The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-22 00:00:00

ON COLONIAI, I,VIALLIGENCE. tit h , -__________ , i,. n EST INDIA. AND BRAZIL MAILS. littr Itn ial Mal ------- . v, ed „. b _ . , 1 -steanier Forth, Commander Chapman, illkitsetetreronnuth on Friday. with West India mails, 'lt,e,!, and 04 freight 110,000 dollars. Her dates i, the 2;": 41 st• Jaco de Cuba, the 19th of July, •L. St. ii• t i ; Jaetnel. the 26th ; Porto Rico, the 71%1 nnr u 9 S'a t the 31zt, and (ruin Fayal, the 12th '. teeth! , thi - -. *flo c k, of 0111 t o th • earthquake had been felt at Jamaica ihttported to I: steamet leaving that island. The season 'l le D4risheB nr St verY , dry, and the coming: crops ruined. ' terd a nd Si, T h ' t"''ar,Lte, St. Mary, St. Thomas-in-the ' 441 and h us i" n u e n ula•lii-the-E as t. had suffered very set • The w" Ad 411 throughout the island was exceet - a . j amai __ wife of Boyer, the ex-President of Hayti, 60 this 4 ,..j 41 na th Ave 1 of July. 8 ," dill, 1 41 w e b •atsp•v! kid ti ave dates from Panama to the 12th As 'a LIMA to the 15th of June, at which .144 I was President having displaced • ti er .. , of Peru, Ih ttx4 lll aiesty' s „ . Itileel'utsuit hnoner Albatross, or Ringdove, had ' , lke % - ,titi e p i l °fr St. Domingo, of It piratical two-top 'h 61 , 4 1 Indies:el! had been committing depredations in 0 4 Ra ce a nd by nig ht coming on had been foiled F 1 td akee r n t:hilt whi 4 l3 l M . rort-au - Prince are as late as the 24th ' tom %Pito g ,:'_ time General Riveira had not returned 4IV atidA pit i n t' ni his military visit of inspection to the ~:440etryoleb`h Part of the island. It was supposed Sth it t e end O rng"ernMent could tint be established at i t ,.__G eop ~Jeeemher or beginning of January next, %Oti s p 2!. Riveira was the most likely person to glirnt the raidept. General Voitaire, one of the five , % it !. 1 11 it Prottsinnßl go ver nment, died on the 22d 44,40e00,r0ail districts it may b e sa id they have b een %tireZle the i sle (4 at all si nce the revolution ; yet upon . 11 ,, h. 44ttlend is tranquil, and no appearance of 4 1a 11 %,"nee had been manifested. Disappointed to (0 everywhere —some from not having been ~ili',7,.litoi: blerative or honourable offices, and others liq,7,oll;ittpected immediate prosperity to follow the , ' ! iii7tli thiTe_ed 'Promises to that effect had been im . " KAN - i f: r e to country people by persons attached .. 11 4 !est, t i7 i nv. and at Jeremie some men availed widt: l 4ie to ., " fccling to collect together a few hurt , tne ull and to bring them into . t . he town armed 11,_ ti l athor• • "nde; but on reeeiving explanations 744 4 1 1 4 4 1 : ad e r - s t I were, l t heY h i a li w s dispersed quiety to their homes. 4 / 4 e lere o , p eve - r, secu red and three of F an to.„, l)4 eket, from Rio de Janeiro , has brought 1 ,44 ( i ;'PaPers to V, 2 9 d of .Tune. Exchang e, eel ulit ye a s Dee Cents., e . -n led. el _ ots., 72, 4w,m, to thi , ,„ Recoents from Montevideo have been re 'l47 "tuateirlith nt" June, wiien Orihe was rather awk tsnie:tilt iv ..,:,and had demanded suecours from Ilosas, .ktet,,,,ltid t a l c ul ch his army w hich ) homep Several wi he -u 'd be c e i n Place. in which of the French . i Ist. 14 :1,4 ho heernade prisoners and had been shot by ,19,., (l ope , n teealled , and had raised the blockade, ikk 4l ‘ hi t) n e d to return ..gain. th,„" 4 "in b e " pn r a! i ttle the news is very good , the rebels hay ' !thit o '„itad er t."ereated with great loss by the Imperial t; tl tb er r ehell ".° " i CRxias Beam Marine' ;so that an .. o pii ost oo - °n was speedily looked for. it i iod t 'n aee' o n u n n , A tneri . eati ve'ssel, from the . South Seas. li thi rh Cle apatr to to RP) that the British frigate Vindie • h tle4 4 l l ed g ,: i 'kne-of-vr ar had refused to salute the ' 6 t:„ l '''Pr ' e r ,,, ' 1 , 1 1. 9talteite , which the c Immander of - siee,--eit coo --,... meate hail remonstrated against. 4.k i ,erei hry 3' r "nlino Ju-e Snares da Souza had be 'he s „ 11 (1 th "f Foreien Affairs. Ittib,"at-e e market -- • • of 14%71i t.;::: wieent Tier! I L 1, 'mart, at Rio is quite void interest. hee . n more than usually bare, and ill t o t,, , w otild fa ;: reis, when, had it heen full; sup in _ "en much more Sugars were ex , IN oti er , ' , - ner than usual o ' n account of the late Ile. d a full average crop is expected. kill i nks .._ -------------- I t 1 4 11)1 '11 rn s e n r f Prince Edwards Island are about to ted 4 flee t , 1., ‘snvernmetit for an extension to them • I t , earn I : n fccled on Canada by Lord Stanley's 44;444 ' "'"-Cianaria Journal. 2 10,N , r "IN TD c .. ott, re o , o _. --.1: , OUTEI SEAS.—Papers have been 'a i t anie lir squtiev. New South Wales, up to April 'l t3 4 e N I N T : g a n tier New of the murder of the crews 41,4 c tet t , c - i g "asels. : 441 1 sr l 'te 0:31j". S YDNEY. APRIL 18.—Mr. Edward L fi t ,'. A 11.)4'ri,tor of the publin Warder , was con , oZt2OO in n " the envernment, and sentenced to pay L, gßtil t ,,,,9,'e Queen, to he imprisoned in Dar nseszi.e"`" the fine he paid. P et t, " ',kes, ,:„",herdßY. 114 donkies were entered for Ark. ieeed tc.'...ai came to the starting-post. How . pit, •d as i r le r (ii.stipice we are not told, but the scene 114%t1e t i ll ."4tilly comical. titit?arr o4 I f ted lately at Saint Die, in the Vosges, in ii:i'lleti th e ioti n iq . dr Oehobia, which she is Pail to have et ,:t Mol e .IYlLng extraordinary manner :—She had 09i . 4 ( 1,9 9 (10, that was . afterwards killed as ne I:111k Ataik,._,an'ted Ril h ;lie saliva from its mouth. and ~1, 411 . ' m *aerie chaps which the pour girl had in ^tA 'ell tp,.tts oy ,tnts b roil , lotn,, H ae M . ent against the Versailles Railroad tieteit,',;,4 tw er tP l all, .110 laid his damages at 150.000 ta le eied "'• tif ,i, - "Y seven oilier sufferers which dread the • -Je Sth of M • 1842 and have C l .. , t tn 0 ."49 4 , e . 1 ;' , 1 trilmnal for a ti;any days doing the last •%•;,flti l i ° 'hried I '," .911.4 been brought to a close. The 'I. t sui t „ . 4 _ ll the grounds of the actions and dis e% e t c liih "'sr condemning inero to the payment of 11 4 1 Ns un 'l cf th 40- ti ,:lt i i Nn ieed : e first chamber of the Royal Court of 401141M11a,ria!ta inclement in the case of the execu- Iti,,N P neth o i s" of Hertford against Nicholas Suisse pyl ti t'ati on tir Saterday. and concluded by stating lil,,kA,,q'tis r o c ' 30 • 0 001. French rentes, made by the NNl l : i nh hi k a .° 01,1 servant , was neither out of pro 11,411,'"uito 4.l".tnense fortune,' nor unlikely when the elNed e htly the master were considered. The Court tien'etnltil.deed that the inscriptions should be IN ~ t et,o l s . ti 4, im, eh Li t s , as . utsse. Ithi: e lN, i he inii°,RY.—The Washin qlon (Georgia) News to ti l l', t 'hili h , w ine exit -net of a letter and vouches for 11 '1 1 .' 1 ') en tßia' i nt , 'he . titer. The letter is dated Col 414ttoTtit1111';'"Y 12, 1843 :—" 1 believe I have room Cltthila "ter h ea rd P iell!a, s or one of the most shocking Ili, a) 44 r e , d r ,sr R , `.., committed in Barber county, 44 t 4 441 d b er t A a g°. A Mrs. Gnu hatt (pronounced t d leid 'I . b w n dam+ 1109 t YeM - •ters were visited on the day . of 11 '4%6 e ' t : Lima n and his wife —they took din -1114:4ti "„ P rla ti „ " k t ili late in the evening u4th the old r9;t 4 : 1 1 91 !bar t ers. 'When they were about leaving • hilh h t he ti i t he eld ladv should go home with them Nt t lNe I N w, eht 1 'die refused, giving as a reason that the,,ho Ahe b ad d be that all ti,"ti ``, t o ' , p , left alone, and farther, k at, at g , 1 as in the house. They, however, L ' l tyZAl, 4 n ulii, t: 'ec until she consented to accompany "t 4 tije'Y tr ie ni2 ht• Shortly . after her departure, a ti l tild , tilt . :‘eller ro de u . i . I bei• , ed permission to 01 011 1 4 't AI, The twn lailiee p a staid 2 they alone, and tVA 4 :11 1 1: t i l l I li „ ti e said lie ' ro:hted Y wliether he could 1:). " . e.,, •4 11 , 1 ° , - ,;,,!, and ptesurning they were afraid •inii ,tthi-,llltltal,"plin they would consent to let him re -1:,,,h;,11.t le l' i l : ° l'osi t i' is 'Tom and suffer then, to keep the lc to iii.t, sits Fon 'Oh 1144% coast-pied. PM! the traveller Ito tie 1, / a dais tn : Some time during the night be li,, ii Re ka t 'ase, '',;" In th e pa w ,. ro om , there being but tli t e ‘teli 4 ! 