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~. . labour ; John Osborn Quick was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment a id - hard labour ; Richard Jones and Jane Clayton were sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. All the prisoners are to be imprisoned in Lancaster Castle. CASE OF DUVAL AND OTHERS. Margaret Jones, Thomas Normand Rogerson, and Geo. Wm. Duval, were placed at the bar. Mr. Dunlevy was called upon to surrender, and he immediately answered. The Jury were sworn to t r y th e parties for the consp i racy . No evidence was tendered, and they were acquitted and ordered to be discharged. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to try civil cases. Two unimportant actions were tried, and the Court adjourned a t half-past five o'clock till nine the following morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. FURNESS V. ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AND OTHERS. This case was resumed this morning. Three witnesses were caUed for, the Defendant who proved that the goods were received at Preston Brook, having been delivered by Shipton, & Co. at Liverpool, to the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, and placed in the Duke's warehouse, there to the care of Mr. W. M. Salt, as agent to 'Miss Pratt & Sons. Mr. Salt said he heard of the insolvency of the :Messrs. Pratt on the 2nd of March, and that then the goods were converted bv the trustees of the Duke and taken from under the care of Mr. Salt. Mr. Knowles said, the question was rather for his lordship than the jury, He contended that whilst the goods were in the hands of the carriers, anything done by them could not alter the transitus. The goods in question were delivered at Preston, to Mr. Hargreaves the carrier, and addressed to Miss Pratt, Stoke upon Trent. They were delivered by Mr. Hargreaves to Shipton and Co., who delivered them to the trustees of the Duke, and reached the warehouse of the Duke at Preston Brook. It was contended, on the other side, that there the transitus ended ; but he apprehended that was a question of law, and for the decision of his lord ship rather than the jury. He contended that the transitus did not end until the goods' reached Stoke. Mr. DUNDAS said he was quite content that his lordship should decide the case on that fact. The learned JUDGE, after stating the law of transitu, stated it to be his opinion that the transitus ended when the ,tends reached the warehouse of the duke's trustees at Pres ton Brook ; and, therefore, the defendants were entitled to a verdi ct. A verdict'was accordingly entered for the defendants. On the application of Mr. Knowles, His LORDSHIP gave leave to the plaintiff to move to enter a verdict for the plaintiff for £ll3, the value of the. goods, if the court above should be of opinion that he was wrong in law as to the transitus being at an end. WRIT OF RIGHT. RISHTON V. NesDET.—ln this case Charles Rishton was the demandant, and William Nesbet tenant; and this is the last case which can be tried under the old law of writs of tight. For the former Mr. Dundas appeared, and Mr. Star for the latter. On the names being called over, only three knights— U r atnely, Sir Thomas Brancker, Sir Thomas Potter, and Sir doshu a Waltnsley answered, and nine recognitors. Sir George Drinkwater was prevented attending from sick neas, and as th e ca se could not proceed without the presence e ` v four knights, it was postponed until next assizes for want of the appearance of a knight. c . A PROCTER'S BILL. t he plaint '3ImPSOv. MORETON.—This was an action brought by ff, Mr. Simpson, Proctor, of Chester, to recover fr om the defendant, an attorney in Liverpool, the sum of t 44 12s. 7d. A verdict was found for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS. SMITH V. WATsoN.—This was an action to recover com pensation in damages for the infringement of a patent. The Plaintiff i s Mr. Smith, the inventor of wire rope for standing rigging in ships, and the defendant is a rope manufacturer in :sundon. Th e p l eas were lengthy. The defendant pleaded -niongst other matters, that the plaintiff was not the in ventor —th at i t was not suc h a manufacture as the act of par liament contemplated should be made the subject of the pa- Lents-that it was in use previous to the granting of the Pat ent —that it was not a new invention, &c. Hindmarsh appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Currie ter the defendant. i Mr • HINDaiARsw stated the case to the jury. He said the aintiff sought compensation for the infringement of a patent granted to him by his late Majesty, for the invention of wire ro pes to be used for the rigging of ships, and for a new mode t t. i ; fi xing the rigging. The invention, he believed, had been s'Scovered on the continent for the purpose of suspension ',ridges, but it had never been used for the rigging of ships previous to the granting of the patent. It had been found chat the wire rop e was of great advantage to the rigging of t a gipS and vesses, that it was stronger with less substance han he mp, an d that i t was not a ff ecte d b y t h e weather, an d describingcheaper the ode in wh the rich ope was manufactured, a nd stating the nature of the specification, the learned gentle •Wllle the following witnesses : • Quellan was then called, and said he was a master rip er, ,in Liverpool. He was upwards of seventy-two years old, and had been in trade since 1805. He had rigged a number o f vesse l s, an d was acqua i nte d w i t h a ll sorts o f p fitted Great Liverpool, a steamer of 1,400 tons. The shrouds were . eu rn ‘ posed o f w i res i n stra i g ht li nes , o f t h e same d escr ipti on Jir.than Smith'spatent rope. He thought the wire rope was better hem p en. It was smaller, stronger, and held less wind. Witness fitted the John Garrow, in 1835, and had again refitted her since. The wire rigging had lasted very He is now engaged in fitting the Oriental. C ross-examined by Mr, R. Cum:a E.—Since steamers have uc en in existe nce , chains and iron have been used about the chimneys. Never knew a wire shroud:before. „ George Bibles, op a re-maker, Mr. Shaw, of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, John Grantham, Esq., and other witnesses, gave similar evidence, and testified to the great utility of the plaintiff's inventions. They had been applied to about twenty of her Majesty's ships, and thirty vessels in Liverpool. The admission of the patents, the specifications, and the fact that the defendant had infringed them, were then put in and read. This closed the plaintiff's case. • Mr. CURRIE then contended before his lordship that the invention was not a manufacture within the meaning of the statute of James, for which a patent could be granted, that the specification applied to all metal used as rigging, and that it was not a new invention. The learned JUDGE, however, overruled the objections, and directed a verdict for the plaintiff, giving to the defend ant liberty to move to enter a nonsuit, in case the court above ahould be of a different opinion : to his lordship. A verdict was accordingly recorded for the plaintiff—da mages ls. Mr. HiNDNIARSH applied to his lordship for a certificate that it was to try a right, in order to secure the plaintiff his Costs, which was granted. SMITH V. WATSON. In this action, in which the same parties appeared, and which was for an infringement of a patent granted in the Year 1839, for the manufacture of twisted cord of rope formed iron or metal wire. It was admitted that the defendant had infringed the patent, and that the damages should be one shilling ; but the defendant contended that twisted wire l e n t Pe or cord had been used previous to the granting of the ter of patent , as, for instance, a toasting-fork and on a por ter bottle. The l earned J UDGE, however, directed a verdict for the p l aintiff, giving leave to the defendant as in the last action. This OF SURETIES.—PARKES V. RUSSELL. a nd coal was a n ac ti on b roug h t b y M r. W m. P ar k es, a f armer a n ' f in t h e merchant, residing at . Nineveh, near Birmingham, e coun ty of Warwick, to recover from the defendant, a 4 a ; Zer, residing in the same neighbourhood, the sum of whi Plaintiff 88 . 7 d., half the amount of a bill of exchange, to th eh the defendant had other signpeed rsons his name ho s have become cosuret in with e w solvent, It MemM ss essrs. D un d as an d M art i n. were f or th e p l a i n tiff, an d ssrs Knowles and Cowling for the defendant. aPpeared from the facts, as adduced in evidence, that various times had been in the habit of advancing money at 44rirs times to a person named Riley, and that in October, or' RileY being indebted to Messrs. Greenway's bank, at fo riviek, to the amount of £774 17s. ld. , they pressed him P a YMent, when the bank agreed to accept a bill for the , s ,_to due, on his giving security, and, accordingly, the bill , T 7 signed by the plaintiff and defendant, and also by Riley f hi a father. Sh or tly a ft erwar d s , th e pl a i n tiff o bt a i ne d f r-tn lt ileY a warraat of attorney, and. a bill of sale eZer9's°' and in the following January judgment was ee • e - Up, and the property of Riley was seized under an ex jutitmn- About the same time Riley was made a bankrupt, and cronsequence of an action been ommenced against the a u e iff to recover the amount of m oney s realised under the sale arnemnprornise was effected on the plaintiff paying half the th e c Ti:t realised, £1,050 being given up to the assignee under b ei _u t, the remaihing part of the sum being for goods which d „'_unged to another party. In June, 1841, the bill became a m e , and the plaintiff and defendant were applied to for the iP t e h tl e nt• The latter said he was unable to pay the sum. but b urs P laintiff would take up the bill he promised to reim thate h im, , but had not done so. The defence set up was, w,;,, w aen the defendant signed the bill the plaintiff said he take care he should not suffer, and that has the plain s,',,had raised money under the execution from Rily's goods al Sto ckl he had paid the bill o ut of the proceeds of that had, and therefore had no cause of action, for the £1,050 been paid to the assignee of Riley nntil last March. Disloue. l earned JUDGE, in summing up the case, said the hill, tiff was entitled to a verdict for half the amount of the ij i le jury re ti re d , an d a f ter b e i ng out o f court nearly an Theor court then for the adjourned.laeinti. Damages, £l3B 10s. T he 1 CROWN COURT.