The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-15 00:00:00

April 15, 1845 total alai *Official ~PLU 013. r et,,, iii3r ," C'T DHAM STREET.—On Thursday, Of the induc c li n - Of7f,W ' ite -;:' jo in ,".:id to the pastoral charge , "` the Scotri s Oldham-street, 'h Church,lace rook p . ,Lieutenant Henry, R.N , the Liverpool Agent to her Alaiesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners,. uc j a about to be removed to Dubliu, and he .Z.f to be ' ceeded in this town by Lieut. Hodder. b of Thursday, an inquest was held on the 1 :; 137 ,of Ellen Coine, a young woman about 23 years of . /7' oY taking arsenic. The jury returned a verdict of • e o de s e . p.l3n Th ursday, a fire b ro k e ou t i n a j o i ner ' s shed in Mr. buitn:,s4 P l antation, O a kfi e ld, Bi r k en h ead. The shed was • Afte rs ' 4d and a considerable quantity of timber and t ools were destroyed. sBSaatr.—Flonner Holden, an exhibitor of wax-work (P re s in Leigh-street, was fined 5s and costs on Tues- El, fo r an assault committed boy in his establish • 411 , ent iMon a servant of Mr. Maya the hairdresser. day"BE BY A LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER. —On MOl.l - Mary Trigge the keeper of a lodging-house in . 1 0r a ] On ter- row, was co ' mmitted for trial by Mr. Rushton, a 5 charge of having stolen £25 from William Williams. - earPenter, who rented an apartment from her. eoulaNseauourEa.—A woman named Jones has been aurritted for trial for the manslaughter of Mary An , elk es lie. • The prisoner and deceased had been quarrel bal. when the former gave the latter a push, and she f e ll leetwards on the fl ags , s t r iki ng her head with great vio -", end died soon afterwards. I:tr-terae ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a man . named . 118 ° 1 1, iu company with two other men, was hoisting a tee piece of iron, called a connecting rod, at a yard at h a ' "al end o f t h e town. When the iron was reared to -`" k illed r'euiredhiptnosition it slipped fro m th e c h a i ns , f e ll upon ItCt/4110--1400 tons were advertised for auction on fe_ouday week, and no disposition shown to purchase;a 17 lots sold at 1:7 2s. 6d. of the cargo per Abbotsford. ea u ti e 2 ) . ll .sines s of the week, for actual consumption, may be nearly. lldt 'd at about 300 tons. Our stock at present is 60 000 tons. r.i tr bar s l ' t eit--On Th urs d ay l ast, a b eaut if u ll y- modelled .b u r, call e d the Favourite, was launched from the ship_str i L l og yard o f M essrs. P. Chaloner and Sons, Baffin rk The ' ceremony io of christening was performed by 27;*.r. Cbaloner, junr. The Favourite is upwards of p t Nu burthen, ildersnew measureent, and is, as yet, th e oPee ta of th e bu. ni ~? p i ., th h 4 ,. - _•‘"G AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.--On th „: s uaYt in reply to a question from Mr. Tirane, the toaCroae stated that - he expected they would commence .d er aY the mains for the new work next week. It was or tdi dared on the suggestion of the chairman, that in future auelications as to cellar openings, in new and old build itra,'L a hould be accompanied by a plan of the intended D `" of the openings. Sta„ l4 ,"TH By BURNING.—An inquisition was held on \i' a j, r ua7, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Sarah tva '',"at aged 60, who resided in Henderson-street. She ite:CDund with her clothes on fire yesterday morning after' and was so severely burnt, that though attended to v eriaards in the Workhouse, she died on Thursday. be e e r a di e „ ,. ' " Died from the burning ; but how her clothes 4 rfle Ignited, no evidence." Fleallil4lVlNG STOLEN GOODS.—On Thursday,. Patrick tee ;1 1 . was committed for trial, chatged with having s tli ti d „ L uanas in his possession, the property of Thomas !Atrarn, provision-dealer, Edgar-street, Marybone, is e ;: e 'hap had been entered through a hole which had Pag - ,,, 111 ,,a,de in the roof, some time between Sunday even tak -" al matting and upwards of twenty hams tal td iron y 7 t er. Thj„ttAottotNAßY DISPATCH IN SHIP BUILDING.— hialdiOellairs, a ship of 609. tons, was launched from the tat th e lt Yard o f M essrs. Clark, on the Bth of March. 114 d sa me day. a sloop of about 70 to ns was laid down, }, e 1 948 eonapleted and launched on the Bth o f A pr il. ilit4ail therefore begun and finished in about 26 work -Blatrid/s• The sloop was built for Messrs. C. W. and F. , en, Al'4 - ' 145 1011 ON THE RIVER.—At the Police-court on kick 41,P. Hamilto n r'earson, captain of the Queen, Wood ,liine,'esaAt, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of '`.Y 1 ' uama d one of the New Brighton boats, whilst P l e n et:il t i s a i t o l eh g o e r off George's Pier. The defence was that ho e 0 was accidental, and that the complainant's hop,,,was at anchor within the buoys. Mr. Rushton, by tl,sveer., _ordered the amount claimed, £7 10, to be paid 'll defendant. ,teie ,iti. TIMBER SALE.—Messrs. Challoner . and .h Fle - - atiii,gra Periodical sale of furniture, machine-making, s lastlp Issa. t rig. and other woods, advertised in our paper on c eo ` Will be sure to command attention, not merely it Ilia ti h at of the extent of the sale itself, but also because l qttiit -e the first since the repeal of the duties on all '434 bugs wood. It will take place, we perceive, on th ilfb„ - mo 24th instant, when an unusually large attendance It aYer s may be exiTcted. tr,abialvD.:raetssaeidEs IN OMNIBUSES.—On Thursday, a fashion fellow named Hadfield was committed for berO u n a charge of having robbed Mrs. Jones, of West . t he * *str eet, of a purse containing some sovereigns,. in tell, oolton omnibus. Two other fashionable looking ~.ehst.:B, named Cowan and Wilson, were remanded on a , r ' e b °, f having robbed Miss Deakin, of Bootle,. and the 4. " , ake of T t th ark in two other omnibuses, 110 011 ' -" e -1) ' lit e and Aigburth. Whichlibee:vr Ilsi ltsTatan.—We bad much pleasure, a . few days W hich is ' r ! i napecting an exceedingly ingenious inkstand, " I da fair to surpass all previous inventions. It con tbs„iinel yof a large air-tight screw, with a funnel top, 111 th - gh which there is a small h o l e . Thi s screw i s fi tted eotap-re to p of the inkstand, and when screwed . down, the 41. „ e ssed air at once forces the ink into the small . fun tilile ~k . h.ia being the whole of the machinery it is impos `eat):" pecotne disordered. It is the invention of our ° fa ( ." 4 , 1 , Mr. Ladyman, and forms another to a number p Ba i and excellent inventions he has lately produced. e t , " e rst. A grty 011 CcIDENT..—An inquest was held before Mr. r ade' Saturday, on view of the body of Peter Rogan kil ' a ged 22, residing in Grosvenor-street. Deceased eree,,,a,bother man were on Friday engaged on a siege I r lia j;l a plinst a house in Burlington -street. Deceased . e "ae C ; "'ng a plinth stone of a kitchen window, while it "b e ng raised about 1-16th of an inch to its level, Meath lt', gave way, and in falling deceased had hold 4 t he st ta g s Aired n Prie and pulled it after him. It instantly uon his "",,n crushed it to pieces, so that he . ex . - 'lila . d eceased was a married man with a wife and two I,: 4i now left destitute. Verdict—" Accidental death." ial - ass it p e . HI RE ANNUAL SESSION.—The General An t,ttn,:llol-1 for this county was held on Wednesday, at 4:1 e .c. -. 4 , l l;v ie he n7omagi e s d t . r t at , e e s r w ei e l r l e w p s re . s_ent, chiefly from IN is on . D ria Division. The Chairman, Thomas Batty b !ii tio „ ,, sq., prot.os I solutions of which he had hl'ic A:!_f i e l , the first being as o o . so " That the direLu f :p.m . at Lancaster be enlarged, as to be cape- Ihti n 'tinting from 1000 to 1100 patients,. under . _ _ the Oil R „, 11 of the visiting justices." Mr. William Mar- L t a . th-;".mitted his amendment,separate asylum Ztte „:01ithern Division is absolutely necessary." The 1 mff : s t r i l Zas carried by 50 to 15. The other resolutions o e d tititt'rman were adopted. f figy ) "OF SCOTLAND.—On Thursday . last ,t the, tihne lieateti ~?f the Rev. John Reid to theminis r litlliiiar;-oureh, in Oldham-street, took place. R The_pr_e -I:,ttti: services were gone through by the R ev. J. T. ii,la tti of Rodney -street ; thereafter,. the from Dr. the Myth li; !' s h av ing given an admirable discourse rom rc,, P li Nix), proceeded to the solemn act of inducting . tlit,pe'l to the spiritual charge of the congregation ar . .-- ttls' t° the fro prescribed by the establishment in A ti 4m. ~.., m d re 4 , Dr. M'Nair afterwards, according tn custom, 1 . 1 :le, , l e u the newly admitted incumbent on the important f tltiot;ietolved on him, and the Rev. Mr. M . 'Glashan, o el iti r'sj e , having addresed the congregation on thrir th - ,4. - relation to their pastor, the interesting service brat ti Al m f.., Reid preached on Sunday afternoon, for 11 41 ,"a ilt in his new charge.. 