The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN NEWS at Dunkirk, to make a tour of the south sh or e of Lake I Erie. • A screw propeller, called the Princeton, had been FRANCE. launched at New York. She is stoutly built, of exceed- THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. ingly fine mode), and is said to be the sharpest vessel in The period of the prorogation having expired on Tues the United States navy. Her frame is composed through ofday last, the National Assembly met, under the presidency out of live oak. M. Dupin. The attendance of representatives was numerous, and The clipper ship H urr i cane , th e sharpest chppethe Assembly offered an animated aspect, from the num- ever built in N ew Y or k, h a d b een l aunc h e d. ber of groups dispersed through the hall. tended for th e C a lif orn i a t ra d e . M. de Thorigny, Minister of the Interior, ascended the It was in contemplation to establish a line of steam tribune, and read the Message of the President of the ships between Mobile and Chagres. Republic. It oceepied an hnur and a-half in reading. President Fillmore had issued a proclamation against It entered into detail on the various branches of the the fitting cut, in the United States, of invading expe- Administration, and showed how much progress had been ditions, more especially as regarded Mexico. It was said made since the last Message. It announced the firm de- that a commissioner had been appointed to China. termination on the part of the President to combat, by A meeting on behalf of the pardon and release of Smith every means in his power, the vast conspiracy in progress O'Brien, and the other Irish rebels, had been held at of organization in France and throughout Europe. It re- Boston, at which it was agreed to petition President commended to the Assembly to relieve the suff,:rings of Fillmore to use his influence for the purpose. the old remnants of the armies of the Republic aad Em- Bermuda advices state that unfavourable weather had pire, and proceeded to lay before the Assembly a statement been experienced. of all that had been done by the Government since his Advices from Honduras mention a report that the Yu last Message. The finances were in as favourable a con- 1 catans had forcibly taken possession of A m be r gris Island, dition as circumstances per m itt e d, an d th e d e fi c i t would I led down the British fin. She is in- and had hau Advices from Port not exceed the I for the cemplo VISIOII9 Aproject of law of October Ist state that shortly be pays a higt and of the suddenly for Gonaives, to meet the Emperor, who was there with a large military force, on his return from an unsuccessful hunt for Prince Bobo. The consuls were attended by a fleet of two British war steamers and a French brig, and their purpose was to force the Emperor to make peace with the Dominicans, giving him forty- UII LUC LI left rath t to the hberaliti of Prince ~ who i given so cordial and hospitable a aptiOn to French viitors and manufac ale the domestic situation was of late greatly improv dent's, respects France had offer, to Spain for the d the co-operation of their naval forces lefence of Cuba. The Message subse the abrogation of the electoral law of the the affair uld he quietly settled. The'revolution in Northern Mexico was progressing. rera Cruz, to the 9th ult., state that the d not been formed. Accounts of the revo irthern provinces had reached the capital, isre at once issued to have 10,000 men nter, and place themselves under command lajos, who had gained some advantage over overnor of Tamaulipas, who assumed the revolutionists. quently refers t 31st of May, lE Advices from President bad alread garded as a always consid e, and of which he had 1 the repeal. That lution in the n and orders vc marched instc law had reduc( to 7,000,000. of Public safe froai 10,000,000 lament it was voted a law embly had been perfectly had produced effects edit its promulgation, and its Mats of their only draveau President then disclaimed of General Ava Canales, the g leadership of tit justified in trary to those repeal would d( and their last a NEW YORK M :ics and State welfare of the ted the necessi from .a Ministr )biect ; , een of separating fideuce and but th hment of universal ge on its I: 3ls; means of arr ind at the legal ing at the revis peaceable sou ties, and it was for o the wisdom of t The first part ened to in si Th;annOu'n, ise col piracy organizing Society, almost imm s an the Lett, which The interrut rt, relative to the abroga he 31st of May, 1850, and tion of they an the Assembly le tranqui e President ar Assemb public finds, it indi- ais Napoleon and the e Jardin d'lliver The next day it II many of the rare y, of th Ottoman Go on the oken to the that t of Dor it his duty to dem le number of elec was at the Ind the A 6ted at ye the anarc adest basis NI of the Cons n of ft the Messag imro tered tl Servia sth, without )NEY MARKET, OCT. 28.—Government Secu locks were firmer this morning. whilst other off materially. At the Second Board a slight wand is pretty active. but the increased t steady. Foreign Exchange was firm IC9i to 1104 ; Paris, 5.13 i to rdam, 414; Bremen, • 781 ;h, 3C to 39 e is no material - clymze to notice in the rates of kterior. The Courier and Inquirer says, " Rumours Arculated that several o the country banks have glad to state that nothing of the kind has taken have been no bank failures since the Ist instant, pected." n the New York Courier and Inquirer, of sth were reported at 1,800 to 50 bales, at full rates; in faCt, at what- ~ have no aliernativ-e e favourable, and the impression, efore us, is, that the yield will be 1,000 bales, the latter fully if frost The current price at New Orleans : to Gic for middling, and 7c for Tpool, at the majority of a s to 30s CAFFR screw SL WAR uth of the Buff a aggravating feature in th s, by combined Hottentot ent by the former of fierc oe men On tt in great 9 h of Sep- t those of s • a double line )th they were y for any at t of arti lery. The Cape be received isfaction to say that four se xam pled in been ki r are any ( TON.