The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-05 00:00:00

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Accordingly, to all d Attendance may be had on this amely, that the professional rernu -2 scale suitable to the circum . This arrangement will meet _ annot afford to give the large fees , aid to a Physician, and will also suit in humbler circumstances whose feel :eking the patronage or permission of , and then, in addition to loss of time, at the large Hospitals and Dispensa- Medicine for nothing. 'UTION FOR THE CURE OF DISEASES EST, STOMACH, AND BOWELS i 8 open FROM NINE O'CLOCK UNTIL TWELVE ATTENDANCE, AND PATIENTS VISITED ;IDENCE, AS USUAL. S. THORBURNE, M.D., Liverpool ?ECIAL APPOINTMENT :STY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY EPPWS SODA and POTASS WATERS, and \TED LEMONADE. The continued preference )ove preparations, celebrated for their last half century, calls for gments of the Manufacturers, who CAUTION their Friends and Cus : an imposition continually practised is filling . 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If the Manchester Guardian will suffer a local faction to ride him with a curb, he must not complain if other people occasionally tell him of the fact, however unpalateable it may be. The Guardian's attempt at a reply to us is a farrago of rubbish, worthy only of so stupid and dishonest a journalist. It is worse than rubbishy. It is dishonest and lying. This is a very plain, and perhaps impolite term; but it is the only one which meets the justice of the case. The Guardian says :—" We received last Friday our own American papers, together with the STANDARD and the Mercury, each containing extracts." The post edition of the Mercury, which our contempo rary would receive, together with the STANDARD, contained (owing to that paper going early to press) no extracts. Again, the Guardian says, " the selection in the STANDARD was bungling and slovenly, and scandalously dishonest." The selection in question was almost verbatim from the " mail edition" of the New York American ; and its only dishonesty con sisted in its containing facts which suited not league journalism. Our contemporary, however, had " his own files." Why did he not use them ? and why, using our summary, did he garble it ? We like the morality of the Guardian, as acknow ledged on this occasion. " When copying statements of facts, or alleged facts, from other papers," the Guardian opines that he is " not bound to copy any foolish, or unfounded, or impertinent remarks, with which the writer may have chosen to interlard them." The admiSsion here, to any one who knows the shifty Gaardian, is simply, that when that veracious organ copies the statements of any journalist, English or foreign, he is not in the habit of bringing before his readers more than may happen to jump with his or their particular ways of thinking. Anything beyond is " foolish" and " impertinent." Most sincerely do• we pity the Guardian. He has hard masters. But we really cannot permit him to earn an interval of ease by falsifying the statements of other journalists, or by throwing dirt at ourselves. Let our contemporary be honest, and then we may respect him. At the meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday, we fully expected to have been favoured with some explanation of the charge against the Dock Surveyor, by Mr. Chapman. Possibly the absence of the Chair man of the Committee may be, in point, the reason of this explanatfon not being afforded. We suspect, however, a disinclination on the part of the Surveyor, and a party in the Committe, to approach the dis cussion of the subject of dock engineering. " Caw me, caw thee," is a very old game, at which surveyors and proprietors of whimsies have played before now; and it is quite possible that an alderman or two, who are, by accident, members of the Committee, may deem it a fitting reward for past subserviance to their opinions and projects to burke any enquiry into the truth of a charge which the Dock Surveyor's flippancy has brought upon his head. We must, however, impress upon the Committee the fact, that this matter cannot be evaded. It is quite as much necessary for their justification in the eyes of their fellow-townsmen and their constituents, as it is for that of their Surveyor, that that gentleman should not lie under an imputation of incapacity, and some thing worse, one moment after an opportunity for dis proving or explaining it has presented itself. We purposed saying a few words upon the subject of the proceedings in Wednesday's Council Meeting. We shall not do so. We shall not, at least, enter upon any lengthened remarks, for to Conservative readers no comment is necessary. The report in our columns will speak for itself. The bad temper—the bad taste —the bad animus of the Liberal faction in the Council —are there sufficiently displayed without a word of ours to hold them up to notice. The mulish insolence of a Bolton, the waspish impertinence of an Earle, the superhuman silliness of a Bright—the absurdities of the herd of senseless animals who represent Liberal opinions in the Council, are far too obvious to the world to need our or any finger to point to them. There is one gentleman, however, who distinguished himself on Wednesday, to whom we must address a word or two. Some year or two ago the Conservative constituency of Great George's Ward returned as their representative a person of the name of ROBINSON. Who is this Mr. Robinson, we ask, and what is he ? He is not a Conservative. Of that, at all events, we are assured. He is not a man with the intellect of a hedge-hog. That we are certain of too. He has, in fine, as much claim to represent any constituency more enlightened than the live cargo of a Belfast steamer, as Mr. Wm. Earle would have to represent the Apollo Belvidere. LOCAL NEWS The DOME TREASURER. — The Dock Committee, at their meeting yesterday week, increased the salary of Mr. Wm. Withers, the treasurer, from £5OO to £750 per annum, in consideration of his long and faithful services to the estate. Miss ADELAIDE KEMBLE.—THEATRE-ROYAL.—Miss Adelaide Kernble commences her long-talked of, long-an nounced engagement next Monday night. She will be ably supported. Miss Rainforth, has always delighted the audiences here " with the music of her most sweet voice." Mr. W. Weiss has also won fame amongst us—his short career else where has been very successful. Although Mr. Shrivall is unknown to us, Mr. Balfs has a host of admirers. A week of great musical pleasure may be anticipated. The enter prise of the lessees we hope will be amply rewarded. It must be remembered that their expenses will be enormous. FEMALE ATTRACTION !—The greatest of all female attrac tions is "a white and delicate skin." No other attribute of beauty wins so much upon the eye, and excites general ad miration. We know of no invention that so truly possesses the power of bestowing the fascination of a beautiful skin like ROWLAND'S KALTDOR. The Kalydor, which is odori ferously pleasant to the olfactory nerves, imparts to the hands, face, or neck, a cooling and refreshing feeling, while it successfully opposes with its bland and soothing influence, the scorching rays of the summer sun. We understand that mothers, in nursing, find the Kalydor a most welcoms aux iliary.—See advt. CONVERSION FROM ROMANISM —On Friday last ano ther individual read his recantations of the errors of popery in the Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead. His infant child was baptised at the same time. It must be very gratifying to Mr. Baylee thus to reap the fruit of his labours amongst his Roman Catholic parishioners. Those who doubt the vaiue of faithful and affectionate controversy, have now had many practical proofs of its importance. This is the seventh person who has publicly renounced the errors of Romanism in the same church since Easter. Several others have given up the errors of Romanism, who have not had the courage to come forward publicly. We trust we are not outstepping the bounds of propriety, in saying to all the ministers of the Church of England, " go arid do likewise." Mr. CATLIN'S GALLERY.—In =sequence of the re opening of the Mechanics' Institution Schools, Mr. Catlin's Indian Gallery has been obliged to be closed. Ile has, however, taken the Portico, where he intends giving a series of lectures upon the subject of Indian Nations, illustrating them with his clever pictures, and also by tableaux vivans, the groups of which will be formed by the same persons employed by Mr. Catlin when in London. These groups, we have been told, are extremely beautiful, and surpassingly accurate. The first lecture commences on Monday. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-It will be seen by the advertise.. ment, that on Monday and Wednesday next two grand galas will take place at these beautiful gardens. Many novelties are in preparation,—amongst others, Mademoiselle Rossini, who has been astonishing the Londoners in the shape of terrific ascents, a la Madame Saqui, will run up a rope 300 feet long, at an elevation of 60 feet from terra firma, and descend amidst a brilliant display of fireworks. Balloons are to be inflated, and additional pyrotechnic works will be displayed. The gardens will be illuminated also with a thousand variegated lamps. Stubbs' Band will give anima tion to the scene, so that a very great treat may be anticipated. THE ROCK HARMONICON.