0 1 1, ''-lara.--The following inquests were held on Tues ttNEt ',Toll Smith died on Saturday last, at the Nor- I, ,TPital, from the effects of a fall into the hold of a tb;ed '''''°llt three weeks ago, at Glasgow ; he had re ibstitt: enntusion of the left thigh, from which erysipelas 1 4k iseal:ll„ich resulted fn his death.--On Monday morn efmthe h parrington, a child seventeen wee=ks old, fell o u t skul l of an emigrant ship, and receive a . fracture qlo i a ~,._', which terminated in death the following day. * t rtwardaY morning, Ann Brown, a girl eleven years tt o ll t itit'ing with her parents in Prince William-street, tat! ) , to r „ 4 n eighbour's house, and, in a short time, was 4,,i1t :,'ReC h n out into the street in flames. The fire was ,', 4 elr e k d by the neighbours, but the deceased was herblll -Y II rat, and died the following morning at the " ki lti ser o.l,_tant, under the care of Margaret Chester, of thy ~ ht, 47,-street, was put to bed in his usual health, ti ttb f ,,atC,'wing morning was found dead. It appeared 01 ,„"ad ensued from convulsions—the result of kt;ettb;44eB. Verdict accordingly. pd,-.AII'AL DEATH IN THE RAILWAY GOODS TUN lhtiY 0C1, 17 - 1- Ingllest was held ' on Saturday, on view of the ose!p' ilb . n'illiatn Davies, aged 38 years. Deceased was a ti b " n il the Liver colan ' d Manchester Railway, or IVv4ti ietween Wapping p and Edge-bill. On F. itlay week to us l'Ois i t p l the tunnel, about a quarter of a mile from the ki t le 4,..nnd. at the wheel where the trains are attached e 'at! '"iess • f s came up the 44, cal their rope. A train o waggon ... 1,44 gist seenWa to the Edoe-hill station. The rove Ag C4- •er alt,.- rnesseynger" was attached to the train by , l 'ito, i ,i'e n f n, and then to the endless rope, aid the signal :li e „,ilie s , el. them to be drawn up. Deceased went up n"' 4 11 4 , 1 * _,Soon afterwards another train came to the t ,a,t 4:2 1 ° to to go up also Deceased was shouted to, i li e7 sl itr - s . 7lglit get out of the way, as a noise was heard , 1 1 rt Les 'L L ,rat of a train coming down the " down" line. ,„"te :'e tt e ' h u ran across : the line, and the train that had 14‘,,aet1t.v,,-",:'een st, rtedwasseento run back again. The ,ar'ain til's standing by 'the wheel at the time, behind illk„, t rai m at...vias standing and the first train ran against thl:4 m o tl " I mmedi t I '' fter the collision deceased j,e t t a h at his anti e xv Y a as broken, which it was found to 'opts I' e Was Picked up and taken to the Southern Hospi nt„liD h A Messenger" attached to the train that had tlket ' i r r t hn a t " 4 l : t r oken before the waggons . had got up . quite i? t e ae breaks!' They were stopped immediately a. ter, ti ,,14„t,,0 h e taan got off to put on the break, but . on 0 t c r l he foundell and put out his light. On his recovering ti, vft, q . t he a __ o the train going hack. He jumped upon Ohs- He g g nm, but could not get . to the break for_ the 4 glii tiralt co sad over another carriege, and there found tl 4 lteo t i ttle , wereergeollizith a bale of cotton. The waggons at th vt, and i _ gat full speed.. Finding . he . could do to W 4 itio„," Older to save his own life, he jumped off, e;:6o,4o.triniustatUned. On recovering he went down to V.`te4, ls ltal . ation, and found what had happened. At , td i a a , ' was found necessary to amputate the de t't, ol°, but he died from the injury on F r id ay 4eci dental Death." DICKINSON V. MURROW AND OTHERS. In this case, John Dickinson, merchant, of Sunderland, was the plaintiff; and Peter Morrow, John W. Murrow, and Wm. Worthington, merchants, of Liverpool, were the defendants; and the action was brought to recover the sum of £1042 175., being the proceeds, after the pay ment of all advances and commissions, of a cargo of wheat purchased in Dentzic, consigned to defendants' care, and sold by them for the plaintiff. The whole question rested upon the construction of a written correspondence be tween the parties, in which the defendants were first di rected by the plaintiff to account for the proceeds of the wheat to Mr. James Scarth, which order, it was alleged, GLEN AND ANOTHER V . THO MPSON. was afterwards cou n t erman d e d . This case, which had been adjourned from the rrece- After the case had proceeded for a long time, it ended ding day, was proceeded with by the examination of wit in a verdict, under his lordship's direction, for the defen- nesses for the plaintiffs' case, the greater portion of whom dant, with liberty to the plaintiffs to move to enter a ver- were parties engaged in shipping, and ended in a verdict diet for the plaintiff. being taken for the plaintiff for £375 7s. 10d. THE ISLE OF MAN JOINT STOCK BANK. ALLEGED BRIBERY—CRITCHLEY V. PARKER. The proceedin gs i n thi s case exc i ted great interest. CONNELL (CLERK) V . G ANDY. —Th e plaintiff, James The following gentl emen compose d t h e special jury : Connell, was a cl ergyman res idi ng at the Isle of Man, and Messrs. Henry S a l omans , J o h n Moore Priestman, defendant, Jame s G an d y, a gentleman of considerable Samuel Lomas, R o b er t Si mon, J o h n M• Dowall, Francis property residing at K en d a l, an d t h e act i on was to try Henry Lan g l e y, R o b ert J ones, J ohn Dale, Edward whether the defe n d an t was li a bl e, as a shareholder in the Isle of Man Joint St oc k Bank. Mr. Martin, M r . W at- Goodfellow, an d S amue l Li nn i ngton. The two reform son, and Mr. Robi nson , appeare d f or the plaintiff, and solicitors were pitt e d aga i ns t eac h ot h er i n the case—Mr. Berry bei ng th e agent f or C r i tch l ey, and Mr. Snowball Mr. F. Kelly, Mr. B a i nes, M r. C owl i ng, and Mr. Drink for Mr. Parker. water, for the defend an t. Mr. MARTIN s a id th oug h t h e act i on was b rought to re- Mr. Knowles and M r . C rompton appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Wilki ns an d M r. A therton for the de- cover the small sum o f £23 , yet the question the jury fendant. would have to try was one o f very great importance to the shareholders of th e I s l e o f M an Jo i nt Stock Banking At the request of Mr. Wilki ns, a ll the family of the Company, and to the cre di tors o f that concern ; for it Brownbills were ord ere d out o f court. Mr. KNOWLES stated th e case. T he action was brought was, in point of fact, w h et h er t h e d efendant was apart under the 54th clause of th e M un i c i pal Corporations Act, ner in that bank, or w h et h er h e was d i scharged from his liability in it. The case , th ere f ore, which he (Mr. Mar for the recovery of a p ena l ty of £5O from Mr. Parker, tor having used undue an d i mproper influence to procure tin) had to make out t o th e sat i s f act i on of the jury w as his election for St. A nne ' s war d , on the Ist of November that, the defendant w as a s h are h o ld er in the bank from t last. Upon that occas i on t h e candidates were Mr. James the year 1836 to 1843, wh en i t s t oppe d payment and be- Parker, on the conservat i ve, and Mr. Wm. Earle, on the came bankrupt; that h e a ll owe d hi mself to be held out to the world as a partn er i n the bark, and that the b an k, reform side. On the 22 n d o f O cto b er, about eight o'clock at night, Mr. P ar k er an d another gentleman called on on the faith of his b e i ng k nown to b e a partner, obtained credit. In the year 1836, the jury wo u ld reco ll ect that Brownbill. who i s a watc h fi nisher by trade, residing in Comas -street, to so li c i t hi s vote and leave his card. Two great efforts were ma d e t h roug h out t ' se country to estab lish Joint Stock B an k s i n li eu o f carry i ng on the system days afterwards, B rown bill rece i ved a letter from the country, stating that hi s w if e ' s mother was dangerously which had p rev i ous l y preva il e d of pr i vate banking. In ill and that sh e w i s h e d to see her daughter ; and Brown- that year a bank exi ste d i n the Isle o f Man, which was bill, not ha v i ng su ffi c i ent money to pay the expenses of carried on by Mess rs . W o lf an d F or b es, uuder the firm his wife's journ e y, sent h er to Mr. Parker to say he of Wolf and C ompany. A company was raised, and the wished to speak t o t h a t gent l eman. Mr. Parker accord- business of that b an k was trans f erre d to it under the ingly called, and a f ter h av i ng read the letter, said— " I name of the Isl e o f M an J o i nt S toc k Banking Company. Mr. Forbes was appointed manager of the new bank, and, suppose s sovereign w ill d o. " B rownbill replied " No : in the month of A ugust, 18 36, Mr. Gandy, the defendant, lend me £5 and I'll vo t e f or you, " although he had never voted for a co nserva ti ve candidate before. Mr. Parker wrote, in answer t o a l et t er f rom F orbes, stating that he and y) an