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& 19, 1815 CoNe both or Ert. o,,be SOLD or LET, and may be altered into a Shop t: u required, that excellent and spacious DWELL '!OUSE, No. tpr4crrilivet. I kk galre of Mr. LAS I, 20, Milton-street, or of Mr. .45, Fleet-street. 11 0 b )3 .LET, a large and commodious CELLAR, under AptPtic-buildings, Redcroj,s -,,,,Zt0 WILLIAM D.rweV7No. 3, on the Premises. 1 16 b ? SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, a Piece of LAND 'tt t th Two DWELLING-HOUSES and SHOP on o t u Tof erected. situate in Everton, on- the east . t he Laue or Street called St. Domingo Lane or th-stre t and running through to the Lane leading rto4ititv,ertoen 'to Walton, called Beacon-lane, conta_ii y it ( n . f 4 11 , 1 ' Church-street , and at th several) y, 8 . 0 ;" ° _,S, and running in on thew rth side, 135 'kip' o . ,, t 'u on the south si 24 feet, or thereabouts. Tilts '' , i l ,,,' l Y is held for the residue of a term of 1000 years, .I tt . ":, 0 15 the 3 I of August, 1816, and is let to respect -4e`,llants.—Fur further particulars , and to treat for pur '',itj - ,IVIY to Mr. LAM WAREING, Solicitor, Chi -41)11ild S outh Qtreet Liverpool. ....._ lugs, J u lio... , Oburatio it. g HI g t .,,.,'ESE AND MALAY LANGUAGES. .tit'siIITLEMAN, who has been long resident in the ;4 g t .'2 and had constant intercourse with the Chinese Cbears, and was in cbarge of the Anglo-Chinese during the latter part of that period, would be 4 LA v e INSTRUCTIONS in the CHINESE and i r LANGUAGES, if a sufficient number of obtained. Ilk`Ltientlemen as r135 ,1 1 1 ) 1 9x1e roux of taking Lessons ey ab o ve Languages be so good as to leave their 'it t at the Standard-office, - where the Advertiser's ' kter r als, and reference s ma y be se e n; o r with M r . tkti NEWLING, Booksellers. IST IttittiCTlON ON THE PIANO-FORTE AND IN SINGING. • CHARLES SMITH understanding that it is ntly reported that he has retired from his Pro ',,begi most distinctly to assure his Friends it isnot ; but. that he continues to give LESS O N S in 4 , i n et and in the neigh Od as usua l : a l so a t 4 i t ta mes in BIRKEN D. " ar ch-street, • enhead, August 14th, 1845. At o u• C. BROWNE, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, 8, SiI n NEY-sTitEET, begs respectfully to announce to i litY arid Gentry of Liverpool that he gives Vi t ,CTION on the ORGAN, PIANO-FORTE, Nl` N " ri l'lN, also in the Theory of MUSIC and qi ed L 'x; and from the experience he has hid, having 441; 5 SMusical Education at the Norwich Cathedral. 1 5f pursued neraly his professional avocation in the elk t i,.orwich, Ipswich, Brighton, .affington, Lau jilie3/41vvvPool &c., where he e • ed the patronage of l it ,ta B rs r first ;link, feels as- ed that Pupils committed Will acquire a e both modern and elegant. 4e'r. B.'s inten • n to combine THEORY OF as much as ssible. in a clear and easy manner, -jractical part of PIANO PLAYING, to thos , itNana may r equ i re it, which will enable 11' ti o ere rapid and satisfactory proficier— t • IS most essential to thosc ,iDe CT CLASSES for PART SINGING every and THURSDAY MORNING, at Half-pr t'qo e r LADIES. intoZrY MONDAY and THURSDAY Ev. 9 0 0p ne o'clock, for GENTLEMEN. t:t. " ATTENDED in Town and Country, on liberal loin to who wish to becom as t Ten NING, frorc L laY be known on application at his R Rau la abltrations. 11 s,,NRw RAILWAY PAPER. k t t fie k r uRDAY last, the 16th instant, in time for t k il 'Trnoon Post, Price Fourpence, stamped, size 1 , 4 14. s',, Times", the RAILWAY TELEGRAPH : t.' itecord of Events connected with Railways, the th. xehan k 7 Fi rs , ~ge, Trade, and Commerce generally. Edited 4 14 A ' Kailway Gentlemen of the day. ti r ,"°e weight is given to the important fact the .'iti i i "v upwards of one hundred millions of the car , ji,tie e s a !•%utit r y invested . in Itailw pd tbat !he opal ° a extent of Railway rnmunication is 14 t i,' : _locreasing; and en we consider 1, , 4,1 1 " country, but • every civil' Oily _waY , '" are r ly extending ~),a,,,,'ai?ersedin the old and more tedious peeler/001-a rti t e, it must be apparent to every thinker t iqiii t c l e f ety l e d i of facts, a well-digested serif Olt 01 ,t . 1 . chronicle of business transacions coon it to t ,', absorbing topic of the day, must be of ; NI or & `°se so deeply connected with the sub, li e l i l rtit ililli oti w aY Telegraph will, by its price and mode of Ito 0 , accommodate itself to the great mass of the i tt t to d u blle, more than other Railway Journals hav , Ltli aii °ll e ; but while the price of the Paper will' )S N, other, the Proprietors confidently antici Ortlai(B4 ita patrons will find it in any degree it Vto tlicf a higher price. Nothin g th a t n n ti r ,. iN r ( interests of those connectei with Railwa, q;N ea , (l l/ access to th? earliest and best information , 4 )• e r) ,,''' l l, will be spared. The Meetings of all the k,ted I.` l ,`"'Panies—the Proceedings connected with the tt i , L tti;,`",o , a—the Progress of Lines in execution—the l ki ' y ~..,.rarliament on Railway Subjects—and every tt,ee'egolic interest which tran!pires in the World of tt i , will be duly recorded in THE RAILWAY will a 'lee, teil ra ,,,of Shares in all the Li n e s w ill b e regu l ar ly UN, `v , Y given, and extensive arrangement. ' 014 the to render this feature of the in 4: 4 .... - ' hemselve of opinion ae r `"e att en ti on o f a ll w h o see k to ascerta i n w h en ; 15 11 t o invest their capital. N o t only will every ;Lit' e d to insure accuracy in this department, Shares will be given more extend e d tha n an y , A LoPted. 14 10 a r ;`"ii " on the various Lines will al ti ev Letters from all the principal markets 1) 1 1 :+iii ve ll, and ad v i ces w ith res p ec t t o th e F oreign k t .4,4113 e regularly received. ,t v lltibi: c aY Telegraph will not be exclusively confined NO9l, transaction p ve secified, but will contain an account during the week, connected with RA';')kltaer•.:e, and Banking. ‘+,:t IPob!ished every Saturday Afternoon, in , time and will contain all the Railway and Corn itly op to the latest hour of puliftea'ton. kNAteti et tisements and Communications are to be t o the O FFICE , 2, C ATHERINE - STREET , t rB'' ,O NDoN. N teo eived by all Newsmen. • Sienature of the Proprietor, " G. C so receive due , ‘ "t t j, t ilat th e 1, 10 1 ,,_ti" is written on the Government Stamp. I!‘titi:l.,,NT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy p Iptt il heumatism Rheumatic Gout, Sciatt!. , :a, is t! q''t, `1(lb the ' Proprietor, G. C. SERJLA ~.k r 5 -court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Be e n.' London ; and by all Vendors of M ' l . ,p t 4 04 . per Bottle. 'slung success which hasAroWced th. VOW external Medicine • the most hopes, "f t N e „ a ; st's, when then ppy sufferer had despi, ,Ilti r , - "ng even the ast relief, and th.s after tht 0t1,, e and every er means had completely failed, iiti!%e3,entitles it o the attention of the affil^- 1J M icine, so universally esteemet. TO 1, 1 ; 11 the least danger or inconvenience, 4t'l,`ltta,',lle experienced its happy and salutary eh, I,;'ate',.,.nrst introduced. tal 3o "le Properties of this invaluable Specific that - f l ut ing under the most distressing Of s'°Ut, and Lumbago and rendered aesisting themselves, , have been r l any which are being daily received are tb Loa onials . i o oVt . a t F been informed of the surp ri sing cure aternoster-row of Mr. 4 T's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted by Intense pain causing delirium, that he was corn ,',,dtetiep 'led by a strait waistcoat- to prevent his commit t:o and whose case was considered entirely hopeless, s _4 4 ' l tay i as certain the particulars, and being satisfied of ~s'iablenormation, encouraged me to make a trial of your ~'ledicine, entertaining little hopes of success, hay- N I 'le I f 'lts so severe a sufferer, and tried many said to be iytly orletlies.. lam very happy in being able in adding il k r i ; t he benefit I derived : after a few days' application Nsb 4 nbs are perfectly restored, and I am now able to th.?l ,i k e ss ! nd, making an allowance for my age, never ea s - life. To those, however severely afflicted and ' reer se may have been pronounced, I beg of them to ll l's flihr'ng te satisfied they will be restored to the use i Tla the severe cases that nave yielded to this Me. i:ai v a ar e a great blessing s to those who can enjoy it, but "einaved none feel it so severe as the; tradesman generally causes . loss of business, and ruin on all times feel it my duty to make it known to 2 ' 0 7 1 t 8 r 4 , - I f y ' l , nce how grateful I am for my restoration, and GEORGE POLLARD. • l 'tt l I Dl t4 tO te bee Well-street, Cripplegate. , n several weeks confined to my bed by Gout am) tAt ! 