The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. An unexpected press of Advertisements has compelled its this week to omit a number of articles a nd notices of local affairs. Had we been aware in time we should have endeavoured to provide for the difficulty by giving a Supplement. We have done our best, however , to rectify it , and increase the space at our disposal, by the us e of a quantity of smaller type, which, though objected to by many of our readers, will perhaps for once he pardoned. It is a little singular and creditable to our Contemporaries in Preston and Manchester that the first news which arrived in Liverpool of the Bombardment of Tangiers, was given in first editions of the Preston Pilot and Manchester Guardian, who were indebted for their early information to a late edition of the Morning Herald of Friday. Our own three papers of Saturday were only able to announce it in second editions. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ebt itiberpaol TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 20, 1844. The Parisian Journals of Thursday brought us the intelligence that the war between France and Morocco had been commenced by the bombardment of Tangiers. The Moniteur contained the following telegraphic despatch from the French Admiral. " PERPIGNAN, AUG. 13, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M.—The Prince de Joinville to the Minister of Marine. " Before Tangiers, the ith. On the 4th instant, a re ply to the ultimatum of M. de Nyon was received, but was not of a nature to be accepted. On the sth, I was informed that Mr. Hay was in a place of safety. On the morning of the Gth, I attacked the fortifications of Tan giers. Eighty pieces of artillery returned the fire. In about an hour their fire was silenced, and their batteries dismantled. Our loss iu men is trifling, and the injury sustained of little consequence. The quarter inhabited by the European Consuls has been respected." By an extraordinary express, since received, we have news from Paris down to 9 PM. on Saturday, which fully confirms the telegraphic despatch and gives the following particulars of the action, from a subsequent report addressed to the Minister of Marine. " It was on Tuesday, the 6th instant, about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, that the squadron under the orders of the Prince, at anchor under the walls of Tangiers. opened its fire with shouts of Long live the King.' In one hour the fire of the place was extinguished, the batteries were dismantled, and the guns dismounted. On our side the loss was not considerable. —" Notwithstanding the difficulty of the ground, the squadron took its position in a most successful manner. The ship Suffren, commanded by the Prince, anchored in six fathoms and a half, with a rocky bottom, and the po sition nearest the enemy's batteries was that chosen by the Admiral. "The fire, which commenced at half-past eight, was not entirely discontinued until towards 11 o'clock. It continued during this time with order which did not ex clude for one moment that steadiness and precision ne cessary for taking good aim. It was to the accuracy of the tiring, as much as to the position chosen by the Prince, that the rapid success is to be attributed. " The example given by the Suffren was followed by each of the ships of the squadron. Everywhere on this occasion did officers, seamen, and soldiers, rival each other in ardour and steadiness. The resistance was much more vigorous than was generally imagined ; several of the guns on the ramparts did not cease their fire until they were destroyed by our shot. " Mr. Hay arrived during the action in the Vesuvius, coming from Nlogador. In the evening he waited on his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, who had an in terview with him. _ _ . --- ...„.. ...... ____ "The Spanish division, a British man-of-war and frigate, some Sardinian ships, as well as some Swedish and Ameri can ships, were present at this brilliant exploit." - - - " It is believed," says the Constitutionel,— " That after the attack of Tangier, the Prince proceeded to bombard Tetuan and Larache." The Paris Correspondent of the London Times asserts that a degree of dissimulation has been prac tised by the Admiral in his proceedings, which may lead to serious differences between the two Govern ments. Sir Robert Wilson, Sir Edward Owen, Mr. Lytton Bulwer, and Lord Cowley relied upon the pacific views of the Prince de Joinville up to four o'clock on the sth; and despatches were actually sent off to the British Government on that day, announcing the probability of an amicable ad justment between France and Morocco. It appears, however, that on the preceding day, the 4th, the Prince had considered the reply of the Morocco Government to his ultimatum unsatisfactory, and on that day resolved on hostilities. Another charge against the good faith of the French Government itself, is, that a pledge was given to Great Britain, that Tangiers, as a quasi-European town, should be spared; and, having given such a pledge it is con tended that instructions to fulfil it should have been sent to the Prince. France therefore has either failed in her faith towards us and forwarded no such orders; or, as was broadly asserted on Satur day, in the best informed circles in Paris, the Prince has, of his own will and in violation of orders, bom barded Tangiers. There was another report at Tortoni's, that the town had been taken possession of ; but it was ge nerally treated as a stock jobbing manoeuvre, and not credited. _ _ The public feeling excited in Paris is of a varied character. Amongst sober men of all classes regret at the step taken by the Prince prevails, whilst, amidst the swagger of not a few of the war party, the symptoms of some little fear for the result is perceptible. Considerable agitation had been cre ated on the Bourse and a serious fall had been ex perienced in the prices of stock. 'We have nothing up to the time of going to press to explain intelligibly, the strange proceedings of Mahemet Ali. The latest accounts attribute his conduct to a freak of passion or insanity. Alexan dria was quiet ; but some fears were entertaied by the Europeans of disturbances. We brought before our fellow -townsmen, a fort night ago, the spirited example, which is being set us in Manchester, in the attempt to construct pub lic parks, &c., for the promotion of the comfort and the health of the community of that town. Unfor tunately our appeal has not produced the effect which we sincerely prayed it would produce. Apa thy, on the part of our leading men, and of our Corporation, is unfortunately too apparent; and, on the part of our brethren of the press, we are sorry to observe something worse than apathy—an evi dent disinclination to throw, for the moment, party to the winds, and unite their strength for the secur ing of a boon so important to all classes in our town. It is painful to contemplate such a feeling, and to I compare it with the eager zeal with which we em bark in any undertaking and in any outlay of money by which gain to our commerce or increase of our property can be promoted. We can expend mil lions upon railway projects, dock projects, ware house schemes, and schemes of more questionable utility; we can build union workhouses and courts of law, music halls and police courts; but when the poor man appeals to us—when the sickly sons and daughters of toil ask us for air and the fresh breeze—when our wives and our children plead to us for the privilege of inhaling an atmosphere free from the effluvia of soaperies and alkali works, we are cold as ice, impassive to the whisperings of hu manity, and close at once, as if panic-struck, our pockets and our hearts. Really, fellow-townsmen, this should not be. Good feeling—Christian feeling forbids it. And if these considerations are not enough to im pel us to move in a better direction, the inferior consideration of vanity might almost urge us. Manchester—Radical, selfish, money-grubbing, as we call her population—is now instituting a vigo rous canvass for the subscriptions necessary for the purpose of providing places of recreation ; her very operatives are turning aside from the advocacy of Chartism, and her shopocracy from the agitation of the League, to unite their efforts in the pursuit of this means of health and recreation; and shall Li verpool, with all her wealth, her valuable public estate, her known public spirit, her Conservatism and loyalty, hang back from an effort so loudly called for—so imperatively required by the admitted wants of her population ? We trust not. We trust to see a better spirit spring up amongst us. Our Foreign