap pear at the next assizes to answer any bill or bills of indict ment that should be preferred against him. He was then liberated. At half-past twelve o'clock, the prisoners were all placed at the bar. The Rev. Mr. Stafford being present, his testimony, given on a former day, and already published in our paper. was read over to him, sworn to, and signed. Mr. Eaton, solicitor, called and sworn.—l know Miss Crellin. She called upon me on the 23d of March, about half-past eleven o'clock, as her professional adviser. There was some conversation about settlements. M`Gill and Miss Crellin retired, and had some private conversation. No in structions were given to me. The parties told me what was untrue. I told them, that, under the circumstances, a deed of settlement could not well be made without a deed of sepa ration. The parties went away. There were two females there, but I cannot identify them. Jane Kelly, sworn. —I live at 25, Norton -street, as ser vant. I have lived there five months. The house is kept by Mr. Asburn. Miss Crellin lodged there two weeks. She went to lodge there some time before last Christmas. She had two female visitors, one of whom was Mrs. Jones, who came frequently. She used to come. She had two or three male visitors. Ido not see any of them here. By Mr. Davenport.—Mrs. Jones did not come every day. Sometimes she came twice a day. Sometimes she stopped all day. She was once there to dinner, and three times to tea. I dont know why Miss Crellin left. One night there were a gentleman or two there who behaved rudely, and mis tress did not like it. She gave Miss Crellin notice. She re mained a week after notice was given. She had notice twice. Sarah Roberts, sworn—l live as servant with Mrs. Mar. tin, No. 14, Mount -pleasant. Mrs. Martin keeps lodgers. I remember Miss Crellin lodging there. She came to live there the Wednesday before Christmas, and she left on the Wednesday after. I was there when she engaged the lodg ings. There was a young woman with her, named Miss Jones. Ido not see her here. Mrs. Jones said she lived , in Circus-street. Mrs. Jones visited Miss Crellin. She used to come alone. Gentlemen used to call on Miss Crel lin. The prisoner with the Mackintosh used to call on her. (The witness indicated C o p ela nd. ) He was th ere ver y o ft en , t and another used to come with him. Ido not see the other I now. , By Mr. Grocott.—Miss Crellin did not keep spirits in the house ; she used to send out for them. I sometimes went, ▪ and sometimes Mrs. Jones went, and sometimes Miss Jones. ▪ I used to buy a noggin at a time. Not every day. I went a four times one night when I was going to bed. Miss Jones was in bed with 03e at the time, She need to get out of bed to drink it. My mistress was going to tell her to get it in by a heif-gallon at a time, as it was a disgrace to the house to get it so often. Miss Crellin left in consequence of that. I don't know Mr. Dryden. By Mr. Davenport.—She only remained one week. She came once afterwards to ask for lodgings, but she did not come to lodge. By Mr. Rusliton.—My mistress is very ill, and cannot come. Miss Crellin had missed two sovereigns while there, and she stated, when she came, that she had come to see if we had found them. Miss Crellin said they had fallen out of her pocket in bed._ Miss Jones was lying with her at the • time she lost them. She complained of the loss the morning - -•- Miss Jones ran away from Miss Crellin the morning after she left our house Joseph Brown, Superintendent of Police in Liverpool.— I received information, between two and three months back, that a person named Martin had been annoying Miss Crellin I went to the house of Miss Sutton, in Seymour-street Miss Crellin was spending the day there. I inquired if she had been annoyed by a Mr. Martin. She said " Yes." She likewise stated, that she had been acquainted with him for some time, and she had entered into a sort of agreement of marriage with him, but, having heard something to his dis- advantage, she declined fulfilling the engagement. He then threatened to enter proceedings against her. She therefore agreed to give him £2so.—[The above evidence was ordered to be struck out, in consequence of Copeland not having been present. It subsequently turned out that Mrs. Jones was present. The evidence was, therefore, allowed to stand as . , against her.]—l had previously seen Mrs. Jones, and she said Martin was trying to get money out of Miss Crellin, and she wished something could be done to prevent it. She . . ..... _. ... remained in the room dui -- ing the interview with Miss Crellin. I spoke very severely to Mrs. Jones, on account of her hav ing allowed Martin to frequent her house while Miss Crellin was there I said it was: very inwroper. Jones ad- mated that it was wrong She cried I asked Miss Crellin :f she would prosecute if I apprehended Martin She said no, she would not. On that, I declined further interference, informing her, that if Martin continued to annoy her, if she gave us information we would use our best endeavours to save her. from such annoyance Mr. Snowball —I believe at this time the money was paid Mr. Rushton.—That does not appear. . Mr. Snowball.—lt appears that the money was paid on the 11th February. Mr. Rushton.—(To the Superintendent.)—Can you trace the date ? Mr. Brown.—l cannot Mr. Dowling.—lnspector Edwards, who received the in formation, will probably fix the date. Brown examined by Mr. Davenport.—Mrs. Jones went and spoke on behalf of Miss Crellin. Miss Crellin called.—The money was paid at Mr. Jones's house. I went to Mrs. Clayton's after. I went to Miss Suttons after that. That was the day when the superinten . dent called. The money had been paid to Martin. The per son who called with Brown was the gentlemau whom I called Mr. Whitty. _ . Anthony; Webster sworn.