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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, SOUTH LANCASMIZ SPRIN( SIZES C 0 ll' N CO LI 111 UESDAY DUIZGLARY. 1 r Wady .lol7ex Smith, aged 15, JoBliaa Smith, 15, an , • —at , , mew Sheeran, 14, who had the appearance of working tans were charged with having, at Manchester, on the 20th instant, burglari ous l y entered the dwelling-house of J alms Ham pson, and stolen therein thirty shillinz;. in copper coin, and a loaf , the property of the said James Hampson. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. Joshua Smith was not known to the police, had a good character, and was recommend e d to mercy by the prosecutor. Neithe r of the other prisoners were known to have committed any charact ers offenee previ ous l y, though they were stated to be bad James Mills, aged 21. was charged ith having, Che s t er, on the 14th of December last, w burglariously at entered the dwelling -house of C • Holland,and stolen a George ho • - ots, a pair of candlesticks, several pairs of stockings, &c pair of the prypet•ty of George Holland. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. - ten years' transportation. Jahn Davis, aged 13, and John Kingston, 14, were charged Wit h ha ving, on the 15th November last, tered the house of John Boddy and stolen a knife-tray and a burglariously en pair..of glovs. Davis pleaded ' guilty. ..,akvingston was senteneed to ten years' transportation, and I) is to seven months' imprisonment and hard labour. ROBBERY WITH ASSAULT. John Whyatt, aged 22, was charged with having, on the Gth November. at Manchester with two other persons, as saulted and robbed John IVl'DOnald. that known The Jury found the prisoner guilty. It was not . ferred he had committed any previous offence. Sentence de James eil" with Navi n a, a mean -looking man, aged 27, w i th a ,g, on the 29th August last, .attacked John fon t ,, was charged 'nib, knocked him down, and robbed him of seven so vereigns. TrieornJury acquitted the prisoner. at Man ch e' .9 Adams was charged with having, in August last, ster, felo and robbed niously beat and assaulted James Buxton, j hun of sevenhlns and sixpence. had bor ivy found the prisoner - guilty. It appeared, that he Convict tin a bad character, though lie had not been previously ri d. prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation lie was sentenced to F. Geor ge .1.? ItTURN FROM TRANSPORTATION. trans °6lnson, alias Saxon, aged 42, who was formerly e pleaded ed ler life to New South Wales, by the latter o , within h gu lie t Y t ° the charge of having been found at large Th e er '"aiesty's dominions without lawful cause. a„., Prisoner crav edpermission to make a few observations, i "" on his lordship sigiptif hie his assent, he entered upon a "5 StateMe nt of hi sadventures and sufferings from the . peerio, el h"Lien he was sent a en v c e ed. He set out by stating, that that as awa re that his lordship could pass but one sentenc e, _ e e had tio discretion and that he (the prisoner) must be 1" t,r.psported for life. He asked what individual then present t i not 1 •"ve his native land, and also spoke of the ardent to king he bad durin g the whole period of his transporta d tio s i t i the. to the country of his birth. He was convicte ictiitincaster Assizes, in the year 1820, of having committed of e ig i lw h a Y robbery, at Pendleton, near Manchester. Sentence mute e d . t _ was passed upon him, but it was afterwards he to transportation for life, and of that sentence I iifaek"wledged this justice. On his arrival at the . colony he Wsilll,l,tle more than eighteen years' h o l. fe l l!ever been guilty of the least el d d is y h e o t n h e e st c y a . a d j u d riZ t t h l . e t t Was b ees at his stay. He had been frequentiy punished, hut 1 ret er use of the uncontrollable desire which he had to dist o to his the country. According to his account, t he s oale flOished himself by his good behaviour, and was to cse byesHlullees; but having made an unsuccessful attempt e was 'aPt w imming to a vessel, called the Peruvian, h r se t b to a vessel, called the Peruvian, he reWain tenced to receive one hundred lashes, and to pass the daitnsed.eri. of the eel his time in another part of the colony where iii..._ r, IPline was more severe. He was sent to looter's tit : l ;e w, where the hardships which he was compelled t to en the were so great, he should fail if he attempted to . depict he was After being there some time, with irons on his legs, lowed wrettoved to another settlement, where, not . being al