Relations have now assumed an aspect pregnant with serious alarm for the peace of Europe. On every side we find new complications arising, new sources of danger manifesting them selves. No sooner has the collision occurred in Morocco, the results of which England is hound to watch with such jealous vigilance,—no sooner has the hot-headed Boy, who commands the Navy of France in that quarter, succeeded in gratifying his craving for wa rfare,—than i we are thunderstruck of t with the news wherefore retirement of Mehemet Ali, whither and as yet we are not to know. Whatever may havebee nthe circumstances, how ever, under which this strange movement has taken Place its consequence s may be sufficiently serious to warrant, on the part of Great Britain, storm. Already sto the most th a t energ etic preparations for a in our fleet is concentrating its forc es in of the Mediterrane an, for an y emergency which may arise; and he mu st be a bold politician, endoweday with more than ordinary dependence upon th e favor able solving of this chap ter of difficulties, who can predict at what moment and in what quarter the first calamitous accident may occur, which will place us in hostile attitude towards some of the powers with whom we are at present in a state of peace and alliance. • We cannot bring ourselves to entertain any seri ous fears for our Country's ability to maintain her present position in any circumstances and against any opponents which may present themselves, how ever much all rational men must deplore that an appeal should have to be made, in the present tem per of the civilized world, to warfare between nations. We believe our navy was never in a better position to maintain its pre-eminence on the seas, notwith standing all the boastings of our jealous neighbours of France, or the senseless coinplainings of a disap pointed Faction at home. When the day shall come for England in earnest to put forth her ener gies the same spirit will be found animating her people and her rulers, which has defended her against more powerful enemies than now menace her. Humanity, commerce, and civilization may suffer in the struggle; but England has ample power to take care that her mighty empire shall not he injured. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NlGHT.—Although busi ness presented little features to-day, the market closing early Consols were flat, the aspect of affairs in France not being considered altogether agreeable. The specula tors for the fall have increased their operations, which, of course, in a degree, accounts for the heaviness obser vable. Consols for present transfer and the account closed 981. Bank Stock left off 1981 to 1994 ; Exche quer-bills, 73s to 75s premium ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 991 to 4 ; Three-and-a- alf per Cents. Reduced. 102 k to ; New Three•and-a-Half per Cents., 1012 to *; Long Annuities, 121 ; India Stock 282 to 284 ; and India Bonds, 94 to 96 premium. Yesterday the price of Con sols was inadvertently quoted 954, instead of 984. In the foreign market there was no essential alteration beyond the business produced by the state of the English funds. Spanish Five per Cents. left off 22+ to '"- ; The Three per Cents. 338 to ; Portuguese, 431 to 4 8 44 ; Peruvian, 21 to 25 ; Mexican, 351 to ; the Deferred, 151 to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 611 to ; the Five per Cents, 1001 to 101 ; Danish, 821 to 891 ; Colombian, 131 to 14 ; Chilian, 103 to 105 ; Buenos Ayres, 31 to 36 ; Brazilian, 81 to 85 ; and Belgian. 103 to 104. BANK OF ENGLAND.—III the Gazette of Friday night, we have the return of the quarterly weekly average of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England for the three months, from the 18th of May to the 10th instant in clusive. We find, on a comparison with the quarter from the 20th of April to the 13th of July, that the circulation has increased from £21,246,000 to £21,324,000, being a difference of £76,000. The deposits have increased from £13,977,000 to £14,090,000, being a difference of £113,000, and making the total of the liabilities £35,414,000. The securities have increased from £22,471,000 to £22,908,000, being a difference of £437,000. The bullion has decreased from £15,767,000 to £15,579,000, being a difference of £lBB,OOO, and making the total of the assets £38,487,000. The surplus or rest has increased from £3,015,000 to £3,073,000, being a difference of £58,000 during the month. The Northern Church of England School, Rossall Hall, Lancashire, is to be publicly opened by the Lord Bishop of Chester on Thursday next. OFFENCES AGAINST THE DOCK LAWS. — Yesterday, at the Police-court, Murdoch Maynier, mate of an Ame rican barque, was charged with having neglected when told by the dock officer to remove his vessel in the Prince's Dock, so that another vessel was prevented from getting into her berth a-head of her, and it was found ne cessary to employ some riggers to get the barque out of the way. The case was proved, and he was fined 60 shil lings and costs, and required also to pay the wages of the riggers. THE CASE OF HOMICIDE ON BOARD THE THOMAS BENNETT.—The prisoner, John Kent, who had been re manded from last week on a charge of killing Captain Halsey, and who has since been acquitted by the verdict of the Coroner's jury, as elsewhere recorded, was again brought up at the police-court yesterday. Mr. Rushton, without making any comment, again remanded him until this day, the American authorities in this country not having yet made up their minds for his release—to which, however, it is probable, after the full and impartial in vestigations that have taken place, they will eventually accede. THEFT FROM A SHOP.—An elderly female named Elizabeth Scott was yesterday charged before Mr. Rush ton witblhaving stolen a web of gingham from the shop of Mr. Robert Roberts, Great George-street. It appeared that at about eight o'clock on Saturday night, the priso ner took the article from the shop door and made off with it. She was seen rnnning with it uo Nile-street, and being pursued was overtaken with it in her possession in Rathbone-street. It was attached to the door by a string which was found to be cut, and a pair of scissors were found upon her. The piece was stated to contain 56 yds. worth 61d. a yard. She said she saw it rolling in the street and picked it up. Committed for trial at the sessions. RODNEY-STREET SCOTCH CHURCH SCHOOLS.—It being in contemplation shortly to re-open the Sunday school attached to the Rodney. street church, a sermon, specially addressed to the young, was delivered by the Rev. J. T. Brown, from the pulpit of that place of wor ship upon Sunday evening last. The reverend gentleman selected his text from the second epistle to the Corin thians, v. 17. The intended pupils of the school were stationed in the seats immediately fronting the pnlpit, and appeared deeply impressed.with the emphatic and af fectionate exhortations addressed to them by their pastor. The service was throughout of a most interesting charac ter. We understand that during the ministry of the late incumbent, the congregational sabbath school was in full and efficient operation ; and we are glad to find that his successor has thus early formed the resolution of tread ing in his steps, by tendering to the children of those committed to his pastoral charge, the benefits of a sound and thorough scriptural education. THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MR. BRENT SPEN CER.—Our readers will, doubtless, remember the extra ordinary case of this gentleman, who was recently found in a house in Chelsea, under circumstances of a distressing and degraded nature, under the care of a Mrs. Pelham, his mother. A commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened, on Saturday, to inquire into his state of mind ; and, after hearing the evidence offered, the jury came to the unanimous conclusion that he was of unsound mind, and had been so from the 3rd of July, 1840. At the conclusion, a woman came forward, and stated that the younger son of Mrs. Pelham (Wilson Pelham, a young man, 22 years of age,) had been kidnapped from her when a month old, by Mrs. Pelham, under singular circum stances, and that she had never seen him until now. An inquiry into the case was subsequently gone into, at Queen-square police-office, when the magistrate promised to take time to consider the course to be pursued. He thought that a felony had been committed. A POST-BOY AT FAULT. - At the Police-court yester day, a driver named William Cunliffe was charged with having received a sum of money on his master's account, which he had not paid over to him.