—ESTERDAY. o' cl ockearned Judge took his scat on the bench at nine V.d Plac d 44 ,d Hardman, previously convicted of burglary, was soome yn ett a , the bar, and was sentenced to six months' impri mis,. N.. CRELLIN'S CASE—SENTENCE ON COPELAND. th- tar tin C o p e l an d ( conv i cted on the prev i ous d ay ) was s o en brought up. Hi s L ORDSHIP state d t h at t h ere were learned Points in the case upon which he had consulted his brother, and which he considered were worthy of co nsiderati on ; b ut, after mature deliberation, they did not think that these points tended to palliate the charge of which the prisoner had been found guilty. His Lordship then Passed sentence upon the prisoner of twelve months' impri sonment in Lancaster Castle. This concluded the business of the Crown Court, and his Lordship p rocee d ed to try CLAIM FOR sornecivil.c es. TH E RECOVER: GOODS. Atkinson v. Marshall. —This action was one in trover, brought for the recovery of a sum of £376, value of 684 pieces of mouseline-de-laine er mitted the defendant to take f which the p laintiff had Por alleged he had retained. d isposal, but which it was Mr. Knowles and Mr. Martin appearedfor the plaintiff, and Messrs. Atherton and Brandt for the defendant Mr. KNOWLES stated the case to the ju r y. carrying on the business ofTahernPainauhfatciff tvas an elderly lady, turer at Colne• In the year 1840, the defendant, who was a c ommission agent, went over to Comae, with a view to obtain the business of the manufacturers in that district. A gen- Mrs. a A tlemn, amid Askew, was with him, and introd uce d him to tkinson, who let him have the goods to sell on her account. The defendant afterwards sold them, and a claim was preferred by Messrs. Potter and Lewin, of .Manchester, who said the goods belonged to them. The plaintiff had had dealings with the firm named, and it would appear that the Materials (the warp and weft) of which the goods were ma nufactured, were supplied by them to the plaintiff, who was employedto manufacture them. Several witnesses were called, and proved the delivery o f the.goods, and the demand made by Messrs. Potter, and their dealings with the plaintiff. Mr. BRANDT contended for the defence that there was no evidence of a conversion. Mr. A TH ERTON followe d on th e °n me side. Th e defendant had refused to g i ve up t h e goods tithe ground that 1 e • s doubtful as two claims were e d) to whom they ' in w r a eality belo lie uged. ' submitted hoc• was no evid ence to go the jury. his LORDSHIP, eler, considered there was. Ir. Ba.v,,inr having addressed the jury for the defence, weSreeveral witnesses were examined, to show that the goods m anufactured by J o h n Atk i nson, t h e so n of the Plaintiff, out of materials su lied to him. by Potter and Co, and that that house had no legal connexion in the transaction with Mrs. Atkinson. thMr. Knowles, for the plaintiff, said, there was no doubt goods had been received by the defenant Mhall. It had also b een shown by the evidence given d ars on the part of the defendant, that the business was transacted in the name of Mary Atkinson, and not in the name of the son John, as it was evident that the son could not carry on the business, he having recently become a bankrupt. The son had, indeed, managed the business for his mother, who was an aged person ; but he was only an agent, he having a knowledge of the business. The only question was, to whom the goods sent to Marshall really belonged. [lt appeared that the number of pieces manufactured of the mouseline-de-laine, at Mrs. Atkinson's's, was 63,261 pieces, and the pieces short delivered were stated to be 1932.] The Learned JUDGE drew the attention of the jury to the principal portions of the evidence; and it being agreed that an amount of £3 admitted to be due to the defendant should be paid, and also that another smaller sum should be al lowed ; the jury immediately found a verdict for the plain tiff for the residue of the claim—namely, £241 6s. BARTON V. ASHCROFI This was an action for trespass and damage, to meet which the defendants had paid 20s into court as a sufficient recom pense, but which was not considered sufficient by the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Barton, was a wheelwright, and bad suc ceeded a Mr. Squires as tenant of the farm of Wood-Side, in Smithdown-lane, near this town, in May, 1840. Squires had been blind, and being unable to pursue the farming business, left the farm to retire to Cumberland, his native country. Previous to going, he sold his farming utensils, &c., by auction, and amongst other articles sold was a tur nip -cutting machine, which was knocked down to the defendant for £3 10s., which he paid some time afterwards to the auctioneer, leaving the machine however on the farm until December last, when he went and demanded it. The farm servant present, an old man in plaintiff's employ, refused to give it up. Defendant had taken with him five other men, and on its being refused took the farm gate off its hinges, and seeing the article in the shippon, by a hole through the door, forcibly opened that door, bending the lock and injuring the fastenings. The plaintiff, it appeared, was at the sale, and knew that the defendant had bought the implement ; and the former considered the 20s. enough for the trespass and damage, which latter was proved to be very little. The jury, on hearing that all was again put to rights in half-an-hour by the farm-servant, whose wages were but half-a-crown a day, thought so too, and returned a verdict for the defendant on both counts. PANNELL V. WHITING. This was an action for the recovery of a sum of money, alleged by the plaintiff to be due to him by the defendant. The plaintiff had formerly been surveyor of highways for West Derby, but had retired from that situation, and lived independently. It appeared that he had been in the practice of advancing money to landing waiters arid other custom house officers, on the security of their receipts for their ap proaching quarter's salaries, and that he had so advanced £26 ss. to the defendant, in July, 1840, and £7 on the 22nd of September of the same year. In the course of the evidence, it. came out that the plaintiff had an . intimate acquaintance with a person named Rednap, the then messenger for the landing-waiters at the Custom-house; that they had transactions conjointly in the way of lending money to the landing-waiters on the security stated ; and that at one time the plaintiff on being applied to for an ad vance, by one or more of the officers, had said that he had given Rednap a sum of £7OO, for the accommodation of those gentlemen who then wanted it—and for which a con siderable interest was charged. It further appeared, that the system pursued in paying the landing-waiter's salaries was, so far as the book-keeping went, of a most lax and extraor dinary nature,—inasmuch as a salary-book was kept, in which they might or might not put their signatures on receiving their quarters salary ; and they might sign it either before or after it was received by themselves, or any other parties, the receipt produced for the salary by themselves or others being the only voucher required, and the writing of the date - of 'payment opposite the sum by the clerk the only datum by which the payment was recorded. Rednap, who was a sort of authorised' agent of the plaintiff's, had advanced money on , the receipts of several of the officers from time to time, and having paid within a few pounds of the amount stated in them, drawn the whole when it was due, including an ample balance due to the parties to whom the loans. were due, to secure the per centage for the accommodation. At length, having received a large sum from the plaintiff, and being also in arrears to many of the officers on their receipts, he decamped from the town. A subscription was immediately raised amongst the officers, and one of them was - appointed to accompany Pannell in pursuit of him. They traced him to Southampton, on his way to the Continent, to which he escaped, and Pannell in stituted the action to recover the amount advanced to the defendant. It was shewn, however, that he had drawn a large sum on the eve of his departure on the receipts of the officers, who, it appeared, were needy ; that none of them had received back their receipts, so that they might draw it themselves ; and that it might be inferred, though the plain tiff had been particularly kind to the defendant, he was a sort of agent of his, and that he could not therefore recover from them, however much he might have been aggrieved himself. It was also shewn that Rednap had sent back £6O of the money (out of some hundreds) to the plaintiff. The jury, immediately after his lordship had summed up, returned a verdict for the defendant. His LORDSHIP made some strong remarks on the bad system of keeping the Custom-house salary books. In the case of M`Bane v. Boyer, the record was with drawn. MARRIOTT V. MACAULEY - (SPECIAL JURY CASE.) This was an action in trover, brought to recover a sum al leged to be due to the plaintiff by the defendant, for services done and rendered in respect to certain railways. Mr. Dundai and Mr. Watson appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. The plaintiff (Marriott) was a solicitor of Manchester, and busied in carrying out the views of the Manchester and Derby Railway Company, or, in other word s , " The Charnet Valley Line," against the project of the Bir mingham and Manchester " Extension Line," which last a number of railway companies were at the time deeply interested in putting down, and (it appeared in this case) by any possible means. Amongst the companies so interested, was the Midland Counties, the Manchester and Derby ,the Grand Junction, and others; and they appeared to have made a sort of conjoint effort for that purpose. The defendant, also a solicitor, was solicitor for, and . an active Party in carrying out the views stated. The case was one of great length and complexity, and it appeared to puzzle both judge, jury, and counsel. We shall not attempt more than an outline, particularly as. after enormous expenses incurred in prosecuting the action, it yet remains riot wholly decided, having to be referred to the decision of the judges, on a case being submitted to them. It appeared that in February, 1839, a correspondence commenced between the plaintiff and a . Mr. Swift, secretary to the Churnet Valley line, and finally between him and the defendant. No regular agreement was made as to what the plaintiff should receive for his services but it appeared that these were considered acceptable ; that he was in frequent correspondence with Swift and th de fendant, and that he was permitted to use his best efforts to attain the object in view—the putting down of the " Exten sion Line"—by letters (anonymously signed) advertisements, &c. in many of the newspapers, and the calling of public meetings in various towns in the locality of the "suggested" line and elsewhere. lie incurred considerable expenditure in so doing and in April 1839, after inserting numerous advertisements,&c. issuing prospectuses of the proposed line, for the cost of which he had rendered himself re sponsible, he wrote to Swift for a remittance. Swift shewed his letter to the defendant, who, without paying the money, gave him encouragement to proceed, which he did, until May, when he again wrote for money. The defendant replied to him, that he was not aware that he was employed so as to proceed upon a carte blanche as to expenditure, but that, in effect, he would make such endeavours as would secure him from loss, while he (the plaintiff) secured himself in the favour of the several directors by his exertions in their behalf. The plaintiff afterwards wrote again, stating that he had incurred considerable expense, and requiring £6OO to defray it, and to meet his own charge. He stated subsequently that he was out of pocket £360, and being pressed