d his (Gn wished to remarked that £5 was a l arge sum ; that he mint go and shares in the Bank frieds . The defendant and have two his brothe thousan r b d e see the treasurer of his committee; and that he would call again at th ree o ' c l oc k . H e returned at one the same came, at the com m e ncement o f the b usiness, preprietors in the concern to the extent of one of the whole day, bringi ng w i t h hi m fi ve sovereigns, which Brownbill number of shares. I n th e same yeare- tent the deed of settle took, able on and demand, o b ser signed a promving, atisory note the fosamer the time, amou nt that pahe y ment was drawn up and execute d . T he bank was car should be una bl e to pay i t on demand. Mr. Parker pat- tied on with th e names o f M r. Gandy and Mr. Hindes ted him on th e s h ou ld er , to ld h i m not to put himself out as the trustee s , an d i n 1837 a dividend of 5 per cent. was of the road about it ;to pay it a sovere i gn at a t i me ; and declared ;in 1838 7 per cent. ; in 1839 5 per cent. ; in that he should never b e trou b led for it. Brownbill then 1840 and 1841 8 p er cent., and so on till 1834, when observed th a t h e s h ou ld not vote until the afternoon of the bank stopped payment. It would appear that ibe day of election, wh ereupon M r. Parker suggested to the Londo n an d W estm i nster Bank were the agents him the propriety o f recor di ng hi s vote at ten o'clock in in London of the I s l e o f M an C ompany, and, in conse the mop nine, as th a t wou ld b e t h e most convenient time. quence of some irre gu l ar it y ex i st i ng i n the accounts of the Brownbill voted, a t t h e e l ect i on, against Parker, was a latter in 1839, M essrs. W i lli ams, Deacon and Co., mane - gers of the former, wrote to M r G andy on the subject. A plied to six d a y s a f terwar d s f or payment of the monepy, great number of lett ers were t h en read by Mr. Martin and was summo ne d t o t h e C ourt of Requests, where Mr. from the defendant to Messrs. Williams, D eacon an d C o., Parker, aft e r th ree h ear i ngs of the case, was nonsuited. Mr. Pat ker ma d e a statement of the circumstances before to the manager o f th e b an k i n the Isle of Man, and to Mr. G the Commissioner o f t h e Court, in which he admitted Garrett and Mr. D um b e ll, two o f the d rectors. The ob jeet of these lett e r s was to s h ow that Mr. Gandy to o k an that he had go ne t o B rown bi ll ' s house and seen the letter, active part in th e management o f the bank' that he w as adding that he had lent the £5, as b e was i n t h e h a b it of doing, out of a f ee li ng of charity towards the distressed considered by Mess rs . Willi ams D eacon and Co., as one n.an, and th a t h e h ad taken the promissory note as an of the responsible pa r ti es i n connect i on with it, and that acknowledgment o f th e de b t. He denied that it had been he was so held out t o t h e wor ld . The learned counsel given as a bribe ; f or , a f ter the money was lent, Brownbill after reading the wh o l e o f th e correspondence down to the said,—" one good t urn d eserves another, " and Mr. Par- Period when the b an k s t oppe d payment, after which pe ker immediately o b serve d — " I have nothing to do with nod Mr. Gandy resi g n e d hi s t rusteesh i p, proceeded to ex ;Arlin the law relating to p ar t ners hi ps, and contended that your vote; vote a s y ou p l ease. " These were the main circumstances of the case; and the learned counsel sub- Mr. Gandy, as the law st oo d, was c l early liable to pay the mitted that whether th e j ury b el i eved Brownbill's or Mr. claim of the plaintiff. Parker's version of the t ransact i on it was impossible to A copy of the d e ed o f se ' t l ement was then put in and doubt tt , at the money h a d b een g i ven to se read. conveying over the b an ki ng esta b l i shment of Wolf the eure the vote. and Forbes to the new com pany , t o b e called the Isle of Mr. Thomas Tyson, a c l er k i n the Town-hall, was first witness cellea. He p rove d t h at there was an election Man Joint Stock Banki ng C ompany, with a capital of for St. Anne's Ward last N ovem b er; that Mr. Parker A:47,000, in 10,000 shares, and a p po i nt i ng M r. Gandy. the was returned, and accept e d t h e o ffi ce of Councillor of the defendant, and Mr. Hind es , o f C ottage Mona, the trus tees. It also appointed five sh are h o ld ers, exclusive of the roll. Ward ; and that Brownbill' s name was on the burge,s manager if he be a shareholder, as di rectors to manage James Brownbill was next e xam i ne d , and deposed to the batik. all the circumstances relati ve t o t h e rece i pt of the letter, Mr. KELLY drew his Lordship' s a tt ent i on to the list of shareholders, which contained 137 names, b ut did not the interviews between him an d M r. P arker, and the ' lending of th e £5. He w as c l ose l y cross-examined by mention how many shat es each p erson h a d . He also DI Wilkin s . stated that the document appeared to b e pr i nted i n 1837. _ A number of letters were then put i n an d read, and se- Mrs. Brownbill, the wife of the l as t w i tness, corrobo rated his testimony as to the lending of the cash, but de- veral witnesses called in support of the case for the plain. nied that she w a s in want of money a t th e time trot() and tiff, after which the Court adjo urne d. , see her mother. , Mr. John Maitl an d, r eporter, dep ose d to w h at took ' NISI PRIUS COURT.—FR IDAY , place in the Court of Requests at the hearing of the case At the sitting of the Court this morning, the case of Coes before the Commissioner. ' NELL V. GANDY was resumed, when a number of wit- Mr. Hatch, one of Mr. Parker's committee, was the nesses were called in support of the case of the plaintiff. last witness, and upon his cross-examination he distinctly One of them, in his cross-examination, admitted that irs deposed that the tran sac ti on , so far as his knowledge ex- the action, to which he was a party, he was indemnified tended, bad nothing whatever to do with the Conservative by the attorney to the plaintiff, Mr. P arry. committee. This closed the plaintiff's case. DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY - - - -- • . _ -------- --- - ---- -- -- SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES. The promissory note was then put in and read; and the MR. KELLY then proceeded to addr ess the jury on be- . the authorities named ; but if they did ne passion t proceed of the act to g , .--- case for the plai n tiff c l ose d . half of the defendant, whom he described as a gentleman ;carry it out w ithi n s i x months from th NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury in a powerful speech whose character was above all repro ac h an d imputation, i then they reverted to that in the old act. Very strenu- THE BANK OF MANCHESTER AGAIN. for the defendant. He commenced by saying that fright. but who had felt himself bound, a n d w h o had been ad- I ous efforts were made on the part of the Birkenhead ful penalties were attendant upon the conviction of any vised to resist this as a series of actions, of which this ' Commissioners for the old clause to be retained,—in fact, MAGEE AND ANOTHER V. SMITH PUBLIC, OFFICER. person for brieery, and that if the evidence adduced by formed but one, because he was satisfied that he was not ! every kind of obstacle was thrown in the way of an In this case, which was tried before a special jur y, those who instigated the present proceedings had been bound by law to answer those demands—th a t he was not amendment upon it. In the course of evidence it ap- Messrs. Magee and Cochrane, marine store dealers. of equal in strength to th e malig n ity which suggest e d it, h e bound in conscience to pay one farthi ng o f any of them. Peared that the Dock Committee had communicated to Liverpool, were the plaintiffs ; and the defendant was Mr. should tremble for the consequences. He had, howe ver , He invited their most serious, and he nee d h ar dly add, them what they had done ; but no answer was returned. William Smith, public officer of the Bank of Manchester. very little apprehension that they would convi c t an y man f or h e f e lt assured he should have their impartial attention This statement excited surprise ; and it was endeavoured The action was brought to recove r £278, the balance of upon such testimony as had been given ; for, however in- to the nature of the caee he had to lay before them. It to be extracted from him (the Chairman) that they had an . account for rope and canvas, supplied to the paper eria- veterate and enthusiasti c they might he as Reformer s , it was incumbent on them to con s id er w h o were the real been at the Dock Office to examine the plans. He said carried on by Me ssrs . Ed war d Hilto n and Na- would be their duty to shake off entirely from their cause parties to the action—what was the real nature of the he did not know,—if they had called it was without corn nutae:'!