—Mr. Evan Williams, carriage-owner, said, that the prisoner was in his employ as a post-boy. On Saturday last, he was employed, with another postillion, to drive Sir John Gerard, of New Hall, near Warrington, in his own carriage, from the railway station in Lime-street to Bootle, he (complainant) finding one pair of horses, and another person the other two. He (prisoner) had received the money for both ' • had paid the other postillion his half, but had retained th e remainder, and absented himself on the following day. He had also appropriated the money he bad received on Thursday, but of this the complainant could not adduce proof.—William Fletcher, footman to Sir John Gerard, said he had on Saturday paid the prisoner, on account of his master, £1 4s. The prisoner was apprehended yes terday morning, and on his way to Bridewell said, of his own accord, that he had received the money and given it to his wife.—He was committed for trial at the sessions for the embezzlement. ALARM OF FIRE. —Yesterday evening, shortly before seven o'clock, a young man on horseback rode up to the Fire-station, Temple-court, and gave the alarm that smoke had broken out, indicating a dangerous fire, in a warehouse in Norfolk-street. He had on his way stated the circumstance to all the police-officers he saw, and from his anxiety, Mr. Hewitt, superintendent of the fire police, immediately ordered out, and accompanied, three engines and a number of new water-carts, and drove rapidly towards the spot. Other water-carts, from in termediate stations, were also ordered out, the number in all being about twelve. On reaching the vicinity of the warehouse, the adjacent crossing line of street—Park lane and St. James's-street—was crowded by thousands of " expectants," but it was announced that the alarm had been occasioned by the chimney of an office having taken fire, the smoke from which had so filled some of the floors of the warehouse—bursting out above—that it was inferred that it had there originated. All being again in safety, the engines, water-carts, ladders, &c., returned to the station before they reached the ground. The young man who gave the alarm was, we learn, by no means to blame, as his motive was good, though he did not again return to the station. The alarm had merely the effect of showing the efficiency of the fire-police, and gave them a " review" exercise. MORE LETTER OPENING.—NOVEL FEATURES IN SPORTING FRAUDS. —During the last few days disclo sures of the most extraordinary character have been made in the letter-carriers' office of the General Post-office, from the discovery by the authorities of a most extensive collusion on the part of several letter-carriers employed in the delivery of letters in the western district of the me tropolis, who, it appears, have bee n for some time in the habit of opening letters directed to noblemen and gentle men belonging to the sporting world, with the view,. as far as we can learn, of disposing of such information for some pecuniary consideration, or betting t ra heinselves upon the strength of it. It is said that this pctice has been carried on for a length of time, and that letters, both in ward and outward, have been thus treated, the letters being afterwards duly delivered. Rumour states that this scandalous plot was thus discovered :—Two letters, open, were found on Wednesday morning last upon the seat oc cupied by a letter carrier named Tapson, directed to well known sporting characters, but with which 119 had no bu siness, as the parties did not live in his district, or walk. Upon being closely questioned, Tapson admitted that such letters had frequently come into his hands, and even tually he gave such information, that six other letter car riers and one sub-sorter were brought up for examination. A most rigid inquiry into the whole circumstances of the case is instituted daily ; and up to Saturday afternoon there were suspended, until the decision of the Post master-general can be known, the letter-carrier who de livered the letters of Lord George Bentinck, the one who delivered those of Mr. Tattersall, besides four others employed to distribute those belonging to other sporting characters. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF REVENUE INQUIRY. Our readers no doubt remember a series of articles which appeared in the London Times, in the autumn of last year, laying open a system of a very fraudulent, or at least suspicious, character, alleged to be carried on amongst the superior officers of the Customs. The de tailed nature of the charges thus brought forward, and the intimate knowledge of the working of the Customs department displayed by the writer, stamped them with an importance which rendered an inquiry into their truth absolutely necessary ; and accordingly the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, then sitting, proceeded to call before them several parties (including the gentleman, a Mr. Roper, who had written the articles in the Times, and Mr. Poole, a discharged searcher, and others), and, after a long and patient innuiry, have addressed to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury a report, which is now before us. It is admitted, at the outset of this report, that very numerous frauds and irregularities have been practised in the landing department of the Custom-house in London, a considerable portion on the Surrey side of the river, where the inspection of the superior officers has been most deficient. Goods subject to high duties have been passed as goods subject to merely nominal duties. In one instance a cargo of coculus indicus passed as flax. Barrels of snuff have been passed as pork, silks as calf skins, &c. In all these frauds the officers have been acting in dishonest concert with importers or agents ; and it appears th a t th e grea t es t f ac ilities have existed upon those wharfs, mainly used for the coasting trade, where the surveillance exercised was least. A practice has existed, amongst these officers, of having carousals in the upper rooms of the warehouses on the quays, to which none of their inferiors were admitted, and at which it is said that the wines used have been drawn from the bonded stores, and consumed, with the connivance of the importers, duty-free. A great portion of this system is attributed, by the Commissioners, to the fact of the landing-officers being, practically, uncontrolled by the officers beneath them in rank. No such inferior officer, although perfectlyin formed of malpractices going on, durst lodge any infor mation, from the almost certainty that the affair would be burked, and the party laying the information dismissed or suspended, the duty of inquiring into its truth devol ving upon an officer of probably the same class as the one complained against. To remedy this, it is proposed that such inquiries shall in future be taken before one of the Commissioners instead of an officer, by which it is thought that the Board will he more likely to arrive at the knowledge of any malpractices going on. It is sug gested, too, that an increased number of officers be placed upon the wharfs upon which facilities for fraud chiefly exist, and that those officers be more frequently removed from station to station. Upon the subject of the relative position of the different classes of officers, we take the opportunity of quoting from the report in extenso " It is a remarkable circumstance, tha`, in all the disclosures which have come to our knowledge, a combination between a landing-waiter and his subordinate officer, to effect an illegal importation, has never appeared. We do not mean to absolve the whole class of weighers or other inferior officers from sys tematic and successful attempts to defraud the revenue. There are numerous instances of such disgraceful conduct by them, but there is no proof of confederation between the landing_ waiter and his weigher. Without, therefore, denying that in come instances they may have joined in illicit practices, we feel ourselves warranted in stating that the greater proportion of the frauds committed by the landing-waiters were not parti cipated in by their subordinate officers, and, nevertheless, they were such as those individuals (if they had been by their duty called upon to give attentis , n to the nature of the importations on which they were employed) must in many instances have detected. " We have no desire to degrade the landing-waiters. It is es ential to the public service that, amongst them, as amongst every other class of officers, self-respect should be encouraged ; and no regulation should be adopted which could really be de rogatory to their position ; but, in our opinion, the object should be to apply