any per:lth%, materials, or the means of communicating with th jigt.outofnosr, save his companions, be felt himself, as it wer e , ever from society, and utterly wretched. brave evuerytitti.enable to endure his misery, he determined to th e use of steal , ilt?g in order to put an end to it. and to make tr je l l i lr means within his power to effect his escape, by force to g through the woods. In order to self ....Prevent attacks from the natives, he associated t offer a sufficient him and wi t six others ; and in December, 1832, they set () a u t. fag byes b ond the settlement. They were, however, the few Party of the natives, who robbed them of rheirprovisions which they had contrived to secrete u po n wo Persons, stripped them of their apparel, and left them tiakuenddead_ andeentirely naked. They had no choice but to go ea c h ~,,,,2, ;- 1 . 1 Y . were or to return to the settlement, where prisrs.,._o,uta Lave received one hundred lashes, have been lin in he twelve days and nights in irons, and set to work . ,ue Most lab . Maki,laborious gator. They decided to proceed ; but tim e a Wrong turn, they wandered about for a length o et f kith ,ie of well-disposed natives, 11 e s sore • II r. h ' condition was in no de who guided them ill _to gree mended e i.,, h owever, their and , for they still saw no direct means of escape, eab,'ee forced to travel from one desolate scene to another th th e p f t e 7ig on such garbage as they could pick up. At length i n the 1 into the hands of a company of natives who were . at e Pay of government and were employed to apprehend of `ltfigelltiliiFi.Conviets. These delivered their' to the custody li) aary. The!, with 8c were entirely naked, and were . _ g. lii this a s from top to toe, having endured great hardships. fn. , condition they were heavily ironed and placed in gaol Theitittolleortteten days. They were then put on board a govern threeelothin cutter where some of them received a few articles of dgayfsTmthethe sailors. _ After being d buffeted about for pin ironed andyplerten plari:sdoend. at At S i v he ne e , where they were Sydney, of fourteen days o,,..aoloildlraetd la :V_Were taken before a magistrate, ordered to receive one lashes each, and to . be sent to a penal . settlement. .., 0 I) ter their return to prison, the doctor seeing their de : ZPi ra le condition, humanely interfered in their behalf, and opsresenting that•the flogging, if carried Into effect, would ~t 1 .t likely prove fatal to most of them that part of the I:,arlishinnt was remitted. At length the; were sisipped . for pea se Dietnan's Land ► where they were clothed at the e t t- A"'"se of government. Here they lay thirteen weeks in gaol, wh en they were shipped for the penal settlement. Arrived they lie tMand his condition so insupportable that he %yes de ieorrienined again- to attempt his escape. With this view he ~„„;hIY took possession of a whale boat, in which he left the ``"enient, and after encountering many dangers, and endur sitgigara ,_ I k° misery, he arrived at Hobart Town, where he was tu...„!tt.takep. He was tried for stealing the whale boat, found e !it and sent back to the same penal settlement to which ntina tad formerly been sent from Hunter's river. Here lie lonaattemd to escape, and was, in consequence, placed Part of I. called Big Island. It was lin speitsa,.ibie to hardshipsglvetaeneyseittiteloemofettihte and misery which . he order at this place. Many, rather than endure it committed ie, er• There was one convict who bore . the name of the e - e k eater to the day of his death, in consequence of a cir hat rltance which occurred. This man escaped with another, °slee eing famished in the wilderness, he caught his comrade bsi.Piesink h into his bead and killed him. He cau e h t " on his flesh for many days, but at length he wa s ws° tight. He was tried for murder, but the jury found that it agai n a Cas e of necessity and acquitted him. Afterwards . he iciiidabsconded Keith another young man, whom he also Drocee4o,e this was tried and executed. The prisoner 11 0 b ar u r uI to say that, after a time, he was returned to Tho n , Ton'n, where be was assigned to Mr. Alexander and at e i s e• Re was still determined to make his escape, Itlri ge _ei,veth he found an opportunity of swimming to (lie eel h e 'l °argue bound for London, on board of winch yeess ernin ill creted himself. He remained suffering severe agonj cap tai l ti l ;)g.er during 21 days, before be was discovered. The th e anti elug' assured that he was a convict, gave him up to e,il_ ioraies at St. Helena where he was for some time < r ° ll Y_ed as a felon, in breaking stones. At length he as Pri son !l . to the Cape of Good Hope, and having been on the n,„7° there awhile, he was taken to Robin Island, where zigaZurvernor fearing lie might escape, treated him with great arid ic ort!ered his head to be shaved, ironed him heavily, the colnot him at incessant labour. He was again returned to a ticket of where, after the lapse of some time, he was granted ta P eter °' lea.ve. Having still an uncontrollable yearning . getti nto his native country, lie found an opportunity of d ng 00 - aYs c oo board an American whaler, where he remained . 