The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-26 00:00:00

arch 26, lit - -- - - .. 4 1 'company separstl • assure:to its ar emission of sins. e on the minds oft. ne matters note 8 ' in s : T ,i, in ,e formally sepo.; , conger assure to ' PI arts anti the re' oe f li •-.., . CI taly g iven IoY t t 4 ,T . 1 1 be . &c., luded follcgre rs coo c hurch has be d e: ii, Lome if thelicio total littus. laving rate for Toxteth-park is fixed at 10d i i ra lla fire broke out in the wareroom of Mr. is it.ver, Lime -street in which were crates of ' '‘c• The damage' was considerable. cello°fr ItaChieksetser has sent £2O towards the erec riew church in ha L s it: ls e o ki s l e n n -l t ane, Tranmere. The the committee £lO. lirvaitel t l ee ' Liverpool, bound from Chester to Ls coals, is sunk in the Flint channel, and 'a,s. Crew saved i l l t ?c• t ooth, late allon, of the Cote e,"cas presented to Prince Albert, by the nrila_.,iobwene, at the levee, on Wednesday. . committee appointed to investigate ~5 connected with Mr. Macdonald, adopted a our of that gentleman ' e cted th at St lea c• Th e .-peor.' s Hall will be opened ~ize courts will be finished by kl3ridget M'Ardle, nine years old, living a was so burnt on Tuesday while sleeping elt she died soon after. a man named Knowles wr. ic! Thursday He belonge, g a „ -t without saying where he was going. olaerar exPlosion of gas took place in theoffi b c y e and Thompson, Tower - buildings, teros,Fly 'nain . ed John Taylor and Henry Cato, injred. Lil3:esented, o Friar f rom I t tf e 't t P( T ,aesti found in the rat h tiro er to Dundalk, erp n -y, da a petition Iii ) ; 11 chi c° 0 1, complaining of the adulteration t hat art r .r , and praying for the imposition of a (fel e i n th e consequence. g e , b _ treasury have directed that Runcorn 3 , l A, I ntbhall ced o ed n i an ts former independent port, but e - tlfei t kir i o s o ot t of Liverpool. 4,, r noe, who was found guilty on Monday t ,, t t ne s rs. Silver and Co. by means of a .I. l `e ° n bank kvt • , was sentenced on Tuesday to `kil t Aar r'sonment and hard labour. ti le t z.r s t i ' i lio4 . l, one of the pupils of the Rev. W. ,k t $4, 3 1) .at c,:treet, was on Friday elected to the 1 11 Y1:, t1 V1). " t re-hall. There were six condidates "Itt e ,';' , rife 7of th forBllo,iie ratepayers of Birkenhead, on Fri . .I', Ole g gentlemen were nominated as new oi t ,'llbe n !ar ensuing :—Messrs. S. Bailiff, W. kl,„,ei k o Ak ;op, and L. Cooke. 0 1 7 ,01,7,,!girip -c 'xPEnrrioN.—The Enterprise corn .9*r ""' 041," Monday afternoon, the 18th inst., . 8 4d ktltwa„', ednesday, the 20th, and had then 80 ca . .etd s 48 d, rgo on board. Her stevadores were ' ~c)f 4 i k 'Nor •S. Willett, on his retirement from 1 ,,,1 1ave °Med warehouse-keeper in the Liver f 4 4' T he Presented him with a handsome silver o t4 /1:,' 4 , 3 ' Tl),,reseetation took place at a supper at 6'` to "trsday itti Pheas • , tp, etsk ak op, M.P., has been elected a mem 44pihe8ton A r ers and Riveters' Association, meet -4134,W% Market. street . He h as acce pt e d feebly -complimentary footing as a '& - ' 1 44 - e li st e 'or4 4 b ilo aia .ot new patentees are William Joseph 50, 4 ter 4 0xt e i li s tlarnes, both of the . Mersey Steel and )cl! I 4, ,etaier it m .. - Park, Liverpool, in the county of OrfN ' pr d ements in the rolling of iron and , F 3 l - s''''ill ev- P'n A last, as a child of standing near the tkrtit th ine ignited, and the poor child was so \is_ "tat little hopes are entertained of its t h tly e l 'Ati /ta O't to as °l4 , th' s— Since our last the weather has been 1, 4 " 1 )11, oh. r, °ll gb, on the whole, fine and agreeable `" ft Frida and Saturday the wind blew Oe barn th e y oorth-west, and the river was ra . ther . , c tit Qe 44 2 , and Yesterday we had some falls of 11' clear-and bracing. itd 'etB.lt,-pooday evening next, Mrs: M'Dougall gi:,?sePll) will, as may be seen from an ,Err,V' ap e ,'" very interesting concert. This 4 41r 4 oe i p.'"gra to have selected very judiciously for At a I) ,* 4 :if her friends. and no doubt she will be ti at Xgl,l, erous company. Ptlriii44)theul',lol,r SCHOOL.—We are glad to ob tlEl,,ef. this university honour has been obtained ly hrdzh Placehool. 'Mr. Hugh Craig, who has il titr lb lislr in the Cambridge classical honour ,ittektiishede.,,,is the tenth pupil of the school who 41. s t il e t orth e akuself at the University since the tis Present head master, in 1846. Y !to rt " gale on Saturday night, that no fewer tg p ez ed cattle and three horses died on board i _The s t,eamer in h er passage f rom D u bli n to , Oly di,"eek Passengers also suffered severely, taker), into the cabins. As it was, one p ol'o ta ; i l t d .old, was found lying dead, and 'ets toe a Ylug state was only restored by the 1 tob \V„ Is being resorted to. 100 4 ITS AND MEASURES.—The mayor ~I , _alot:A u u r r aday, to hear informations against 'AO not tor using deficient weights and mea ', ar l d °nk since a similar court was held by 'Il t ," 1 1 t o I ' great many fines imposed, yet at the 'L e ss than 46 ik persns were conv and , e add r in Pf ro edi„ m 2s. 6d. o to £l, to which icte 4s d . 6d. e sT m ost cases. 4, 1 ' 1 1 ta )( OURSION TO PARTS.—Mr. Crisp's aspitirbrate the anniversary of their first 7dte i ter tr'leierepeption in France by . a dinner, in y a May, This festival will, no doubt, i ll 4tge Pa i r i t the l'engliSh of distinction in Paris, as , a rid to Yof the National Guards—a movement l ati4 t t letio c n e s went a good and kindly feeling 'lightbe a serious disturbance took place in a lld t he north end of Birkenhead, between B °rne 4. . 4 Os til lin g navvies. One of tip) p?lice, 'Pi t , et, was severely cut on the head with a of ,r oa m ed Norris, was stunned by a blow ;4 s nl3 ; 11 ; and Police-constable Gunning also ri l..j4t Y• One of nowthe ringleadcrs was cap tligsht, and is in custody. L erl ) l ° th o Ql'. ---The cause list is as heavy as usual. 't riQalford hundred, forty cases, and in the k ihi ste the R . ° f ewer than eighty cases. The actions of z‘;:' - • Dr. Nolan, a well-known indepen , era i'"fo flabester, against two members of his 04: hotted arnation, are fixed for Thursday next. ere I,°,,tanzes are exceedingly voluminous, re 1o forward to with much interest. f el e i ;'ng, a shipwright named John Wig f eo e P l oYed in repairing a vessel in the rote fleeted with theMorpeth Dock, Birken te' di ! , a Pla n k larot/f theta o . n which he was standing, into , s s l of e of thirty feet, and received a severe r i b '• His shoulder was also dislocated, °AieBlll4ati A.broken. He was at once conveyed Li r e , re% 1-osPensary, but no hopes are enter ttiool ery 1 11 4 4 ,4 r e eck Bill and the Birkenhead Trustees Ai'"cgt -rr ed by the committee of selection to , fi s P a, kr",, chairman, Earl Jermyn, Mr. Packe, eri,jolhelliee, Dover, and Mr. Hobhouse, Lin "l hweli t 's, added under standing-order No. 87 iti" t ael ts : 4l o Sir Thomas Birch, in respect of the 4 4 ._ Pe e t :!,. 4(1 M. Tollemache and Sir Philip t 4 rap": tile Birkenhead docks. The select ti eve-teuilfin Thursday,_ 18th April. et Jod g toe Mayor, John Holmes, Esq., 7lt her, tea the Hi g h Sh er iff, an d severa l , el an the at the Town-hall, Amongst the the Ma or of Manchester, T. B. 11 1$ 4 4 e allsr e s Parkr y E & The Mayor of ' )) ei k lrio dered becomin g ' c. • h ortu li t)R pIC th e gto seize t e O .PP . reeem c onduct of the Mayor of Liverpool at...the recent dinner to Prince Albert '4 1, ) It ! ehi.;' .140 nclon ; but his worship's con agistrate, and a member of the t he n M1:33. defended by Alderman Horsfall. t 4 e Lir*Patt has given a very elaborate viNhthe wells water. water. He says that " the ).,k), - R to the abs admirably adapted for domestic to Th e k id or absence of deleterious substances, t ill albalig a nic matters in any considerable atuount in some of the waters of e of calcia (lime) will render them 4 1 :4 4 , 4 4 1 , 4 e Greet Purposes, or where boiling water yNi i e ,, n-lane water is excellent in every kto 'a to t ' vs ed a purer water, and it would be ah°0p.a50.,:`,41,„,.1Y Liverpool with a better." ,0 1 0.1 , ' 40REs.—The Crown Court was ,litialettio„,.w!th several sallies of wit from the timi t), 1 14 14 Judge. On the oath being admi , i la c/o ; ett .nn tlt c i Yrnan, addressing the clerk, said, t;l l t4, v o e ar what you say. '—Baron Alder th:NNlske Tledeaf ?—Juror : Yes, of one ear.— Y tha t hen n You had better leave that box, tk , ""Pti: 4 te t i JurYmen should hear both sides. , N \lt t)t utt e a good deal of laughter. Previous t)i i 4 loth was handed up excusing the non t/IN se er jur 4 ee . or, as he had the gout. Baron t ' t "en he wants me to add an o to 4 04 ) 1 \t4 5 . o f 11 . ty4i, rain ESPEC T TO A CLERGYMAN.