this principle to all persons in the employment of the Customs' department. " We certainly think that the position of the lower classes of officers has not been always viewed in a proper light, and we should anticipate most useful results to the public service if they were led to feel that to the manual duties, for which they are specially appointed, they were bound to add a constant vigilance, and were encouraged to control the attempts of others, whatever might be their position, in the commission of fraud. " From the highest to the lowest class, the integrity of the officer is the first object to be attained, and the more each offi cer can be made to feel his own reputation interested in the protection of the revenue, and in the prevention of frauds, the more probable is it that he will resist the innumerable tempta tions to swerve from his duty, which are constantly presenting themselves to him. It is also worthy of consideration, whether the proportion of the proceeds of seizures now accruing to a weigher might not be increased with advantage." The accusations of Mr. Roper and Mr. Poole, directed against several of the superior officers of the customs, into which, most particularly the commissioners thought it their duty to enquire, resolve themselves into the follow ing heads,—viz. lst,—His having been employed by such officers, and by commis sioners themselves, in buying goods in small quantities at wholesale prices, averaging 30 to 35 per cent. under retail prices. 2nd,—He obtained for a commissioner silk goods by retail, whilst they were under examination at the Custom-house. 3rd,—lmproper release of passengers' baggage seized. 4th,—The determination, by tossing up, on the part of two land ing surveyors (since promoted), whether a duty of 20s. or 275. 6d. should be charged on certain silk goods. sth,—The toleration by a surveyor-general of the fabrication of a blue book, in place of the proper one, lost 6th,—The corrupt intimacy of a surveyor-general with a party, who was concerned in recent fraudulent transactions and discharged. 7th,--The habitual practice of most of the commissioners arid of officers of every grade, of making purchases at the Cttstom.house sales in fictitious names, through the medium of the officers en. trusted with their lotting and sale. The whole of these charges appear to have undergone a searching cmciinaination and la o. •o, ~ c•ca y UtasC, lieeu found insufficiently proved to fasten a stigma upon the character of the parties against whom they were levelled, although against the impropriety of some of the transac tions the commissioners earnestly protest. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the Police-court yesterday William M`Pherson, a seaman, was fined 205., or in de fault to be imprisoned seven days, for smuggling 311 b. of foreign manufactured tobacco. CANADA AND THE STATES.—The steam-ship Great Western, Captain Matthews, sailed at noon on Saturday for New York, with 132 passengers, and a larger amount of freight than she has taken out on any previous occa sion. The steam-ship Hibernia will sail to-day for Hali fax and Boston. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—Three young girls, Betsey Kelly, Elizabeth Tyrrell, and Jane Smith, were yester day placed before Mr. Rushton, at the police-court. Kelly was charged with stealing a sovereign from a chest belonging to Mary Williams, her mistress, and the other two with receiving it. They were all committed for trial. Musuaooms have recently, in this neighbourhood, been so abundant, as to have become almost a drug in our public markets and streets. They have been sold, of good quality too, at from lid. to 2d. per quart—a price which, considering the toil of gathering, and the expenditure of shoe leather in the morning wet or dew of the old mea dows, can scarcely be remunerative. Pains-taking house keepers have been enabled to bottle up an ample supply of ketchup. We observe that the claims of the Church of England School Society will be advocated in St. Bartholomew's Church, on Sunday evening next, by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, who is well acquainted with its operations and the beneficial results of its efforts. We need no other argument to recommend this society to the support of the friends of Scriptural education, than to make it known that upwards of 2000 children, belonging to the poorer and working classes of this town, are now receiving in struction in its schools. PROTESTANTISM AND POPERY.—At a meeting of the London Missionary Society, last week, on the proceedings of the French at Tahiti, the Rev. B. Noel said " he rejoiced that, although these difficulties had occurred, they were calculated to fix an eternal hatred on the Roman Catholic religion. (Cheers.) Catholicity and Protestantism were now face to face in Otaheite : Catholicity, supported by French cannon, French brandy, and the debauchery of French sailors ; Protestantism, supported by the Bible, by the civilization and happiness of the Otaheitans. (Cheers.) Give the Catholics every liberty they might ask, only let them not gag the defenders of the truth, and he had no fear for the result." It would be well if the rev. gentleman would always speak in the same un compromising spirit. THE CROPS.—Durnig the past week the weather has been showery, or drizzly, in this quarter; but we have had no long soaking rains as yet, and the high winds that have occasionally prevailed ha ye to a great extent neutra lised the effects of these downfals, by spe ed y evaporation. To-night, (Monday,) however, a thick and rather threa tening rain is falling, which if it continue long may retard field operations, if not indeed injure the ripe grain yet on the ground. A good deal of wheat and oats has already been cut in the neighbourhood, but comparatively little has been housed, and whether as regards that in the stock, or that on its legs, the gathering is somewhat precarious. The wheats are generally excellent, and, on the average for this county, abundant. The spring corn is short both in ear and in straw. The turnips, and especially the po tatoes, fed by the late rains, look exceedingly promising. THE CAUSE LIST.—Of the cases for trial, from the Hundred of Salford, three only remain for trial. These are marked for special juries, in one of which, that of " Farrar v. Deflinne," the Solicitor-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, is specially retained, with a fee of 300 guineas. The Solicitor-General is also retained specially, with a fee of the like amount, for the Corporation of Manchester, in the case of "Milne v. the Manchester Corporation ;" and for the plaintiff, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly has been specially re tained, also, it is said, with a fee of the same amount. The case is not likely to last long, as, in all probability, a special verdict will be returned, subject to the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench upon the question whether Mr. Milne, as clerk to the stipendiary magistrate of Man chester, is an officer entitled to compensation under the charter recently conferred upon that borough. The two cases in which these eminent counsel are specially re tained, have been appointed for Friday next. The list for the Hundred of West Derby is rather longer than usual, containing no less than ninety-five causes, of which eighteen are marked to be tried by special juries. We do not hear of any counsel being specially brought down in any case in the list, the tact and eloquence of the ordinary members of the cir cuit being probably considered equal to whatever exigen cies may arise. Altogether there are only eleven special jury cases in the whole list. The common cases in the first list were cleared off last evening. The arrangements made by Mr. Justice Cresswell, on Satur day evening, are as follows :—The special jury cases in the second, or West Derby list, will be taken in the order in which they stand after the whole of the common jury causes in that list shall have been disposed of. The first special jury cause in the first list, " Booker and another , v. Tebbutt," (N o . 