1 ' Part from my head to feet free from pain, and vt t enb,,,. l nfarit: not even a finger could I move. In this tl, l sl, 4 11 tt i ' ° n was informed y medical attendant he e . 450 10 remedies, and that I might remain months -tely n4on. '„),,4).',ttli:i ir remedy was made known to me, or I migh ; ., 0%,200 31) , trc : .. l ‘ o . n es fi o n in ed to my b After to a close application le o ' f n i mr... ,..e ng colg o a u n t io m n y e r g o a o n m, an dis d ap b p y ea a r n , o l a n ie s r 4 1. e e in 4u" the use of your Medicine was enabled to 4 /4 - :V .11 1 of another attack, you will please to send o Q ir, Your obedient servant, i n , m'ha ri ! d "t-Place, Wandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844 Ni 4 i„. 0 4 1 bound to acknowledqe, that . afteF suffer„, i * t, c iaica, or severe Rheumatic affection in the hip h4Prived of rest, I was persuaded to try your ern -0:111,t'': to 41 e t he Pleasure to say that after three applications e 4 3' Usual health ; and, although two years have ° return of the disorder,—l am, sir, grateally p;ll4 tit Y EDWARD NOYES r I T,T (II°I3II TY, Russell-street ; Titherington, ' (.; "garth, Great George-street ; Fisher, 4'l(;,,:NPland, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall- I,itt'. I_4lN New Scotland-road ; Neal, Scotland- S cotland-road opposite St. Martin's V; `rt) t ` t n ‘", Vauxhall-road P • Britten, corner of o_, (1, ; Smith, Great H omer-street ; tot K er ; Gillard, Richmond - row; Low,lsline ttktit4teatd"don-road ; Parry, Christian-street ; e orge-place; Smith, Wocchide ; Price. D. W. STOWE Manta), WANTED, a YOUNG MAN, or a MAN and his WIFE, capable to take charge of a Retail Spirit Vault, and whose characters will bear the strictest investi gation. Apply at the Standard-office. AYOUNG GENTLEMAN is desirous of obtaining BOARD and LODGING, with a highly respectable family, in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, either on this or the Cheshire side of the river, where he can have the benefit of the country air. dreis;; 'stating particulars and terms, (which m of be expensive), to C 1, Albion office. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OF MONEY. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that they are will ing, from and after this date, to receive LOANS OF MONEY, nt the rate of Three Pounds Ten Shillings per centum per annum Interest periods of either FIVE OR SEVEN YEA ,at the option of Lenders. All offers of Loans t e made to GEORGE WITHERS, Esquire, Treasure the Liverpool Docks. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary Dock-office, Liverpool, 22d ?Flay, 18 - 15. qlontrarts. CONTRACTS FOR POLICE CLOTHING BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. THE Watch Committee HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willing to receive TENDERS for supplying by CONTRACT the following Articles of CLOTHING for the Constabulary Force, viz. : No. I. 700 Pairs of Wool-dyed Blue Cloth PANTA LOONS. No. 2. 700 Pairs of Leather 81).0.T5. The Committee reserve emsCßes the option of dividing any one of tb ontracts as above-mentioned into Two Lots of eq prop)rtions. Persons therefore sending in Tendeseire requested to state their Prices for the whole of any one lot, or for one-half. Sample Patterns may be inspected any day, between the hours of Nine and Twelve o'clock in the Forenoon,at the Office of the Head Constable, until THURSDAY, the 28th day of August instant: • The Parties sVhose Tenders shall be accepted will have to enter into the usual Contract with the Watch Commit tee, for the due fulfilment thereof, and also engage to complete and deliver the goods on or before the 20th day of October next, to be paid for, on approval, in Cash, at the expiration of one month from the delivery. The Committee will not pay for any Sample Patterns sent for inspection, except those they approve of for the f 5. Coti trac Sealed Tenders, separate from the Sample Patterns, must be left at the Secretary's Office, not later than FRIDAY, the 29th instant, addressed to the Chairman of the Watch Committee, (Alderman David Hodgson,) and marked "Tender for By order, CAPES ASIILIN, Secretary Watch Office,Wo. 1, Fentaick-street, 9th August, 1845. NEW ENGRAVINGS. THOS. BOYS' GRAPHIC UNION, 1845. THE LAST APPEAL, from F RANK S TONE , beauti fully engraved by Samuel Bellin, same size as " The Heart's Misgivinga.” DOCTOR JOHNSON RESCUING OLIVER GOLDSMITH FROM HIS LANDLADY, from E. M. Ward's Original Picture, by Samuel Bellin. REDGRAVE'S " POOR TEACHER,_" engraved by William Giller. Subscribers taking the whole the above three En gravings at once, are entitle o 'purchase them on the undermentioned terms, v' . : Print Impressions .. t e three for .£1 Bor £0 10 6 each. Proofs, India paper ditto 212 or 1 1 0 ~ Proofs, India, before Let ditto 4 4or 111 6 „ Artist's Proofs on India (only 50) do. 512 or 2 2 0 „ WILKIE'S VILLAGE FESTIVAL, in Line, large size, to range with Wilkie's most important Plates. LUCAS'S PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT, engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., and Samuel Bellin, in the first style, to match Chalons' whole-length Portrait of the Queen. THE DYING CAMEL IN THE DESERT, a beau tiful Line Engraving, after H. Warren, by W. R. Smith. Subscribers taking the whole of the above three En gravings at once, are entitled to purchase them" on the undermentioned terms, viz.:— Print Impressions .. the three for £4 4or .F.l 11 6 each. Proofs, India paper ditto 8 Bor 3 3 0 „ Proofs, India, before Let ditto 11 4or 4 4 0 „ Artist's Proofs, India (only 50) do. 16 16 or 6 6 0 ~ The usual publication prices of such Engravings are full double the prices above stated, at which Subscribers names are now being taken. *** The whole wf!l be advanced in price as soon as the ibscribers of the current year are supplied with their The above six Plates are the Engravings for 1845, in THOMAS BOYS' Glt A PHIC UNION, 11, Golden square, London, where Prospectuses maybe had, and the Engravings seen ; or any of his Agents throughout the United Kingdom :—J. R. ISAAC, 62, Castle-street. and H. LACEY, Bold-street, Liverpool; J.WALKDEN, Black burn ; L. CLARKS, Preston ; J. LAW. Birkenhead ; J. OGLE. Bolton; El. WHALLEY, ClitlierOe ; T. CATHER ALL, E. DUCKER, Chester ; J. SIDDELEY, Knutsford. UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE. COUGHS, ASTHMATIC AFFECTIONS, HOARSENESS. &c. cured by KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. These Lozenges have already become so well known, and so fully appreciated, from the relief which they have tions, hoarseness, &c., that it is unnecessary to eulogize their merits, but the variableness of the weather is such as to induce the proprietor to still them before the public, trusting tit, he canno o strongly recommend them to those who' are su •ring from either of these complaints. He feels ju led in doing this, from having had upwards of THI YEARS' EXPERIENCE of their beneficial qualities, ' dependent of the numerous testi monials he is dai4 receiving from disinterested parties of their unfailing e f ficacy. The high estimation in which these Lozenges (which are particularly recommended to be taken at the commencement of these disorders) are held by the pnblic, is confirmed by many who have been induced to come to his establishment for the sole purpose of expressing themselves as to the benefit they have de rived from them. THESE LOZENGES CONTAIN NEITHER OPIUM NOR ANY PREPARATION OF THAT DRUG. RECENT TESTIMONIALS. " Cheetham Hill, ', July 22d, 1845 " Dear Sir,—Having been for a long time troubled with a bad cough, which at times was so bad that when I went no rest t throug tried a great variety of medicines, from which I received but very little relidf, until I made trial of Keating's Lozenges, which I am happy to say have been of great benefit to me ; for with taking one or two during the day, and one at bed time, I can rest better than I have done for several years. As they have been of so much service to me, I think it my duty to make this known to the public, and hope those who are similarly afflicted will make a trial of so valuable a remedy.