—Thy ,;1,,, pttOD, who has just been promoted I) oa l) N t s k c..!he t • Mary's Church, Kirkdale, to the ' IN4 '-'eivt,lcilew Church of St. Peter, Everton, tiNa zi r ti a Present of valuable books from f°r 'n in token of their , tq. e er church, VII4,,PVe 4, k Be books, which were handsomely ov; iphi'llowitPropriate inscription inside, con 'l42, si re Works :—A copy of Bagster's 14lisNola ato,j ; Dr. Kitto's " Biblical Cyclo ' (:hWorksa complete works ; Dr. Jeremy klti t 1 1. 4 ,4;'eci i. , and Biugham,s " Antiquities of YtN t he k A L , W 4 k kot 4, 11 h o gaws ILLIAMSON-SQUARE.—During } again had an opportunity of wit tti 'l ll 'for te , ,!)It t h t llgh ter „nee of Miss Helen Faucit us a4 kgent us ! than which we can conceive th 4 Nn , th e fld taste. The scenery, which 0i01%,„' ki nd the expressly for the piece, th''llyect rio ' I T caste was good, with one ex *itraonarcieine by Mr. Chamberlain, wilt , tth.loi li 'd i t l hia 1 00 most dreary personage. Ii D OI h e he pruo'..!F practice, Mr. Chamberlain o , 4 l)ne a , o P i ensity of resolving every cha 1. VaYed d !Ito a melodramatic absurdity. 'Jot% nr ing the week were " Rome, yAla Via t ett o otteilkdo About Nothing," and "A -hThYg,,nitaiae?,l which Miss Faucit and Mr de 't s their respective parts to adrni- N t t4 el ,l e': 5 11 eSpe:tVed applause from their audi ,!e.ry rises higher in favour wit) tkLjpN'' as rearance ; and, from his playint iN t ltt i r "tit 1. 0 14 ira,,see,eros quite as much at home ,ktlea Of } tt t b t theV 3 % We are glad to observe h° Opera Pera Comiqu e are nearly all 'll4 a l:rtr ich s e eo will be on each night of the all ill Live Pan), the most tailliwit 0 1 rpop!. -remission wa tchcvor., — t some of t he it is me tieve ban a " o Pr' 'Orth bee' g over I Dori over to e reason EL4 he Chur it el, 10. spill will the -- race of th e Vill this be W .ve attende u ieot of the r i g the ler! are not ne W „ . 3f the true " 3selves to a to a letter, d laymenT Spr the chutcp..:l faith apPolP, ns to vigil!!:i dship has i n whose he t a te thitt bvei, I to the n his lftt,t of the F s engage' n tire autv L, to had been rave apr' ns that tr J. Fust, iT .ch on se ) f a g rew:4 him der:l o bishop n 0; ad Mr. G° Ashops, 6 : of the cher: He Pb r ; name o ,' ; , ziounqa,:di) )f . the it' us , l - il re hhisheY ip the i n stite st t he prot e ore the liT r , zainst xercise e tl Y rho P r°dal 1 -. Mr. GP! y one 1 1 is a favour‘of he BishoPp 1 not, b ) w ) j o 1 be be. :OMIniSSO IVGS. e usual sir:: lr sday, from the ot, ie bank tl9 De° 3.; Whi1 4 ,4 . 0 1 LISO state th e te . ic: o 4 , Toxtetn3 3 as lotl' ri some - t oylefaultiog Lootc.,o rjol ty was l ie d' for tb e i ;e o 4 oised e ,ttr of Lini on ther —m „or . ,, f thePr ° f dustrY 5 their 01 LIP ` ho it was iociety• rt no tice+, 01 entitled Ito enti HoccarY, an d 0%0 0 o a r teu'V rep r 0 $ ,edansite Of tree t ' w's-s p oi at tbl ee ( 1 ! !sentat'' - ro co l t i:' s to th e idets r ind e° ns t o Od e isance s be cOill red to 0 ,.1)) in 1 ) ° tUe ;$ 1 f On f iJlb vor. 0 ari d . A' Cll' s Sir t Y e in oritb' goo sewer tree j - rve s ;sal 0 , "" . cifvi t uth cI S P t h a t be hs cipv m ittee .i ; e rbi, b r her, )i Ited t n ' . " s serve rle rr i,9 duties' o f i n g ing 0 .tio.o As a proof of the present unusual severity of the weather, we may mention that on Saturday night the thermometer fell to 29 degrees, and after midnight on Sunday it actually fell to 24 degrees, being eight degrees below freezing point. Ice of considerable thickness is now to be seen in the country all round the town. We do not believe that at any period of the winter was the thermometer lower than on Saturday night. DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday week, a daring attack was made by three men upon a Mr. Williams, commercial traveller from the house of Mr. Staples, late Buckley and Johnson, tea-dealers, Liverpool. Mr. Wil liams was proceeding in his gig from Llangynog to Bala, when three ruffians leaped upon him, and demanded all in his possession. Mr. Williams proceeded to share five shillings among them, when the driving box was dragged out, shattered, and the contents, w hi c h cons i s t e d o f 105 sovereigns, £3O in notes, and £4O in sil;iet, were taken. They unstripped the bridle, tied it well around the head of Mr. Williams, and beat him with a staff unmercifully, leaving him for dead, profusely bleeding. A NEW ARTICLE OF IMPORT.—Amongst the articles reported in the cargo of the Hew, from Charente, which arrived in this port last week, is one which is certainly not provided for amongst those enumerated in Sir Robert Peel's tariff;—" a case of meat pies !" We can imagine the difficulty under which such an importation must have placed our customs' authorities. Were the pies in ques tion " fully manufactured" or " partly manufactured ?" Were they baked or partly baked, peppered and seasoned, or partly peppered and seasoned ? Were they beef, mut ton, pork, horseflesh, or catsflesh ? Meat pies of some sort, however , we conclude they were ; an d suspec t that hey were baked for the ship's use that brought 'them, in order to avoid their being seized by some of those gentry who have of late displayed such an acute sense of smelling American hams, and other edibles, sent ashore to be cooked for the use of vessels lying in our docks. We shall shortly, no doubt, have to notice importations of ready cooked dishes of other descriptions, jellies, tarts, blancmanges, &c. In another vessel from Bordeaux, last week, we find contained in its cargo a case of bons . SUFFERINGS OF THE JOURNEYNEN TAILORS,—The following melancholy record of human suffering is hardly exceeded by the disclosures which the Morning Chro nicle has given to the world. The scene is Liverpool, the narrator a journeyman tailor:—'' I came here last June, and I got work out of doors from Mr. —; I made black cloth trousers at ls. 6d. each; they were lined, with bound tops. I was obliged to get:my mother to assist me or else we should go without food ; and by working from six o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at night, we could make six pair, which came to 9s. ; out of that we had to find silk, thread, twist, and basting cotton. They cost.us 4d. a pair, which left us 75., without speaking of what candles cost. I left because I would not line a pair of trousers at my own expense. in consequence of a pair being a:little soiled from pressing, and I got work a few doors higher up. You see my mother and me now, although it is Sunday, making this shooting coat; we commenced it at twelve o'clock yesterday, but owing to me going to the shop last night we will not be able to finish it before this evening. What is paid for it is 2s. 6d. The trimmings will cost 3d. ; they are the best paid work I get. 1 have made great coats (beavers) for 2s. Bd., they were double -breasted, and the collar was arched ; they would take us two days each to make. I have made boy's jackets for 25., and their great coats for ls. 6d., lined with plaid. I have made men's shooting coats for 25., and their best black cloth shooting coats for 4s. My mother is a tailor's daughter, and learned the trade from her father. My father is a shoemaker ; he works in this room ; he is unable to work now ; you see him lying on the bed ; he makes shoes while mother and me make coats; there are five of us ; we work in this room, and we sleep in this room : it costs 2s. a week. My mother has not been out of the house but three times this eighteen months. My sister, who is twelve years old, buys any provisions that are wanted." EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD UPON THE NOBILITY.