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X,4 tweea • Paw. We then went to gills of porter tbere. We ?arter'and Frances Stock it an Dour I had two Crosbip but, pi re. Win. that no case had fiiever said that if Levitt, Ainsw and had given ine7ip i,Newshath. was payin&to I direct a 4r. IN 3arlow, and that he thou! the prisoner had paid to m►: a counsel or attorney for his defenoL the working frames, I would not have I did not say to Frances Stockton I would say all had to say. They (the prisoner's friends) were persuading Frances th, Stockton not to tell what she had seen. I said I could bring Coop , witnesses to state what she had said. The prisoner cried out had wr in a loud tone, "Where's my knife ?" and told him to go. the ba but he stood still. The prisoner and my husband were both on the ground. but I did not see them fall. They were stand ing close together a minute or two before, but I did not notice what they were doing just then. l ore, don't remember seeing blood on the prisoner's cheek, but it might be so. The pri- he goner, when he went into the house, put his hand round the substantially couns deceased's neck, and said he was very sorry. I never said and, both having g that I was uneasy at what I said before the coroner. I said volve others in it a I was vexed at the prisoner's mother. That was for her by Thomas for thf treatment of me and my mother. the bp- Mr. Hunt, surg see the deceased. I found infla • !t to be taken for them )X then addressed the, against him. I two ground vas cal n the Bth Fe 1, was, be to pay their calls , would have been Mr. BAINES, t stated, that I presented. him sruary, all c ,d paid up, the bank's debt Watson, for Mr, Crosb. bad been honoured by k, after the authority which Thomas had for drawing wn by t aof the bowels, also a that, as there bad beer ipart of the bowels I batik in the tnanagem mining shag wound, of small ext - • had ro . trud arumeni had not wont .orance - on the part lof tf Jed the bowels. I Company ;ent of the account with the Mining lorance had led the plaintiffs into the 1 continued to attend him till his death on the totiowing present predicament,) they n... - at to recover. AS Lo Monday. The deceased had had a rupture; an& if be had Mr. Cooper, a greater part of the debt due to the bank had not had a rupture, Ido not think the wound would have been been incurred before he had anything to do with the company; mortal. He was alto in bad health, approaching to delirium the account began in 1837, and he did not join the company tremens. The wound produced inflammation, and that till November, 1838, or even later. He, therefore, was not death. By the COURT.-1 have no doubt that the wound pro- one, false knocked down by one of the horses, which Made a rush for- no evidence had been given to show that any one pf them ward, and one of the wheels passed over his head, the prison- became a partner till the end of 1838, whilst the whole of er being then a wry short way from the cart. The prisoner these claims accrued in 1837, and in the eleven mouths of admitted to the police-officer, that he saw the child before it 1838. He contended, however, that the evidence of the left the footpath, and ran up towards the horse's head. H. partnership was insufficient and unsatisfactory. The bank, expressed great sorrow, said thax he could not help it, and too, were cognisant of the frauds upon the public by the Mi that such a thing h a d never happened to him before. The n i n e Company, because their own manager, Walsh, was ac prisoner had always borne a good charaeter for steadiness tualty one of the directors. and attention in driving his cart. The question was whether The learned JUDGE then summed up the case at consider, he had shown gross negligence. able length and with much perspicuity. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prison- The jury retired to consider the verdict, and, after an ab• er was discharged Ivered a sence of forty minutes, they (lc tiff. Damages £6938 6s. 4d., as agai MANSLAUGHTER. The Jury that had been locked up to consider their verdict except those named above. W in the case of William Shaw , a carter , whose cart had run The JUDGE granted leave to Mr. ortley over a child, named Ward, were here ca lled back into the duce the damages to the balance due in 1839, which w Jury-box, and, not having yet agreed, his Lordship said he rather more than £3,000. should discharge them from giving a verdict. The case, he The trial of this case commenced at three o'clock on Fri added, was one on which he should not have passed any great d a y, and concluded at half-past three this afternoon, exclusiv punishment. The prisoner will, therefore, we presume, be of the time the jury took to consider their verdict. discharged. ,st all the defendants BRUNSKILL 'V to move tore CHARGE OF MURDER. Timothy Hetherington was again brought up, charged with the wilful murder of Peter Jackson. Dr. BROWN conducted the prosecution, stating, in the conclusion of his opening, that there was a question whether the prisonet was sane at the time, and, should the jury so find in their verdict, he would be taken care of and kept un der such restraint that a similar fatality could not again occur. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and the deceased were both paupers in the. workhouse. The deceased had given the prisoner eighteenpence to take care of for him, which he had spent. The prisoner subsequently said, that he had been to the governor, and would go to him again, as he had not yet got his money from the deceased. On the 7th December the prisoner went up to the deceased in the workhouse, struck him with his knee, took him by the collar, threw him down, and knocked him savagely on the body, and once on the jaw. He was stopped by some of the inmates, and was soon afterwards taken to the cell,called the " lunatic." The prisoner was subject to fits, and had several times been confined in the lunatic. The fits came upon him suddenly, and he was sometimes very violent after them. He had had fits all night on one occasion, and was a long time in the lunatic afterwards. The prisoner was a man of weak intellects. The surgeon of the 'workhouse saw the de ceased about two hours after the assault. He had three ribs broken and a contusion of the jaw. The deceased died from inflammation of the lungs. caused by one of the ribs having penetrated that organ. The injuries appeared to have been caused by kicks. The prisoner appeared to be collected after the assault, and related what had happened, mentioning the money and the assault. He said he had frequently asked for his money, and thought he was justified in striking the deceased, as be could nut get his money in any other way. He said he was sorry for the circumstance, and hoped the re sult would not be serious. W;tness inclined to think that prisoner was not sensible of what he was doing at the time, as he was subject to epilyptic fits, and had maniacal attacks afterwards. Sometimes persons subject to such fits may, have violent paroxysms of madness without having a fit, and these may soon go off. Mr. GRERNE spoke ably in behalf of the prisoner, contend ing that the prisoner committed the act during one of those transitory paroxysms which so deprived him of his reason, and that he was not then a responsible being, and must be acquitted of the crime of wilful murder, at d he would be dis posed of in another way. _t, le- "d qz summed up with great care, and the 'ibis was an action, on promise, brought by James Brun skill, a glazier and painter, against Elizabeth Bell, both ( . . St. ilele'n's, to recover £22. 19s. 2Ad., for work and labor done, for materials supplied, and on an account stated. Ti defendant denied that she had promised. From the statement of Mr. WORTLEY, (with whom w: . Mr. Atherton,) it appeared that, in Septeinber, 184 defendant, who is a widow lady, had, among other property, a house in the New Market, in which the work was done for the recovery of which the present action was brought. In May last, the house being then in an unfinished state, Mrs. Bell, thinking that she had been fortunate enough to se cure a good tenant in the person of a Mr. M`Keen, went to the plaintiff's shop, and gave him directions for the necessary work to be done, but, as no one was present at at time, no evidence could be given that she had actu- The effect, however, was, that the ally given the order plaintiff, by her desire, did the work at the house in question M`Keen intended to make the house into a shop, and he put into it a counter and the usual fixtures • but the plaintiff was employed, not by him but by Mrs. Bell, to paint and pa per the house, and partially to glaze it. He should prove on these occasions, by means of some workmen of Mr. Latham's, who were employed by M`Keen, that the defendant had su perintended and interested herself in the work of the plaintiff. As the work was nearly concluded, M'Keen. who bad run in debt, absconded and left all parties in the lurch. Some of those persons who had been employed by M'Keen followed and brought him back to St. Helens, but, being a very slip pery subject, he again slipped through their fingers, and had not since been heard of. Now, although Mrs. Bell, as the landlady, bad the benefit of the plaintiff's labour, she was seeking to have it without paying for it, for her defence was, that M'Keen had employed the plaintiff. The jury, how ever, would hear from the witnesses, that Mrs. Bell not only interfered in the course of the work being done, but she ac trno, ----Y used the remnants of the paper with which the plain tiff had papered the walls; and that afterwards, in higgling with a person who offered to take the house about the rent, she told him she could not take what he offered, as she had been at so much expense in paper and painting. Witnesses were then called, who proved the statement of the learned counsel - The learnt-, up,— - !S.