—l am a car driver. On the day of the steeple chase I was plying at the Seacombe slip. A gentleman called m e t o th e Seacombe slip. I cannot say that he is present. Two ladies and three gentlemen came up. One of them walked, and the others got in. The first lady (meaning Mrs. Jones) was one. Miss Crellin was the other. I was ordered by the gentleman who walked to drive to St. Paul's Church. I was told to pull up at Sixsmith's. The gentleman who walked met me at Sixsmith's. Some wine was ordered and handed into the car. It was not drank, but afterwards thrown away. I drove to the church. The gen tleman who walked was there as soon as I was. The party conversed with him a few minutes, but would not get out. One of the gentleman walked into the church. The others got out and went into the churchyard. They afterwards all returned to the car and got in, and I drove to No. 16, Boun dary-street. The lady who got out at the church had either a red cloak or shawl. It was a few minutes past eleven when I took them from the pier. By Mr. Grocott.—That was the first fare I bad. I had not taken any drink. I am not mistaken about Sixsmith's. I know well where it is. By Mr. Davenport.—Miss Crellin got out and walked at the church. Mrs. Jones remained in the car. By Mr. Rushton.--.4 heard Miss Crellin ask, before they went into the churchyard, where they intended to go. It was before they got out of the car. I did not hear the reply. One of the gentlemen paid the fare. Thomas Greenwood, landlord of the White Bear, Dale street, sworn.—l know. Mr. Quick, Mr. M`Gill, and Mr. Rogerson. I don't know any other of the prisoners. I don't krow a person named Martin. [Copeland was here pointed out.] I don't know him. He never staid at .our house. I never left the White Bear to go with him to Hackin's-hey. Mr. Rushton said this statement affected Jones in conse quence of the. evidence in chief of Mrs. Chamley. She had stated that Jones said Martin was at the White Bear. Sarah Hodgson, sworn.—l live with my uncle, the last witness. Witness did not know Copeland. Mr. Rushton said he had caused proper inquiries to be made respecting Mr. Dryden. He had received a certificate stating that Mr. Dryden could not leave the house without danger. The inquiries made showed that this was true. Mr. Grocott might wish to cross-examine him further, and he would, if Mr. Grocott thought proper, remand the prisoners, or a portion of them, in order to give that opportunity. Mr. Grocott signified that this was not necessary. Mr. Heywood Jones, a partner in the firm of Arthur Hey wood and Co., was called, and his testimony was read over and signed. Mr. Snowball asked Mr. Jones if Miss Crellin had not money in his bank ? Mr. Rushton said he could not permit any questions as to money, save what were just sufficient to support the case. Mr. Jones had already stated the fact that Miss Crellin had money in Messrs. Heywoods' bank. Mr. Snowball said lie merely wished to ascertain the fact : and the question was therefore repeated. Mr. Jones replied that Miss Crellin had money in the bank. Mr. Rushton said he had now examined all the witnesses which the Commissioner of Police had obtained, fur the pur pose of forwarding the ends of justice. His object in pursu ing this inquiry was to investigate the truth as far as possible. If there were any further witnesses to bring forward this was the time. Mr. Snowball said he had one witness whom he thought it advisable to call. It was a Mrs. Griffiths, with whom Miss Crellin lodged before she went to live with Mrs. Jones. The object was to show that Miss Crellin's habits were not what had been represented, before she went to Jones's. Hannah Griffiths. wife of John Griffiths, Victoria-terrace, Rathbonc-street, called and sworn.—l _am the next door neighbour to Mrs. Jones. I remembered Miss Crellin com ing to lodge with me. She lived with me three weeks, and left me five weeks before Christmas. She behaved very well indeed while she lived with me, and was very sober. She be haved like a lady, and did not drink at all. All she had was a glass of warm ale at night when she went to bed, and that very seldom. By Mr. Rushton.—l never saw Miss Crellin intoxicated while she was with me._ _ _ _ _ . . . By Mr. Snowball.—l saw Mr. Martin during the time she lodged with me. She went subsequently to lodge at Jones's. By Mr. Grocott.—She had no visitors while she lived at our house, and she did not wish any. By Mr. Davenport.—l recollect her going to Mr. lledisb's to get the rent. She came home about one o'clock in the afternoon. She was perfectly sober. She told me she had had a glass of ale. She took another glass of ale to her din.• ner. She sent for a pint, and I had half of it. I liked Miss _ _ Crellin very well. 1 did not keep lodgers, but Mrs. Jones came to me and asked me to make a bed up for her. I said I had not been accustomed to lodgers, but I would do it for a night or two. I did so. I said I should be glad if she would leave my house, because I thought it was too small and not comfortable enough for such & lady as her. I did not say she was the wickedest woman I ever heard. I will not swear that I did not say so. I do n't remember that I did. I liked her very well. May be I said so, because I never saw her go to chapel or church. I talked to Miss Crellin about it, but I did not say so to Mrs. Jones. lam a Wesleyan Me thodist. I never saw any wickedness about Miss Crellin save in her absence from worship. I did not like Miss Crellin so well after Mrs. Jones spoke