for money, finally proposed to receive £4OO, on the understanding that he should be relieved by the defendant and Se ift from all the responsibilities incurred by him to that date, the 20th May. The defendant wrote him that he might consider that as settled, and that he should, to put the matter at rest, speedily remit him the £4OO, which he did, with some men tion as to his future services. The sum was remitted by a bank check, and the plaintiff sent a number of accounts then against him. He afterwards sent to the defendant's ad dress (at 45, Bridge-street,) London, a number of other accounts due; but as the defendant had left town for his house in Leicester, at the close of parliament, they never reached him, and the parcel was returned to the Manchester station, of the London Railway, where it remained without being claimed all the present year, when it was found by Mr. Marriott, and brought into court unopened. In September of the same year, however, the plaintiff being pestered with duns for payment of these accounts, sent a list of them, with a copy of the letter accompanying them to defendant, who, as the accounts of the company had in the interim been settled, refused to pay them. The plaintiff had since been obliged to pay them, and hence the present action: It ap peared that defendant had not left his address when he left London, otherwise the accounts would have reached him, and would probably have been paid, thus preventing all liti gation. The plaintiff had since been obliged to pay most of them ; and for that sum, and the remaining responsibilities, in all amounting to £195, he now sued, upon)the alleged agreement in two letters to him, dated May, 1839. The correspondence between the parties constituted the main evidence. They were very numerous, and occupied the counsel for the plaintiff some hours in the reading. The payment of many sums by the plaintiff, for advertising, printing, prospectuses, &c., by newspaper proprietors was proved, there being in court a whole host of the " gentle man of the press," brought from all parts of England at a great expense. The learned JUDGE was of opinion that the whole matter resolved itself chiefly into a question of law, and could not be decided in that court, from its complicated nature. Mr. Wortley, however, spoke for the defendant at some length, and established some points for his client, with reference to the record and the issue involved. After a long and uninteresting discussion, he, however, sub mitted, on the advice of his lordship, to a verdict for the plaintiff, for a sort of guess balance due of £165, subject to a case to be made out for the consideration of the judges. The jury, as directed, returned a verdict accordingly ; and his lordship certified to the case being before a special jury. Enormous expenses must already have been incurred in this case, and the probability is that the verdict stated will be submitted to, without further litigation. NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE arid a Special Jury,) JENTRIN V. PEACE AND OTHERS.—The plaintiff in this case was William Jentrins, and the defendants were William Peace, John Heyes, and others. The declaration was in trespass, by digging certain pits and getting therefrom coal, cannel, and minerals. The defendants pleaded that Sir William Gerard, Bart., Richard Gerard, and Thomas Ge rard, were seized in fee of the manor of Aspul, in the parish of Wigan, and by deed, dated in 1678. They conveyed the tenements mentioned in the declaration to one John Ander ton, from whom they had descended to the plaintiff. In his replication, the plaintiff admitted that Sir Wm. Gerard, Richard Gerard, and Thomas Gerard, were so seized, but alleged they did not lease the lands mentioned ; on which issue was joined. Mr. Wortley, Mr. , and Mr. 'Watson, appeared for the plaintiff ; Sir William Follett, (the Solicitor General), Mr. Starkie, and Mr. Addison for the defendant. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the case. He had the honour of appearing before the jury as counsel for the de fendants in this case ; and as the burden of proof in the first instance lay upon the defendants, it became his duty to state the nature of the evidence on which he relied. The action arose from an alleged trespass committed to lands in the occupation of the plaintiff within the manor of Aspul, in this County. The parties upon the record were not the parties substantially interested in the result of the trial. The plain- WYa., Was the occupier of a f arm un d er th e d ev i sees o f a M r. Grundy.• tk o r, W h o purchased the estate from a family Trained The fir s t d e f en d ant upon recor d was th e co lli ery agent Lord Balcarras ; and the real question which th e jury Would have to try was whether Lord Balcarras was entitled IcoanTr these lands for the purpose of digging there for which that faturlard not entitled to The landlord of the plaintiff said lie was family of th e G e o s°' Lord Balcarras purchased from the throughout the, 's the manor of Aspull, with all the rights made to his predeleae"r , Y , had to the coals, cannel, and minerals mines in the different parts of Aspull. That conveyance was by him. He considerePd !wants togdo in 1812 ; and since that time the arts of the manor had been worked the estate which belon e lle bad also the right to enter upon to the devisees of Walker, and lie directed his se parties interested* beginning of 1839. No objectionin the latter part of 1839 or the work went on ; but subsequentlywas made at first, and the agent for theAl r. Leigh, who acted as us the cause, raised some question as to the right of Lord Balcarras—stating that' though Lord Balcarras had the right under one of the closes of land which was called Penington, he had no right under the close in question, which was called Browne's. The ac tion was brought in 1839, but it was not proceeded with ; after that time Lord Balcarras worked the mine to a certain extent ; compensation was made to the tenant for the trespass upon the surface, but notwithstanding that the action was not pro ceeded with till the present time. He (the learned counsel) should now proceed to state the title of Lord Balcarres. The declaration stated that the defendants broke and entered a certain close, the plaintiffs property. The pleas were long, but in substance they amounted to this, that in the year 1678 Sir Wm. Gerard and Thos. Gerard were seized in fee of the close in question, and being so seized they conveyed to Ander ton the property upOn the surface, but they reserved the right of the coal, cannel, and minerals, but it denied that in the conveyance to Anderton they reserved the coal, cannel, and minerals. That was the only issue raised upon the record. The plaintiff denied the execution of any deed by which the land was conveyed to Anderton making this reservation, the defendants said such a deed was executed and that it contained such a reservation. They had traced the title from the Gerads, who had made the conveyance to Anderton, down to the conveyance to Lord Balcarras, in the year 1812,—the family of the Gerads having continued in possession of the property till 1812, when they conveyed it to Lord Balcarras. The title of Lord Balcarras was not denied. There was no dispute upon that part of the case; therefore, whatever right there was reserved by the deed of 1678, it was in Lord Balcarrass . and the simple question was whether the defendants could prove the execution of that deed. It appeared that the family of Gerads were in the habit of from time to time making conveyances of por tions of the manor of Aspul, but reserving to themselves the right of entering and getting the minerals, so that in point of fact the minerals and the surface of the land became I vested in different people. In Cornwall and Derbyshire this was the usual custom. The question then would be whether the defendants would be able to shew that this right had been reserved. Having stated thus generally the nature of this right, he would direct attention to the details, and to the steps by which he should trace the title from 1678 down to the time when the parties under whom the plaintiff claimed entered into possession. The learned counsel then prOceeded to refer to, and describe, the several deeds and conVevanc . e, to Anderton, in 1678 ; and from him, through various parties, down to Grunday and Walker, and subse quent subdivisions of the land, in 'all of which there was the same reservation made in favour of the Gerard's as in the deed of '1678. If the deed of 1678 were read in evidence, the reservation would be shown, which was the only question raised ; therefore, the only question was, whether the de fendants were,able to give evidence of the deed of 1678. For the purpose of giving evidence of this deed, he should prove that on the 4th of August, 1724, Arthur Altcar conveyed Pen nington's anti Brown's tenement' (the subject of this action), to Hodkinson, and that Hodkinson received at that time the deed of 1678. The deed of 1678 was then in Hodkinson's Possession in 1724. From him the land descended to the plaintiff. He (the learned' counsel) was not able to say whether the deed, was in the custody of the present plain tiffs ; they had the land ; they had had notice to produce the deed, and if they did not produce it, it would then be for him to give the best secondary evidence which he could to prove its contents. This secondary evidence would be the inter mediate deeds, conveyances, and mortgages, which the learned counsel minutely described ; and he contended, on the authority of several cases cited in Phillips on evi dence, that such secondary evidence was strictly admis sible. He concluded by expressing a confident opinion that after the case had been gone through, the jury would return a verdict which would fully establish the title of Lord Balcarras to enter the plaintiff's land for the purpoSe stated in the declaration. . A great mass of deeds were then read and put in, to many of which Mr. Wortley objected, but in every case the objec tion was overruled, the Judge taking a note of the points. The deed of 1678 was not produced, although it appeared that proper search had been made for it. The plaintiff's case being closed, Mr. WORTLEY then objected that the close in question had not been identified with the original deed. The JunGE overruled the objection. Mr. Wow'''Ey then intimated that he could not carry the case on the part of the plaintiff, and said he would consent to a verdict for the defendant, with leave to move for a new trial if the court above should be of opinion that the evidence objected to had been improperly admitted. A verdict for the defendant was accordingly entered. ACTION AGAINST A SHERIFF'S OFFICER. `Y LIE v. BIRCH.