—Another of these sweet but rare instruments, composed of Skiddaw stones, is now ex hibiting at the Music-hall, under the direction of Mr. John Davies, the organist, who, it will be recollected, delighted every one who heard him, by his masterly mode of handling the mallets, when leading and performing on Mr. Richard son's Hartnonicon. This instrument, we believe, is similar, only listening the compass is greater, and the upper notes are much thousands and of finer tones. We have no doubt that singular tlotAtahLe: rds will again avail themselves of the opportunity of accident dulcet strains" at once exquisite and in their quality. and Manchester met his sudden a A n shockin g Y ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon a nt took place in the tunnel of the Liverpool porter, one of the Railway The unfortunate man, who has . .dreadful death, is Hugh O'Connell, a that, after assistin establishment. Itcrvilest and best conducted persons on the gapipnered, on our reporter making inquiry, to Manchester, the de loading the about 90 yards, and then quarter-before-five train jum ped proceeded with it up the tunnel down train from ManchjelratePred posed that he fell upon the rail while coming in, off, just at the moment the d e it was passing, his body being found completely cut in two, east and it is sup iettst below the ribs. His grd of the in-coming left arm was also fractured. train states that he feared some accident had happened, as has left a wife ,be felt something passed over. Thedece in confinement, or near it, and six childrena to deplore his loss. THE MARCHIONESS 111, WATERFORD.--litr lad h . w h ose progress towards perfect recovery was never foryson" interrupted after th e first fovourable s ymptoms had set in e took an airing on Satur da y for the first time since the acci: dent. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before his Lordship Justice DENMAN•) His lordship took his seat at a quarter-past nine o'clock FORGERY George Baxter Grundy, a respectable-looking young man aged 11, was charged with having, at Manchester, in May last, feloniously forged a certain warrant or order for the payment of money, with intent to defraud Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., bankers. Dr. Browne conducted the prosecution, Mr. Wilkins the defence. The prisoner was an under-clerk in the secretary's office of the Manchester Infirmary, the treasurer of which kept an account with the bank of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. On the 7th of May last the prisoner went to the bank in question and presented a check for the sum of £l3O. This was drawn jn favour of Mr. John Kirkman, the secretary, and bore a signature which purported to be that of Mr. Markland, the treasurer of the infirmary. The clerk, to whom the cheque was presented, had some doubts as to the signature, but he was, nevertheless, preparing to pay the money when the pri soner produced another cheque for a similar sum. He was asked what sort of money he wished to have, and he replied a £3OO note. He was, however, paid in three bills of £lOO each. He departed with the money. The gentleman who received the cheques was so doubtful as to their genuineness, that he went immediately to make enquiry on the subject, when he discovered that they were forgeries. Information was given to the police, and the prisoner was pursued. He was traced to Leeds, where he was found at the Royal Hotel in company with a female. He said to the officer who ap prehended him, that he was glad he was taken so soon. He delivered up the residue of the money, amounting to about £292. He was carried back to Manchester. Mr. Sauley, superintendent of police at Manchester, stated, on cross examination, that the prisoner talked about having purchased a lot of horses, having entered into a partnership to keep a livery stable. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the defence, the ground of which was, that the prisoner was not perfectly sane, as he had possessed a sort of monomania for horses, and had exhibited many strange indications of flightiness. Mr. Wilkins called the prisoner's father and other witnesses, who testified to his having evinced many strange symptoms which led them to believe that his intellects were unsettled, and that he laboured under sundry delusions. Amongst other instances mentioned, was that of his having entered into a contract with a groom to join him largely in horse dealing, that he had projected the taking of a farm and the purchasing of several waggon-horses. On the 6th of May the prisoner transmitted a letter to the Rev. Mr. O'Leary, inviting the children of St. Jude's school to a repast of new milk and buns in a certain field. He stated that be had also ordered tea, &c., for the teachers. His Lounsmr. said, the conduct of the prisoner might have been somewhat flighty, but he was not in a state of mind that showed him to be not accountable for his actions, though those actions might be somewhat absurd. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Dr. BROWN said there was another indictment against the prisoner, for having forged another cheque previously. His Lordship deferred passing sentence. William Hatton, aged 29, was charged with having in May last forged a cheque for the payment of money, with in tent to defraud Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., bankers. Mr. Green conducted the prosecution, Mr. Wilkins the defence. The prisoner, it appeared, in combination with another party, who has absconded, obtained payment of a cheque for £3lO, drawn on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., in the the name of Thomas. Kay, who kept an account with the bank ing firm above named. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner made some representations, which induced his Lordship to postpone the sentence. BURGLARY Robert Horrocks, agei29,;;;Charged with having felo niously and burrlariously broken and entered the dwelling house of Thomas Hamer, and stolen therefrom a coat, a cloak, and a shoe. Mr. Wilkins conducted the prosecution. It appeared, that on the night of the 6th of July last, Mr. Hamer, who resides at Turton, retired to rest, fastening his house in the usual manner. At four o'clock on the following morning he arose, when he found that the house had been ransacked, the drawers broken open, and several articles of wearing apparel stolen. The house had been entered through the coal-cellar, the grate of which had been forced up. The prisoner was apprehended in Manchester shortly after the robbery, with a bundle in his possession which contained part of the property taken from Mr. Hamer's house. The officer who took him into custody stated, in answer to questions put by the prisoner, that he (the prisoner) pointed out two men to him who he said had given him the bundle, and who ran away when they saw the constable. The prisoner, in his defence, said the men above alluded to gave him the bundle to carry. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. FELONIOUSLY RECEIVING. Samuel Beattie, aged 23, and Joseph Holden, 30, were charged with having burglariouslx entered the dwelling house of James Bothwell Barnes, Esq., at Great Lever, and stolen therefrom certain silver spoons, forks, knives, and various other articles. Mary M`Birnie was charged with having feloniously received a portion of the property, know iag it to have been stolen. The two male prisoners pleaded guilty. Mary M`Birnie pleaded not guilty, and was put on her trial. Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution; Mr. Wilkins the defence. It appeared that on the Bth of July last, during the ab sence of Mr. Barnes, of Farnworth, his house was broken into during the night, and a large quantity of plate and other articles of value stolen therefrom. A felon, from Kirkdale Gaol, deposed, that he was a party to the burglary in ques tion, which was committed by himself, Beattie, and Holden. He stated that they took the silver spoons, forks, and other property to the prisoner's house. Subsequently she came to them at a beer shop, and gave them five shillings. It was proved by the evidence of John Richardson, a pawnbroker, of Manchester, that on the 9th of July, the prisoner pro duced at his shop several of the stolen forks, which he sus pected, from the printed bills which had been delivered, were part of the fruit of the burglary in question. He sent for a police-officer and gave her into custody. Mr. WILKINs addressed the Jury in behalf of the pri soner, but the Jury found her guilty. Sentence deferred. ROBBERY AND ASSAULT Jaynes Shipley, aged 18, and John Gent, aged 20, were charged with having, at Warrington, on the 19th of March last, assaulted and robbed John Hatton. Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins the defence. John Hatton deposed that he resided in Padgate, near Warrington. On Saturday night, the 19th of March, about twelve o'clock, he left Warrington to go ho me . O n hi s way home he called at his father's house at Manchester-lane. He left his father's house between one and two o'clock. When he got to Padgate, a low set man se i ze d hi m b y t h e co l lar, and said, " Deliver!" Another came up and said, " Come deliver up," striking him on the head with a thick imple ment of some sort. He was struck repeatedly, and at length knocked down, his head bleeding profusely. While he was on the ground his pockets were rifled. They took from him ss. in silver, sd. in copper, his watch, tobacco box, &c., and then decamped. He lay for a short time, and then got up and went home. He was very ill next day. It was proved by the testimony of other witnesses, that shortly after the robbery, a quantity of blood was found at the spot where Hatton had been robbed, in the midst of which a small piece of a cart set or prop was found, and at a short distance, in the hedge, the corresponding piece. This prop had, during that night, been taken from a cart in the neighbourhood. Some exceedingly bad characters were called for the purpose of proving the connexion of the prison ers with the robbery. The Jury found the prisoners guilty. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER _ Cornelius Meeny was placed at the bar on charge of having on the 10th of August, in the first reign of Queen Victoria, caused the death of Andrew Hall. Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was formerly master of the American ship Tallahassee, which sailed to New York, and the deceased was chief mate. The charge against the prisoner was that in the year 1837, he had so violently beaten William Hall about his head and face as to cause his death. The prisoner had never till now been apprehended, and in the interim the principal witnesses had left the country. The only witness now brought forward, was the father of the deceased, who had heard the circumstance from his son. The latter was under the impression that he should not recover, and the question was whether the treatment which he received from the captain was commenced before or after he becan-e con vinced that his death was approaching. Mr. Petrie, sur geon, was called. He said Hall lingered ten months in in tense suffering, and his death was the consequence of the external injuries which he had received. The evidence was not deemed sufficient, and the prisoner was acquitted. ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Daniel Coleshill, aged 26, and James Shipley, aged 18, (convicted in the last case but one) were charged with having, at Warrington, assaulted Thomas Dawson, and stolen from his person divers sums of money and a quantity of coffee. They were also charged with having assaulted James Ellison, and feloniously stolen a sum of money, and a quantity of garden seeds. Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins the defence. The prisoners were put on their trial for the robbery of James Ellison. The - prosecutor is keeper of Sankey Bridge. On the 12th of March last at midnight, he was going home, when he was attacked by three men whom he could not recognise. They knocked him down, kneeled upon him, and robbed him of sixpence and two parcels of garden-seeds. The principal witness in this case was John Miles, an accomplice in the crime, who had also given evidence in the case against Ship ley and Gent. He swore that Mr. Ellison was robbed by the two prisoners, whom he accompanied in the expedition, Coleshill having proposed that they should get £2O and cut off to Liverpool. He (Coleshill) put a stone into his hand kerchief, and they went along the road to Liverpool. They allowed a man and a woman to pass unmolested, because Coleshill said the woman would shriek so. They subse quently met Ellison whom Coleshill knocked down. They rifled his pockets, and found only sixpence and two packets of garden-seeds. They afterwards returned to Warrington, when they met Gent and some women. Coleshill paid for three quarts of beer with the sixpence. A woman, named Jane Warburton, who kept the beer-house for John Bibby, saw the party at the beer-house. Miles was contradicted by the first witness called to corroborate him as to what took place at the beer -shop. The prisoners were acquitted. James was again plac e d a t th e b a r, in company with John Bibby, , aged 20. They were charged ' with having, at Warrington, assaulted Peter Rowson, and previously stolen from his person sixteen shillings and a tobacco-box. Mr. Hulton conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wil kins the defence. Peter Rowson stated, that he resided two miles from War rington. On the 18th of December last, at eleven o'clock at night, he was going home, w h en he was assaulted and robbed by three men. Some bright implement was pre sented ance, his brains would be knocked out. They took from him 16s. sd. and his tobacco-box. He recognised John Miles, the witness in the last case, as one of the three. Miles was again the principal witness. He stated that the weapon which was held to Rowson was a rasor. He (Miles) took the-tobacco-box out of Rowson's po c k et, and he afterwards ansold it to a man named Jeff erson. The box was produced d identified. Mr. WILKINS contended th a t t h e accomplice was not acquitted both the priso ners . t s a u t ffi io c n i , ently corroborated, and th e jury, a f ter a short consul- His lordship deferred passing sentence on Shipley and Gent. The court adjourned at six. NISI PRIUS.-TUESDAY Mr. Justic MAULS took his seat on . the bencl; at nine o'clock. Mr. Brandt app lied to have No. 27. A Holyland, which had b e e n struck out the previo P u i s nal d i a } v , restored, and his lordship consented , on conditio n t h at it was an undefended cause. It was then called for, and the jury immediately returned a verdict of £3B ss. 3d. for the plaintiff. FURIOUS DI IVING•—SFIEPHERD V. BRIGGS. This case was struck out on Wednesday, but restored on condition of its being undefended. The plaintiff is a mane_ facturer at Manchester, and the defendant is the owner of a coach running between Blackburn and Bolton. On the sth of July, 1841, the plaintiff was a passenger by the defendant's coach, which drove furiously in order to pass another vehi. cle. The consequence was, that the coach was upset, and the plaintiff had his leg broken and his ankle dislocated. He was confined at home for twelve weeks, and was still lamp, but the surgeon said his lameness would not be permanent The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £4O. CONVERSION.—HARDY V. BLACKOR. This was an action in trover, charging the defendant with the conversion of certain goods and chattels of the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and also that they were not the goods and chattles of the plaintiff. The plaintiff, William Hardy, was formerly a cart-porter in Hall's build ings, Manchester; he gave up business in May last ; and then an assistant of his, named Buxton, removed his goods, but in the next month sold the cart and other goods, geer ing, &e. to the defendant (with another cart), for X. 9 10s• ; and this action was brought to recover their value, which was alleged to amount to £22 18s. Some buckets, mash tubs, &c. were kicked up in a stable, which Buxton broke open; took them away, and sold them.—Mr. Martin, for the defendant, contended that this was an attempt on the part of the plaintiff to get back, by means of his own family (the witnesses in the cause), the money paid by the defendant to Buxton ; the plaintiff having previously sold the goods in question to Buxton, in the same manner as h e h a d sold other goods to other persons. Buxton, it appeared, had since gone to America.—The Judge, in summing up the evidence, ob served on the device practised by the plaintiff, who apparently in apprehension that an action pending between Mr, George Panting (late his employer) and himself, might terminate against him, !had the name of his son, " William Hardy, jun." put on his own carts, the intention being (said his lordship) doubtless to cheat somebody.—The jury, after some consultation, found for the plaintiff, on the plea of not guilty, and for the defendant on the second issue, for conver sion, being substantially a verdict for the defendant. The case No. 49, Bamford v. Mather, which had been struck out on Monday, and restored this morning, was again called; and as Mr. Ilalsall, the plaintiff's attorney, did not answer; and as Mr. Wilkins, the plaintiff's counsel, sent word he was busy in the Crown Court, the case was again struck out. In No. 51, Joule v. Hardy, no one answered for the plaintiff ; and, as the defendant's counsel was ready with his case, the plaintiff was nonsuited. TRESPASS. - CROSS V. SKELLORN In this case Mr. Watson appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Dundas, with whom was Mr. Sergeant Murphy, for the defendant. The declaration was in trespass, and it contained five counts, which, with the replications, were somewhat complicated. On the part of the plaintiff it appeared, that the plaintiff is a schoolmaster, residing in a house belonging to the defendant, who is an attorney, at a place called Horse edge, in Oldham. The rent of the house was £lO a-year, and the adjoining house also belonged to the defendant. The defendant wished to have the two houses united, but the plaintiff was not willing, and the defendant thereupon began to make a great many alterations against his consent, and it was to recover compensation for these alleged trespasses that the present action was brought. On the part of the defendant it was contended, and evidence to that effect was produced, that Mr. Skellorn had committed the alleged trespass with the plaintiff's leave and license ; that the yearly tenancy was done away with, and a weekly one substituted when the alterations were made, and that an agreement was made between the parties that they should be made, but, as soon as the defendant began with them, the plaintiff turned round, and would not give up possession till lie had been paid £2O. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £5. LIABILITY OF EXECUTORS.-ALSOP V. CLEGG AND OTH ERS The plaintiff in this case is a grocer in Manchester, and the defendants are the executors of the late William Clegg, who carried on an extensive business as a cotton spinner at Prestwich, a few miles from Manchester. The action was brought to recover £BO, the balance of account due for gro cery goods sold and delivered, between August, 1839, and March, 1840. The question was whether the defendants, as executors of the late William Clegg, were liable for this amount, because William Clegg did not purchase them in his own name, but in the name of Hannah Saul. About 1000 hands were employed in the mill, and there was a pro vision shop adjoining, kept by a man of the name of John Garside, a brother-in-law of William Clegg. Garside died in 1836, leaving William Clegg his executor ; and the ques tion was, whether at that period William Clegg, seeing the profits the provision shop would prove to his mill, did not carry on the provision business, not under his own name, but under the name of his wife's sister, Hannah Saul, who acted as his housekeeper. William Clegg died in March, 1840, and at that time there was due to the plaintiff the amount which he now sought to recover. The plaintiffs, as Clegg's executors, refused to pay it. Mr. DUNDAS, who appeared for the plaintiff, said, he should be able to prove that Hannah Saul took no part what ever in the management of the shop, that she neither paid nor received, but that the late AN illiam Clegg used to give orders and pay money, and that his sons and nephews had done the same. He should, moreover. prove that William Clegg bad appointed servants, and that the present plaintiff had paid a bill against the shop of £BOO from a Mr. Frost. Mr. Dundas, having opened the case, proceeded to call witnesses ; but before the case was finished, the Court ad journed. CROWN COURT.