41 ) 11 P, w e "ntintiing to hear some one moving ki l t ei,Nteq lz etre I ," t•ottly to the door, and discovered Ot t. t 'llei ' li t , ."" inii g the drawers. Ile bailed h i N bo . I; e tti lo, an'Ttantly drew a knife and made at gr i t 'hi). Metni gl ee Reproached, shot him dead at kistNitpth„ip.itch,iti!l,,artned the nrgroes, and when they I,: ti i ,i , e h ittells, wig the ladies' room and found them t i le h tn, l lll ) ,Ntli t i n h their throats cut, and dead. The th:li ori P • o n R Int. their mistress, vvas taken to kii 4 i 9ni ° NA t°e eting the old lady he told her .. iv, NI Pi e d , . le'll o . ,Hoo s a• N I oer daughters, and that he had 91;4HH1. rs• Brown exclaimed, ' You have Shll i r do„l;erit !L a ud so it turned oet—the very per- li, ti kt il s' l ltel iiatit rts , :e d ay ~,,,,% tu Mrs. Gaehett had iritir ilte,ti It74,‘'e been 11 hat a providential thing that the ‘ 4 . 1144 , - a ft pit y V' e rtnitted to remain to punish the ~ 4 abi ' I r'• Brow n had not shared her hus k u . .. roust have known his murderous tk Ga t ing k,, , kei p tekiti t tAt es , _ I :tiei l te t i r ein 1 4 ts ; accounts s•ate that the iron trade t 9 te, s ; 4, 4 044 re,,,„4°.1,"0ved during the last fortnight, k ty L i t ," fh" . e tb ast ` ta " r e di- wand for pig iron, that the Iti l lte7',l 4 Per o lD'e ir o , s , are unwilling to sell at old II hi p . ht eh t . e 1 'Hs already been sold at an ad -14It?, i t r eet• ht , s • The eitc t eof so Twiny , i it: , Nit. r lt and ,), b lown on, u . ri ii s a r t i c r‘e tend to t t t k N. t ' 4 n those iro w n i ni,:ts " ier e s o vi u bo Continue bri o or - !` 1 14/ 1, 4 0, 1 .4 1 °1 op 011 111 14 1 1h1i,h 1 , 4 Vi ag IV IR . • G REGORY.—Several indict : k;ii.,,, f1 4.,,Qt,„ ,t_ of ~, _ ", ! . 1 1 01 . ,,id against Mr. Barnard %, I li wy i n t is _ ' 1,1a,!' ,Sottrr.st newspaper. he has fr . ir Nt 4, i tiirnrh ,''''R at hide and seek" to avoid s 4 A iv'etort. Htrants issued against him. On 01 .. t„, 1 44 1 4 _k k l i . e ttaeked him to (Ott,' 'it % tc• s,, . Southend, where ' , to elo 'be. 1 1t e time with his (laughter, as oie 'z kit s 4 e N at e was attested on Monday and i .‘p N IL k.b,„ ody. tliq 9 1 . Li v i t, o "be op `At e Vl.; ll 09 ) :"Itee t 4 W ATERLOO-BRIDGE.—On th t lt t ta litt d i t . tti.:4 84negladonWThaen. ti C t iir apparently ree.s 2 0 5 f •k:1;11, t ie: ti hadi ti v ii after which a report was raised . ‘it i t ifi t tir 'tli. eri ° n, th e w i' f 'd t . f i r the bridge. Upon nia 4ii k''''ll; e Ili k , i'' the ""latt, who was a few minutes C lilOtt,;l:l4,,s' . th e ~ "elan, and absorbed in grief, VO,'l ll A t, ' . ' s •---... p;at she had occupied the follow r Illt,tAn.;:nue I) , n""ti li'earren.—Poor unfortunate , N et. thieh 1 ° re • Her body now lodges in 1 4* p, , ktt p retie, l a" P9t an end to all her troubles. ft 44 ' ' ' ''4111'4,,c3,Pk4 la ult. , ' iti,tl l / 4 t'll th e- gang ...s ! a eo nsequence of the recent i t i tt it4tirth , al t t i ri co ; t % ; a b l e sdtateof the weather, the )141Z : 411 r/to o l p e n r lt 4 h, a t , b 4S i t e r v e cots are a nt i most oats, cheer shav eltti,iti , : 14;1' 4 ,47 In rye, gssee Norfolk, Suf §!be:), 5 11i 18 o f i . 'fe., and the other grain coun k , „,„,„, ~,„, ~ „„ninead,anil!s full of grain. 111)4 k ty k . 'lttNtr, ?tki li l 'lllll NV2, ?shire, `Wiltshire, Dorset, ti aptit: l ti ti rd ti e , y 1, 44 Rivs, the farmers commen tki 111 tiro 6 f M it i d and It will be general next it 10, t; t he b t itsh; 'Retie, le t'ex, Berks Buckingham- L t elh,'_itt e lt th„:;° . and tri'll'hire. Norfolk, Suffolk. and N'Ai t r . A o;ap,'' t , s th t riat e North they will not cot:ti c:o gie o l r 'Ret„4 l . be t o 4 * . _ The accounts from France ISt Ili," 1 1. 4 , 4 4 'tits t i v erY fine state, and that in 1 ‘ ar i ee ur 'e farmer b us il y engaged antik d o 1, th their it s a a re N 4 '4l latit ' t he_ -L 'oec• In Belgium, Hol assrt.'elde thatt Promises to be abundant. st 4 4 _ fall in to gratifying prospects will ntigh out tb il ii e , countye" high price of ASSIZE INTELLIGEACE. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. OPENING OF THE COMMISSION. Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cresswell ar rived in town on Thursday, per railway, from Lancaster, about five o'clock. They were attended by the High Sheriff, William Garnett, Esq., and.-the Mayor of Liver pool, Robertson Gladstone, Esq., in their state carriages. After robing in their lodgings, in St. Anne-street. they proceeded to the Sessions-house, where the commission was read in the Crown Court, by the Clerk of the Crown. WRIT OP RIGHT. Mr. Archbold appeared in this case, and moved that the knights summoned to try the writ of right between Charles Rishton and Anthony Nesbitt should be sum moned. Sir Thomas Potter, Sir Georee Dritikwater, Sir Joshua Walmsley, and Sir Thomas Braucker answered. They were duly sworn, and appointed twenty other per sons to try with them the writ, and the court was then adjourned. FRIDAY. Both Judges attended divine service at St. George's Church, at eleven o'clock this morning, upon which occasion the Rev. Mr. Parkinson, chaplain to the High Sheriff, officiated. The usual assize sermon was preached on Sunday. Immediately after divine ser vice their lordships proceeded to their respective courts. CROWN COURT. Mr. Justice Wightman took his seat on the bench of the Crown Court at ten minutes to twelve o'clock, when the usual proclamations having been real, and other for mularies gone through, the following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY. Sir THOMAS BERNARD BIRCH. Bart., Hozles, Foreman. Sir Thomas Brancker, Knight, Liverpool. Sir Joshua Walmsley, Knight, Liverpool. Hugh Hornby Birley, Esq , B.oom House. Peter Bourne. Esq., Liverpool. John Crossley, Esq., Scaitcliffe. illiam Earle, Esq., Liverpool. William Gale, Esq., Lightburne House. Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Court Hey. William James Garnett, Esq., Lark Hill. Robert Gladstone, Esq., Withington. Peter Greenall, Esq., M.P , St. Helen's. Jonah Harrop, Esq., Bardsley House. John Pemberton Heywood, Esq., Norris Green. Thomas Hilton, Esq., Ardwick. Adam Hodgson, Esq., Everson. George Hall Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool. Daniel Mantle, Esq., Liverpool. Joseph Ridgway, Esq., Walituches. Nicholas Robinson. Esq., Sudeley. Thomas Sands, Esq., Mosley Hill. Abraham Wood, Esq., Starkies. Her Majesty's proclamation against vice, immorality, and profaneness was then read ; after which His lordship charged the grand jury, in nearly:the fol lowing terms :—Gentlemen of the grand jury, I regret to find the calendar of the southern division of Lancashire unusually heavy, both as to the number of prisoners, and the character of the offences charged upon them. In many instances, the crimes alleged to have been committed are not referable to causes arising from want of eriploy ment, and consequent poverty and distress, but to habits of brutal violence, exasperated by intoxication at beer shops and places of dissipation, the frequenting of a loch, as it appears to be seen in the present calendar, and as I learn from the depositions, is the immediate cause of offences of this character. There are no less that, eleven cases of homicide, five of which are charged as wilful murder, and six as manslaughter. It is not very easy to lay down any general rule for your guidance, by which in all cases murder may be, with certainty, distinguished from manslaughter. In all cases of manslaughter, how ever, where the death is occasioned by some injury inflicted by another, the immediate presumption of law, in the absence of all other circumstances, is. that such an injury was maliciously inflicted, and the offence, prima .facie, would amount to murder; but where the circumstances show, that the injury which caused the death was inflicted in self defence, and upon reasonable ground of provoca tion, or without premeditation, or in sudden quarrel, er in the heat of blood, the offence will be manslaughter, io the absence of indications of malice on the part of the prisoner, which are necessary strictly to constitute the crime of murder. But it is also to he observed, as t h e circumstances I have mentioned are only effeetive in re ducing the offence to manslaughter, by t rgativing the malice which constitutes the crime, it is important to consider the nature of the provocation, and the sort of weapon that is used ; for if, upon slight or inadequate provocation, or if upon provocation induced by the pri soner himself, a deadly weapon is used, arid in such a manner as to show an intent to kill, or to do at least some grievous bodily harm, the malice which the law assumes is not negatived, and the offence will still be murder. In cases where the offence chanted against the prisonar is manslaughter, I have but one observation to awake. wherever death is inflicted in the prosecution of an il legal act, it is manslaughter, however little hr may have intended to do such an injury, as in cases of deaths from falls, where blows tire given. There are no fewer t haft nine charges of maliciously cutting and stabbing, and two of