15 . ) w ill be taken to-day ; and the se cond special jury cause in the same list, " Bentley v. Fleming," 30,) will be taken immediately after the common juries in the second list are gone through. LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. Continued from 3rd page. CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY. The Lord Chief Baron took his seat at eight o'clock. HORSE STEALING AT BOLTON. John Wilkinson (55) was indicted for having at Elton, near Bolton, feloniously stolen a horse, the property of John Scholfield. It appeared that on the 26th of last March, a person named Kaye, who had previously borrowed the animal from the prosecutor, was about to send it home by a little boy, when the prisoner came and offered to go with the horse and deliver it to the owner for the sum of 6d. The prisoner, however, instead of taking it to Scholefield sold it for 12s 9d, the actual value being about £2. The Judge observed that the prisoner was charged, in the indictment, with stealing a horse, whereas he had stolen a mare. If it should affect his case, he was enti tled to the benefit of it. [lt turned out, however, that the indictment was good.] The Jury convicted the prisoner, but recommended him to mercy, and he was sentenced to three months imprisonment and hard labour. ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY, AT MANCHESTER. Joseph Forster, (18,) and Thomas Smith, (18,) were in dicted for having, at Manchester, feloniously assaulted Ensign John Davies, and robbed him of a watch, watch guard, and key. Mr. Cardwell conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr. 'Wilkins defended Smith ; the other prisoner was un defended. It appeared that the robbery and assault were commit ted on the persons of three ensigns in her Majesty's 32d Regiment of Foot, stationed at Salford, on the night of Tuesday, the 2d of April. On that night, the three en signs, Davies, Laurie and Birtwistle, were returning from dinner to their quarters at a late hour, and when they ar rived opposite the Manchester Infirmary, at the top of Piccadilly, they were suddenly attacked, without giving the slightest provocation, by a number of persons. In the course of the scuffle, Davies lost his watch. Subse quently, however, he found it lying on the ground ; but when it was regained, its gold chain and key appendages were missing. The only question in the case was, as to the identity of the prisoners. With regard to Forster, it appeared that Davies never lost sight of him from the time of the attack until he was arrested by the police. With regard to the identity of Smith, a young woman who was present, and knew him well, deposed that he was one of the parties engaged in the attack ; and in order to corroborate her testimony, Smith's conduct when ar rested. and his conversations with the police, were detailed to the jury. raJrugedgencaoinnscteivseldnittii,e;reanwdasthneo jury, evidenceaft after r t a o fsenwppmolt nthe e h c s h e , consultation, acquitted both the prisoners, and they were discharged after a suitable admonition from the court. BURGLARY AT STALYBRIDGE, fames Connor, (18,) was indicted for having, at Staly bridge, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Frank Howard, with intent to steal his property. Mr. Wigharn conducted the case for the prosecution: the prisoner was defended by Mr. Monck. It appeared that the prosecutor occupied a house at the place above mentioned, and that a person named Hayes lived with him. During the night of the 21st of May, shortly after twelve o'clock, they were awoke by the barking of a dog, and on one of them getting up to as certain the cause, a person resembling the prisoner was seen going up stairs, without bat or shoes. Immediately after having succeeded in getting to the top of the stairs, he made a stumble, and, fancying the noise might lead to his discovery, he opened a window, and succeeded in making his escape. Hayes then went out and saw the prisoner, whom he had known for some time, in the act of running away. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment and hard labour. FORGERY AT MANCHESTER. William Barber, 44, was indicted for having, at Man chester feloniously forged a certain request in writing for the delivery of goods, with intent to defraud Edward Deeming. Mr. Hutton conducted the case for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that, on the 16th of May last, the prisoner went to a publican named Deeming, and handed him the following order, which purported to have been sent by his (the prisoner's) brother-in-law :—" Please let the bearer have two cans of tenpenny ale—Joseph Barber." While the prisoner was in the act of drinking the ale, it turned out that he was never authorised to get it. There was a second indictment against the prisoner for having forged a similar request, with intent to defraud Edward Hooper, another publican. He was convicted on both indictments, and sentenced to nine calendar months' imprisonment and hard labour. ASSAULT AT PRESTIVICII. Daniel Stace (26) and Charles Eyres (23) were indicted for having, at Prestwich-cum-Oldham, feloniously as saulted William Ralphs, and stolen from his person six pence. Mr. Brandt conducted the case for the prosecutor ; the prisoners were defended by Mr. James. It appeared that on the night of the 12th of June, the prosecutor, who lives at Whitefield, between Manchester and Bury, was on his way home from the former town ; he was met by the two prisoners, who are soldiers in the Bth Regiment of Foot, one of whom threw him down and took sixpence from bis person. The prisoners were acquitted. HORSE STEALING AT OLDHAM. John King (34) was indicted for having, at Oldham, feloniously stolen a gelding, the property of Joseph and William Buckley. It appeared that the prosecutors are coach proprietors, and that they have a farm in the neighbourhood of Old ham, where they keep their horses. - The prisoner was formerly in their employ, and was discharged last summer twelve inanuths. Soon after he went to the farm, and said his late employers had sent hiw for a gelding, which was known by the name of " Captain." The gelding was got out, the prisoner rode off, and nothing was heard of him till the 19th of June last, a year-and-a-balf after the trans action, when Buckley met the prisoner at Southport, and gave him into custody. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twelve ca lendar months' imprisonment and hard labour. BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. Henry Sanders (19) was indicted for having, at Cheet ham-hill, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Sinclair, and stolen a dessert spoon and five sil ver teaspoons. Mr. Bass conducted the case for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that on the evening of the 17th of June the prosecutor, a joiner, at Cheetham-hill, Manchester, retired to rest, and that between 5 and 7 o'elock the next morning it was discovered that the house had been en tered, and that the spoons were missing. Two days after, the prisoner offered some of the stolen property for sale at Warrington. The prisoner was convicted and sen tenced to 12 calendar months imprisonment and hard labour. BURGLARY AT WARRINGTON. Richard Hamblen, (18,) and Thomas Woods, (17 ,) were indicted for having, at Warrington, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Sincock, and stolen thereout two silver watches. Mr. Monck conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor, a watchmaker, lodged in the house of a Mrs. Luci e, and that about half-past 12 o'clock on the night of the 17th of June, a female was passing the place and observed the prisoners in the act of making off. The prisoners were acquitted. BIGAMY AT MANCHESTER. George Rushton, (27) was indicted for having, at Man chester, feloniously married one Elizabeth Richmond, his former wife being then alive. Mr. Yates conducted the case for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that the prisoner was first married to Sarah Sharpies, in the parish church of Cheedle, county of Chester, on the 29th of February, 1836, and that the second marriage took place at the parish church of Man chester, in the early part of the present year. The prisoner was found guilty. ROBBERY AT AINTREE. John Roberts, (23,) was acquitted on a charge of hav ing, at Aintree race-course, feloniously stolen a £5 Bank of England note, a sovereign, and a half sovereign, the property of Thomas Langan, a sporting character, from the County Meath, Ireland. The prisoner was acquitted in consequence of the prosecutor having gone to Cheshire to amuse himself, and not being in attendance when called. His recognizance were estreated, and his expenses will not be allowed. BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. John White (not in the calendar) was indicted for hav ing, at Manchester burglariously entered the premises of Joseph Harden, and stolen thereout a quantity of leather and currying materials. Mr. Wilkins conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that on the morning of the 15th of the pre sent month the prisoner was apprehended in the streets of Manchester with a large quantity of leather and currying materials in his possession. He dropped the property im mediately, said it was his second offence, and that he should be transported : and subsequently it turned out that the robbery had been committed at Mr. Harden's, and that an entrance had been effected there by the re moval of the coal grid. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to transport ation for seven years. BURGLARY AT WALMERSLEY. James Howarth, (19,) was indicted for having, at Wal mersley-cum-Shuttleworth, burglariously entered the house of his relative, James Howorth, and stolen there out a considerable amount of money, about £76, and a gold ring. Mr. Brandt prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that the prosecutor was an innkeeper, and that on the night of the 7th of July a window was opened and the property abstracted. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and he was taken into custody ; and he then made disclosures to the constable, and a confession before the magistrates, and pointed out the place where a portion of the property was found. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to 12 calendar months imprisonment and hard labour. The court adjourned at a quarter past 5 o'clock to 8 o'clock this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) His Lordship took his seat at nine o'clock. Mr. Baines mentioned that the case of Frazer and others v. Caldecott the elder, a long case, which would have come on first, had been settled out of court. EJECTMENT. DOE DEM OULTON AND OTHERS v. O UL TON AND OTHERS.—This was an action of ejectment to obtain pos session of certain property in Asbton-under-Lyrae for the assignees of a bankrupt: Mr. Martin and Mr. Addison ' appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cow ling for the defendants. Mr. MARTIN said that the lessors were the surviving assignees of John Oulton, who became a bankrupt in 1827 ; and the defendants were Mr. John Oulton himself and some other persons who were in possession of the property at the time of the bankruptcy. The property consisted of a farm called Proutwood Farm, together with two cottages. The question would be one of law, turning on the construction of the will of Mr. Newton, who died in 1826. It appeared that in 1825, Mr. Newton, who was a gentleman living at Ashton-under-Lyne, made a will, bequeathing a life estate to one of his daughters. This daughter married Mr. Oulton, and on the death of Mr. Newton, they entered into possession. In 1827, Mr. Oulton became a bankrupt ; his assignees were appointed ; he appeared and surrendered. and he stated this as part of the property to which the assignees were entitled. They were friendly to him, and he was allowed to remain in possession of it, collecting the rents, and paying them over to the assignees, and having £3 a week for his trou ble. At length the creditors pressed that something should be done; steps were then taken in order to get possession of the property, and on this the bankrupt set up that his wife was entitled to the possession of this pro perty, and that he was not, and that his possession was as a trustee for her, under the will of her father, and she claimed to hold againet the assignees the possession of this property. This will was dated Sept. 8, 1825, and Mr. Newton, after devising a portion of his property to his daughter Sally, went on to devise to his daughter Mar garet, the wife of John Oulton, all his estate consisting of the Chamber's-hill and Proutwood farms, " to hold all and every the said estate unto and to the use of my daughter Margaret, and her assigns, for and during the term of her natural life," and from and immediately after her death giving, bequeathing, and devising the same to the use of the lawful children of his daughter Margaret, who should be living at the time. On that he (the learned counsel) contended that she had a legal estate in that pro perty, that her husband was entitled to an interest in it, and that consequently his assignees were entitled to pos session. The will having been put in, the bankruptcy proved, and the other facts alluded to established, His LORDSHIP decided that that would do, and directed a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a motion to enter a nonsuit, on the ground that Margaret Oulton had an equitable title in the property. NUISANCE. JONES v. HIGGINSONLD — ANOTHER.—Mr. Martin and Mr. Segar were for the plaintiff; Mr Knowles and Mr. Cowling for the defendants. The plaintiff, Mr. John Jones, is a publican, in Turner-street, Manchester; the defendants, Messrs. Higginson and Lambert, carry on business as veterinary surgeons, in premises adjacent to two cottages in Barlow-court belonging to the plain tiff; and the question to be tried was whether the de fendants were entitled by law to convert certain cottages, as they had done, into a hospital for horses, which the plaintiff alleged made such a nuisance that his two cot tages, of the yearly value of £9, could no longer he in habited. After the case had been partially heard, the parties agreed to withdraw a juror. ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE OF AN ATTORNEY. ALDIS v. GARDNER. —The plaintiff in this case was Mr. Charles Melling Aldis ; the defendant, Mr. John Gardner. Mr. Martin and Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Watson for the de fendant. The declaration stated that in consideration of the plaintiff having employed the defendant to lay out the sum of £3OO for him, the defendant undertook to take due and reasonable care, skill, and diligence to lay out the money on good and valuable security, but that he failed to do so. and the plaintiff thereby lost his money. The defendant pleaded, first, that he never made such a contract; secondly, that ne never received the money so to lay out; and, thirdly, that he had used due and reason able care, skill, and diligence in the laying out of the money. Mr. Martin stated that his client, Mr. Aldis. had been an artist, and he believed, a very clever man in his pro fession. Now, however, he was studying at St Bee's College, Cumberland, and was about to enter holy orders. The defendant was an attorney at Garstang ; he was the coroner for the northern division of the county, and a very respectable man in his profession. This action was brought against him on account of negligence com mitted by him in investing on a loan the sum of £3OO, which was placed in his hands by the plaintiff, for the pur pose of laying out, and which sum was totally and en tirely lost. The circumstances of the case were these ; The plaintiff was a native of the neighbourhood of Gar stang. He studied to be a painter, and some time pre vious to 1840 he went from Lancashire to London, for the purpose of carrying on his profession there. He was a man of industry and ability, and in 1840 he had con trived to amass the sum of £3OO out of the profits of his profession, which he was desirous to invest in some se curity in this county. Accordingly, some time in the early part of 1840, a letter had obviously been written by Mr. Aldis, from London, to Mr. Gardner, and on the 6th February, 1840, Mr. Gardner wrote in reply a letter which he hoped would be produced, advising that the money should be paid into Messrs. Barclays' on his ac count, by which course he would be receiving 3 per cent. Interest, and stating that he had no doubt in the course of a month of obtaining a good security. The next letter from Mr. Gardner was dated February 15 :—" I am advised that your money, £3OO, has safely arrived at the Lancaster Bank, and I will take care that it yields you at least 31 per cent., but I expect a greater rate of interest." The next letter was dated March 2, 1840, and announced the loan of the money to two gen tlemen—Mr. James Baines, of Chipping, and Mr. Richard Baines, of Manchester, a surgeon, on a bond ; and it was in consequence of those persons being unable to give security for the motley, and being pc, eons whom, if, Mr. Gardner had diligently performed his duty. he mus t . have found not fit to become responsible for the sum of £3OO, that this action had been brought. It was his duty to have got something mere thantheir own personal reqion sibility ; for he (the learned counsel) would satisfy the jury that at this time their circumstances were such that they were utterly unfit persons to whom to lend such a sum as £3OO, and indeed any sum at all; and in conse quence of one dying insolvent, and the other executing an beend tGn ar;d nibnerrol assignment seuuagachhtt.ha o n f h He tewis carelessness(n mg year s oro. d m s a nf Martin) the afterwards, t in) o be n nfi negligence ly e t in h this nf imputedthis action is t trans action r r am ed hnasr