to me about her. Mrs. Jones said Miss Crellin suspected me of charging more for the tea which I purchased for her than I gave for it. I liked Miss Crellin as well as my own mother. I wished her to leave the house because I was not comfortable, having to sleep up stairs. The prisoner Jones complained, that an individual, who sat near the witness, kept twitching her dress when she was about to make an admission favourable to the prisoners. Mr. Demain, one of the witnesses, said this was the fact, though the individual alluded to denied it. Mr. Rushton said, if the person had so acted it was ex ceedingly improper; and the gentleman was directed to change his seat. Mr. Snowball said, just before he came into court he received information of a witness who could give very im portant evidence. He wished to have the prisoners further remanded. Mr. Rushton declined to remand the prisoners further, but directed that the party should be sent for, when his evidence could be taken. John Edwards, Inspector of Police, called.—About six weeks ago I made a communication to Superintendent Brown, that I received information from Mrs. Jones that Miss Crellin had paid £250 to Mr. Copeland. I made the communica tion, I believe, after Copeland was taken on Mrs. Clayton's charge. Mr. Brown and I went to see Miss Crellin at the house of Miss Sutton, in Seymour-street. I had previously seen Mrs. Jones. Miss Crellin came in. Mrs. Jones was there. There was some conversation touching the money, but I cannot remember what it was. I was there all the time. Copeland was in custody at that time, on charge of having taken £2O from Mrs. Clayton. Miss Crellin was not willing to appear against him. I told her he was in custody. A night or two before this, Mrs. Jones met me. That was the first time I saw her. It was in Russell-street. She said Miss Crellin had been annoyed by two gentlemen, and she was at a house in Seymour-street. She wished me to go about it, as Miss Crellin did not like to go out while the parties were there. On the morning 'when we went to Sutton's, I called at Jones's with Brown. 1 saw Mrs. Jones. I forget what we talked about. By Mr. Davenport.—l only went to Jones's once. Mrs. Jones did not appear concerned, she appeared confused. I think I said, that I had seen Miss Crellin drunk. I have seen her drunk. It was at a public-house in company with Cope land. It was at Hebblethwaite's, in Church-street, about a week before I went to Sutton's. Hebblethwaite's is a spirit vault. I assisted her out. She could scarcely walk. Miss Crellin and Copeland and his friend who was with him went away down Bold-street. It was between twelve and one o'clock in the morning. There being no other witness present Mr. Rushton said the evidence taken should now be read over. Some further witnesses were to be examined, and their testimony could be taken after the depositions were read. Mr. Ellis having concluded reading Miss Crellin's testi mony, Mr. Grocott asked Miss Cecilia if she had ever told Mrs. Chamley that she would have married M`Gill at St. Paul's Church, had it not been for Mrs. Jones. Miss Crellin.—l never did. Mr. Rushton called Mrs. Chamley and put the question to her. Mrs. Chamley.—Miss Crellin never made such a remark. When the testimony of Mr. William Demain had been read, Mr. Grocott said he believed Mr. Demain had some thing to add. Mr. Rushton asked Mr. Grocott how he was aware of this. Had Mr. Grocott examined him? Mr. Grocott.—lies. Mr. Rushton.—Any examinations of the witnesses on the depositions should be taken in open court. Mr. Grocott.—Mr. Demain wrote a note to me, saying, that he had further testimony to give, and I was to have seen him on the subject. He called on me this morning before breakfast, but I was not in. He has since written a note to me in court. Mr. Snowball.—l can only say that Mr. Demain met me in the street, and said he could have made the evidence against Mr. Quick much stronger, if he pleased, and now it appears he has been to Mr. Grocott. Mr. Rushton.—(To Mr. Demain.)—What is it you wish to add ? Mr. Demain.—l did not know whether I had seen M`Gill and Miss Crellin go down Kirkdale-road together the day but one after the return from Gretna. Mr. Rushton.—What induced you to call on Mr. Grocott ? Mr. Demain.—A lady at the house which I have named said she had seen M`Gill and his intended the night but one after the return from Gretna walking down Scotland-road together. Mr. Rushton. —Is that all the evidence you have to add ? Mr. Demain.--Yes• Mr. Rushton. —That is not evidence. (To Mr. Grocott.) If you wish that to be taken down, you must call the lady. Mr. Grocott.--I have no wish to have it taken down. Inspector Campbell was called, and his evidence, given on Wednesday, was repeated and reduced to writing. The testimony of Mrs. George, of the George and Vul. ture, having been read, Mr. Rushton, by desire of Mr. Da. venl►ort, asked her whether Mrs. Clayton did not say to her, that they had tat en her into the room, at Gretna, and kept her there against her will. She replied in the negative, and adhered to her original statement. The witness alluded to by Mr. Snowball having arrived. aer examination was taken. Susan Ralton sworn.