maliciously shooting; and I cannot but observe, with re gard to the resorting to knives and oilier deadly instru ments of a like nature, that the commission of such crimes is fearfully upon the increase. and it has become absolutely necessary that the law should in all such instances be most strictly enforced, for the prevention of such cruel and unmanly practices. The question for you, however, in all such cases, will be the intent with which the wound was inflicted, that being the important in gredient in determining the real character of the offence. If the wound was inflicted with the intention to kill, to do some grevious bodily harm, or to resist lawful appre hension, the offence is felony, but it is only an assault however grevious the nature of the wound. Gentlemen, there is a case in the calendar, in which eight pet sons are charged with having riotously assembled, and entered the brick )ard of a person named Panting, and then and there shot at a person named Fletcher, with intent to murder him; and it would appear that a great many persons, to the number of 200 or 300, entered in the night into the brick yard, fired upon the persons set to guard it, de stroyed a great quantity of barks in the course of pre paration, and also destrot ed the furniture on the premises. and seriously injured some persons. The law upon the case is perfectly clear. If a number 01 persons assemble together for the purpose of effecting softie illegal object which they have in common, arid in the course of the prosecution of a common design. a felony is cionniitted, all are equally guilty of the felony with the persons who actually committed it; and, therefore, in this case, if the prisoners charged were equally engaged in the coin mnn illegal design of entering the yard by force, and destroying the bricks, with the persons who used fire arms in the prosecution of that summon design, and who intended to kill or disable the defenders of the yard. it will be you' duty to find a bill against them as principals in the felony, althouth they may mint have actu ally fired the shots; arid the proper bosiness for you will be the investigation of the proofs against them. There are some circumstances connected with this case which I cannot pass over without observation. There is reason to believe that the persons who attacked the brick yaid, did so to prevent the persons employed there from eontinning to work ; and to oblige the owners of the yard to employ other persons upon certain tsrms which they thought reasonable. In this free country, emery man has a right to use his own talent, industry, and cap tal, in such man ner as he thinks best for his interest, provided that he does not interfere to prevent others from exercising the same right. Every master hiss a right to employ such workmen as he may choose. at the wages they may agree upon ; and every workman has a right to refuse working for less wages than he may fix upon ; and any number of workmen may agree that they will not work under certain wages. The 6th Geo. IV. cap. 29, renders such a course perfectly legal ; but no man has a right to say what wages a master shall give, or what another man shall receive ; still less has lie the right to prevent any master from em ploying any workman he pleases, or to prevent any woi k man from working for whom or for what wages he thinks proper Such a tyranny is not to be tolerated in such a country as this, possessing the blessing of free institu tions. Such an assumption of authority is utterly lawless, and must be put down by the law. lam the more desi rous to call attention to this, because my attention has been drawn to the printed rules of the brickmaker's soci ety; and there are one or two of the articles which are there mentioned which fully justify the observations I have been led to make. By the 16th article of the society 1 should observe, the professed objects are unobjection able, the burial of their dead arid the protection of their labour; but to effect the latter object there are rules per fectly unpardonable and illegal, and if carried out as at present attempted, would operate as a fatal impediment to all honest combination for honest purposes. " If any should infringe upon the rights of this society, or without a sufficient reason turn a nom away through malice, any other person shall not be allowed to take his kdace." I read you one of the rules, gentlemen ; there are several others framed for a similar object, which seems to he the object of the whole of the persons who committed this attack. Such a society, constituted with such rules, is no less than an illegal combination to prevent and impede the due course of honest industry, and roust in the end prove detrimental to the well-doing of those whose inte rests it professes to protect. I cannot quit this case with out observing, that one of the fatal cases in this calendar seems to have originated in some such illegal conspiracy amongst the sawyers to interfere with the tree exerci-e of the rights of the British subject, and the free exercise of human skill and industry. There are in the calendar no less than eleven cases of bigamy,—a serious offence, from the misery and dist.esa that is too frequently occasioned to the person who has been the subject of the second marriage, and the lamentable consequences to the chil dren, if any. I allude to this offence, not only on account of the number of persons charged with it in the present calendar, but also because several cases of a similar kind have occurred during the present circuit. There seems to be an opinion generally entertained, that if persons have been separated for a length of time, they are justified in contracting a second marriage. Nothing, however, can be more fallacious than such an opinion. It is only w bete there may be just reason to believe that one of the parties is dead, that contracting a second marriage does not amount to bigamy. So far, however, as your duties are concerned, it is only necessary for you, for the purpose of finding a bill, to have it shown that the secone. marriage was contracted during the life of the parties to the first. If. however, it should be shown that there was reason to believe that the party was dead, the offence of bigamy is not complete, and it will be your duty not to find a bill. There is a case in the calendar of a person charged with receiving bank notes to a considerable amount, knowing them to be stolen. The case, however, presents no point of law as applicable to the facts which needs comment from me. If there be evidence to satisfy you reasonably that the pri soner, at the time he received the notes, knew them to be stolen, it will be your duty to find a bill. The points, if any, will be rather in the detail of the evidence than as to the law as applicable to the facts. Gentlemen, with re ference to the calendar, which now, I believe, contains a list of 140 prisoners. I do not feel it incumbent upon me to go into each particular case in detail; nor, indeed, would there be sufficient time to do so, consistently with the public duty you have to perform. 1 have made some observations applicable to the snore prominent cases in the calendar, and irons looking through it, and from the view I have taken of the depositions, I am not aware that there are any other cases of di;ficulty, or that require com ment from me. I may, however, observe, gentlemen, that you are not to try the prisoners, nor to determine the question of guilt or innocence ; it is your duty to find a bill if there is sufficient evidence before you to raise such a reasonable, though it may nut be a conclusive, proof 01 guilt against the party charged that a conviction upon such evidence, supposing there is no other evidence in the case, would be supported its point of law. Gentlemen. I will not longer detain you. 11 there should be any point, or if any matter should arise in the course of your inqui ries upon which you should require my assistance and ad vice, I shall be most happy to give it you. The grand jury then retired, and the petty jurors were sworn, after which the trials were proceeded with. • THE LIVEiIPOOL STANDARD. BURGLARY. John Smith, 22, and John Brierley, 47, pleaded guilty to a charge of having; at Bury, broken and entered the dwelling-house of Edmund Grundy, and stolen therein two silver caddy spoons. BIGAMY. Eliza Berry, 33, pleaded guilty to a charge of having, at Prestwich, married one Samuel - Arrowsmith, her former husband, William Berry. being then alive. John Hardman, alias John Nicholls, 30, pleaded guilty to a charge of having, at Wigan, married one Anne Cun life, widow, his former wife Elizabeth, being then alive. FORGERY AND BIGAMY. Charles Kniuht, a very fashionably dressed young gen tleman, pleaded