—A somewhat novel system of raising money by imposing on the benevolent has just come to light in this town, and ap pears to have been practised with considerable - success, the parties selected as the victims being the nobility in different parts of the country. In the course of the week communications were received by the police from Lady Zetland and Frederick Norman, Esq., enclosing certifi cates which had been sent to Lady Zetiand and Lady Adlizo Norman, accompanied by notes, signed " Mary Thompson," to whom the certificates applied. Mrs. Thompson represented herself to be in the most destitute and bereaved condition, and the certificates, which other wise differed in many essential particulars, stated that she had lost her husband and three children by a " total wreck off the Skerrys," herself and three children having, with several of the crew, escaped in the ship's long-boat, " in which perilous situation they remained exposed to the mercy of the waves until picked up" by the captain and crew of a schooner, " who humanely landed them in the port of Bangor." To these certificates the names of J. Cummins, H. Tennant, T. Cunningham, and T. Wil liams, represented to be magistrates, are forged. In order to make the documents appear genuine, portions are printed, and the names of several persons, including those of Lord and Lady Stanley, the Mayor of Bangor, are written as subscribers to the relief of the mother and her children. In one of the certificates it is stated that Mrs. Thompson lost £BO by the wreck, and in the other £5O ; and this variation, together with others, at once indicated the fraud. Accordingly,: on Sunday morning, detective officer Holme went to a house in Chisenhale-street, where he apprehended a woman, who gave the name of Mary Ann Foster, and a fellow named Henry Carter. The postman had just delivered three letters, addressed to ' Mrs. Mary Thompson, care of Henry Carter," and on opening them they were found to oontain certificates si milar to those mentioned above, and two of them were accompanied by post-office orders, one from Lady Haddo, of Blackheath, and the other from Lady Forde. One of these documents represented that Mrs. Thompson had lost her husband by the bursting of a locomotive boiler on the railway between Liverpool and Manchester. The prisoners were brought up at the police-court yesterday, and remanded. BARON ALDERSON ON PECULATIVE ECONOMY.—On Saturday, in the case of a prisoner named Werrall, who pleaded guilty to having, at Warrington, stolen money letters, the property of the postmaster-general, witnesses were called who gave the accused a most excellent cha racter. One of them, a clergyman, stated that the pri soner had for a series of years borne the character of a consistent professor of religion. Since his committal, he had visited the prisoner in gaol, and found him over whelmed with grief and shame, and in a conversation the prisoner attributed his error to the temptation to which he had been exposed. In answer to a question from Mr. Baron Alderson, the post mas t er a t Warrington stated that the prisoner, who was a married man, was employed in the postoffice at 9s. 6d. weekly wages. The highest wages given were £7O per year ; but persons receiving this sum were government servants. The prisoner was his private servant. Baron Alderson : " Then he had access to all money -letters, having only 95. 6d. per week. It is bad economy not to put a man out of the way of temptation, by giving him wages to enable him to live decently. You have a set of regulations which you think cannot be violated without detection, and these are admi nistered by persons you do not sufficiently pay, and the consequence is that they are not worth anything. This comes of such economy, which is the worst species of pe culation, perhaps. Here is a young man, marrying on 9s. 6d. a week, and trusted with access to money ; and who can wonder at what happened ? But we can't help it. Let him stand down."—The prisoner was brought up yesterday for sentence, when his lordship, in a mild tone of voice, addressed him in effect as follows :--You have pleaded guilty to opening letters at Warrington, entrusted to you to deliver to the parties to whom they were addressed, and abstracted the money which they contained. The safe transmission of letters, in a com mercial country like this, is of great importance, and must be insisted upon by law. He regretted much the low rate of wages given to letter-carriers; for, considering the facilities which such persons had to open letters, and ap propriate their contents, he could not help thinking that the parties who advised such scanty remuneration took a wrong view of the subject, and did not observe that good policy which would be advantageous for the community. The prisoner had received a good character from a clergy man, and he had since shewn contrition ; yet such an offence could not be passed over without severe punish ment. What he (his lordship) would do in the case would perhaps be better for the prisoner than any other course. He must be transported for seven years ; but he should recommend that, in the first instance, he should be sent to the Pentonville Penitentiary. The prisoner could not redeem his character in this country, in which he might find it impossible to obtain employment when again at large : but by good conduct he might, where he would be sent to, again become a useful member of society. The prisoner was then removed. T HE MAN OF THE TIME! There never was yet any useful plan. That had not for its guidance some brave man; One truly gifted with the mind and will To bear up nobly against every ill, To combat tyranny, and fight with wrong, And feel himself in moral courage strong Mighty in opposition, fixed as fate, To check the tricks of interest and hate; Fearless of envy, and prepared for all That would the workings of his plan enthrall; Looking beyond the present with an eye That reads the secrets of futurity, And heeding not what thoughtless triflers say, Who never see beyond one little day. To them the wonders of the giant stenav Appear'd an idle and delusive dream • The smooth highway, vein'd o'er with iron rail, Was but a project that was sure tryfail ; The magic labours of the talking wire Would, like the lightning,flaslt, and then expire ; Aud all the usages of olden day Were held too sacred to beigwept away ; Customs absurd must vete the land and state, Merely because they own'd no modern date : And so our grandsire'atind our granddame's plan Must rule the vigoroUs and thinking man. Away with all such *titiated stuff! To by-gone prejudjee we've bow'd enough, And misty schemes must now dissolve away. Like clouds of night at dawning of the day. Foremost behtld among the clothier race One far renovni'd for elegance and grace ; One who hath scatter'd raiments o'er the land, That heartypraises from all ranks command; So cheap, that buyers, with distended eyes, Look quite bewilder'd, in intense surprise, Astomild they so long could blinded be By an nt tailors' cunning mystery: Behol B. Hyam's famous, well-stock'd mart, A wonder for economy and art, And own that he whose skill the plan design'd Hath power to lead and charm the public mind; Worthy to be proclaim'd, in prose or rhyme, The man most suited to his trade and time The advantages to the Public of purchasing their Clothing at this magnificent Temple of Commerce are that they can procure the very finest description of Clothing, either ready made or made to measure, at extraordinary low prices; and that they also have the opportunity of selecting their styles from a stock of at least 40,000 porads sterling. THE - LIVIRP-OOL ST-iiNDARD, SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES The Courts were opened by Baron Alderson on Thurs day, at a half-past six o'clock, when the Commissions of Oyer and Terminer and general gaol delivery were read by the Clerk of the Court. On Friday morning Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron Rolfe, accompanied by the High Sheriff and suite, attended divine service at St. George's Church, when prayers were read by the Rev. W. Brancker, curate of St George's. We understand that on Su sermon was preached before the judges, Royde, chaplain to the High Sheriff ay morning a tev. John CROWN COURT. The following gentlemen were sworn on THE GRAND JURY: William Entwistle, Esq., Rusholme, Foreman. James Heath, Esq., Heathfield. Wm. Leigh Clowse, Esq., Broughton. James Fenton, Esq., Bamford. John F. Foster, Esq., Manchester. Wm. Gale, Esq., Lightburne House. J. C. Harter, Esq., Broughton. Oliver Heywood, Esq., Acresfield.• Alex. Fowden Halliburton, Esq., Wigan. John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool. Richard Jennings Jones, Esq., Old Swinton. Thomas Littledale, Esq., Highfield. Harold Littledale, Esq., Liverpool. Edmund Molyneux, Esq., Childwall. Thomas C. C. Marsh, Esq., Arley. Edward Parker, Esq., Alkincoates. Albert Hudson Royds, Esq., Greenhill. John Reid. Esq., Manchester. John Plumbe Tempest, Esq., Tong Hall. Samuel Taylor, Esq., Eccleston. Mr. Baron ALDERSON proceeded to charge the grand jury, and then dismissed them to their room. The charge did not contain any material point. William Jones, (22,) John Flanagan, (24,) and John Harrison, 1;230 were charged with having, at Manchester, with great personal violence, assaulted Richard Williams, and robbed him of fifteen shillings_ The jury found Jones and Flanagan guilty, and acquitted Harrison. Jones was sentenced to twenty years' transportation, and Flanagan to two years' imprisonment. John Thompson, (23,) Louisa Thompson, (22,) and William Browne, (23,) were charged with having in their custody 113 pieces of counterfeit coin. resembling half crowns. The two Thompsons were found guilty, and adjudged each to eighteen months imprisonment, Browne was acquitted. Walter Knox, (48,) was found guilty of having in his possession, at Manchester, two instruments for counter feiting penny pieces. To be imprisoned for twelve months. Matthew Swaine, (24,) was charged with the manslaugh ter of Sarah Hearn, at Manchester, on the 17th of Dec. Guilty. To be imprisoned:for two months. NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY. SA REY v. IP CO AM I C K.