—My husband is an innkeeper. No. 40, Great Nelson-street. I know Mrs. Chainley. She lives opposite to me. I cannot swear to any of the prisoners at the bar except Mrs. Jones. She was at my house one after noon, about a fortnight or three weeks ago. She was with a little man who used to be seen walking up and down the street, and he would come in occasionally and take a glass of ale. lie asked me to take down the blind, saying, ha wanted to watch a person who was across the way at Mrs. Chamley's. lle remained and watched some time. Three gentlemen came in the afternoon while Mrs. Jones was there, and they asked for the man who was watching, but he had gone. They asked for a room up stairs to watch from. I said I had not a room up stairs. They said they would rather forfeit £5O than miss her. One of them said his brother was a doctor, and the person they were watching owed him some money. They said she was a very singular character, as she seldom slept two nights together in the same house, and that she carried her night-clothes about with her in a bag. One of the party said they wanted to see her without Mrs. Chamley, for she was a d—d old bad one. The three gentlemen ordered the man and woman to sit, one at the one side of the window and the other at the other, and she was to let them have whatever they pleased to drink, and they would pay for it. The gentlemen went out at the hack door, on a sudden. Mr. Rushton asked what rank of life Jones was in ? Mr. Davenport.—He is by trade a stone-mason. He un dertakes contracts, and he has lied, I believe, the manage ment of something in the paving department for the parish. Mr. Rushton.—lt is my intention to commit all the pri soners for trial, the greater part of them on a charge of felony, either as principals or accessaries. Some of them ‘vill be committed, also, for conspiracy, which commitment will, of course, be in default of bail. The prisoners M`Gill, Quick, Rogerson, Jones, Mrs. Jones, and Duval were severally asked, after the usual cau tion, if they had any thing to say. They replied," Nothing." Mrs. Clayton was reminded of her former statement, and asked if she had anything to add, or if she wished it to stand in the depositions. She said she would leave it en tirely to her legal adviser. Mr. Davenport said, if it were left to him, he should say, no. Mr. Rushton asked Copeland, alias Martin, if he had any thing to say. Copeland.—l shall leave it to my legal adviser. Mr. Rushton, (addressing Copeland.)—The charge against you differs from that against the others. You are charged with having cheated and defrauded Miss Crellin of the sum of .12250. I have to inform you, therefore, that you will he en titled to bail. You will, therefore, be released on giving two sureties in £lOO each, and entering into your own recogni sance in £2OO, to appear at the next Assizes to answer any indictment that may be preferred against you. and you will have to give forty-eight hour's notice of the bail. All the other prisoners will be committed for felony, and as I said before, some of them will also be indicted for conspiracy. Those who are committed for conspiracy would be entitled to bail ; therefore, the only way in which they can be committed is in default of bail. _ _ Is Rogerson Mr. Grocott.—Do I understand you, sir? to be committed for felony? Mr. Rushton.—Undoubtedly. Mr. Grocott.—Do you not think, sir, there is a shade of difference in this case? Mr. Rushton.—l think not a shade. They will be commit ted as principals and accessaries. Mr. Snowball said it had just struck him, that Copeland, who was to be admitted to bail, might have the £250. of which he had defrauded Miss Crellin. in his pocket. He might procure bail by giving one hundred pounds to each, and walk away with the other fifty. Mr. Rushton said, if Copeland had any money in his pocket the bridewell keeper would know of it. The Legislature had intrusted the Justices with the power of fixing bail, and it was his duty to order such bail as was not excessive. He had in the case of Mr. Dunlevy, ordered the sureties to be seventy-live pounds each ; and, in the present instance, he thought the bail he had named was sufficient. If, when the bail was tendered, Mr. Snowball could show that the parties had been indemnified, he would not accept them. Mr. Snowball said he had an observation to make, which knowing Mr. Ruslitons determination, he did merely as a matter of form. lie had already retained counsel to conduct the case at the next Assizes. He knew Mr. Rushton's opi nion on the subject of a public prosecutor ; but at the request of Miss Crellin, be had to apply that that lady should be bound over to prosecute. Mr. Rushton said he could not depart from the rule obser ved in other cases. The plan laid down and followed by his excellent predecessor, Mr. Hall, he fully approved of, and he believed it was the best, for the ends of justice, that the Commissioner of Police should, in all cases, be bound over to prosecute. It was an excellent system from which they never deviated, and it prevented all tampering with the pro- secution. Mr. Snowball repeated, that he made the application merely as a matter of form. Mr. Rushton said there could be no objection to the appli cation ; and, if Mr. Snowball wished to found any thing on it in the way of appeal to a higher quarter, they would take it as formally made. _ _ . . Mr, Davenport said that he was requested to apply for bail on behalf of Mrs. Jones. Mr. Rushton said lie could not comply, as it was evident th It Mrs. Jones had been most active in this affair, inde pen hint o f her husband. All the witnesses, with the exception of the married women, wh - He husbands will have to be bound for them, enter into ec ignisances, in the sum of £lOO each, to appear at the next - - - Assizes to give evidence. The prisoners were removed from the bar, and the exami nation terminated at a quarter before seven o'clock. The prisoners M'Gill, Quick, Jones and Mrs. Clayton are committed for felony, as principals in the abduction : the the prisoners Rogerson, Mrs. Jones, and Duval are also committed for felony, as accessaries. All