-(FP as reported ive to the r the corresi of host THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 18M. INQUIRY AT PRESTON, suggesting the action, and all but promising the damages. ! that on the second day, when the yoanger Mr. Whitty was (BEFORE THE EARL OF CARLISL E ' ) At this point Mr. Monk asked his lordship if h e thought before the cou r t, M r: R ams h ay seeme d muc h m ild er, b u t • it desirable to divide the inqui r y b e f ore th e case o f M r . h e several times shewed symptoms of excitement. INTO the CHARGES AGAINST MR. RAMSHAY, Whitty, jun. ' was entered into. D r . M an if o ld ca ll e d . He said he was a member of the JUDGE of the LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. Th e E ar l o f CARLISLE decided to go throu g h the whole Royal College of Surgeons, practising in Liverpool. In eae cases consecutively, but announced that the court would consequence of what he heard, he went to the County The inquiry into the charges preferred against Mr. adjourn for ten minutes. Court on the Monday when Mr. Whitty was before the Ramshay, judge of the Liverpool Co un ty C our t ( c o n t a i ne d After the lapse of a quarter of an hour his lordship re- judge. The witness Corroborated th e s t a t emen t s p re . in a memorial which was recently transmitted to the Earl turned into court, and Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON proceeded viously made as to the judge's conduct and manner when of Carlisle from Liverpool), was opened on Wednesday to read a special report of the examination of Mr. Whitty, the two men were taken into custody for applauding, a-id morning, in the Court House, Preston, before the Chan- jun., on the Ist of October. his subsequent treatment of Mr. Whitty.—ln cross -exa. teller of the Duchy of Lan c aste r . Th e counse l en g age d After the reading of the report Mr. MoNB said that if ur inatio n, t h e w i tness sa id h e was not Mr. Whitty ' s me were—for the memorialists, Mr. Monk, assisted by Mr. his lordship had noted the time which had been occupied dical attendant; but his father was. Witness visited at Tindal Atkinson ; and for Mr. Ramshay, Mr. Sergeant in the reading of that most extraordinary judgment, and M r . Whitty's h ouse. Wilkins, with whom were engaged Mr. Owens, Mr. Saw. had marked the very few topics which were introduced Mr. Matthew Dobson Lowndes, the solicitor who acted ler, and Mr. Thorburne. The inquiry excited great bite- into it, he w ou ld see th a t th e feeling, the temper, and the for Mr. Whitty, when that gentleman was brought before rest, and the court was well filled. Amongst the gentle- conduct exhibited by the judge were such as to come un- Mr. Ramshay, gave evidence at considerable leneth. He men present were—the R e v. J. O wen P arr , der one o r o th er o f th e wor d s o f t h e ac t o f P ar li amen t. said that on the Wednesday he observed that Mr. Ram- Addison, Mr. W. Marshall, Mr. R. Newsham,;Mr. T. B. Mr. J. The cross-examination of the various witnesses was then shay manifested excitement and passion. His demeanour atowe, Mr. Jonathan Peel, Mr. Ashton, Mr. East- read over by Mr. Monk, who frequently stayed to remark was not such as was likely to conduce to the proper admi vood, Rev. J. Pedder, Mr. Griffith,, Mr. Jno. Marshall, upon the conduct of the judge when the evidence was be- nistration of justice. In reply to questions, Mr. Lowndes Major Maxwell, Rev. E. Smith, Captain Garrett, Mr. bug elicited. In the case of Mr. Whitty, jun.., the judge, said he had a very high opinion of Mr. Ramshay's legal Catterall, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. J. R. Jeffery, instead of confining himself to the matter immediately be- qualifications • but that he did not think th a t M r . R am - Mr. M. J. Whitty, M r . J. Whitty, M r . K e l s h aw , M r . fore the cou r t, was p er petu a lly r etu r nin g t o th e • offence of - s h ay had all die qualities for a good j udge, b eca u se h e did Hull (of the firm of Fletcher and Hull, solicitors for the the father, and the learned counsel contended that this not possess the qualities of patience and forbearance. prosecution), Dr. Arlntyre, Dr. Manifold, Mr. Woolright, was a palpable evidence of want of temper, and an impro- Sir GEORGE STEFItEN, who was Mr. Whitty's counsel, Mr. T. Haigh, &c. At ten minutes past ten o'clock, the per assumption of authority, The want of discretion was nex t exam i ne d, an d state d , i n reply to various ques- Earl of Carlisle entered the court, and took his place on which the memorial charged against the judge was palpat i o ns, that Mr. Ramshay was at times greatly excited the bench. He was acco m p an i e d by M r . W. F. Elli ce , bly shewn, h e con t en d e d, w h en the jud g e di s ti nc tly s t a t e d during the inquiry, and that his manner wanted calmness Q.C., attorney-general of the duchy, and Mr. Frederick that he never had read a ward of the paper, and could, and dienity. Dawes Danvers, atto r ney- g e nera l o f th e d uc hy. therefore, not be conscious that it contained any articles M r. J. B. ASPINALL, barrister, was next called, and The proceedings were commenc e d by th e rea ding of th e or allusions pointed against himself, while, lit the same stated, in reply to questions, th a t h e was presen t on th e memorial upon which the prosecutio n was f cun ded. Th e time, he so virulently prosecuted Mr. Whitty for a line M on d ay w h en j udgment was passed on Mr. Whitty, and in a bill w hi c h a b so l u t e ly c o nve yed n eithe r cen s ure nor that it struck him that Mr. Ramshay was exceedingly' formal correspondence betw e e n M r . R ams h a y an d th e Earl of Carlisle, in consequen ce o f th e memor i a l, wa s nex t praise. Having brought his reading of the report of the irritated and out of temper. Oat a previous occasion Mr. read. In one of these letters, th a t wr itt en upo n the 20th examinations to a close, Mr. Monk observed that