The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

Ebe Eibtrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, D.EC. 19, 1848 We were promised, as the result of our ruinous concessions to the foreign slave labour sugar grower, that Cuba and the Brazils would become large consumers of British manufactures. We were to clothe and to find agric:cltural implements for their population, both negro and European. How has this expectation been realized ? We shall ass taken place in not point to the our exports to our own West Indian colonies, or to the stagnation which recently characterized our commerce with our East Indian possessions. We shall not point, either, to statistical returns of our exports to the Brazils themselves; for it is n ne wh ous that the mere fact of tnerchandize being ship ped to foreign ports is no warranty of the result having been profitable to the exporter. W e turn .ther to p r pro: pects in rOmisid su and the sacrifice of our own colonial dependencies. The following extract of a recent letter from Rio Janeiro we take from the columns of the London Times :- " The The En: nport trade here queer fix mut, not to sell but on Few sales are effected custom-house, whirl' where n ment, & choked up, and some 50,000 's are now they tares that 3 comfort c ,all parties w. Suppt read, thence upon the blisiness nimatu- with heavy outstanainis ly owing _to the very low Tier of the may be, it is im- 3LISH INTERES' if shopkeepers here nt state of th ey really s "if all the elements Of trade porter, who must sell his goodE currency and arts of pro- favour of this country, and to the importer." It has ever been y a people approach to a on, the more extensiv 3 is the con whilst there is . a cannot fin or later, entail great made for bills or easi relief to the holders of goods goods have been fored info ih shopkeepers, who have c rally, and r whfc'h cannot re price of produce se] exchange, for good possible to say r; but of mu t will be fol. not take declare t here were a' at lo erse to exchanges, whilst, on the oth duce must be paid for in cast; no credit ; the quently the game is the balance of t Such a found that the more n civilized condit sumption of the articles in request am, F . lized communities. The liberated and civilizeu gro has wants which his enslaved brother never feels. We have experienced this fact in the in creased consumption of our manufactures, which has taken place in our West Indian colonies, wretchedly although we have treated them, since they attained their independence. And the ex change of the demand of such a population for that of one whose wants are scarcely above animal wants, is day by day proving itself to be suicidal and ruinous. mast civi- The accounts by ti from the United States are worth. rious consi One of their IT from the gold country of Calif( 'at of a v zatlan, fro, eeseo, the m xtraordinary a( ceived from the " gold region," Upper California 460,000 . t0 $11: 11 ) about 2 to Maz There v are extra there, about 16 i to the New Irort time with Govern want of launches, and ;osed 91 lid t ments at the mines and o been ti tF whom sel before n es, hut could )-thirds of I [d be ob. will not go to sea. Tt Indians ed in the general aye] aces and si " The New Yorlc journals y captain at Monterey, ann6unc Boned him, and stating that mines for two months' "n or come down Washington add to ill nunications from ( gion. It appears from tl the gold ines in that Congre If ti " go on at this t Britai n sition of G aold fi 4 each ry a letter f that the c sailor will be up at has rec ;ion has scarcely been over- session." te, what the po- ier ounce ? d how much more use of a spade Answer the case o and such a actolus's ed that one or two articles risir in two month's wor would one better ac and a pic 2,000 to 3,C ) earn ? iusn sterling from _ . -got mineral, pos sessing no intrinsic value, we make exchangeable, by our absurd monetary laws, for the products of 866 to 1300 week's labour of the British artisan! " One ounce of gold daily" is the result of the labour of an American in the mines of California We give him for - 433 to X( , or in per ounce, or Enqi .arly forty ti s as much assa ;an can on t and hard-heart and comfort of ot neings, in our purst There s not a man amo venture pickaxe at ten times ti and . yet the poor wor made to supply eith that ounce of gold ! of the wor .age earn as the 7 this is of reckless • ':ration for Aduouring fellow- of consic Californian ad th of an ounce of gold ; people of England are ,rtieth part of D has ever been an anomaly st d in the eyes fficulty" of Id, and the ' ever Dollep s ..ae ma been governed, the result has been invariably the same; and she has still presented to us, as the chief feature of her social condition, a spectacle of waste ful improvidence and riot, pandered to and preyed upon by griping avarice, and producing, as their '• ' . id pauperism, profe us a new i her sinanh : he yeomanry, and the blood and sine• ( She is at length showing laracter—a fresh page in the ye tell us to avoid Ding away, ne—ti thing winter of drilling and midn ..h them the pro . of the harvest, and of the sale of stock implements and furniture, which are righteously the property of some plundered and impoverished landlord. Whole Baronies have thus been de populated, and stripped of E "" , ;fable article of food, the pauper clasf. , driven to the town ;rnnier spent in ead of in peace- and man wrong As an ,he labourer being avation of the er, in many committed tov;•ards the own cases the farms thus abar •' tenants have been I of some third party pretended ; and seed has thu outrage and crime, to re ed by the proper led over to the occupancy ae consideration real )wri for future from any attempt to possession sess the parties thus unju The serio question presents itself to many of the impoverished landlords—a question of life and death—what course is to be taken with respect to this extensive depopulation, which is rapidly in . How are we to replace the capital thus ed from the cultivation of the soil, and to restore it to something like its wonted state of cul- creasing abstrac tivation, bad as that was ? In any other country, where the rights of property were respected and life secure, the remedy for such a state of things would be easy. We should see thousands of energetic men stepping forward to take the places of those who had gone away, and able to develope fully the neglected resources of the vacant hold- But Ireland has not within herself such men, possessed of the required means, energy, and experience ; and there will be few found in Great Britain to embrace the precarious and dangerous life of a settler in that country, filled as its pea santry are with bitterness against all that bears the Saxon name. Under the pressure of this difficulty it has been suggested that a system of coloniza tion might be resorted to, of that portion of western Ireland from which the tide of emigration has chiefly proceeded, by - which many important national advantages might be derived. We give a portion of it without, however, expressing any opinion of it, as it appeared in a letter from the correspondent of the London Times of Friday last. " Ddy idea is to establish 'colonies' of fishermen and agriculturists of the Anglo-Saxon English, and of Scotch of Teutonic and Scandinavian origin. Large tracts of country are being abandoned by the farmers and deserted by the peasantry ; and numberless excellent spots are to be found on the coast, admirably adapted for first-rate fishing establishments ; also great lots of land are being sold at moderate prices. Now, supposing GoVernment to acquire many suitable estates, would it not be very easy to find amid the rather redundant maritime population lining the north coast from Wick to Yarmouth, and the Channel from Folkestone to Falmouth, plenty of hardy Id determined young men, married, or anxious to marry 'r own neighhourhood, and willing to emigrate en (in this case the pang of expatriation is compare light) to eligible spots on the coast of Ireland, sere they would find comfortable cottages and gardens prepared for them, and all the advantages of the finest coast fishing in the world, as well as the means of explo ring banks, said to stretch far into the Atlantic, teeming with codfish ? Intelligent naval officers might take charge of these villages in the first place—gentlemen glad to earn fully and honourably their full pay and allowances, he comfort of having their families with them. 