the above priso ers will be indicted for conspiracy, which is a bailable offence, but, as they cannot be bailed for the felony, except on ap plication to one or more of tha judges, they must be com mitted on this charge as in default of bail. Copeland, alias Martin, stands committed for having defrauded Miss Creliin of the £250. THE REV. HUGR MNEILE ON MESMERISM. The mesmeric exhibitions which are taking place here and elsewhere came under the review of the eloquent minister of St. Jude's, in his sermon on Sunday last. The view which he takes of Mesmerism has so much justice in it, and tLe objection he urges against it, in its present state, at least, is put forward with so much plainness, that the readily ac cede to the request of several readers to report that part of the reverend gentleman's discourse. Whether he be right or wrong we shall not stop to enquire ; but we must say that the position he has assumed displays the boldness and sincerity of his ministerial character in a new and prominent light. The text selected was the 2d chapter of St. Paul's 2d epistle to the Thessalonians, verses 9 and 10.—" Even him whose coming is after the workings of Satan with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all the deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish." The reverend gentleman gave first a short digest of the scriptural evidence for Satanic agency among men ' • and then a brief expo s iti on o f t h e ki nds of agency w hi c h we have reason to expect from the devil in these latter times till the second coming of Christ; and he then applied these scriptural truths to some exhibitions now going on. The Rev. Gentleman having, with his usual power, dis cussed the two first topics, proceeded to the consideration of the third nearly as follows : With this scriptural state of things before us, appealing to these facts, knowing by the sure word of God that such a power (as Satanic influence over the bodies of men) is abroad in the world, and that we are liable to be assailed by it — knowing that many signs and wonders, some true and some lying, may be exhibited by this power along with men who deal with familiar spirits—l say, with all these before us, we come as furnished Christians to examine into one particular work or power or pretence, or sign or wonder. For this purpose I have drawn out this scriptural information for you ; and I ask you to consider what is now going on, in this very town, and occupying within the last few days, as I per ceive, a portion of the public press, which is put into all your hands to read. First, I institute the enquiry —is there any real power, any supernatural power. in this Mesmerism, or is it nothing but fraud ? Is it nothing but human fraud for gain-sake, or is there anything in it beyond the power of un assisted man to accomplish ? In forming a judgment upon this, I go, of course, upon what I have read. I have seen nothing of it, nor do I think it right to tempt God by going to see it. I hold in my hand a very remarkable p a p er , t a k en f rom a l a t e num b er o f Cham bers Edinburgh Journal, which professes to give an account of some circumstances which the writers themselves beheld. The reverend ge n tl emen then read a descript i on of the exhibition of animal magnetism, by Mons. Lafontaine, on the young gentleman who appeared with him on the occasion of hls last visit to Liverpool, the phenomena in which we described fully at the time. Here, he proceeded, is one of the cases set forward by apparent authority. Ido not vouch, of course, for the facts of this c ase as h ere sta t e d : there may be some misapprehension ; there may be some collusion. But supposing the effect took place as here stated, then, beyond all question, it is beyond the force of nature. It is not in na ture, so far as we have yet learned (and I shall speak of this a little further presently), for any one to be so tortured in sleep without being awoke out of that sleep. Here is some power then. It may be lodged in nature : there may be some secret operation, the discovery of which is now being made for the first time ; something like the power of compressed steam, which did exist in nature long before its discovery took place ; or like electricity. But if there be, those who pretend either to have made the discovery, or are making it, will ascertain the laws upon which those operations of nature are carried on ; for it is a part of all nature's laws that they shall act uniformly. And I would say to the professors of this science, if they call it a science, that they should come boldly forward, and state the law of nature by the uni form action of which this thing is done, and not confine themselves to experiments in a corner, upon their own servants, or upon females hired for the purpose. The uniform action of the properties of matter can be stated, and it becomes the philosophers who are honest men, and make discoveries of this kind, to state the law—to state its uniform action. But this is not done at present.—Mr. M`Neile then read another paper extracted from the re port of the magnetic experiments made by the Committee of the Royal Academy of Paris, detailing an operation for cancer upon an old lady, aged 64, whilst under magnetic influence. Not only was the cancer, which was upon the breast, removed whilst she was is this .state, but it was dressed and redressed without her feeling any pain, and what is equally singular, whilst she was calmly conversing. The operation lasted ten minutes.