—l remain, dear sir, yours respect fully, " W. T. HESKETH. "To Mr. Walmsley, Cheetham Hill." The following testimonial of a cure of cough of twenty , ars' standing, and recovery of strength, will be read with much interest " Sir,—l beg ti inform you that for the last twenty years I have suffered severely from a cough, and have been under medical treatment with but little relief, and have not for many years been able to walk mor e than half a in- n a mile a dal; After taking three boxes of your lozenges my cough entirely left me, and I have this day walked to Ross, a distance of four miles ; for this almost renewal of life lam solely indebted to your lozenges. You are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter, and I shall be happy to answer any inquiries respecting my cure. —I remain, sir, your obedient and obliged servant, (Signed) " Pencrais, July 16th, 1845 " To Mr. Keating, St. Paul's Churchyard, London." Prepared and sold in boxes at Is. lid., and in tins, 2s. 9d , 4s. 6d., and lOs. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEAT ING, Chemist, &c., St. Paul's Churchyard, London. The following are the Agents in Liverpool :—Messrs. Ross and Nightingale, Chronicle-office, Lord-street ; Messrs. Thompson and Sons, Druggists, 72, Church street ; Mr. Robert Clay, Druggist, Bold-street ; Mr. John B. Johnson, Chemist and Druggist, 37, Scotland road • Apothecaries' Company ; Mr. Heath, Druggist, 1, London-road ,• Mr. Thomas Green, Druggist, Edge-hill ; Mr. Robert Lathbury, Druggist, Castle-street ; Mr. Edward Pearson, Druggist, Fair-view-place, Toxteth park ; Mr. William Wagstaff, Druggist, St. James's street; Mr. George Bramwell. Druggist, 150, Park-lane, opposite Dickenson-street ; Messrs. Johnson, Druggists, Church-street ; Mr. J. R. M`Guffie, 46, Oldhall-street ; Mr. W. Fisher. Druggist, Bold-street ; Mr. Howell, Druggist, Dale-street ; and by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Vendors in the Kingdom. Wholesale Agents, Thomas Eyre and Co., Seel-street. "MARY COOKE HAIR RESTORED.—IMPORTANT TO THE LADIES.— All who study the graces are now referred to another proof, in addition to those which have been afforded in such numbers, and from persons of such undoubted st.inding and respectability, of the excellent virtues of Oldridge's Balm of Columbia for nourishing, improving, and restoring the Hair, in the following decisive testimo nial :—" 44, Savile-street, Hull, 25th April, 1845.---Gen tlemen,—A few weeks ago a young lady, whcse hair had become very thin, and, in some parts, had entirely fallen off, applied to me to see if I could prepare her anything to restore it. I advised her to tlour Balm, and l am sure you will have much pleasu bin hearing, that, after using three small bottles, s called to inform me that her hair was perfectly rest ed. As this is one of the most decided cases I ever new, I thought it only right that you should be mad cquainted with it. Gentlemen, yours truly, JOHN F EMAN, Chemist, &c., Hull."— C. and A. OLDRIDG S BALM OF COLUMBIA causes the [lair to curl heauti lly, frees it from scurf, and stops it from falling off, and a few bottles generally restore it again ; it also prevents greyness. 3s. 6d., 65., and Ils. per battle.. No other prices are genuine. Ask for OLD RIDGE'S BALM, 1, Wellington-street, Strand, London. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and Sta tioners. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. WARRINGTON AND STOCKPORT RAILWAI . IN consequence of the great number of Applications for Shares in this Railway, and the necessity of the strictest inquiry into the responsibility of the different Applicants, the Provisional Directors have been unable to complete the Allotment of Shares in this undertaking. The Deposit required by the Standing Orders having been altered since the issuing of the Prospectus, from £5 to £lO per cent., a corresponding alteration in the Deposit, from £1 to £2 per Share, t e paid on Allotment, is rendered necessary. Parties who have a ted for Shares, and are desirous of withdrawing their Applications in consequence of this alteration, are at liberty so to do on giving notice to that effect, to the undersigned, on or before the 18th instant. WAGSTAFF, SON, and MARSH. • Warrington, 12th August, 1845. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. NOTICE TO SCRTPHOLDERS. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REGISTRY OF SCRIP, THE Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that Holders of the Company's Scrip must forward the same to these Offices, to be registere eThUringed for Sealed Certificates, in cinformit the Act of Incorporation, not later than the 21s ay of August instant, to which date the time has en extended. No further extension will take place. The requisite form for this purpose may be obtained on application. E. J. CLEATH Secretary. Offices, 68, George-street, Manchester, 7th August, 1845 . BOULOGNE AND AMIENS RAILWAY. HOLDERS of ENGLISH LETTERS of ALLOT -tit M ENT in this COMPANY are reminded that it is absohibly necessary they should, without delay, forward their Letters to Messrs. CARDEN and WHITEHEAD, Threadneedle -street, for Registration, to be Exchanged for Scrip, the Letters being no longer negociable instru ments. Those Parties in arrear of e Third Call are requested to pay the same, withou e av, to Messrs. M ASTERMAN, London; or the Com rcial Bankof Liverpool, Liverpool. G. F. DUVAL, Secretary. Paris, 11th August, 1815. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY. NOTICE TO SCRIP-HOLDERS. TEM Act for the Incorporation of the Live r po o l an d Bury Railway Company having received the Royal Assent, all persons holding Scrip Certificates for Shares in this Company are requested to transmit the same to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, Liverpool, on or before the 23d day of August next, with their Names, Professions, and Residences, distinctly_wdtten, in order that the same may be correctly . pteria in the Register of the Company, in accords with " The Companies' Clauses Consolidation t,” 1845. A form of Letter claiming to be Regis red may be had on application to the Secretary. The receipt of the Scrip Certificates will be duly ac knowledged, and on the completion of the Registry they will be exchanged for Certificates under the Seal of the Company. Shareholders to whom Scrip has not been issued will be duly registered as they now stand in the books of the Company, and all Shares in respect of which no applica tion for Registry shall he made before the 23d day of August next, by the actual holders of Scrip Certificates, will be registered as the property of the persons to whom they were originally allotted. An early Notice will be given of the First Meeting of the Shareholders, at which those only who have been registered will be entitled to vote. By order of the Board, JOHN S. HERON, Secretary. Offices, 33, Dale street, Liverpool, Avgust sth, 1845. LIVERPOOL ROYAL STOCK EXCHANGE THE COMMIT FEE of this Association beg to an nounce that the Room is OPEN DAILY for BUSI NESS, at Eleven a.m., and Two p.m. Persons desirous of becoming Members, may obtain a Copy of the Rules and other information, on application to the Secretary, at the above hours. The attention of Jobbers is particularly requested to this Institution, as no restrictions are faced on the en trance of safe and respectable ns. It is the intention of the wittee to admit Strangers into the Room, on the; reduction of a Member, to a limited extent, being under the impression that such an arrangement will prove satisfactory to the Public.