The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

of wt procu in of Li ady given the e )ended at c nded in their conclusit v that it I fore t 1 a d ender ti fence upon wi ,iderable leng been most f Woods anti Fores Page ha duty. th 's a brief statement of the impression which evidence, combined with their own local nation, hE those gentlem from the orde down for the lieu c weif tion. t bus to . more t rdanc wksley, he max mum Anoth the minds ofl T this, we shall deviate ions of the able point of consolid lent of public works, _ that locality will raent of so treat E melusion to which the surveyors come i embodied in their remarks in the last two pages the report, but might have been anticipated from ' • perusal of the preceumg pa Upon the iCiency of t nt suppl, ig hew desirable it is tht the future IPnt to should be so incr s to, be equivE and dwellir see no reason t :oils laid at the do erns fc )t all ott N in th. m the enterec :otyped isi Prins ( ackno advert nnila On Cre dit, 15 s . 7H 30, 1847 Herbert a have a In At TUESDAI ►roduced upon In d Veying officers are given in their report, and co he Bala Lake or River Dee Project in the o knowleC their r€ before 1 hat the evidence one-sided, being taken Mr. Rowlinson, did not [he surveyors o .rks Ilf them was th whom its origina. to have had sufficient communication to 10, wh linsOn himself put it which might be luced 318.500 manent duct and 250 ieight in crossing valleys, in r objectiOn, which has ed with them, is the deticien fall per mile from Pentre to Kensington seen sufacient to deliver the water into the reser- elevation into the stand pipe Possibly this objection might have been obviated ; but they observe that— " Cceierig paribus, the great length of the line, inde- dently o the expense wh river Weaver at Frodsham ge of the two RI the river Mersey at Runcorn, would have incurred,' (expensive, if rd in the most eco , rnical n offers, we may infer, strong reasons for the Corporation - not to have pro ceeded further with the plan than to refer it to the en gineers above mentioned. We do not feel it desirable that we should enter into calculations so as to give an opininn in detail upon its merits and its objections, but acre think it rieht to state. that Mr. Rawlinson has brought bear on the subject much research into er ages, and information upon thos dmiration of tli s project with s ie works of fnr- A the present. Tred r wants ars to have roportionate more to t those of a may not be necessary for the per- fection of the plan, the mibstitutions for them would still district contain. ;everal popu s of a plan like this would be far an an counterbalanced by the advantages resulting Shall has ting the expens that they may I Neverth ttained to t Ind mans, pest contribute to the economy, health and comfort of the people, projects like this of Mr. Raw linson's-may equal in grandeur and utility those work the Romans to which he alludes, or the American , duct of the Ir.- -lay." AAT4i. • Holywell scheme, sugriP respect to t the surveyors find an objection both in the quantity of water capable of being furnished and its elevation. The quality both of ter and the Bala Lake they admit to be With respect to it they state excellent elusion :- con- " Besides the insufficiency of the springs, one great de fect in the plan is the want of suflcient head to supply the reservoirs in Liverpool, and the unavoidable expense which would attend any mode of crossing the Dee and Mersey. The great recommendation is the value of the water ; but as the merits of a project must be taken in iion with the cost of its execution, we are not en abled to state the relation between them in the present In their remarks upon the supply proposed to be deriired from Rivington Pike, the surveyors seem to have come to very nearly the as those arrived at by Mr. Cunningham and appear to have attached great weight to his as to the unfavourable nature of the same con- strata for the retention of water in the Anglezar. and Rodnlesworth reservoirs. They are not satis fied either, that the amount of rain fallin capable of being made available has been sum "- ascertained, and are unwilling to take at a ~ss the compensation to be paid to the mill owners and others in the district. Under the , - heads the report states that— The quantity of water deriveable from the earns must depend not only upon the rat .oration, but also on the nature of the sr g► and rface by fall and ire and dip of the strat .h, when lc atrary direction to the inclination c face, m the fall result sufficiently satisfactory fall and evaporation alone in an 3 hould be earefuth he snpply.by the strea and compared with th rain-fall ; and, it ms can be safely r amount which will be Mr. Hawksley's knowledg nd experience on t of .Cate to 'merit confide: qferred that h s well as on ott himself, umte Yh the calculated gzta ice, prem dry in summer. Our inquiries on ""' - ne conclusions ; but altb( ply to the present population ovruers and the regular pro ty le reser :ater supplyin the dr to which which art treams being r e spot e sufficiently capacious to contain a y la of his conclusions ; but it ma desire that the resulit the locality should be thoroughly in c r)t lead 3f the re bon whatever description, th That on the question of quantity, wc surveyors say TO CORRESPONDE men 1 10 capacious a Le means of giving an opinion intended to supply them. an abu engine I seman, an 4 salt of th d grasp the old nobility of the land. The to spin, and weave, and print, and dye for thf world ; and, in return, the wealth of the "^+n their coffers. Alas for the prescienc Icres of t 3 world wa to flow into ti iges ! One by one their boldly-asserted prophecies, of the beneficial tendency of their pet measure, have been falsified. The manufacturing of the tv, are in a state of wretchedness and no- The unemployed and half mployed opera tivei exceed in, number lose who are working, Our f ) have increased in-- to consurr- h high prices have conf ie warehouses of Mar the success of 'their injurious agitation. One of the most confidently-asserted of their doctrines was, that a fret trade in corn would have a beneficial effect upon the currency, and would not produce any drainifol Our supplies of grain were to be paid for in manufactured goods and British produce exclusively. This dream of dotage or of folly has, however, been dissipated by that best of all tests—experience ; and, strangest thing of all, a league