°rY, thaniel \% aLifir at Over Darwen, in 1841 and 1 842, and such contemptible men as Prownbill, After commenti ng , claim and the object for which it was set up. It was not inut.ication either with himself or the secretary ; and their the substantial question which the jury had to try was, at some length, and with gre a t severity, upo n th e co n d uc t the action of the respectable cler g y man w h o b a d brought visit was not an official one. They next wished to em whether the Bank of Nanchester were really the ProPrie- of Brownbill, he ask e d h ow th e ju r y w o uld h ave f e lt, it. If their claims had been mad e , not as th e y were by barrass the committee by having revisors appointed, and tors of the paper manufa c lory, whether it was carried on should the very man whom their charity had relieved the shareholders, but by the customers of the bank, who at one period a clause was agreed upon, naming the Chair for their use and benefit, an d whether Messr s . Hilton and turn round and wound them with that very c h ar it y , an d h a d con fid e d in it in consequence of Mr. G an dy a ppearing I man of the Cheshire and Lancashire Quarter Sessions Co., though nominally the proprietore, were nothing more cover them with sha me an d con t emp t w h en th ey were as a partner, and had they appli e d t o him, if he h a d found (Rector Brooks.) But the deputation resisted this and than agents of the b a nk, or o f Mr. Burd e ki n , the then entitled to nothing but gratitude at his hands. Mr. Par- such to be the case, then, although he sho u ld sa tisfy the other propositi ons on th e same principle. They declared manager of it. The whole case turned upon a deed of in- ken was naturally indign an t a t th e imput a ti on . H e de- , jury beyond all doubt that in law he w as no t li a ble, yet he emphatically that the Dock Committee were an independ spectorship executed in December, 1811. when the con- trrmined immediat e ly t o com mence proceedi ngs ag a i ns t I would rather have taken his chan ce o f b e i ng a ble to re- cut body, and that they would not acknowledge any foreign interference, but that, regarding it as an indignity, they cern was very largely indebted to th e ba n k, and by which the man who had so attempted to asperse his character. cover some portion of it back, and would have paid the instrument, it was contended on the part of the plaintiffs, Was that any argum en t aga i ns t hi m ? If Mr. Parker claimants though those claims amou n t e d t o between ' would not sanction it in any shape whatever. Eventually the bank became possess e d of th e whole of the property, had known that his note of hand was a proof of b r ib er y, £lO,OOO an d £15,000. But it was not the action of such all the propositions of this kind were rejected altogether. and were authorised to ca rr y on th e busi ness henceforward would he not have thrown it into the fir e ? W ou ld fi e cust omers , b u t by the Isle of Man shareholders, woo all ' With regard to what had taken place about the models and for their own exclusi ve b ene fit, M essrs. Hilt on an d Walsh have brought this man to the Court of Reque s t s ? G u ilt kne w th a t Mr. Gandy ceased to be a shareholder in 1840, Plans, he would state that when the reporters had with- ' drawn. On all accounts he considered the Dock Corn- being merely agents. The d ee d was p u t i n evidence, and was always cowardly—it always shrunk from investiga. and he was therefore not liable, and although he knew witnesses were called to show that the bank acted under tion. Not so here. Mr. Parker, i n e ff ec t, sa id, "I h ave that Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and C o . t o w hom be- ' naittee had reason to refer to this bill with satisfaction rather than otherwise ; and so far from being " beaten," Cow the provisions of the deed un til Messrs. Hilton and Co. behaved to you as few men would have behaved. Y ou tween £BO,OOO and 90,000 was ue, had made no claim they wished. became bankrupts in 1842, when the whole of the property are, comparati ve l y sp ea ki ng , a s t ranger t o me . I f oun d upon him, and did not intend to mak e a n y. Therefore !as some people were pleased to say, they had obtained all was taken under securities held by the bank. you in distress, and I relieved you. I told you your vote they found that the parties taking proceedings were Mr. WORTLEy, on the f a r t of th e defendant, submitted was your own. But it is too bad to lay a trap for me—l demnified by the attorney for the plaintiff. There had Mr. BOLD stated, that the credit of the successful re i sistance to the clause for admitting the reference to two that the plaintiff s mus t b e „ nsu i te d , „ te e p oun d, first, say not whether at your own suggestion or that of oth ers been put in and read by his learned friend, Mr. Martin, i justices of the peace, belonged entirely to the chairman that the act 7th Ge o . rer, c h ap . 46, f or re guiating joint- —to work upon my charity, and then to treat the fruit of a great number of letters which had passed between Mr. 1 (Mr. Moore). stock banks, did not autho r i ze t h e co m p an y t o sue, °retry my charity as the fruit of knavery and dishone s ty!' Gandy a n d Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. the Direc party to sue them, in the name of their public officer, ex- Such was Mr. Parker's case. He was ambitious to re- tors of the bank, and its managers, extending over a period I Mr. Alms; again referred to the subject of models and cept in transactions relatin g t o banking; whereas it was present the ward. He (Mr. Wilkins) conside re d it an from 1836, when Mr. Gandy became a shareholder, down clear, that in the present case the company were sued as unwise ambition ; the prize was not worth what it to February, 1 840, when he ceased to be so ; but what : The CHAIRMAN said it was . very desirable not to say paper makers, not as bankers, Secondly, he submitted cost ; but there must be such ambition : it was one of that correspondence had to do with the present case he i any thing about them in public, but as soon as the re that even if an action could b e maintain e d again s t the pub- the elements of human action and of human progress. was at a loss to imagine. In the year 1840 Mr. Gandy 1 porters were gone, he would undertake to satisfy Mr. lic officer under such circumstances, it could only be in He said, " I have been four years the representative of was dissatisfied with the mode in which the business of plans. i Aikin on all points. cases where every partner would be liable, in order that this ward. Many may think me unfit for the office. Be the Bank was conducted, and therefore he determined to ' dispose of his shares, but so far from the concer n being THE MONSTER GUN FOR THE AMERICAN the transaction might appear to be within the scope of the it so. But I will not submit to an imputation on my in partnership, or else some evidence must be given of a tegrity. I have heard that there is tome individual who lat that time considered insolvent, Mr. Gandy was assured NAVY. previgus authority, or a subsequent recognition by each has said that he will spend £lOOO to put me o u t a n d dis. I that with prudent management it would become prosper partner of the transaction ; wh eas , th ere w a s no such grace me. I will see whether might shall overcome right. i ous, and, so far from suspecting that anything like The heavy piece of ordnance, ordered some time ago in evidence in the present case. He re argued that the partner- I court investigatio n and scrutiny." The learned counsel I insolvency ' would ensue he allowed the purchase-mono Y this town t o be made for the " Princeton," United States ship entered into by the shareholders of the Bank of Man- concluded his powerful and effective address by pointing lof his shares to remain in the bank, and in the fol- steam frigate, is now approaching to completion ; and chester never contemplated in any degr e e the manufacture to the very significant fact, that Mr. Critchley was not in lowing month, (March, 1840,) be advanced £6,000 to being the largest cannon ever made in this country, and of paper at the Darwen works; but that the object of the court, and that not one of the witnesses could be brought enable them to go on, and in the month of October requiring in its construction great skill and attention to co-partnership was simply to carry on banking; and it to own any acquaintance with him. in the same year, another sum of £12,000. This lat- perfect it as a solid mass, it has become an object of con had not been shown that more than three of the directors The learned JUDGE then summed up, remarking that , ter sum, with the price of his shares, was