guilty to a charge of having forged the names of his brothers, Messrs. James and Isaac Knight. accouaants, to two cheques upon the bank of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., of Manchester, whereby he had obtained money to the amount of £285. There was another indictment against the prisoner. charging him with having committed trgarny by marrying one Maria Wardle, at St. Mary's Church, Manchester, on the morn ing of Tuesday last, his first wife being still alive. He pleaded not guilty to the latter indictment. lie was given in charge tor the bigamy and was undefended. Mr. YATES conducted tine prosecution and proved the first marr . age, and that the female was still living. The second marriage was proved by the evidence of Maria Wardle herself. The prisoner, with reference to the first marriage, urged the same objection as he did before the magistrates at Manchester, the examination before whom will be found in another column, but his lordship said it did not affect the validity of the marriage. He then submitted another objection ; that no time had elapsed between the applica tion for and the granting of the license on the first marriage, but the judge decided against him. His LORDSHIP then proceeded to charge the jury, tel ling them that, with respect to the fact of the first and second marriage having taken place, there could scarcely exist any doubt, and that the objections raised by the pri sonea were entirelp unfounded in point of law. Formerly, it was the law that a minor, in case of mart iage, should have the consent of her parents, and that the prosecutor should prove distinctly that she had obtained such consent ; hut that law had been altered by the last marriage act, which merely directed that there should be such a consent, but did not annul the marriage in case there should nut. If, indeed, the question was asked at the time of applying for the license, the parties were bound to make oath that they had obtained consent, and, if a fake oath were then taken, they were liable to punishment, but it by no means followed that the marriage was thereby invalid. If this were otherwise, the same unhappy results would follow now as were found to prevail under the former law • and, therefore, the prisoner's objections were entirely un founded. Aiter a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The court adjourned soon after five o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT. — SATURDAY. His Lordship took his seat at nine o'clock. CAMPBELL AND ANOTHER V. HILES. Verdict for the plaintiff; damages £64 I 6 s. DOE DEM. GOODFELLOW AND ANOTHER V. LEA. The plaintiff did not appear. and was nonsuited. ASH TON AND OTHERS V. JONES. Verdict, by consent, for the plaintiff; damages £44 9s. BENNETT V. BROGDEN. _ _ _ This was a defended cause. in .which Mr. Martin and Mr. Cole appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wortley and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. The question at issue was. in the first place, whether an agreement had been made for the purchase of two horses; and, secondly, if an agreen•eot was made, whether a warranty had been given; and, if so, whether one of the hors's was not un ,,ound. Verdict for the plaintiff, that there was no con tract. COMMITTAL OF A JOHANNA. SOUTHCOTONIAN. The Crier informed the court that there was a female of the name of Margaret Old present, who refused to take the oath in a bigamy case, in order that she might be sent as a witness before the Grand Jury. His LORDSHIP directed her to be placed in the witness. box. Mrs. Old, an elderly lady, accordingly mader her ap pearance. She was dressed in a light brown dress and black bonnet. His LORDSHIP said to her—Why do you refuse to be sworn ? Are you a Quaker ? Mrs. Old.—No. His LORDSHIP.—What are you then ? Mrs. was brought up a member of the Church of Hugl•lnd. His LORDSHIP.—And are you so still? 119 rs. Old.—No. His LORDSHIP.—What are you now ? Mrs. Old.-1 am trying to be an Israelite. (A laugh.) Ills LORDSHIP.—Trying to be! What do you mean ? Mrs. Old.—lt's vulgarly called a Johanna. Mr. WILKINS.—Oh! a Johanna Southcote, my lord. (Laughter.) His LORDSHIP.—It will be my duty to commit you, unless you take the oath. Mrs. Old.—You may commit me; I took one oath ; I cannot take any other. His LORDSHIP.—Then you must go to prison. Can site be done without as a witness ? Crier.—They say not, my lord. Mr. WILKINS.—There was one of the same sect here at the last assizes, and he did not refuse to be sworn. MN. Old.—That may be. Every one of our re,igion is not of the same mind. The man who swore last year won't have to answer for me, nor I for him. His LORDSHIP.—You have certainly assigned no reason for not taking the oath as yet.' 1 recommend you to con sider. Mrs. Old.—Life and death stands before me: I refuse. His LORDSHIP.—Take ber into custody. She was accordingly removed by the officers; but, shortly before the rising of the court, she made her way into the witness-box a second time, and in a firm tone of voice asked his Lordship what he meant to do with htr. 1 have, said she, taken an oath to God to take no more oaths on earth, hut to do right and justice to every man. and He knows I cannot take it. Hi'. LORDSHIP.—The purposes of justice require of all persons to he sworn, except cer►ain persons who are pri vileged. You say you are learning to be an Israelite? Mrs. Old.—So I am. I lis LORDSHIP.—But Jews take oaths. Mrs. 01,1.—That may be. I have taken one that no one but myself has taken. We stand before an earthly tri bunal now, and we'll stand before another court here. atter. My oath was never to take another, but to serve God and niy country. I will adhere to truth, whether with me or against me. • ills LORDSHIP.—The Grand Jury have found the bill in your c.-e. You may, therefore. be discharged now. but you will have to be sworn to give evidence when it conies befort the court. She was then discharged from custody. Joxeph Hide, aged 36, (remanded from last assizes,) on a charge of horse-stealing, was found guilty, but not sentenced. ... . James Ftinn, 23, indicted for having, at Bickerstaffe, stolen one calf, the property of William Stockley, was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. Thomas Phillips, charged with burglary, at Bolton, was acquitted. John Jones, 18, was charged with stealing, with violence. three Half crowns from tire person of James Gibson, at Bolton. The prisoner was acquitted of the robbery, but found guilty of the assault, and was sentenced to our month's imptisonment._ _ Three or four of the bigamy cases were also tried, and the court rose at five o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY. Mr. Justice Creswell took his seat in the WM Prius Court at twelve o'clock. DOBSON V. LAMBERT. In this action, which was the only one tried during the day, and a remanet from the last assizes, Mr. Mart'n and Mr. Greene were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles. Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Atherton. for the defendant. The plaintiff. Mr. Rohl. Dobson, manufacturer, sought io recover from the defendant, Mr. Win. Lambert, wor sted spinner arid woolstapler, the sum of £463. as com pensation for an alleged hreach of contract. The decla• ration stated, that the plaintiff coot raced to huy 800 gross of worsted yarn, at a certain price. a d that the defendant er,gaged that it should be of one " top," and of good ma nufacture. Ti e defendant pleaded first. that he made no such contract ; and, stenndly, that the yam was of oae top. and of good manufacture. The main contest was upon the second issue, and several witnesses were called in support of the pl.rintiff's case, who proved that the yarn would not receive the dye properly. On behalf of the defendant, witnesses were called Who were enraged in the manufacture of the yarn in question, and who stated that they could not account for the defect in the dyeing; which, whatever it was to be attributed to, was not caused by any defect in the spinning. The learned Junce, in summing up the evidence, ob served that the jury would have to decide between one class of witnesses and the other. _ _ Tile jury consulted for a few minutes, and found a ver dict for the plaintiff—damages, £440. The court rose at a quarter before seven. CROWN COUR.T.-SATURDAY. Mr. Justice Wishtman took his seat at nine o'clock, and immediately after proceeded with the mint cases. of which there were seven in the calendar. Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Pollock appeared in each case for the prosecution. The prisoners were, for the most part. undefended. Abel Jones, 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of having bad in his possession, at Salford, five pieces of false and counterfeit coin, intended to resemble shillings, and a mould for casting the same. Chrisliana Guam, 38, was convicted, and her daugh ter, Sarah Giltins, 14. was acquitted, on a charge of hav ing had in their pus,ession, at Liverpool, a mould for counterfeiting sixpences. Michael Ennis, 50, was convicted of having, at Man che-ter, uttered to one Edward Whitelead a counterfeit sixpence. _ _ James Ogden, 62, was given in charge for having, at Rochdale, sold to one Joseph Hooch. a publican, a coun terfe.t sovereign for 10s. lie was convicted. Peter Fay, 34. was convicted on a charge of having, at Salford, uttered several counterfeit sixpences. John Jackson, 42. Anthony Doran, 30, and John Fitz simmons. 33. were convicted of having had in their pos session, at Newton, twenty pieces of counterfeit coin made to resemble shillings. The prisoner Duran was further convicted of having had a mould for casting shillings in his possession, without lawful excuse. Jam 8 Smith, 28, and John Holden, 40, were convicted on a charge of having, at Ashton-under• Lyne, uttered, and had in their possession, several counterfeit shillings. John Lynch, 30, was convicted of having, at Ashton, uttered two counterfeit shillings. This, at half past two o'clock, terminated the mint cases. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Hugh Ogden, 44, was indicted for having. at Newton, feloniously stolen, from the person of John Batetnan, one sovereign, one half-sovereign, 83. 6d., a ham, a hat, and other articles. It appeared, from the evidence, that, on the 29th June last. the prosecutor was returning hone from Manchester, and that lie called at a public-house on the road, where he remained until between eleven and twelve o'clock at night. Ile left at that time, accompanied by the priSoner. and when he had gone about a mile he received a tremen dous blow from behind. which stretched him upon the ground. The prisoner, who had been previously walking with him, arm-in-arm, now placed his hand across his mouth, while two stout fellows, who suddenly made their appearance, robbed him of the motley and articles men tioned in the indictment. The prosecutor prayed hard for mercy, said he was a pour man. and that he would willingly give them a couple of shillings if they would leave him his money, but it was all to no purpose. Upon cross-examination, the prosecutor admitted that he was •' fresh " in liquor on the occasion. Mr. WILKINS, who defended the prisoner, ably ad dressed the jury in his behalf, and concluded by calling witnesses to charac'er. A verdict of acquittal was returned. HORSE STEALING. George Woodbridge. 38, was indicted for having, at Ormskitk, stolen a mare, the property of James Bryars, intike, per, of that place. Mr. JAMES, who defended the prisoner, admitted the continisSion of:jthe felony, but set np a plea of insanity, and stated that, at the time of the occurrence, his client was under medical treatment for some morbid delusion. It appeared that he was a man of property, very respect ably connected, and that his unfortunate sive of mind rendertd it necessary for him, of late, to be constantly nodes the charge of a keeper. • A verdict of acquittal was returned. POST-OFFICE ROBEERY• John Leming, 23, pleaded guilty to several bills of in dictment, charging him with having, while acting as cleat in the Liverpool Post-office, embezzled letters con taining hills of exchange for upwards of £4,000, valuable securities, gold sings set with pearls and diamonds, and a link of beads. Mr. WILKINS said he held a brief in this cage, and begged of his Lirtiship to defer tile sentence for the pre bent, as he had several highly respectable parties to speak in hib behalf. His Lordship complied with the request, SMITH AND OTHERS D. TOMLIN. An undefended action on a bill of exchange. Verdict for the plaintiff for £5l. • WHITEHEAD V. DERRY AND ANOTHER. An action of trespass, which was undefended. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £42 2s. 6d. KNOWLES AND ANOTHER V. BROOKS. In this case the parties agreed to a verdict fur the plain tiff, subject to a reference. criEw v. HOLDEN AND OTHERS. This was an action of trespass. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Coaling were for the plaintiff, Mr. Atli,' ton for the de• tentlant. The plaintiff, Mr. William Chew, is a farmer, occupying his own land, at Dewhurst, in Over Darwen, in this county; and the defendants, Ralph Jolin and l'h.►mas Holden, who stand in the relation of father and sou to each other, occupied a farm adjoining the plaintiff's land. The present action was brought to recover the value of a quantity of coal, which, it was alleged. the defendants had taken from underneath the plaintiff's land, and with a perfect knowledge of what they were doing. The value of the coal was estimated to be worth £65, at the pit's mouth. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £6O. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE. POTT AND OTHERS V. POWNALL. In this cause, Mr. Baines and M r. Thoudinsnn appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Watson and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. Mr. BAiNEs said that this was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who were the assignees of Thomas Cart wright, a bankrupt, for the purpose of obtaining pos session of certain deeds of a mortgage, which, they alleged, had been given to the defendant, Mr. Peter Pow - nail, by a fraudulent preference over the rest of the creditors of the estate. The detem.ant was a person of considerable landed properly in the county of Cheshire. The bankru, t formerly, and for many years, carried on business as a draper in Stockport ; but be had, latterly, been concerned in several joint-stock banks, and that was the trading in which he became a bankrupt. Toe de 1-inlaid was a creditor of Cartwright to the extent of about £429, and on the Ist of August, 1842, a mortgage of a mid at Adswood, near Cheadle Moseley, in Cheshire, was executed by the bankrupt to the deterttlant, and, at the same time, certain title-deeds were handed over to him ; up to that time the mill had be;di in toe possession of the bankrupt. At the time that this transaction took place the circumstances of Cartwright were such that he must have known that his bankruptcy was in the highest de gree probable. nay, inevitable; and he voluntarily, or at least without any pressure from the defendant, gave him this preference. To show that this was the case, the learned counsel real the examination of the defaridard br ittle the commissioners of banktuptcy, in which lie stated that the d. bt was contracted in 1826; that he had as security a note of hand, which was frequently renewed ; that he Oil several occasions, during the preceding ten years, bad expressed a wish have better si curity ; that Cartwright, when be called on him, said, " I have brought these deeds as a further steurit y for you." The defendant replied, " Very well, just as you please." I‘l r. Cartwright thereupon observed, " Mr. 'Punter, toy brother-in a law, is well acquainted with the title, and he will prepare the mortgage. • ' At the same time, Cartwright produced a letter fur his (the defendant's) signature, which was to the effect, that he (defendant) required fur her security . i That letter defendant signed, and returned it to Cart wright. Such was Mr. Pownall's own explanation of the manner in which he became possessed of the title-deeds ur question. To show that at the time of the execution of ih,s mortgage Mr. Cartwright was well aware of his approaching oaokruptcy, the learned counsel stared, that the Batik of Manchester had, on the 11th of June, 1812. issu.d a writ against him for certain bills, to the alumna of £9500. which he had accepted, and of £lB,OOO which he had endorsed, on behalf of two of his sons, who were connected with the extrusive paper works of Messrs. Henry and Edward Hilton, and who had become bank rupts. When the writ was served on Mr. Cartwright, he said he could nit pay as many shillin a ; that he was a ruined man; that he had been ruined by his connexion with the Hiltons. Au action was brought against him at the last summer assizes, for the £9SOJ, and on the 30th of July, two days betore the execution of the mortgage, an arrangement was entered into between the parties, by which the defendant submitted to a judgmei t.agutst him, in he event of certain demurrers which lie hal . filed going in favour of the plaintiff. NS hen the di-morns curate to be argued, they were laughed at; Cartwright executed a vorumary assignment, and a fiat of bankruptcy issued. His whole assets amounted to £731, being the amount remised by his furniture. Witnesses having been tailed to prove these facts, Mr. WATSON addressed the