—This was an action brought by Elizabeth, widow of J. Sarey, against the defendant, Mr. M . Cormick, who, in January, 1849, employed the plaintiff's late husband on the Liverpool and Bury line of railway, for which the defendant was contractor. It was alleged on the part of the plaintiff, that by the negligence of one or more of the defendants' servants a carriage was turned to a siding near Upholland, occasioning the death of the plaintiff's husband. Before the case proceeded far the defendant undertook to pay the defendant £lOO, and thus an amicable arrongement was come to. On the suggestion of the learned judge £B5 was awarded to the widow, and £5 to each of her three infant children.—No other civil case of interest was tried in this court. CROWN COURT.—SATURDAY. John Milnes, 51, was sentenced to three months hard labour, the last solitary, for h av i ng so ki c k e d an d ill -use d his wife that she died some time after in consequence. Thomas Ashton, 21, was found guilty of having assaulted and robbed, at Manchester, Charles Beam, of £4B. John Winterbottom, an elderly man, was acquitted of the manslaughter of John Seddall. The prisoner was charged with having killed the deceased by exposing him to a hot bath, and immediately afterwards to a cold bath, and administering to him a noxious mixture as a whole some medicine. The prisoner lived at Oldham, and until recently was an operative in a cotton mill, which he left, and set up as an herbalist. It was proved that in other cases, similar treatment had been attended with beneficial effects. The JUDGE stated that if persons would employ parties who had not received a proper education, they must be left to their own course. Zaccheus Colelough and William Turner were senten ced to one year's imprisonment, with hard labour, for assaulting and robbing James Mason, at Manchester, on the 28th January.—A similar sentence was passed on &Farah Ann Bramaer, for robbing Henry Bradshaw, in the same town; and on Alice Anderton for feloniously entering and robbing wearing apparel from the dwelling house of Daniel Hamer, at Biton. homas Cunningham: 19, and Charles Foley, 21, were acquitted of a burglary at the public• house of Ann Caton, in Gregson-street, Manchester. NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY RIGBY V. lIEWIrI.=-iieii;iiitiiC;:"Coa;l;:manufac turer at Longsight, near Manchester, sought to recover from the defendant, an omnibus proprietor, compensation for injury received by the overthrow of an omnibus through the carelessness of the driver of a rival vehicle. The plaintiff sustained concussion of the brain, and his life was despaired of for some time. The jury awarded X5O damages. WILSON v. MOTT.—Joshua Wilson. the plaintiff in this case, was one of the sons of Mr. Wilson, nurseryman, who died at Derby in 1816, and the defendant is a gen tleman engaged as district auditor under the new Poor-law A et, and also an accountant in Manchester. It appeared that the plaintiff left Derby in 1848, and, having beeh reduced to a state of destitution by his own folly, applied for admission into the Manchester workhouse, where he came in contact with the defendant, and induced him to interest himself in the recovery of £1,050 still due to him from the trustees under his father's will. The money was obtained by the defendant, and, according to his account, not only was the whole of it given by instalments, but a further sum of £l7O was supplied to him, and to this amount he was actually indebted to the defendant. The quebtion to be decided was, whether a number of pay ments which the defendant had made to the plaintiff on account of the sum of £1,050, an amount due from the plaintiff to the defendant for rent of some ground which the former employed as a nursery ground, and the remu neration due to the defendant for his services in recovering the money due from the trustees, amounted to the sum which the defendant had received on the plaintiff's ac count. The case occupied a very long time, and was ultimately adjourned. morning of the 22d of January, prosecutrix, in company with a young woman named Williamson, was proceeding to her work, and they had occasion, in going, to pass through a field, in which they saw the prisoner standing as though waiting for some person. The prisoner took hold of prosecutrix as she was passing him, and wished her to promise him when she would become his wife; and added, " for I will either have thee or thy blood." They then scuffled together, and fell to the ground. The prisoner got on his legs, and took a " pick" which he used in the coal mine, and struck her on the head ; the blow scared off, and the prisoner said, " Have I hurt thee ?" Prosecutrix said he had. He then again struck her three several times with the pick upon her head, and inflicted wounds of a most serious nature, and from the effects of which the prosecutrix was unable to leave her house for several weeks. From the statement of the pro secutrix it appeared that the prisoner, upon various pre vious occasions, had threatened to murder her ; and he had been taken before the magistrates in consequence, but liberated on his friends promising to restrain him by keeping him in safe custody. In cross-examination by Mr. Pollock, the medical man who had attended the pro secutrix, stated that the prisoner was a man of exceedingly weak intellect, and, in consequence of an accident received in the colliery, he had been rendered incapable of govern ing himself upon occasions of excitement. Mr. Pollock rendered the facts elicited from the medical man the basis of his defence, and contended that, in consequence of the prisoner's state of mind, the charge of intent could not be sustained. He appealed to the jury to return a verdict of acquittal, on the ground of insanity, which would submit the prisoner to confinement during her Majesty's pleasure, which would be highly satisfactory to the prisoner's friends. His Lordship having instructed the jury, they retired from court, and, after- an absence of a quarter of an hour, returned to court with a verdict of guilty. The Judge, in passing sentence, ordered death to be recorded, adding, "we shall see afterwards:what will be done with you." Charles Hodgkinson, 29, and Joseph Green, 23, were acquitted of having, in January last, feloniously stolen from the dwelling-house of Ellis Green, at Culcheth, thriteen sovereigns, other money, two watches, and a vast number of other articles. THE LATE FRAUDS AT THE ST. HELEN'S SAVINGS' BANK.—In the course of the afternoon, two bills—one for felony and one for midemeanour, wire returned against William Johnson, and two bills for felony and one for misdemeanour against John Johnson, late actuaries to the St. Helens Savings' Bank. The day of trial is not yet fixed. THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OF TOBACCO BY CUSTOM-HODS OFFICERS.—In the case of the late charge against Custom house officers, in this port, for stealing tobacco, the government officer prepared a case before the grand jury, and in the course of the afternoon a true bill was found against Judge and eight others. The case will, in all probability, be removed by certiorari; at all events, it will not be tried at the present assizes. DISMISSAL OF THE GRAND JURY.—At twenty minutes to six o'clock the grand jury brought in their last bill, and having briefly been thanked by his lordship for their ser vices to the country, were discharged. The court, at twenty minutes after six, adjourned until nine o'clock this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT—YESTERDAY. (Before Baron ROLFE.) The case which was adjourned from Saturday was settled by the plaintiff agreeing to pay £l5O and costs. CASE OF SEDUCTION WOOD v. COOPER.—This was an action brought by the mother of a young woman named Betty Wood, who lived at Glossop, to recover compensation for her seduction by the defendant, in or about the autumn of 1848. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendant. Mr. Bliss stated the case, from which it appeared that the young woman who was the victim of this seduction was now deceased, and there fore could not be produced to give evidence in this case. She formerly resided at Glossop, and worked in the mill of Mr. Sumner, of that place. The defendant, who is a married man, and the father of two children, also worked in the sume mill, at which place the intimacy between the parties commenced. The deceased worked in this mill until within about two years of her death, during which latter time she resided with her mother, and assisted in the domestic concerns of the house. In the month of April,. 