'egard to the interior, let Government buy up, cheap, the unoccupied estates which you have so graphi. lescribed, and subdivide them into farms of from ) 500 acres; then erect suithale steadings.' such )e seen in the north of Northumberland, and nith of Scotland, intended for the best style of turnip 7y, the basis of good agriculture, for which s admirably suited with her lieht soil. shower apnthpi husband Ireland nd operi winter. Means would be found to induce enterprising young farmers, gifted with skill and ) migrate to those spots, carrying with them ' hinds' and hardy labourers, with their fami having previously been married in their You will smile at my dwelling on the necessity of previous marriage, but were this not the :e place with the aboriginal vn that the moral cultiva ids of the mother, matters tion or two, lies, all part :ase, intermarri; and as it is well kno tiott of he child is in the I would revert to their old state in a genera Fliberniores,' &c." We repeat that we can give no opinion as to the feasibility of this scheme, although we really do not see that, undertaken by a firm and resolved Government, the difficulties are so insurmountably great. Unlike the colonization of Ulster, there could be no violent outrage or the feelings of the population required, for the population of these western districts are being self-expatriated. When we bear in mind, however, that, as the lowest estimate, it is stated, on compete ),000 sterling is the lowest amount which the fisheries of the west coast of Ireland are capable of producing; and to this fact is added the con sideration of how valuable an influence upon the habits of the native people might be produced by the spectacle, thus placed continually before their eyes, of the prosperity to be derived from habits of peaceful industry, and from scientific and judicious culture of the soil; it cannot be denied that the suggestions above offered are worthy of great attention from the real well-wishers of Ireland. FALLACIES AND MISSTATEMENTS OF THE PEEL-CURRENCY MEN, We cull the following specimens of fallacious reason ing from an attempt of the Manchester Guardian to " in wl A.l it was y will 1 :nded ti ly to a letter, signed " Pactolus, ewn that of leading articles, including Consols, 100 sovereigns in Janua cent. more than in October 1847; and contended that 1847 would purcha: the fact that nearly all articles were thus depreciated, without being in excess of supply, w a proof that gold, money, had risen in value 'o. 1. " We deny alt T to which Pactolt Teat fit increase in the value of gold. then a/ other commodities woula I qua' decline."—Manchester Guardian. •e exhibited .All other commodi did exhibit about an found, it will be in If any exception me commodity which was in ( in the axiom Ng tt others re maining steady, indicates scarcity"—of the articles them selves, not of money. ' Amongst other things, silver, which in this country commodity, ought to have fallen in price as mea- sured in gold, in the same manner as sugar and tea, and cotton and iron ; whereas, in fact, it scarcely varied at a11.",--Man- is money, not " a mere comm Coined in - to shill. ar the pound in g ;, halt-crown he follow- Si - . Frau- Pre that from it forms cha &c. It CME [(I ; pays wages, to es to be money only Twhen tendered in large and is always required to be in circulation as It forms the money of the countries to which ,t the time in qt these causes, wa !stion to remit for corn, and less likely to be d epreciated 'o. 3. " Then again, if the fluctuations in price were caused In increase, in the exchangeable value of gold, how came Because Consols, as such, are only securi ti ,:s; and all securities, as well as merchandise, were de preciated in exchangeable value as compared with money No. 4. " The three golden fq - a .tint. n 9 thnt etnnir .run sovereigns to be paid yearly for aid surely participate in the in- Manchester Guaidiaz Lte of the metal.' —Of course ; and hence 79 golden sovereigns urity for the annual Pay- bought in October the golden pounds, which it required 98 poUnas to buy in January No. 5. " The whole of the phenomena referred to are resol• Lble into a scarcity ; not of currency, but of capital."—Dian- nstrer.—On the contrary, it was the scarcity of cur y, which had gone out of the country in October, ?ci the loss of the capital which had existed in It was a scarcity of currency in October, which the hnik of +ha rwlesrnartHle. January securities of the country unavailable, and comp of the most undoubted wealth to sacrifice their property t the engagements they had been led into by a as excess of currency, shown by low rates of dis . Finally, it was a want of currency (gold) which ober compelled the Bank itself to pay in paper. lied men LICENSE AND LENGTHINESS OF TONGUE OF THE IRISH BAR. orous demeanour observed in the law courts of imiration of all foreigners racter, eat Britain, duri the trial of issues of the most ex is been the ac aem ; and has one tar to impress upon ple that respect for the deci- In the sister cour iy trial of imooriance must have its seem sting. of a sc uabble between s, ith the ju qual?ble between oppa :ounsel, or an ex eech by one or other, ngthiness of sae ride himself Irish bar , rather than in lucidness, or in It of legal study and forensic ac bringing to just witnessed the calmn h which th, a portant business of a session has been carried on in our own courts, would be disagreeably surprised at such a scene as the following, occurring at a sitting of the Nisi Prius Court in Dublin, during a case, which is reported as "an unusually tedious ancy, I and dull" one .I. llf 1.. a. _ Al 1 bas been ci ess has deposed to writing a -examined by Mr. McDonagh, h and Whiteside, the formdmaintaining that the witness find stated that she wrote the letter after the conversa tion about the costs, and Mr. Whiteside contending that that was not the witness's answer, and that it should not thus be taken down by the court. —You are both very irregular It is very that, t 'is lordship to take the wit iiteside. I will tell you what I hal , ss said, I wrote to Mr. Wright al n with reference to the costs.' e Chief Baror "Mr. Whit I claim a matter of strict justice That letter w faith of a nce to the deed, tness did not say she wrote it in reference to the ion about costs. :Thief Baron—All that may be true, and you can have explained on re-examination. " Mr. Whiteside was proceeding to repeat what he alleged to have stated, when f Baron interposing sait: Nhitesidi(with grey I will tell yon, my lord what I see to be my duty'. lam too 'old at the liar to vented speaking, and I don't like to be interrupted ev( gain no fame by wrangling in such cases: I belieie my repu tation rests on higher claims. "The Chief Baron—l must tell you that I will not hear you or any person whom I consider to be irregular." Another scene took place during the hearing of the same trial, exemplifying the