still due to Mr. siderable interest and curiosity amongst nautical and of the bank had the slightest cognizance of the transaction the case mainly depended on the conversation which Gandy by the bank. Was it not then very extraordinary scientific men. , the bank in in question either before or after. passed between Mr. Parker and Brownbill relative to the that Mr. Gandy, having ceased to be a shareholder in It will be remembered that the Princeton had on board Mr. MARTIN, on the other side, contended that there £5 note. The fact that the paper in which the five cove_ 1840, should now be. called upon to PaY a gun of great weight and calibre, which, last year, burst was nothing in either objection. As to the first, suppo- reigns were enclosed had Mrs. Parker's name on it would every creditor to whom the bank owed anything in 1813 ? on being fired, while a large party of American officers sing an action were brought against the bank for the cost lead the jury to suppose that the money bad come, not and was it not still mere surprising that Williams, Dea- were present to view the vessel. by which several parties of a counter suppled to them, lie apprehended the pub from the treasurer of the committee, but from Mr. Par- con and Co.. who had claims on the bank to the amount lost their lives, including the secretary of state. It is in officer would be sued, and it was clearly the intention of ker's own house. After his lordship had quoted and re- of nearly £90,000, were nut at the head of the list of ac- lieu of the gun then destroyed, which was of malleable the legislature that he should be the party to be sued in marked upon some portion of the evidence, . tious which had been brought against Mr. Gandy. They, iron, and made in America—but as it appeared imper any demand against a banking co-partnership. With re- One of the jury said—My lord, we shan't trouble you however, had made no such claim nor would they. It fectly—that that under notice, and of the same material, spect to the second objection, it was a question for the to proceed any farther. We have made up our minds.— was contended on the other side that although Mr. Gandy (requiring if well made less bulk for a given strength than jury whether the shareholders were not to be responsible The Foreman immediately announced a verdict for the ceased to be a shareholder in 1840, yet he continued to cast-iron,) was resolved upon. for the acts of their directors or managers, and whether defendant. hold out to the world that he was still a partner in the The gun was manufactured in the solid by Horsthe directors were not authorised to act in the manner The announcement was received with loud and pro- bank, and that on the faith of that representation the fall, at his " Mersey Steel and Iron Works,"and being they did for the purpose of obtaining the debt. tracted cheering, clapping of bands, and saving of hats plaintiff and others had trusted the bank. It would, how- of great length and proportionate thickness, the securely The JUDGE .—I shall tell the jury that there is no evi- and handkerchiefs, by the dense masses of the populace ever, be proved that in July, 1840, Mr. Gandy gave no- welding or conglomerating the whole from pieces into one dente of it. who crowded the area and side entrances to the court. tice to Messrs. Williams, Deacon and Co. that he ceased equal mass before turning and boring, required the utmost Mr. WORTLEY further contended that there was no The cheering only subsided for a moment, to be again to be a shareholder, and therefore at that time the effect effort of modern skill, and the aid of powerful machinery question at all for the jury, even supposing the action was arid again renewed. The excitement was greater than we of the letters which had been put in ceased also. Up to in heating and fashioning it. In the rough it was nearly maintainable ; but that the only question was one of law, ever before witnessed in a court of justice. Amidst the the period when Mr. Gandy ceased to be a shareholder in fourteen feet long, and little short of thirty inches in as to whether the bank became proprietors of the works enthusiasm which prevailed, the bank, namely, in February, 1840, he (Mr. Kelly) ad- dime ter at the thicker end. A round shaft of seven under the deed. The JUDGE was only indistinctly heard to declare, that tnitted that be was liable for every shilling the bank then inches in diameter was first formed, and on this, as a His LORDSHIP said, he should leave to the jury to saY if any one was brought before him for creating the tumult, owed, but subsequently to that period, having had no foundation, were successively laminated wedges of iron whether the concern was carried on by the banking corn- he should immediately order his committal. control over its affairs, having received no share of the placed longitudinally, on edge, and reversed in position so parry for their own benefit. The crowd then made their way down the principal profits, it was neither just nor reasonable that he should as to fit. These placed round the original spindle, were Mr. WORTLEY.—WiII your lordship take a note of the staircases into the adjacent streets, where the cheering be called up , n to pay any portion of the losses. (as well as the shaft) brought to a white heat, and se various objections I have made? was so enthusiastic that it was distinctly heard in the A number of witnesses were then called on behalf of curdy welded by a hammer, eight tons in weight, worked The JUDGE.—Yes. Exchange Room. the defendant. by steam. Another layer, in like manner, was added Mr. WORTLEY then addressed the jury upon the case, ACTION ON A POLICY OF INSURANCE. Mr. MARTIN replied, and the learned Judge having over the former, and so on until the whole was of the contending that the deed of inspectorship did not differ ~ summed up the case, a verdict was returned for the plain- requisite thickness throughout. When thus so fir from other documents of a similar kind, and that there GLEN AND ANOTHER V. THOMPSON,—(SPECIAL JURY.) tiff, damages £23. fashioned, and proved to be perfect and equal in all its was not the slightest evidence that the bank intended to The plaintiffs were George Glen and Co., of the firm Leave was given to Mr. Kelly to move the court above parts, the mass—a most creditable, and, indeed, extra of. Glen and Anderson, merchants and shipbrokers, of on several points of law raised in behalf of the plaintiff. ordinary ry specimen of forged work—was sent to the works carry on the business of paper manufacturers, or control this town . , and the defendant, George Thompson, the re the concern of Hilton and Co. further than to secure the In four other cases verdicts were taken for the plaintiff, of Messrs. Fawcett and Co., engine makers and founders. presentative of an insurance company called the Forth subject to the points reserved, it being understood that The gun, as sent to the foundry, weighed 11 tons 3 cwt. debt due. Marine Insurance Company. The object of the action His LORDSHIP left this question for the jury, and gave Mr. Kelly tendered a bill of exceptions. 2 qrs . . 111 b. In the turning and boring it was reduced in was . to re over the difference between the sum of £450, it to them in writing—whether they were satisfied, upon ______ 4 ,_____ weight about 2 tons 1 cwt. The length of the cannon, Paid into court, and the sum of £825 ; the last-named the evidence given, that the business of Darwen was car- NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY. now that it is turned and bored, is 13 feet, and the bore 12 sum being the amount of loss caused by the shipwreck of tied on by the directors of the bank, in the name of Hil- ECCLES AND ANOTHER V HARPER. feet in length, and 12 inches in diameter, leaving a thick the Emerald, which had been insured with the defendant ton and Co., but for the benefit and on account of the This was an action brought by Thomas and Richard ness of solid metal of one foot at the breach. In form the to the extent of £lOOO. Eccles against Samuel Harper for the recovery of £l2OO piece is plain and unassuming in appearance, without bank. In summing up, he expressed an opinion that the It appeared that in 1842 the plaintiffs purchased the effect of the deed was to give the whole control of the bu- brig Emerald, and put her in good repair. She was then on a policy of nuisance effected on 220 bales of cotton, raised mouldings or rings, (on the French system,) the siness carried on by Messrs. Hilton and Co. to the three shipped at Savannah, for Liverpool, by the Caledonia. object being to attain the required strength at each point, sent out on a voyage to the East Indies, before which tors of the bank. time a policy of insurance had been effected on her for The defendant pleaded, that the policy had been obtained without useless metal; and