—This was an action to recover a judg ment debt, recovered by the plaintiff, against Thomas Peake Pearson, of £276, which the sheriff had been ordered to levy, under a fieri facia:, and pay into court. The defendant executed the writ, and instead of paying the money into court, he made a return that he had seized the goods, but they remained in his hands for want of purchasers. Mr. MARTIN and Mr. MoNTEITH appeared for the plain tiff; Mr. BAINES and Mr. CROMPTON for the defendant. Mr. MARTIN said, the plaintiff, Mr. John Wylie, lived at Newcastle ; and the defendant was Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart., who was Sheriff of Lancashire last year, but, as the jury were aware, he had very little to do with the actual business. The real defendant was Mr. John Ogle, a sheriff's officer, residing in this town ; and he believed it would turn out that Mr. Ogle was indemnified by some people who were behind him, although he was aware the plaintiff was entitled to the proceeds of the goods he had taken in ex ecution; and:if the defence which he understood would be set up were successful, it would be impossible to recover a debt in Liverpool. The circumstances were these. Pear son carried on business in Liverpool, and he was anxious to obtain credit from a Mr. Parrot. The plaintiff had married the niece of Pearson, and Pearson applied to him to become security for him with Parrott, for the sum of £250. The plaintiff hesitated for some time, but ultimately, on the 2d of November he consented to give a guarantee to Parrott, on condition that Pearson would g i ve hi m a warrant of attor ney, so as to protect him from liability. The goods, upon the faith of which the guarantee was given, were supplied in a short time afterwards. The warrant of attorney was pre pared by the plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Jones, who gave it to Pearson. Pearson went with it to Messrs. Christian and Jones to have it attested. It was then sent to Mr. Wylie ; who ascertained immediately afterwards, that so far from the representations made to him by Pearson, as to his circum stances, being correct, there were then proceedings about to be taken against him by his creditors. He sent the warrant of attorney to London, entered up judgment, and execution 'was delivered to the sheriff on the 25th November. 'rne warrant was given to Ogle, who levied, and then the parties had notice that he was receiving that which he was bound to pay to Parrott. Immediately a scheme was set up to defeat the execution ; and on the 29th of November Pearson exe cuted a deed of assignment of all his property. The object of that was to get the pi operty vested in assignees, because by a late act of parliament there were certain rights given to assignees against an execution creditor upon a war rant of attorney. On the sth and Gth December the officer sold Pearson's goods. On the 9th the fiat was issued and assignees were sppointed i and one of the questions of law to be raised in this case would be the effect of a sale of goods after the commission of an act of bankruptcy and before the flat. Now he contended that the assignees were not entitled to them against the execution creditor though the sale might take place subsequent to the fiat. This being so, Mr. Wylie thought he had nothing more to do than to receive the money. lie wrote several letters to Ogle about the money, but they were all unavailing; and on the 21st December he came to Liverpool to obtain the money. He then saw Ogle, who stated that he could not pay the money till he had seen Mr. Bardswell, attorney to the assignees. Ogle went to Mr. Bardswell, and he returned with a sove reign, and called upon Wylie to appear before the commis sioners of bankrupts. lie could not get a single farthing; and the present action had been brought to recover the amount which had been realised by the sale. The learned counsel proceeded to contend that the officer's return to the writ was false, that it was his duty to pay the money over immediately that he received it, and in default thereof the present action had been brought. The writ, the return, and the other instruments, were then put in and read ; and Mr. I lodgltins, auctioneer, proved that the furniture and stock were sold by auction, on the 6th and 7th of December, for £2OO odd ; and the fixtures on the 4th of January, for £195. Mr. BAINES said he had the honour to appear as counsel for Mr. John Ogle, the officer of the sheriff, who was the substantial 'defendant upon the record, and who, he should contend, was perfectly free from blame, and that the plaintiff had only himself to thank for what had happened and no one else. The real question in issue was, whether Mr. Wylie was to be allowed to sweep away all the property of the bankrupt Pearson, or whether it was to go into the hands of the assignees for the benefit of the general body of creditors. Pearson had for some time carried on business as a grocer and provision dealer in Liverpool. Among other persons with whom he did businesss Mr. Parrott, a provision dealer on an extensive scale. It was necessary however there should be some security given to Mr. Parrott, and the plaintiff accord ingly gave his guarantee for the sum of £240 which was to be paid upon the contingency of the bankrupt not be able to pay himself. This was ou the 2d of November. Be tween the 2d and the 22d of November Pearson found his affairs extremely involved, and this was a circumstance which could not but be known to the plaintiff. On the 22d the warrant of attorney was; given, but it was given under circumstances concerning which his learned friend had, been grossly misinstructed. The learned coun sel proceeded to contend that the circumstauces cle ar ly proved collusion to have existed between the plaintiff and the bankrupt, and that the warrant of attorney was but a scheme to prevent the property going to the benefit of the, general creditors. It had not been pro ve d th a t th e plaintiff had been called upon to pay one farthing of the guarantees, which he had given to Parrott. He (the learned counsel) should be able to prove that Pearson had committed distinct acts of buLicruptcy before the warrant of attorney was given. Having cribed the circumstances of_ the alleged acts of bankruptcy, the learned counsel closed by stating that when they had heard the evidence he thought the jury would be satisfied that the warrant of attorney to the plaintiff had been given by way of fraudulent preface, and was therefore void. Witnesses were then called, whose testimony extended to considerable length. The Jury, after a few minutes' consi deration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages— £l9s ss. 4d. The Court adjourned at ten minutes to seven o'clock. The Great Western is expected to arrive in the Mersey about the 24th instant, and will sad from this port for New York on the 3d of September. THE LEVIATHAN OF THE MlSSOURl.—Thisextraordinary skeleton the remainder of by gone times, now exhibiting at the Lyceum is exciting great attention. No one can look upon these gigantic hones without find food for deep reflection and thought. Man prides hlinsef upon his strength, but as compared to the Missouran he must have been but as a mete pizmy. It is remarkable circumstance that under the skeleton of the Missouran was found an Indian Arrow-head, similar to those now in use exhibiting by Mr, CutH. If an arrow-head was found beneatn the remains of the Leviathan how can it be called Anti-Adamite, and how can zeologists maintain that these creatures were so? and how comes it that the discovery took place through a tradition cf the Indians, that a battle of Theristrocaulodon had ever taken place on the spot where they were found ? ALARMING FIRE IN CIIESIIIRE.—On Monday night, about twelve o'clock, afire was discovered to be raging in the workshop of Mr. Hughes, joiner and builder, situate in Claughton-road, North Birkenhead. So sudd en was the conflagration, owing to the buildings being of wood, and their contents (the joiners' work and fittings of three new h ouses, now erecting), that they were in a complete blaze b e f ore any discovery was made. Th e li g ht was so intense as to cause serious apprehension in Liverpool, and attracted many spec tators to George's Pierhead. Weimar that Air. Whitehouse the respected agent of the West of England Fire-office, mediatelv turned out th a t com p an y's engine, with fourtee n steady firemen, and arri ve d w ith th e m at the pierhead just as the last steamer was leaving for Woodside, about five minutes after twelve o'clock. The captain, however, would not come to the slip to take on board th e eng ine, which is much to be regretted, as the only engine in Birkenhead was found on this occasion, as on many others, to be almost wholly useless, and not in accordance with the spirit of the times. The small supply of water within reach of the engine was that only used for making mortar, and was soon exhausted; there was, however, a plentiful supply about fifty yards off, and easily available to a modern engine. The police, under their superintendent, Mr. Boughey, were early on the spot, and rendered such assistance as lay in their power. The captain of one of the Woodside packets, who lives near the spot, was very active, and received an injury of the hand in his praise worthy endeavour to save some of the property. We regret to hear that Mr. Hughes's loss is considerable, the properry being entirely destroyed, and that he is not protected, by insurance. Elie Riberpoot Otanbarb. FRIDA Y MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1842. By the arrival of the West India mail we have re ceived a file of the Guiana Times to the Ist July. The news, however, which it contains, are altogether of a local interest. The wet weather, which appears to have threatened serious injury to the planters, had moderated. Immigration was at a stand still ; and the hopes and anxious attention of the colonists were directed exclusively to the Policy of the home govern ment for the remedy for their severe distresses. Considerable . interest was excited by the approach ing election of a financial representative in the room of Mr. W. R. Sandbach, who was about to leave the colony. Four candidates were named, Mr. P. M. Watson, Mr. Christiani, Mr. T. Naghten, and Mr. Emery. The Countess of Elgin had been delivered of a son, and we regret to add that her ladyship had been in great and imminent danger ; but one of her medical men, who came in the Tay from Jamaica, to proceed to Nassau, reported that a favourable change had taken place. The Thames brings home about 20,000 dollars only in specie, but she has on board a quantity of gold dust. We have received no advices from Jamaica by this mail. From the reply furnished by Sir Robert Peel to a question put to him on Monday evening by Lord Pal merston, we find that there is no truth in the alleged withdrawal of the troops under Major Pollock and General Sale from their occupation of the Affghanistan territory. We are not surprised at this fact. It would have been humiliating and disgraceful to a British army to have retreated from foes such as those which sur round our troops in that wretched country, whilst' two hundred of their brave companions in arms remain within the grasp of its savage chiefs, to be butchered on the first rumour of the withdrawal of their protect ing flag behind the Himmelayas : and it would be dis graceful above all to any British statesman who, ex cept under circumstances of imperious necessity, could have directed such a step. We are not surprised, therefore, that from Lord Ellenborough, whatever may he his future policy with respect to this unfortunate