he. Ramshay had sho wn th e grea t es t poss ibl e v i o l ence i n a October, Mr. Ramshay denied h av i ng d on e a nythi ng should have been exceedingly glad if it had not been case in whirls Mr. Simon was concerne d ; b u t h e (M r . unworthy of a judge; and stated that l i e had c lone nothi ng necessary to trouble the court with any more observe- A sp i na ll) had been treated with great courtesy by Mr. beyond fairly enforcing the powe r s o f the ac t o f P ar li amen t tons, but lie believed expressions had been used, and Ramshay in the eases in which he had been concerned. speeches made, even up the preceding day. all indicative under which he held hi s s ea t. Mr. James M'Donald, surveyor, Sergeant Carnes, of The Earl of CARLISLE, alluding to one particular lette r of the same animus on the part of the judge, uttered in the - Liverpool detective p o li ce , an d D r . M ac i n t yre , were the same tone, and even containing threats of extreme which he had r ece ived f rom M r . R ams h a y, an d w hi c h subsequently examined, but their evidence was not of . must naturally form, he said, an element i n the case , su b- violence. He sh o uld be a bl e to r efer to a p a pe r i n w hi c h much interestthe judge was reported as stating that every man w ho h a d FRIDAY. mitted to the consideration of M r . R ams h a y an d hi s coup - the to the expense of the present inquiry was li a ble set whether it should then be r ea d in court. The court was opened at ten o'clock, when to prosecution; and . declaring, in the strongest terms, Mr. Sergeant WILKINS.—I do not wish it read ; and Itames Brown, tailor, of Ann-street, Liverpool, was his intention "to indict every man alive of them." Now, will be candid in statine my reason, in order that no called and examined by Mr. Atkinson. He stated that such threats had the effect of preventing counsel for the y go a he was in the County Court on the 29th of September, ee ti r memorial from obtaining th e e v idence necessary to lay and was fined 45 for joinine in the expression of feeling i before his lordship in order to prove their case. he v elicited by the remarks of Sir George Stephen. He was 1. m; , After some discussion whether Mr. Monk should be l oc k e d un until nine in the evening, when he was taken allowed to read the whole or part of the reports referred ism, to Lancaster Castle by Hartley, one of the bailiffs. On to, his lordship, it being then half-past five o'clock, ad -ISLE arriving there Hartley found he had no warrant, and took journed the inquiry until Thursday, at ten o'clock. ve tl him back to Liverpool. On the following day he was THURSDAY. sip, after stab, again taken before Mr. Ramshay, and having been de. The inquiry was resumed on Thursday morning, at the tained until seven o'clock in the evening- he apologised, Court House, Preston. The Earl of Carlisle took his seat when the fine was miti ea t e d t o 5 5 .. w hi c h h e pa id , an d about three minutes after ten o'clock. He was again was then discharged. The witness further . stated, that accomormied by Mr. Ellis, the attorney-general of the during the examination of Bartley the judge held up his duchy of Lancaster, and Mr. F. D. Danvers, the clerk of clenched hand, saying, " You ass ; don't you know that counsel of the duchy. Several of the county magistrates that is what is called a fist ?" He took particular notice were also on the bench, but there were very few persons of the expression, thinking it an extraordinary one to in the Court-house. emanate from a judze. The proceedings were delayed a short time waiting for Mr. Edward Waring, a licensed victualler in Liverpool, Mr. Wilkins, stated that he was sued in the County Court about the iismarp.penaraarnnscheatyilsl shortly y t 23d September, at th e i ns t ance o f M r . L u k e Swallow, who twelve minutes who after ten not o m ' c l a o k c e k . his entered the court, and took his seat near his was atten d ed by ' his attorney from Huddersfield. Mr. Swallow was examined_ Mr. Dodd (witness's legal adviser) 1 then proposed to call' Mr. Hayes for the defence ; but Mr. ' Ramshay refused to hear him, saying his mind was made up ; that he should not listen to any more evidence ; and 1 that Mr. Swallow bad made out his case ere.- - for his judgment. Mr. Hayes, an auctioneer, residing at Crosby, corrobo rated 3 an e's evidence, and said that when Mr. l to ( 'llim, the judge said that lie believed by Mr. Rarnshay at tilt. ....cn be was smarting under what he conceived the wrongs that he had endured, and in such a position a man's phraseology will not always bear the te" e time wi 01 criticism The Earl of CARLISLE then called upon the counsel for the memorial to prove their case. At the request of Mr. Monk, his lordsl - • ; ig that he did not apprehend had any pow to mnel the attendance of witnesses. [I that any one whose evidence was Twards counsel Mr. MONK said he had omitted on the previous d mention that, on the 27th of . August, when the proceed ings took place which arose out of the posting of the placards, there was an unfortunate billsticker, who was posting some placards in the neighbourhood. He was brought before Mr. Ramshay (whether in custody or not did not appear), and was interrogated with respect to tl.e sir: Waring was no they called that in which - he carried his b.ll I he (witness) eon- 3 be woul believe him ; so it was Useless arched. Only a few placar were, however. folio( mug the time of the court and these were of . an inn nt description, relating t WilHain Aus aonary proceedings and similar matter, am !erica to the County Court of Liverpool. lently that the proceedings ,which had t fated that he h a d b een -i n th e h a bit o f p os ti ng bills for 4r. Whitty, on the day of publication, and posted the lacard complained or on a boarding near the Court had not much to sap, except on a topic whiChhad I He did not receive at alluded to on the preceding evening, as to h had taken place since n of mat )n the v ess said he had posted bills fo present( It did