i action as made him re s p ons ibl e f or thi s money ; an d it was on him that the loss must fall, and not on the plain- I tiff. The letter of th e 2 n d o f M arc h a d v i sed the plaintiff of this i nvestment, and r e p resen t e d t h e part i es as very substantial and eligible persons. The security taken was a simple contract to pay the sum of money advanced. In 1841 and 1842 the interest was paid ; but on the 3rd of September, 1842, Mr. Gardner informed his client of the nonpayment of the interest, the illness of the son, and a change in the father's circumstances, which made a loss likely. On the 30th of September Mr. Gardner wrote : " I am anxious to give you the best information I can collect as to the Baines's, and for this purpose your brother Thomas has been at Chipping, but cannot , gain any information that can be relied on. The young man is dead ; but I don't see why the father may not pay the money, or give such security as will ultim a t e l y dis charge it." The latter portion of this letter was the only part of the transaction in which he (Mr. Martin) imputed to the defendant, not dishonest conduc t, but so me thi ng like disingenuous conduct. From that time to the present hour, no money whatever had been got from the B a i nes ' s . He (the learned counsel) would sati sfy them beyond all doubt that they were both utterly incompetent to pay such a sum of money, and that Mr. Gardner, by exercising very reasonable diligence, would at once have ascertained that that was so, at the time the money was lent, and if so, being bound as an attorney to make reasonable inquiry of the solvency of the person to whom the money was lent, he must make good the money. It seemed that Mr. Baines the elder had originally been a labourer, but whilst he was in the employ of a family called Parker, he made an acquaintance with the daughter of that gentleman ; and the consequence was that he eloped with and married her. Her family were angry at her having married so such be neath her in life ; but she continued to live with him ; and her father left her a farm, on which she and her husband lived, strictly confining it to her sole and separate use for life, and after her death it was to go to her brother, a gentleman of fortune living in Preston, and a certain sum to be paid to her childre n —h e th oug ht a b out £2500 . F or some time Mr. Baines did very well on the farm ; but he ultimately fell into difficulties, and took to drink. The fact, however, must have been well known in Chipping, that instead of being a substantial yeoman, Mr. Baines had no interest whatever in the farm. It was intended to bring up the young man as a surgeon, and he went to Manchester, probably with a view of following his studies ; but before he got a diploma, he became acquainted with Miss Carson, a step-daughter of a gentleman named John Blackburn, of Manchester. They eloped and got married, and he never got his diploma. He started a druggist's shop in Manchester, but having had no education to fit him for such a business, things went wrong : he was obliged to go away to wretched lodgings ; his wife, with her two children, went back to her mother; and, in 1842, they both went up to the place where Mr. James Baines was living, and there died. Now, this was the young man who had been represented as having married into a respectable family of handsome property.. But he (Mr. Martin) must make one remark on the circumstances which he had designated as disingenuous. Mr. Baines had contrived e n r e , y7a h n o d c n o n m t m he en l c B e th d anto g a e c t ti s n o n m t e n m re o n n n e v y ar fr f o rn m m M hi r m . the d money, of June, 1842, Mr. Baines made an assignment of all his property, (the furniture and stock of t he farm ) to p revent the execution from the debt. At th at time the defendant knew perfectly well that he had f ound out what a__ rogue Baines was, and yet he represented to the plaintiff_ that r there was an ultimate prospect of his dischar g in g the debt. Mr. Martin called for the letter of the sth Feb., 1840, which was handed in by Mr. Kno wles, and read. It wa s from the plaintiff to the defendant. The writer stated in effect that he had between £ 2OO and £3OO to lay out which was yielding him no interest. He was des i rous of having the money in as s afe keeping as possible, and, observing in conclusion, Perhaps you may have an 3 op portunity of putting it out in way of mortgage on land, or otherwise, as you may t hink best ." E v idence having been called to support this statement, " referred to the ackn owle dg ed h i g h character of the de- Mr. KNOWLES ad dressed the j ur y for the defence. He fendant, who, he said, did think that under all the cir cumstances this action might have been spared. He (the learned counsel) should certainly submit, under the direc tion of his Lordship, that Mr. Gardner was not liable in the action ; for, though be (the defendant) must sustain a heavy loss in consequence of the death of Mr. Mercer, a farmer, who was employed by hi m t o ma k e the necessary ' might r ecothat this i inquiriesin the matter, he (Mr. K now l es ) trusted that there was enough in the case, t o i n d uce the jury to be lieve that Mr. Gardner had not ac t e d w i th the want of upon h e p a oo s un o g n bh a y h i tt l e h:. c at a sw u tbn admittedh ; and have on that the in imposed d lendingr onay r. moneyßaines iir:he to the Mr. Baines on his personal security, h e h a d b een i mpose d apparent respectability and solv enc y o f M r . B a i nes . man,And Au2,.ust 20,1844. was at the time certainly involved, yet he could not help calling the attention of the jury to this, that all the evidence of Mr. Baines's insolvency came to this, that at the time of his assignment several creditors had claims on him to an extent between £2OO and £300• Here was a man living on his own farm—for no doubt that was the reputation—and who had married the daughter of a person of large fortune, and therefore • man who might well be trusted to the extent of £3OO, for which he gave his bond. An attorney, as had been stated, was no doubt required to use due care : but, then, he was liable to be imposed on as well as any other per son, and it would be a hard thing to make him liable for every failure in the laying out of his client's mono'. Mr. Gardner had been the early and constant friend ( . 4 Mr. Aldis, whose talents had been fostered under his countenance and assistance, and whose success had been owing to the man who he now dragged into court, saying " Give me back my £3OO "—the £3OO. probably the re sult of the very assistance and care which Mr. Gardner had bestowed on the plaintiff. If Mr. Gardner had used the same care for the plaintiff as he had exercised for biro' self, that, he should think, would be looked upon as suffi cient; and it had been shown that after this bond had been made, Mr. Gardner lent £2OO to Mr. Baines on h;:s own personal security. Mr. Knowles then read the whole of the correspondence, to show that this was not an ordi nary transaction between client and attorney, but that the defendant undertook it merely as an act of friendship. The jury, after a moment's consideration, found a Te r ' diet for the plaintiff—Damages, £3OO. A LONG FAMILY QUARREL. CLEGG a. CLEGG.—Mr. Watson and Mr. Cowling or peared for the plaintiff, Edmund Clegg; Mr. Martin for the defendant, Robert Clegg. Mr. 'WATSON stated that the action was brought to recover between £5 and £6, as rent of the third part of o f quarry, called the Hay-lane qua rr y, i n th e towns hip . ° Spotland, held by the defendant as tenant to the plaintter who were brothers. He was sorry that such a trifling,. case bad been brought there, b u t it was not t h e f a ult of the plaintiff. He had sought a cheap and expeditious re medy in the county court : but it was the will of the de' fendant to bring the case to the assizes, and there it Was' The JUDGE—Didn't you say they were brothers ? Mr. MARTIN.—Yes, my lord, and they have been (1 1 °' puting for about 22 years. The JUDGE.—CouId not the case be settled out Of court ? Mr. Martin and Mr. Watson thought that it might. The JUDGE.-Why, they ought to be ashamed 0 ' themselves. (Laughter.) It was ultimately arranged that a verdict should be taken for the plaintiff for £5 16s. Bd., and that there should be a reference for the purpose of dividing the farm and the quarry on it between the litigating brothers. DEBT. WAGSTAFF V. BROADBENT.