quarrel, no such order as that alluded to by the East Indian press had as yet been issued. But we must confess that however 'much the assu rance of Sir Robert Peel has relieved our fears; we are a little amazed that the man by whose inquiry the as, surance in question was elicited fi'o"m the premier should be the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs—Lord Palmerston. If there is one man in the House of Commons, or in the British dominions, who ought to hide his bead when the name of Affghanistan is men tioned, that man is Lord Palmerston. When the dis aster which has visited our army in that country rises up before the eyes of Englishmen; when we think of the fearful slaughter and defeat which have there be fallen us ; when we think of the wretched prisoners who languish in captivity upon the soil which has drunk up the blood of husbands, fathers, brothers, or sons,---with that vision of torture and shame is min gled, and 'will for ever be mingled, the form of one man, its author,—and that man Lord Palmerston,—a mark for the indignant reprobation of his fellow-coun trymen and the world to point at. Pilloried in the foreground of this dark picture stands the venal and heartless incapable; and yet it is this man, whose very name is allied with his country's dishonour and ruin, who has the unparallelled hardihood to stand up in the House of Commons as the interrogator and censor of the ministry upon whose heads has fallen the duty of attempting to repair the evils of his own selfish and wicked policy ! Would that, for a day even, we could return to the enjoyment of the palmy time of Britishstatesrnanship ! Would that, for a day even, the spirit of lofty indepen dence and jealous care for its country's honour, which in past years animated the British House of Commons, could return to us ! That day would see Lord Pal merston, not smirking in the consciousness of the im- punity which has covered his misdeeds ;--not question ing the patriotism and wisdom of men as far above himself in the estimation of the world as the sun is above the worm which we trample on ;—but arraigned at the bar of a British parliament to answer for his manifold and stupendous delinquencies ! We were told months ago by the agitators of the League, that the best arrow in their quiver was the stirring up of the working classes to outrage and bloodshed. We were told that the government of Sir Robert Peel would be made to discern the wisdom of the anti-corn-law nostrum " by the light of the burn ing factories of Manchester." We threw back these threats in the faces of the malignant and unprincipled impostors by whom they were uttered. Base and bad as we knew the league millocracy to be—willing to mislead and to betray their wretched dupes to crime and to its consequences--we knew too well the deep loathing in which they are held by the working men of the manufacturing districts of England, to fear that more than a paltry outbreak—a miserable gathering of petty larceners—would be the achievement arrived at by their utmost efforts. Well, the threatened crisis has arrived. Mere sedi tion has done its worst, and, thus far, has been baffled. The Thompsons, the Aclands, the Brookaes, and the Cobdens have raved and " maddened, through the land," calling like Glendower, their "spirits from the vasty deep." But " would they come when they did call i" No—the working men of the manufacturing towns heard the seditious cry, and were unmoved. The Leaguers were busy in the work of agitation, as a ' certain gentleman—their patron, is said to be in a gale of wind. But the poor weavers and spinners of Man chester and Bolton, Oldham and Ashton, had measured the length and depth of their affected sympathy for the sufferings which they saw around them, and found it shallow shallow as the wit which lies beneath the beaver of the Bolton quaker of pauper kidnapping celebrity, and e m pty as the breeches pockets of any dozen of the L eague Debtors of the Bank of Manchester. The agitators piped, but the working classes would not dance to their piping. But if the wiles of the serpent thing %%ere thus in , efficacious, there was another resource by which the Leaguemen trusted to attain their cherished object—a civil commotion. Hunger would, if agitation could not, lash the working classes to outbreaks, by which peaceable and timid men would, it was thought, be in duced to turn their eyes to the A n ti-C orn -L aw philosophy as the remedy for all the evils under which the community laboured. Well, the propelling power of hunger has beer, dared. The example of an attempted reduction of the wages of factory operatives was set by a League and Socinian magis trate of Staley-bridge—a liberal of the first water. The result is before our readers in another column. With the exception of three—those of Messrs. Birley, Kenedy,, and Stirling and Beckton,—every factory in Manchester is at this moment standing, and the popu lation, 'which they employ clamouring in the streets for bread, In the surrounding districts of Ashton-under ',Ml.'''. Hyde, Oldham, &c., the same disorderly senies are to be witnessed. The military and the po lice enfilade the streets of every manufacturing town. Caanox menace the inhabitants of Manchester at every principal crossing. And what do the majority of the League manufacturers and the League magistracy of that town in such a state of things ? Do they attempt to-resist the working of the lawless spirit which their own acts have raised ? No, they do not ! On the contrary, we are informed, on authority on which we can confidently rely, that they tacitly encourage the rioters; and, if cowardice was not an invariable yoke fellow with baseness, we fear some of them would be found heading mobs of Chartists and starving men to the work of - robbery and incendiary outrage. We have no hesitation in expressing our belief that a dozen or two of burning factories, even if they were their own, would be a glad sight to many of these per verted and factious men. It would be as convenient for the League millocrat, at this moment, to receive from the country the price of his burnt factory, as to wait for the result of the improvement of the trade of the country. In such a case we should see nothing, in the claims made, of the lamentable depreciation of mill machinery. We should, on the contrary, have thumping prices put upon every loom, and its first cost upon every foot of brick-work. We may suggest, however, to these astute schemers that cunning, like ambition, sometimes "overleaps itself!" and wt may, in addition, intimate to some few amongst them that in all their present proceedings they_ are well watched. In our next publication, our reporter, who is present upon the scene of disturbance, may enable us to make public some facts, with respect to the League proceedings, which may possibly astonish the ‘sorld and the Leaguers themselves. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. FLYING RAILWAY! THIS EVENING, (Friday,) AND DURING THE WEEK. Q INCE the Proprietors carried out the Centrifugal Rail -10 way on so large a scale, it has been visited by upwards of FIFTY OF THE NOBILITY. The Railway consists of two inclined planes, and a circle of between 40 and 50 feet in circumference, rising 14 feet perpendicularly from the floor, making the whole line 200 feet in length. The Carriage travels at the rate of ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR! Carrying large Iron Weights and Buckets of Water, without displacing the one oc spilling any of the contents of the other. There is added to the Exhibition an HYDRAULIC TELEGRAPH, of curious scientific construction, by which any circumstance transpiring in Liverpool may be given in London the same instant of time. In the Evening, Experiments with the GALVANIC BAT TERY ; the OxY-HYDROGEN LIGHT ; also, the OXY- H YDROGEN BLOW -PIPE. Open from One to Five o'clock in the Afternoon ; and from Six until Ten in the Evening. There will be Two Performances in the Evening ; the First commencing at Seven o'clock, the Second at Nine o'clock. Admission—Boxes, Is. ; Pit. 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Gentlemen allowed to make the Tour of the Circle One Shilling each ; Ladies free. • NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. --- We will endeavour to answer the queries of " G. C. 8.," and " A merchant's clerk," in our next. OPERATION OF THE NEW CORN-LAW. The readers of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD may remem ber that we have maintained, from the commencement of the operation of this law, that it would work to the satisfaction, alike, of the friends of our native agriculture and of the moderate advocates of reduction in the cost of the chief staple of life. We have now had thirteen weeks' experience of its aptitude to fulfil the purposes for which it was de signed ; and we here present, in a tabular form, the details of its operation in the port of Liverpool, which, we presume, may be received as affording a fair criterion by which to judge of its working in the other ports of the kingdom. Quantity of Wheat and Flour, distinguishing Foreign from Colonial, upon which Duty has been paid in the Port of Livvrpool since the passing of the New Corn Bill. - Vi - a . HEAT, 10 qrs. FLOUR, in brls. Foreign.,Colonial Foreign. Colonial s . Week ending 12th May; 13 7,613 1,658 3,143 19,476 19th .. .. 3,841 438 1,359 477 26th 12 11,977 .. 5,522 623 26 June .. I 7.335 I .. I 1 ,399 2,765 9th 11 4,855 .. 1,325 554 16th 236 ' 10 2.970 .. • 1,738 1,567 30th .... 9 9,845 .. 5,232 10,777 7th July! 9 1 15,813 200 5,143 8,839 14th .... ! 8 6,996 .. 1,817 2,422 21st ; 18,383 1,400 11,538 14,868 28th 4th Aug 1 .. 16,896 .. 8,865 9,331 Total of 13 weeks 122,766 i 4,389 56,949 84,263 Total Wheat 126,955 quarters. Total Wheat Total Flour.. ... I'2l ... 14 1,g55 quarters. 1,212 barrels. Wheat. Flour. Corresponding 12 weeks last year 38,613 27,313 Stock of Grain in Liverpool on the 2nd of May, 1842. Wheat. Oats. Rye. Barley. Beans. Pease. Flour. Oatml. In bond.. 209,032 13,554 500 11,271 21,166 7,787 165,166 Free .... 25,000 12,000 410 5,000 20,009 5,000 500 80,000 & 500 sks. Ids. Stock of Grain in Liverpool on the 31st of July, 1842. Wheat. Oats. Rye. Barley. Beans. Pease. Flour. Oatml. In bond.. 349,985 11,640 407 11,371 31,687 15,660 99,358 Free .... 