Jury, pointin g , out in the first place, that the object was to obtain these deed , not for the benefit of the whole of the creditors of Mr. Cart wright, but for the benefit of the Bank of Manchester, which was the only creditor on the hat. lie then pro ceeded to contend, that there was no fraudulent preference inasmuch as one of the elements of a fraudulent prefer ence, comentplation of bankruptcy, had not been made out. Mr. Cartwright was a gentleman who had realized a fortune of £20,000 or £311,000, and who had retired from business; but, like many other persons in his situa tion, he invested a small sum of money in a few shares in a joint stock bank, the Batik of Manchester. In 1839, when the two sons of Mr. C. were contemplating to enter into partnership with the Messrs. Hilton, of Darwen, he applied to the bank to know in what credit the Hiltons happened to be, aid was informed by Mr. Burdekin. the In4unger, that they were in good credit, and had a large balance in the hands of the bank, although, at the very time, they were largely indebted to the batik. Under these circumstances, he was induced to put his sons into the business of Hi,ton and Co. He advanced them £lO,OOO as their part of the capital. But the Hiltons. notwithstanding this assistance, fell into difficulties, and the defendant supported his sons. He became sureties for Hilton and Co. to the Bank of Mattel ester. lie en dorsed bids to the extent of £lB,OOO. and accepted four bills for £9,500. This was not his own debt. He had no con nexion with the house except through his sons. But there was no doubt that the debt due to the defendant was a just and lawful debt of the bankrupt, and he determined to pay the individual debt, honestly incurred, rather than to meet those liabilities which he had been induced to enter into through fraud and misrepresentation. Mr. Cartwright was himself called, and stated, that he had been out of business for the last twenty-five years. The only trade in which be was engaged, during that pe riod, was the holding of a few shares in the Bank of Man chester. In February, last year, when he paid the de fendant the interest on the £452 which he had borrowed from hint, the defendant became more pressing for a bet ter security. He asked for a mortgage, and the mortgage was consequently prepared. When his sons entered into partnership with the Hiltons, £20,000 was to be paid by him in consideration ; but it was understood that one-half would only be wanted. Before the partnership was formed, the bank told him that the Hilton's kept a good account ; but, rafter the deed of partnership had been drawn up, they told him that it was overdrawn. At the time he made the mortgage, he had not the slightest idea of becoming a bankrupt, knowing that he had no creditors in trade of any consequence, and that the bank of Mr. Hilton had sufficient assets to cover what be owed them. lie be and,came by a the bankrupt a,iyie owingadvice o fh e to s atmhee parties, induc em en ts of he of aisignment. Cross-examined.—Could not say whether, at that time, (the 19th of January,) he had heard of the judgment against executedhis friends, a him two days before. He rather thought not. Dr. Tur ner and others had had a security for many years, for £6.000, on his personal property. Had a debt to a Mr. Shaw for £367, but he held a mortgage. Owed Mr. Po cock £l6O, who held a deed. One of the Hilton's mar ried his (witness's) daughter. His bankruptcy took place on the 21st of January, 1842. The petitioning creditor was his own brother-in-law, Mr. Turner. Re-examined :—His (Mr. Turner's) debt was £lOOO. Had he (witness) known that the Hiltons were in difficul ties he would have shuddered at the idea of allowing his sons to enter into partnership with them. Mr. BAINEs replied, maintaining that the memory of the unfortunate bankrupt, for he did not wish to speak harshly of him, was not to be trusted ; and that the evi dence distinctly showed that, on the Ist of August, he, as a reasonable man, must have been clearly cognizant that he was on the verge of bankruptcy. As to the Bank of Manchester, his learned frend had thrown out some iosi mtations, inducing the impression that there had been some mismanagement of its affairs, and that, therefore, this claim ought, in comparison' with that of the defend ant, to be unheeded. But what, if there had been mis management, of which, however, there was no proof, the debt to the bank was a bona fide one, and the innocent shareholders were as much entitled to consideration as any other creditor of the bankrupt. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL summed up. The jury, after a short consultation, found for the plaintiff for £3OOO. subject to be reduced to 40s. on the deeds being given up. They said they thought the mortgage bad been given with out pressure, and in contemplation of remote bankruptcy. The court adjourned at five minutes after seven o'clock. CHESHIRE ASSIZES. CHESTER, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15. (Before Mr. Baron Gurney.) HANMER V. EYTON. This case was resumed at the sitting of the court this morning, when two additional witnesses were examined on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. Jervis then addressed the Jury at considerable length in favour of the defend ant, and contended that the whole tenor of the evidence showed that there was nut any wilful negligence on his client's part in working the mines. His Lordship, in summing up the case, recapitulated the whole of the evi dence; and at one o'clock the Jury retired. They retur ned into court in about an hour and a half, and returned a verdict fur the plaintiff fur £6,227 damages, with leave to Mr. Jervis to move to reduce them to £1,600. TH URSDAY. EXPARTF. BAKER. It will he rememb;e;ltiVitr;i7FOrmer day of the late assizes at Chester, a rule bad been obtained by Mr. Jer. vis, on behalf of Miss Caroline Phillips Baker, the tenant, calling upon Mr. John James, the landlord, to show cause why he should not re-deliver to her a house and land at ()von, Cheshire, possession of which had been given to him by an order of two magistrates of that county under the provisions of the 11th Geo. 11. c. 19. Mr. Townsend now appeared to show cause against the rule, on behalf of the landlord. The case turned princi pally on the question, whether the rent had been properly described as a rack rent, so as to come within the act in question. The respondent's affidavits went to show that the premises could not now be let for more than the rent reserved by the lease. But the learned Judge said he could not shut his eyes to the circumstance that since the lease was granted a house had been built on part of the land, which must have increased its value ; and that the surveyors who spoke to the value of the land 'inbuilt on, treated it as agricultural land, whereas it appears to have• been let by the square yard, which was inconsistent with an agricultural letting. He could ni t therefore consider that the rent was a rack rent, consequently the case di,l not come within the clause of the statute on which the respondent had proceeded, and the rule must therefore b made absolute. His lordship, however, stated that he came to this conclusion with great regret, as the substan tial justice of the case was, he thought, on the side of the respondent, and be was glad to know that the landlord had another legal remedy to which he might have recourse. The affidavits also made by the appellant's agentcontained statenterts as to his being taken by surprize, alit' other allegations, the object of which was to throw aspersions on the magistrates, (who had only acted in strict dis. charge of their duty,) which had been entirely disproved. THE CONDEMNED MURDERER AT CHESTER.—James Ratcliffe, condemned to he hung at these assizes, for the wilful murder of his wife, at Stockport, in June last, is destined to expiate the horrible crime on Saturday, the 3rd of September next, by the punishment of death. Mr. PALMER'S 109TH VISIT TO THE ASSIZES.—Our townsman, Mr. Palmer, has this week made his 109th visit to the assizes at Lancaster, without any interruption having once occurred in the very numerous set ies of visits, a circumstance, we fully believe, of which no other gen tleman in the country is enabled to boast.— Preston Pilot. TRIAL OF ARTHUR O'NElLL.