—lf this be a falsehood, Mr. M`Neile proceeded, then certainly there is something almost supernatural in the effect, and we have a whole academy joining to tell and publish this he. If it be the truth, if the fact be so, then here, beyond all question, is something out of the range of nature, out of the present power of man, unless this is a new science. , We know what sleep is, and we know what pain is. e do not know all the properties of matter certainly ; and there may be some occult property in matter which these men have dis covered, and which may have the effect, when applied to the human frame, of rendering it, insensible to pain. if there be such a property in matter, it will act uniformly, for that is the character of nature's acts. There is no caprice in na ture. All the laws of nature act uniformly. Let these scientific gentlemen remember this—if this be a science, let us have the laws upon which these properties of matter act. When the science of compressed steam was sent forth among men, the law of its acting was given, and its power always appears in proportion to the pressure or to the compressure. It is the same in every science. Every physical science is subject to a rigid examination of its law ; it can be stated as well as the uniformity of its action. So the shock of the battery is always proportioned to the charge. Observe, I am not running down, as they accuse us who take the Bible for our standard, of running down science. We are not running down science at all. We ask, if it be a science, for the law, the uniformly acting law. Let it be remem bered that until this is given we are at liberty to reject it as a science. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to express his belief that tne pretended miracles related by Lord Shrewsbury, as having been seen by him on the continent, the etatiea and the adolorata were nothing but exhibitions of mesmerism. They were entirely explained by it. In conclusion, he cau tioned his hearers against occult science. Science, said he, if open and above board, I would examine it ; it courts ex amination ; but not so long as it is kept secret, so long as it is a passing of the thumb, and a movement with the lingers, and signs, and talismanic tokens without any intelligible law laid down, without stating some property in matter, and how it acts, the nature of its action upon human flesh, how it stops the circulation of human blool, how it arrests the sen sibility of the human frame, how it prevents the delicate touch being felt in the cutaneous veins. Let them put forth a scientific statement with regard to the nature of the operation of matter upon human flesh, the laws by which it operates ; and if it be in nature it will act uniformly and not capriciously. If it operate capriciou s ly there is some mischievous agent at work, and we are not ignorant of the devices of the devil. The discourse of the reverend gentleman occupied au hour and twenty minutes, and was listened to with profound attention. CHESTER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.—MONDAY, APRIL 11. (Before Mr. Justice MAI:ME.) (From our own Correspondent.) THE MURDER AT TILSTON Ann Edge, who — wasacquitted on Saturday, was again placed at the bar this morning, charged with the wilful mur der of her brother t James Edge, a little boy eight years of age, on the 23d of June last. It appeared, that on the day in question the prisoner went home to see her parents, being at the time living a servant in the neighbourhood ; that she took her brother and sister into the garden, and afterwards the deceased accompanied her part of the way home. On his return he was taken ill, vomited very much, and next day died. The prisoner visited him during his illness, and desired a medical man should be sent for, but none was called in. The prisoner about that period sent to Mr. Hooper's shop at Malpas, for twopennyworth of arsenic, which she said was to poison a dog with, but on being apprehended, she admitted purchas ing arsenic from Mr. Hooper's' shop, but said it was for a woman at Bolesworth, whose name she 'did not know. In consequence of the sudden death of the prisoner's sister, supposed to be in consequence of having had arsenic admi nistered, the body was exhumed on the 12th of August, but decomposition had commenced, so as to preient the features being known'., The coffin was removed to the Rectory Court house, at Tilston, for the purpose of a post mortem exami nation beingimade, and the counsel for the prosecution was about to identify the coffin, by the inscription on the plate, when Mr. TEMPLE, for the prisoner, contended that the dis- cription on the plate could not he given in evidence, as the plate itself might be produced. On this the learned JUDGE directed an acquittal, ruling that as the'contents of a piece of paper could not be given in evidence without the production of the paper itself, he did not see any thing in the present case to make it an exception from the general rule. [The trial of the Stockport rioters was proceeding last evening, when our reporter left Chester, at eight o'clock.] FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST, AND EIGHT SEVERELY INJURED MANCHESTER, SATUATIAT NIGHT. It is our painful duty this day to relate the particulars of one of the most melancholy accidents attended with the sa crifice of human life that has occurred in this part of the country for many years. It took place in the extensive coal mines of Messrs. Swyne and Lees, known b the name of " Flowery Fields," situate in the town s hi p of Newton, Lan cashire, a small village about, six miles f rom M anchester. and about three miles f rom the borough of Ashton-under- Lyne. The number of mine rs emp l oyed in the various meats of the mine is said to be'about 50 or 60. It appears that about eleven o'clock on Friday morning