18,000 3,000 600 3,000 12,000 5,000 55,000 30,030 & 200 sks. We shall not at present indulge in any lengthened remarks upon the answer—a triumphant one, we submit—which the tables above furnish to the attacks levelled against this lead ing and most difficult measure of the ministry of Sir Robert Peel. That it has produced the principal desideratum of such a measure, the admission of foreign wheat into con sumption at a moderate duty, and as required by the existing demand, cannot now be denied. The total quantity of grain admitted during the past thirteen weeks has been fairly spread over the whole period. We have enjoyed, in fact, during that period —a period, too, which is' always, to some extent, one of speculation► and advancing prices —a regular and steady supply, which has at once kept the price of bread within the reach of the consumers' means, and checked such a sudden influx of grain upon the market as would have in flicted injury upon the native grower. It is well known that this result has been attained in despite of the efforts of speculation to work the averages towards the point at which grain could have been thrown in at a nominal duty ; and we believe it is now an almost universally acknowledged feeling amongst the trade that such efforts will, for the future, be too hazardous to be lightly undertaken. . It is probable that we shall for a few weeks to come have some heavier payments of duty than any which we have hitherto noticed. The improbability of the duty ranging lower than Bs., and the possibility of its rising higher, will induce many holders to enter largely. We do not, however, anticipate, as has been predicted by some authorities, a rush to pay duty and to inundate the market. The superior quality of the new wheats which are coming forward, and the advanced prices which they will command as compared with the old stocks by which the duty has, up to this time, been regulated, will, we are satisfied, maintain the present averages, or nearly so, for some weeks to come. In fact, if we consider that this year's crop (well harvested) is likely to be fairly worth four or five shillings per quarter more than the average of last year's, a decline to that extent in the price of the best samples will not materially tell upon the existing duty of Bs. We do not at all events anticipate a rapid rise or one of great extent. THEATRE ROYAL. The opera of " Norma " was repeated on Tuesday. On Wednesday " Sonnambula " was produced. Every part of the house was tilled. The boxes exhibited a galaxy of beauty and fashion. " Sonnambula " has always been a favourite opera in Liverpool. Its lovely airs, its touching recitatives, and interesting and homely story win for it a welcome like some old and dear friend. We know that some musical people differ from us in our opinion that " Norma " and " Puritani " bear a resemblance to " Sonnambula," but we maintain that in the two former there are constantly recurring passages that claim a close similarity to the latter. " Son nambula" is Bellini's chastest and most original work. There is a stream of melody flowing through it that, like a sparkling rivulet occasionally hiding itself in the earth, every now and then breaks out, like Moore's waves of the eastern sea, " into dimples and laughs in the sun." Malibran's Amine was un approachable, she stood as Miss Kemble does in " Norma." Of late years we have seen the Woods, Templeton, Miss Delcy, Miss Shirreff, Wilson, and others, appearing in this opera—in some respects the performance of Wednesday night far excelled all former ones, while in others it fell short. Miss Ke.mble's Amino, in the first act, we prefer to Mrs. Wood's and' Miss Shirreff's ; in the two last both excelled her. Mrs. Woods Amino is florid—in some respects it may be called dashing, in fact, a brilliant performance. Her seen a " Oh do not mingle" is superior to Miss Kemble's, who by the way sings different words to it,—and, in our opinion, not better ones. Miss Kemble's acting is very fine and replete with power, but for intensity of passion, for delicacy and spirituality, for gracefulness and simplicity, we prefier Miss Shirreff's impersonation. Miss Delcy's Amino, whela she first appeared here, wanted age and physical strength, although there was a great deal of promise in it. Miss Kemble's differs entirely from all those who have preceded her, and cannot but be prciliounced a very superior performance, but it does rank so high as her Norma, in which she has been hitherto unsnrpassed. The bounding joy, the ecstatic delight shown by Mrs. Wood and Miss Shirreff on finding Elvino, convinced of Amina's innocence, was not so fully manifested by Miss Kemble. The denouement wanted that inexpressible some thing that carries the heart and fancy with it, to rejoice in the heroine's happiness. The opening scena was deliciously sung. We do not for one moment detract from Miss Kem -1 tile's great ability, and we cannot think that she can suffer i by a comparison with those who have preceded her. Those who listened to her on Wednesday, could not fail to be de t I lighted. Her voice is a magnificent one, and her science I 'unquestionable. Her style chaste, her enunciation perfect, 1 , while her execution is wonderful. Her tones sometimes re mind us of De Beriot, and even Paganini, so Cremona , like are their quality. It can only be subject of regret that such a bright example should so soon be taken from the stage, and cease to give delight to tlousands.—Mr. Shrivall has risen greatly in our estimation. He sang Elvino excellently. He proved his possession of taste, judgment, and feeling, as well as voice. It is as good as any on the stage, perhaps the 'best. His "Take, now, this ring" was very charmingly sung. Mr. Balfe's Rodolpho is an excellent performance; it is decidedly the best we have heard for a very long time. Be sings with consumate taste, and with, as may be ex pected, perfect - knowledge of the music, giving due effect to every note. He acts with spirit and liveliness, adding greatly to the interest of the scene.—Miss Gardner played Lisa, and sang extremely well. The beautiful aria in the last act was very cleverly given. Unequivocal marks of ap probation recorded her efforts. This being her first ap .pearance in the character, it showed that she possesses con siderable taste and talent.—Mr. Eaton played Alessio well.— Miss Honner gave the recitatives of Dame Theresa with -much judgment and clearness of tone. It is a decided im provement to put a singer into this part. We m i ssed the pretty scene, with the bridge and river, hitherto exhibited in the first act—tbe flat landscape is not t o be eompared with it. The prudery of Lisa, and the love-makin gs o f Alessio, have been omitted, not j u diciously—as, also th e di scovery of the Count, in consequence of Alessio 's examination of his bag gage. The recitative of Rodolpho, in which he throws nut a hint that the Count is in the vicinit3 , of the v ill age , i s w ell introduced. After the opera, Mr. Weiss sang a trashy bal lad, called " The Young Soldier." The effect of his fine voice , was quitelost, and it went offflatly. This song is unworthy the talents of the composer of some of the best operas of lati years. In the afterpiece of No Song no Supper, Miss Rainforth de lighted her hearers by singing " Wapping old Stairs." Mr. Benw•ell as Thomas, elicited an uproarious laugh, by intro ducing " Still so gently o'er me stealing," addressed to Nell. Miss Webster played this character rather broadly, but it was a droll bit of Lancashire. To-night, Miss Kemble takes her benefit, when La Sonnambula will be repeated. We understand that Mrs. Seymour from. the United States is engaged for a few nights, and will make her first appearance on Monday next, in the character of Juliet; she has created a great sensation in America ; and is, we hear, a lady not only of the highest class of talent, but of great personal beauty. LOCAL NEWS. NEWS FROM AMERICA.—The Roscius packet-ship, of the 25th ult., was off Holyhead at one o'clock yesterday after noon. We shall be able to give the intelligence brought by her in an early second edition. Amongst the passengers by the Thames steam-ship from the West Indies, which arrived at couthampton on Wednes day, we perceive the names of Sir Henry M'Leod, the governor, and W. R. Sandbach, of this town. By the'packet-ship Susquehannah from Philadelphia, which arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, the fallowing pas sengers arrived :—Joshua Garside, Esq., Joshua Garside, jun., Esq., American Consul at Hull, Lady and two chil dren, Miss J. March, E. Egleson, Jackson, Lady and three children. DOUBLE CABBAGE LETTUCE.—A curious specimen of double cabbage lettuce, was exhibited yesterday, at our office. It was presented to Mr. William Gibson, Mount Vernon, by a gardener upwards of 70 years of age, who had never met with anything similar before. " THE MORN is BREAKING!' Words by T. Blake, Esq.; Music by J. P. Knight. Cramer, Lontton.—This is a drawing-room lyric of very excellent quality. The poetry is very pretty, and the music graceful. We can recommend this ballad as being one likely to snit almost any amateur singer, and one certain of being well received. BOROUGH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—We have much pleasure in informing our readers, that Mr. James Moss, solicitor, South Castle-street, was, at a meeting of the association, held yesterday, appointed solicitor to that body, in the place of the late Mr. Pennington. We feel confident that every exertion will be used by the association and this gentleman to maintain the present proud position of conservatism in the borough. Docx COMMITTEB.—On niesday last, several members of the Dock Committee, with the treasurer, secretary, and marine surveyor, proceeded in a steamer on their accustomed tour of inspection of the light-ships, light-houses, channel buoys, &c. Among the objects of greatest interest was the new Iron Bell Beacon, lately constructed by Messrs. J. Grantham, and Co., which seemed admirably adapted for the purpose for which it was designed. As the weather was ex ceedingly calm the trip was much enjoyed by the Com mittee; who, were besides, much gratified a t th e e ffi c i ent state of this department of their trust. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, as Mr. Doubleday, tea-dealer, Ranelagh-street, was returning home, he was met, about three doors from his own house, in Crown -street, by two men having the appearance of decent mechanics, who, on his comin g up , opene d a way for him to pass between them, when one of them struck him a blow in the mouth with a large stone which he held in his hand, severely cutting his upper lip and knocking out one of of his teeth. A second blow with a stone was almost at the same instant dealt upon his left temple, and he fell insensible on the pavement. The ruffians then appear to have kicked him on the back of the head, inflicting a serious wound, from which a large pool of blood was afterwards found to have flowed. On coming to himself, Mr. Doubleday saw the men standing over him, and immediately called out as loudly as he was able for assistance. Some of the neighbours came out of their houses, but the miscreants in the mean time had effected their escape. What their motive can have been for the perpetration of this savage outrage is a matter of some doubt, Mr. Doubleday had both money and his watch upon him, but neither were touched. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.—On Monday last, the officers and members of the Loyal Highland Home Lodge, No. 2465, met at Host Brown's, Flying Horse, Dale-street, the chairs being filled by the respective officers of the Lodge and the usual loyal toasts being disposed of with due honours, the officers appointed for the purpose took the opportunity whey proposing the health of P.G. J. Worrall of presenting the worthy P. G. with a splendid and valuable silver patent lever watch, manufactured by Joseph Taylor, member of the Loyal Minerva Lodge, in this town, bearing the following inscription :—Presented to P. G. John Worrall. by the members of the Loyal Highland Home Lodge, No. 2,465 of the 1. 