organ has been brought to confess the fact that, whenever Great Britain im ports largely of the rich stores of food, by which she was to be made so prosperous, she may prepare herself for a monetary crisis. The following is a portion of the admission in question, contained in a leading article in the Manchester Examiner,—a paper, of which it is strongly asserted that Mr. John Bright, M,P., or one of the Brights, is the proprietor, and which is at all events his recognized organ in Manchester : l We have," remarks the Examiner, " from time to time, since December last, when the drain of gold on the Bank of England commenced, brought this important subject before our readers, and, at the risk of being con sidered alarmists, we have not hesitated candidly to state our views, and to warn the public of the unavoidable es in prospect, arising from the disturbance in ency caused by the demand fior bullion for expor- difficult the cur) in paymen our impo tie are convince( that these disc moat beneficial results, and that the caution in duced by the warnio s ° of the public press has had the effect of mitigating a calamity which could not altogether be avoided. We make no apology. therefore, for again submi"- ing our reasons for the views we entertain. :ircumstance which has recently tended most to ,n Gover , nt, to ti amount of about £2,000,000 sterling. This transaction will, no doubt, have, ultimately, a favourable effect on our market ; but we do not yet see any alteration in the state .of the foreign exchanges with this country, which indicates pros- pects of a decline in the demand for specie for exp-orta tion. Corn, and other kinds of produce, are arriving in meat quantities from all parts of the world, for which --it will shortly be required either in manufactures Our exports are far from corresponding with value of our imports, and there does not appear at :esent any prospect of such an increase as will be suffi cient to cover them ; the di f ference must, therefore, be -ide up by a continued carport of bullion, and in the ex te of the Bank of England, a continued drain of 1 + in increased pressure on the money payn or bullion ti Of course, all the world knew that this drain for bullion would inevitably follow a largely-increased importation of foreign-grown food, or of any fo reign product. Nothing short of idiotcy could have failed to perceive a fact so obvious. It is as clear as that, if you put a pound weight in one scale, and only half a pound in the other, the latter will kick the beam. We were to have had, moreover, steady prices as the result of free trade. Merchants were to be re lieved from the temptation to gamble in corn, which the sliding scale was said to induce. Has it shown . 7 '5 1 itself thus far likely to effect either of these most desirable results ? We have had more speculation in corn since the passing of the corn law bill than .A at any period within remembrance. Scarcely a merchant can be found in this great port who has not more or less dabbled in grain, however widely removed such business may be from his usual avo- Prices have been run up to famine rates, in the face of vast stores available in foreign coun tries, and sure to be attracted to this country. We have had food hoarded up whilst thousands were starving around our granaries. The recoil has come. Holders for increased rates are startled from their dreams of grain by the immense supplies which our ports every tide; and prices are t a rat Ming rapidly,— hich must prod indeed wicleiy- pread ruin. Steadi- f gambling in grain ! ness of prices ! Abseil( Why the operation of free trac rather to appea )e to produce fluctuation, and to place th he people in the position of a shuttlecock . between competing capitalists—speculators for a rise or a fall—whilst Englishmen, with hungry lips and gaunt fleshless - faces, are to stand by until, the players tired, and the game at an end, the great staff of life falls within the reach of its expectant UNFORTUNATELY for this commercial country, embezzlement by clerks and servants placed in ns of tru 'err, na Si by their employ iunate it is that in can he dete El he has have placed confidence in his integrity ; and very frequently he escapes the punishment due to his throurh the hindrance which the law itself In nine I cantil knowledge. Its vc iltv upon th pelt it is t " 1 Interest u p on borrowed mom accounts, a receipt stamp is rarely used s bulk of receipts given in ordinary business matters sc f are no better than waste paper. tv a As calculated to prevent the possibility of em bezzlement, or the keeping back of money by the t ' collectors of mercantile houses, we have been IN favoured with an opportunity of examining a form tr pt, with a countercheck, devised by Mr. V I Robert Burn, of Manchester, the compiler of n I B a rn's Commercial Glance. Nothing could be V : o more efficacious than the general adoption of this of rec ich ex he present property tied to the Est lly entertainin they ou A very little reflec werful machine which ) bring destruction upon his own heal ti wareh, ere to beoom the mar rcumstance, connected with this retarding movement, we cannot but deplore. We refer to the support announced to be given to its originators by the Wesleyans of Great Britain. Few religion ists have hitherto been.more zealous than the fol spring water, lowers of John Wesley in the cause I eution of tbm - - and it is sad to see them now drawn into the I thoution of a course which is only 1 -i Churci f education ; timulated by to which, if that they are all themselves with a set of men who are their bitterest enemies, and the bitterest enemies of the cause of which they profess them selves to be strenuous supporters. APPOINTMENT OF A STIPENDIARY SOLICITOR TO THE DOCK ESTATE. We should in all probability have passed without notice an article in the columns of our contemporary, the Jour nal, under this head, could we have imagined it to have emanated from the pen of the editor of that paper. Our " half-brother " of Saturday, as the Mercury would say, is rather fond of mares' nests—and the world knows it. He does not, however, ordinarily trouble himself to make very minute inquiries as to the facts upon which his con clusions are based ; 'and as we happen to know that another gentleman has been making rather particular inquiries as to the salaries of former officers of tnd other, matters, the Journal must excu us if we address ourselves to the gentleman