-- jury, after consulting together fot:a few minutes, pionounced the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. His LORDSHIP said the prisoner had been guilty,of cruelly assailing an old man, who had not deserved such treatment at his hands, and the result was that he died. The jury had acquitted him of the charge of murder, but found him guilty of manslaughter, without being convinced that the act was done during temporary insanity. The sentence of the court was, that he should be transportt l / 4 1for the term of his natural life. MANSLA L GHTER John Chadwick, a very stout rough-looking man, aged 39, was charged with manslaughter, at Manchester, on the night of the 26th of December, in causing the death of William Greaves, by shoving him into a canal. The prisoner was on board of a flat in the canal at Manchester ; and, seeing the deceased, with whom he had had a quarrel, corning on board, said, " If you come here, I'll throw you into the water." He went on board the next vessel, and began to quarrel. The captain of the flat went on deck, and told them they must not quarrel there, but, if they would make a disturb ance, they must go somewhere else. The witness then went to the cabin, and the prisoner went down into his own ves sel, and closed the hatches upon himself. Shortly afterwards the witness heard a noise again, and went on deck, and found that the deceased was struggling in the water. He gave the deceased a shaft to get him out, and he said it would not reach him, and afterwards cried, "He is there ! He is there !" as if he wished to assist in getting him out. The deceased cried out, " Dick ! Dick !" The stern rope was thrown off, and witness and prisoner tried to get him out, but did not succeed; and the deceased was drowned. The pri had told deceased when he forbade him to come on board, that he was out of a situation, and he was afraid he would rob the boat. The weather was frosty, and the decks were very slip p y , and there w as no ra il roun d th e v essel. The prisoner had been drinking bard and was drunk, and ex pressed great sorrow. The prisoner said that he had gone below to go to bed when he heard the deceased come on board, and saw the deceased taking some ropes. Whether he touched him or not he could not recollect, but he slipped and fell in. The Jury found him Guilty. It appeared that the prisoner had been in confinement from the 27th December. Ills character was favourably spoken 1113 LORDSHIP said he would consider the sentence, and the prisoner was put down. MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL 13AINEs, for the defendant, said be should have no • • -• • difficulty in convincing the jury, that the work had been done for M'Keen, who, having absconded, the plaintiff now brought his action to recover the demand from Mrs. Bell. M'Kee'si was the person who engaged the plaintiff, who gave the orders, and who superlntenti'eSthevfo:k. There wan .ot a particle of evidence to show that Mrs. Bell had engaged the plaintiff. Among the persons who followed M'Keen was the•present plaintqf, and, all that time, he much lamented that he was not so fortunate as the former, who had been employed by M'Keen, as he could take.away the counter and fixtures. The plaintiff also succeeded in obtaining from M'Keen the key of the premises, and he actually held pos session of them for some time; indeed, when Mrs. Bell com plained of this, he told her he should keep possession of the house until his bill had been run out in rent. Other conver sations would be deposed to, which, combined with those he had just stated, would convince the jury that the plaintiff was engaged by M'Keen, and not by Mrs. Bell. Witnesses having been called, whose testimony confirmed these statements, the jury returned a verdict for the de fendant. CROWN COURT.—MONDAY Baron PARKE took his seat at nine o'clock, CHARGE OF MURDER.-THE WARRINGTON CASE. John Gill, aged 24, was charged with the wilful murder of Sarah Mould, at Warrington. One count in the indictment charged the prisoner with having pressed his body against her and his hands over her mouth, and so suffocated her; another count charged that he had suffocated her while at tempting to violate her person. The prisoner presented him self at the bar with a cool and steady demeanour, and pleaded not guilty with a firm voice. As it was certain that some of the disclosures would be indelicate, ladies were ordered out of court. Mr. BRANDT and Mr. HULTON prosecuted ; xrivs and Mr. MONK defended. Mr. BRANDT gave an outline of the ca ceeded to call the evidence Mr. Wu- se, and then pro- Mr. WILKINS requested that one witness, (Clough) who was a most important one against the prisoner, should be kept apart from the other witnesses. He was called into court, the other witnesses being out. William Savage, jun., son of the sexton of Warrington Church. On Monday morning, the 14th November last, I was sweeping the flags by the big gate when I saw a man. He was darkish complexioned, with a light coloured round jacket on, and no hat. He was a tall man. He came through the entrance gate by Mr. Harrison's, the clerk. He went past the rectory back entrance. Teter Ford was at that time making a grave. I heard of a body being found. 1 went from the churchyard for a minute or so, but 1 quickly re turned. The man did not return the same way : if he had I should have seen him. The prisoner is about the size of the John M' Camley, 18, and John Kelly, were charged with manslaughter, at Liverpool, by a boy named John Chambers. The prisoners had been committed by the deputy-coroner, ou the verdict of the, jury, for wilful murder, but this major charge was abandoned by the grand jury. The case was fully laid before the public soon after the occurrence, and we need but remind our readers of the principal facts. The deceased was struck and kicked by the prisoners, at a small " penny " theatre. in Vauxhall-road, on the 28th February. He walked borne, but was much hurt, and took to his bed next day. The deceased and a companion, about the beginning of the " per formances," at the instigation of Some other lads and girls, once called out, " Emma Templeton,"—the others having repeatedly before cried out " who made the lad spend his week's wages ? " and to which words " Emma Templeton " were intended, as they (deceased and his companion) thought, as a reply ; but they did not know what it meant. This was done when a girl, who danced and sang on the stage, named Emma Templeton, made her appearance. The deceased shouted only once, and Emma Templeton pointed, to him the he did so, as if to mark him out to some one. After e ie rformance was all over, the prisoner struck and kicked th deceased violently. The decased never rose from his bed after over thatt ook to it on th e f o llo w ing day. He was so sore a ll lie could not bear to be touched, and bad to be fed i with Mr. a teaspo on . Woods, surgeon, .was called to him about th e 4 t h March. Deceased did not complain to him of i violence. M r. Craig was afterwards called n, and found him very ill. TT ts finally f oun d th at h e h a d received. injury of the spine, . which, by internal injury. 'lath prisoner surgeon was of opinion, was caused hended, admitted that hPerli,soner M'Camley, on being appre intention to hurt him. The the deceased, but not, with nion, at the shopwhere he e other (Kelly) said to his compa ceased on the leg, and added, that he did kick the de ' suppose you will come and see me hanged. " Mr. WiLKINs addressed the for the S e veral respectable persons spoke in th eir The JUDGE briefly summed up, and j l i e r behalf. verdict of jury re t urne d a Guiltyto of Manslaughter again at both, but recom mended them mercy. The learned JUDGE said, that there was no foundati f the charge of murder, but they had be en found 9n or and it did not appear and guilty of mans l a ughter, ender aggravated cir cumstances. The most cu lp able part of their conduct was using their foot, but , . as he thought they did not i ntend to inflict any mortal injury, the , sentence of th e court was, that they be impris oned an d kept to hard labour for three calendar months MANSLAUGHTER. , His LORDSHIP then sentenced John Chadwick, for man - slaughter, at Manc hester. His lordship said there were several mitigating circumstances in the case, and, as the pri soner had been in gaol for some time, he should now only commit him for two months from this time, and to be kept at lard labour. The court rose at ten minutes past six o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT FLETCHER, PUBLIC OFFICER, fl. CROSBIE. This case was resumed this morning, and Mr. 'WORTLEY continued his cross-examination of Mr. Sheraton, secretary to the Mining Company, on the part of the defendants, Thomas Wilson, Thomas Brancker, jun., Thomas Field, Timothy Bourne, Miss Harriet Copeland, Patrick Hare, John Hampson, Andrew Ralfe, Mrs. Margaret French, and Thomas Jagger. The general scope of the cross-examina tion was to ascertain who had attended the various meet ings of the Mining Directors, and to fix the dates of those several meetings, and to explain what was done at them with reference to the transactions with the bank. man. Cross-examined by Mr. MONIC.—When I left the church yard I had heard that there was a body found, and I ran to Mr. WaTsoN then claimed the right to cross-examine the witness on the part of the defendant, M.. E. Croshie. An argument ensued on this point, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Cowling contending that such a course was irregular under the pleas which the defendant had put in. The Coy RT, however, over-ruled the objection, and Mr. Watson, therefore, proceeded with his cross-examinaiion with the view of establishing that certain other of the defendants than Mr. Crosbie were present at the proprietors'- and directors meetings ; and, in fact, that they had taken an active part Ind appar Mr. Witxtivs.—l say she was covered with wet and mud all over. I have never said she was free from soil above the knees. I believe I never •did. Since I was before the magistrates I told Mr. Nicholson that the sleeves were torn out. In the first instance I said her dress was not much deranged. 1 have washed the dress since. I assisted in laying her out. The countenance appeared very placid. Edwin Steel, surgeon, Warrington, stated that he bad ex amined the body on the 13th November. I did not observe any,external marks of violence, except below the knees. The shins looked red, as if something had been rubbed against them. I opened the body. There was nothing to indicate that there had been recent connexion. I examined with a view of ascertaining that fact. There must have been some traces if anything of that sort had occurred on Saturday night, but there were none. Witness went on to state that he found the lungs and liver congested, but he attributed the death to apoplexy of the lungs. Disease of the lungs would cause it. There were no marks of disease. Suffocation would cause it. Cold. would cause it—excess of drink, or injury of the spinal cord. I did not examine the spine. .If the female had drank freely, and been resisting an attempt to violate her, the excitement might have brought it on. If the hand had been put over the mouth, the drink would have caused her to be suffocated sooner; but there would have been some mark about the mouth. There was no mark about the mouth, and none about the neck. If there had been a struggle with a man who wished to get possession of her person—if a pressure on the chest had been so great as to prevent respiration, it might have produced the effect, but not without such pressure as would have prevented the mus cles of the chest from acting. _ _ _ By Mr. WILKINS.—Froin all that I have heard and know of this case, it is my opinion that this woman may have died from natural causes. As she was a muscular woman, if her death had been produced in the manner described by the counsel on the other side, that is by a struggle with a man, I should have expected to have found many more marks than I did. I have heard that the deceased frequently com plained of pains in her chest. Had I known that, I should have directed my attention to her stomach, as well as to the lungs. Ulceration of the stomach is a common cause of sudden death, and would have produced complaints of pains in the chest. Excitement is produced in the system by ardent spirits, and more so in women than men. That excitement is generally followed by collapse, which, in a cold frosty air, will induce an almost indomitable desire to sleep. If that desire were yielded to, all the consequences might follow which I discovered in the deceased. Alarm might produce the excitement, and that, coupled with the attempt to scram ble out of the ditch, might have produced . the apoplexy of _the lungs. I believe it to be impossible to say what caused the apoplexy. Mr. John Robson sworn.