—By order, EDWARD DICKINSON, Hon. Sec. tW . Security for the sum of £2OO is required from Members of the Association for the due fulfilment of Contracts, &c. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, & NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. THE Committee of Management having received a most satisfactory Report from their Engineers, with regard to the Branch Line which t twojeet from their Main Line near CLITHERO o BURNLEY, GIVE NOTICE, that they f t u rb l , ly, pose to include the above Branch in their scheme ith a view of providing increased Railway accommoda nto the Inhabitants of the Manu facturing District around Burnley. By order, W. H. INGRAM, Secretary. 22, Parliament-street, London, Angust 12th, 1845. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER. & NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. THE Applicants for Shares are infmned that the Com mittee will proceed to the ALLOTMENT of the SHARES in this RAILWAY on THURSDAY next, and the Letters of Allotment will be posted in the ensuing week. In consequence of t o h e 7nraTterations in the Standing Orders of the House of rds, the Deposit payable upon the Allotment will ne, ssarily be increased from £1 is. 6d. per Share to £2 103: per Share. By order, W. H. INGRAM, Secretary. 22, Parliament-street. London, August 12th, 1845. LIVERPOOL, PRESTON, AND NORTH UNION JUNCTION RAILWAY, BRANCHES TO SOUTHPORT & WIGAN [PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.} CAPITAL £350,000, in 17 500 SFIARES of £2O EACH. DEPOSIT £1 7s. 6d. PER SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Col. Rawstorne, Penwortham Priory Lancashire. W. Taylor, Esq., Preston, Dir or o the Preston and Wyre, and the Fleetwoo' reston, and West Riding Junction Railways. W. Robinson, Esq., ancaster, Director of the North Western, and enhead and Holyhead Junction Railways. James Thomas Bourne, FBI., Liverpool and Newsham Hall. Lancashire. - John Dewhurst, Esq., Preston, a Director of the Preston and Wyre Railway. Samuel Permit, Esq., Liverpool. Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan, and Brunswick Villa, Southport, Director of the Blackburn, Chorley, and North Union Junction Railway. Thomas Ger Man Esq., the Cliffe, Preston, Director of the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway, William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham District Railway. W. T. Cox, Esq , Sponden, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby and Crewe , and Tean and Dove Valley, and Eastern and Wesier❑ Junction Railways. Samuel Walker Cux, Esq., Bransdale Lodge, Derbyshire, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railways. R. G. Fellowe, Esq., Hoole, Preston. James Duncan, Esq , Liverpool, Di.ector of the Birken- head and Holyhead Junction Railway. Oliver Anderson, Esq.. Q.C., Lincoln's Inn, London. Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, near London, Di rector of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway. Captain Fisher, junior, United Service Club and Regent's Park, London, Director of the Manchester and Bir mingham Continuation and Welsh Junction Railway. George Holt, Esq., Crtimpsall, Manchester. John Holford, Esq., Rusholme Hall, Manchester. Frederick Ramsden, Esq , Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester. Richard Atkinson, Esq., Cockerham Hall, Lancaster. Willi: In Birley, jun., Esq., Preston Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan Henry Taylor, Esq., Wigan Richard Threlfal, Esq., Ribblesdale-place, Preston John Thompson, Esq., Wigan Wiliam Johnson, Esq., Wigan Thomas Langhton Birley, Esq., Kirkham (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEERS. Messrs. Gandell and Brunton. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coats, 25, Parliament- street. SOLICITORS. • Messrs. Brabner and Elaigb„ Liverpool . - Messrs. Vincent and Sherwood, - King's Bench Walk, Temple, London. LOCAL SOLICITOES• Mr. Wareing, Ormskirk I Mr. Cunliffe, Preston. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. Liverpool—The Royal Bank of Liverpool. Preston—Messrs. Pedder, Fleetwood, and Pedder. IT is admitted that a more direct Line of commnnication between Liverpool and Preston and the North is much wanted, and that it is .;esirable there should be a Railway communication from Manchester to Southport, this Coin. any is therefore formed for the purpose of accomplishing other Line as yet before the public, and without inter fering to the same extent with the interests of existing Companies. It is intended to commence the main Line at a point on the Liverpool and Bury Line, now before Parliament, at or near the village of Kirkby, which is distant about six miles from the Liverpool terminus; proceeding north ward, it passes east of Waddicar and Melling-cnm-Cuns cough, thence in a direct line to OHNISKIIIK. running to the east of Moss End, crossing the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at or near Glover's Bridge, leaving Hufford to the nod!. ' • Ecci- - nd - . ch. and thence proceeds to ,Aeston, and crossing the river Yarrow, runs into the North Union Railway, at the Junction of the Bolton and Preston Railway near Euxton Station. The distance from Kirkby to the Junction of the Bolton and Preston Line with the North Union Railway is about 174 miles, and that length of Line will only be required to effect, in connection with the Liverpool and Bury and North Union Lines, a direct Line from Liverpool to Preston, the entire distance being '29 miles, which will be traversed in one hour at the most. It is Po South".. with Otmskirk _ p...posed to connect ...port, _ Wigan, Bolton, Manchester, and other populous districts, by making Branches from the main Line at Ormskirk, passing south of Scarisbrick Park to Southport, and east wardly, towards Skelmersiale, meeting the proposed Branch of the Liverpool and Bury Line at a convenient point near Blaguegate Collieries. The Passenger Traffic between the localities connected by this Line of Railway is at present very considerable, and will be much increased when the Lines in the course - . . Railway communication between Liverpool, Preston, Lan caster, Carlisle, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the whole of the North of Great Britain. In conjunction with the Preston and Wyre Railway to Fleetwood, this proposed Line will form a mode of con veyance for Passengers and Goods to Belfast and the North of Ireland. The facility of communication which this Lire affords to the valuable Coal fields of Bickerstaffe, Latham, awl the rest of this important Coal district, insures to the proprie tors the most important advantages. There are no difficult or expensive Engineering Works on the Line, thus rendering it all but cert,;in that the esti mate of £350,000 is amply sufficient, which, when com pared with some of the projects now before the public, shows a very considerable saving in the cost of obtaining a DIRECT communication. The Branches to Southport and Wigan will afford mutual advantages, as they offer easy access to the de lightful and much frequented watering place of Southport, and a very great increase on the present traffic may fairly be calculated upon. The estimate of revenue, based upon the existing traffic, shows a good return for the capital invested. Means will be - taken to obtain an Act of Parliament in the ensuing Session, with the customary clauses for restricting the liability of each Shareholder, and it is pro posed to allow 4 per cent. interest on the paid-up capital. A number of Shares in this Line will be reserved for the Shareholders of Lines immediately connected with it. Applications for Shares may be made in the form below, to the Solicitors for the Company, to Mr. BURDETT, Solicitor, Marsden-street, Manchester, or to any of the following Sharebrokers:—Messrs. NEILSON, Liverpool; Messrs. FLETCHER and SHARP, Liverpool; Mr. W. G. SEED, Spring Gardens, Manchester; Mr. THOMAS Wrng, Preston; and Mr. HANDURY, 4, Angel Court, Throgmorton-street, London. FORM OF APPLICATION To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway Company, with Branches to Southport and Wigan. Gentlemen, I request you to allot to me Shares of £2O each in the above-named Company, and I undertake to accept the same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agree ment, and to pay, when required, the deposit of El 7s 6d. per Share. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient,Servant, Name (in full) Profession, Trade, or Occupation-- , Residence (in full) Place of Business (if any \ Name and Address of Retere - LIVERPOOL. PRESTON. AND NORTH UNION JUNCTION RA ILW Y, WITH BRANCHES TO SO HPORT AND WIG A . IVOTICE IS HEREBY VEN, tha,o4o APPLI CATIONS for SHA Sin this C 101PANY will be received after FRID , the 22d instant. By der of the Ccmmittce. Liverpool, 15th A gust, 1815. NOTICE THE DIRECTORS of the LIVERPOOL and BURY RAILWAY COMPANY (originally the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool) having observed an Ad vertisement of the " LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS DIRECT RAILWAY," in which it is stated that a preference will be given to the Shareholders of the " BOLTON, WIGAN, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY CO xy" in the Allot ment of Reserved Shares i at scheme,—think it right hereby to inform the P c, that they have no connexion whatever with the IVERPOOL AND LEEDS DIkECT RAILWAY." By Order, JOHN S. HERON, Secretary 33, Dale-street, Liverpool, Auptest 11, 1815. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY T1 - 1E DIRECTORS beg to inform the Shareholders and the Public, that in addition to the intended Junction with the Docks, an extension of the Line for a Passenger Station into the neighbourhood of Dale-street, &c., it is their intention to appl Parliament in the ensuing Session for powers t onstruct the following tributary projects, viz.:- Ist. A Main Line of ilway to the towns of Chorley and Blackburn, div mg from the Liverpool and Bury Line, near Upholltind. 2d. .Branch Lines to connect the Coal Field with the Main Line. 3dly. A Coast Line, diverging from the Main Line at Sandhills, near Liverpool, and passing through Bootle, Seaforth, Crosby, and Formby, to Southport. 4thly. An extension of their Ormskirk Branch from Blague-gate to Southport. sthly. A Railway from their Main Line, near Hindley, through Atherton and Tyldesley, to Manchester, by a Junction with the Manchester and Bolton Line at the most convenient point. _ _ _ BY order of the Board, JOHN S. HERON, Secretary GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. (IRELAND.) EXTENSION LINES TO LIMERICK 84* CORK. Trt. Act of Parliament authorising the Extension of the GREAT SOUTHERN and WESTERN RAILWAY to LIMERICK and CORK having received the Royal Agent, S 13 AREHO LD E Ii S are hereby called upon to REGI-,TER their S ES in these lines in the Books of the Compan accordance with the pro visions of the Act, on o efore MONDAY, the Ist day of September next. _ By ords DPI& Board of Directors, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, 25th July, 1845. N.B.—Forms of application for Registry to be obtained at the Office of the Company, No. 3, College-green, Dublin, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. TRANMERE WATEII-WORKS COMPANY THE want of a supply of WATER, in the Township of TR ANMERE, has been long and severely felt, and, in some instances, the price paid for Water has been equal to twenty to twenty-five per cent. upon the rental. The object of the Company is intended to remedy tliii evil by establishing Water-works at Holollll, where the 4 ". Promoters have already secured, o -451 r and moderate terms, a Well, with an abundan pring of good Water, and situated most advantage° . y for supplying F-lOLT HILL, LOWER TRA i ERE, ROCK FERRY, NEW FERRY, and t whole of the District. Particulars will be-given in a future advertisement ; and in the meantime every information may be obtainedby ap plying to Mr. 1. 0. WATSON, Solicitor, 19, Exchange alley North, Liverpool ; or to Messrs. GANDELL and BRUNTON, Hamilton-street, Birkenhead, Engineers to the Company. THE ASSIZES CROWN COURT, -YESTERDAY His LORDSHIP entered the court precisely nt nine A numher of prisoners were arraigned, and a consider able number of them pleaded not guilty, so that the as- STABBING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER Robert Brooks, a genteely-dressed young man, whose name did not appear in the calendar, was indicted for having, at Bury, on the 25th of May last, feloniously cut and stabbed William Leeming, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, and (by another count) with intent to commit murder. He was defended by Mr. WILKINS. Mr. MONKS, for the prosecution, stated the case to the jury, to the following eff,ct. The prisoner, worked with Walki , r, Smith, and Co., machine-makers, Bury; and there was in that town another firm, Richard Walker and Ce., ironfounders, not identical with the other, but hav ing some copartnery connection. In January last, the men turned out ay R. Walker, and Co.'s, and continued out still. When they had been out about a fortnight, the men at Walker, Smith, and Co.'s turned out also, without any ostensible cause, and they proceeded to get other men, amongst whom was the prosecutor. He and others of his fellow workmen lived in a row of houses called Walker's-terrace, a part of the town nearest to Rochdale ; and there they kept pretty well together when not at work. On Sunday evening, the 25th of May, a person named Smith challenged one of Walker, Smith, and Co.'s men, who declined to fight, but another man, Brien, fought with him. The prisoner, after they had ceased fighting, came up with his band in the pocket of his hunting coat, and was seen to take something apparently bright out, and strike the prosecutor from behind with it, saying, when he had done so, " You devil, thou'st got enough ; thou'll go no more." The question would be what his intention was, and whether the act and the word that followed did not bear out the more serious charge in the indictment. Blood flowed from the left hip of Learning, and there was afterwards found a wound from three-eighths to half an inch in length. The prisoner was seized by the hair by a man named Holland, who would have detained him, but another man, Bridge, pre vented him. The prisoner was not apprehended until some time after. There was no contusion, but a clear incised wound. The wound was not examined by a surgeon until next day. The prosecutor, a young man, supported this state ment so far, but on cross-examination, admitted that he had been in prison four times at Wakefield, and was once taken up for felony at Leeds ; also that he had lived with a woman named Elizabeth Clarkson at Leeds, who had been transported for highway robbery. When he gave information to the pike, he said the mao that stabbed him was little bigger than himself, and a little pock-marked. Another witness also supported the charge. Mr. Wit..xiNs severely cross-examined him as to the information given by the prosecutor to the police officer, relative to the dress of the prisoner. It appeared that there had been two affrays between the contending parties that