in question rather than to himself, and at the same time congratulate him upon the valuable aid which he is acquiring from his voluntc ltributor The complaint of the writer of the article in question that the Dock Committee are liberal in the matter of lanes beyond the measure of times gone by. In parti- cular, the remuneration of the respected sec - retary of t to the able solicitor is roundly charged as a joh. Mr. Mason, it is stated, received as a subordinate £2OO pet annum ; was advanced, when made chief s ;rotary, to £350 per annum ; and has since been advanced by degrees to £lOOO per annum, his present salary. Undoulitedly such'advaiice appears great; but we never yet knew that deserving servants of the public were to be debarred from the chance of improving their position along with their increased claims on the score of desert and additional work. We have no doubt that the Dock Secretary earns his present salary quite as well as he has ever earned the reduced one, for which our contemporary says " the committee in power in 1841" (including Mr. Alderman Evans) " is re;ponsible." With respect to the Dock Solicitor's new footing—a permanent salary instead of variable bills of costs—it is a little surprising that the objection should come from such a quarter. Had we nothing of the kind when municipal reform was the new broom which was to sweep away all abuses ? We rather fancy that no objection was made by "liberalism " to a Town-clerk's appointment at a large salary, even although an able man had to be pensioned on the corporate estate, on the sole ground of his politics. In the case of the Solicitor to the Dock Trust, the change made is perfectly justifiable upon economical grounds. The Dock Solicitor's. business—parliamentary matters apart—has increased, and is increasing. The Wapping property is in course of purchase, and requires the hourly attention of the Solicitor. The Deck Committee, since their possession of warehouse property, have constant call upon them for the services of a solicitor; and on every account we conceive that they have acted wisely in pre ferring to pay henceforth a stated a for such ser otherwise inevitably be Called upon to pay SECOND . Standar V-office, Two o'clock !MET. THIS DAY LIVERPOOL CORN MA The very mode into this port sin, superabundant i Egypt, and Arne Indian Corn, In article amounting At this mornil mand at a declin In Flour busin 375. 6d. extreme ties for export. Indian Corn it Tate supplies of ce Tuesday last, aportations fr ica, especially Tian Meal, an to 111,394 ba] Ig's market, ; of fr •om 3d. tc s done t for We d requi British produce received are amply made up by tal Europe, those of Wheat, Beans, Flour, the last-named Contir eat was in moderate de 4d._ per bushel. a fair extent, at 375. to some quanti- though held with cor to 2s. per quarter love: P *° :: 3 ; - ; z: ‘.5 nted -11 e, wi out of ten of pure given /or a s a court - will E production in evidence entails payrr or for disputed 'mgt 5r..~~ le~'~-F~ plan ; nothing more calculated to ensure from loss both the party paying and receiving. Our stamp act, however, operates as a material hindrance to its adoption It operates, in fact, to perpetuate ty in all mercantile transactions, and at the me time defeats its own object, so far as_ the ising of revenue is concerned. Could the 1 lature be persuaded to, substitute for the presen pro rata tax on receipts a uniform penny stampage, we feel convinced that the adoption of I\4r. Burn's form of duplicate receipt would be universal, and _ _ defalcation 4V A collection of money would be checked revenue would b of the plan in ques ,ere. We shall, hoN it under the notice of - the Guardian S 1 do good sers THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CROWN COURT, m Bra 4nn Williams, for making h, for an 48 Fothergill, for assaul 4nn Monks, for bt -To be im 'rogarti =Mall reed J John Ingham Bond, whO was convicted - of arson, b re to a warehouse in Manchester, in on lad committed on the premises and John Howard, pleaded guilty to a 'hree months imprisonment wit —To bi 'o be iinprisoned for one year and kept to hart ce to procure su stamp Duties as will ward B °retina: :icier unix &ducatioty mania, of v Jun., of Leeds, is a kin( town in - Yorkshire, to which held 'in c is aqn I Gov ing to observe that t up in amidst this well •m. Lord John 1 voluntarie , d to succumb to the dictation and thereby to condemn neration to remain in their present Itional deficiency, until Sectarian vertake the march of increasing population wants of the pt rived from the new presen Ind those luch at 1, chic )n Thursday man flan ;sel in th AD Docki 1 - Owen ators on MIS occasion A celebration, arrangeren Northy the appreciation Mersey, arc making. in every (i almost every line, and at the Or the inexhaustible proprietor, reparation as Will astound every two vess Ie died ' THE COHCOUT princes of the I ins will run on Layton-square, making such pr tea witn the !arceiy by exerc m of t Ily ava] To be im- !cud, Thomas Lewis, Thomas Grea vans, all for bigamy.—Each to be iE fined and kept to hard labour for 'imothy Kelly, John Wooley, Tha and Catherine med and kept ion that her for a of this she was ticed to only one fortnight's imprisonment r. Sergeant WI KINS applied to the Court for a post nement of the trial of Elizabeth Johnston, charged th the wilful murder of her husband, on the grounds at the Crown had just intimated to him the existence of atain additional evidence which was intended to be used 3. her trial, the nature of which he was totally unac minted with, not having heard of it before. He there ire begged that the trial should be postponed till the ext assizes, in order to give the prisoner's counsel an pportunity of meeting that fresh Baron ALDERSON said he was ace of any such evidence ; that even if it were in exist ace it would not alter the facts of the case. If he were ) grant the application, and postpone the trial, the same ircumstances might also arise at the next assizes ; and if athey might go on postponing it ad infinitum. He did of see any reason why he should put off the trial, al- not aware of the exist- 1. inclination when opposf ant Wi 3ut if postponing it a d two would be of any advantage to the prisoner, he )uld at once have the trial postponed, provided it should Sergeant WILKINS next applied to the court to no - rder requiring the prosecutor nine four witnesses who had been examined before th o before