lengthiness of tongue of the Irish bar. Six o'clock having arrived, " the jury," we are told, "manifested some inipatience, and requeited to know whether Mr. Fitzgibbon," who was addressing them for the defendant, " would soon finish ;" and the learned counsel replied that he must occupy their attention for a considerable time longer. Mr. Fitzgerald observed that " he had to reply, so that it was impossible for the case to finish that night." Of course, Mr. Fitzgerald knew from experience that his tongue, once set a-going, pos sessed the character of the celebrated steam leg. His opponent, Mr. Fitzgibbon, however, pleaded consideration for his own tongue's infirmities ; and " requested that he would not be called upon to finish his speech until morning." After a warm altercation between the learned counsel and the judge, in which the former asserted his right to speak as he liked and as long as he liked, without being interfered with, the court, in despair, adjourned. The proceedings were resumed next day ; and the jury, having retired some time, said that there was no possi bility of their coming to an' agreement. Of course, they were conglomerated, the flood of talk and the contention to which they had been compelled to listen having lasted three days ! EXTRAORDINARY DESPAT cii.—The new. barque 'Sa gittarius, of Dartmouth, Joseph Love, commander, sailed from that port on the 13th September, for Odessa, with a general cargo, and arrived at Falmouth the 16th of this month, with a cargo of wheat—thus performing the voyages out and home in the unprecedented short apace qf ninety-four days. THE LIVERPOOL STANI)AIt-9. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPECIAL COMMISSION. CROWN COURT—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson) John Horton, 52, pleaded guilty to a charge of having feloniously married Clara Little, at Manchester. his former wife being alive at the time. The prisoner when brought u? was suffering from a severe attack of paralysis. His LORDSHIP, in consideration of his suffering condition, sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. James Houghton, 34, also pleaded guilty to a charge of having married two wives. The last marriage took place at Liverpool.—Sentence deferred. Robert Danielis, 55, pleaded guilty to a charge of for gery. The prisoner uttered several forged orders for the delivery of 2501 b. of twine, with intent to defraud John Hartley Hind and Co., of Liverpool.—Sentence deferred. Margaret Fillingham, 28, was charged with having married Benjamin Thorneley, at Manchester, her former husband being at the time alive. The prisoner was mar ried in 1834, at Farnworth ; and, subsequently, to Benja min Thorneley, in 1814, at the Old Church, Manchester. Both marriages were proved by the certificates. The pri soner was found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment was hard labour. William Foster, 19, was indicted for the crime of burglary. During the night of the 24 of November last the house of Ralph Forshaw, farmer, of Burscough, was broken into, and a sum of £lB 10s., a watch, and other articles, stolen. Shortly after the robbery the prisoner offered the watch at a pawnbroker's, under suspicious cir cumstances, and was taken into custody. The entry was effected by forcing the pantry window. The prisoner formerly lodged with the prosecutor, and knew the house. He was found guilty. He had only just been released from gaol when he committed the burglary.—Sentence, ten years' transportation. William Jackson, 32, was indicted for a burglary at the house of Isabella Small, of Liverpool, on the 18th of Sep tember, and stolen therefrom several articles of wearing apparel, the property of Ann Thomas. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, withdhard labour _Tam o Dennis, 26, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, eloniously forged two warrants and orders for the pay ment of £5O, with intent to cheat and defraud Thomas Shackleton and others. The prisoner was found guilty. The charge for forging a cheque for £3O was not pro ceeded LORDSHIP, after an admonitory address to the prisoner, dwelling upon the serious nature of the offence, sentenced him to ten years' transportation. James Crooks, 37, was charged with having stolen two post letters containing money. In October last a gentle man at Wakefield sent a letter by the post, in which he enclosed a portrait for transmission to Miss Frank, of Everton, near Liverpool. As the letter did not arrive, inquiries were made, and the portrait was found at the house of the prisoner, who was a letter carrier at the post-office.----The prisoner was found guilty, and recom mended to mercy. He was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for two years. John Leicester, 39, was charged with having caused the death of his son, Robert Leicester. The prisoner and deceased worked At Gerard's. bridge Mills, near St. He len's. On the 18th ult. they returned home from work, when the deceased, a young man 17 years of age, asked his mother for some money. She refused, and the pri soner then went out of the house. During his absence the deceased abused his mother for not complying with his request, and when the prisoner came home he inter fered. Words ensued between them, and the prisoner threw a poker at the deceased, inflicting a dangerous wound on the skull. from the effects of which he died in a few days afterwards.—The prisoner was found guilty, but, in consideration of the great provocation he had re ceived, he was sentenced to one week's imprisonment only. Benjamin Evans. 26, was indicted for having, at Heaton Norris, feloniously wounded Edward Fletcher, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. He was further charged with a like offence towards the wife of the prosecutor. The jury found the prisoner guilty of an aggravated as sault. Sentence deferred. James Ropers, 19, and John Murray, 26, were charged, the former with having stolen, at Manchester, from the person of Joseph llolyrood, a watch of the value of £5, and the latter with receiving it, knowing it to have been stolen.—The prisoners were both acquitted. Robert Brymer, 23, and John Murray, 26, were in dicted, the first prisoner with having, at Manchester, to gether with several other persons whose names were un known, feloniously beat and assaulted John Carter, and robbed him of a watch and other property ; and Murray, who had been acquitted on the previous trial. was charged lying received the watch.--The prisoners were both .tence deferred. found guilty WEDNESDAY Sarah Airey, 38, was charged with having killed and slain Henry Worthington, by throwing him down on the kerb stone opposite her own house, in the borough of Manchester, and thereby causing his death, on the sth of November last. It appeared that on the night of the sth of November the deceased and a man named Foxiowe were at the house of the prisoner. Both these men being drunk, some words ensued between the parties, when it was alleged that she had thrown the deceased and the man Foxiowe down the steps of her door. The deceased fell upon the kerb-stone of the parapet, the back of his head coming in contact with the outside edge of the kerb-stone. This fall caused such contusion as deprived the deceased of life shortly after. The jury returned a verd guilty :a of not John William Crowley, aged 32, a rather well-lociing man, a native of Whitstable, in Kent, was found guilty of having married a young woman, named Ann Eliza Mor gan, at the District Union Registrar's Office, Bristol, on the 13th August, 1845, his former wife, Mary Mitchell, of the county of Donegal, Ireland, being still alive. This case, which was before Mr. Rushton on the 20th Novem ber last, excited considerable interest, from the fact that a third marriage with one Isabella Hall, of Liverpool, had been contracted by the prisoner at the Ol' Church in the month of July last. His Loriship said the prisoner ap peared to be a very bad wicked man. He had led a very dissolute life from all he could glean of his character. He thought, therefore, that it would be better if he were sent out of the country. The sentence of the court, therefore, was that he should be transported for seven years. James Clinch, aged 25, was indicted for having, on the night of the 30th of November last, burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Susannah Sharrocks, of Regent-road, Liverpool, and stolen therefrom several Knives ann Toms. surne mpotnirritiu vaaaca ua 6 of no value. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. It ap peared that the prisoner had walked into the back kitchen of Mrs. Sharrocks' house, during a fit of intoxication. It also appeared that during these fits of intoxication he had the extraordinary habit of doing acts which in his sober moments he would be ashamed to hear of. He received a most excellent character from various parties in the town. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. His LORDSHIP said :—You have been tried and acquitted. If ever you get drunk again, you will be the most ungrateful man to God I have met with. Your counsel has said that your fall into this kitchen sobered you. I hope, however, that the danger you have this day escaped will sober you for life. Go home, be grateful to God, and in future behave yourself soberly.—The prisoner was then discharged. • William O'Neill, 41, was the next prisoner tried. lie was charged with stealing a horse, the property of John 13th of September last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. He was prosecuted by Mr. Monk, and was defended by himself. In the course of his defence, he made the fol lowing ingenious statement :—When near to Ashton barracks he met this horse upon the road, and being slightly inebriated at the time, he merely took the horse for a few miles to assist him on his journey to get a lodg ing. He did not intend to steal the horse at all, no more than the dead. He was a stranger there, and did not think it was any harm to take the loan of it. (Laughter.) But the jury not attaching much credit to this story, found a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred. John Bridge, 19, was next indicted for having, on the night of the 6th November last, burglariously broken into dand entered the welling-house of James Faulkner, at Salford, with intent to steal the goads and chattels of the said James Faulkner: Guilty.—The prisoner having been convicted and punished for a similar offence at the sum mer assizes of 1847 under the name of Thomas Williams, his lordship sentenced him to transportation for ten years. John Lord aged 32, was charged with burglariously _ into the house of John Ifenion, of Middleton, in this county, and stealing six yards of flannel and other ar- as further charged with having, at Todmor- den, broken into the dwelling-house of John Crossley, and steeling a pair of shoes and other articles. The pri soner was convicted on both charges.—He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and hard labour. John' Craney . was indicted for stabbing Patrick Buck ley, in Liverpool, on the 31st August. The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Sentence—three months' imprisonment with hard James Adamson, aged 29, and James Kitts, alias Southworth, were indicted for having, at Abram, in this county, burglariously broken into the dwelling-house of Thos. Pimblett, and stolen therefrom one top-coat, one sack, with flour therein, Scc. The prisoners were charged with other burglaries. They were prosecuted by Mr. Cross. who said that in the bills which had been sent up the Grand Jury ignored the bill against Adamson in the case of Mr. Pimblett. Of all the other cases, however, the prisoners were found guilty.--Sentence deferred. Winifred Adamson, aged 55, and sister to James Adam. son, was next indicted for receiving the above goods, knowing them to have been stolen —Acquitted. John APDonald was sentenced to six months imprison ment with hard labour for bigamy. THURSDAY. Edward Sk:ith, alias Plunket, 28, was charged with passing base coin at Manchester, in November last. This was the second offence, and the prisoner was senten ced to ten years' transportation. Peter Bamford, 46, and Margaret Ward, 39, were arraigned for uttering base coin at Bolton, on the 22d of October last. Bamford was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and Ward to eighteen months' imprison- went. James Meadowcroft, 22, was indicted for having ten dered two base half-crowns at Heap, in October last. Twelve months' imprisonment. Henry Grimstead was indicted for having uttered base money to Mrs. Seddon, in Salford, on the 7th December. Guilty. Twelve-months' imprisonment. Peter Mannagon, pleaded guilty to having uttered base coin, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and hard labour. Ralph Barrow, 38, and Joseph Gillibrand , 35, pleaded guilty to having passed base coin in M a nchester. Both prisoners were sentenced to twelve months' imp r isonment and hard labour. John Runcorn, 20, was indicted for having, at Heaton Norris, entered the dwelling-house of William Bailey. Guilty. Two years' imprisonment. Ellen Murray, 27, pleaded guilty to having married Thomas Broadhurst, her former husband being at the same time living. The prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. UALAWFUL POSSESSION OF NAVAL STORES Edward Trannock, 35, was charged with being unlaw fully possessed of stores, the property of the Board of Admiralty. The Attorney-General, assisted by Mr. Wigliam, prosecuted. The prisoner is the master of the schooner Lady of the Isle, belonging to Guernsey. On the 30th of November last the vessel arrived in this port, and, on being searched, a canvas bag, containing seven flags, the property of the Admiralty, was found in the cabin. It appears that the Admiralty's flags are manufactured of a particular fabric, called bunting, or bewper, which bears a particular mark, which is woven in the web. These flags are held by them to be naval stores, and not allowed to be either manufactured or sold by any person. On the articles being found, the prisoner said they had been given to him by a man at Plymouth, over a glass of ale. He afterwards stated that, whilst at Cardiff, he was told they were Go vernment stores, and he would be liable to be imprisoned for the possession of them. The flags had never been used by him. The June shall I —No person (says the act of parliament) in possession of these stores, which are known by a particular mark to be naval stores and the property of the Crown. Several seafaring men, and tradesmen of the town who deal in ship stores, were called, nearly all of whom said they were not aware of marks such as were borne by the flags. The prisoner was found guilty. In passing sentence, the JUDGE said it was a severe law, and he hoped that persons connected with shipping wouli make themselves acquainted with the particular marks of the stores of the Board of Admiralty. He was of opinion that the prisoner had done wrong, but not with a guilty knowledge, and therefore he would deal lightly with him. Tho Amiralty should have his entire sanction to mitigate the sentence. The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned for six months. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said they would take care to have the sentence very much mitigated, if the certificates in the prisoner's favour were found to be correct. The case occupied the Court some time, and great in terest appeared to be taken in it by persons engaged in marine transactions ; and much satisfaction appeared to be manifested by every one at the courso adopted by the Learned Judge. George Thompson, 29, was charged with having entered the house of Richard Pottage, at Manchester, and stolen some shoes, a shawl, and other articles of wearingapparel. The prisoner was found guilty. Shortly after the case was decided it was discovered that a juryman had got into the jury -box by mistake, without having been sworn. His Lordship, after consulting with his brother Judge, intimated that the trial was valid, unless the prisoner pre ferred a writ of error, and in that case a new trial could take place. James Matherson, 22, and Jane Hughes, 21, were charged with having stolen a lamb at Liverpool, in Sep tember last. The prisoners were found guilty and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. Joseph Lunt, .29, was found guilty of an assault upon a little girl named Ann Thornton, at Liverpool. Sentence deferred. Jonathan _Melia!, a man apparently about 55, was charged with an assault upon a girl named Dearden. at Elton, near Bury, in October. The prisoner called a witness whose evidence went to prove an alibi, and he s acqu FRIDAY Ralph Street, an engineer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for forgery. The forged instrument was only for a small amount. William Francis Naughton was sentenced to ten years' transportation for forging a check. George Thompson, for burglary, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. John Howarth was indicted for bigamy. The prlsoner had been a soldier in the 83d Regiment. He married in Ireland in 1817, and again in Manchester in 1831. The prisoner'defended himself very clearly. A cousin of the prisoner's stated that the first wife, during the time he had been " soldiering," had had three illegitimate children by as many different men. The second wife had also coha bited during his absence with another man. The jury acquitted the prisoner. Ellen Anne Rathbone was indicted for exposing her infant child at Openshaw, in this county, on the 27th August last. The prisoner was found guilty. Three calendar months' imprisonment Michael Cavanagh was f id guilty of cutting and on the 3d of December, at the whilale. He was sentenced to maiming William Baste Horse and Jockey, in It three months' imprisonment Robert Audley was indicted for cutting and maiming Michael Conway. The men lodged together in Ben John son-street, in this town, and had been drinking on Sunday week. Returning home, they began to spar, and subse quently got to blows. In the scuffle the prisoner seized a knife, and cut the prosecutor's cheek. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Julia Fitzjarnes, a pretty-looking young girl, aged 19, was indicted for cutting and maiming Thomas Poole. The prisoner, in her defence, intimated that she had been cohabiting with the prosecutor, that her relatives had, in consequence, deserted her, and that the provocation she had received had so " phrensied" her mind that she knew ien of the b, her behalf She was immediate] Ellen Williamson was arraigned for having feloniously married Peter Williams, her former husband being still alive. The first marriage took place at Prescot, in 1829 ; the second in 1847, at St. Anne's Church, in this town. The appearance of the second husband in court produced a universal burst of laughter, from the plainness of his appearance, which was increased by the hostility he evinced towards the prisoner, who is a good-looking woman in the prime of life. He begged the judge to get his books from her, in order that he might make out his bills. The jury acquitted the prisoner, who was dis charged. An Irishman, James Clare, was indicted for highway robbery in Toxteth-park, on the 9th instant. Mr. Lang ton, the prosecutor, was proceeding home to his father's house, accompanied by a servant in the em ploy of his father. In Ullet-lane a man came up, stopped the gig by seiz inethe horse's bead, and holding a pistol, demanded the prosecutor's money. He offered his watch ; but he declared that he was " too wide awake a robber to take a watch." A purse containing money was then handed to him, when he decamped by leaping over a hedge. The prisoner produced several witnesses, who swore that at the time the robbery was committed he was drinking in a public-house in Mill-street, Toxteth-park. The prisoner was acquitted. James Stockley and John Corn were indicted for rob bing Noah Talbot of 195., a tobacco box, and other articles, in November last. The prosecutor and the pri soners had been drinking together in a public-house. They were all " navvies " in the service of Mr. M'Cor mack, the railway contractor on the Bolton and Bury railway. The jury found them guilty of the assault. Sentence deferred. DEFALCATION OF A POOR RATE COLLECTOR Thomas Curtis, 43, was indicted for having, at Salford, by false pretences, obtained from Samuel Kershaw fifteen sovereigns, with intent to cheat and defraud John Nall, Defendant was a collector of poor rates in Salford, and upon taking office gave a bond for £5OO. In April he sent in his resignation to the guardians, and according to that his term of office would expire on the 24th. June. The indictment charged that, after that date, he pretended he was still authorised to collect, and he thus obtained the money. On the 30th June last the defendant, who kept the Ship Inn, in Salford, left the country, with his family, for America. He was a defaulter, and his bond was called upon to pay tho amount. He subsequently returned to England, and was apprehended at Hull, and the present charge for misdemeanour was preferred. Mr. JAMES, for the defendant, raiseil several legal points, but his Lordship over-ruled them. The learned barrister then addressed the jury for the defendant. His principal grounds of defence were, that defendant had, in consequence of the difficulties the overseers wourd have to encounter by new collectors being appointed, offered to remain and assist in collecting until at least the 20th of July; that the manner in which the books were kept up to that time, authorised him to consider himself still their collector. The defendant had paid into the bank, before leaving the country, £9 to the account of the overseers, whose servant he was, and who, by acknowledging the receipt of that money, had adopted the act that he was their servant, by inserting in the account the moneys so received by him (the defendant); and, taking advantage of the sums paid into the bank on their behalf, the over seers had recognised the authority of the defendant to re ceive money on their behalf, and, by acknowledging, by their acceptance of the money so paid into the bank, that he was their servant, it was clear that he (the defendant) was duly and bona fide empowered to collect money for them. He (Mr. James) admitted defalcation, but the question was,—Did the defendant apply for the money in the charge when he well knew that he was not authorised to receive it ? Witnesses were called, among whom was the ex-Mayor of Manchester, with the view of establishing that tho de fendant had been authorised to collect the rates, and that it was a matter of common notoriety that he was so col lecting. Mr. MONK proceeded to refute the arguments used in the defence. The Learned JUDGE summed up. The question was, did the defendant falsely pretend, and so receive the mo ney, knowing at the same time that it was a false and fraudulent pretence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Learned JUDGE alluded to other indictments for similar charges against the prisoner, and said it was clear he had abused the trust and confidence reposed in him, and had obtained and misapplied the various sums of mo ney. His Lordship concluded by saying—" To a person in your situation in life the punishment I am about to impose. I trust, will serve as an example, and prove a be nefit. The sentence is, that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve ca lendar months." BURGLARIES Thomas Shackleton, 44, was found guilty of burglary at Shiving. The case was devoid of interest. The pri soner was sentenced to transportation for 20 years. James Stockley and John Corns, convicted on the pre vious day, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard labour. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TIIESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Erie.) The trial of the Liverpool confederates was continued this morning. Inspector Birrell, of the Liverpool police, was the first witness called. He deposed to finding a► bag containing twenty-nine pikes, in the possession of the prisoner Cuddy, who said he was gOitig to send them to Waterford on the following Tuesday.—Cross-examined : Dr. Rey nolds sold pikes at his shop in Leeds-street, just as pub licly as any man in Liverpool dealt in any other article. Thomas Hale, a police-officer, stated that he had seen the prisoner Cuddy in the shop where Dr. Reynolds sold pikes, guns, and cutlasses. There were some pike-shafts in the windows, from eight to ten feet in length. The shop was open about ten weeks, and about two months after it was opened Cuddy told witness that Dr. Reynolds had gone to Manchester, and that he was going to send a large quantity of pikes to Manchester, as very large or ders had been received for those weapons from two secret societies there.—Cross-examined : Witness never men tioned what Cuddy had told him, until after the latter had been apprehended. John Dickenson, a wheelwright, also gave evidence as to the possession of arms by Dr. Reynolds, and by Cuddy, who was shopman to the former. Lawrence Keogh, a policeman, proved having found thirteen pike heads, twenty-three sword knives, five pike shafts, and one bayonet, in Dr. Reynolds' shop in Leeds street. {The pikes and swords were here produced. The latter were, with one exception, sugar-cane knives ; the exception was an instrument about 21- feet long, with a strai , tht, flat, and pointed blade, set in a rude wooden handle.] Edward Heywood, a machine and edge-tool grinder, stated that he had ground some pikes and cutlasses for Dr. Reynolds and Cuddy. Mr. KNOWLES stated that that concluded the case as regarded Cuddy, and that the case of O'Brien would next be proceeded with. John Sleigh, a policeman, found four pikes and three bayonets in a garret in Hurst-street, occupied by the pri soner O'Brien, who was there when he went in. He was refused admittance into the garret, and had to force the door, which was fastened with a nail. Police-constable Acton found a number of ball car tridges, some gunpowder, and 500 percussion caps, in O'Brien's garret. William Bond had twice seen O'Brien at a club-room in Hurst-street. On both occasions O'Brien spoke. On the first occasion he said, " The government is based on a rotten foundation, and we are the boys who can bring it to the ground. The ball lies at your feet, and it is your fault if you do not kick it." Some pikes were lying near, and be added, " These are the instruments that frightened the bloody Orange tribe in '98." On the se- occasion, a person from the north end of the town spoke on the peace side of the question, and said that the people would gain nothing by lighting; but he was hissed and put down. On a third occasion, O'Brien was pre sent, and said that it would give him great pleasure to see Russell's and Graham's heads on the top of pikes, which he called " slap-up government pills." He fur ther said, " Irishmen, I appeal to you one and all. Will you release that murdered man, Mitchel ? If you will, Purchase such instruments as these (pikes), and use them. Then you may expect to see the freedom of the exile of Erin." D - Ison l• . 1 • NT Aliam . avic ived opposite the prisoner irlurphy's house. On a Friday in July last, he saw Murphy at his window, with some pikes in his hand ; the same thing occurred a second time on the following Tuesday, and Mr- ' by then left the house with something rolled 'up in a handkerchief. His wife, who was standing on the door steps, told him to take care of what he was about; and he, in reply, told her not to be afraid. Two oihe'r witnesses wer ed, who gave similar evi- Ference to the possession This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. SEGALL then addressed the court on behalf of the prisoner Delarnere, contending that the conduct of his client was in no way such as to render him liable to a criminal indictment ; and that although he visited one of the associations for procuring a repeal of the union, with Mr. M'Manus, yet that association was at that time per fectly legal. Mi. JAMES followed on behalf of Boshell, contending, first, that there was no proof that such a conspiracy as was charged in the indictment ever existed ; and s !conctly, that if such a conspiracy did exist, there was no proof that the prisoner Boshell had taken part in it. Mr. DEARSLEY, on behalf of Smyth, contended that although he might have been, and indeed was, violent in his language, yet that he had never sanctioned the re course to unlawful means of accomplishing the objects sought which hE Mr. PoLLocit then addressed the court at some length and with great eloquence and force, on behalf of the prisoners Somers, Hopper, O'Donnell, Cuddy, and Murphy. The evidence against O'Donnell reEted entirely upon the evidence of two policeman, as to speeches made at some rooms in Circus-street, whom he contended were not competent to report, and that the possession of arms by the prisoners was quite legal. followed on behalf of O'Brien, jverely censuring finer in which the Attorney-Ge neral had opened the CUE to the jury. Several witnesses were then called on behalf of some of the prisoners, and gave them good characters. TINDAL ATKINS he mar Her Majsty's ATTORNEY-GENERAL then replied. He could not help regretting that the positicn in life of some of the defendants offered circumstances of , aggravation. Ate men who were not in want, and who must tore have taken part in this agitation for the grati- They w ti ticatien of their own ,cienc‘; - , and to make them- selves important; they were, many of them, men of the higher classes, whose education,whileitshouldhave taught offering from the depressed state of trade. charge was aconspiracy for two objects :—To promote arming and insurrection in Ireland; and also to promote arming and insurrection in England. It was not neces sary that it should be proved that all the prisoners had met together and definitely resolved to act in pursuance of thiS object; but if we found them acting together in evident pursuance of the common object, that would be sufficient. Tho learned Attorney-General then entered at great length into the consideration of the case of each of the prisoners, recapitulating the evidence as it applied to each. At the conclusion of address, his lordship asked the jury whether they would prefer that he should sum up then, or next morning. The jury having decided in favour of the latter course, the court then adjourned. Mr. Justice ERLE proceeded to sum up the evidence in the conspiracy cases in a very clear arid succinct manner. He laid down the law of the case, and showed the jury how they were to apply the evidence adduced in the course of the prosecution. They were to discard from their minds all the