appear d r. Whitty, on various occasion, containing such e as undc are his lo Lceot suit such e had referred to before the court. Mr. T. ATKINSON apprehended that the prayer of ti: memorial would admit of the inquiry they asked, as to tl 27th September, in case of R sequent transactions since the memorial w he conceived to be a comple fendant, the judge called the to answc ving Made out what !r on the part of de. p to sax to objection, and he should his lordship go on unless a Lied upon by calculatel to secu 1 the Liv ton the 25th t for tt nt Wilki Lord CARLISI. said that although it was certainly true laintiff; and he observed, in conch this case will be tried over and nv, ig coulc form any part of der the memorial Heappr again, and I advise you, in mercy to the defendant, to find a verdict for the plaintiff, for I have the power, find may as to the imprisonmer circumstances as allej jury, legally and in poi this" period of the inquiry (twelve o'clock) Ml` lc applied fora short adjournment, as a number o, .1 are ent :led to dente in support of the second paragraph in the ould be desirable that they should not , , whose- evidence was most mate eeted by the next train. al, were ex- hing which might show th hich are thoug lit to form tl of. the memorialistc, h should ask for Monday, because it was not only mn then prow by Mr. Rams} report of a speech .harges which had been brought agains Mr. Ramshay 3n the 25th August (wher when the e termination of t llusions to the Bing " enabled s made to Averponl, stated sin Mr.W Ltions of certain ill ' who ha d and un leavoured to cover him itch under the cur ;" and to his havin s appointment the ob ct of th rther quoted from the speech, including men must be made an example of for went on to say that the speech was not xcitement of the moment, but was read It was to show what at that mo -1 the mind of Mr. Ramshay that he the future," delivered in tt coin a written paper ifc) had thought proper to introduce the ly afterwards (On tbo September) Mr. Ran lay thought proper to give a in order to show his sense of the dinner in his own court h, upon the in- quiry bel geant W Ire his lordship, he bad received from Mr. Ser lkine` and from some others. The learned , ad the speech then delivered by Mr. Ramshay, In bott med to suppose - himself the object_of some per sons ought to be punished fo 'd a determination to resist and punish a down to the 2, in the 27th, upon t walls . in the neighbourhood of his court a placard which he supposed was intended to insult him, and he gave directions to the bailiff to have brought to him the person connected with the newspaper d referred. The learned counsel next ttending the visit of the bai sen., of the Liverpool •o which that pla narrat ffs to the office of Mr. W ournal, the particul s of which have alr 3 7 appe is stage of the proceedings, the witnesses, on the `ion of Mr. Ser- WiLicirts, were directed to tt court.] et judge. the b read the spec County Court, on the 27t conduct of the - “nued to ..ank then commented upon the iliffs. and Mr. Whitty. As al re-oft of the proceedings 'Ramshay, that he had made thousar Surely ten or twelve od enemies of 'those whom he had decided against. this could not be. He (Mr. Monk) could suppose ere might have been some cases in which Mr. Ram- shay had real reason to suppose, in deciding against men, he had made them his enemies. For instance, if a person came into the court, was allowed to prove his own case, witnesses to d yet, in a court of inquiry, they must fairness, and he did not think they were ness to the gentl reefed, to en quently to the presentation of the memorial. Mr. MONK said that shortened hii case, and he wou Now, had he supported the allegations in tl proceed of specific ects. On the 25th of August Mr. Kam made a speech, in which vindictive feelings showed tl FPIVPS : he showed. on the 25th of September, at a dir that they had not subsided. The extraordinary scenes of the 27th showed that his mind was in a state Of morbid sensibility on the subject of his own importance, and the dignity of his court, and' the dignity of his office ; and, connected with that, even a placard (surely a very inno cent one, containing only a few words with reference to .„, himself) excited him to such an extent that an unfortu nate hillstieker was first brought in, and had his papers tumbled about. How far this was consistent with the _nsive having been found upon the billsticker, a message was sent for Mr. Whitty. All those proceed ings exhibiting temper, and all those statements mani festing an undue assumption of authority, showed that, in the language of the memorial, his temper was not under sufficient control for the purpose of his situation. On Nothing off that Saturday six persons were fined for contempt of court. They then came to the proceedings of the Mon day. In the course of the day Sir George Stephen made some remarks which attracted the attention of the judge, and received the commendations of the persons who were in the court ; and on the authority of the bailiffs they had it there was not a single person who did not give utterance to those expressions ; for they said they all cheered, and they all did it. All this showed the state of feeling which his unfortunate conduct had provoKea. 