—l am a surgeon in Warrington. I assisted Mr. Steel in examining this body. Witness stated his agreement with Mr. Steel as to the appearance of certain parts of the body. His evidence was generally accordant with that of Mr. Steel. He said his opinion was, from the want of marks of violence, that the woman died. in conse quence of exposure to cold when in a state of intoxication. Any sort of excitement might have produced the appearances which presented themselves. If she had fallen into the ditch and got wet, that would have produced the first appearances and accelerated her death. If she had got wet and then strug gled out, that might have caused her apoplexy. From-the appearances and history of the case, I am of opinion that the appearances were produced aradually. Ells LORDSHIP put it to Mr. Brandt whether he would go ,on. Mr. BaANDT said be did not think he had evidence enough to get over the difficulty. His LORDSHIP said unless there were proof of violence the case could hardly go on. He was, boweyer, perfectly ready to pursMe the inquiry. Mr. BRANDT said he had evidence of the prisoner having left her, but whether alive or dead he could not show. Mr. Robson was recalled. He declared his opinion to be that the deceased had fallen into the ditch, and being intoxi cated, had struggled about for a few minutes, had scrambled out, and in crawling along had, from the effect of drink and exhaustion. fallen forward, and there died. Mr. BRANDT said, after this he felt it would be useless to - The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner, and he was discharged. , Thomas ROUST, aged 29, was charged with having, at Roy ton, induced by divers others to the jurors unknown, violated the person of Mary Whitehead, wile of James Whitehead, nurseryman, of Pendleton. It appeared from the evidence that, on Sunday, the 12th September, Mrs. Whitehead went from home to Poyton, which is about eight miles from Pendleton. She went into a beer-house, and had some drink. She was in the habit of drinking, and was nearly intoxicated when she left the house, which she did in company with the prisoner. It was alleged that the prisoner had, with others, taken Mrs. Whitehead into a field, and there abominably ill-used her. Mrs. White head now stated that the prisoner had done all he could to screen her, which was at entire variance with her testimony in the depositions taken before the magistrate. The details of the case were exceedingly disgusting. It ap peared that the outrage was witnessed by several individuals, who did not dare to interfere. The pr:soner was certainly present, but the only witnesses who swore to his having taken any part in the affair were two police-officers, who were brought to the scene by a man who had seen what was going on. The jury retired at a quarter before two o'clock. They returned into court in about ten minutes. They found the prisoner guilty of an assault with intent, and recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good character.— Sentence deferred. FALSE ACCUSATION, WITH INTENT TO EXTORT MONEY. _ . see it, but I was back in a minute. William Savage, sen.—l am sexton at the parish church of Warrington. On Sunday morning, the 14tri of November, I was employed in the churchyard. Peter Ford pointed my attention towards something at the east gate. I went to the place indicated, and I saw a basket and a human body. The basket was eight or ten feet from the body, and the body was about a yard from a ditch or brook, with the feet towards the ditch, and the head towards me. The ditch was nearly at right angles to the fence of the churchyard. The body was that of a female, and it lay upon its face. The hands were under the body ; her feet were about a yard from the ditch. I turned the face towards me. I observed some soil upon the face and nose. She lay upon the grass sod. I found the face close to the earth. The mouth was full of dirt. She was lying on the grass, and there was no dirt upon the place where her face was lying sufficient to account for that pearance about her mouth and nostrils. I did not perceive any soil near the place. I replaced the head in the same po tion, or as near as poSsible. I sent for the deputy-consta- Ir. Jones. He came with me, and we saw the body as It was in the same position. There was a shawl thrown over her head.' I did not remove that shawl in raising her head, but it would be displaced a little perhaps. I "did not remark whether she had a bonnet on. Her clothes from the middle of the back downwards were saturated with wet. • I did not notice whether they were wet in front. One stocking was down to her ancle; I think it was the right leg. The knee of that leg was red. The body was removed to the Ring of Bells public-house. Jones the constable examined the basket, which was perfectly dry. I saw when she was taken to the public-house that she had a bonnet and cap on. I did not notice whether they were wet or dry, but the crown part of the bonnet was broken. Cross-examined by. Mr. WILKINS.—I was somewhat agitated at the discovery. There had been a little wet that morning. The field was a meadow, and there was a foot path through it. The rest of the face was somewhat dirty, as well as the nose and mouth. I could see dirt against the teeth. The brook is perhaps a yard and a half wide, and three or four feet deep. I cannot say whether the ditch be often cleaned out ; there is a strongish current there. Peter Ford.—On the 14th November last I was in the churchyard at Warrington. I was near Howley Pit. I saw a man looking over the fence towards the river. It was about five m i nutes b e f ore seven. H e w as looking towards the place where th e b o d y was a f terwar d s f o und. I was near enough nohaton. to see that h e h a d a li g h t co l oure d roun d jacket, and went ty to ir S . a w va i- f l i e e k be came of I afterwards saw a basket in the field, and I Wilkins. — j, a oal t d a hli jacket. man. I did not see what Warring ton. The ja , c i k ,b e e t otlniaet tblieprisOnewraws than that. wore oonwpnp appeared e m d e r a a t t ber lige lighter to me they said was John Gibb's. James Jones, s the Sunday deputy - constable . of 'Warrington. I went on morning in question, churchyard of Warrington, d about eight o'clock, to the the face. There was a slai:w7 there I saw the body lying on if • over th e h ac k o f t h e b onne t. The shawl appeared asit had been pulled than it should have b een . I t wa • • up a little hjgher She had a bonnet and cap on. Theyquite saturated with wa t zr . were perfectly dry, and the crown was out of the bonnet,by one plat. The hair was dry. The stocki ng oft her rl piece of down to the foot. The other was right. The knee ft leg was left leg was much inflamed down to the uncle. of the petti coats were nearly as,high as the knee of th e l e f t leg ; e Her ut no t so high on the right. The whole of her clothes were satu rated with wet, except her bonnet and cap. Tier basket con ed tea, coffee, sugAr, &c., and the pocketbook was the nost article, a little open. I observed the impression of in's fodt on the opposite bank, opposite where the body ---- -itly conic out of the ditch. The grass was off the Argm or t he ditch, as if a person bad either crawled out or eee dragged out. I did not observe any footmarks near the body. I had it removed afterwards to the Ring of Bells. I went afterwards to search the ground for footmarks. I found some in the footpath leading from Howley warehouse to where Daniel Seholefielci, aged 21, was charged with having, at Middletob, accused Henry Moore of having committed an unnatural crime, with intent to extort property from him. Dr. BROWN prosecuted ; . M r. WILKINS defended. The details of this case are totally unfit for publication. The prisoner, it was alleged, had-accused Moore, and de clared he would press the accusation unless a suit of clothes were given to him. It was stated by Dr. BROWN in his opening, that a person named Cheetham, who was named by the prisoner as a par ticipator in the crime against Moore, had been taken into custody since he had been before the Grand Jury, on charge of having really committed such a crime Some time ago. His LORDSHIP said, according to the state of the law, it did not matter whether the offence alleged had been actually committed or not. If there were any charge to be made, it should be made before a magistrate, and not urged with the intent of extorting money. It appeared that the accusation had been mere vulgar 'abuse. Under the direction of his lordship, the prisoner was acquitted. Cheetham was subsequently placed at the bar charged with the abominable offence alluded to. The case broke down, the evidence being insufficient to sustain the charge. The jury acquitted the prisoner. - liable for the debts incurred he and, as to those which wer z a shareholder ncnrred when he v ancen ocaLu. cap' cacutatiutta 11/11 , tug ',cc. vu. vy Lll. ••••••••••••• s'• Joseph Paine, police-officer, went to deceased's father' s the amount of capital subscribed for and the number of shares, house that night, and saw the prisoner sitting near the bed. h e cou ld no t b e cons id ere d li a ble for them. So, with respect The deceased said, "I am stabbed." I asked him who did to the other. shareholders whom he represented : certainly it; and he said, his b ro th er J o h n . Th e prisoner stood up some of them had acted as directors, but they had nothing loved him dearly, qpd . did not whatever to do with incurring the liability of the debt to the and kissed him, and described the knife, as a .usion, he contended that, if all the jmproper. buckthorn knife with two blades, and described the place items in the account were struck out, nothing would be found where it would be likely to be found. When I took him into due to the bank ; but that, if any thing were found due at custody, he said to witness, " Come up in the morning and all, Mr. Crosbie, and the other directors of the Mining Com let me know how my brother is, for if he dies I wish I may pany who acted with him, were liable. die too." • Mr. WORTLEY then addressed the jury on the part of those This closed the case for the prosecution. defendants who were called the Liverpool shareholders. He Mr. BRANDT addressed the jury for the prisoner, and se- said that admitting his clients, for the sake of argument , to veral persons gave him an excellent character. The jury be liable, he should endeavour to show that they had paid a found him guilty of manslaughter, and his Lordship de- very considerable sum to the bank, which the bank had not ferred the sentence. had the honesty to acknowledge. The pass-book between the MANSLAUGHTER. bank and the Mining Company showed that in May, 1827, an James Dean, aged 32, who had been out on bail, was cbarg- even balance was struck between them, and, if the bank had ed with the manslaughter, at Manchester. of James Ward, not charged the company with seven sums of £5OO each, a child of 4 years of age, on the 23d August. This was which had been settled for before, the Mining Company another case of death caused by a cart passing over the de- would have had a balance in their favour. The bank alsc ceased. The deceased had lett the, footpath and gone tt wards the middle of the street, Hanover-street. The prison er's cart, loaded with sand. was uassine, and deceased was . 