1849, she was delivered of a child, of which the defendant acknowledged to be the father. He also, in addition, provided some money for the wants of the deceased, and promised to make her all the amends in his power. The deceased never recovered from the effects of her confine ment trill she died in the month of May following. Since that date the defendant refused to advance anything to her mother, or anything for the maintenance of the child, and hence the mother brought the present action to recover compensation for the loss of her daughter's ser vices.—The defendant pleaded that as the deceased worked in a mill for her livelihood, no compensation could be claimed by the mother, and that the defendant was not liable, as a compromise bad been proposed.—The facts of the case having been proved by various witnesses, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins addressed the court for the defence, contending that the defendant, and not the accused, had been the seduced, and that the case should have been treated as a bastardy case from the first.—His lordship having summed up the case, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £25 and costs. BAitiow v. 01.nFIELIThis was an action to recover the sum of £l4O Is. sd. for work done and money lent. Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. Just as this case was being proceeded with Mr. Atherton proposed that the case should be left for arbitration. A verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a refer ence, was taken by consent. PARKINSON V. WHITE.—This was an action to recover the sum of £l9O for money paid and received. The defendant pleaded that he did not owe. Mr. Hill and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin, Q.C., for the defendant. The facts of the case were simply that a gentleman named Rose, having got into difficulties, a deed of assignment, to save his furniture, was executed to the defendant, and which goods the plaintiff purchased from the defendant. Subsequently a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against Mr. Rose, and the messengers of tne Court of Bankruptcy seized the furniture and sold it. The money having been paid to Mr. White, that gentle man paid over the purchase money to the assignees, in addition to the fact that these gentlemen had previopsly obtained the furniture ; and hence the present actionias been brought by Mr. Parkinson to recover the money paid by him. 'The facts of the case having been proved, a verdict for the plaintiff was entered. RHODES V. WHARTON.—This case was one to recover rent due to the amount of £l4 ss. The case possessed no feature of interest whatever.—Verdict for the de fendant. COOPER V. BLACKWELL.—This was an action brought by Mr. Cooper, a solicitor, of Manchester, against Wm. Blackwell, an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, of Not tingham, to recover £134 125., being the amount of a bill of costs alleged to be due to the plaintiff by the de fendant. Mr. Martin and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff and several othere were concerned in a railway scheme in '45, and known as the Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and Nottingham Railway Company, which company had failed to carry out the projects proposed. These parties had taken shares in the undertaking, and had paid deposit money, and taken up the scrip. On the failure of the concern, these parties entered an action against one of the directors for recovery of the amount paid, and in bringing that action it was that the plaintiff was employed. The plaintiff (Cooper), before bringing the action, required from the va rious parties who were suing the directors that they should give a guarantee to him that they would be jointly and severally responsible to him for the payment of his costs. This having been agreed to and the guarantee signed by all the parties, the defendant included, the action was brought down to Liverpool to be tried ; but before the case came on for trial the parties were advised to abandon the action, all the parties then agreeing to contribute equally towards the payment of the plaintiff's costs. Subsequently it appeared that the defendant's quota of this amount was about £42, which sum he refused to pay. The plaintiff sent various letters to him, asking whether he intended to pay : and inform ing him that if he did not do so he was liable for the whole of the amount of the said bill of costs. Mr. Blackwell still refused to pay his share, and hence the plaintiff pro ceeded against him for the full amount. Several witnesses were called to prove this statement. Mr. WATSON contended that the wording of the ginir antee did not allow of the plaintiff recovering on it, because the guarantee stated that, "in consideration of accepting the retainer, &c.," the parties became liable. whereas_ in fact, he had accepted the retainer, and become the attorney of the parties nearly a month before the date of the guarantee._ _ _ " The further hearing of the case was adjourned till to-day, and the court rose at ten minutes past six o'clock. RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASES. (Before Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.) These cases arose out of an accident which occurred on the morning of the 26th November last, in the Walton Tunnel. The actions were brought by Messrs. Pickup, Langley, and Jones, to recover compensation for damages sustained at the hands of the East Lancashire Railway Company, by the mismanagement of their line,—and had been referred from the assizes now holding to the de cision of the learned Sergeant and a special jury to assess damages. Mr: Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Aspi nal appeared for the plaintiff&:. and Mr. Segar for the ' Railway Company. The learned SERGEANT, in stating the case, observed, that it was one of those peculiar cases where the jury was to consider more of the equity of the case than any ques tion of law which might arise. Ile descanted upon the great hardship which persons travelling by railway were put to in the event of an accident of this kind occurring, no matter what compensation might be received for the injuries sustained ; and after stating the facts of the case, the following witnesses were called. Richard Dowling, a clerk in the employ: of the North Union Company, at Preston, deposed, that on the morn ing of the 26th November last he was in the 8 a.m. train from Liverpool to Preston. In the coups in which he sat were also seated two gentlemen—one of them the plaintiff, and the other Mr. Langley. They were sitting with their backs to the engine. Witness sat on the left-hand side of the coupe, plaintiff on the right, and Mr. Langley was in the middle. The morning was extremely foggy. The trains started a few minutes past 8 A.m., and went on slowly till it reached the Bootle-lane Station, where it stopped for about two minutes. The trains then went on to the Walton tunnel, at a slackened speed. When the train entered the tunnel, felt the speed materially slackened. Did not hear anything till I felt a shock of the carriages coming into collision,. The collision took place in the dark, and when we. gob into the daylight, I noticed that both Mr. Pickup: and Mr.. Langley were :very much in jured; both, were lying on. the floor of the carriage. Both. CROWN Y COURT. - - ESTERDAY. His Lordship took his seat on the bench precisely at 9 o'clock, and proceeded to pass sentence upon several pri soners who had previously pleaded guilty. George Heaps., who had pleaded guilty to three distinct charges of felonious thefts at Ashton-under-Lyne, Gor. ton, and Pendlebury, (an old offender,) was sentenced to be transported for life. Josep4 Worrall, aged 21, charged with having, at Warrington, stolen certain letters, the property of the Postmaster-General, together with certain monies, the contents of the letters. He was addressed by his Lord ship at some length, and with much kindly feeling. His Lordship's remarks will be found in a paragraph in another column. John Toohy, 40, and Thomas Jackson, 28, who had pleaded guilty to respective charges of bigamy at Man chester, were brought up. His Lordship said that in both cases the prisoners had stated that they were single men, though they were married, and they thus obtained possession of the persons of the females who had appeared against them. The sentence was that they should both be imprisoned for six months. Mary Ann Barber, a rather good-looking woman, aged 20, was charged with having delivered a forged order for delivery of three sets of books, including two novels, from a circulating library, in Hume, Manchester, with intent to defraud Samuel Ashworth. The prisoner made a long address in defence, stating that the prosecutor had injured her, and that she had received the order from himself. Her story, however, was improbable, and, the case being proved, she was sentenced to one year's impri sonment. GROSS ASSAULT.