night, and that they threw stones. Mr. Foster, surgeon, of Bury, described the wound as about an inch deep, and punctured by a sharp instrument. Leeming went to his work next day. It came out that the prisoner was not a mechanic himself, and had hitherto borne a good character. Mr. WILK'Ns then addressed the jury for the prisoner, who, he said, having nothing to do with the turn-out, could have no int'rest in the matter, and bearing also a good character, could have no motive in interfering. Neither was any provocation given to him, and he was a perfect stranger to the prosecutor. He could have no osject in uttering theexpression stated. Leerningwas clearly a man whose testimony was not to be relied on. The evi dence for the defence went to show that the prisoner had gone with the witness to a tea-garden that afternoon,that on their way home they were challenged to fight, and re fusing,.were attacked by several of the other party, who were partly undressed, and that they were not present at the second affray at all, when the prosecutor was stabbed. The prisoner was also struck, and knocked into a ditch. After remonstrating with them for striking one of his friends, he got away, and they threw stones at him. He afterwards went home with several of his companions. The witnesses (three youths) gave a straight-forward, consistent account of the whole of their own proceedings. A police officer said that the prosecutor described the prisoner as of about his own size, and pock-marked. The prisoner received a good character as a sober, in offensive, and industrious young man. Mr. MoNa then addressed the jury at some length, urging that the slight discrepancies in the evidence for the prosecution showed that witnesses had not laid their heads together to make up a story, and that the strong probability was that they spoke the truth. He contended that the prisoner had time enough to get to the spot where the assault was committed and back to his com panions without their knowledge. The Learned Judge said that he thought the charge of committing the assault, with intent to commit murder, could hardly be sustained by the evidence, and he doubted whether it could be inferred from the nature and position of the wound that it was inflicted with intent to do grievous bodily harm. His lordship went through the heads of the evidence, remarking upon it as he proceeded, and appearing to think favourably of that for the defence. Neither the prisoner nor the man who, it aas said, had rescued him, left the place, and though the latter was kown to one of the witnesses for the prosecution, the gistratTes, and never mentioned it until the prisoner was apprehended a fortnight after. The jury withdrew and did not return into court until twenty minutes past seven o'clock, having been in consul tation five hours. They returned a verdict of guilty of a common assault, with recommendation to mercy on the ground of his previous good character. His lordship said he should pass sentence in the morning. Thomas Moore was found guilty of a common assault on William Wil!iamson on the 12th of June in Preston. He was sentenced to four months' impris,nment and hard Robert Seddon was found guilty of.anasFault on Joseph Bailey, near Swinton, and sentenced to six months' im prisonment and hard labour. William Brooks, aged 22, was indicted for having wounded, with a razor, Mary Ann Learning, with int ut to murder her, or do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pollock conducted the case for the prosecution, and stated the particulars. The prosecutrix was very young, and her father lived at Halifax. The prisoner, who had courted her for some time, induced her to leave her home, and they travelled the country as man and wife for three or four months, seling needles, &c. They had a quarrel, and he struck her severely on several occasions. He af terwards went back to her lather's, but they had previously to this become friends. A short time afterwards. a young girl, Sarah Ann Taylor, who bad beet a friend of hers, persuaded her to go to Manchester, and there she lodged along with that young woman at the house of a Mrs. Col lins, in Henry-street. On the 9ch of May, about noon, the prisoner went there, and enquired for her. She was up stairs, and he waited about twenty minutes calmly in the parlour. He then went up stairs to her room, where Aso was Sarah Anne Taylor, who was in bed. He waited some time until the latter had dres,:ed herself. He then laid himself on the bed beside the prosecutrix for some time, and then began to ask her a'sout her beads, which e had not then on her neck. He then put his hand round her neck as if to feel for them, and not finding them withdrew it. They had no quarrel at the time. He afterwards again put his hand under her neck, and she felt that he bad cut her, as she thought with a razor. The wound was large; went very nearly to the spine; and it was remarkable that she had survived to appear in court. She sprang up and screamed, and a female of the house went in and found her bleeding profusely. She had also had a struggle with him before assistance came, and re ceived a cut in the aria. A wit.,ess saw the razor open in his hand. The prisoner said he felt satisfied with what he had done, and that he was willing to die. This he afterwards repeated to other persons. From the great de liberation be showed, and his being in perfect possession of his faculties, and quite sober, it would be for the jury to state whether the intention to take life would not be made out. The witnesses were then called, and deposed to the facts nearly as stated. The prisoner after the act, went up stairs, and said to the prosecutrix that he would give her a kiss. He Rent up a second time for the purpose, hut was ordered away. On first entering the room, he offered her a glass of ale, which she refused, but after wards tasted some on his threatening to throw it upon her if she did not. The prisoner conducted his own de fence, and cross-questioned all the witnesses, but to no good effect. The prosecutrix was sent to the Infirmary in about half an hour. The prisoner requested several of the witnesses to bring a policeman, and afterwards went, voluntarily, with a man who was called in, to the police office. He afterwards said to a police-officer, " I have committed that deed." He also said he was perfectly so ber at the time, and that he wished the razor to be re turned to the owner, a recruiting sergeant at Ashton. He sent word to the superintendent of police, saying he wished to speak to him. He was advised to say nothing, and was cautioned, but persisted, and said, he bad done it for the purpose of meeting her in another, and a better world. He also wished the superintendent to take an ac count of his life, saying he had deserted from many regi ments. The surgeon of the infirmary described the wound. That on the back of the neck was right across, and as deep as it could go for the bone. The prosecutrix had been in the infirmary until Friday last, and her life was long in imminent danger. The prisoner entered upon a long and rambling defence, stating his early and growing affection for the prosecu trix ; the fact of her father being against the union ; then finally travellir , together for a subsistance ; his having got her to go back to her father's; and her afterwards go ing to Manchester to Mrs. Collins, keeper of a brothel, to live by prostitution, which drove him to drink, that made him mad. so that he had overstepped his furlough, became a deserter, and by intoxication was driven to the deed when he knew not what he was doing. It appeared that he belonged latterly to the 32nd foot, and he served (by his own account) nine years in the army, and had suf fered much hardship. The JUDGE succinctly summed up, and the jury return ed a verdict of guilty. The learned JUDGE addressing the prisoner said, he should take a few hours to consider whether there were any circumstances by which