0. of O. F., M. U., L. D., as a token of respect for his valuable services. ACCIDENT TO THE IRON STEAMER " EGREMONT."—On Tuesday last, this vessel, while running down with the ebb tide at a rapid rate from Liverpool to Egreniont, met the " Sir John Moore " New Brighton Ferry Boat, nearly Op posite the Clarence Dock. Just at this period it is supposed that the captain of the latter vessel became confused 'in consequence of a brig which rather obstructed his passage, for he so altered his course as to run directly into the paddle box of the " Egremont," breaking the fore and aft beams, after paddle beam, and tearing away all the timber work of this part of the vessel. The hull however was uninjured. The passengers of both vessels were of course thrown into a great state alarm by the violence of the concussion. We are happy to state however that no one was injured.—The " Sir John Moore" also escaped with very little damage. THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The funds con tinue to improve under the abundance of money and the purchases made to employ it. Several good bargains were done to day, and collectively make a considerable amount of stock, but individually, they require no particular mention. The final price of Consols was 92* for money and the account ; Bank Stock, 170 to 171; India Stock, 2.19?1 to 501 ; • Ex- ' chequer-bills, 2d. issue, 45s to 50s prem. ; ditto, 21d. issue, 50s to 52s prcm. ; 3 per Cents. Reduced, 92k ; 31 t per Cents. , 'Reduced, 10l* to I ; New 31 per Cents., 1001 to ; Long • Annuities, 1 2 India Bonds, 355. prem. ; and South Sea Stock, 1021. Foreign stocks and railway shares have main tained firm values without any increase of business. Spanish Actives are quoted 201 to 4 ; ditto, New, 191 to 1; Dutch 21 per Cents., 511 to 52; Brazilian, 61 to 66; Belgian, 1011 to 1021 i Portuguese 5 per Cents., 331 to 34 ;•.ditto, 3•per Cents., 191 to 20.1 ; Mexican, 351 to ; and Colombian,. 201 to 21. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The Gala at these gardens on Monday night went off in first rate style. The arrangements were admirable. The illuminations were very beautiful and elicited general approbation. Madame Rossini's ascent was a terrific sight, but she mounted the rope in fearless style, running up to the extreme height with the same ease and apparent safety as if she had been on " the broad green earth." The fireworks were universally beautiful, and in great profussion ; several fire balloons were discharged in the course of the afternoon. The immense number of persons on the ground walking between and under the innu merable varegated lamps presented a fairy scene beyond imagination. The elephant paraded the gardens with a car. It was amusing to see the crowds give way for the stupendous animal, who walked about as gravely as if he had been a spectator of a serious turn of mind. In consequence of the wet weather on Wednesday the Gala was postponed. It will take place to night, when the whole of the amuse ments will be repeated. A highly gratifying sight will be obtained, and we can safely recommend our readers to pay the enterprising Mr. Atkins a visit. These gardens whether for beauty, good management, or tastefulness in the layii4 out, are equal to any in tile kingdom. The Gala to night will be the last of the season, so that those who wish to be present, must " go, and stand not to the order of their going, but go at once." We ought not to omit noticing the efficient way that M r. Stubbs' band played various airs, and concerted pieces, adding greatly to tile gaiety of the scene. IMPROMPTU, Founded on the fact of two Royal Institution youths being caught with an " English translation, by Walton," of Ovid's Metamorphoses, such translations being " upper form"-erly designated " cabs." Two Royal youths, intently bent on finding A royal road to learning, and not minding The style of their conveyance ; Whilst snugly seated in the Athenrcum, Chuckling that there no eyes could see 'em, Secur'd from magister's surveillance; When lo! behold, before them stood, " The Doctor," who, in punning mood, Thus the youths address'd : " Ah ! I see," (a smile his face adorning)— " Enjoying, eh! a cab' this morning?" By his presence not oppress'd, And for an answer not distress'd, The youths replied, (And you'll decide Whether or not the pun's a lame and halt one,) " We did not like to go by "bus,' But took a cab,' when you caught us, Wishing to have a peep, this morn, at ' Walton.' " S. K. Per Printer's Devil.—For the benefit of the Maids of Honour, who always read the Standard, and who may not be acquainted with the fact we have to inform them, that " Walton is a Village near Liverpool, and that" Omnibi (as the Classical J. Hume designated such conveyances) do run actually hourly, to this village from Liverpool. EPIGRAM. TIJERMOPATHY AND HYDROPATHY. Between hot bathing and cold water cure, Of holy life at least the patient's sure, — For, like a parson, in two cures he dwells, Or, like a Bishop, in a Bath and Wells ! PUBLIC MEETING OF ROMAN CATHOLICS INTRODUCTION OF THE JESUITS INTO LI VERPOOL. The Roman Catholics held a public meeting in the Amphi theatre, on Tuesday evening, for " the purpose of considering and determining upon the best means for raising the neces sary funds for building a new church, to be dedicated to the honour of God, under the name of St. Francis Xavier, the great apostle of the Indies"—in other words, the founder of the Jesuits. The intended new church is pro posed to be built on some land belonging to Mr. Ewart, in Salisbury-street, Islington, at no very great distance from the Collegiate Institution. The meeting was Attended by a tolerable number of people—the gallery, to which admission was given gratis, being crowded, whilst the boxes, pit, and stage, the tickets for which were charged for, were but scantily filled. This circumstance will be considered as somewhat surprising when it is stated, that for a week pre. vious to the meeting placards were profusely distributed iri different parts of the town announcing that the Right Honourable Daniel O'Connell, M.P., Lord Mayor of Dub lin," would attend to advocate the cause in hand. The Rev. Mr. LYTHGOE occupied the chair, and M r. SHEL L moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that additional church accommodation was necessary. Mr. MORGAN O'CosrsELL seconded the resolution, and it was carried. Mr. O'CONNELL moved the second resolution, which de clared that in opinion of the meeting it would be highly con ducive to the good of religion, th a t t h e fathers of the society of Jesus be enabled to resume their i am labours in the sacred ministry, in the tow n of Liverpool.delighted he said, to have such a resolution to propo se : and am not a little pleased to have to propose it in this place. I do not know any place I should like, or do like , more to address a few words of sarcasm and scorn to the bigots, of charity to the well-thinking, of exu lt at i on at t h e progress of truth to the christian—there is no spot in which I should more delight to do all this than in your town of Liverpool. Will you be so good as to tell me whether there be a more bigotted town iu the British dominions, because, if there be one, look for it. I will go and am convinced there is more practical bigotry in Liverpool than in any ten other towns in Great Britain ! Why, they en cou r a ge it in every wa y ! It is in their pnlitics ; they are bad politicans because they ate bigots. It is in their corporation : they are u nchristian, because they are narrow bigots. It is in their return of members to parlia ment—Oh, to be sure they look a little to their own individual interest there, but beyond that oigotry is the polar guides them on the voyage of voting. It is to be fount Joint Stock Churches, and when they have not practical. bigots of their own, they import them red hot from Ireland. * * * After some coarse' abuse of Mr. M'Neile, whom he called " the deuce's own lump of a liar," the the speaker reviewed the state of popery in North America, Prussia, France, Sweden and Norway, Spain, Portugal, and lastly in England, and said it was expanding in every direc tion, whilst Protestantism was contracting. He defied M'Neile to show him one country upon the face of the earth where Protestantism was increasing, What was the state of England in this respect at the present movement? I sup pose, he continued, there is not one among you who has not of the Oxford Tracts; there is not one of you who has net heard of Pusey, and the Puseyites. " What are they but Catholics with Protestant names," says 'somebody to• me. No, said I, " P ro t estants they are, but it is upon Catholic tenets, and if von take the pounds, shillings, and pence from them, the entire balance remaining would be written off at once, and they would become Catolics at once." I have here a book published at Oxford, called the British Critic and Quarterly Theological Review (for July ;) it is published every quarter of a year, to maintain the opinions of the class of divines at Oxford. Having set forth the opinions and ar guments against them, they go on to say this—" the other argument against us is the supposed identity of our doctrine with the received Roman Theology." That is the argument against them—that they meet us who are Catholics. What answer do they give? Why that what what makes the truth of them more probable is the great amount of consent in so many churches. There's Protestantism for you! They say their doctrine is the same with Catholicism : indeed they do not call themselves Protestants, but Anglicans, and they say that their doctrine is the more probable by its being the doc trine of the Catholic church! I wish M`Neile would read that ! Remember that these men whom you call Protest ants are the men that have now the large living's, the men who are reading the services of the church in their parishes every Sunday ;—remember that these are the men who wrote what I have read, and am going to read. (Mr. O'Connell here read a note from the same number of the British Critic, which characterised as tyrannies all systems which differed from " the centre of unity.") If Dr. Wiseman had ben called upon to write this, he would not have done it differ ently. He would not change one word of it. It is Catholic doctrine ! Oh ! let it be understood through the empire— through the world, that there is a great section of the Pr; - testant clergy, as they are called; of those who are in the pos session of the livings, praying and preaching, as they call it, for Protestants, who are publishing every three months a book containing Catholic doctrines, thus offering immediate and emphatic testitnony to the truth of Catholicity. Does it not encourage you to have another Catholic church in Li verpool? Why I declare you will want a dozen of them before half a-dozen years are over ! They are coming, and they must come. to us ! It is, therefore, very pleasant to me, at such a period as this, to move this resolution. * * I have shown you the symptoms of the times, which make it imperatively necessary that every exertion should be made to extend the number of your churches. I rejoice emphati cally in this, that in the erection of this church the ecclesias tical authorities of every class all concur. The bishop gives it his sanction and his blessing, the clergy of the secular orders crowd around to wish it every success, and the regular clergy promote the restoration to works of usefulness, in the practice of which they were interrupted by that calamity to the church, the suppression of the order. 