—Atthe Stafford assizes, on Saturday, this person was put upon his trial for a sedi tious speech on the 2tith August last. The defendant concluded his speech, when the court adjourned until Monday (yesterday). At the Bridgewater Assizes, eight men who were ac quitted on a former day of the assizes of the felony of destroying a house for collecting tolls, were indicted for a misdemeanour in pulling clown the tollhouse. The jury acquitted the prisoners, but Mr. Justice Coleridge said he could not concur in the verdict. At Durnam Assizes, on Friday week, Joseph Atkinson was convicted of illegally solemnizing a marriage. lie kept a toll-house within the Scottish border, and usually officiated as priest. A couple sought his offices, but found that he had gone to Berwick. whither they followed him. At first he refused to marry them ; but being made drunk, he complied : a confusion of legal geography which caused him to be sentenced to seven years' transportation. SENTENCE OF DEATH ON A CHILD THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE.—At the late Warwick Assizes, Jane Smith, aged thirteen years, was sentenced to death for setting fire to a dwelling. Her mistress having scolded her for some misconduct she proceeded to one of the upper rooms and set fire to sonic clothes; bur fortunately it was soon discovered and extinguished. The pristine; confessed to the act, and was sentenced by the judge as above, with an intimation that he would recommend her case to the mercy of the Queen. AN EXTRAORDINARY VERDICT was. on Thursday last, returned by a coroner's jury at North Pt therton. Somer set, relative to the death of one Richard Hall, a boatman, who recently lost his life in consequence of his boat striking against the timber work of a bridge belonging to the Bristol and Exeter railway. A vet diet was returned of " Manslaughter against the chairman, vice-chairman. and directors oft he Bristol and Exeter Hallway Company," alleging that the deceased cane by his death owing to the criminal neglect of the company in not removing the wood wink. The chairman is Frederick Rtrket s, Esq., and the vice-chairman the Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol; b th of whom. with Mr. Divett, M.P., are included in this strange verdict. Last week, at the Norwich Assizes. William Sanger. a young man, was indicted for committing two forgeries upon the East of England Bank. It appeared that the prisoner was a clerk in the bank, and that, having access to the fortes for the payment of money, which were sig,ned in blank be the manager, he filled up two of then► for £2500 and £5OO respectively, in favour of a fictitious cot respondent, and despatched them by the mail to the Lon don agents. This done, he himself proceeded to town by the same conveyance, and presenting him elf at the agents on the next day, demanded the payment of tie two sums above mentioned, for which purpose he forged two cheques in the name of the supposed correspondent. The money was forthwith paid, but the fraud was soon detected. When arrested nearly the whole money was found upon him. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to transpor tation fur life. TRANSPORTATION OF A BORDER PRIEST.—At the Northumberland Assizes, Joseph Atkinson pleaded guilty of unlawfully solemnizing a marriage at Berwick-upon- Tweed, between William Brown and Catherine Cossar. The prisoner -is the " priest " of Lamberton Toll-bar, about four miles north from Berwitk, and he is in the habit of performing the ceremony of marriage there ac cording to the Scotch fashion. On the arrival of the parties in this case, the "priest" was absent, and as there were urgent reasons for haste, it being, in fact, " runaway match," the parties proceeded to Berwick, and there found the " priest" in a public-house called the Old Hen and Chickens, Bridge-street. They requested him to perform the ceremony without delay, but he refused to do so except at Lamberton, to which he invited the parties to return. There being reason, however, to suspect that pursuit was being made after the fugitives, it was not deemed prudent to return ; they then treated the "priest" with liquor until he became intoxicated, and in that state he performed the ceremony at Berwick, and recorded it, when be returned to Lamberton, as having Leen done at the latter place. The case, it will thus be seen, did not in any way involve the question of the validity of the Scotch law, according to which the marriage ceremony is performed at Lamberton Toll-bar. The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation. NEW MODE Or EXTINGUISHING FIRES.—WE under stand that there is at peseta in Liverpool a gentleman, (an engineer,) who has invented a mode of extinguishing fires. It is his intention •ery shorty to open an exhibi tion. in which the process will be fully developed. In a town like Liverpool, where so many disastrous fires have taken place, there is no doubt that this plan will be in spected with much avidity. It is not only practicable but the result efficacious. We shall draw attention fully to the exh bition when it opens. CAT WoutoriNG.—On Friday, Oliver Shannon, who keep a public-house in this town, was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, on a charge of permitting two dogs to worry a number of cats in the cellar of his house, and also with aiding in the detestable sport. The case was proved against him by two police-officers, who found three dead cats which had been destroyed by dogs, three live cats in an iron cage, and four others hi a Two others, it appeared, had escaped. There was a " pit formed for the " sport," and a wager was pending which of two dogs would kill six cats each in the shorte-t time. The defendant said lie had not encouraged the affair. ai,d that his wife had tat the parties into the cellar on their representation that their dogs were brought to destroy eels and not cats. It was distinctly sworn, however, that he was " howling" the dogs on to the slaughter, and he Ives fined £5 and costs. On the previous day two other par ties were fined 40s. and costs, for the part they took on the same occasion. LAW INTELLAGENCA. DISTRICT coutor (IF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Skirrow.) Richard Price, coal dealer, of Waterloo, appeared to pass his final examination, by adjournment from the 2d instant. Mr. Venables, the barrister, was retained to 00p05,., and Mr. John Jones, the solicit to support him. Some objection was taken to the balance sheet, - which was held by the commissioner to be fatal, and his exami nation was again adjourned to the 6th day of September next, at eleven o'clock. RE THOMAS AND EDWARD WILLIAMS. These bankrupts, who were linen drapers in this town, applied on Thursday for an allowance of their respective certificates. Mr. James Moss, the soliciior, appeared its support of the petitioners, and they were opposed by Mr. Sale, of the firm of Sale and Worthirgton, of Man chester, solicitors. The commissioner, upon hearing the evidence, said he would adjourn the meeting, without pre judice to the bankrupts, until Friday, to give him time to consider his decision. On the sitting of the Court, his Honour said it was necessary for him in ail cases to look at the conduct of bankrupts both before and aler their bankruptcy. In this case there certainly did appear to have been improvidence in conducting their affairs. and improvident dealings could offer no defence. His duty, however, was to look at all the circumstances. The bank rupts bad offered lls. in the pound. which had not, been generally assented to, and they had afierwards offered Bs. In consideration of the two offers, and also with the knowledge he had gained from the official assignee. (whom on all occasions he consulted,) of the very willing conduct of the bankrupts, and the information he had received from them with regard to their affairs. he should not meet the justice of the case if he either withheld or suspended their certificates. Certificates granted accordingly. RE THOMAS PRICE. On Friday last Thomas Price, flour-dealer, appeared before the learned Commissioner on a resumed examina tion. The bankrupt, as in former instances, was opposed by Mr. Bardswell on behalf of the assi nees, and sup ported by Mr. David Evans. It may be remembered, that the bankrupt had been three or tour times a bank rupt before; had once made a compromise of 7s. W. in the pound; and bad taken the benefit of the Ins.dvent Debtors' Act. The opposition which led to the present adjournment was an allegation against the bankrupt that he had not faithfully surrendered all his goods and effects, particularly as to the reservation of certain quantities of flour. An objection was also taken to the unsatisfactory state of his balance-sheet, which he was studiouSly en joined to amend by his next appearance before the court. Mr. BARDSWELL first adverted to the extravagant item of £1,053. Ils. 4d. for hou , ehold expenses in the small space of two years and five months, in a small baker's shop, the accuracy of which he (Mr. Bardswell) could not arrive at, as he kept no books. Upon further examina tion, he el cited from him that from tl►e business