the coroner, and who were erwards bound over to prosecute. He wished this be use thev were material witnesses for the prisoner. - ALDERSON could not grant the apPlication, as he AI no power to make any such order; bu ight by called for the defence if he (Mr ;uch wi HULTON engaged that those witnesses should be apt in court, and they might be used for the defence if Le counsel for the defence liked. STABBING James Martley was then indicted for having assaulted ❑d stabbed Joseph Burns, at Salford, on the 12th of De mber last. Pleaded Not guilty. _ _ This offence arose out of a quarrel between two boys, he prisoner a lad of about 13 years of age, and the pro cutor, a lad about 12 years old,) about a cap which had een taken off the head of the prisoner, whilst standing loking at a show on Victoria Bridge, Salford, on the ight in question. It appeared that when the boy lost is cap he accused the prosecutor with taking it, when a uflle ensued, which ended in the prosecutor's receiving Evidence was given for the defence to show that the stab was inflicted accidentally. The prisoner received a most excellent character from his master, Mr. Irlam, engraver, Manchester.—Not guilty. MANSLA.TJGFITEA , John Stanley Thorpe, indicted for killing and sac, John Dominico Gristallio, an Italian, on board the ship Commerce, on the 7th of February last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty; after which, I - t',-tion Air. BRANDT states axe case for ite prosecut. facts of which will be found in the evidence subjoined : Moss Jonas, sworn and examined.—ls a boarding house keeper ; knew the deceased ; he boarded at his house when in Liverpool; he shipped in the Commerce in August last ; he was then in good health ; heard that that vessel arrived in Liverpool from the coast of Africa; went alongside the vessel that day to inquire for the deceased, when he was told he was dead ; saw the body afterwards ; the face was much bruised and swollen ; on the 9th saw the prisoner ; asked him about the deceased, when he said he did not care how soon he was taken out of the ship, and he said that if lie had been further out at sea he would have thrown the body overboard. I remarked, "Captain, you must remember you are in a Christian country." To which he replied, "A Christian country be d—d ! What care I where I am to be buried ? Let the parish bury him Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WiLxixs.—Deceased was indebted to me money when he quitted Liverpool in August last. Got a bill for £4 lOs from Messrs. Heming way and Co., and got it cashed, but that was not for the purpose of "fitting out" the deceased. I gave part of it to him—that is, paid him £2 lls. and I retained the balance. I told the captain that I diould like to bury him decently, as he was a poor man ; I did not then know what had occurred. It was in reply to that th - tain said he would have thrown him overboard Mr. G. Woods, surgeon, examined.—On the 11th of February I made an examination of the body of the de seased. I opened the body and the head ; on the left side of the head found a bruise or mark ; and I found the in ternal part to be much bruised also. On removing the skull-cap I found a clot of blood resting on the brain ; this corresponded with the external mark. This tended, no doubt, to accelerate death ' • but with sound constitu tions, I have known persons to recover from such wounds. On examining the heart and lungs I found both to be dis eased, and also the spleen. I consider that the pre-dis posing cause of death was natural disease ' • but the ac celerating cause were the wounds on the head I have de scribed. The injury on the head was such as possibly might have been inflicted by a blow with the fist. The disease of the heart was of long-standing. The deceased was in such a state, that he might have died suddenly. I have knovin patients die suddenly from such a disease of the heart as he had. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WlLKlNS. — Exposure to cold would have effected the disease of the lungs ; but it could scarcely have affected the heart. A fall from a ladder down the hatch of a vessel would account for all the contusion which I saw; or if he had been knocked down and kicked by another person on the day in ques tion, it would also account for what I saw. Frequent beating would tend to accelerate the death of a person so diseased as the deceased was. JOHN FORTUNE examined.—l was a seaman on board the Commerce; came from the coast of Africa with her; knew the deceased on board that ship ; he was pretty well in health when he left the coast of Africa ; he some times complained of ague ; we were six months on the homeward voyage; the prisoner was captai n o f the vessel ; I saw him " rope's-end " the deceased several times with a rope an inch or an inch and a-half round ; never saw him strike him with anything else, except his hands ; I saw 'him knocked down also ; the last time I saw him beaten was three days before we arrived ; the deceased was then t in his berth in the forecastle ; I was present when it oc curred ; the captain wanted him to go on deck, when he said he was not able ; the captain then hauled him out and beat him with a block strap ; that was about one inch and a-half or two inches thick • he gave him two or three ," licks " with it over the shoulders and back ; I went on deck before the captain, for I was afraid of being struck myself . ; the deceased came up on deck also, but he did not stop long ; he was crawling on his hands and knees when he came up. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS:—He did not skulk when he was in good health ; the captain and mate had often to take the wheel from him when lie was badly ; they never had to pull him out of his berth when he was in good health ; he always turned out when heard him called ; the chief mate struck him the day he died ; he was going to the galley to get his dinner, but they would not give him any ; I did not get any dinner that day either; I did not see him fall or throw himself down the ladder that day. Thomas Smith examined.—l was a sailor on board the Commerce out and home ; 1 saw the captain strike and abuse the deceased frequently •, lie struck him chiefly on the head and shoulders; the last time I saw him strike him was two or three days before we came in ; he struck him on the crown of the head and over the shoulders with a rope ; the rope might be an inch, an inch and a half, or two inches round. • • To Mr. Sergeant WILKINS.