his life might be spared. He did not like to decide hastily,.but at present he saw no such circumstances. The court rose at half-past seven. NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) SCHWAI3E; ADMINISTRATRIX, V.CLIFTAND ANOTHER. —ln this case, which was tried before a special jury, Eliza beth Schwab,p administratrix of Louis Schwabe, was the plaintiff, and James Clift and Edward Bates, two of the directors of the Argus Insurance Company, were the defendants. Mr. Knowles, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. J. Henderson, appeared for the plaintiff; and Sir Fitz roy Kelly (the Solicitor-General), Mr. Martin, and Mr. Unthank, for the defendants. The declaration set forth five policies of insurance, each for the sum of £999, effected by the late Louis Schwabe, in 1836, and his sub seq6ent death. The defendants, by their plea, said that the decease., committed suicide, whereby the policy was void. The replication denied that the death, under the circumstances, rendered the policy void, and, therefore, issue was joined. Sir F. KELLY said, from the terms of pleadings it be• came his duty to address them in the first instance. The action was brought by the representatives ( Schwabe, on a policy of insurance effected by that man on his own' lice with the Argus Insurance Company. The policy was subject to a condition that it the party as sured should cumnait suicide the policy should be void; and in the present case Mr. Schwabe swal owed poison, and died in some hours after. It was held by a majority of the Court of Common Pleas that when a person entered into a contract of this nature, and that looking at the fair meaning of the contract, it must have bee❑ the intention of the parties—and it was the intention of the parties which was to govern the construction of all contracts—that no such question sh uld be raised as to whether the person who committed suicide was in possession of his facilities at the time, but that it was clearly theobject of the insurance office to protect itself against any act of self-destruction, not matter of mere accident. The Lord Chief Justice dis sented from the rest of the Court, and expressed an opi nion that in order to bring the death of a party assured within the meaning of a clause like this, it was necessary that it should be a felonious suicide, and that he should have committed suicide himself—in other words, that it should be an act of felo de se. It was upon the great weight due to the opinion of the Court of Error with a view to the final settlement of the question. The learned counsel proceeded to contend that such an interpretation of the meaning of the clause in policies would put an end to insurances by offering a premium to distressed parties for the commission of suicide. The words of the policy were, that the policy should be void if the person committed suicide, it was the voluntary act of self-destruction against which the policy guarded. The great question was, what was the meaning of the parties to the contract ? There was a well-known rule of law, and a rule of good sense also, that words in the first place were to be interpreted accord ing to the plain, ordinary, national signification. What, then, he ventured to ask, was the meaning of the words— " Such a man has committed suicide ?" If the jury had heard that a gentleman had thro's n himself off Westmin ster or Blacktriars Bridge, or that he had blown his brains out, or swallowed poison, they would immediately say he has c‘quinitted suicide —he has destroyed himself;" and if they heard that the gentleman, in the present case, had taken a quantity of sulphuric acid, and died in a few hours after, they would immediately sa3 that the unfortu nate Mr. Schwabe had committed suicide. Would any man say that the directors of the Insurance Company meant any thing else by the clause but this—that they would not pay the amount of the plicy if the party it sured died in a duel, died by the hands of justice, oi:cc 'flitted suicide? Three of the judges held this. case of Borrowdale v. Hunt, it was found that I was in such a state of mind a s tendered him mora. sponsible for his conduct ; and he knew of no way in which self-destruction might he committed and which a feeling of sympathy in the minds of jurymen might not lead them to similar conclusion. He would now state the facts of the case; and he would venture to promise ihat no doubt would exist upon the mind of the learned judge, upon the minds of the jury, or upon the mind of ar y man, that if the, e ever was a conscious, del mitted it was the act which Mr. The learned gentleman, having admitted two or three in stances which occurred between the year 1842 and the death of Mr. Schwabe, in which he was placed under re straint, proceeded to describe the mode in which suicide was effected by him, which certainly shewed either great deliberation and method, or that .of cunning, which is often met with in the acts of insane men ; and fully proved that lie was conscious that the act which he was commit tug would produce his death. He submitted that upon these facts the policy was void in law, and the defendant entitled to a verdict. Mr. Knowles, in all probability, would ask the jury, whether they thought Mr. Schwabe was sane or insane at the time he swallowed the poison but he (the Solicitor-General) would submit inquiry was entirely irrelevant and iberate act of suicide corn- Schwabe committed at such an not the meaning of the clause that the question s raised before a jury as to how far the pers , feited his policy by an act of suicide might not have been of sound mind. Mr. Justice Coltman had put the case on its true ground when he held that the real meaning of the provision was to bs gathered from the meaning the insurance offices attached to it at the time of entering into the contract; and if suicide had been committed by either a sane or an insine party, the policy was rendered invalid in point of law. Mr. Ransom Chapple, the cabdriver, and two or three other witnesses were examined in support of the plaintiff's• case. Their evidence went generally to bear out the state ments relative to the taking of the poison as detailed in the Solicitor-General's uld be on who had for- Mr. Knowles then addressed the jury. He said the issue of the cause was of vital importance to the plaintiff, because in her it was a matter of great interest to know whether the provision made by the contract was to be ut terly set aside. The case of Hunter, to which such marked allusion had been made by Mr. Kelly was, in all respects, dissimilar to the present. In Hunter's case there was no evidence of insanity prior to the act of self destruction being committed. Here, the question was, whether Mr. Schwabe had committed suicide—a term which the jury might confound with the mere act or self destruction, but which had a very d'fferent meaning ; for he should contend that it meant something more, ►hat it imported a felonious act, and that, unless the party who committed the act was in a state of mind to make him a responsible agent, then in the eye of the law he could not commit a felonious act. In the case of Hunter the ex ception introduced into the policy was relative to the party dying by his own hand ; and though there might be some little difference between the two, yet the jury would find it assumed throughout that case that, if the words of the policy there were such as they were here, then beyond all doubt the office was liable, He cont Schwabe, instead of t' l away the life of ano ig away his own life, ) when he was no evil d that if Mr trom the consequences: and he referred to two or thrze reporie( cases in which juries had found for the plaintiffs, the par ties having terminated their existence at a time when their state of mind deprived them of all responsibility. Toe question was, did Mr. Schwabe commit suicide?