irrelevant topics which had.been introduced in the course of the trial, and give their verdict upon the facts deposed to. The jury having retired to consider their verdict remained some time in consultation. At length they returned into court, and handed in the follow ing verdict :—" We find all the prisoners, except Dela mere, guilty on all the counts in the indictment." The prisoners' counsel then raised some legal objections, which being replied to by the Attorney-General, his lordship overruled. Some mitigating circumstances in favour of Boshell, Murphy, and O'Brien were then urged by Messrs. POLLOCK, JAurzs, and ATKINSON. His lordship, after commenting on the enormity of the crime, and the serious and awful consequences which would have resulted l f ' ,ea nazi aey been successtul, sentenced the prsoners as follows :—Somers,. Smith, O'Donnell, and Hopper to two years' imprisonment in Lancaster Cas ter, and to find bail themselves in £lOO, and two sureties in £25 each ; Boshell and Cuddy to be imprisoned in Kirkdale gaol for 12 months, and to enter into recogni sances in the sum of £lOO for their future good behaviour ; O'Brien to be confined in Lancaster Castle for three months, and Murphy three months in Kirkdale. hearing the sentence the prisoners bowed to their lord ships, shook hands with each other, and left the dock. TIIURSDAY. John Harris, 22, was indicted for having broken into the shop of William. Horrocks, Fontenoy-street, on the 20th November last, and stolen £3 45., besides some tobacco and tea. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Michael Smith, 25, was charged with having stolen twelve sovereigns and two half sovereigns, from John Tootell, at Manchester. The prosecutor is a druggist, carrying on business in Swan-street, and the prisoner, who had been supplied by him with money at different times, frequently called as an acquaintance. On Sunday morning, the 11th of November, the prisoner called, and shortly afterwards it was found that thirteen so had been stolen from the cash-box. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. ereigns WILFUL MURDER. .T HEATON NORRIS, Tames Kelly, 24, was charged with the murder of his sweetheart, Elizabeth Faulkner, at Heaton Norris, on the 15th of September last. The prisoner, who is a young man, of rather agreeable appearance, was without counsel. He pleaded guilty in a firm tone of voice. His Lordship cautioned the prisoner as to the consequences of his plea, but he persisted in having it recorded. The prisoner and deceased worked at the same factory iu Stockport, and, as she would not consent to keep com pany with him, it will be remembered that he cut her throat with a razor when he met her in the street on the day in question.. The prisoner was sentenced, in very rolemn terms, to be hung. FRIDAY THE ASHTON MURDER. Joseph Ratcliffe and Joseph Constantine were charged with the wilful murder of James Bright, at Ashton-under- Lyne. The indictment set forth that the said Joseph Ratcliffe did, on the 14th August, feloniously shoot at and kill one James Bright, and it further charged Joseph Constantine with aiding and abetting in the said murder. The Attorney-General prosecuted, and Messrs. Potlock and ©vans defended the prisoners. Mr. H. P. Roberts was solicitor for the prisoners, and Messrs. Hall and Tay.. for for the prosecution. The prisoners are both young men, and were attired as the factory operatives of the district in which they reside usually are. . _ The Attorney-General opened the case by stating that he should confine himself to a simple narrative of the events of the night on which the murder was committed. He showed that, on the 14th of August, a simultaneous rising of chartists took place at Ashton; that the police man Bright, while in the execution of his duty, was seized in the street by two or three men, by one of whom he was wounded by a pike, and immediately afterwards was shot. It would be shown that Ratcliffe and Con stantine seized Bright, and that when he said he knew them, the former ( Ratcliffe) struck him with a pike, and afterwards fired a pistol at him. After this, Ratcliffe and Constantine moved off with the mob. Ratcliffe went to a house and assumed a disguise, and was apprehended on the 22nd August on board the Ocean Monarch ; he was then disguised ; he admitted the charge laid to him and regretted his guilt. Constantine was taken a few days after. _ _ _ A great mass of evidence wits then given, which ocen- Dee. ig, li4i. pied the court the whole day, and at its rising the case was adjourned. [The prisoner, Ratcliffe, is a wheelwright ; his master a Mr. Buckley, of Warrington-street, Ashton —was un able to attend the court to testify to his good character, from severe indisposition. A friend of the prisoner, how ever, was provided with a letter which set forth, in the strongest terms, the uniform good conduct and integrity of the unfortunate' young man ; who, although frequently entrusted with sums of money, never betrayed his trust. Constantine. who is a weaver, has nothing in his appear ance indicative of ferocity or brutality.] SATURDAY. Mr. PoLLocK made a most brilliant speech in behalf of the prisoners charged with the Ashton murder, and called a witness to prove that it was not Ratcliffe who strua Bright with the pike. The learned ATTORNEY-GENERAL, at great length, re plied. He held it as indisputable that both prisoqrs were present on the night of the murder ; but was willing to admit that there was not a general combination among all the body to murder Bright. Some of the leaders, however, might have resolved upon it. He W 11.! also willing to admit, and the jury might take it as relieving the case, that the shot which killed Bright came from the higher part of Bentinck-street. Bright at the time stand ing below it : and it was a mistake to suppose, as some of the witnesses had stated, that when s hot he was facing Stamford-street. The Attorney-General carefully con trasted the evidence of each witness, and raised the hypo thesis that there was every likelihood that Bright had been fired at twice, once ineffectually by Ratcliffe. Effec tual or not, however, his lordship would tell them that the offence was the same. He was willing, as the evidence was so slight, to withdraw the case against Constantino from the attention of the jury. The learned judge then carefully summed up, and after an absence from court of about an hour , the jury delivered a verdict of guilty against Ratcliffe, but with a strong r commendation to mercy, as Bright did not fall by his hand. They acquitted Constantine. His Lordship then put on the black cap , and, after giving the prisoner some excellent advice as to the folly and wickedness of the late rebellious proceedings, sew tenced him to death in the most solemn terms, as follows: —I have now discharged my duty. May God Almightft may the holy blessed Saviour, that most worthy Judge of all, suffer you not to be sent from him. May the Lord , have mercy on your soul. His lo- • sentence was painfully interspersed w 4 aship' s ,persea the sobbing and weeping of a female in court, said to be the prisoner's wife. The prisoner himself betrayed scarcely any emotion whatever, and, after addressing s few words to his solicitor, was removed from the dock. Whilst the jury were considering their verdict, the lg chartists, charged with tumultuously assembling at Ashton-under-Lyne, were placed in the dock, when the Attorney-General stated that he had determined to pro ceed against only eight of the prisoners. The rest wil r be discharged on finding sureties to keep the peace tb I two years Loral =i.P~. The Rev, William Falloon delivered two sermons at I Skerton, near Lancaster, on Sunday last, for the schools ALTCAR in that township COURSING MEETING.