—He shipped as' an able seaman, but he was not an able seaman ; he was not lazy, but he was not fond of .work ; he was not a dirty fellow, and still he was not a smart seaman. To the COURT : — The rope was as thick as this lucing one which was about an inch and a quarter in the cap Min Cole examined -Corroborated the testimony preceding witnesses. In his cross-examination, itness stated that he fell down the ladder of the fore on the day of his death ; he groaned, and coul d of being hurt by the fall ; he went up on deck, .er, immediately after ; I don't know what time he , rit back to his berth ; he 'died next morning. To the COURT :—This fall took place about two o'clock To Mr. BRA.NDT :—lle fell down the ladder on his feet To the COURT.—His head might have struck the km the ladder, but I did not see any wound on the head ien weraised him up, he said " Oh my God !" ,GENT WiLKINS submitted that there was enco sufficient to sustain the indictment. DT concurred in the opinion of the learnet A. verdict 'of acquittal was instantly re Sentence was then passed on Joseph and James Jones ho had been convicted of wounding Charles Rothwell, ith intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Previous tc alming sentence on the prisoners, the Learned Judge ob rved that he had made - which had be iome inquirif ,ingested by the prisoners, and that they resulted mos bly for them If he had sentenced them imme diately after their trial, he should have transported them but from what had since transpired he would not do so and farther, lie would assure them that he would make representation of the circumstances to the crown, at th earliest opportunity, with the view of having the sentenc , which it was his duty to pass upon them, vemijted alto gether, lie would therefore sentence Om to i/c. knoutlo imprisonment; but they illiam warehouse of Mr toot td rob it ,larm William Acton v Asnipp wa On th 1 w ;ht of ihe Ilth of Pehrt is called -To be impri Castle, for t: :pect that that punish- r Ashton- hat Mr. I , cons bodily 1 He state and at bed Wm wounded me in the into v Cross-damined by Mr. GRAINGE had not paid his son his wn I said that Acton did, not f served to have them knoc tight previous le de- :ked about his head for forging. them so bad Evidence Of pa con& of an as March 30, IS-47. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY EXPRESS.) By the arrival of the London line of packet-ship rndepen- Ince New York papers of the Bth instant ha ve be en rece iv ed, ing ! two, days later than the previous dares. The rate of ex ange quoted null, at 105, but the private letters state that business could be done as low as 104 i. The grain markets d undergone no alteration in the brief interval, Indian corn d meal being heavy. The exchange on France was 5 40, but Upfnents being made foi-this country in the first instance. received from Mexico. The c high rate of freight continued No later intelqence had been tton market was firmer, but the LONDO mr many of the leadir -YESTERDAY sed account's- from Irelind, France, and nding effect on our markets to-day, and shoit supply of English wheat: there at a reduction of 4s. to ss. per quarter. over, but little business resulted. although floating' cargoes are pressed ily in small porcels to net M ITH FIELD CATTLE The Veal trade v her redaction Le was trifling, STERDAY wn and country buyers, eau afquality of the was by a rise in value of 4d. per Sibs f which w was doing at 2d. per . 81bs. more mone MARKET The Railway shares are not so firm, and prices have partially given wa in• several instances were they had of late tended toward's improvement. EARLY S )n Monday last, a swallow was seewskim pond at Newton-in-the-Willows. ioceses of Meath and Leighlin have passed de for English generosity. EXTRAORDCNARY MODES' ie amiable Mast of Trinit, yen for the de- To be imprisoned for three weeks Samuel Diggle and Abraham Nabb were indicted for breaking into the house of John Berry, at Birtle-cum- Bamford, on the 6th of February, 1846, and stealing therefrom some money and various other articles. Samuel Diggle guilty, and Nabb not guilty transportation Senten 15 years' FORGERY. man of co Stephen Williams, py Lady Str for forging and uttering two forged shipping notes for the payment of £2 103. each, to Owen Miller, of Liverpool, on the 24th of Dacember last, knowing the same to have been forged. The forgery was committed on the firm of Messrs. Duncan Gibb and Co. _ _ Mated t the notes in question, but that he was ignorant of the forgery. He said they were given to him, with a request to get them cashed, and that he did get them cashed ; but when he did so, he did not know that they were forged.—Guilty of uttering the forged notes, but not guilty of forging.—Sentenced to be imprisoned and kept The court then adjouined till nine o'clock this morning if the Lew n of gei weapon magistrate perfectly scandalo home, and ext, The Grand Jury of the county Donegal, including Lord George Hill, Sir J. Stewart, Col. Conolly, passed a resolution last week expressive of their grateful sense of the liberal sym pathy displayed towards Ireland by the people of England. The Provident Clerks Mutual Benefit Association continue, its operation ; and we are glad to find that its benefits are pro perly appreciated by the useful class of young men for whost advantage it offers so much. The sum of . proceeds of a pr lour, was then indicted ~.• ,0 has been remitted to Edinburgh as the Le fancy bazaar held at Stratheden House, teden and Campbell, with the assistance of - her friends, for the relief of the Highlanders. At the Bury St. Edmond's Assizes, Catherine Foster, aged 18, was found guilty of the wilful murder of her husband, by administering arsenic to him in November last. The prisoner was quite unmoved. Saturday last being operating day at the Eye and Ear Intl' , er mary, six persons underwent succession) , ror tne restoration of sight: four for cataract, and two for the forma tion of artificial pupils. Two of the cases are particularly de serving of notice: one a girl fifteen years of age, and the other a child five years old, both born blind. 24th ultimo, a young man, * T orthern Hospital with as taken to th 1 and the hCemorrhage consequent thereon, he died Oiliti-e'26-6; THE HOSPITALS.