the whole tapering nearly , The jury retired at half-past four o'clock, and returned by fraud and co ncea l ment on t h e part of the plaintiffs. equally frem the brea c h, w hi c h i s 274 inches in diameter, ' £3OOO. She reach e d th e i s l an d of Juana on the 11th of into court at ten m i nu t es ' past s i x, with the following verdict, which th e y d e li vere d i n writing :—" We believe August, 1842, wh en t h e captain arid part of the c rew The plaintiffs denied that it had been so o b ta i ned, to the muzzle, which is 19 inches—giving a thickness of Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the metal to it as a tube of 71 inches at the former, and 34 1 the business was carried on by C. H. and E. Hilton and went . on swore to f obtain water. Having got what they plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin, Mr. Huggins, and Mr. Pol. inches at the latter. Tile model for this gun was provided required, t ey e t the island with the view of regaining Hilton and Walsh, on their own account, though under • lock for the defendant. by the Americans, who ordered it, and was made on an the vessel, but, owing to the darkness of the night, did the control of the bank, and that it was not carried on by • not fall in , with her. imagining The vessel remained on the coast, Mr. MARTIN said, that, although he was counsel for inch-and-a-half scale. the banking company for the benefit and on account of the defendant, his duty was to open the case, and, to The turning and boring occupied over a space of nearly and the mate, there had been some treachery the banking company, though in the name of Hilton and prove that, in consequence of a material concealment on three months, though the operation is by no means slow, Walsh." on the part of the natives, and not deeming it prudent to the part of the plaintiffs, the policy was void in point of considering the quantity of metal to be cut away at a The Ilia ,ny of the crew on shore, proceeded on his voyage. Mr. MARTIN. —What does your lordship say now with law. The plaintiffs were manufacturers at Blackburn, dual and cautious rate to prevent any imperfection. The The captain, and the men he bad with him, beat about in respect to the operation of the deed ? His LORDSHIP sa id t h e facts were upon his notes and the ocean for ninedays, and suffered great privations but and the def en d ant was a L ondon underwriter ; and the first drill introd uce d was seven i nches in diameter; and the finding of th e j ury , an d he would put the case in any eventually succeeded .n regaining th e i s l an d . T he vessel , action was brought on a po li cy of insurance effected on about a foot from it, a 10-inch boring-head followed on I shape which mi g ht b e d es i rable for the opinion of the reached Madras a n d d isc h arge d , but on the 15th of Octo -220 bales of cotton sent by a s hi p ca ll e d the Caledonia the same shaft, making a bore of 10 inches at once. An court above. t - ber a storm aro se , an d i n consequence of the absence of from Savannah to Liverpool in the enri 1g of 1843, the 11i-inch drill wa s nex t use d, an d f i nally one of 12 inches. After a conversation, it was agree d t h at a verdict should d oc k s at the port, she was obliged to put to sea to ride average length of that voyage being f . rornitventy-fie to The gun, finely adjusted in the lathe, was turn, b the o- thirty, thirty-five, and f rom t h at to forty days. Upon rers being stationary. The finishing operatioedn with the out the storm. Sh e susta i ned considerable damage, and be entered for the d e f en d an t, w i t h lib erty to move to enter the 3d of December, 1842, and again upon the 3d of Janus 12-inch drill took three successive days and nights, with her merits were cut away. On returning to Madras, it a verdict for the plaintiffs if the court should be of opinien was considered . the expense of taking her to a port for any, 1843, the plaintiffs addressed a letter to Messrs. An- out intercession, the engine being kept at work, lest by that, under all the circumstances, they were entitled to it. drew Lowe and Company, merchants, at Savannah, giv- ceasing even far a short time the contraction or expansion repairs would be more than she was worth. The con - ins an order for 500 bales of midland uplands. Upon the of the iron might, from alternate heat and cold, prevent signees deemed it advisable to sell the hull, which was - NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. accordingly don', and £7OO realized by the sale. The 29th of February, 1845, a letter was written by Lowe and the production of the desired trueness of the bore, or ------- defendant paid £450 into court, and pleaded that it was Co to the laintiffs to the effect that the had shipped on leave a mark. As it is, the bore is as fine and smooth as sufficient, he not being liable for more than the average boned the p Eliza 222 , bales, and by the Y Coronati p on 200 that of a first-rate fowling-piece ; and the exterior of the loss. The acti on was consequently brought to recover bales, and th a t th ey recommended insurance to the early guri is equally b r i g ht arid even. the difference. care of the plai n tiff s . Th e l etter was received on the 16th Through the centre o f th e b reac h a l arge hole is drilled A mass of evidence was read over (the witnesses being r i g li M zo ar t c h h o ; b li, l itt o , f tto d egh it mentioned the shipment by the to admit of a thick bolt, with a large head, to be counter sunk in the rounded cup' or basin of the breach, where the absent at sea) to show the amount of damage, and the p p i e n d g and not invoice showed_ that the 222 bales ' had been shipped, circumstances under which it had taken place, by that vessel, but on board charge will be deposited. This bolt terminates exteriorly in a strong . screw,_ upon which will be secured the outer r or the Caledonia. Upon the 7th of April, the Coronation, After one witness had been examined on behalf of the plaintiff, the court adjourned. which . had been laden three days after the Caledonia, ar- terminating breach piece as a finish; and this p:n is so rived in the Mersey; and upon the 3d of May, when theat the hea d, and will be so closely fitted, that it massive --oar-- Caledonia was known in Liverpool to be a missing ship, will become part and parcel of the gun, and cannot be NISI PRIUS COURT.—THURSDAY. the plaintiffs wrote to London and effected an insurance blown out by any explosion which the piece will bear. In in the ordinary way upon the cotton on board her at the looking through this bole (now open) the whole resembles usual rate of 12s. 6d. per cent. The question was, whether a huge telescope. the fact which the plaintiffs knew, but did not reveal, j The piece will be poised on its carriage on strong trun about the Caledonia was material, namely, that the cot- nions of 84 inches long, ferged upon a massive iron belt ton had been shipped so far back as the 14th of Fe- or ring encircli ng th e gun near i ts centre. The belt is 114 bruary. inches in width, and 34 in thickness, and will also be After the examination of a number of witnesses, brightly polished. It will be put on in a hot state, so as to Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jury on the part of the contract in cooling, like the tire of a wheel. Immediately plaintiff's, contending, that they had not concealed any I in ft ont of this belt (which cannot move towards the breach, material fact, which, by law, they were bound to commu- from the increasing thickness of the gun, as well as a nicate. Owing to the variance between the letter and small fianche) a groove or flat ribbon indenture has bees bill of lading, it was not until the 28th of April they wer e turned out of the gun. Round this a hoop or belt of iron assured that the cotton was coming by the Caledonia. will be put on to fit flushly, but not welded ; and over He further contended, that Lloyd's list and the New Yo , k this another strong hoop of iron will be driven on hot, Shipping Gazette contained an account of the exact time and in contracting will clip the other so tightly, that the when the vessel left Savannah, and that, under such cis- trunnion belt will become immovable, or, as it were, in cumstances, the underwriter might have informed him- one mass with the guts, to resist all recoil or shock, the self of every material fact about her before the policy gun itself not b e i ng wea k ene d i n the least degree by any was effected. drilling or perforation to secure the belt. The Jury, after an absence from court for an hour and The balls which this monster gun will carry, will each a half, were of opinion that th e fact was material, and be 111 inches in diameter, a quarter of an inch being left that the underwriter did not know it. Their verdict, for windbore, and w ill eac h weig h i n cast iron 2361b,—50 therefore, was for tn e d e f en d ant. that the piece is in reality a "236 pounder." Before delivery This terminated the business of the assizes I it will be proved at Bootle Bay, with a double charge of gunpowder (451 b.), and two balls, weighing (of course together) 4721 b. It will be covered during the experiment with mats and sand, to avert the consequences of any ac - cident from disruption, —though this, from its adm.rable Present Messrs. Moore, (in the chair,) Houghton, Smith, and scientific construction, is by no means to be appre- Horsfall, Middleten, Aikin, Royden, Tobin, Kendall, tended. The Princeton is, we learn, to be here shortly Sandbach, Bold, Wood, and Evens.