—WEDNESDAY. The learned Judge entered the court a few minutes after nine. ROBBERY Samuel Beattie, 23, Joseph Holden, 30, and Eliza Welsby, 46—Beattie and Holden for stealing, and Welsby for receiv ing a quantity of shoes, &c., the property of John Coates, of Blackburn. The robbery took place on the 4th of July, and on the sth Beattie was seen pawning a pair of shoes at Preston, which were identified as part of the property stolen. Soon afterwards the house of the prisoner Welsby was searched, and in the coal cellar a pair of shoes were found concealed. Some other articles were also found, in conse quence of which she was apprehended. Several of the wit nesses in this case not being in attendance, the evidence was consequently very incomplete. The Jury acquitted the three prisoners. Another indictment stood against the prisoners for steal ing property from the house of Mr. Frazer, a minister, at Blackburn The evidence, however, being wholly against Beattie, the case against the other two prisoners was not proceeded with. Beattie was detected in the act of pawning a cloak at Preston, the property of Mr. Frazer, when be was apprehended. Beattie was found guilty. There was also an indictment against Beattie and Holden, for a robbery at Walton-le-Dale, in July last. It appeared from the evidence of John Ingham (an accomplice) that the two prisoners, along with himself, went to Mr. Barton's house about twelve o'clock at night, on the 6th of July, and succeeded in getting in at the window, and taking away a violin, telescope, &c., which they afterwards pledged at Wigan. The prisoners were observed in the neighbourhood on the night of the robbery- The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoners. They were sentenced to 15 years' transportation for the burglary, and 7 years for the larceny. MINT CASES. _ _ Messrs. Armstrong and Pollock were for the prosecution. Mr. Powell, of her Majesty's Mint, was also in attendance. John Kelly, 27, and Mary Kelly, 27, were charged with having moulds in their possession for the making of six pences. On the Bth of April, iu consequence of information received by the police, the house of Kelly was searched, and a quantity of plaster, a mould, &C., were found. The pri soner, John Kelly, bad also in his pocket a quantity of plas ter and a knife which appeared to have been lately used, and a counterfeit sixpence. Mr. Powell, of her Majesty's Mint, proved that the mould in question was such as are used in the making of coin. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against John Kelly, but acquitted the prisoner Mary K e ll y. The prisoner John Kelly was sentenced to 12 years' trans portation. Samuel Greenhalgh, 60, and Robert Bowness, 43, were charged with having moulds, &C., in their possession. The police of Salford having had previous information, went to the house of the prisoners, and apprehended them. On Greenhalgh was found twenty-four counterfeit shillings. A quantity of plaster of Paris was also found in the house of Bowness, as well as a mould and an iron spoon, with a quan tity of metal, &c. Bowness was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve years' transportation. Greenhalgh not guilty. An indictment was then preferred against Samuel Green halgh for a misdemeanour in having twenty-four counterfeit shillings in his possession. The evidence in this case was the same as the last. The prisoner was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. The sentence of the court was that he should be impri soned one month and kept to hard labour—the last week solitary. John Crook, Mary Parting ton, and Robert Howarth, were indicted for having moulds in their possession used in the manufacture of counterfeit coin. Th e po li ce o f B o lt on , in consequence of information which they had received, went to Howarth's house, and after watching for some time they broke open the door and succeeded in taking the pri soners, two of whom endeavoured to make their escape through the window. In the house a mould was discovered which appeared to have been lately used; also some metal in a pot, and several shillings and half crowns. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the pri soners-15 years transportation. James Robinson and Henry. Perch were indicted for hav ing in their possession certain moulds for making coin. The prisoners resided with a person named Stoddart, of Man chester, and the police went and searched the premises, and found a mould and three counterfeit shillings.—Robinson was found guilty---12 years transportatio n ; Perch was acquitted. Patrick Clarke, 26, Hugh Clarke, 18, and Margaret Clarke, 21, were indicted for coining, and also for possessing moulds, &c., for making counterfeit money. The prisoners were apprehended in a cellar in Salford, Manchester, where they carried on their operations, which cdllar was occupied by one of the prisoners, Patrick Clarke, and the moulds, &c., were found on the premises. The jury found Patrick and Margaret Clarke guilty, but acquitted Hugh Clarke.—Ten years transportation. Thomas Wolfenden, 50, and William Leach, 19, were in dicted for possessing mould, and also uttering base coin. Wolfenden pleaded guilty. The prisoners attempted to pass off the base coin to several persons in Rochdale, one of whom caused them to be apprehended. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both pri soners, but recommended Leach to mercy. Six weeks hard labour. Woolfenden, twelve years transportation. Michael Gore, 38, Jane Kirwan, 32, and Andrew Deane, 43, were charged with uttering base coin. The prisoners attempted to pass a false sixpence at Messrs Morris and Hignett's, Dale-street, when they were apprehended. They had also been at other places previously, endeavouring to pass base coins. Gore's house was afterwards searched, and some shillings found ; a mould was also found secreted in the spout attached to the roof of the house. The prisoner Kirwan was defended by Dr. Brown. The jury retired, and in about a quarter of an hour re turned with a verdict of acquittal for all the prisoners. Catherine Bennett, 29, and James Sweeney, 50, were in dicted for being in possession of moulds for coining, and also for uttering counterfeit coin. They were apprehended at Liverpool, on the sth of April last. The prisoners had offered several counterfeit shillings at different places, one at Alcock's, in Vauxhall-road, and another at a public-house in Cheapside. Some counterfeit shillings, part of a mould, and a crucible, as well as some plast e r of Paris, were found in Bennett's house. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. James Sweeney, Catherine Bennett, and Margaret Swee ney, were then indicted for a misdemeanor, that of uttering base coin at Liverpool, in April last. The evidence in this case was the same as the last. James Sweeney and Catherine Bennett, guilty—and Mar garet Sweeney not guilty. Catherine Bennett and James Sweeney were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. No bill against Thom as Doyle, William Doyle, and J o h n M`Donald, for felony. No bill against William Rawsthorne, for rape. The court rose at a quarter before seven. NISI PRIUS COURT—""EDNESDAY. ALSOP V. CLEGG AND OTHERS (RESUMED.) Three or four other persons who supplied the sh o p w i t h goods proved that, as soon as Hannah Saul's na me was placed over the shop-door, all invoices were made out in her name. After Mr. Gartside 's death it appeared that his eye. tutors (the present defendants) paid several bills. An order was put in proving that James Gartside, the y ounger, gave an order for ten sacks of flour to Mr. Cole. After old Mr. Clegg's death, his son William gave an order for more flour. Mr Harris, assistant to a tea-dealer, proved that he re ceived an account from James Gartside, after the death of old Mr. Clegg. Mr. KNOWLES addressed the jury at some length to prove that the d e f en d an t h a d no t been at all concerned i n b uy i ng and s e lli ng goo d s i n t h e s h op i n question, nor h a d he given g given any guarantee for payment of goods purchased. His LORDSHIP observed, in addressing the jury; on the name of Hannah Saul being over the shop door, and on the fact of all the invoices for goods being made out in her name. The question is, was the business carried on by ITannah Saul for the benefit of Mr. Clegg. If this n•ere the case, the invoices should have been debited to Mr. Clegg. This would have been the natural course, if the parties be lieved they were dealing with Mr. Clegg. - [On one occasion, when Joseph Cole applied for X3OO, the defendant an swered, " I keep my eye to these matters;" and this ob servation, his lordship remarked, made rather against the plaintiff's case, for it was not proved that he paid any money at that time.] It was clear that none of the goods had been supplied in the name of old Clegg; and the only question for the consideration of the jury was,—whether they believed the defendants were liable for the amount claimed by the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict•for•the defendants BROMLEY V. DONNETT. This was an issue to try whether certain goods, belonging to the plaintiffs, seized by the sheriff, under an execution , gainst Robert llurdman, for a debt owing by the latter to the defendant, were the plaintiff's property at the tune of the seizure, in March last. Mr. WATSON, in stating the case on behalf of the plain tiff, observed that in March last his client purchased the goods and lease of a public-honse in Hulme, called the George the Fourth, from Mary Ogle. The latter purchased from Robert Hurdman, who was a bankrupt in 1839, and who continued to live with Miss Ogle, his sister-in-law until a short time previous to the period when the present plaintiff purchased the goods for £243 9s. 10d. The license was transferred to the plaintiff on the 10th of March, and on the following day the sheriff came in and levied on account of Hurdman. The main questions in the case were, whether the sale to Miss Ogle was a bond fide one, and consequently whether Hurdman was not the tenant, until the sale to Bromley. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. DAMAGING MACHINERY Thomas Smith was indeted for feloniously breaking a mangle-wheel, the property of Mr. William Hartley, cotton spinner, of Castleton, in this county. Mr. GREEN stated the case for the prosecution. Joseph Whitworth deposed.—l was in Mr. Hartley's em ploy, and Thomas Smith. the prisoner, was overlooker of the self-acting mules. He left on the 6th of July, and was turned away. Smith lives a few yards from the mill. On passing his house on the Bth of July at night he called me in, and asked me how we were getting on. I told him we had two or three Sawneys broken. Some persons were coming up, and he told me to lie down. 1 did so. When I got up, I saw Caleb Norris coming towards the house. I was going home, when Smith said—" H ere, Joe, I'll tell thee what thou must do first thing in the morning." Smith called me back, and said, " Get an iron nut and put it in the mangle, and oil the friction pulley." The mangle wheel belongs to the self acting mules. He told me to put the nut on the farthest pair. He saidif Mr. Hartiey's son, or Caleb, the overlooker, could not remove it, he should stand a chance of coming back again. The following morning I put a nut in the top of the mangle wheel, and it broke three teeth. I did not oil the friction pulley because it would have stopped the spindles from running. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy. His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned four months. HOUSE-BREAKING. John Hardman was indicted for entering the house of Mr. Jacob Fletcher, innkeeper, of Little Hutton, on the 7th of July. Jacob Fletcher.-1 keep an inn in the township of Little Hulton. On the 7th of July last, about twelve at night. I locked up the house, and remained on the watch. In a little time I heard the footsteps of a person in the back yard.; and soon after I heard a pane taken out of the window of the bar parlour. My wife made a noise, and I went into the yard and saw the prisoner coming out through the window. I struck him with a poker, and he went through the window again into the parlour, and I caught him. There had been a square of glass taken out, and by this means the window was unlatched. Job Harrison, police officer, stated that, when the prisoner was given into his charge, he said he was forced by hunger to commit the act. The jury found the prisoner guilty. There was another indictment against the prisoner for stealing various articles belonging to Mr. Fletcher three days before he was caught in the house. He was found guilty on this indictment also. Sentence deferred. --miggl..-_ CROWN COURT.-YESTERDAY. SENTENCES ON PRISONERS CONVICTED On the opening of the court, his lordship proceeded to pass sentence on the following prisoners, who had been con victed in the course of the week:— William Pennington, James Wild, and John Hodkinson, for a burglary in the house of Jacob Scholes, at Chadderton, in April last, and the two first for stealing a calf—were sen tenced—the two first to fifteen years' transportation, and the last to twelve years. Peter Pennington, who was tried with them, for the first offence, was acquitted. Buckley Scholefield, for a burglary at Ashton-under-Lyne, in May, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Robert Horrocks, for a burglary at Turton—the same pu nishment. James Shipley, for feloniously stealing from the person, at Warrington, several sums of money, &c., and also with two other similar separate offences ; and John Gent for being implicated in two of the robberies and assaults, were each sentenced to 15 years' transportation. Mary M'Birnie, for having at Great Lever received a num ber of siver forks, some kniues, and various articles of wearing apparel, she knowing them to be stolen, was sen tenced to ten years' transportation. George Baxter Grundy, a well-dressed young man, for having, at Manchester, forged a warrant or order for the payment of money, with intent to defraud Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., bankers, was brought up for sentence. His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be transported for fifteen years. BURGLARY Edward Mercer, aged 23,;;;Iri:licted for having, at Li verpool, broken open the dwelling-house of William Chic nall, and stolen therein a coat, a pair of trowsers and other articles, the property of the said William Chisnall. The prisoner had pleaded not guilty, but withdrew his plea. Mr. Wilkins made a statement in his behalf, and said he should call some witnesses. It appeared that this was the pri soner's first offence. John Fagan, 22, and William M' Moran,l9, were charged with having at Liverpool, feloniously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Henry Disley, and being found therein with intent to steal, Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution, and stated the facts of the case, some of which were recently published, after the examination before the magistrates. Mary Disley said her husband and she lived in Bevington Bush. She described the house, which is of one story, with pantry and cellars below. There was also a hay-loft. On the night of the 13th July last witness was down stairs in the kitchen with another person. She heard a noise on the front bed-room floor up stairs. This was between nine and ten o'clock. She sent a little girl up stairs to make the win dow, and went out herself into the street. When she got out she saw Fagan's face. He was looking out at the window, which was then open, and he was in the room. lie drew his hand in, and she screamed, when he jumped out. All the doors were open at the time, There was no way of getting to the bed-room without passing through the house, past where witness and two others were at the time. She ran after Fagan to the top of the street. (Witness, in reply to Fagan, said she could not say whether the window, which was open in the day, had been closed before she saw the man looking out.) A piece of wood, used for fastening in the window, was produced. Witness said she knew it, and that the prisoner had it in his hand when he leapt out. Elizabeth Sefton followed a little girl up stairs, and saw the Prisoner Fagan in the bed-room, at the bedside. She left the room, and followed Mrs. Disley into the street, whence she saw him at the window. He afterwards jumped out and ran away. She ran after him, and had him in sight when he was taken. She did not observe, when she was in the room a short time before, whether the window was closed or not. The prisoner Fagan importunely cross-questioned the witness, but without any benefit to his case. John Mulhatton saw that night three or four men loiter ing near the house. He saw two or three shoving a man into the window of the room. He asked them what that man was doing there. M`Moran said he had gone into the bay loft near by, and he said " No," he had gone in by the window. The prisoner was one of those standing on the parapet when the man was put in at the window. Henry Disley, owner of the house, said the window was about seven feet from the street. He was in the hay-loft, near the bed-room. He heard the alarm, and saw the pri soner Fagan, as he looked out of the loft, jump out of the window. A young man saw Mr. Disley pursue they prisoner, and hold on by his coat tails. He kept sight of him till he was apprehended. The other prisoner, M`Moran, took some thing like a knife or dagger, and threw it over a wall. He could not, however, swear to his face. The man he saw was, he said, taken up that night. (M`Moran was not, it appeared, taken up till next day.) Police-officer Toole was present soon after the alarm, and took hold of Fagan. M`Moran got hold of the prisoner and attempted to rescue him, and said he (Fagan) should not go without him, and was himself taken. A chisel and some skeleton keys (produced) were afterwards found on Fagan. A crow bar was also found. Officer 540 apprehended Fagan in Paul-street. The Judge summed up very perspicuously. There could be no doubt but Fagan was in the room, and with intent to steal. The facts sworn to with regard to M`Moran also showed that he had assisted the other. The piece of wood was a part of the outer wall of the building, and it was seen in Fagan's hand. This itself would constitute the burglary. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The JUDGE caid there could be no doubt of the guilt of both. They had attempted to rob a pew man. He could not pass a less sentence than that he should pronounce. His Lordship then passed upon them sentence of transportation for fifteen years. EXTENSIRE ROBBERY Matthew Mann, 42, was charged with having feloniously stolen at Liverpool seventy-one sovereigns, and nine pounds in silver, the property of Samuel Fryer, a publican, resid ing in Nova Scotia. Mr. Wilkins appeared for the prosecu tion. Mary Fryer, wife of S. Fryer, said, that on the night of Saturday, the 25th of June last, the prisoner and another man came in and asked for two glasses of wine. The pri- Boner asked for change of a £5 note which she procured for him. He afterwards wanted the change in some smaller gold which she took from her bed-room, opposite the room in which they sat. They could see her in the bed-room. On the Monday following they returned, and asked for two glasses of punch, and two cigars. The prisoner gave her a shilling, and she gave him the change. They afterwards went out hastily, saying they would not stop to smoke their cigars. She afterwards missed the money stated. She had previously seen it safe in the drawer of the desk in her room. She found four £5 notes lying on the floor of the sitting parlour. Two of them were of the bank of England. She gave the alarm, but the men had gone. No other person was in the sitting-room but the prisoner and the other man. Sarah Frier, the prosecutor's sister, and who is servant with him, saw the prisoner in the house on the previous Wednesday, with the other man, and also saw them on the Saturday and Monday. She was sure the prisoner was one of them. Police-officer, Thomas Ainsworth, jun., proved the appre hension of the prisoner. Mr. JAMES addressed the jury in behalf of the prisoner, in a very ingenious and argumentativemanner. He con tended that there was no proof against him, and that though the robbery was really committed, it must have been done by some other persons. Ile called witnesses to prove an alibi, but their testimony was discredited. Mr. JAMES spoke in behalf of the prisoner at considerable length. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the prosecution, contending that the testimony of the witnesses for the alibi were not to be at all depended upon—one swearing to the conversation between the prisoner and Ainsworth taking place below stairs, and the other that it was up stairs. He went over the whole of the facts of the case, as regarded what occurred in the public-house, and concluded by ex pressing a strong opinion of the prisoner's guilt. The learned JUDGE summed up, giving a fair and consi derate statement of the whole of the circumstances. The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty. The JUDGE said that it was impossible to doubt the guilt of the prisoner, and after recapitulating some of the main facts, sentenced him to he transported for 15 years. HORSE STEALING. Thomas Turk, 40, and Charle s Sweet, 19, were indicted for having, at Liverpool, in July last, stolen one gelding and one mare, the property of Daniel Conroy. The occurrence is so recent, and the circumstances ap peared so fully in the STANDARD at the time, that we think ,t unnecessary to repeat them. The jury could not agree on their verdict after being some time time in the box, and accordingly retired. After being absent 25 minutes, they returned, and gave in a verdict against both prisoners. Sentence deferred. LIGHWAY DODDERY, WITH VIOLENCE, AND SIIOI BREAKING _ ....... Thomas Doyle, 22, William Doyle, 19, John Keenan, 19, John Macdonald, 18, Sarah Jones, 17, and Eli:. Hallam, 15, were indicted for having, at Liverpool, feloniously and violently assaulted - one James Rinimer, and stealing from him a watch, a spectacle case, a pair of spectacles, two odd gloves, and two books. ✓ Mr. Forsyth conducted the prosecution. [This case we also reported when brought before the magistrates, and we therefore merely give the prosecutor's testimony.] James Rimmer said he lived in Shaw's-brow. (in Sunday evening, the 22d of May last, he had been in Sparling-street, and had had several glasses of spirits. lie turned down Dale street on going home, about twelve o'clock. Two girls got hold of him, one on each side. lie turned down with them into Fontenoy-street. He felt his watch slip out of his pocket. He saw some men immediately after. He was knocked down from behind, and severely kicked. When he recovered himself, he missed the articles named. He called for the police, and was taken to the Dispensary, and thence to his own house. lie was much hurt about the throat and head. He could not swear to any of the prisoners, but they were identified by other witnesses. The case was summed up and commented on by the Judge, and the jury found all the prisoners guilty. _ _ John Keenan and Elizabeth Hallanz, two of the same parties, were then further indicted for breaking open the shop of Joel Hart, in Dale-street, on the 30th of May, and stealing therefrom 41bs. of cigars, 21bs. tobacco, a knife, and other articles, the property of the said J. Hart. The case, which was stated by Mr. Forsyth, has already been before the public in the columns of the Standard. In searching the house in Ford-street, as stated in the last case, the knife, a peculiar one, was found on the person of Keenan, and a small tin tobacco-box was found in the hand of the girl Hallam. Property was missed to the amount of from £23 to £3O. Some cigars were also found in the house. All the property found was identified. The jury found both prisoners guilty. All the prisoners in the two cases were then put up, and the Judge in passing sentence said, they had all been convicted of a highway robbery, attended with violence, which subjected the parties committing it' to lose their lives. If the violence had been proved against them, such might have been the result ; but the jury had negatived that part of the charge, and they were therefore to be punished for the highway robbery only. The case of Keenan and the girl Hallam was gone into only further to prove the kind of life that they had led. Their conduct had been marked by great violence and cruelty, and such crimes were not to be tolerated in a Christian country. It was quite necessary, therefore, to pass the sentence which he was about to pronounce, and which was, that they should each be transported beyond the seas for the term of 13 years. FORGERY Charles Grace, aged 26, was charged with having, at Liverpool, feloniously forged a certain check for the pay ment of .E4O, with intent to defraud one Henry Stuart. It appeared that the prisoner had been employed by Mr. Stuart, of Park-lane, and had forged the check on the Bank of Liverpool. He afterwards went to London, where he was seen loitering about by a police-officer, to whom, on being questioned, he said he had forged the cheek, and did not like to disgrace his friends by returning. He, at the time, threw away two empty phials which he had in his pocket. The prisoner asked the prosecutor if he was not aware that he was sometimes out of his mind, and whether he had not once attempted to destroy himself. The reply was, that be had kilos% ii that he once attempted suicide after having committed a similar offence. The jury found him guilty. Sentence was deferred. The Court rose at ten minutes' past six o'clock NISI PRIUS COURT.--YESTERDAY Mr. Justice MatmE took his seat this morning at a quarter past nine o'clock. On the application of Mr. WORTLEY, who stated that the Attorney-General was coming down in the cause. No. 41 in the second list, (Jenkin v. Peace and others) it was fixed for Thursday next. SEDDON V. KEARSLEY This was a special jury case, in which Mr. Robert Seddon, cotton manufacturer, of Manchester, was the plaintiff; and defendant was Mr. Edward Kearsley, a gentlemsn living at Hindley. Mr. Knowles and Mr. H. Hill were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Tomlinson were for the defendant. The action was brought to recover a sum of above £3OOO, for goods sold and delivered to the trustees of Mr. Thomas Kearsley, cotton spinner, who became a bank rupt in 1826. The manner in which the defendant became liable, by his having been appointed a trustee for special pur poses, one of which was the payment of a debt due to Mr. Seddon, was stated at length in the opening speech of Mr. Knowles. After the learned gentleman had partially opened his case, Mr. Wortly said that his lordship had doubtless heard sufficient to see that the case was so complicated that it would be much better to refer it to some gentleman at the bar. A conversation took place between the counsel, and it was finally agreed that the case should be referred, under certain conditions. ALLEGED BREACH OF AGREEMENT.-CUSSONS, V. SKINNER AND OTHERS This was an action brought by Mr. George Cussons against Mr. William Skinner, Mr. George Skinner, Mr. Joseph Miller, Mr. John Wilkinson, Mr. Robert Lamb, M r. W. Smith, and Mr. J. Jackson, forming a company called the Texas Cotton Company, for the purpose of recovering from them a certain sum as arrears of wages, and compensa tion for a breach of agreement. Mr. Wortley, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Atherton, for the plaintiff; Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Temple, for the defendants. Mr. WORTLEY said that the plaintiff was originally a cot ton-spinner, in Manchester, and was a gentleman of very great experience and skill in the whole of the details of that business. He had been in business on his own account, in partnership with another gentleman ; but, in common with many others of high respectability and talent, was unfortu nate. Accordingly, the partnership was dissolved ; but, after a time, Mr. Cussons recovered, and again set up in Manchester, and that was the position in which he was, conducting a smaller business than that to which he had been accustomed, but sufficient for the support of his family. About this time, which was in 1839, a party of gen tlemen at Stockton-on-Tees, in the county of Durham, es tablished a joint stock company under the name of Stockton on-Tees Joint Stock Cotton Twist Spinning Company, and under that name they built a mill, set up machinery, and conducted an establishment. Of course it became necessary that some one person should be deputed for the management and for the superintendence, and accordingly it appeared that the plaintiff, being known to some of the members of the Co. or partnership, was introduced to them, and eventually en gaged by them for the purpose of superintending the building of the mill, and also the general management of the concern. It was agreed that he should have a salary of £3OO a year with £5 per cent. on the net profits thatwere made ; that the enga,ze rnent should last for seven years, and that if, at the expira tion of that period, they were anxious to discharge him, they were to give him six months' notice. In order to com ply with this agreement, it was necessary for Mr. Cussons to abandon the business that he was carrying on. He did so, went over, undertook the management of the business, and he (the learned counsel) believed that the jury would be satisfied that a more able person could not have been found. At length the mill was erected after the most skilful and ap proved manner, and the concern commenced. The plaintiff continued there as manager, but the concern, like many others, did not prove so profitable as was anticipated, and whether it was for that reason or some other would appear in the course of the cause, but he believed for that reason solely, the Company became anxious, in the course of events, to dispense with the manager, to whom the were obliged to give so large a remuneration as they had undertaken. There was