—We regret to say that both the Northern and Southern Hospitals are full to repletion. The Northern Hospital has at present accommodation for 100 patients 8 or 10 more have been placed on beds on the floor. Southern ' • ospital will aCcommodate from 50 to 60 patient; The Infirmary is also very full. At a most respectable - meeting last week, an address. was voted to the Rev. R. J. M‘Ghee, on his departure from Ireland to the living of Holywell, Hants, to which he has been.pre sented by the Duke of Manchester. The Earl of Roden was in `‘e chair, and on the platform were the Hon. S. Maxivell, Arch on Magee, the ArchdP- - -- ov. and a large body of Lcon of Er Assizes, on Saturday, John Bowyer, aged 55, a pe,. c,_ntlemanly appearance, and who has, for upwards of thirty.years,peactised as a soli c it or i n the ' own of Petworth, - creer, were found guilty of feloniously demanding carrell, t of an abominable offence. They were sentenced; to. trans- IE REPEAL ASSOCIATIONS, OLD AND YOUNG.—The World iturday gives a schedule of the debts of the poor Old Repeal ..;.+;nrt 1-I‘r sulkinh it nrtrzonl-ce prin . ter,„t'3oot9 the Er Journal, together with "several other heavy. items." "iYlr. O'Connell," continues the World, "has sent over ~t'so weekly for several weeks to keep the doors of Conciliation. Hall open; otherwise they must have been closed." DARING OUTRAGE.-011 Monday evening, as Mr..G. K. Har- greaves, of Everton, was proceeding home along Everton terrace, he was attacked by two ruffians, who. struck him violently on the head with a hammer, which sent him reeling to the ground. They then attempted to take his watch, but did not succeed, as his cries brought the timely assistance of a gentleman from one of the neighbouring houses, upon which the villains took to their heels, and made good their escape. The hammer. which the assailants used was a very formidable STREET ASSAULTS.—Yesterclay, six young, men, Milrae, Welch, Regan, Hughes, Lynch, and Dogharty, were charged by several police-officers, with' lingering in the streets at a very late hour, and with otherwise being bad and suspicious charac ters. Some of them, after lengthened evidence, .sbowed that that they were not so culpable as was stated. if at all_ and the others were proved to hake been old offendei's in various ways. The result was, that Milrae, Welch, and Regan were sen tenced to three mon9is' . imprisonment; and Lynch, Hughes, ANOTHER BEGGING IRIaN FARMER.—Yestertlay, b efore Mr. Rushton, an old Irishman, in plain and coarse, but not ragged attire, was charged with begging in the streets. A 1914 letter was found upon him, from his brother in the sister Isla' from which it appeared that the prisoner kept a farm in fR land, and had there left with the writer of the epistle a COA and a colt, which h e h ad been at some fairs to sell • also vising him that he would soon leave his ownf rid also B~ over to England, where the prisoner's suceess ur . mendicant has doubtless been great. .Mr. Rushton sail conduct was es coming here who were well off at ‘s, the distressed such impostors no money from, in many ( country. He should treat NISI PRIUS COURT YESTERDAY CLAYTON t Messrs. Knowles and Athertou appeared for the plain- ASHWORTH Eartin anc ',mar for he defendant The plaintiff is an engineer and ironfounder at Praston, and the defendant is a book-keeper at Walton-lerdale. The plaintiff agreed for £1,225, to fix up in a mill for the defendant, a steam-engine, and also a boiler, and to pro vide all necessaries for doing so except the brick and stone work, which was to be performed by the defendant. For the plaintiff several witnesses were called to show that the defendant had expended an unreasonable length of time in not fulfilling his contract, for had he wished to have carried the conditions out, ample time had been afforded Mr. MAirriN was addressing the jury for the defendant, when a verdict was agreed to be taken that Mr. Eccles should become security for the payment of £3OO, within a fortnight, from the defendant'to the plaintiff, and the with all reasonal be execute( which is to . defendant consenting to pay the expense for an alteration in the length of a piece of piping. ALDERSON V. DIXON AND ANOTHER. Messrs. Francis Dixon and Co. are bottle manufacturers, at Helens, and the plaintiff, Mr. John Henry Alderson, was em ployed as their agent to dispose of their wares in this town. He entered into their employ on the 10th of . September, 1844, the terms of the agreement. being, that he was to receive ..elOO ayear for his services, and procure security to the amount of On the Bth of Septeniber, in the same year, he was dis missed, and a certificate given to him by the defendants, as follows :—" J. Alderson has been in our employment for nine months and given satisfaction, and we can give satisfactory reasons for dispensing with him." The surety given had been entered into by the "Guarantee Society, in London," whose agents are Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, wool brokers, Dale street. The n'aintiff being unable to prove the existence of a partnership between the defendants, a nonsuit was entered, 31 . 1.E0D V. DUBBIN AND ANOTHER. This was an actian in trover to recover possession of certain helnnoinn to the ninintiff. which were nlleeefi to !mire teen converted by the defendants. Mr. Mari in and 111 r. Fletcher appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton for the defendants. The plaintiff is a trustee under a deed of conveyance of property left by one Beulah Colthurst to a Mrs. Crowther, and the defendants, H. Cubbin and George Morgan, are the assignees of the estate of George Crowther, husband of Mrs. Crowther, under a fiat of bankruptcy ; and the question at issue was, whether the good., in question belong to the de fendants, as trustees tinder such fiat of bankruptcy, or by con veyance to the plaintiff. The maiden name of Mrs. Crowther was Colforth, and she was married some years ago, and she has a sister named Beulah Colthurst, who went to live with Mrs. Crowther at a house at Tranmere, and continued to live then( until the year 1840, when her brother-in-law, Crowther, becalm a bat —taut, and Ins gooas were custrathea upon oy tne tang- as they deserved, amine bGLaLi..........._ lord, and sold by Messrs. Winstanley and Sons; and, subse- imprisonment. quently, they were appraised at .