1t lrlr. ltainsutty believed the two persons (Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Brown) had committed an offence, surely the man who was in the more respectable situation of life ought to have been punished equally with the other. His respectability aug mented the character of the offence. Mr. Ramshay did not so treat it. Mr. Caldwell, the respectable man, was the person to whom leniency was shown. Mr. Brown, the tailor, was sent to prison. There was another circum stance on that day, which it was exceedingly painful to contemplate, and strongly marked the morbid state of Mr. Ramshay's opinion. An unfortunate man placed his hat on his head in an ante-room. It was not considered that persons in that room were in the presence of Mr. Ram shay, ordinarily so considered. Yet for this grave offence, the debtor, with only a shilling in his pocket, and who had just been cast in an action, was kept in custody for some time, sent to a distant prison, and with only the fe mainina portion of the shilling in his pocket, had to walk all the way back to Liverpool. Such a punish ment was inflicted, although nothing could have been syllable of diSrespect was used. The speech delivered at the termination of the case of Mr. John Whitty contained such strong manifestations of those infirmities charged in the memorial, that if that alone were stated before his lordship., unless attributable to some temporary cause, they would be sufficient to make out a case. The inquiry was an important one, not only as respected the interests of Mr. RamshEiv. but as resnected the interests of society— man ag into any rn the inquiry not a court then adjourned till two o'clock zs were:resumed. • Atr: Duckworth, a coffee-dealer, in I that he was present during the proceeding case, and considered the conduct of the j nified, and that he appeared to be very .elative to the conduct. of Mr, Rannshay, in sent fr. Whitty, stating that he never sion of ferocity of counters Mr. Cook, superintendent of pilot similar testimony; as did also Mr. Quick, superintend- of Liverpool, gave ent of police fONK said he would not trouble the court with any furtherevidence,but would put Mr Whitty into the o give his learned friend an on - no Mr. Sergeant WILKINS declined putting any questions to Mr. Whitty : and then applied to the court for an ad- urnment ofthe case The Earl of CARLISLE said it appeared to him that very little had been brought forward in evidence which Mr. Ramshav had not been able to collect from the t erms of notoriety and thought the pos of the case for any lengthened period would be attended with the most serious public inconvenience and injury, in whatever way the inquiry might terminate. He did not object to a postponement of the case until Monday, but to a longer postponement he would not consent. The court then adjourned till Monday, at eleven o'clock YESTERDAY ITHER ADJOURNMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS .ndi exciting inquiry was resumed at ouse, Preston, yesterday morning, at eleven body of the court was well attended, and s crowded by respectably- attired fi side of the Earl of Carlisle, 'ere many of the magistrates and clergy of the town :hbourhood the hour fo: mbling advance the court became greatly crowded, and v s before the ter- mination of the short proceedings thronged to excess. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins entered the court at half-past ten o'clock, and it was evident that the whole of the interest manifested by those present in the proceedings was centered in the address which the learned Sergean I to deliver in behalf of Mr was expec Ram shay ) on ou It is t ; in ana they yance of troops.- %tional Council urn of 25 Co ...,,,..rs.v. IREL , AND )üblin who car 1, and as ut from accidents es of warfare y and fal- d with t' ed to ha' particu The Caffre niefly concen- Mountains, t ordered 6,000 carri —Pari Switzer a. 9Q T to. attend the is in a few ) the co ion. I .sary of th .ct of bringin or Orangeme said it was his wish une pr, iminary Observations. exercise his funs care to p the dignity of his offi it vc last June, when I Liverpool upon t bearing morial, which comp der the the whole of his leaster, for inabili rdship. Now he ( luty to bring bef ereil to come within the term inability, or liaviour; because, he apprehended, that i t cont naterial, by both parties, should give evidence. n proceeded tO,lay.the case before the , he said he temperateness, and moderation, and take e that control over himself, without which would be seriously imperilled; and -it of these qualifications that those whom epresented rested their case. Mr. Monk o state the events which occurred in con- quitted of the charges made against him r. Ramshay took his seat upon the bench v zust, and the first course of conduct to lonk) should call attention would bear his, he believed, would be the first of a t which •emovinz the County iis viour, August his for memorial, a r. Mori lordship the importance of proceeding with as 10 6 rapidity with this inquiry as is consistent with the proper administration of justice. But there is - o ne matter that I may mention, and that is, that it vr ili be exceedingly inconvenient for me to attend here before your lordship on- Thursday next. But that, as rega rd : the conducting of the ca se, i s o f littl e i m p or tance; 83 know my learned friend (Mr. Tindal Atkinson) will ablY supply my place in my absence. If, however, the eon° of procedure which the learned sergeant may adopt tO• morrow should be such as to lead to the continuance 0f the inquiry over Wednesday, it will certainly be exceed-. ingly inconvenient for me to appear on the Thursday. I am, indeed, so placed that I cannot appear before you r lordship on that day. I acs reminded to observe that if my learned friend (Mr. Sergeant Wilkins) is indulged with the postponement for which he has applied, I mat also ask for some indulgence to enable me to go over the evidence, to prepare the few observations which it will of course be requisite for metooffer toyour lordship reply to the case of the memo r i a list s h as b een co ncluded. The Earl of CAaLIsLE.—I feel the inconvenience unde r which both you learned gen tl emen mus t li e t oo much t consider at all any inconvenience it m a y b e to mys tq elf( (but it is considerable to th o se w h o are w ith me,)accede to your application. It w ill b e no s li g ht incoild venience to me to postpone th e i nqu i r y:- At the saole i time, the grounds on whi c h th e a ppli ca ti on h ave b een rote& and met, make it difficult for m e t o refuse my 0° 1 : pliance. I attach one condition, howe v e r , w ith that compliance, which is, that when we meet to-morrow, we. must then proceed. With respect to w h a t h as dropped from Mr. Monk, I hope he w ill no t f ee l it necess ary to . apply for any farther postponement a ft er th e re ply has been closed ; but with th a t we w ill no t d ea l a t prese nt ! -- Mr.