accordingly a change of conduct towards him ; and, although he was in their employ from April, 1839, to January, 1841, and about £5OO Was due to him for his salary, they only paid him £3OO. In conse quence of this non-payment of his salary, Mr. Cussons was led into difficulties, and, having got into Durham gaol, the Company took advantage of that event to discharge him from their service, although it had been brought about by their own conduct. It was for this discharge that the plaintiff now claimed compensation. He claimed the arrears of salary .for the actual time of his service, and also some compensation in damages for the loss of a situation which he had been led to expect would be permanent, and which, at all events, he had a right to expect would last for seven years. The defendants, who were not regular manufacturers, had put on the record various pleas, the first of which was, that they did not engage the plaintiff. That plea would be done away with by the production of the agreement. The next plea was, that the plaintiff acted so negligently, carelessly, and improperly, as manager of the concern, that they were on that account obliged to dismiss him. He (the learned counsel) should call persons from the mill to prove, that so far from acting carelessly or negli gently, he devoted the whole of his time to the discharge of his duties—that his management was efficient, and that his regulations and supervision were exceedingly useful to the mill. The third plea was, that by his own default the plaintiff was imprisoned for six weeks in Durham gaol, during which time they lost his services, and that in consequence thereof they dismissed him. He (Mr. Wortley) had already stated, that by the company not paying Mr. Cussons his salary, he had been unable to pay his creditors. The debt for which he was imprisoned was not an extensive one, and might have been paid, or at any rate satisfactorily deterred, if his salary had been paid. But the jury, after having heard the plea and what he stated, would be still further astonished when they beard that Mr. William Skinner, who had been mayor of Stockton, actually sent a policeman to the sheriff's officer, to inform him where Mr. Cussons could be found, and that in consequence he was arrested at ten at night. Stockton was in the county of Durham, and the writ against the plaintiff was issued by the sheriff df that county. The mill was on the other side of the Tees, in Yorkshire; and the plaintiff, knowing that there was a writ out against him, did not cross over until late. This became known to Mr. Skinner, and he put the officer on the scent. The next ground on which the defendants pleaded, that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, was that the engagement was procured by the fraud, covin, and misrepresentation of the plaintiff. He (the learned counsel) made bold to say that there was not a sha dow or a shred of a pretence for that; and in order to make the truth of the assertion clear, he should lay before the jury a correspondence which had taken place. In the next plea, they charged the plaintiff with having purchased certain machinery on the part of the company, and with having represented that he had paid for it a larger price than he did actually pay. If he had been guilty of such a thing, he ought of course to have no claim ; but he (Mr. Wortley), on the part of Mr. Cussons, indignantly charged them to the proof. He did not hesitate to say that there was not one word of truth in the charge, and there were those in his sight who knew that there was not one word of truth in the allegation. To show the spirit in which these parties acted, he might mention that originally there stood on the record a plea that the plaintiff had paid £lOOO contrary to his duty ; but an application was afterwards made to the Judge to allow them to strike out that plea, thus confessing that they had made a charge which they could not support. The agreement between the parties was put in, and was about to be read, when Mr. Knowles objected, on the ground that the attesting witness had not been produced. Mr. Wortley contended that the words on the document, " signed, sealed, and delivered, W. Smith, jun." were not an attes tation, but'a mere indication of an intention which was never fulfilled, and that the witness was therefore unnecessary. His Lordship refused to stop the case on th e o bj ect i on, but gave Mr. Knowles leave, in the event of the verdict being against him, to move for a nonsuit or a verdict. The agree ment, which was dated April 30, 1839, was then put in and read.• _ _ A great number of witnesses were also called to prove that the plaintiff had exhibited much skill in the construc tion of the mill; that the machinery erected was generally of an excellent kind and of good workmanship ; and that he attended sedulously to his duties, and that after his discharge he was in great difficulties. R. R. HENDERSON deposed that he was an officer of the sheriff of Durham. On the 7th of January, 1841, he received a warrant to arrest Mr. Cussons. lie arrested him on the 20th of the month, and about eleven o'clock at night. Before arresting, the superintendent of the Stockton police came to him and said, that the Mr. William Skinner, who was then the Mayor of Stockton, wanted to see him, at the police office. H e went. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Miller were together. The former asked him whether he had not a war rant to arrest Mr. Cussons. -Ae (witness) replied that he had; and Mr. Skinner then asked why he (witness) did not arrest him. His reply was, that Mr. C. kept at the York shire side of the water. Mr. Skinner stated that if he went then to the house of Mr. Cussons, which was on the Dur ham side, he would be sure to find him. He (witness) en deavoured to excuse himself by stating that there was some irregularity about the warrant, and that he was in communi cation with the person at whose suit the writ had been issued. Mr. Skinner, thereupon, said something which im pressed him with the idea that if he made the caption, he (Mr. Skinner) would save him harmless; and, fearing that he might involve the sheriff if he did not execute the warrant, he went to the house of Mr. Cussons, arrested him, and took him to gaol on the fcliov. - ing day. Mr. Watsoii, draper, of Stockton, said that the plaintiff owed him £2O, for goods furnished to his family, and Mr. %Nilson, the attorney of the present defendants, w aited on him, and induced him to oppose Mr. Cussons, in order that he might be detained. He consented, knowing the object with which the request was made, and thinking that Mr. C. had acted improperly. Mr. KNowLes then opened the case for the defendants, and in the first place alluded to the exaggerated tone which had been adopted by his learned friend. Every one must have imagined, from the way in which the learned counsel had talked, that Mr. Cnssons bad been induced by an offer made to him to abandon a highly profitable business, and that this ought to be taken into consideration in calculating the damages. The question to he tried, however, must be taken apart from that consideration. The jury must look at the relation in which the plaintiff's stood to the defendants, and to the manner in which he discharged his duty. if he he had given justifiable cause of discharge, their verdict would be for the defendant, and he must contend that the defendent was entitled to that verdict. He should produce some additional evidence to show that the conduct of the plaintiff had been such as no man could possibly have put up with. The learned gentleman read a letter, which, he said, tended to show that in all probability the negotia tion as to the situation of manager did not, as had been stated, originate with Mr. Miller, but with Mr. Cussons. He then read other letters horn the plaintiff, the tone and statements of which, he observed, were of such a nature as,to impress the directors with the idea that the writer was a man of considerable importance in Manchester, able to ensure the success of their undertaking, and not only willi himself to become a shareholder, but to i n d uce man y others to take shares. The fact, however, was, that he did not take a single share for himself, for he never was in a position to do so, and did not procure a single person to subscribe for a single share. If this did not hear out the plea of fraud and covin, it at least showed that the plaintiff had greatly exaggerated his capabi lities. The learned counsel proceeded next to direct atten tion to the two pleas on which, he said, principally rested the defence. The first stated, that, after the making of the agreement, the plaintiff conducted himself so negligently and unskilfully, that the defendants sustained great loss and in convenience, and therefore diseharged him. The next plea stated, that by his own default . the plaintiff was imprisoned in Durham gaol, and the defendants lost his services. The evidence which he should offer under these pleas would show that the plaintiff purchased certain machinery, in confede racy with a person of the name of Kershaw, and that he charged the company considerably more than he paid. Mr. Knowles stated this part of the case very minutely. In De cember, 1839, there was a sale of machinery at Stockport, and Mr. Cussons attended, together with Mr. Kershaw. The amount purchased was of the value of £llll 17s. Bd., and in one book the amount was so put down, but in the cash-book the payments to Mr. Kershaw on account of those purchases were put down at £l2OO. Perhaps that might admit of some explanation. In March, 1840, there was another sale of machinery at Gaythorne Mills. Two lots were purchased by a person named Join Jones, for £2l 10s. When the sale was completed, K ers h aw , w h o had been in conversation with Cusson's, went up to Jones, arid offered him an advance for the purchase : £22 Its 6d was accepted. At the same sale, eleven doubling frames were purchased by a Mr. Shepherd for £lO5 12s, Mr. Kershaw, after the sale, left the side of Mr. Cussons, with whom he had been con versing, and