0 - I charged his clients wit iefendant Li, if they in the part learned friend, M If to be couns f the I )t themselves so. He cont Mining Compar with , that in die beak ,on was very faint.- When I apprehended ;hoe. I compared it with the pattern, and 3spond. 1 observed that there was one sole, two in The heel, and the heel had I took the boot to compare with impression immediately after he was apprehended, about -'clock. The impression which I made with his shoe , nded exactly with the others. In the kitchen he '-ment to me. He said he had met with her the Mrs. Winfield's, the Old Cow , public-house. vy hen he left the house, be found her standing in her street, •. 7 her door. He asked her if she would go and take a glass with him. They went to the house of Benjamin Culme, the General Wolfe, in Church-street, where they bad a glass was, I or two. When they came out, he went to Mrs. Hope's, the could not•compare it a deep indentation t before Bull's Head, had two glasses there, and went home. When he arrived at home it wanted two minutes to twelve o'clock. He said he did not go out again that night. 1 searched his house, and found this book in the drawers in the house. I asked him where the trowsers were that he had worn the evening before: He said they were up stairs in his bedroom. I found them. There was black mud on them up to the knees. The knees were split, and there was a pin in one of the knees. It was such mud as there was in the footpath. By ,Mr. WILKINS.—The mud in Warrington is principally black. I cut that pattern on the path, The path was muddy. I know a man named Boscow. He did not tell me that the footmark on the bank was his. I have not seen Bos coW since. I have not good reason to believe that that is the mark of Boscow's shoe. After I had heard that Boscow had been clearing grass out of the ditch, I went and I found two marks of feet. I told Mr. Stubbs, one of the magistrates, that I had some doubts about Clough's evidence. At two o'clock that morning there was a violent hail storm, which lasted about twenty minutes. Frost came on after the hail, but the hail had all melted, seeming as if there had been a thaw. 1 have generally seen Clough in his sweep's dress, — when clean he generally wears a blue round jacket. The hedge opposite the body was not 'more than half a yard high. There was a bottle in the basket wial a colourless liquid in it, which smelled like gin. Rose Johnson sworn.—l live at Warrington. On the 14th November I was sent for to the Ring a Bells. I found the' deceased there ; her dress was deranged. The sleeves of her dress were torn out under the arms. She had a-bonnet on which was terribly crushed. The crown was torn out ex cept a little bit. It was tied under the chin. She had a cap on which was hooked under the chin. The cap, bonnet, and hair were dry, but the clothes were not. One of her stock ings was down. I observed all over her body soil and wet. She had a little mud about her nose and chin. I helped to wash her body. 1 did not observe any dirt in her mouth or nose. There was mud about - her nose and mouth. She seemed as if she had been pulled by a man. [Some of the pvidenee here was not fit for nublication.] I observed bruises her knees .r knee FORGERY Richard Parker, aged 39, James Jackson, 35, and Mary Taylor, 39, were charged with having, at Rochdale, feloni. 'ously uttered a forged note for the payment of £5, with intent to defraud the Halifax and Huddersfield Joint Stock Bank ing Company. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Pollock prosecuted. Mr. Green defended Parker and Mr. 'Wilkins appeared for Jackson. Thomas Whip, watchmaker and jeweller, Rochdale, re membered a man and woman (Mary Taylor and Jackson) going into his shop on the evening of the 2d of Pebruarv. They asked to be shown a wedding ring. Mary Taylor said she should like a better one. She purchased one. The man bought a guard chain. Mary Taylor pulled out a£s note on the Halifax and Huddersfield bank, and told him to take pay out of it. He refused the note, telling her he thought it was a bad one. He went out and compared it with some other notes of the same bank. He did not discern that it was a forgery, but had his suspicions. He returned and found that Jackson had gone. The woman Taylor remained, and he saw Parker looking carelessly from the opposite side of the street. He returned the note to Mary Taylor, saying he did not like it. He gave information to the police at the railway station. On his return he obtained sight of Jackson, who, with some exclamation, ran off. Sarah Jackson proved that about seven o'clock on the even ing of the 2d of February she was in the shop kept by Mary Taylor's mother. While there Jackson and Parker entered. They asked Mary Taylor to go out with them, saying they wanted her to buy a ring, and do an odd job or two -for them. - It appeared, by the further evidence, that the three pri soners went to a public-house and drank some time. A wa tch was subsequently set upon the parties, and they were seen offering the £5 note for several articles which they at tempted to purchase. _ They were taken into custody, and on searching Jacksonls house an imp ress i on f rom a p l ate for the manufacture of £5 notes of the Halifax Bank was found. It was not filled up. Mary Taylor addressed the jury, stating that she was re quested to go a few errands for Parker and Jackson. The gave her a £5 note, and requested her to make some purchase r s for them. She did as they desired her. Some witnesses gave Alary Taylor an excellent character. Parker also received a good character. The jury retired at half-past six o'clock. They returned in a quarter of an hour, and found Jackson guilty, acquitting the other two prisoners. Jackson was sentenced to ten years' transportation. SENTENCE ON JOHN TAYLOR. John Taylor, convicted, on Saturday, of having killed his brother, James Taylor, was placed at the bar. His LORD snip, after a feeling address, passed sentence of fifteen years' transportation. ON • Thomas Rouse, co SENTENCE nvicted ye W sterd ßOUSE ay with an int en t to commit a rape, as placed at the bar. He was sentenced t o e i ghteen months ' impr i sonme nt. The court rose a t h alf-past six. morn ing of an assault in this hough were not lawfully pc guilty; and seoond, that seed of the said deeds. Mr. CROMPTON having - Opened the case, Mr. KNOWLES stated the circumstances on the part of the plaintiffs. The action was brought by the plaintiffs, Mr. RicharffScholes, his wife, Sarah Scholes, and Mr. Jona - - an GI iii4roti, against of Mr. William Hilton, to recover from him the possess certain title-deeds of lands in Lower.Bebbington, in Cheshire, of which the late Mr. William Hetherington died possessed of the fee simple. By his will he devised all his estate to his now Mrs. Scholes, aad adve t, - *V who was id to Mr. Jonathan Grindrod. Mr. Hetherington .. anced to Mr. John Topham, an attorney of Liverpool, the sum of £1,500, and he held as security the deeds of certain property in Woolton, and in Brownlow-street, Liverpool. In September, 1536, Mr. Topham became anxious to pay off this sum, and he wished for the property at Woolton and in Brownlow-street to substitute some oche This business was tna: naged by a Mr. Pennington. Mr: Pennington communicated with Mr. Hetherington, and in the end it was agreed that Topham should pay off £7OO of the mortgage, and give secu rity for the remaining £BOO. On the sth of September, 1836, Mr. Topham paid off £700; be therefore received back the deeds relating to the Woolton and the Brownlow-street pro perty, and he gave'an undertaking to assign a mortgage for £BOO which be himself had upon certain property in Cheshire I again and again,,ppon fortrier oegasions,.what he had and the docuntents which he (the learned counsel,) tort in his hand, in which he had given an account of the uatter, expressing his sincere regret that Mr. Hilton should lave suffered foci his misconduct. That there was a degree if intimacy between Mr. Topham and Mr. Hetherington was ;ear. They had been clerks together, and when the jury ieard some questions which he should put to Mr. Topham, Ind when they remembered the qualified answer of Mr. Pen nington, that he did not think Mr. Topham had any thing to do with the transfer, they would judge whether the solicitor of Mr. Hetherington must not have had full notice of the nature of the property of which Mr. Topham claimed the right. He contended that under these circumstances, Mr. Hilton had a clear right to detain the deed against Mr. Heth erington, and the question was, whether Mr. Hetherington had a right to sue him as a defendant, and take the deed from him. It was Mr. Topharn's duty to have handed the deed to Mr. Hilton in 1836 ; could Mr. Hetherington then claim to take it from him ? He Could not. The conveyance had never been in the possession of Mr. Hetherington at all, and he 'could not take it, he apprehended, unless he could shew a good title to it. And how did that title come ? Not through Mr. Topham, for he had parted with it in direct defiance, and breach of his trust, and he could not give Mr. Hether ington a legal title to it. If Mr. Hetherington had it once in his possession, it must have been a different case, but he bad not had it. Now it did seem to him most monstrous and illegal to say, that when Mr. Hilton had properly ob tained possession of the deed, Mr. Hetherington should step in and assert the claim which he now set up. Mr. BAINES then proposed to put in the marriage settle ment of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton. Mr. KNOWLES objected to it, on the ground that the plaintiff had nothing whatever to do with 't. The JUDGE said the settlement proved that Topham was the legal owner of the property, and the legal holder of the deeds. He commenced being so in 1833, and he continued till 1833, and he had made a valid legal transfer of property • in 1836 to Mr. Hetherington. Mr. BAINES contended it was not a valid legal transfer under the circurnstanees, • Mr. Topham, be apprehended, could convey no title. • The JUDGE said Topham could have maintained an eject ment under the deed of 1836. Mr. BAINES apprehended not, under the terms of his trust. The JUDGE was clearly of opinion thut be might ;• unless somebody or other could shew a better title by the title deeds. The marriage settlement was eventually admitted, in order to shew how Topham had become entitled to possession ; and also Mrs. Hilton's will, to shew that if there were any parties equitably entitled it was' Mr. 'Hilton. Mr. John Topham, whose name has been so often mention ed, was then called by Mr. BAINES.—No answer being re turned, he was called by the Marshal upon his subpoena, with the same result. I . Mr. BAINES said, that under these circumstancesbe should tender, as evidence, certain declarations which Mr. Topham had made, upon the ground that he was the principal under whom the plaintiff claimed. The JUDGE said he would admit any declarations made be fore the transfer. Mr. BAINES said lie had no evidence of declarations made before the transfer, but lie had of declarations made after wards. . . —the property the title-deeds of which the present action was brought to recover. A Mr. Price had mortgaged that property to Mr. Topham. It consisted of three parcels of land, and one of these parcels was the property to which the deeds related. Mr. Price.mortgaged to Mr. Topham " The Riding," situated in. Bebbington ; and as this was an ample security for the £BOO which still remained .due from Mr. Topham to Mr. Hetherington, Mr. Hetherington had no objection to accept an assignment of this mortgage. Upon that, Mr. Hetherington became entitled to all the titleedeeds relating to that piece of property.