- &Lis, whose remarks we r e ver y i n di s ti n ctly-heard' was understood to enquire of M r . S ergean t Wilki ns if he were prepared to state what parti c ul ar course o f defence he intended to adopt. a fterthe Mr. Sergeant WILKINS was afraid he could not do so: and added something afterwards which we could not bear. Mr. Moivrt, advancing towards the learned assessor, ob served,—Mr. Sergeant, I may communicate with Ellis briefly Mr. Sergeant WILKINS. —Oh, certainly. The EARLW CARLISLE.—It will perhaps suit the con.' venience of those who come from Liverpool to fix that the proceedings shell commence at half-past ten o'clock--"" Probably, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, you will be prepared to co on by that hour ? Mr. Sergean t WILKINS.—Oh, certainly, my lord The court was then formally adjourned, much to the apparent disappointment of the auditory, whose interest y had been so greatly excited by the expecta tion that Mr. Sergeant Wilkins would to-day make one of those powerful and eloquent addresses in reply for which and curi he is so eminent BY EXPRESS. LATEST PARTICULAR The general impression in the court, at Preston, thi s morning, and amongst the gentlemen who have taken an that Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, when he applied for a postponement of the investigation , only wished for a little more time in order to impress on sability of that gen- Mr. Ramsha the ad tleman's resigning, so that he may avoid the annoyance, if not disgrace, of a poa I be as nful to the r it must prove u a continuously engaged, iday, in preparing t but whether ti much a matter of dou procedure that of the Duchy ing and harass ,djournment of last to rebut ed is so e will not hazard an communication, that Mr• to rebu evidence on the part of the We learn, by our latest Ihay insists on calling.t, of some of the wit memorialists ; s Ihould this be the case,; the inquiry will no doubt be protracted until, at least, the end of the present The importance of the investigation, not merely regarli° g it as one of local interest, but as involving a question national mower p rinci p le✓' the trial of a judge on the requisition of " the peeple" -- demands that the inquiry should not be brought to a hasty conclusion. The testimony on the one side has been Ranashay to earn' out his interpretation of the. County Court law has been recorded—the determination of M repeatedly declared : let, then, the question be thoroughly sifted and satisfactorily sett' `6t the public may be ware of the full amount of discretionary lower investe, n the judges of these local courts SPORTING NEWS, LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING, /N 13 and 14 ,CCEPTANCES FOR TR E HANDICA URDLE RAC!! 12 2 Lord George, 6 yrs.. 10 10 Fugitive, aged. 11 8 Duc-an-Dhurras, 6 yrs. 10 4 Sir Robert, 4 yrs. H 0 St. Helier, 6 yrs. 8 12 Barber of Seville, 4 yrs -10 12 Half-and Half, aged. 8 71 by Epirus—Abaft, 8 Yr s ' 10 12 Little Queen, 5 yrs. 8 7b f Secret (b.b.), 3 yrs• ACCEPTANCES FOR TF TON HANDICAP 8 7 Windisehiratz, 4 8 6 Spot, 5 yrs. 7 13 Italian, 4 yrs. 7 11 The Marquis, 3 yrs. 7 10 Trickstress, 3 yrs. 7 7 Prior of Lanercost, 4 yrs 7 7 Little George, 4 yrs 7 7 Lady Eden, 4 yrs. 7 5 Chief Justice, 4 yrs 7 3 Warwick, 4 yrs. 7 3 Cnwns, 3 yrs. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE st. lb. 12 2 Lord George, 6 yrs. 11 7 Duc-an-Dhurras, 11 3 Abd-el-kader, ag e 11 2 Lucy Neale, aged 10 12 Peter Simple, aged 10 12 St. Helier, 6 yrs. 10 8 Half-and-half, aged 10 8 Isaac, aged 10 6 The Young 6 13 Augean, 4 yrs. 6 13 Sister to Fencer, 4 yrS. 6 13 Cobnut, 4 yrs. 6 11 The Heriot, 3 yrs. 6 9 Harp, 3 yrs. 6 5 Heart of Oak, 3 yrs. 6 5 Stafford, 3 yrs. 6 5 Avia, 3 yrs. 6 1b f 51iss Flyaway, 3 Yrt 6 1 f Rose, by Arundel, 3 Y 5 13 c fby Pantaloon, 3 yrs. RAND AUTUMN STEEPLE-CHAS S ' Ist. lb. m Fugitive, aged. 10 6 Little Queen, 5 yrs. 10: 2 Chieftain (h.b.), b yrs , 10 0 Lamienne, 5 yrs. 9 12 Maria Monk, 6 yrs. 9 10 Luna, 6 yrs. _ 9 7 Ringdove (h.b.), 6 Yrs' 9 0 Loddington, 4:yrs. ?nil, aged TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY.—The betting was on a licc i l te of scale, and not of a character to call for more than a return.t the closing quotations. Worcester Steeple Chase.-7 to 2 i The Young-'un—taken • 6 to 1 agst Sam Hood ; 6 to 1 as st o gst Helier;. 6to 1 agst Rat-trap . ' Chester Ctip.-1000 to 15 The Nancy—taken ; 1000 to 15 agst High Sheriff—taken freelyl o ; Derby.-100 to 8 agst Claverhouse ; 20 to 1 a g s t Augur - :l a „isol , 25 to 1 agst Womersley; 1000 to 25 agst Chief Baron Nica' —taken ; 1000 to 20. agst Marinella colt—taken. ald has sold Sauter-la-Coupe, to g to VienSt es, nnn 17." of a 1 ted at filled will; succee but be urvivors, xrpet, which were used as a were enabled to make some , ore down to them, and by one of the sufferers, lied on board, although threw a IN he was mile. titer about a quarter of a Ine of whornyras the first His two - mate of tho Henry Clay, unfortunately perished. On the night of the 25th ultimo, about six miles from Cape Cod, while blowing a gate, the steamship William Penn, which left Boston at four o'clock i n the •afternoon of the same day, came in collision with the schooner Bellcisle, of Provincetown, just returning from a whaling cruise of - seven months, with about thirty barrels sperm oil. The schooner was struck on the starboard bow, so that she heeled and rolled over. There were twenty per sons on board the schooner, seven of whom jumped on board the William Penn, nine were 'taken from the wreck, and four were lost. The William Penn was not much injured, and the collision was unavoidable. Jenny Lind had chartered the steaus-boat Mayflower, , but ad Prevalent —The Clu n auction a anc mount o f the artic ns were w plaintiff's 'Torn the arm tits upon We cannot form- ome future time b r loss. As it is w mg