—SamueI Leah, (42,) was charged with having, at Houghton, feloniously cut and wounded John Axton, his brother-in-law, on the night of the 18th February, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner and his wife lived at the house of the prosecutor, and some family quarrel having arisen between him, and the prosecutor, and another brother in-law, the prisoner, in an infuriated state, seized an axe, and made a blow on the left eidc of the head of the pro secutor, so as to inflict a dreadful wound, causing effusion of a portion of the brain, and paralysis of the right side. He was still so ill that he had to be assisted into court. The defence was, that the prisoner wished to leave the house with his furniture, but being resisted, that he struck with the axe, which was at hand, at a table, to break it, and that the blow unfortunately fell upon the prosecutor's head. The main question was, whether he intended to strike the prosecutor, or his brother, or merely the table, the prisoner being drunk at the time. The prisoner was ably defended, but no witnesses were called. On being apprehended he said he had no intention of striking the prosecutor. His Lordship carefully summed up. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the prisoner was guilty of the assault with the intent charged. His Lordship—The assault was a most grievous one, amounting to almost murder. The prisoner ought to be grateful to God that the poor man whom he bad so dread fully injured was still living, though still in a precarious and incapacitated state. His lordship hoped he might survive; but if he died within a year, the prisoner would yet be amenable to be tried for murder. The sentence was that he should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. • BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.—MichaeI 211 1 Dertnott, (28,) Bridget Patton, (25,) and Ellen M'Guire, (25,) were charged with having, in January, burglariously en tered the house of Noah Carrington, at Manchester, and having stolen therein, four shirts, and other articles of wearing apparel. The case was of no interest in this locality. The male prisoner was found guilty of the burglary, and both the females acquitted. It was stated that there was another charge against the man, but it was not entered into. lie was sentenced to be transported for ten years. SINGULAR CASE OF WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO MURDER. &c.—John Grundy was indicted for having on the 22d of January last, at Worsley, assaulted Mary Farnsworth, and feloniously cut, stabbed, and wounded her, with intent to murder, disable. or do some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Fowler prosecuted, Mr. Pollock ap peared for the prisoner. The prisoner is a collier, and the prosecutrix, at the time of the alleged offence, was in the service of Meyars, Clarke, and Co-, cotton-spinners, at Worsley. The urisoner had for a lengthened time soli cited prosecutrix to marry him,, but she refused to receive his attentions in the character of a lover, and positively refused his suite. At a qyarter after sic o'clock, on the I were very much cut an d b ru i se d. Th e pl a t e g l asses o f chairman to restore order. In the midst of this, Mr. T . the carriage were brok en t o p i eces . B e li eves th ey were Smith got upo n a f orm to make an observation, when he • • run into by an engi ne w ith some waggons attached. was wantonly n”.1,,,,,i d.,-- . ._, left in the tunnel, I pe Wh w nen tne train in which witness w__ did not observe a tail-light attached to we left the tunnel, observed that Mr. Pickup bled p fusely. He was taken up, and placed upon the slo Witness then returned to Liverpool. same facts, after which Thomas Hetherington, the engineer of the lugga; train, deposed that on the morning in question he left ti station at Great Howard-street at 71m. past eight a.m or about 6m. after the passenp, very slowly till he passed 800 still further slackened his sol !I' train had left )n tunn much slower than usual. Ob - - Met a goods trai Liverpool; passed it tunnel, I perceived, by the carriages before me. I immediate ine of rails fo d of th, and when I got to:the er that th ly reve and the fireman put on the break ; but upon the train that we could not prevei running into it. A collision ensued. s were deta the detached n ger train ling nuns it would ceedings , uown wo or th .on who stood at his back,t and who, ree when ninon.. 4trated with, replied only by insult. On inquiring thit person's name, we were told it was Fletcher. e. Mr. WALKER vindicated himei brought forward by Mr. Hardy. ) £1 for expenst -morn, the case w te too, rend, ~ The bala S to R lthew ha ;It from th With roc.,. go from Runcorn to In all of 41 mite red the exp charges I appealed to a ratepa as then in the ban it had It the v at the las ?reston on hii own penses ie CEIAIRMAN prop, tollowing was the result of the divisions :—Messrs. Aker, Orrett, John Gibson, T. Smith, and George rner were elected overseers, subject to the decision. 4RDY demanded a poll ; but The CHAIF armed him t t as it w Lion, but merely a recommendation tot e ad no ground for his application. Westmore was then elected as assis t the salary was not fixed. The final p ion, clerk to the board,' from 1 - entlemen were then el Bold, EN., T. C. Mo the sum expended The foilo the board Harrison, Esq., (Green-lane,) J. Harrison, Esq., Green,) Hodson Bremner, Esq. Mr. William Sh T. Fletcher, Mr. Charles Kenyon, Richard C. I Esq., W. Fosberry. EN., Mr. R. Shacklaily, Leatherbarrow, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., Mr. T. 0 Mr. T. Hewitt, Mr. John Owen, Mr. John W Thomas Wrik r. J. B: 12, jun., THE INDIAN CAREER OF MAJOR EDWARDES, AS SKETCHED BY HIMSELF. That modesty is one of the most graceful attributes of true merit has ever been acknowledged. As an example of such modesty, combined with distingui )ility as a soldier, the following des cr ipti on o f t --A-- given by himself at an Indian ment provided for his honour at Shrewsbury by ther Salopians on Tuesday last, will be read with in terest : In 1345 I had no interest of any kind ; I was a poor subal '--- - eg iment, when Lord Gough, then Sir Hugh, selected vacancy in his personal staff. This beginning of November 1845, and only a few days the Sikh army invaded British India, and WE plunged into the first Sikh war. Here was I tl placed in a position to study war practically, scale. and under the greatest advantages, at tt the British general. And I can tell you that tl by the right hand of Hugh Viscount Gc erwards were at once largest band of ho rides paign, as the Irishman would say, is in a place to see a good dale of it.' If he wants an fna. a principles of war, he is likely to meet with a good openers in such a situation ; and I can tell you a sto of it. In our very first battle of Moodkee, on th, cember. before the two hostile lines of infantry had 1, staff officeri simultaneously galloped up to the commant chief—' The enemy's cavalry, your Excellency, have outtl us on the right,' said one—" The enemy's cavalry, your 1 many eye ryinproof lency, have' outflanked us on the left,' said the mei. there were 15,000 horsemen turning each flank at the same moment (the whole 30,000, by the bye, commanded by Rajah Lal Sing, whom a modern Sikh historian has represented as being in league with the British general. If so, defend me from my friends !) Without an instant's hesitation, Lord Gough gave orders for movements of horse altillery and cavalry to both flanks ; and it was in this movement, to repulse the Sikhs, that the Queen's 3d Dragoons commenced that series of remarkable achievements which have since stamped them as the noblest cavalry regiment that ever went to India. The repulse was complete on both flanks. Our artillery and cavalry went through the enormous line of the enemy, and got into its rear, so as to become an object of the deepest anxiety to Sir Hugh Gough. It was then that he turned to his aide'de-camps and commanded two of them to recall the flank detachments back to their own line. I was one of them, and I leave you all to judge whether the duty was a pleasant one. It was per formed, however ; and I shall carry the memorial of it to my grave, in the shape of a ball through my thigh. Such, gentle men, was the introduction into military