• At the time when this security was changed, Mr. Topham gave up to Mr. Hether ington, as he thought, all the deeds relating to this property; but by some accident the particular deeds in question. were not delivered up. Mr. Hetherington died in 1839. was no occasion for any enquiry about the deeds, because Mr. Topham paid the interest „till he became bankrupt in 1841, and it was not till after the death of Mr. Hetherington that the mistake was discovered. After Mr. Hetherington's death the plaintiffs were desirous of availing themselves of their power of sale ; and in order to prevent that the re presentatives of Mr. Price were anxious to pay off the mortgage, and their attorney tendered the money. was then discovered that the particular lease and release in ques tion were not among the deeds, and it was afterwards found out that they were in thelaossession of Mr. Hilton, the de leudant. Mrs. Price then refused to pay the money ; 'so that the present plaintiffs could neither avail themselves of the power of sale, nor get the mortgage-money back, because Mrs. Price would not pay it till the deeds were given up to her. He understood that tile defendant married a lady of the name of Shallcross; and he believed that his defence to-day would be this—he would say that Mrs. Shallcross, when he married her, had several sums of money in the hands of Mr. Topham, as her trustee', and that part, if not the whole money which Mr. Topham advanced to Mr. Price, and Price's mortgage to Topham, was the trust money of Mrs. Shallcross. The defendant married Mrs. Shallcross; by the marriage settlement he had an interest in her property, which was afterwards confirmed by her will ; and he now said that be was entitled to these deeds, because the money of his wife was the money which Topham advanced to Price. There was no reason to believe this story to be true, but if it was true, he ;the learned <cruise) apprehended that his lordship would tell the jury that an equitable right would give the defendant no title to hold these, deeds. They were part of the property, and they must go along with the legal estate. The plaintiffs had the legal estate, and an equitable equitable estate in the property ; and having a legal as well as an equitable right, they were clearly entitled to the pos session of the deeds. The deed, dated dated 7th and 8111 of January 1833, (to re cover which the present action was brought , ) w as then pro duced from the defendant's custody, and put in : also the lease, by the trustees Qf the late Mr. Orred of " the Riding" at Bebbington ' to Mr. Price ; the mortgage of the property , dated Ist and 2d April, 1833, to Mr. Topham, by Mr. Price for £7OO ; and the undertaking of Topham to assign this mortgage to Mr. Hetherington, dated September 9th, 1836, for the considerations mentioned in the opening of the learn ed counsel. Mr. John Pennington, solicitor, was then called. and he proved having acted as attorney for Mr. Hetherington in all these matters. Mr. Hetherington's will was then put in to shew, that amongst other property he had devised the mort gage in question to the plaintiffs., 11r. James Wilson, clerk to the plaintiffs' solicitors, prov ed having demanded-the deed from the defendant, and that DOUGLAS AND ANOTHER v. GLYNN AND ANOTHER. he refused to give it up. The plaintiffs in their declaration alleged that the defen- This closed the plaintiffs' case. dants were indebted to them in the sum of £425 10s. for Mr. BAINES, (with whom was Mr. G. Henderson,) then goods sold and money received upon an account stated. The addressed the court and jury. He said he appeared before defendants pleaded that they were not liable. them as counsel for the defendant, and he trusted that he Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiffs, should be able to establish, to the entire satisfaction of the who were James Douglas and James William Douglas, who jury, under the direction of the learned judge, that in point carry o n busi n e ss i n Newfouudland • and the defendants, of law, the defendant was entitled to retain these deeds , which Henry Glynn, and Richard P. Glynn, brokers, of this town, were unquestionably in his possession. He should have been were represented by Mr. Wortley and Mr. Crompton. glad if this investigation had taken place elsewhere, not that The action was brought to recover £425 10s., the balance he had any doubt whatever of the justice of his client's case, of £925 10s., for a cargo of cod oil, which the plaintiffs but because, in order to explain fully the nature of the cir- shipped to this country in December last, by the brig Marge cumstances under which it came into his possession, and the ret. The oil was consigned to Messrs. Valiance and Henry, nature of the circumstances "Which entitled him to retain it, merchants, of this town, who acted as agents of the plaintiffs he should be under the disagreeable nece ssit y of makin g stron g in the sale of it. They sold the oil to Mr. John Davies, who imputations upon toe character of a professional gentleman, was then carrying on business here, and the mode in which which he would gladly have avoided had it been in his power, the sale was effected was this :—The defendants who had dealt but which, as he could not avoid them consistently with his with Messrs. Valiance and Henry, acting as his agents, pur duty to his client,he must not flinch from. He only desired chased the oil for Mr. Davies, at the rate of £3l 10s. per the jury to be in possession, in a clear and connected man - ton. The invoice and a note of sale left no doubt that the ner, of the circumstances of the case, because when they un- sale had been made to Mr. Davies. There was considerable derstood them thoroughly, they would see that nothing could difficulty about the money, and at last Messrs. Valiance and be more just than the claim of Mr. Hilton to ret a i n this Henry received £5OO from the defendants, leaving the balance deed. It would therefore be his business to go through of £425 10s., 'which it was now sought to recover. On the the whole transaction, and if the jury would' follow him in d ay th a t thi s b a l ance was to b e pa id M r . D av i es s t o pp e d dates and facts, he should be able to make out a complete payment. It was Shown .by the evidence of Mr. Thomas case for his client. They had heard that Mr. Hilton, about Dover, of the firm of Thomas Dover and Co., warehouse- February, 1833, was upon the point of contracting marriage m en, that on the 30th December, they received an order to with Mrs. Shallcross, a lady of cons iderable property. She t rans fe r th e o il i n ques ti on to t h e d e f en d an t s , a nd that they had several sums of money in real securities. She had w ere still in possession of it. Under all these circumstances £1,600 in her own hands ; and she had a further s um of the plaintiffs contended that Messrs. Glynn were liable for £BOO in the hands of her bankers, Messrs. Hey woods of this the balance. On the other hand the defendants contended town. Being about ca contract this marriage, it was deter- that the plaintiffs had trusted Mr. Davies, and that instead mined that a marriage settlement should be drawn up, and of seeking to recover from •the brokers, they should prove Mr. Topham, it was arranged, should be the trustee under against the estate of Mr. Davies, under the fiat issued that settlement. This settlement bore date the 27th of Feb. against him. 1833 ; and without going through the whole_ of it, he would Th e j ur y re t urne d a ver di c t f or th e pl a intiffs —Damages state its provisions, as far as they rel ated to the ‘ present case. £425. It was provided by this deed, that Mr. Topham should be come the trustee, that all the securities which Mrs. Shall cross held for money, should be transferred to him ; that the sum of £1,600 which she had in her hands should be put in his, and that the further sum of £BOO, in Heywood's bank, should also be put into the hands of Topham, fur the purpose of enabling him to perform the trusts of the marriage settle ment. The trusts were briefly these—that during the joint lives of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, Topham should pay over to them the rents, profits, and interest of these several securi ties ; that after the death of Mrs. Hilton, if she should die . first, Mr. Hilton should be permitted to receive the same for his life, and that after the death of Mr. Hilton, the ultimate interest in the whole property should go to such issues as Mrs. Hilton should, by her last will, appoint. There was this also provided, that it should be lawful for the said John Top ham to invest, upon such government or real securities, as he should think fit, the different sums of money of which Mrs. Shallcross was possessed, and which came into his hands as trustee, with the consent and approbation of the said Mr. and Mrs. Hilton,—that he should, at different times, when it might seem expedient, but with such consent and approbation of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, transfer such securities to any other investment, and this he should be at liberty to do during the joint lives of such parties. This was material, because they would find that Mr. Topham, in the breach of the trusts of the marriage settlement, did transfer to Mr. Hetherington, whose representatives the plaintiffs were, the deed of mort gage in question, which formed one of the securities entered into under the marriage settlement, and he did this without the knowledge and approbation of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though they were both in their lifetime. What he should sub mit in law to the learned judge, by and bye, was, that if Mr. Topham did, in breach and fraud of that trust, convey away property which he had no right to do, it was quite impossible he could give a title to anybody else, and above all, be could not substantiate any_claim against the defendant. It was on the 27th Feby., 1833, that the deed of settlement was made ; on the Ist and 2d April the indentures of lease and release were executed which had been put in. Mr. Topham had looked out for a mortgage security for the £BOO which had been transferred to him as trustee ; Mr. Price, whose name had been often mentioned, wanted some'rnoney ; Mr. Topham communicated with Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, and they agreed to let him have that £BOO on the security, and then Mr. Price executed that instrument, which as the jury had heard, was the mortgage security from Mr. Price to Topham in fee upon receiving the sum of £BOO. From that time Mr. Topham continued to pay the interest regularly to Mr. and Mrs. Hil ton, during the whole of Mrs. Hilton's life, and after her death to Mr. Hilton long after he had transferred the mort gage. That transfer took place in 1836. In September, 1836, Mr. Topham having a debt due from him to Mr. Hetherington, in breach of his duty as trustee, actually as signed to Mr. Hetherington the mortgage security which belonged to those for whom he was trustee, which had been obtained for money, which he ought never to have transferred either as a professional or as