gradually, we poor consolatior g to be viewe the plaintiffs with El s, as they shoul t of Queen's Benet the C ietor of a at Sir NV on Monday His of the gover rorld nevvsp ,, m Somervil has brought an action of Secretary of Ireland, f0r£6,300, an amount owing tor services reiinerea to Sir William as Chief Secretary. A bill of particulars is demanded, which is made out—£6,ooo for writing and publishing articles in support of the government for two years and.a-half, and £3OO for newspapers forwarded to varion9 parties by the defendant's direction during that period. On Monday, Mr. John Perrin moved for the defendant that the bill be amended ; this was resisted by Messrs. Whiteside and M'Donagh, Q.C., for the plaintiff, on the ground that the Chief Secretary well knew the meaning of the action, and also on grounds of irregularity. On these latter grounds the Chief Justice refused the ,_motpn, but would not give costs, as it was evident that the bill of particulars furnished was an illusory document, calculated to mislead ; it was, in f ac t, a m i snomer t o ca ll it a b 1 lof particulars. lequently ations ag en to t and on one sidc could underst And if, as and that the such had rlort. of ar you ; I will decide the case upon the 'e only," then he udgewould hav ,Id show, en in some unfortunate eireutugt Ramsbav in his an enemy he cou the expression which Mr. Ramshay had used, but not to the extent to which he had chosen to carry it. He could itrary rule, that in certain cases WI 3e recovered was under a given amount, namely 163., would not allow a single penny of the costs which had m incurred in the recovery of that debt,—he con!el un- rstand why the J 0..., ,lave made an cnerny Mr. Sergeant WILKINS here said, I have sat here very tiently, but I must ask my learned friend upon what rt of the memorial he rests these charges ? Lord CARLISLE said—TbP ge could thus inquiry quite opens the c 4 of temper, and unwarranted assumption of autho. it it does not seem to me that it opens the case of said he would attend to his lordship's swi rroceeded to read and comment upon a spe cial report of the examination of Mr. Whitty in reference to the alleged assaults upon the bailiffs. After adverting to the case of the tailor Brown, who was committed to Lancaster Cattle for applauding in court, Mr. Monk next proceeded to the case of John Jones, who , he said , was , amp the defendant in an action brought against him for money lent. The case was tried, and judgment given against him, and he was ordered to pay immediately, or be im prisoned for forty days. When the trial was over the plaintiff went out of court, putting on his hat after he had got through the first door (in the ante-room). The judge called to the bailiff to bring that man back ; and though Jones said that he did not know that the ante-room was " under the law," and apologised, Mr. Rannshay said he would teach him to know better, and fined him 109. Jones, who could not pay, was removed from court, and taken upstairs, where he remained until ten at night, without food, after which he was taken to Lancaster. Returnin g to the proceedings of the court, Mr. Monk argued that the question was whether the course of con duct pursued by the judge, the language which he had used, his notions of the persecutions with. which be was beset, and of the dignity of his office, and his mode of asserting that dignity, were grounds for removing him from his office, either for inability or misbehaviour. The next point to which the learned counsel adverted was the, conduct of Mr. Pamshay in reference . to JOYee, in the ease of young Whitty. " If," said the judge, "he (Joyce) should bring an action, and lay the damages at £5O, I do not think I should be able to get them down lower. I must put down all these attempts, &c. Surely this was an instance of temper, is prejudging the case, an in- county could be said to preside over a society, but of other societies. It would be difficult to exaggerate its importance, and he should fail to convey any adequate idea of the feeling lay had called_up:on this question hether t streets or sit down by their own firesides in safety, and le liberty of the press and the person were any e than a name. The question was not confined the people of Liverpool, but thousands through. out the length and breadth of the land considered that there was great importance to be attached to the case which had been laid before his lordship. The witnessses for the memorialists were then called ,doper, or on this occa Lion, to, minutes past eleven o'clock. The noble Earl having taken his seat Sergeant M; the indulgence I have received at y MONK: May I have one word with you fore you repl Mr. Sergeant WiLmNs Yes, certainly Lord, after s hands- Mr. Ser Mr. Sergeant liTimciNs again addressed the court, as —I was going to observe, my Lord, that after the ship's hands, if I did not feel that everything that could Anna 1,47 man bac haan firma ra;tl, a vicmr 4.n rsvesnnwn the further inquiry into this case, I should have been ncliorriPrl fn , It is rumoured that Daniel O'Rourke and Newminster " po T isoned previous to going to Newarket. h t " he G eat Yorkshire Stakes for m 1851 has closed —t abscribers. Mr. M. Dawson has purchased The Mr. G.B• Lly from fixed fo: Weel to ker, for 400 sous The races at plottingliarn for 1852, art. lowing the Liverpool July meeting. v s ,rl ei ITUURiEL.—Thie horae, lute the property a the ,'" c btiro.; Derby, was shipped at Hull, a few days ago, for St. rete,qh and The Spring Meeting at Doncaster is fixed for the to to the 11th March next. There are already forty subscribers handicap. Osl . 1 by as sold his brood mare Miss Castlinel,o She is intended for the fore inn John ... 