—A letter was read to take the monster on board. We hope the Yan from Mr. J. B. Yates, Chairman of the Southern and kees will make the best use they cart of it, though we Toxteth Hospital, soliciting a further subscription or do- opine that it will serve chiefly as a national toy to be nation in behalf of that charity. Mr. Horsfall, seconded brought into play on high-days and holielays, when a feu by Mr. Aikin, proposed that 100 guineas should be given, dejose is in requisition. Should they unhappily come to I on the grou , d that they were about to alter and enlarge a war with us—which we deprecate for sundry reasons— the building. The motion was deferred until next week. and attempt to use this our hume-made gun against our- THE NEW DOCK DILL. selves, we can soon turn out a hundred such—or bigger The CHAIRMAN, hav ing b een ca ll ed upon by Mr. Aikin, still—in a month if need be, and help ourselves to it proceeded to report progress on this bill, by naming the without the trifling inconvenience of paying for it. different clauses which bad passed the committee without alteration. He stated, in the commencement, that the first salutation he received on 'Change, after his return THE JUSTICE OF ENDOWING MAYNOOTH from London, was, " Well, how yon have been beaten— EXAMINED. how soundly you have been thrashed ;" but he was happy to say that the deputation had succeeded in everything. The following able remarks, upon the injustice and im- In the course of enumerating the clauses, he stated that, policy of facilitating adivisaion to the orders of the Rom in the Bth, a recognition of the authority of the Trinity ish Church in Ireland, by an increased national grant, Board had been added. On the 23rd, which refers to whilst we virtually close tne doors of our Protestant Uni landing stages at George's Pier, being arrived at. versities against poor aspirants to the ministry of the Mr. EVANS inquired what had become of the model establishment, we quote from the London Times:— that had been sent up to London. " Let us see what we are about. It is proposed to The CHAIRMAN replied that it was yet in the lobby of educate the Catholic clergy, not indeed entirely at the the committee-rooms of the House of Commons. national expense, but in great part—to give £20,000 or Mr. EvANs.—What use was made of it. £30,000 a-year for the purpose. Now, although this The CHAIRMAN.—It was not opened ; the committee seems so fair and so natural, it is just worth remembering did not require it. He then read the clause, as passed by that the state does not give one sixpence to educate the the committee of the House as follows : members of any other religion. Talk of established reli t And whereas, by the said recited act, passed in the gions ! Why, the only clergy educated from the taxes are 7th anti Bth years of the reign of her present Majesty, it those of the oppressed Irish Catholic church. The state is enacted that the trustees shall, within twelve months gives nothing to the English Universities, and if it did from the parsing of the act, construct, at George's Pier, those bodies do not pretend to cheapen education to the in the said town, a slip net less than fourteen feet wide, candidate for orders. They have, in fact, quite the con with an inclination of not more than one inch vertical for trary effect. The tradesman's son who goes to Oxford every twelve inches horizontal, and shall construct and with a view to orders generally spends from first to last a place at the foot of each slip a moveable landing , thousand pounds before he gets the curacy and £BO a-year stage, as in the said act is mentioned ; and, whereas which is to be his portion for halt his days. A clever, a slip constructed in the mode prescried by the last thoughtful, sedentary boy, after remaining a couple of recited act would not be sufficient, and it is expedient years at the head of the first class in a neglected grammar that, in lieu thereof, a slip or landing stage, of different school, is transferred to the office or the counter. For construction, should be erected at George's Pier aforesaid, one reason or another, he wishes to be a clergyman. If as hereinafter provided. be it enacted that the trustees his friends have not hundreds to throw away in a rash shall, within three months from the passing of this act speculation lie may as well wish to be an Emperor, or cry submit to the commissioners for executing the office of I for the moon. Every year there are thousands of pro- Lord High Ad f miral, arid to the commissioners f or the Liaising young men so g if te d, so c i rcumstanced, so impelled, conservancy o the Mersey, for their approval re- so disappoihted. A few centuries since they would have speciively, a plan and section of a slip or !reeding place, walked to Oxford, begged daily at the buttery batch of to be constructed at George's Pier, in lieu and instead of 1 some benevolent college, and slept, six in a bed, in some the stip or landing place mentioned in the last recited act. 1 dirty hall. Now they have no possible resource. They And the trustees shall, within twelve months from the I die or grow rich, as the case may be. Such is the state of passing of this act, and according to the plan and section ! things in E ng l an d . I n I reland there is an opening. The to be so approved as aforesaid, construct at George's Pier , peasant farmer's son, with testimonials from a hedge aforesaid, in lien and instead of the slip or landing place i school, applies to the priest, who gets a subscription for mentioned in the said last recited act, a slip or landing , him in aid of what his fiiends can scrape together. With place of such form and construction that steamboats not , ' twenty pounds, if so muc h , i n his pocket, he gets a nomi drawing more than six feet w a t er tray, at all times of the ! nation from a bishop and enters Maynooth where he is tide, have convenient access th ereto, and that passengers, wholly educated and partly fed and clothed by' the British carriages, and horses, may be thereby conveniently state; and in three or four years he finds himself' in the landed thereat and embarked therefrom ; and the trustees receipt of £2OO a-year, and in the enjoyment of all pri shall for ever keep and maintain such slip or landing I 'lieges, powers, pleasures, and prerogatites, parochial and place, and complete the same within twelve months from political, of aP. P. Now, on what principle is the state the passing of this act, the provision contained in the said to offer a premium to Catholic ambition, while it allows recited act respecting the erection of the slip or landing the orders of its own " established church" to be so inex place therein mentioned shall revive and be of the same orably closed against aspiring poverty ? force and effect as if this act had not been passed." " All know th a t f acil i ties of education have an immense In reply to Mr. AIKIN— influence on the popularity of creeds? It is an every day The CHAIRMAN explained that, by this clause, the occurrence for a half-educated youth tn enter a Dissenting Dock Committee• were at liberty to devise a plan for a college, who would have been only too happy to embrace landing stage, which was to be submitted for approval to the bigotries of Oxford but for their extravagant cost. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD .. co educate clergymen grati s , or at £2O a year, and you will s oon h ave a multitue of preachers. Treble the endowment of Maynooth, and, of course, you multiply priests. It does, then, sePtu a strange expedient and a strange justice to make Catholic orders more accessible than Protestant, to facilitate the path of every young lite rary gentleman towards Maynooth, but suffer it to be as much blocked up as ever towards Dublin, Oxford, or Cambridge. What if you should find yourself actually determining the direction of his theology ? We are as sured by the Church of England advocates of an adequate and satisfactory grant, that if the student of Maynooth bad rather more education, and that of a more literary and scientific character, and that if he were more of a gentleman, he would be the more likely to discover the errors of his communion, and come, with his orders, over to our own. As an indication of what we may expect under a more liberal system, we are informed that already there are several Maynooth students in Anglo-Irish pul pits. Grant it—what then if this should become a corn mon practice ? A good many young men at the age of sixteen or eighteen may not be so certain of their opinions as they are of the fact of their poverty. They can swallow their scruples for a few years and go to Maynooth. Once ordained, if they choose to renounce the errors of Ro manism, they are forthwith qualified for the curacies and livings of the Establishment." MMlMlNNfmn me.ggm. , ......,. / . • BRITISH CLAIM TO THE OREGON. The following summary of the British claim, which was drawn up by Mr. H uskisson, is so lucid and succinct, that we cannot present the question under a more perfect form : " Great Britain claims no exclusive sovereignty over any portion of the territory on the Pacific, between the 42d and 49th parallels of latitude ; her present claim, not in respect to any part, but to the whole, is limited to a right of joint occupancy in common with or , er states, leaving the right of exclusive dominion in abeyance, and her pretensions tend to the mere maintenance of her own. rights in resistance to the exclusive character of the pre tensions of the United States. " The rights of Great Britain are recorded and defined in the convention of 1790; they embrace the right to na vigate the waters of those countries, to settle in and over any part of them, and to trade with the inhabitants and occupiers of the same. These rights have been peaceably exercised ever since the date of that convention ; that is for a period of newly forty years. Under that conven tion, valuable British interests have grown up in those countries. It is admitted that the United States possess the same rights, although they have been exercised by them only in a single instance, and have not since the year 1813 been exercised at all ; but beyond these rights they possess none. " In the interior of the territory in question the sub jects of Great Britain have had for many years numerous settlements and trading posts ; several of these posts are on the tributa►y streams of the Columbia; several upon the Columbia itself; some to the northward and others to the southward of that river. And they navigate the Co lumbia as the sole channel for the conveyance of their pro duce to the British stations nearest the sea, and for the shipment of it thence to Great Britain ; it is also by the Columbia and its tributary streams that these posts and settlements receive their annual supplies from Great Bri tain. " To the interests and establishments which British in dustry and enterprize have created Great Britain owes protection ; that protection will be given, both as regards settlement and freei'om of trade and navigation, with every attention not to infringe the co-ordinate rights of the United States ; it being the desire of the British govern.. ment, so long as the joint occupancy continues, to regu late its own obligations by the same rules which govern the obligations of every other occupying party. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. -MONDAY. LYON V. M‘GILL. The defendant moved to dismiss the bill, on the ground that proper diligence had not been exercised by the plain tiff in getting in the answer of the Attorney-General, who has been made a party to the cause. The suit rose out of the circumstances which formed the subject of a criminal prosecution, and of a trial at Liverpool two or three years ago, in which a person of the name of M'Gill was convic ted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment for forcibly carrying Miss Crellin to Gretna-green, and there going through a form of marriage with that lady, against her consent. The plaintiffs in this suit were the mortgagors of some property of which Miss Crellin is the mortgagee. The bill is filed for redemption. The question is, whether the legal title to the property has actually passed to the husband by force of the marriage; and the plaintiffs in excuse for their delay stated that it was necessary to amend the pleadings by introducing the fact that the name of Miss Crellin was subscribed in the book of marriages at Gretna. His Honour said, that as the delay had arisen from the unusual circumstance that the Attorney-General had not put in his answer on behalf of the crown until very re cently, he should direct the motion to stand over to give the plaintiff another opportunity of proceeding with the cause. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TA'FTERSALL'S-THURSDAY THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Croton Oil (taken) 8 „ 1 „ Strathspey (taken) 8 „ 1 „ Vol au Vent (taken) 9 ~ 1 ~ Celeste 10 „ 1 each agst Ma Mie, I-am-not-aware, and Poor Soldier 2000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 agst ides (taken) 5 „ 2 „ Kedger 5 „ 1 „ the Cobweb colt CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst the Irish lot 7 „ 1 „ Cataract 10 „ 1 each agsr Semiseria and Obscurity 16 „ 1 agst The Era 22 „ 1 „ Portrait 25 „ 1 each apt Winesour, Strathspey, and Queen of the Tyne (taken) 28 „ 1 each agst Yheomun-ac-Knuck and Trueboy 30 „ 1 agst Celeste 35 „ 1 „ Ould Ireland (taken) 35 „ 1 „ Pride of Kildare (taken) 30 „ 1 „ Mr Mostyn's two (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr Forth's lot 30 „ 1 „ Lord Exeter's lot (taken) 11 „ 1 „ Alarm 13 „ 1 each agbt Kedger and Idas .18 „ 1 „ Pam, Clear-the-Way, & Cobweb c 25 „ 1 agst Weatherbit (taken) 26 „ 1 „ Pantasa 30 „ 1 „ Mentor (taken) 40 „ 1 each agst Laird o' Cockpen and Fuzbos MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. A moderate attendance, with a few Liverpool faces, TILE NEWMARKET HANDICAP STAKES. During the week several horses have been backed ; Croton Oil and Celeste freely. Yesterday -9 to 2 agst Croton Oil (take 5 to 1) 8 ~ 1 ~ Vol au Vent 9 „ 1 „ Ma Mie 9 „ 1 „ Celeste (take 10) I-am-not-aware 10 10 Skeleton (off ere d) 121 ~1 „ Eclogue (tak en ) 121 „ 1 „ Example (taken) THE 2000 GUINEAS STAKES. Even money was laid between Idas and Kedger ; 5 to 2 agst either (off. take 3 to 1) ; the two v. the field (off.); 5 to 1 agst Cobweb f. (off.) ; 200 to 10 agst Idas for this and the Derby (t. and off.) ; 121 to 1 agst Minotaur. CHESTER CUP In the face of 7 to 1 agst Cataract (the London price), 9to 1 was offered in vain. A Liverpool gent gave the two mares " pepper" : he laid 7 to 1 in scores v. Obscu rity and Semiseria coupled, then six score, then 13 tens apt each; then 8 to 1 agst Obscurity and The Era; then offering 13 fifties ti 1 agst Obscurity, but he would not lay 6 fifties to lat the finish. 65 to 20 was laid agst the three leaders, and 300 to 100 freely offered; and as to prices, &c. :- 8 to 1 agst the Irish lot (wanted) ~ I ~ Cataract (offe re d) `2 1 „ Semiseria (offered, 13 taken) 1 „ Obscurity (offered) 1 „ The Era (offered, 16 wanted) 1 „ Winesour (offered, 25 wanted) 1 „ Portrait (do.) 1 „ Trueboy (taken to £4O) 1 „ Strathspey 25 „ 1 „ Zanoni (30 wanted) 30 „ 1 „ l'ug (nominal) 30 „ 1 „ Y'mun-ac-Knuck (offered, 33 wanted) 30 „ 1 „ Queen of the Tyne (taken) 33 „ 1 „ Ratan (offered) 33 „ 1 „ Ould Ireland (40 taken) 35 „ 1 „ Patriot (offered) 40 „ 1 „ Pride of Kildare 40 „ 1 „ Celeste (offered) 66 „ 1 „ Staley (offered) 66 „ 1 „ Foig-a-ballagh 70 „ 1 „ Counsellor (taken) 100 „ 1 „ Everton (offered) THE DERBY. 1. , 13 „ 14 „ 20 „ 20 „ 25 „ 25 „ On Monday Old Er;;li:na;asbacked at 1,000 to 25, 900 to 25. 350 to 10, and coupl e d t o C oc k pen on Monday and Tuesday at 17 to Ito £5O. On Monday Wood Pi geon was backed at 1,000 to 15, &c. To-day 100 to 10 was taken on Alarm, 15 to 1 on Kedger, 14 to 1 offered v. Has, 18 to 1 laid and offered agst Clear-the-wav to a sum, 25 to 1 offered v. Pantasa, 18 to 1 agst C6bweb (20 t), 20 to 1 agst Weatherbi (25 0. 6 to 1 ag , t LaneashireWitCh, 121 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere (t), 121 to 1 agst Maid of Orleans (t), 25 to 1 agst Sister to Ma Mie (t), &c. The sale of Mr. Foljambe's Fox Hounds by Messrs. Tattersall, realised about £3,600. One lot of five couples was sold for 390 guineas ; and another of four couples and a half, 480 guineas. EXECUTIONS.—On Friday week, at Stafford, John Brough was executed for the murder of his brother. He died very penitent.—On Tuesday, James Nagle was exe elated at Cionmel for the murder of his wife. He ad. dressed the crowd from the scaffold, solemnly asserting his innocence.—On Thursday Thomas Thomas was exe cuted at Brecon for the murder of Mr. Lewis. The un fortunate man made a verbal confession, but be persisted that he had not committed the deed with premeditation. There were 12,000 persons to witness the ezectktian.