—This was an action is which Mr. John Wagstaff, cotton-spinner, near Staler bridge, sought to recover from Mrs. Ann Broadbent , flour-dealer, of Ashton-under-Lyne, the sum of £BO, (being money lent by him to her, about four years ago,) together with interest thereon. The refusal to pay seemed to have originated in a belief that the attorney employed in the transaction had cheated the defendant• Verdict for the plaintiff for £9l. EJECTMENT. DOE DEM HOLT t;:HORROCKS.—This was an ac tion of ejectment. Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff, andMr,Baines for the defendant. Mr. HILL said that this was an action to recover poi' session of certain prethises in the parish of Cheshatn, near Bury. The farm and premises were originally the property of James Holt, who:succeeded thereto on the death of his father, in 1797, and continued in possession tilllBlB. In 1817 he made his will, and devised his pro- perty, that in question, to his wife during her natural life, if she continued his widow, and after her death with re mainder to his sons Francis and John Holt. What title the defendant, who was now in possession, had to the property, he was utterly at a loss to know. Mr. BAINES, however, on the cross-examination ° I the first witness, called for the plaintiff, showed what that title was. he wiess amited that the pro pertl was divided betw T een the brothe d rs, t and that after the death of one of them, Horrocks married the widow. The plaintiff was therefore nonsuited. BREACH OF PROMISE. HALL /7. HOPWOOD.—This was an action for breach °f promise of marriage, which had excited much interest' After a long consultation between Mr. Baines, (plaintiff's counsel,) and Mr. Dundas, (defendant's counsel,) it "' 35 announced that the parties had agreedupon certain terl' °9 ' and record was withdrawn. THE BUSINESS OF THE COURT. As there remained in the Salford list only one case, a special jury, fixed for Tuesday. (this day,) and the two special jury cases, fixed for Friday, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said—Now, let us try whether some arrangement cannot be made, so as to enable us to make good use of our time to-morrow. I think there is only one cause to try to-morrow. Mr. KNOWLES.—No, there is only one, my lord• Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.—Why, that is starving ree• Mr. KNOWLES.—It may be a good meal, my Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.—In the face of t he reei r a_ tion for the county, I will not call on any commg:; l :4 case in the second list to-morrow • but I should m glad if any one would be ready with his case beentfised. I after the hearing of the cause which has , after will try any cause which may be ready for hearing, the special jury case has been disposed of. The court rose at a quarter to four o'clock. lord• CAUSE LIST. The first, or Salford list, contains 37 causes, of which there remain but three for trial. The second, or Derby list, contains 95 causes. The following is the re sult of the causes first list 7. u7'—Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7,8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 181 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33. .. Dcfendant—Nos. 17, 20. Withdrawn—Nos. 11, 19, 21, 23, 29, 36, 37. Juror withdrawn—No. 28. Nonsuit—No. 35. Stands over for trial in London—No. 14. The grand total produced by the sale of the Duke Or Sussex's library, now concluded, is £13,664 9s. of the Grand Jury are stopping at the Adelp The High-sheriff, the Rev. Dr. Whittaker, and severa l On Saturday evening the Duke of Wellington gave magnificent banquet to the Prince of Prussia. the Saturday being the anniversary of the birthday of 6 Duchess of Kent, the usual rejoicings took place at th Metropolis, Windsor, and other places. fl i er The Morning Herald of yesterday states that anai pte session of parliament will not pass without a comp revision of the game laws. DINNER AT TILE TOWN-HALL.—This evening. the Judges, the Grand Jury, and the gentlemen Of the ma k e ., bar will be entertained to dinner, at the Town-hall , I " his Worship the Mayor. the ACCIDENT AT TARRAGONA.—At Tarragona, on t he 10th instant, the Palinure, French brig of war, c oma e into harbour, fired a salute, which was returned by tP citadel, in doing which a spark caught a barrel of ge e ,: powder, placed imprudently too near, and an explosi°ci took place, by which five artillerymen were killed, and seventeen more or less seriously wounded. hi Hotel. a CONCE ET.—lt will be observed that Miss Whitnall's bend takes place on Friday evening nest, at the Theatre Royal. 7 e s. from the known merits of that lady as a vocalist ; the pv ° ' - ue sional talent by which she will be supported; and the taste invariably evinces in the selection of pieces calculated to el i c , tertain and delight, —we have no doubt hut that the attendaa will be at once numerous and fashionable. CAnPETS.—We know of nothing more conducive to doo3 ol l comfort and elegance in furnishing, than good carpets; „ 0 , the stoc 4 on hand at the establishment of Mr. William Hi de (whose address to the public will be found in another is, we venture to affirm, excellent in quality, tasteful in desiS and extremely moderate in price. letter TRADESMEN'S ASSISTANTS.—We call attention to the ot of Mr. Flower—long the cnsistent and able advocate of l , be hours of labour for the tradesmen's assistants—ln for consents to continue his services as president of the societi t o that object, which he had previously resigned, in consequ e t, of his having, by commencing business on his own ace° be, become himself a master. Mr. Flower's earnestness W l %O nevolent views in the cause, entitle him to the best wishes support of thepublic in his new avocation. ----- - • .: LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 19. 00 to any extent. The sales reach only 4000 bales, some t _ v .,, A a d n ai d ly fo w r an C t o s t o to f n th i o s su T p i Pl e y d th em e s v e er y consumersmoderate, whomerely have snuoffi stogyci e e se I , porters; prices remain unchanged. In partial instanc°- little decline is submitted to for the purpose of closing sale " LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, AUG. lto. We have had a heavy supply of all kinds of stock at 0 10 0 1 0 ket to-day, the greatest portiJn of second rate qualitYt„,oo met with dull saie.—Prices a share l ower . B ee f and but #d to sid; Lamb 54cl to Sid. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Ati • 1 fo" he . if Supplies of all descriptions of Butter appear to be on t ~ot crease; and since this day se'nnight, the importation ..;ri?,; touches 7,000 firkins. In this dilemma, the trade is ra t 50 0 " dined to submit to lower prices; but the business dondOta: same for t r h o a r t k au ha a s d b l e an d._, e ' , extensive that we do not deem it necessary to alter oto :4 by tions. There is very little doing in pickled Butter, 5 ; TO • currency has remained without change for some weel‘';deoe i t walike disposition of the Prince de Joinville, has rather ha lic e ° tierce of hol f d o e r r li s Beef and to-day the S w am e manded. Bacon is quite as high; and good well cu re , Hams being scarce, command 52s to 54s per cwt. ___...,.--% tlhserndeprveres / / SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —, fromjobGwailgli,pforloi—mAcinun=7 MONDAY, AUGUST 19;—Wind N.W. fresh. _ 4 0 0 , 1 ' R I /t n I d V u E s D . — Remittance, Silsby, from New Orleen_:". 0 011 - an A d Key, M‘ it ; Soi lid Jo eph Porter, Wilson, from St. Stephens, at this Pe - ,• r LI B , Kenzie, from 141 22nd July. The lauthe, was to sail in about a week I,'i t ,g o .;" pool. On 28th July, in lat. 42, long. 62, spoke the W a5 ,,. 6 ,10, Pr of Liverpool, On 13th Aug. passed a quantity of ." ,1 0 parently not long in the water. 10th 1 Viscount Sandon, hence to China, was spoken 10 eit • lat. 3N, long. lg W _.,, 0 0 w Zante Packet, Brennan, from Smyrna, at FalMnu"'..,,' yrO a - instant, off Cape St. Vincent, spoke the Albion, from °-- Liverpool gib J e t On 3rd Aug. 'n lat. 38, long. 52, spoke the Franconi4, ev,„ e ' Philadelphia dal , '' e`- Treasurer, Turco, from Jamaica, at this port; sails l benc e Commercial, Henderson, from Callao for Lon .. e pc DM' Hong Kong from 1 " 01 6, FALNIOUTII, Aug. 17.—The Devonport, Pan', lus , °I for Liverpool, put in here yesterday, very lealEY, On 2nd July, in lat. 7, long. 25 W, spoke the Dumfries, u ..4 and five men laid up with scurvy. ___------' LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1844' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED N, Gs EVERY TUESDAY MORINI' BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53,Grovestreet, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Grea t Orford-street. At N 0.4, ST, Gsoitos's CRESCENT, LIVSILEVOIO • ci A P ) eta ~.in J~ z . Tt3 0' Pr Ti, M 4i, i 4AA T ero ! Sir ttlo 1)4 1 it 11