00111 C Inheritor, for 300 guineas. market, probably Prussia. Mr. James Clarke, of Newton, has Touchstone, out of Maid of Lyme, for 1' , 1)Y sold his 1111 Y „I 240 guineas. nest , has gone into W. H. Scott's stables; at Prestot--,• eltenham. She is a very promising fill od' • the 63 be .t appears that, in consequence of somedispute in t l re, -,, h fe• Lrtheo wood stable, mr. urativicKe's Horses will, ror trained by William Butler, of Newmarket, and 8 0 I ne revelations are said to be expected shortly or of Bell's Life makes the following ternario ference to the decision of the Jockey Club respecting r ", to tP re caster Cup :—" if our readers will compare the anaw c ,,,d0 1 9.,0 questions referring to the orders given to the jockey , "gorrr,,, a doubt that had the case been taken into to the time at which the horse was delivered to tr xo n's trainer, they will find quite sufficient to justify Mr. satisfaction with the decision—there can scarcely, vt`, ba Ce Black Doctor would have got the cup." vent, at SIR JOSEP IR HAWLEY'S RETI Fe e han, e t 'ng c etre created such a profound sensation on the sport' . 0 the e ph the announcement made there on Monday week , sir i cs tutt turf. s - that Sir Joseph Hawley intended to quit the seas° d has been on the turf for rather more than severs' co although he won the Oaks in 1847, he never wa u nif? A y; leading turfite till 1849, and since then be has bad_ o u s " t fort,T i s, run of good luck, which has made his stable the _tt, son 01_ 1 4 . t o ble in the kingdom. In spite of his wretched , __7 - f . w ont" his aggregate winnings during the seven ea"' 445,395, or about £6,500 a-year on an average. - alt a court of individual A PLEASANT called rat catching in the sewers of pol ----------o,,ctchueriAtiTmlpee—, , OCCUPATIO N. — There soleis A de gone' SINGULAR Bar onetDISCOVERT. Alexan-er . ve ry, boldt (says a Berlin journal) has announced the alsnlotir at Athens, of the edifice Ito which the Council of _.O rds of op Hundred was accustomed ' assemble. iliova lighti to hundred inscriptions have already been brought as well as a number of columns, statues 80. eto r _ Ewen, P r°P" FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.— George V 0 00 , of the Devonshire Coffee-house, Bear-street, ii_,,...iet whilst on his passage in the Sons of the Thatnes?rctbo to Long-reach, for the ptirpose of seeing a prize-yl:00, parties to which were on board, lost bis footinp ;It' s od ing backwards, dropped upon the machinery Dei°^lo CO P was literally cut to pieces. The awful ocarrOU stop to the fight• i.noccLu7autvio-ri 15 id examined, but were not The first orn. es examined were Mr. G. D. C Mr. T. A. Humphreys, Mr. D. M'Clenaghan, and Mr. T. A. Phillips. reporters connected with the Liverpool press, who spoke to their repot ts, and were cross• - at considerable length by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins Mr. R ertson Gladstone, who was the next witness examined, stated that he was , . . County Court on the 29th of September, and that Mr. lordship we have, even this morning, been up until Ramshay appeared.to be very excited and angry. In the two ° " 'clock • we have, since the last sitting of the course of his examination, which lasted a considerable time, Mr. Gladstone stated : " I think the conduct of court, been occupied without cessation ; and both Mr. Ramshay was perhaps the worst when he addressed Mr. Bardswell and Mr. Stone, by whom I am in- Mr. Whitt) , towards the close of the proceedings. Mr. strutted, and whose valuable assistance I and my Ramshay had not then once turned round his face towards him, but when he cam- to tell him what his punishment friends have the advantage of on this occasion, have was to he, it is almost impossible to describe the expres- been occupied until two and even four o'clock in the sion of Mr. Ramsbay's countenance ; his eyes were red, morning, collecting and preparing the evidence in reply ; the expression of his countenance was really scarcely and I may add, that even during the whole of yesterday— human. The language he addressed to Mr. Whitty was of the most insulting character. He told him his face ex- under existing circumstances I trust we shall be pardoned hihited the worst passions of his mind, or words to that for omitting the proper observance of the Sabbath— effect." When asked by Mr. Monk what his impression those gentlemen were busily engaged in attending to the was from what he had seen, Mr. Gladstone said ; "My i impression was this—on the subject of the dignity of his interests of my client Mr. Ramshay , by collecting evi. own person, as judge of the county court, and as respects dence. Under these circumstances, I hope I shall be the amount of decorum necessary to be observed in that excused by your lordship in asking for a Postponement of court, my impression was, that on those two points Mr. the case until to-morrow morning, and then we shall be Ramshay was not of sound mind." Mr. James R. Jeffery was next examined, and stated fully prepared to proceed. Under existing circumstances, that he was in the county court on the 29 th of Septem-, Ido assure your lordship, and I am only stating the ber last. He said : I went to the county court on the plain truth, when .I assert that for us to go on now would 29th of September last, in consequence of something I be utterly impossible. heird. I saw M r . R ams h a y on the bench, and he ap peared - interfere. .I wisht e r epee with t, which lum i s t ure is peared very much excited, amounting almost to a state Mr. Mow x : I have to say now to your lordship, as I of, frenzy. His countenance was very much inflamed. ddifficult have c said fo br m before, tretoer this nter is a e Circumstance He was , sitting rather in an inclining posture, and taking his notes with apparent carelessness, with his Whig some- I should ill represent,those' for whom I have the honour what off hi s sca l p . M y fi rs t i m p re s s ion was that he was labouring under some extraordinary influence. I had not to appear here, if I were to assume any position that been in the court five minutes before I was impressed could, by possibility, have the aspect of being oppressive with the conviction that the liberty of every man in that on Mr. Ramshay. I have already suggested to your a ourt was jeopardised." The witness subsequently stated