life which I received from my earliest patron in India—Lord Gough. I recovered from my wound in time to serve as his lordship's aide-de-camp again at Sobraon, the closing battle of the Sutlej war—a battle most complete in its result. from the circumstance of a broad and rapid river at the back of the enemy's position, into which they were driven. A young soldier could not have received it more instructive lesson than was displayed to him in that mag nificent battle ; and I well remember fancying at the end of it that I could move 10,000 men if called upon next day. The campaign thus closed. Lord Gough recommended me to the Governor-General for promotion to the political staff now required for the Punjaub ; and to this great step in life I am mutually indebted to those two great men. But while express ing my gratitude to those powerful friends who gave me these great opportunities, let me not forget the master who taught me how to use them—Sir Henry Lawrence, who, at this very moment but a captain of artillery, has made himself, by his high purposes and indomitable energies, the foremost man in. India, and a bright example to every Indian soldier. He it was who, through three years of British protection of the Pun jaub, was my public master and my private friend ; and it was. sitting at his feet amid great political events, that I trust I learnt that noble lesson, to live not for myself, but for the State." CONTINUED IMPORTATION OF GRAIN AND FLOUR FROM FRANCE It was certainly never expected that any considerable amount of our importations of grain would be derived from France ; and in a recent debate we were assured, upon ministerial authority that her sending us grain was quite an exceptional case. Yet we find that during the whole of 1849 we received from that country,—grain, 765,163 quarters, and flour, 1,104,763 cwts.; our imports thence being only inferior to those from the United States, which were, grain, 1,294,580 quarters, and flour. 1,883,284 cwts. We may remark that the next in amount of importa— tions are Prussia and Denmark, the former having sent us, of grain, no less than 1,359,899 quarters, and flour, 17,212 cwts. ; and the latter,—grain, 1,324,297 quarters, and flour, 1247 cwts. This rate of import from France is steadily continuing, as we find that we received in the port of Liverpool during the week ending Tuesday last, 1670 quarters of wheat and 7554 sacks of flour. Of course, the importations at the eastern ports would be much more considerable. When we look at the kind of vessels engaged in this new trade, which are principally schooners of from 70 to 100 tons burthen, it is impossible to avoid being struck with the conviction that it will be a permanent trade; and that for a large and fertile portion of France bordering upon the British Channel, this conntry may henceforth be consi dered the legieimate market. The run across the , thannel is only a matter of a few hours ; and the freight paid by the French agriculturist is less than the cost of a dozen or two miles of land transport to an interior market, or an ordinary coasting freight in this country. Thus, the English consumer is raising the value of land on the con tinent, and increasing the rents of the landlords in many parts of France, whilst free trade is doing everything to diminish the receipts of the landowners in our own country. THE ABSORPTION OF SHIPPING IN THE TRADE TO CALIFORNIA. TIM New York correspondent of the Times states that the emigration to California is vastly in creasing. During the month of February three steamers and 57 sailing vessels cleared from New York for San Francisco ; and 11 ships and brigs had sailed from Boston during the week previous to the sailing of the America. In addition, 34 vessels were loading at New York, and 49 at Boston ; and others were being engaged for the trade. The total clearances from all the Atlantic ports, up to the Ist instant, were 960 vessels, computed to have taken out 60,000 passengers, whilst 25,000 are said to have pro ceeded by the overland route. An idea of the freights paid for suitable vessels may be formed from the fact that 50,000 dollars:had just been offered for a vessel, which was built six years ago at a cost of 52,000 dollars, and has dnrino• this pPrinti hpen rtinning bc•tvvoorx vr Yo. amid Liverpool. The abstraction of this large amount of ton nage from the ordinary channels must shortly tell greatly in favour of shipping engaged in the long voyage trade, more especially as a very small quantity of the vessels sent to California are likely to find their way back for some time to come, if at all, through their crews deserting them to engage in the search for gold. Many of them, at the date of the last advises, were being very profitably em ployed at their moorings, in the harbour of San Francisco, as warehouses, and temporary places of residence. FREE TRADE AND RUINED FARMERS.—The intelli gent portion of our readers are aware that it is our duty, as journalists, to scan over weekly the contents of some two or three hundred papers, published in various parts of the kingdom, for the purpose of extracting whatever news they may contain of an interesting nature. For the past few weeks, that task, we can assure them, has bees a painful one ' • and its performance would inflict up on any right-minded free trader a feeling of compunction, which might well lead him to a re-consideration of his pet policy. In every paper published, or circulating, in our agricultural districts, the leading feature is an array of advertisements of " extensive sales of live and dead stock, agricultural implements, household furniture," &c., the property of Mr. So-and-So, " who is leaving his farm." In some cases, the ruined, or half ruined man is, are about to be houseless—to sink into the condition of is w e c l a e r a e r t t o h l a d s ' o ‘ m ab e o s u t t riv t i o ng em an ig d rate;" formerlyb u but, - e d v o e i r n y g c f a a s m e l i y t labourers or paupers, or to become exiles from the land of their fathers. We have taken the pains to count the advertisements of this kind which occur in four papers taken up at; random. Eddows's Shropshire Journal contains 40 notices of sales of the kind ; Berrow'r Worcester Journal has 7 ; the Doncaster Chronicle 10, the Newcastle Journal 12, and so on. In addition, all of these contain a saddening array of "Farms to Let," of estates about to be brought to the hammer for peremp tory sale, of timber about to be cut down, of stock to be pressed upon the market—in short, the palpable evidences of the agricultural interest of the country falling rapidly into decay, or resorting to every available expedient to avert impending ruin. Where the men are to be found prepared, with our present prospects, to occupy the posi tion of these dispossessed families, or to take into their occupation all these vacated farms, is a question which we cannot ourselves solve, and which we leave to some of the wise philosophers who are enamoured of a free-trade policy. spring buffers of the pa hooks were brol ; three of the car into collision wi and we again can. carriages had been forced off the line bserved that the 'train 11 d been exh not have occurred. Mr. BROWN, the landlord of Walton-on-the-Hill, spoke to the 11 If r . . . - I round that a portion of the not got a t any light or fog signal exhib dted, this acc he Brown Co 1 which he found Bin rieKup when he (witness) n • to which house he h a d b een remove d i n a sta t e o f insensi bility. ;d the Plough lon R. C. GARDNER, Esq., of Dale street, in whose employ the plaintiff ha , een for the past fourteen or fifteen year in the very confidential situation of traveller for the - firm, was next examined. Mr. Gardner spoke in the highest terms of the plaintiff's character and ability; and after stating that he enjoyed the confidence of the members of his firm, said that so much harm had the injury which had been inflicted upon him by this accident done that he feared, however reluctantly, that he would be obliged to remove him from his present' situation Drs. M'Culloch Chalmer. and Johnst mature of the injuries which the plaintiff ha r d received, after which the court was addressed by Mr. &GAR, who admitted that in consequence of the mismanagement of some one, an accident had occurred, and therefore it was only a question of damages, which the jury had to decide upon. _ _ The Learned Serjeant MURPHY then reviewed the case, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of £550 damages and costs. The case of - Mr. Langley, who has been ten years in the same establishment with Mr. Pickup, and who from Mr. Gardner received a similar character to that given to The evi £2oo the plaintiff in the other case, was then beard . , dence was almost similar, and the jury awarded damages and costs. In the case of Mr. Jones, a verdict for the plaintiff of £4O damages and costs was returned.