'The greatest blow ever yet inflicted upon religion was the suppression of the order of the Jesuits, and accordingly a bitter punishment has followed upon the nations that committed that crime. They have been punished with the severity of a scourge of iron, and tears of blood would hardly atone for the crime which they thus committed against themselves ; they were abandoned to themselves, I think I may without profaneness say it, by the just anger of the Deity ! But here they are again ! The Jesuits again! I remember the time when a man would have been knocked down who ventured to call out " Hurrah for the Jesuits !" (The meeting here gave three cheers for the Jesuits.) * * * * * * I may be told I am dreaming when I reckon among the members of the Catholic church the Puseyites and the Tractarians. It may be so. All I know is this, that God has given them to see the promised land, to behold the truth, to publish the truth, and to proclaim Catholic doctrine. I know not whether they will have grace to attain the land of promise, and to separate themselves from every connection necessary in order to be united with the centre, the centre of unity, without an attachment to which Catholicity cannot subsist. I am not to prophecy—that is, in the hands of God, but I see this with my profane eyes, that there is every prospect even of the ministers themselves coming over. There is a certainty that the rising generation will not be embued with the pre judices of their fathers against the truths of Catholicity. The speech of the Lord Mayor of Dublin concluded by a loud profession of attachment to civil and religious liberty. The Very Rev. WM. BREWER, Provincial of the Bene dictines, Mr. JOHN ROSSON, Mr. LEONARD, the Rev. Mr. BARROW, President of Stonyhurst, the Rev. PETER WILCOX, and several others afterwards addressed the meeting, and the proceedings concluded at ten o'clock. MILNER'S PATENT FIRE PROOF BOXES. Amongst the inventions of the present age which claim more than common notice in the public estimation, for their utility, may be reckoned Milner's Fire Proof Boxes. These boxes have been the means no doubt of sending many a man home to his family with a strong feeling of security, and en joyment of the knowledge that his property, his books, and valuable papers, come what will in disasters by fire, must be safe. Mercantile men owe a debt of gratitude to the inventors of these boxes ; for the awful agency of fire appears, by the testimonials we have seen, to have been completely rendered powerless upon them. Although these boxes have been exposed to its influence for a period of time apparently in credible, they have sustained little or no damage. The most combustible articles have been placed within them, as well as materials highly susceptible to heat, without the least apparent damage. Gunpowder has been inclosed, as may be seen by the following testimonial, and although the heat must have been intense, still without any explosion taking place. " Liverpool, June 20th, 1842. " We have this day witnessed the trial of one of Milners' Patent Fire-proof Double-celled Gunpowder Magazines, of twelve inches external, and six inches internal diameter and height, filled with highly combustible materials, papers, and a packet of gunpowder. The same was placed in the centre of a fire consisting of five to six cwt. of coal and a quantity of wood, and remained therein upwards of three hours, during two-thirds of which time the magazine was surrounded by a complete furnace of intense heat. "Neither the inner magazine nor its contents were at all in jured by the fire, hor did they evince any signs of the severe ordeal to which they had been exposed, beyond being per vaded to the very centre with steam from alkaline solution, contained in tubes imbedded in the nonconductor occupying the chamber of each cell. " In' the proof of the intense heat of the fire, the wood:was wholly consumed, the entire quantity of coal converted into coke, and the bricks upon which the fire was made were taken out red hot. - "JOHN WILSON CARTER ? " G. BARNETT, " THOMAS ARSTALL." The utility, the absolute necessity, the positive demand that there exists that these boxes should be everywhere brought into use, are apparent, as any one possessing com bustible materials in his dwelling, or on board his vessel, en dangers not only his own life but the lives of others by their presence, and it is a first duty to provide froni accident. We may thus briefly describe these excellent boxes, and recom mend them to the consideration of our readers. They con sist of two strong cases of prepared sheet iron, compressed and flatted under heavy machine-winked hammers, the outer one plated 'with tin—tinned iron plate being the least conductor of heat of any metallic substance ; and whilst care has been taken to give sufficient strength of substance and form for use, durability and resistance of pressure, all super fluous metal, likely to conduct and retain beat, beyond what is necessary for securing this object is avoided—the inner case is placed an inch within the outer, leaving a ' chamber of one inch in width surrounding the contents. This chamber is filled with a composition possessing extra ordinary powers of resistance to the transmission Of heat, and imbedded therein are metallic tubes, containing a che mical fluid of similar properties to the composition. The tubes are united along their length, and at the ends, by an amalgam which melts at 212 degrees (boiling heat); and, as soon as they attain that temperature, they open, and silently, and without violence, discharge themselves into the non conducting composition, thus filling the whole cavity with moisture. For a much'longer period than that during which a box would be in direct contact with fire, in the successive conflagration of the parts of an ordinary building, no greater heat than 212 degrees will pass through this medium into the box, a temperature perfectly harmless to books, papers, parchments, or even bank notes. The cause of the exhaus tion of the moisture being so protracted, is, its being sheathed and protected from rapid vaporization in the absorbent non conductor. From each inch of fluid, is slowly evolved 1100 times its own volume of steam and vapour, which passes into, and is successively condensed in the contents of the box, rendering them damp and humid, as a newspaper from the press, and, of consequence, strongly adverse to com bustion. The whole process and principle being throughout conducive, in the most extraordinary manner, to ti l ,,i,. preservation. For the same reason that the inside of n 1,-,af in an oven is preserved for hours from being more than boiled, under circumstances wherein it would be reduced to a blackened, charred mass, were it not for its own self heated size contained moisture, are materials, the most combustible, kept from injury in a similar but more perfect mann er _ and themmanoY within these boxes, when surrounded with burning coa l' . In the same heat that would serve to make a common iron safe red hot in twenty minutes, these boxes of sufficient them, will degreesto contain above one 212, foot after cubic a i n n e houras u measure e , s wille exposure p n n s o n t r b e e ; t(i)erison for its dry ment the fire subsides, or is exhausted arouNn\d7 cool down rapidly below that temperature. red hot safe remains an immovable burning fire has left it. her( as, the depositories, a Within contents, each consuming s o r t i h n e g s ethem chamberedf or hours n d tubedafter but attendant and self centinel engine may be supposed always acting, ready not only to extingnish most valuable property a prevent fire, with public, professional, or mercantile offl - ce or its pipes charged and laid into the private dwelling contains—property uninsurable, and yet often exceeding in letting loose and arousing, in concen vinaluites fi al r l s t t h a a n t p i r t n i n s th d e e s e , m le e to insure—the fire itself, And as a bottle of wine, put dowinestoonrcype, concen trated operation within the box, of wine at the end of a se will be less waste by evaporationeffi cientrem a remains antagonist.oreo ainctehnetsuerynaoeftsyleatrusb,etsh(enrer bottles) metal-sealed, the efficient;' of principle therefore continuing undiminished. The Box described, the same as submitted to public trial in the various towns, doubled, trebled, or quadrupled in chambers . . and thick Bess, still at a moderate .may be box — which will resist any But it is quite than a one unnecessary to have any other chamber cost, the security increasing in proportion. range of accid en t. thing within the common of the inhabitants o; In consequence of the obstinacy k • The greatest in churches were not wound up Chatham in refusing a church-rate, e t e ke . clocks of the two last w particulary to the convenience has accordingly arisen,od always regulate their artisans of the dockyard, who e r been told that several who speed by those clocks. Journal. y A SERVANT. — Yesterday, a EXTENSIVE ROBBER:11:s Frederick Hibbott, about 24 voted against the rate lostWtehieliar call last week.—Maidstone a ppearance, underwent examine young mr.n, named b Vir le almsley and Mr. G. Baillie, ma upwards of £lOO in notes and Middlesex, on the charge of having gistrates at Hanwe T i e d a n rs b o ef f o a r g e e t , h o e f it re ev sp . e i,D c C ta h . master. It appeared from the evi dence the proper r that the prisoner had for some time been adduced, stolen a cash dence _Mark Hayes, cheesemonger, in the township shoprnan to Al t r o . td. On Friday last, during the absence of of New Bre a n t f Hayes Margate, Mrs. Hayes brought down stairs a -boxtvceon,thaiianing Mr. 14831- ti o cash-box, of rather a large size, containing, in japanned Bank o f c p. England notes and gold, considerably above £lOO, wbinh s in he placed the parlour. B e t ween 3 and 4 o'clock e afternoon she sudGoly on the stun missed it, and on . going into the ahoy to acquaint th e prisoner of her lo ss , s h e f oun d that b e had absconded. Information of the robbery was immediately given at the station-house of the T division in that tow n. when the ca se was placed in the hands of police constable Hanslow, T 68, an active an ient office of his who subsequently traced the delinquent to ntelli g re the sidence his friends, in Fleming -street, Kingsland-road and thence to the neighbourhood of 13Iackwall, where it was ascertained be had been making large pur c h ases o f c l o th es , & c ., w ith a view of emb ar ki ng for New Zealand. On the previous after noon, Hanslow succeeded in taking him into custody, and in recovering a slight portion of the cash stolen. The case being conclusive against the prisoner, he was fully committed to Newsate for trial at the Central Criminal Court. , t zsT. 1 ,4 GA r . gm. (••:. 4 • j #e n \ • • ••• 9 *. ••• r 7s - tattl4 id in their