the men in the mine, aud the banksmen if the first entrance to the mine, were, thrown into the, greatest state of alarm by bearing a rumbling noise, accompanied by a tremendous depart shock, which was quickly followed by an explosion and au e emission of ignited inflammable air. It was known that ther e were 26 persons in that part of the mine where the exp r los , took place. Meantime Mr. Potter and Mr. F. Tinke r, t wo medical surgeons in the neighbourhood, arrived to rend aid. After the lapse of some hours the medical g sufferers, deemed it safe to proceed in search of the mis si ng,taey succeeded and after a protracted and dangerous s earcbunfortunately, all in finding eight of the missing colliers, bat, iou cated, and others render rentlemen quite dead, some of them having been s n discovered that it much bruised and burned. It was on this spot the air first i gnited, place, but also dead. seven more were found near tbe i d snaabout an hour afterwards The search was prosecuted, and at ex end of the the remaining ten were discov safety, being about 200 yards gniwteadsii,:a°n°d sbortly afterwards mine, where they had ru 1 Bowker, was in the last of them, a verson named J others in a pitiable state of ex an distant from the place and the n amed Grimshaw. John agonies of death, . the man G • h haustiou, especiallY fter he was found, an d runs aw was so wh;rfeyorothine damp first exploded. One Bowker died soon a to preserve his life proved fruitless. far He of one of his fellow workmen. Four . much exhausted as their cm— ! of the eight weresnonnwhat recovered they were conveyedi ; rades, and being the pit, and thereby a ff orded the remain -1 to the mouth 0! td a better supply of fresh air, b* spent expired t hat iin all t h e e a ff rln t rt s s so and their a ing four o p e tions of the surgeons were much facilitated ' which the. BoWLING GREEN. —This delightful green, KKAD Willoughby's hotel, opens for the season in week. The co the course of the w from Liverpool and this side the water was numerous, but, from the increase of subscribers, it will be touch larger this season. attached ro Mr. CONSERVANCY OF THE CHESHIRE SIDE. OFTHEMERSEY. —A petition, signed by the most influential landed proprietors • in this neighbourhood, was last week forwarded to London,. to oppose the application of the Liverpool corporation for an, act of parliament to obtain the conservancy of the Cheshire shore of the river Mersey. WOODSIDE FERR.Y.—The bill to authorise the commissi oners of Birkenhead to purchase Woodside Ferry, has passed through committee in the House of Commons. MADAME L&FrA,RGE.—It is mentioned in the French journals, that this unhappy person has beccme lunatic, and that an a asylum. PPlication has been made for her removal to an LECTURES AT THE MUSIC-HALL On Friday evening week the fourth of the series of lectures now delivering at the Music-hall, on the novelties of the creed of Pope Pius, was given by the Rev. W. Falloon, We were unable our selves to be present, and therefore are compelled to give the follow log abridgement of the lecture, which we take from the Protestant Sentinel, an admirable and cheap monthly periodical, which we take this opportunity of recommending strongly to the notice of our Protestant friends. The address of the reverend gentleman was listened to with the greatest attention, and it was replete throughout with powerful argument and kindly Christian feeling Mr. Falloon, from all we hear, has produced, by this lecture, stron impression upon the public in his favour as an orator and contr g oversialist. The subject of the address was the fourth no- velty, as follows . " I embrace and receive all and every one of the things which have been (Wined and declared in the holy Council of Trent, con cerning Original Sin and Justification." The reverend lecturer, although suffering from indisposition, performed his task in a very eloquent and elaborate manner. In the course of his observations on the subject of original sin, he very ably exposed the fallacy of the Romish Church with regard to the sacrament of baptism. In order to lay before the audience the exact value the Romish Church put upon this sacrament, he read two passages from the Rhenish Testament, which set forth that the sacrament of baptism gave salvation ex opere operato, which meant that the mere performance of the ordinance took away sin; and that the remission of sins in this life, and sanctification, were given by baptism. The subject of baptism was a grave one; and it was painful to find so close an accordance upon it between the Romig) Fathers and their sons and admirers the Tractarians of Oxford. It was grievous to hear the eulogiums passed by men sitting in the seat of the Reformers, on those who would ennoble the ordinance itself—the mere external ceremony—into the internal thing meant ; forcing into undue pro minence things good and beautiful in themselves, by elevating the ordinance of Jesus to equal value with Jesus Christ himself. It was unscriptural and irreligious to make men dispensers of salvation ; yet this impression must be made on any impartial reader on a perusal of the Oxford Tracts. Far be it from him to say they did it intentionally : their learning was undoubted, and their zeal could not be concealed; but learning or zeal, however great, was not a perfect test of truth. In proceeding with the subject, the reverend lecturer quoted from Bishop Burnet, who said baptism was a pre cept, not a means to salvation. Rome said, the very performance of the act did of necessity bestow regeneration. Bishop Burnet also said " an internal beuefit may be conferred at the time the external ordinance is