€5O 9s-value, and bought by THE WEATHER. Since our last, the weather has been fa- Miss Beulah Colthurst, whereby, of course, they became her vourahle, with very slight exceptions, for the labours of the field, property. Upon leaving Tranmere, a house was taken in Pem- as well as for gardening and other rural operations. The wea broke-place, the furniture, said to be Miss Colforth's, being the t h er was d ry , an d the land after the previous frosts (succeeded furniture with which the house was furnished. Subsequently, by a fine thaw) is in prime order for ploughing, which may now another house was taken in s'. J ames ' s - wa lk, i n th e name o f be said to b e nearly, i f not wholly completed in this county and Crowther, and an arrangement was entered into that the house Cheshire. The wheats had begun to look rather sickly, from should be kept as a boarding-house by Miss Colthurst, whose the rather strong and biting easterly winds that had prevailed; property was used to furnish the house, and she continued to b u t r a in set in on Saturday eveni ng , an d h as g i ven the whole a Mae purchases of household property. In 1814, Crowther healthy and promising appearance. In the neighbourhood of being in reduced circumstances, a house was taken in Berry- I OrrelSkirk,N t i h eshiCe districts) h ie,have w Se e bs en o ,(a e n rv d ed %e gr d e o a u t b a t zr n i o c t ul e tu ls r e a r iemre street, and all the property of Miss Colthurst taken there. In throughout 1846,-Miss Colthurst was desirous of transferring her property pro fencing, road repairing, extension of arable surface by•ldraining provements of recent achievement, in ploughing, planting, to her sister s. Crowther, and a conveyance was drawn up for that pur inserthp plaintiff being trustee for Alice Crowther and levelling, ditches, old ponds, &C. The same is observable under the instrument during life, and afterwards for her chil- in many parts ' of Cheshire. We never before, indeed, saw so dreg. many ploughs, harrows, spades, &c., at work within a given In cross-examination by Mr. KNOWLES, Miss Colthurst, to space. The spring corn is nearly all sown, and the planting of explain how she had become possessed of the money with early potatoes—great care having generally been taken with the which she bad repurchased the goods of her brother-in-law, shoots—is briskly going on, where not already finished. The said that her mother, previous to her death, had left in trust growing field crops generally give good promise, and the same for her, with her sister, Mrs. Crowther, .t'so and some little may be said'of garden produce. The fruit trees are already furniture, and the reason, she supposed, why the fur n it u re was I assuming a delightful virgin verdure, and appear to be perfectly left to her rather than to her elder sister was, that her mother healthy. We had on Sunday night a rather chilling wind from had been married twice, and she ( Miss Colthurst) was the only the northeast, which continued nearly throughout yesterday, daughter by the second marriage. A few months back, pre- on the morning of which ice of considerable thickness appeared vious to Crowther's second bankruptcy, she made a transfer of i n th e ne i ghbourhood. This, it is to be hoped, will be but a her property to the trust of the plaintiff for the benefit of her- temporary and slight check to vegetation. Last night there self during life, and after that for the benefit of her childrerhed was a little rain, w ith a milder atmosphere. The JUDGE having directed the jury, a verdict was return MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A GENTLEMAN, WITH IN for the defendants. TENT TO ROB HIM.—At the Police-court, yesterday, is very, stout man . , named John Jones, was placed before Mr. Itt slt9 n, COMPANY V. GORDON. . MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN IRISH RAILWAY down a gentleman on his way home to Everton, 1 d mist tle e- charged, in conjunction with a gang, with violently knocsinF. This was an action brought by Alaintiffs a t g Of three calls. fendant, as holder oft n shares of ) respe which c had been ob- ness of the day, on Tuesday last, with intent to rob him. The , The reply to the case was that the act to his dwelliir complainant, Mr. Carlyle, stationer, &c., Bold-street who had, defendant had hieh the ing .. on the night from his shop tained was not for the line to whis 1 lead wrapped up, and is still ill, said that he was proFeed it had been the distance to which after the buss subscribed it falling short of which is -house4, ' t by which the realization from transit had in Clarence-street, Evertor; and while passing a piece of Arai, intended to carry 1 , . and also that the shares cant ground opposite would he materially deteriorated, - William Henry-street, near the end!, - h d been obtained. long before the act a . Shaw-street, he was seized by two men out of three w r '" ' been sold I. t liable, and a led that the deteni an was . up to him. The prisoner Jones, 'lel. • His Lordship ruwhom he distinctly recottniz ed inte rest. 55. 31d. was taken, this sum including b o th by ti.. ~,,,: in Shaw-street. which was close bv, d 41 0 verdict for v. au _ A rest. -"FIELD. ,o one month's the moor M'DONALD V. niunri,m, This was an action on a charter party, to recover £571 13s. 10d. The charter was not stamped, and the plain tiff was therefore nonsuited. him most violently on the head and back, so that he w ned, and on their leasing him—previous to which he s' and kicked—he fell to the ground bleeding from the I Aows OA. ie observed in the hand of one of them an inststi i;e ------ ----- -'if A--- ment which appeared to a life-preserver. e men. before PROJECTION OF WATER FROM THE MAINS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. leaving, attempted to open the buttons of his coat, but appeared to be scared by something they heard, and made off, two of SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your paper, to tr e rltAki er 7 a ( l l . o t w o p A' . l e i r li t ti n n . Henry-street, t r towards disclaim any intention on my part of putting myself for- when 'the attack was made on him £22 in cash, and, a valuable . He gave an alarm as lou as he could'. Police-officer ward as the inventor of the method of extinguishing fires Guest.ssucscaekeldri i h n ea a r p d pr t e t n a l lt n r n m ezr , it and e pursued the two fellows. by means of water projected direct from the mains, which t h chi p ey ri L s s o tr n ee er t. Jo A nes d , ag w g h e o r li. ha n d ,4 method has been tried most successfully both here and in gafontterwrouanrddsa found, joiner's a and dy alsoard .a dagger-knife. Air. Robert Wil liam Leather, ht r he g er eo ei n n liv. , uer C ree l d a f r go e eu n ir e feee s mn t 7 c.no,t ,fused Mated ou ,y t o h u a nm t - d si w t t l i oa e ns n tta h ht he Manchester. Tne only part of this scheme which is in reality my of s collapse, t and s invention consists in the introduction of a simple, cheap, head, which were probably inflicted by such an instrument as and most effective fire plug; for regulating the pressure of water between the mains and the branch pipes. a life-preserver. He considered the life of the patient at the I believe, if merit is due to a n y one for discovering that ti me t o be very precarious, ...., but he was now, going on favourably. , .. ..........