--This ca meeting me MOr. on Thursday and Friday. The Cup was won by ff Birch,Sh eri Sheriff a n ( S d i ra distinguished Arden's Nimble, the Molyneux Plate by Mr. Webb's Wrestler, and the Croxteth Purse by Mr. Segar's Lorle. ThomasHesk c e o t m h p , a n ß y a , r a t. t ) t . On Wednesday evening, his WotshiP the Mayo! entertained the Judges, the Earl of .Sefton. the Riga The leading members of the medical profession in this town—twenty-six in number—have memorialized the. Royal College of Surgeons " to receive the certificates ot attendance from the College of Chemistry, recently estab lished here by Dr. Sheridan Muspratt." lied On Tuesday, the owners of the ship Mahtoree apP to the magistrates. to claim damage from Frederick Ste vens, mate of the Jenny Lind, for running into hnd injur ing the former vessel. It was shown that the mate , w!ts . hSeirToLhoels. B. acting in conformity with the directions of the due% gateman, and the magistrates referred the case to th ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—About half-past eloyea o'clock on Friday morning, a flat, having two me r board, sank off Birkenhead. The wit board, was wit nessed by Captain M'Clure, of the Mersey st eam ; , plying between Liverpool and Tranmei e. He iw meenattly dock committee took measures to rescue the — MenFro . situation, and, after considerable exe_tiou, succeeded . , his benevolent design. at the Mayor's Dinner, on Tuesday week, DINNER AT THE TOWN HALL.—The Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD having appealed to us a s to trio comparative correctness of two statements of a transaction. that the evening passed in perfect harmony and good feel ing, and that not the slightest offence was either given or taken by any gentleman present, so far as we are able to we b e g to say judge.— Times. Of WRECK AND Loss OF LlF9.—The brig Ann P ax, Liverpool, Thomas Lister, master, the Property of Vivi° and Co., of this town, was driven on shore at Tacu msbane. county of Wexford, on Wednesday morning. In a short time she became a total wreck.- Of a crew of ten men bu three were saved. The master was drowns'. The cargo, which consisted of fruit, was lying on the beach • and i; was not expected that anything of value would be save d from the wreck .Lav VT vs, in Liverpool, on the life, character, and writings of 13 0 F. M. Luther, the great German reformer. The lecturer is Dr. S. Lowe, a gentleman well-known to the world 11:3 able writer for a series of the leading journals and periodi cals in this country, and as the translator and annotator of Dr. Olshansin's Commentary on the Gospels. Th e lecture, we understand, embraces an examination of the life and character of Luther, as a man, a father, a r efor mer, a patriot, and a writer,—points enough to excite the attention of every Protestant. EAST INDIA COTTON.—Mr. Hugh Fleming, secretary of the Manchester Commercial Association, has receisTd a letter from the East India Company, informing b un that they have instructed their agent, Mr. 'William Rath-. bone, of Liverpool, to forward to him 612 bales, four halt bales. and fou r bundles of cotton,. from Bombay, per the lb , - -f the col. ship Pemberton. This cotton is the produce m lectorates of Dwarwar, Belgaum, and Khandeish, of the season of 1846-7, and is to be disposed of in the usual manner. The larger portion of this consignment c onsists of native seed cotton ; but that portion of it which is from Dwarwar is gro wn from American seed. The accounts seem to indicate that this shipment is for the most part of a superior quality. The previous consignment of i 620 Dales, all Surat, was disposed of last w eek at from 3.vd to 34d per lb. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE LORD GEORGE BEDITINCK. We have had a further opportunity of examining this beautiful portrait of the lamented Lord George Bentinck, now exhibitine at Mr. Grundy's, Postoffiee-place ; and we must in justice say, that our previous high opinion of its merits have been more than confirmed. The features are full of the high intellectual character of the original; and we almost wonder, as we gaze upon them, that such a man could either mingle so prominently as he did during a portion of his life in the exciting scenes of the turf, or devote himself so sedulously as he did in after years to the dry statistical details, in the working out of which he so greatly distinguished himself, to the great benefit of his country, and the annoyance and discomfiture of tricky . . officials and time-serving opponents. There is a shade of melancholy spread over his noble countenance, which would rather lead us to imagine that it was that of a poet than of either the daring speculator on the turf or the 4f-devoting sta.+ An etching, tay. Se.. -..itesrnan - by Mr. Samuel Reynolds, the celebrated engraver,.- exhibited by Mr. Grundy ; and, when finished, will form a memorial and a truthful likeness, which every admirer of its highminded and chivalrous original will be desirous of possessing. We may observe that the painting can only remain at Mr. Grundy's during this day and to-morrow, and would therefore advise our friends not to miss the opportunity presented to them. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, WHOLESALE RE( OODS.-OT ty of property, consi Police - tools, house-fittings, &e., was diScovered by t officers, on the premises of Daniel M'Annally, marine-store dealer, Regent-street.. Upon some of the instrument s were the names of the persons from whom they had been stolen. Two or three large concerns in the town, who had been robbed of tools, were represented in court. among these were Messrs. Geo. Forresters and Co.. Vauxhall Foundry. Mr. Rushton sentenced him to two months' imprisoninent, and revoked his license. Bradley,. 508, Row BETWEEN POLICEMEN AND SOLDIEB,S--On Fri day a corporal and four privates belonging to the 46th were brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with assault ing the . police on the preceding night, in Ri9hmond-rovr. The military and police bore marks of the violence of the conflict. From the evidence of Police-constable Job?. diers jostled, purposely, some gentlemen, and threw thee!, off the footpath ; they were equally rude to a woman, and on the officer remonstrating they used bad language, an reproached . him with being only a common policemar: it appeared that the corporal and three 501 In Richmond-row they repeated the offence, and then tiaS police interfered. Several other soldiers, however, hl% by this time joined the offenders, to the number of fifteen' The police , too, mustered to the number of eight, and tac soldiers having undone their belts used them as weapols• and reached Rose-hill station, Mr. Superintendent Redin% pri soners. The corporal being the most active, a regular battle commenced. The alarm having' turned out with a competent force, and captured the an d thre!J A ening to use hi s b ayone t, th e superintendent knoc.,,,kre him dow n . S evera l gen tl emen ass i s ted the police. —.1u prisoners were committed for trial. the MR. N ON . COBDE EDIJCATION.—At a meeting o f . - Lancashire School Associati on , last week, Mr. C ob dett spoke strongly in favour of a State provision for education, and had, in the course of his remarks, "Although was a difficulty in agreeing to a plan, in consequencf some of their very best friends having changed their vie% on this subject, he was bound to say that he thought ter.: never was a time when there was so much strength gl °P a s te nion in this country in favour of the principle of St education as there was at present. 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