done the clear receipts of his shop were, on the average, £45 per week. Calculating, therefore, from his own statement, which he (Mr. Bardswell) impugned, there was yet a deficit of somewhere about £3OO, which, he submitted to the learned Commissioner, in the absence of explanation, disentitletl the bankrupt to any indulgence from the court. Mr. DAVID EVANs replied briefly, but very energeti cally, in extenua•ion of the conduct of the bankrupt. He was an ignorant man, had kept no books, and had given as accurate a representation of his affairs as was in his power. lie had reserved nothing, and he trusted, under the circumstances, that the learned Commissioner would consir'er his case as one in which he could, without in justice to any party, afford him the indulgence solicited. His HONOUR: The question is, whether the bankrupt has complied with the regulations of the act. It is quite clear to me that the bankrupt's accounts have been very irregularly kept, and although, in ordinary cases of this kind, I cannot punish persons simply on account of their irregularity, yet, in this case, I must look to the simple question, has the bankrupt given an accurate account? Certain sums of money. in the nature of receipts.. have been traced on his examination. and certain pavritents ntade therefrom ; but there still remains a deficit of.ooo, which has not yet been accounted for. Oil the for;mer examination, the court was diasatisfied with the ,balance sheet, and the meetine was accordingly adj runlet!. to af ford time for the production of another balance sheet, and to afford some additional information to his creditors upon his transactions for the last two years. I ant bound to say, that information has not been satisfactory. I have every wish, and, in fact, am commanded, to act leniently with bankrupts , but, in this case, I feel I should not be doing justice to the creditors if I did not mark my sense of the very unsatisfactory manner in which the examina tion has terminated, and am again compelled to revert to what I said before, that the bankrupt's memory is singu larly tenacious of things which happened twelve, sixteen, twenty, and even thirty-seven years ago, and in occur rences of not a month's elapse his recollection is peculi arly defective. Under ail these consider., ons, I cannot do less than adjourn the examination of the bankrupt sine die. I will extend his protection for three months, if with the concurrence of the solicitor of the assignee. Mr. BARDS VEI.L: Neither the assignees nor the cre ditors have the slightest wish to interfere with the pro tection offered by the learned commissioner. Mr. EVANS: The only certificate the bankrupt will re• quire will be the hand of d..atli : he will never apply again. His HONOUR did not think the expression of Mr. Evans at all necessary. If judges were held resp insible in the exercise of their duties, however painful, by the learned sdvisers of those who were brought before them, the practice would be most incodvenient. He would give.the bankrupt his protection for one month. Mr. EVANS explained : Ile only meant that the bank rupt's means would prevent him ever again applying to the court ; he had given up every farthing he possessed in the world. INSOLVENT PETITION DISMISSED. William Bates. insolvent. described as a manufacturing chemist, and lately a theatrical proprietor, came before the court on petition for his final order, which was ad journed some rime back. Mr. Venables stated the ground of his opposition, and examined a Mr. Ashton as to an alleged debt due to the insolvent by the witness of . - C260, but the existence of which lie (the witness) strenuously denied. Mr. Bardswell cross examined the witness very critically, but failed to elicit anything favourable to his client. Hi: honour considered the case as one of very had complexion for an insolvent to allege a debt in his schedule, so as to take the benefit of the act, without a hook. paper. cr single tittle of evidence to confirm it. Under all the circumstances, he should not be doing his duty if he did not di-miss the petition. The insolvent was immediately arrested at some other suit, and consigned to " durance vile." NOTICES OP MEETINGS. August 21.—David Scott, (audit,) at 11; Thomas Jones, (adjourned last examination.) a' halt-last. 11 ; isobert Bong. flour dealer. (audit,) at 12; John Wittily. mer chant. (adjourned last examination.) at 1. _ _ August 22.—Sarah Chapman, (adjourned last examina tion,) at 11 ; Thomas Taylor, (au,lit,) al halt-past eleven; David Scott, (dividend,) at 12. August 23.—Thomas Milne Whitely, hstter, at 11. Arign-t 24 —A. Ingham, insolvent (final order,) at 11; henry Sockett II umphrys, si-go-on, (audit,) at 12. Anent 25.—Henry Sockett Ilumptirys. (dividend.) at 12; Sloane and Whit ry, (audit and dividend,) half-past 12. CERTIFICATES ALLOWED. V. WEDOStrOCiIt ; Thomas and Edward ,Williams. We are enabled to state, upon competent authority, that Mr Sergeant Keatiuge is to be the Judge of the Prerogative Cotot, v.e.nt by the death of the late Dr. Radcliffe.—Dublin Moil. CONSISTORY COURT OF CHRSTER.—On Saturday week the case " Manle v. All, of \\lvan, otherwise Rothwell, deceased," came on to be argued before Mr. Chancellor Raikes. This is a c sr in which the deceased, Ann Rothwell, otherwise Ann Rothwell Wignall. died, under the age of 21 years and illegitimate, possessed of personal pioverty to the amount of between three and four thousand pounds, she being at the time of her death, domiciled within the county palatine of Lancaster; and the question at issue is, whether her Majesty is entitled to the right of administration to the estate and effects of the said deceased. in right of her royal prerogative, or in right of her Duchy of Lancaster. The counsel retained for the crown are Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. Townsend; and the counsel for the duchy are Mr. Vaughan Williams and Mr. Ellis, the Attorney-General of the duchy. The proctor for the crown is Mr. Parry, of Chester; and the proctor for the duchy is Mr. AN rton, also of that city. At the sitting of the coac t, on Saturday, after some discus. sion as to the right to begin. Mr. Ellis commenced the arguments, in support of the claim, on behalf of the Duchy of Lancaster, and, in the course of an stile and learned speech, which occupied two hours in delivery, quoted a voluminous mass of historical evidence. of a roost inter esting nature, in support of his ease. At the close of Mr. Ellis's address the court was adjourned to suit the con venience of counsel, and it .‘tt:, arranged that the are ments should he resumed on Tuesday morning. the arguments have teen carried on from day to day to suit the convenience of counsel. The Chancellor will take time to consider his verdict. i g er beubilyt,powerful, yet jet Captain Brow n . o f NEGRO AQUATICS.—During the recent sultry weather the loungers on the pierheatis have been much amused at the agile freaks of two negroes in a canoe upon the river. T bi l a te ck t A w , r ) rie n a , e n n s: w w e i r io , b ar r e ou s g i i r a m i , the May, which is discharging palm oil on the east side of George's Dock, and on the atternoons of the very warm days they were to be seen proceeding to the river from the vessel, beating betty , en them a canoe, cut out of one piece of wood, bet .reen twenty and thirty feet, and so slightly . made that they carried it along with the greatest ease. On reaching the slip at George's Pi• r the slender skiff, was immediately launched, and atter pulling offal/ their. clothes with the exception of a light pair of drawers, one of them dived into the water, and after being nut of sight for one or two minutes rose again. a considerable distance on the other side of the canoe. Both men then jumped into their frail vessel. and immediately commenced to ply theit paddles with great regular it y , fi r st on o ne side and then on the other, and the sp eed at which they proceeded was almost incredible. On e of the m jumped out several times, swam about for a short period, and reentered the boat with the greatest ease. On one occasion they upset the canoe. and were both precipitated into the water. Retaining their paddles in their hands, they mounted upon the top of the canoe and sailed a short distance in that position. With little difficulty they then righted the canoe, shook all the water out of it, and 'oak their seats again, much to the delight of the spectators, hundreds of whom were witnessing the aquatic feats of the hardy sun burnt sons of Africa. As a proof of the strength of the men and the power they have over their canoe, we may mention that they followed in the back water of one of the Woodside ferry boats and lost no ground for several minutes. 0' 0 'Ogg