„... ,-.,,, ~ hp nrniPeted thremoh The o nrisnor ii -i .4 +...‘• .th..a in hi. ,i.h.nra rind wns water, under a great pressure, may Ut: jrrvUccwu 4111 111L7 lituHer Uel;iiiieU 10 say any g 111 (=Millie Mill a small orifice to a great he i g ht, and with g reat velocity, committed for trial at the assizes. it is to the famous Chinese Emperor Yau, who flourished Mr. Wilkinson has received a fr&h supply of the excellent some 4,000 years ago , and who per f orme d s ome very ante- Melton Mowbray pork pies. The advertise res ting hydraulic experiments when diverting the waters ment of the Star Hotel, which is now under the of the Hoong-Ho from their natural to the artificial than- able management of Mr. Hamilton, appears in our first page. The attraction for the present week is exceedingly great.. Wel which he had prepared for their reception. ..LAnz ES' STA vE. —We were highly pleased ii t i e; days since Be this as it may, the principal object which I had in by the inspection of several new contrivances for rendering more perfect this article of dress. They are of French inven view in undertaking the various experiments which have e t h s e o y 1:1-legseenrvio e u e s x a t n en d s s i o ve wel a l t adapted fc . f d the e tec ui t 3 7 recently been brought so prominently before the public linoln.ieNavndo"l,T; was, to excite attention to the impbrtance of the subject, not they will obtain it. One princi P ple m entfr e ely n' obv v iates the and to demonstrate to the authorities and the publiczene- necessity of, lacing, and is so pe r f ec t, th a t an y d egr ee of ease or rally the facility, with which fires can be extinguished by freedom may be momentarily obtained. The others are equally a d va ntageous. Mrs. Oakes, of B o ld-stre e t, is appointed, sole means of copious streams of water thrown direct from the ... num 1 t _ mains, without any intervening 'mechanical contrivancz Cheap literature, and cheap newspapers are now the order of the day, but a glance at the idvertiieriient in our paper to-day, whatever. If I have succeeded in doing this,_ I shall have accom- will shew that we are also. to have cheap dinners. Whitemsin, marked the plished all that I desired; and I shall most readily concede the inimitable and irresistable Whiteman, announces another ho have frequented_ the the priority of the invention to the Emperor Yau, to rFel_luncstNivoinci:nmhust lave any laud . ible improve- Ghengis Khan, to Mr. Itose,'of Manchester, or any other meats that have from time to time been nl made , every month claimant for that honour, regretting only that a plan. so has brought forth something, and ... truly effective should not have been previously adopt( every large town in the empire long cre now, especially as the method appears now-to have been familiar to all par ties.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, J. M`DONALD. _ _ y re-estaunsnett atm rE new face but the worthy host, whO •is I hearted, merry, jolly soul-the " Happy Jerry " of old thing wears same kind- VISIT OF LORD MORPETH TO LIVERPOOL umerically great and respectable patronazebestovred on THE ORIENTAL DIVAN, the opening by the present Proprietor, calls from him * - hunks to his Visitors; and he avails himself of the )prising them, that his arrangements for the CAUTION.—The following fact; for the truth of . 1 , we have high medical authority, - is well deserving the at tention of the public : —muriatic acid of commerce gener ally contains a proportion of arsenic, which, although in sufficient to produce deleterious effects in a single dose, may prove highly prejudicial if repeated , as is likel y t o be the case, unless due regard is paid to the purity of the ati _ _ e is acid used in the new process for making bread. iLeu, THE GREAT PERVERT, AND " VERY SHORTLy."_W e LORD MORPETH. The Dinner Tables are arranged. frau' 12 to 6 o'cloCk; are informed on good authority, that the assertion of the Supper Tables from Bto 12. Joints are cooked every hour Morning Post that Mr - . Newnian was to be "very shortly" and a Bill of Fare, with prices, is.placed on every Table. ordained in the Romish Church, is, as we surmised, in- A Visit from Strangers would oblige nmiratn. In Roman Catholic circles, it is now said that he olcserwriln4ivrn JOSEPH FEENY, PitornißTol l . ene • m..l.l;olannay.. ~,.,.r by had ntunitv o comi FESTIVA IT BIRKENHEAD ,ralleled Xll7ot be admitted even into " minor orders " upon tfi.e ,rat e xpiration of the present yyar—a period of more th an two ---. years from the date of his tbrmer apostaey. This, as com- LIVERPOOL : pared with the case of many later perverts (Father Wil- TUESDAY,' MARCH 30, 1847. fred, for instance,Jate Mr, rubor), is at least remarkable, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, and goes far to confirm. the.prevalent rumours that the EVERY TUESDAY MORITINOP rev. neophyte has " do-dined " his ratimutlistic tendon- Dy JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53 Grove street, and cies to an uncoinfKlAthAe extent.--•Churagna 51a(e Go- I XONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. - • ;:ette. Al INlct, 4,, ST. Gmez's Capes. Kr, L, 3- t a Brea Barley of is. to Maybe )(r. F TO ofki v i accorn used n In a the Cc ANIAT Any L will nli can be The INGS, App' ever and 'll LADI P r,T" , -LRS 2.,f the ` - ' ol Titn . Th e In cad Win to Wbi ch Po r 1 trient s Sale of rity of e xPc'et Alt% p, bent of take n or Wilil Tick had of PENTE street ; the Oil Lect 1. fforn Tlll Fltl V. of MAGI ackno For ed, in many Germ: Genn: Valle I Solo 1 New F COP MI TERT Mrs EACH Rode at Ei,l A h ln% etllll ..y w Thy ,rah,_ Day half-p E Ever comma , Prio (only 14e0aounti vatio n e fo t rthe RI 'fight „ ts ,, k r • ( e Air • RI AN x 1' Fur be an talt`