—The Court then rose. WEST DERBN CiOrCSS=Zßml.frar A.NNUAL VESTRY The annual meeting of the resident ratel township of West Derby was held at the co: rooms, Harper-street, tow-hill, yesterday morning, for the purpose of making out a list of persons to be sub mitted to the magistrates as qualified to act as overseers of the poor for the ensuing year; also to choose an assistant overseer, and for the consideration generally of the business of the township. The meeting proved to be of an unusually pyritiner ni ra "I- al. or. 'lv t.r, dNri "nine; derably beyond the ordin ar y limits of the time required for such business. On the motion of Mr. T. Smith, T. Bold, Esq., was chosen chairman. Having assumed the post of honour, and offered a few remarks on his desire to preserve order during the discussion of the business before the meeting, the Chairman called upon Mr. Owen, the solicitor, to read the notice calling the meeting. This notice was signed by Mr. T. Walker and Mr. W. Walthew, the late overseers. Mr. T. SMITH begged to be allowed to make a state ment, before the actual business commenced, of the very greatest moment to that extensive and important town ship.—viz., the recovery, by the ratepayers, of the right tolchoose their own parochial officers (hear)—a right of which they had been despoiled for more than ten years. Instead of servants, they had had masters. It was painful to him to speak of that officer to whom he alluded. Having himself been favourable to his appointment, he had never uttered a word in condemnation since his fall. But, undoubtedly, they had had a master over them, who had collected what it suited him to collect, and no more; and when he wanted more money, he made a new rate. The Poor-law Guardians had no right to nominate the paid assistant overseer. Their guardians had been no guar dians (he confessed he had been one), but sharks. (Hear.) The Poor-law Commissioners invested them (the guar dians) with power to enlist them over to their side, and to be instrumental in carrying out their own views. He had not concurred with the system, though he consi dered that it had the sanction of legality ; until the last few months he had never doubted that the commissioners had this right. He thought that as they were barris ters, and gentlemen of (qua' position in society, it could not be that they were acting contrary to the law ; but he now discovered they had no law at all for their proceedings, in fact they had been breaking the law, and the ratepayers bad been submitting to their illegal prac tices; the question now was, would they (the ratepayers) choose their own officers. The course prescribed to pursue in order to recover this right was to appeal to the court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Smith then made some allusion to the mode in which the present assistant-overseer gained his situation, from which it appears that he formerly held a similar post in the township of N t ierton, and while in that office took every occasion of canvassing for his pre sent place. Mr. Peers had said it was a sinecure, as there was not much more than an hour's work in a week, but he was clapped into it with £125 per annum. Mr. Smith continued at some length, and stated that at present the overseers themselves, Messrs. Walthew and Walker, were discharging the duties of the office themselves, assisted by Mr. R. Westmore, who had undertaken the duty of the removal department without charge : all he required was, that ultimately he should be appointed with a salary of £25. He concluded by urging on his fellow ratepayers to re-elect Mr. Walker, and as he was aware his own name had been given in, he made some observations relative to the part he would take in the event of h;s election. Mr. WALKER explained that, in accordance with a resolution adopted at the last vestry, to take some course in order to reverse the order of the commissioners, they (the overseers) had taken legal opinion, and had consulted, amongst other authorities, a gentleman who was con sidered to be one of the first counsel in matters of the character of the question before them. The result was, that they were assured that the 59th of George 111. was not repealed by any subsequent act.—Tn answer to a ques tion from Mr. Hardy, Mr. Walker gave:Mr. Pashley as the counsel referred to. In conclusion, he thought it necessary to repeat, before proceeding to the election of overseers, that the power they (the ratepayers) bad of selecting their own officers had never been repealed, _ The CHAIRMAN read over a list of name's handed to him of persons eligible for the office of overseers; they wore Messrs. T. Walker, T. Smith, J. H. Plant, R. Short house, and N. Taylor. The list was handed in by Mr. Walthew. _ _ _ __ _ _ _ Mr. HARDY handed in the following list :—Messrs. J. Peers, Thomas Orrett, G. Ash'uurner, A. Ashley, Shaw, and Gibson. The proposer of these gentlemen addressed the meeting at great length in opposition to the first speaker, whom he designated as Mr. Absolute Wisdom. He brought two grave charges against the overseers : the first, a general charge of neglect of duty ; and the second, one of misappropriation of funds. He endeavoured to show that the overseers were actuated by unworthy motives in their opposition to Mr. Whitehead, inasmuch as, had Mr. Rowlands (Mr. Whitehead's oppo nent) been chosen to that office, those gentlemen were prepared to allow him the same salary as that enjoyed by Mr. Whitehead. Glancing at the intention of the over seers to appeal by certiorari to the Queen's Bench, he described such intention as preposterous and impracticable. Before the case could be investigated, the law required the parties appealing to deposit £5O in the hands of the officer of the court ; and in case of a decision being given against them, they would be required to pay three times the amount of the costs; and he warned them of the con -00,p10r% oo of opplying o cingln chilling Of tho publio fundo in such a direction. He commented on the improbability of a master joiner (Mr. Westmore) discharging the duties of the situation of assistant overseer for a consideration of 10s. per week. With regard to the charge of neglect of duty, the mismanagement of the overseers had been such, that they (the ratepayers) had now to support one thou sand paupers. Mr. Whitehead was not allowed to re move paupers, or such would not be the case. He could prove that about 70 or 80 paupers, who had no settlement in the township, had continued to be supported by them because there was no one to see to their removal. Only one or two had been removed from March to September last ):ear. He charged Mr. Walker with obtaining pos session of a removal list, procured by him, (Mr. llardy,) and not returning it. He asked how many additional paupers there were since the 17th November last ? At that date there were 82 ; now there were 144 more ; and he also asked whether, with 224 paupers, the duties of removal were really so light as they had been stated to be? (Hear, hear.) He then adduced figures illustrative of the number of removal orders made out from time to time during the past year, and the comparative few removals made ; all which he attributed to the spleen of the over seers, in refusing to allow Mr. Whitehead to discharge the functions of his office. He then went to the misappro priation of funds. There was one item of £lO. A cheque had been given for this amount. Of this Mr. Walthew had expended one pound in a journey to Runcorn, to inquire about a pauper ; the balance of £9 had been debited, credited, and re-debited in the books in such a way as to deceive any person wishing to arrive at a knowledge of its destination. lie particularly appealed to the inhabitants of the rural part of the township on the subject of the county rate ; these accounts they (his hearers), had no control over. He contended that when the overseers laid the 6d rate last year a 3d. rate would have sufficed. He then brought another charge forward ;, the overseers had not paid the county rate, and had consequently been fined £22 ; besides this, there was Mr. Cleaver's expenses to Preston on the subject. He next apprised his hearers that it was the intention of the overseers to lay a poor-rate of is. 9d., which he considered much too high ; he accused them also of want of discretion, in allowing the cottage tenants of Liverpool to enter the township in swarms, to the burthei of the poor-rates. Much more was said on the same subject, and a good deal of confusion ensued in consequence of other persons dtbirin& to. asidresa the meeting, end the, attempts of the