agreed to give Shepherd £lO for his bargain. The two purchases therefore would come to £l3B, but Mr. Cussons charged £335, and, therefore, either an overcharge of 4:200 was made, or £2OO went into the pocket of Mr. Kershaw, which might, and ought to have been saved. The next charge against the plaintiff, was that he had, contrary to the express commands of one of the directors, given a bill to Messrs. Shorrock and Gore, of Manchester, who were supplying machinery to the company. In order to prove that the plaintiff had been put into Durham gatol on his own default, and not in consequence of the non-payment of his salary, Mr. Knowles produced the plaintiff's schedule, which stated that the amount owing to him by the company was £7O, and that his debts were £1,400. In the same schedule, his profits were set down as follows :—for 1835, £9O; 1836, £100; 1837, £120; 1838, £130; and 1839, £l2O. That was the profitable business which had been abandoned. His good debts were set down at £93, and the doubtful ones at about £7OO. Another circumstance showing that the plaintiff was committed in his own default was this, that he was arrested on the night of the 20th, committed on the 21st, and on the same day filed his petition, proving that he had his schedule ready, and was prepared to take the benefit of the act. Jones, Shepherd, and other witnesses were called to prove these statements, and then Mr. Wroamuy replied, contending that if his own evi dence had proved the case of the plaintiff to be a hard and cruel one, it had been made still more plain by the case for the defence. The cases of Jones and Shepherd were capable of easy explanation. One broker had certain lots knocked down to him, and another broker purchased from him at an advance, and then resold at a profit to the plaintiff. If the transactions had not been honest, why was not Ke►shaw called, to prove that he sold, not at 2s. 7d., but at ls. per spindle, as was alleged ? Kershaw had evidently been examined by the defendant's attorney; he was then in court, and would, no doubt, have been called, if the charge could have been substantiated. It ought also to be borne in mind, that the charge in the cash-book included the carriage from Manchester to Stockton-on-Tees. The same observation applied to the purchase at Stockport, where £lll4 was the, actual cost of the machinery, and the remainder to make up £l2OO, consisted of rent-charges, packing, removal, and carriage. If the books had been ex amined, it would have been found that there was in the ledger an entry for the subsequent charges, the amount being left blank, no doubt owing to the plaintiff having been, hur ried to gaol, before he had time to ascertain them. The Li I alludsd to had been given to Shorrocks and Gore, after pressing requests for money, and was duly entered in tl e ledger. The conduct of the plaintiff could be only re prehensible in so far that he went contrary to tt,e orders of Mr. G. Skinner; but, then, Mr. Skinner was a junior partner, unacquainted with business, and least likely to know the proper course which ought to have been pursued. The fact was, that Mr. Cussons, by acting on his own responsibility, had protected the honour and credit of the company. The learned counsel proceeded to explain a variety of other matters connected with the case, and he concluded by calling upon the jury to give the plaintiff such damages as the circumstances seemed to demand. The Juncr having summed up, the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff,—damages £470, being £l7O for salary, and £3OO damages. WEST DERBY LIST The COURT afterwards proceeded to hear undefended causes in the:Second List, and disposed of Nos. 1,3, 5,9, 12, 22, and 68. NEW BRIGHTON. After all, sandy desert as they may call it, we consider this one of the most delightful and healthy places within a few miles of Liverpool, and more in accordance with oar notion of a watering place than any round this coast. Bar ren, undoubtedly it is, and few indeed are the spots in the vicinity of the sea which are not so. The beautiful fertility, with trees run down to the sea shore, as at that delightful place Hastings, or that still more fairy spot in the ocean, the Isle of Wight, is not often to be met with. But if there is one thing more than another, which strongly recommends New Brighton to us as a retreat for a few weeks or even a few days, it is our being able to escape, totally, out of sight or hearing of the noise, sight, bustle, and turmoil of Liver pool; for we cannot partake of that Cockney feeling which leads the noble citizen of the great metropolis, after getting as far out of town as a day's holiday will allow them ; to stretch their necks, and their eyes, unnaturally open to catch a glimpse of "dear old Sc. Pauls," as they term it. In our rustications we like retirement, and court not "The Parade," or "Terrace," with the throng of visitors, and well paid musicians : all these things are well in their way, and we admire music ; but on our little summer trips, we like retirement ; and New Brighton is of all others around this coast the most delightful place to reek it, that is, if you admire a sea view. Where can a more bold and ex pansive view of the noble ocean be seen ; and where a more lively and animating river scene than the numerous vessels, small and large, constantly passing round the rock, up and down the river. The daily passing of the Irish, Scotch, and Welsh steamers, alone form enough to amuse, with the thou sand reflections to which they give rise. But the place in itself we also admire; for there are proofs sufficient of what labour and cultivation will do, even to a hitherto barren spot. Never have we seen a more beautiful garden tha❑ that under the cultivation of one of the chief proprietors of New Brigh ton. W. Rowson, Esq. The earliest vegetable to be -met with in the season, may be seen in this gentleman's grounds, and both the vegetable, fruit, and flower garden ; altnough close upon the sea, are as productive as any we ever remem ber to have seen ; and, all this has been done within three short years, for within that time this garden was a sand hill. Mr. Rowson's pinery is, we think, not to be surpassed, we have seen the pinery at Eaton. but it certainly is not equal to this. There are now several beautiful mansions built here by Gillitt, Esq., J. Ewart, Esq., ar►d several others. The Fort or Rock Battery, and the Light-house, are also objects which render this place more interesting. The sands of New Brighton are beautiful. They are far beyond South port, Blackpool, or Fleetwood. The view of Wallasey Church and village, Leasowc Light house, with the rich and beautiful Welch mountains as a back ground, form a really grand and picturesque view, and well repay the labour of a walk. But still something is wanting. A church is wanted at New Brighton, and until there is one, the place is by no means perfect ; and we can not see why the place should have been so long without one. Then a few good shops are wanted, and if the landed pro prietors were only to build two or three and let them at low rents, to encourage the first settlers in that way, the thing would doubtless be done. We believe that if somewhat of the same enterprising spirit had been displayed in this place as at Fleetwood, it would have repaid far better, and by this time even, have become a much more important place. Now that a connection is proposed between Seacombe and Wood side, by a bridge over Wallasey Pool, New Brighton will rapidly rise. This is our conviction, and for the sake of the proprietors we sincerely hope it may be realized, for we like the place much. Mr. Beverley, the late manager of the Sunderland, Dur ham, and other theatres. died at Scarborough last week. He was born at Hull in 1772. SINGULAR the late Derry Assizes, a case of Fortescue v. the Bishop of Derry was tried. The plaintiff was executor of "Mr. T. K. Magee. The declaration stated that on the Ist January, 1836. the defendant, then Bishop of Killaloe, i n cons id era ti on o f t h e sum of £2,000 being paid to him by Thomas Knox Magee, did promise to promote his son, the Rev. George Adam Magee, to the first vacant bene fice in his power; and that the said plaintiff did afterwards advance to the defendant £l,OOO, parcel of the said sum of £2,000, and that he was willing to advance the residue, yet the said defendant, not regarding his promise, had not as yet promoted the Rev. George A. Magee to a vacant bene fice, although divers vacancies had occurred, and he might have fulfilled his promise. The damages were laid at £3,000. To this the defendant pleaded the general issue, and the statute of limitations. After the examination of several witnesses, Mt. T. B. C. Smith addressed the court for the defendant. Justice Pennefather charged the jury, who re turned a verdict for the defendant. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENTS.—SEVENTEE N LIVES LOST. —LEewicx, JULY 11.—The boat Woodlark, of this place, laden with peats, on her return from the i s l an d o f Wh a l sa y to the Island of Skerries, about 40 miles to the northward, on the evening of the 9th inst., with eight men, two women, and a fish-curer, upset during a heavy squall, and the whole were unfortunately drowned. Five out of one family were lost, three brothers and two sons. The Island of Skerries is almost depopulated. The following are the names of the unfortunate sufferers, as far as we have been able to ascer tain : —Arthur Sandison, William Anderson, John Ander son, Arthur Henderson, David Anderson John James Williamson, and an aged man of th e name of Bain. On the evening of the 11th instant, a six-oared boat, belonging to Cunningsburgh, about twelve miles south of this place, while returning from the ling fishing, was unfortunately lost with six men, four of whom were brothers. All have left desti tute families. The skipper of the boat had his eldest son along with him. Their names are—John Macpherson, Ro bert Macpherson, sen., Laurence Macpherson, J. Mac pherson, R. Macpherson, jun., and Laurence Jan3ieson• — • Caledonian Mercury.