—in other words, did he commit the criminal act of self-de struction ? If he were in a deranged state of mind, then he could not have committed the criminal act, and then he did not commit suicide, and the plaintiff_ would b titled to a verdict meaning in law, the words " ported a-c,iminalact. The learned c to consider the question whether at tl place the state of mind of Mr. Set] would have made him a responsible taking away his own life, he had taken _ another party. There was nothing in his circumstances to indu The word commit" had a legal omitting suicide" im- then proceeded the act tool such as nt if, instead of the life of a wish to die, although his pursuits and his temperament were such as to favour excitemer of min It was a common( iton, that ployment induced peculiar whenever the mind was su )(culiar modes of em of th sught, and that whenever lung upon a particular and pre;ailin the imagination was cons 'ntly at work in that pursuit; there was danger that the month predominance o •er the other facultiL subdue them. This was the case here. _ down, the imagination obtained perfect sw,_ was no doubt but the solution of his malady one. It had its rise in the cause to which he bad been ad verting. Its symptoms were betrayed in 1812, and they manifested themselves again in 1843, when he was in a state of maniacal delusion. Much of what bad cquire , and in the end roke d there an evil • •••• •• ••••••• taken place between 1843 and 1845 had not been elicited from the witnesses, but there was this fact in evidence that Mr. Rawson had been remonstrating with him during that time about his close attention to bu siness. A few days before the fatal catastrophe, he had heard of his father's death in Germany, and that ch cum- stance might very possibly have tended still further to in crease the exc Vment under wh.ch he was labouring. The nearer the actual scene was approached, the stronger was the evidence relative to the insanity. Two days before the sulphuric acid was swallowed, he was considered as a distracted man. There was a wildness of eye and manner about him, which, if the witnesses were believed, rendered i. unnecessary to call the members of the family from ime fact. At the very ired, there were insane Ceir unhappy home to prove the s ti ue when the acid symptoms : there was the same wildness, the same d s traction, totally irreconcilable with a sane state of mind. Was there a man whom he addressed who would not pro nounce Mr. Schwabe not guilty, on the - .17 if he (Mr. Schwabe) was withtaking away the life of another; and if they would lead to such a con clusion in the case of murder, why not come to the same conclusion in a case like the present? The question in both was the same; the state of mind was the question to examine; in 1):)th the act must be criminal; and the state of mind must be such as the law requires in a criminal act. For these reasons he humbly submitted that his client was entitled to a verdict. The learned Judge then summed up. He said that, in order to make out the allegations of the defendant, that the contract was void because Mr. Schwabe committed suicide, it was essential for the jury to be satisfied that Mr. Schwabe died by his own voluntary act, and that at the time when he did that act he was in such a state of mind that he was able to distinguish between right and wrong, to appreciate the nature and quality of the act be was doing, so as to be a responsible moral agent. The burden of proof on this head was on the defend ant, and the jury might assume that he was a moral agent, unless the plaintiff showed the contrary. He had stated this in as distinct terms as h could, be cause he took it for granted that it would be here after questioned, and he bad used terms about which there could be no controversy. When the defendant made out that the party died by his own voluntary act, then the burthen of proof was changed, for every man was presumed to be in possession of his faculties unless the contrary were proved; and if the jury thought that Mr. Schwabe died by his own voluntary act, then it was for the plaintiff to make out that he was not a responsi ble, moral agent at the time. As to the question of his having died by his own voluntary act, the jury could not have much doubt, for the evidence was distinct that he died by sulphuric acid, and there was nothing in the evi dence to throw any doubt about it having been his own voluntary act to take it. There remained the question whe ther he took it to destroy life. If he took it in ignoranee of its properties, or from any experimental whim (which it was hard to think that any man would swallow sulphuric acid for the sake of experiment), then it was not taken to destroy life, but if he took it to cause his own death, then the question arose, was he in such a state of mind at the time as to be able to distinguish between right and wrong, and to appreciate and understand the nature and quality of the act he was doing. After quoting and commenti upon the evidence of C and the of to the insanity, his Lordship proct the singularity of the fact, a r. Sebv all haste home to tell h er what was said necessity of oy his life great loss by they provided But was there any ice of his &corn- poiton might be his motiv The jury might very prop( aking the pi that insurance cc putting in clauses about suicides in their pol the possession of a certain sum of mone might be a great inducement to a man to de and that the companies would be liable to the influence of such a temptation, unless by a clause against such a result proof here that Alr. Sc by his death ? Ther stances, except that he was carrying on a large business and employing fifty hands; neither a any evidence of his b:!,iiig:embitr his creditoi; I in trade, or likely to fly from t the tim repeating the questions which he s Lordship concluded by left to the consideration of the jury. - After a brief deliberation, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, for £5,149 13s. 9d.—the amount of the poli cies and the interest thereon. After the trial of several uninteresting cases the court adjourned soon after five. The special juries in the second list will be taken in order on Monday next. THE NAMES OF STREETS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I beg respectfully, through the medium of your journal to call the attention of the authorities of Liverpool to the very imperfect directions which so generally prevail throughout the town to the different streets. In many instances where the names of the streets have been painted at the corners, they are quite illegible ; in others no trace is to be found that they were ever put up. The most readily discerned labels are a sort of white porcelain, on black ground, such as " Castle-street," in the neighbourhood of your office. and a few similar ones, here and there. _ _ What is desirable to be accomplished would be, where a street crosses, to have labels at the corners, on one side of each street, abreast, but preferably on both sides. A STRANGER IN LIVERPOOL. At the Devizes assizes, on Thursday, George Wolfred was indicted for the murder of ;Elizabeth Wolfred, his wife, by drowning. The prisoner was the owner of a learned pig, by which he supported his family. He was acquitted, as it could not be proved but that the deceased had committed self-destruction, though there were several circumstances against the prisoner. WherUko foreman of the jury said " Not guilty," the prisonerßropped as if shot. STEALING COTTON.—Two boys named Grogan and Brock',thank, were placed at the bar of the Police Court yesterday, on a charge of having stolen some caton. twist cops. placed on the quay of Queen's D,3ck, . I katly fur exportation. Superintendent Quick observe the. prisoners on Sunday evening ea taming the cops, and secured them ; and on enlynleyli appeared that offi...er No. 378 had driven them >way in. the afternoon. The prisoners made no defencegnd magistrates disposed of the case summarily, - go_ milting them to prison for twenty-one days. f4l . a packvgt,c ~- v