a moral man, and that without approbation, or even knowledge, upon the part of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton. Mrs. Hilton died in 1837 : this security there fore was transferred in her life time; and by that instrument, the marriage settlement, the jury would find, that Mr. Top. ham was expressly prohibited from making any transfer of any security except by their consent. This was done without their knowledge, .or approbation. It was under these cir cumstances that the tionsfer was made to Mr. Hetherington, in the year 1836. Down to 1840, when Mr. Hilton discovered the breach of trust of which Mr. Topham hid been guilty, and learned that this transfer had taken place behind his back in 1836, and to the bankruptcy of Mr. Topham in 18-10, the interest was paid by Mr. Topham no doubt with the view of keeping the parties in the dark as to what had been done ; and 'it was only when Mr. Topham was finally broken up that these circumstances came to light. Mrs. Hilton died in 1837. The jury would remember that by the terms of the marriage settlement she was to have a power of appointing by her last will the uses to which the whole of the trust pro .perty should go after her death. She made her will, and she devised all her property, real and personal to, her husband, the present defendant, who thus became interested, under the joint operation of the marriage settlement and of the will, in• all the property his wife had ; among the rest in this sum of £BOO, which was put out on the mortgage security, in the mortgage security itself, and in every other kind of property of which his wife died possessed. When Mr. Helton became so interested, he made application to Mr. Topham for the different securities which he held, and for the payment of all money which he, as trustee, had. Mr. Topham handed over all the other securities, of every kind, to Mr. Hilton ; but this mortgage security, of the Ist and 2d April, 1833, was not forthcoming. It was above, t wo years before he succ eeded in obtaining the other documents ; and even in 1839 this mort gage deed was not forthcoming. Mr. Topham made various excuses for not returning it : at one time he had changed his office ; at another the carelessness of his clerk had mislaid it; and at another he was unable to tell what had become ofit at all. At this very time the transfer had been made to Mr. Hetherington, and Mr. Topham must have known that he was making these excuses in order to conceal the real nature of the transaction which had taken place from Mr. Hilton, whom he bad thus been the means of defrauding. Mr. Top ham, he understood, was a professional man in this town ; and let it not be understood that he was applying to this'case epithets harsher than it deserved. He was willing to believe, from all he had heard of Mr. Topham, that he did this im proper act at a time when he was much pressed himself, and with a bond fide intention, upon his part, that no injury should be sustained by those for whom he was trustee, and with the full purpose of restoring the deed as soon as he could. Unfortunately he was unable to do it ; and it was not until his bankruptcy, in 1840, that Mr. Hilton had any notion that his mortgage security had been transferred in fraud of him in 1836. They would by and bye have some reason "' to believe that he (Mr. Topham) knew the real nature s r;John of the transactio n ; f or h e would now state some circum- 6, J o h n WLean , stances to which he would call attention in point of time and 6, Piers Lowe, fist). fact. In 1840, Mr. Topham became bankrupt, and then all 11, Robert M•Lachlan, (proof and div these matters came out. He was brought before the Corn- 1,3, Thomas Peake Pearson missioners of B an k rup t c y. Mr. Norris attended on behalf of 13, John Senior Mr. Hilton ; there was an examination of Mr. Topham on ls Peter Boggs, (21 , 0' that occasion ;it became necessary for him to give some ex- 15, D e a t n e i rz A n r . d ' planations, and then this circumstance came out, namely, 15, John that there had been a transfer iii 1836, without the b ur appro a- , tion of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, to Mr. Hetherington. it The JUDGE said he should not admit as against the party to whom the title was given, declarations to do away with the effect of his own acts. He would, however, take a note that such declarations had been tendered, in order to show that the plaintiff was not entitled to the deed in question, as against the defendant. Mr. BAINES said this was his case. 3e JUDGE said there was no case at all. The property been conveyed in the regular course, and the plaintiffs entitled to the deed. 111,• 1•••.,.• The jury, under his lordship's direction, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for £4OO, subject to the damages being re duced to 40s. on the deed being given. HIGGIN, ADMINISTRATRIX V. WATSON.; This was an action to recover the value of certain house hold goods demised to the plaintiff under the will of a per son deceased, which the defendant wrongfully detained. The parties reside somewhere in the neighbourhood of Burnley. The circumstances of the ease were uninteresting ; and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £54. JACKSON V. PRESTON This was an action to recover damages for an illegal dis traint, at Warrington. Mr. Wortley and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Dundas for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £lB 18s. LIABILITY OF DROKEBS ILLEGAL DISTRAINT MARSH V. GERARD AND WARD The parties in this case live at Eccleston, near St. Helens, and are connected by relationship. The action was brought to recover damages from illegal distraint, under circum stances of no public interest. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £6O - . The court adjourned at seven o'clock. Iftaritt t. 3. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, APRIL 4 Very fine Butters are rather scarce, and are the only descriptions at all saleable. We quote the price of such 86s to 88s. Middling and inferior kinds, although offering at an absolute sacrifice, can not be parted with. The Provision trade continues in a very dull and unsatisfactory state. Beef of fair quality for ship stores, we quote llos to 115 s per tierce ; Pork 60s to 66s per barrel. Bacon in moderate request at 50s to 52s per cwt. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 4 M this day's market there has been a very scarce supply of Beasts, nearly 500 short of last week, and an advance of id I+ , lb on the best middling qualities has been obtained, whilst the in ferior qualities have been of difficult sale.:The supply of Sheep was small, and brought an advance of id la lb, prime Beef 6id to did ; middling 6d; Bulls and Segs 3.id to 4d; prime Wethers 7d to ;id; middling 6id, sinking the offal. Number of Beasts 681; Sheep 2919. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET, April 4. The arrival of Potatoes during the last four days is unimport ant. During Saturday and to-day we have an increased demand for all descriptions. and although there is no improvement in prices, yet the market closed this evening very firm, with an evident tendency to higher rates. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups Is bd to Is lid per 9otb. We continue to experience a very good demand for Turnips at from 29s to 30s per ton tor Sweeds. There is no alteration to report in the prices current of produce sold in our local markets. Potatoes, 9 lb Pink-eye Cups Short Tops Cattle Turnips, 1,9 , tot Carrots s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... n 81@o 11 p 201 b 2 3 2 5 New Hay.... 0 tit 0 10a 2 3 2 5 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 10 1 In 2 0 Straw, Wheat 0 41 OLS t, 1 8 1 10 Straw, Oat.. 0 3 0 41 27 0 30 0 Straw, Barley 0 3 0 31 none Manglewurzle 27 0 'ton 5 V. 241 b LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. APIIL 1 We have much pleasure in being able to report a larger atteckdance in our market to-day than for some time past ; and not less than 4000 bales have been sold._ . The public sale of Sea islands was also well attended ; and the bulk of the Cotton offered found buyers, at previous rates, by private. The sales of the week are 18,900 bales, of which exporters have taken 1000, and speculators 1200. COTTON MARKET, Amu, 4 • On Saturday the sales amounted to 4,1)00 bales, of which ex porters took too bales. To-day the. business will amount to fully 4000 bales including 100 Pernam, and 200 American for export. The market is without change. The prices at the close of last week beiug steadily supported. The sales to-day consist of 400 Maranham 5Zd to lid ; 159 Pernam 7d 7#d; 70 Bahia 6id ; 150 Egyptian 7d to ; 400 Surats 31d to 44cl ; 130 Peruvian 54d to Ind; American 4id to 7d. ACCOUNT QV SALES AND IMPORTS 01 0 COTTON, Froin th. si4th to the 31st instant, inclusive. Prices paid 114 P 0 f 4 'in the week.lThisWk.ithis' cI.CI or ritten, SALES OF TIIE WEEK 410 Sea Island 9 0, 24 ). lta Stained 2390 Bowed Georgia 35 6 0 I Mobile .. - bi l Alabama and Tennessee 4} 5 1 26221 1 20: 6690 , New Orleans f PertlaillbUCO & Paraiba Ci 7i L 1 170 1 Aricati and Ceara 580 ' Bahia and Maceio son f f Maranham "" ISawginned 5 5 1 - ... Minas ... Para ... Demerara, Surinam, &c 660 Egyptian }....} Barbados . • 60 Peruvian Bahama 10 Laguayra. .... Common West India, &c Carthagena .... Smyrna • Manilla 42480 Surat 200, Madras •• .. Bengal 455 I J } 8235 }- S: 18940 bales TELEGRAPH OFFICE, APRIL 4 Wind at Holyhead E.N.E. light breeze in the morning.—N.} noon and at 3 p.m., and North at 5 p.m. Off Holyhead, outward bound, at 6 a.m. No. 8361, Mersey. Several vessels off Point Lynas, outward bound, at 3 p.m. We 730, Seaflower, brig, ditto, at 5 p.m. Two. brigs aground, outward bound, near No. (per chart) 64, a 12 at noon. The two brigs that were on the North Spit have got off, outward bound at 3 p.m: MEETINGS ov CREDITORS FOIL LIVERPOOL APRIL. , 'foul, 5, William Darlington, (Ist , Clarendon Rooms, 12 5, John Davies, (2nd) Ditto, 5, Seth Flitcroft, (2nd): Ditto, . I 5, John M'Lean, (2nd) Commissioners' Romms, Manchester, 6, John M'Lean, (sprclal).l - Ditto, 10 6, Piers Lowe, (Ist). Clarendon Rooms, 1 11, Robert M•Lachlan, (proof and div.(.. Ditto, 1 1.3, Thomas Peake Pearson 13, John Senior Ditto, 2 15, Gardiner Boggs, (2nd) .. Court of Bankruptcy, Loudon, i i 15, Peter M'Ardle, (proof and div.) 15, Daniel Antrobus, (2ndl Ditto, 1 15, John Critchley, rend) 15, William Slater, (2nd) Ditto, 2 16, John Shand, (proof) Ditto, i 16, Elizabeth Linstead,(lst) MONDAY, APRIL 4.—Wind N.E, ARRlVED.—Grecian. Rowett, from Cephalonia. Swci~su —Orwell , Hadg,raft, for Doidt—Hottingner, Crabtree, and Hove, Collins, for New York—Hero, Grant, and Cleofrid, Hamilton, for Africa—Frances & Itomulous, Isouard. for Malta —Eclipse, Mullerat, for. Ostend—Craton, Gray, for New Orleans Stamboul, Sloman, for Constantinople—Undaunted, Foster, for Antwerp-,—Cuthhert Young, Henderson, for the Cape of Good Hope—Mary Caroline, Brewer, for St. John, N.B.—Emerald, Thomas, for Lisbon—Commodore, Matthewman, for Genoa—Sea flower, Foster, for Dordt—Gipsey, Dempsey, fo'r Bourdeaux—Mary & Harriet, Rees. for Trieste—Vrow Henrietta Klie, for Rotterdam —General Washington, Smith, for New York—Costanza ed Onore, Serva, for Bahia—Lady Rowley, Wright, for Lisbon—Elizabeth Henry, Whitburn, for Havre—Patriot, Sawbridge, for Palermo — Antigua Planter, Hodge, for Trinidad—Sir C.