performed ; but the external ordinance is not of necessity a charm to give salvation." To maintain that baptism of necessity gave salvation, was to maintain that salvation was by baptism, and not by the sovereign grace of God: and instead of faith, substituting the mere performance of the sacrament, which he believed our , Lord and Say our Jesus Christ never intended. — The Council of Trent decreed that " Whoever shall say that sin is not wholly removed by baptism, let him be accursed." But the Council acknowledged that concupiscence remained after baptism; but that it was not of the nature of sin. Now St. Paul said, "If I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelled' in me;" St. John—" If we say we have no sin, we deceive our selves, and the truth is not in us." The Council perceived it had committed a monstrous error, in maiutaiuing the doctrine of universal corruption, without remem bering that they had involved the Virgin Mary ; for, if universal, sure enough the Virgin Mary was born in sin ; and the belief in the immaculate conception was at once destroyed. Upon the disco very of this error, the Council further decreed, " that it was not their design to include in this decree, which treated of original sin, the blessed and immaculate Virgin Mary." Thus did they tamper with God's eternal truth, and their last error was worse than the first. The reverend gentleman then proceeded to the consideration of the decree of the Council, passed iu the sixth session, on Justifica ticn by Faith. There were sixteen chapters in this decree, and thirty.thrce canons, each winding lip with the anathema, " let him be accursed." His object was to discover the grand feature of Rome's mistake in the doctrine of Justification by Faith; and in doing so he could not produce any thing new or universally ex citing. The glorious doctrine of the atonement—the precious gem of Christianity in the English Church—being under ban and inter dict; the current coin of apostolic truth—the pure gospel—hin dered from free circulation amongst the counterfeits of the Romish Church, and the base mixture of man's works substituted in its stead—there was enough remaining still to detect the imposition, to detect the illegality of the tender, even though it bear upon it the stamp of Oxford. A great deal depended upon the meaning of the word justification ; and this .could only be determined by its use in the original languages. The reverend lecturer Alien quoted from Isaiah, Ahe Psalms, and St. Paul's Epistles, to- prove that justification was a law term, and signified to acquit—to pronounce righteous on trial; and in this manner it was plainly put in con trast with condemnation. He would treat the subject as if there were two parties—the judge on the bench, the criminal at the bar, and a fixed standard of law to adhere to ; God the Judge, man the condemned criminal, God's word the law. He would then call three witnesses, and ask them how the criminal should be made righteous before God ?—the Apostles of Jesus Christ, the apostolical Church of England, and the apostate Church of Rome. The verdict of the apostles was justification by the free mercy of God, through the merits of Jesus Christ, made ours by faith—not of works, but by faith, that it might be of grace : the prisoner is pardoned—Christ hath pardoned him. The, second witness, the Church of England, said, in the 11th article, they were accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works. Here was a re-issuing of the apostolic coin, under the auspices of the Church of England, whose image bore the Redeemer's own name. The third witness, the Council of Trent, said—" Whoever shall say man is saved solely by the r i g hteousness of Christ, let him be accursed. " H ow utterly was this at variance with the tuneful chord struck by the apostl es so faithfully re-echoed by the Church of England ! The lecturer and read several clauses from the decree of the Council of Trent, of similar tendency. He then quoted from the early fathers showing their belief in justification by faith, and not by works, and cited St. Augustine, St. Chrysostom, and St. Ambrose ; he would also quote from a father of the 16th century—the noble, the judicious Hooker, in opposition to Trent, which maintained justification by prepara tion, by works, by our merits, and not by the merits of Jesus Christ. There was great importance in defining justifleation, and in keeping it distinct from sanctification. In the 7th canon, it was said, that justification was not justification alone, but also sancti fication. The whole of Rome's errors sprang from this con. founding that which was done for a man with that which was doingiß him; blending justification and the righteousness which was complete, with the sanctification of the Holy Spirit; blending that which was perfect and done, with that which was imperfect and progressive. This was the great point—the gravest error on the part of Rome. The rev. lecturer continued at great length to dilate on the minutiae of the doctrines of the Church of Rome, with regard. to justification by faith ; and after likening the penances of the itom o l o si! Church to a rotten plank, said to his audience , that th e atoningtblwaas of Christ was their plank—it was fixed, and it was eternal, i endurable for ever. Coffee.—Fine East India AAA particularly The Finest—Full Old East India flavattf 1 1 01 r ecommeded. The description which is much -esteemed Cl over the fCon tinent of Europe, where Coffee i s justly c elebrated or its perfection of quality, an .406 therefore peculiarly calculated to meet the English tastg--ROBERT ROBERTS and Co., Royal Bank Building*" April 11, 1842,