-Carhpbell, Penticost, for New Orlexns —Heinrich, Cock, for Elsinore—Law Ogilby, Morris, for Constantinople —Ann Dingwell, Arthur, for Ceylon— and Cataraqui, Jackson, for Quebec. Cero, Cruisuch, and Wm. Russell, hence at Pernambuco Theresa, Guscola, from Plymouth, at ditto, for New South Wales, with 9 deaths and 40 sick on board with the typhus fever Donald; hence to Berbice, was spoken 23rd March, in lat. 40, long. 14 Hannah, Rattray, hence at Demerara Veitch, Adamson. hence at Gibraltar • Desire, Stabb ; Fernandes, Contente ; Totness, King ; Lanca shire Lass, Powell; Trinmfo de Inveja, Caldas ; Amizade, Mes quits, and Concord, Cox, hence at Lisbon George Sutton, Hawk, sailed from Lisbon 23rd March ; Stour, Atkins, 24th, and Pearl, Luckam, 27th—all for this port Sir Charles Napier, Huxtable. hence to New South Wales, was spoken December, in lat. 1 N, long. 24 W Magnet Packet, from Falmouth, at Rio Janeiro Ellerslie, Turner; Cockermouth Castle, Bell, and Mastery, Stobie, hence at Rio Janeiro Medina, (steamer) from Nassau, at Southampton ; sailed 13th March, after waiting eight days for the steamers with the mails from the Islands, Gulf of Mexico, &c., but which did not arrive ; the Medina, in consequence only brings a mail, (as far as regards the West Indies,) from Nassau, and the one from New Orleans that was left behind from the previous mail. Fatima, Fethers, from China, at London Josephine, Smith, from Sincapore, ditto. John Woodall, Williams, from Calcutta, dttto VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) iniliplitft titreltidetirt &gra New Yet► 4 froni'Zante—Briliiant, from Jerstiy—tiorussra. Irmo r►uu —Gipsey, Clesswcll, from Maranham—Hibernia, Wilson, from New York; sailed 16th March—George Canning, from Charleston—Douro, —, from Oporto—She'drake, Foster, from Genoa. Isabella, —, from Preston for New York, at this port • —Henry Bliss, from Philadelphia; sailed sth March. On 28th March, in lat. su, long. 11, spoke the Wakefield, from Hull, for St. John, N.B. Elizabeth, Cousins, and Birkenhead, Brown, hence, at New . —..ington, Wilkie, and Catherine, —, hence, at Mobile. emerald, Leighton, and Albion, Moran. hence, at Savannah. Scotland, Buchanan, hence, at Charleston. St. Alark, Alexander; Empress, Scott; Chicora, Rogers, and Independence, Nye, hence, at New York. NEw.Yoax, 14th March.—The Buoyant is reported to be lost off the mouth of the Bragos River. Captain, first and second mates and four seamen drowned. Adelaide, Dady, hence at Mobile. On 14th February, fell in with the crew of the Thomas Tyson, of Whitehaven, in their boat, steering for Jamaica, that vessel having been wrecked about sth February, on the Indian rocks; supplied them with provisions. Sir Colin Campbell, Williamson, and Douglas, Brew, hence at Charente Minerva, ----, hence at Virginia Orozimbo, Watt, hence at Havre Maria, Brabander, hence at Antwerp Julia, —, hence at Port-au•Prince Vernon, Thompson, from Savanilla, at Cove Sultana, Summers, from Laguna, at ditto Heroine, --, sailed from Savanilla for Laguna, Ist February Jane, —, from London and St. Thomas, at Texas Elizabeth, , from Santa Martha, at Apalachicola SATURDAY, APRIL 2.—Wind North, moderate, SAlLED.—Gondola, Rennie, for New York— terson, for Rio Janeiro. —and Cookson, Pat- Helen Hamilton, Nicol, from Maracaibo, at this port ; sailed 17th Feb. in company with the Munster Lass, for Santa Martha Belle, Curtis, from St. Michael, at this port; sailed igth March. On 26th March, spoke the Wave, from Liverpool for Trieste Athena, Ashbridge, from Mauritini, at this port SUNDAY, Aram 3.—Wind N.E. moderate ARRIVED. —Mary Queen of Scots, Killey, from Pernambuco; sailed 20th Feb. and from Pernambrlco 23rd February—and Trinity Yacht, from Denia. SA I LED.—Queen, Payne. and Panope, Pipon, for Leghorn Sandersons, Bushby, for St. Thomas—Limena, Frame, for Do minica, &c.—Franklin, Goodhue, for Boston—Mischief, Downes. and Clydesdele, Piercy, for Lisbon—Seaflower, Le Gros, for Ca raquet—Mary Pester. Case, for Amsterdam—Spartan, Richardson, for Beirotit—Concord, Hewitt, for Constantinople—Sultan, Ross, for Halifax—Ocean. Millard, tor New York. &c.—Talbot, Storey ; General Parkhill, Hoyt; Sarah, Fletcher; Josephine, , and Mersey, for. New York—Mary &Jane, Osborne, for Naples—Cham pion, Miles, for Dordt—Sarah, Mooro, for Port-la .M a re—SealbY. M'M inn, for Newfoundland—Plans, Aymar, for St. Andrew, N.B. —Canada, Benson ; Pouter Johnny. Little, and Wm. Parker, Sewell, for Montreal—A. Dixon, Hardie, for Monte Video. &c. — La Belle Barberie, Banks, for Rio Granee—Snowdon, Davies, and Wm. Rathbone, Hemingway. for Africa—Ellen, Roche. for Venice Robertson, for Stettin—Lord Seaton, Fitzsimmons, for New Orleans—Coburg,- Green. for Harlingen—Amazon, Wright, for Elsinore—aud Columbus, Green, for Pernambuco. NEW SOUTH WALES. Glenarm, D White, 297 Port Philip and Port Nicholas, Cotesworth & Wynne WEST INDIES AND MADE, l?,1 Lady Falkland, l : Rutherford; - 177 . Kingston, Jamaica, J N Wood UNITED STATES. Eben Preble, W B Hinckley, 493 New Orleans, C Tayleur &Co Susanna Cumming, C H Salter, 541 New York, J D Roche Sarah & Arsilia. 'l' B Smith. 482 New York, Reid, Irving &Co Prentice. Smith, 442 New York, .1 & W Robinson Dublin, Skolfield, 650 Philadelphia, Brown & Co BRITISH AMERICA. John, C llaselton, 35 Quebec, C Chaloner & Co Neptune, W Cunningham, 145 St. John, Nfid, Job Brothers EUROPE. Vine, A Brown, 135 Dordt, Cram, Smith & Co Borussia, C 'Jammu, 220 Elsinore, The master Patriot, L,Nicholas, 316 Gibraltar and Malta, J G White Black Dog, B Atkinson, 142 Gibraltar and Malaga, J Atkin & Son Rapide, P G Brockleman, 350 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Ditpatch, R Magub, 74 Husum, A F Moore Sophia Wells, S Swyther, 131 Leghorn, , J G White Maria Agneta, C Transgard, 118 Lubeck, Bahr, Behrend &Co Orwell, 1' Hadgraft, 130 Dcrdt, A Coghill Wave, D Mearus, 173 Pernau, Campbell & Rudd Water Witch, R Dunn, 223 St. Petersburg. Campbell & Rudd Pursuit, J Burnett, • SO Narva, Bahr, Behrend &Co Jane, --, 5p Havre and Rouen, H Smith & Co Sea, F M'Queen, 145 Kiel, Strong & Reid Brilliant, D F Brown, , 95 Almeira, J Glynu & Son LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT. ASHES MADDER, IR , Net. s . d. s. d. Montreal, Pot.. 34 6@ 35 0 Dutch, crop 70 0 —72 0 Pearl, new .. 32 9 —33 0 Ombro 50 0 —6O 0 U. States, Pot.. none. Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 Pearl none. Mull lO 0 —3O 0 13Aftic Quercit. .. 8 0— 8 3 French, S.F. Oak , Ifr ton .. .4'4 10 b 11l S.F.F 42 0— -- German 4 0— 4 15 E.5.F... 46 0 —4B 0 BRIMSTONE, 2e ton E.5.F.F.48 0 —54 0 Sicily, &c 6 5 610 Spanish • 40 0 —56 0 Tuscany 6 10 6 15 MokAssns, Is). cwt. CASSIA LIGNEA, S. fi. S. (1. St. Lucia, &c..... 25 0 —27 0 V cwt. in bond to 0— 90 0 Demerara, &c.... 27 0 —2B 0 CI.OvER-Seen, T. cwt. Bar & Antigua.. 28 0 —3O 0 American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 iMuxjuccT, p cwt.. 14 0 —l4 6 Dutch 73 0— 77 0 044, Olive, v• 252 ;aft, French & Gem - x. 73 0— 77 0 Gallipoli CocoA,v cwt. Trieste 57 0 —5B 0 Trinidad 39 0— 43 0 Sicily 56 0 —57 0 Grenada .... 1 32 . 0— 35 0 Malaga 55 0 —55 10 Brazil Portugal ; tc .... 52 0 —54 0 Coxioxn, la , cwt in bond. Levan'c, 5l 9 —53 0 Jama. triage .. Palm, 19 , ton 140 0— 76 0 ordinary .... Fish, is 252 galls good& fine ord. 85 0-108 0 Seal, pale.. middling llO 0-130 0 brown good mid. fine mid. &c 143 0-152 0 Dutch, triage.. 130 4,___ ordinary .... 1 good t'z fine ord. 65 0— 75 0 middling BO 0— 90 0 good mid. 11l 95 0-110 0 fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon Java Havana good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 4O ' 0— 42 0 Brazil 37 0— 40 0 Laguira. 46 0— 48 0 Dyinvoons, V. ton .4. s. X. s Logwood, Jam... 5 7 6 Hon. & Dom. 5. 0— Campeachy Fustic, Span Tampico Brazil 39 10 —4O 0 30 0 —37 0 27 10 —2B 0 TANS END ett'l 32 G —33 0 Rape, pale do. .. 52 0 —53 0 Turpen.V. cat. .. 46 0 —47 0 60 0 I Iticz, 'io' cult Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 ' " 'in bond 22 0 Bengal, ord. do 11 0 —l2 0 mid to tine 12 0 —l3 6 African none. RUM,r gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 0. p 3 6 3 8 stronger choice marks SAWLowErt, 1- , cu•t. Bengal, good & inc.. x"5 0 ord. & mid lO Bombay 5 0 - ti 10 - O. 0- 7 0 4 10 1 14 S. (1 -31 0 Cuba NICARAGUA Woon Rio de la liache S U- SA I.TI.It:TRH, V Ca East India South American-21 6 SHELL LAC, cwt. in bond orange 41 28 0 solid 0 — rough 6 0— 7 10 small 6 0— 7 10 Lima, solid l4 0— 15 0 llarwood, Ango 5 0— 9 0 Gaboon 5 0— 6 10 Camwood l7 10— 26 0 Red San. Wood u 10— 7 0 FI.Ax, v. ton. Riga. P.T.R. 40 0— £2 0 P'burg, 9 head Archangel 44 0— 55 0 Dutch & Flem. 60 0-120 0 GALLS, cwt. Turkey, blue mixed East India GINGER, `..?, cwt. Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica .... .. 60 0-200 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 GUM, Arabic, Turkey 70 0-140 0 as East India. 24 0— 60 0 Barbary ........ 0 0— Senegal ........8 5 0— 0 0 n 7.5 HEMP, ton .e P'burg, clean.... 36 10— - outshot.. 35 0- 2633 Riga, Rhine .... 3S 0— outshot.. 37 0— -56 o —JB 0 liver and block SKINS, Neutria, doz. Chinchilli, do. Seal, each 10 0 -25 0 .1 4}-3 0 cwt Sicily Malaga 57 0— 60 0 50 0— 55 0 55 0— 60 o none 70— 8 0 oo 7 0 8 0 9 0 Archangel 4837 Manila 27 10— 28 0 3451 Bombay Jute 3073 HIDES, Ox and Cow, tb B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. •• • • inferior & mid. 0 64 0 7 good & prime 0 74 0 S 5838 Do. salted N. Amer. salted 0 3i— 0 4 Brazil dry salted 0 5/- 0 6i Rio, dry 3135 Valparaiso, dry 0 0 0 7 Odessa, &c. dry O 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 :3 0 7 sated 0 05i East Inda '192 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7-0 8i Horse, d. each 7 6 —ll 6 Flonsa HAIR, 4) lb. 239 Short mixed long tails combed INDIGO, 70 , tb . in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet 0 — blue & violet 0 — blue 5 0— /, violet, g. & fine 6 3 ord. & mid. 5 3 t violet & cop. 4 6 mixed ..I cop. g. & fine. 4 fi— ord. & mid. 3 3 con, quality Oude 1 6 Madras Guatimala, 74# lb. Floras Sobres 4 0— Cortes Caraccas, Floras 5 3 Sobres 4 5 Cortes 0 — LAC DYE, /b. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 0 mid. to good 0 6i— 1 4 ord. & inferior 0 3, 0 . 6 MADDER ROOTS, as cwt. Smyrna Galipoli Syria .. 38 0— 40 0 French ' 42 0— -- Naples 4O 0— 46 0 Trieste Verona Tyrolese SUGAR,' P. cut B. P. Muscovado moist brown 59 0 —6l 0 dry brown 62 0 —65 0 good & mid 65 0 —7l 0 fine &v. fine 72 0 —75 0 Mauritius, dabs and moist 45 0 —sg 0 brown & yel 61 0 —67 0 fine yellow 6B 0 —7l 0 East India, Bengal . Khaur 47 0 —56 0 brown & ycl. 5B 0 —65 0 • good and tine 71 0 —74 0 extra fine 74 6 —76 0 Manilla, in bond 13 0 —l7 0 Havana, do. brown yellow . white ord good & fine Brazil, in bond brown yellow white ord. good and fine TALLOW,I. cut. P'burgh, Y.C. .. 48 6 —49 0 Odessa 47 6 —4B 0 Archangel 46 6 —47 0 Buenos Ayres 37 0 —45 0 TAR, V , Stockholm l7 0 —lB n Archangel Carolina Virginia 18 0 —ig o 20 0 —22 0 25 0 —27 0 28 0 —32 0 13 6 —l7 0 17 6-1 s 6 Is 6 —2l 0 22 U —24 0 TARTAR, V. cwt. Cream of Tartar.. 66 brown and yel... 46 0 TEA, 14 lb. in bond. Bohea, Canton 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 3 5 3 - 3 9 6 0 5 3 3 9 -67 0 -50 0 Fokein Congomui,dc.otion.fin 1 1 101= 1 9 1 Twankay, com 1 10 1 11 mid. to good 2 0 2 2 Pekoe, Orange 2 0— 3 0 Campoi, com. to good none Ilyson Skin 1 7 I 8 mid. to fine 2 0 2 4 Souchong,com 2 o good to fine 2 4 3 0 Pekoe, flowery Hyson, com 2 5 2 6 fine :1 0 4 6 Young 1 - IYs Oll 1 10 3 0 Imperial Gunpowder, good and fine TOBACCO, p It,. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 24 0 si Stemmed 0 4 0 7 Kentucky - Maryland TURMERIC, If) cwt in bond. Bengal 15 6 —l7 0 TURPENTINE, 1.3 cwt. American . VALONIA,Ip• ton. 0 Smyrna, picked l4 0 —l9 0 Morea WAX, BEES' ewt . f)/ bond. African East India ..... 6 15 s 0 American AK I, iron • ore rn erchallts Y. Botler an 1 2 i . zber. IVitrigz, .I.aricashive -11. Ward, L. Halsop, and W. lirleriey, Lnunam, umnutac taws— I .Twenty man and A. E. Thompson, Friday-street, Chlwastde, London, Scotch and Manchester warehouse.anan—J. W. 'Mason and T. Lavan, Birkenhead, Cheshire, t r laters—.l. Collins and E. Gripper, Salford, Lancashire, common-brewers — J. Bourne and J. W ort ham, Manchester, letter-press-printers —1). Shuttlewurh and W. Ileap, Burnley. Lancashire, ironmongers—J. Macfie and It. C. Lamb, Liverpool, plumbers._—. INSOLVENTS, Abraham Crossfield, iiitechapel-road, London, —;rivener. —Peter Payne, Crooked-lane. Chambers, City, Lon don, provision-broker. —Charles Goodman, Northampton, cutler. April I.—Joseph Wallworth and Thomas Wallworth, Manches ter, corn-dealers. ?larch 31 BANKRUPTS. lizateth Linstead, Liverpool, pawnbro' er, Apil 16, May 13, at one, at the Clarendon-room, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Chester and Toulmin, Staple Inn, London; and Mr. Johnson, Liverpool. Arthur Jarrett, Castle-street, Southwark, London, hat-manu facture Francis Kirkham Foweil and Edmond Thomas Craufurd, Boulogne-sur-Mer, wine-merchants. Samuel Garcia, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, London, shell- fishmonger. John Blake. Bridge-street, Westminster, London, wine-merchant. John Wright Wolverhampton, grocer. Thomas Winder, Lancaster, ironmonger. Richard Terry, Cheltenham, common-brewer. James Nutter, Combridge, miller. William Vickers, Manchester, ironfounder. Christopher Jackson, Clitheroe, Lancashire, joiner. George Morrison, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer. William Carr and John Coull Carr, Sunderland, merchants. Bailey llillyard, Bristol, freestone-merchant. Samuel Wagstaff, Saddleworth. Yorkshire, grocer. DIVIDENDS. April 25, P. Petre, Liverpool, shipwright—April 27. J. R. Gorst, Liverpool, coach-manufacturer — April 22, J. Palmer, Upper White cross-street, London, carpenter—April 25, P. Van den Ende, Lon don-wall, London, woolmerchant—Apil 25. H. R. Mott, Pall-mall, London, pianoforte maker—April 23, E. Knight, Southampton, cabinet-maker—April 25, W. Toll, St. Germain's, Cornwall. corn factor—May 20,1'. Gidden, Farringdon, Birkshire. licensed victualler April 26, D. Paramore. Devonport, merchant—April 223, T. B. Oliver, Nottingham, hosier—April 29, T, E. Jones, Birmingham, leather.seller—May 3, J. Armitage and J. Greenwood, Northowram, Yorkshire, stuff-manufacturers--April 25, C. Hilton, Manchester, co!ton.manufacturer —May '5, K. Turner. °Berton. Nottingham shire, farmer—April 25, J. Dawson. Hanley, Staffordshire, corn dealer—April 25, C. Ford, Hanley, Staffordshire, grocer—May 3, W. Spencer, Moorgate, Nottinghamshire, tanner. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before April 22. _ S. Owen, Conway, Carnarvonsiiire, innkeeper—C. A. Cantor, Upper Montague-street, Montague-square, Condon, merchant—C. Daly, Red Lion-square, London, bookseller—W. A. Dyer, Cooper's row. Tower-hill, wine•merchant—J. L. Freeland. Worster, inn keeper—R. Waters, Newport. Monmouthshire, iron manufacturer —ll. Sunderland, Huddersfield. dealer in cotton-warps—G. 0. Speare, Fleetstreet, London, laceman—D. Matthews and A. Gardner, Cheltenham, grocers. PRICES OF SHARES, APAIL 4. Prices within the last seven days. This lays RAILWAYS, &c. - Per Share. • erkvs Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby lOO o n Bristol and Exeter Birkenhead and CheSter Ditto, new • ' Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto. new Shares Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid Half Shares. - 4 10. Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, and Ayr 50 paid 28 0 0 17 10.. 23 paid 2 6 8 6 ex div. & new 4 8 2 10 9 2 .9 ti u IGiLuar LO paid 100 .... Grand Junction .. Ditto half shares Quarter New ditto Great Western Ditto new shares.. Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England Hull and Selby SO paid Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0 Ditto, new Leicester and Swanniugton so Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester .... 100 Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto new London A. Brighton SO Ditto new London and South Western 39 Ditto, loth shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4O Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto half shares ..... Ditto quarter abates ... Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares Ulster Paris and Rouen South Eastern York and North Midland Half Shares 48 .... 50 paid 15 .... BA NliE Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank lO - COmmercial of Liverpool 10 - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pool Uset. 15 - Northern and Central - North anti South Wales.. 10 - Royal of Liverpool 500 --- South Lancashire - Albion .612 1 Os paid 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 4 7 2.. 13 12 11 .. 45 15 0 .. 0 0 0 21 1S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181 0 4;0 10 0 .... 41 0 0 24 13 (1 O I) 0 64 10 64 10 0 10 2 6.... 10 7 6 O 0 0 ex. 0 0 0 .... O 0 0 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 u .... O 0 0 ex. 41 15 0 .... O 0 0 174 10 0 35 12 6 58 10 0 29 15 0 36 5 0 5 9 0 60 5 0 O 0 0 53 10 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 58 10 0 51 0 0 78 10 0 ex 0 0 0 ... o 0 0 ... 79 o o 0 0 o 0 0 0 ... 79 0 0 31 15 0 22 10 0 22 13 4 73 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 14 17 6 O 0 0 o 0 0 O 0 0 18 ,10 0 O 0 o 0 • 0 0 0 o 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 '0 LI 0 0 0 . 11 5 0 0 0 0 3. 0 0 0 - Liverpool Union lO - Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset 7 los, tiAS, WATER WORKS, &e. Exchange Buildings Abs paid 0 0 0 .... 173 0 0 L'pool and Harrington Water i Stock .. Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) 103 Ditto new Shares :... 100 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .e 100 .. Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COAIPAN I ES M'chester Assurance Company. 10 Liverpool Fire and Life ..... Ocean Assurance . 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 2 10s. 0 0 0 2 10.. 0 0 0 2 12 6 BIRTHS On the 16th ultimo, her Most Faithful Majesty the QUEEN OF PORTUGAL, of a prince, under the most favourable circumstances with regard to the health of mother and child, both of whom are doing well. The happy event was immediately announced to the inhabitants of Lisbon by a discharge of rockets and ordinance. The usual rejoicings took place during three days, ringing of bells, discharges of artillery, and illuminations. On the 26th ultimo, at Wem, the lady of THOMAS IRELAND, Esq., of sou and heir. On the 31st ultimo, at 5, Wesley-street, Mrs. THOMAS WYLDE GLAI)STONE, of a (laughter. On the Ist instant, the lady of H. F. DIXON, of Chatham-street, Abercromby-square, of a son. MARRIED On the 2;th ultimo, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev, Henry Carpenter, Mr. JAMES GRINDROD, stonemason, third son of Mr. Arthur Grindrod, to ELLEN, youngest daughter of Mr. WM. S HA RPLES, Kirkdale. On the 28th ultimo, at Christ Church, by the Rev. F. Ould, Mr. JOHN JONES to Miss ELLEN CLARKE, both of Warertree, On the 29th ultimo, at St. John's Church, Chester, by the Rev. W. B. Marsden, vicar, Mr. RICHARD LEWIS, of this town, to ELIZABETH, daughter of THOS. MOLINEUX, Foregate-street, Chester. On the 31st ultimo, at Over Peover, by the Rev. Francis Talbot O'Donoghue, A. 8., LANDON THOMAS LENNON, Esq., of Bally keirin, county Westmeath, Ireland. to MARGARET, eldest (laughter of the late THOMAS DRAKE, Esq., of Groto House, Over Peover, in the county of Chester. Same day, at the Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead, by the Rev. Joseph Baylee, Mr. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, gunmaker, of this town, to Miss ELIZABETH WALLEY, sister to Mr. %Valley, of the Adelphi Hotel, Woodside. Same day, Mr. PHILLIP HITCHINGS, tailor, Brownlow-hill, to Miss LUCY MUNN, Moon-street. Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Evertor', Mr. R W. LINDOP, bookseller, Northwich, to ESTHER, youngest daughter of the late Mr. PETER STRINGER, Middlewich, Cheshire. DIED. Lately, aged 74; Baron JACQUES LEVAVASSEUR, of Rouen, He was one of its greatest manufacturers and shipowners, and has left a fortune estimated at 12,000,000 f. It is said, that, at the time of his death, there were 30 of his ships on the sea. On the sth of October, at Tuena, Peru, after an illness of a few days, deeply lamented by a numerous circle of friends, aged - 33, T. C. W. S. MUCHA LL, Esq., of the mercantile house of Mews. Naylors, Boardman and Oxley. He has left a young widow to deplore his untimely end. On the lath ultimo, at Wavertree, EI.IZA, second daughter of JOHN BUM', Esq., Salford, and Runcorn, Cheshire. On the 10th uitimo, aged 50, MARGARET, wife of Mr. JOHN BROWN, furniture-broker, Stanley-street. On the 25th ultimo, awfully sudden, at Wavertree, aged 32, SARAH, wife of Mr. WM. DONBAVAND, and only daughter of the late PETER ATHERTON, of Hawkshead. On the 26th ultimo. at Knutsford, MARIANNE, wife of R. T. DEANE, Esq., of that place, surgeon. . . On the 27th 'ultimo, at his residence, Peover.street, after a short illness, aged 75, Mr. JAMES PASKIN COPE. Same day, aged 63, HILL WILSON, for forty years a member of the Independent Church assembling at the Crescent Chapel, Everton, and twenty years master of the Bethesda Chapel Boys' School, beloved by all who knew his worth. On the 28th ultimo, at her residence, in Holland-street, Ken sington, in the 78th year of her age, Mrs. CATHERINE MATCH AM, relict of the late Mr. George Matchain, of Ashford-lodge, in the county of Sussex, daughter of the late Rev. -Edward Nelson. rector of Burnam Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk, and only surviving sister of the late Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. The deceased lady. who had resided during the latter portion of .her life' at Kensington, had been for some time in a declining state, and on Saturday last was, for the third time, seized with an attack of paralysis, under which she sunk. Same day, at his house, Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, after an illness of some week's duration, Sir WM. HUGH DILLON MASSEY, Bart., of Doonas, county Dublin. On the . 29th ultimo, at Windsor-cottage, aged 92, GEORGE BLUNDELI., highly respected by all who knew him. Same day at 25, Abercromby-square, ANNA, infant daughter of Major TDOMPSON, C.B. On the 3oth ultimo, at Torquay, Devon, aged 18, GEORGE, only son of DANIEL ASHLEY, Esq., solicitor, Frodsham. On the 31st ultimo, EDWARD SHARP, for fourteen years the faithful and respected domestic servant (valued by him as a friend) of Mr. George Holt, Rake-lane. Same day, after a severe and protracted illness, Miss JANE. SCAMISLE, of Deane-street. On the Ist instant, aged 40, ANN, the beloved wife of FRED. 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