14 allowed eaieeif At the end of that time, he voluntarily_ Was b„:"..._",unself to the captain, for he knew that the vessel b e ,bsue`tnu,(l. f or the South Seas, and that she would probably way a eo.t four months. The captain said he was sure he Th e en ,Lftet, which he (the prisoner) as resolutely denied. the ei..l.)taM, however, said he was determined to give him to vasT.vessel be fell in with. They did not fall in with any I)ein,„",oh.ut at last the ship called at New Zealand, give him ‘‘Vay u„ lillPPed overboard and swam ashore. He made his , t I" tile con r eat e d „,,, n try and joined the natives,. by . whom he was - after war "po the utmost kindness and hospitality. Some time I Lich ,_ 3 he entered regularly on board an American whaler, to (4.. E,,e accompanied to Boston, whence he made his way fterl%ec•.Yrorri Quebec lie sailed to Greenock, and shortly to tr an arrival there he came to Liverpool, whence he went il -Lancheste 1 fore ; lad , 0 ,iv here he had been living ever since, working l ore a -, . o nestly for his living. He knew, as lie had be- Which`re, that his lordship had no power to alter the sentence Iris ease • Mast Pass, but lie hoped his lordship would take te r, arid tritto consideration, and represent it in a higher quer- Z th at } :t sotne initigation of punishment might . take place, qi S liar e lit spend some portion of bis remaining days in o pnro iv ie b country, his conduct should be such as to merit %el , "°. lie hors HP said, the prisoner was right in saying that -,e,.nolyor_discretion : the punishment was fixed by law. The 'le p re . olon he (the learned judge) had was in respect to Retell., 'lona term, of imprisonment in this country. The 14ateffe ct :nt of the Prisoner, however, would not be without its tr il a ti T il ers. There as an . idea' prevalent . in this country H ea r d th e Portation was a light punishment. Those who truti statement o f the prisoner would be convinced of N.l,:.'.hal3ri_lothet tr ansportation was a very severe punishment. 4417 Prisoner Was sentenced to be imprisoned six months in 'Nes e ( -Taol and kept to hard labour, and afterwards to be ported for life. FORGERY. d with having injt°l4li bevaYnev B arnsley, aged 18, was charge °,"(let ; (4reex the tnwri feloniously uttered a forged and counterfeit P4Yment of two hundred and forty four :,orrie ill 'ilfis and five pence, with intent to det.rau.tl Edgarlir_p9ids d ted for l iavi n a nd others The prisoner was further an lc ter _ e.t •orqergt, feloniously uttered another forged nnd coun fl 14n inds °1 : the Payment of eight hundred and forty-seven the A;iid _,BIX shillings and ten pence, with intent to defraud ~I,L_"pgr,?r Corrie and others. itAoe _risoner leaded guilty. d some 4iloZtv.llltaandt, appeared for the prisoner , handed them tilia leihiart:. his ilioerd sh, prisonerw h w o i s s at u l t h ( e lo w w o n u . l d j o h„ l ' orrnrod l FORGERY. har e of hay ng, at i a ilnetieter, for p eaded gnilty to a c . 1 g r of goods with -4 i rite ht to t i tr g a e u il d . pohonrdsr for ) ti r i t e . d Sentence deferred. D von' o 1 1 7 i i i• ItitlNT CASES. —COINING. ate(1:1444 Greenwood, aged 23, and William Thornlel?, fior ith , were charged with having in the early part of this 411 a • ' e,: t '-eat Bolton, feloniously made and counterfeited to 11,4 . e A '.lllol'the current coin of the realm, called shillings. itro'lseretitiertionign all the Mr. yollock appeared as counsel te hee e tt l'Y found 4tilethperiinsottrcsasgeusiity, and the court sera , to seven,years' transportation. ets'afie ipi. • coixiNG AND UTTERING. . in No ,„ Mee 14 ri4. aged 17, was charged with having, ~t. ,-.Ni Niel' at Manchester, counterfeited eleven pieces,.on 0 ' f ' 1 ;11‘_ ' half-crowns with having had possession th e ' aNt with having 'uttered' a counterfeit shilling. seven De 4 1 . 4, lingo with was CUlal guilty, and sentenced to rAnBPortation. t 11.1:1:9% P COINING. We —c ""ke, aged 30, and Mary Rourke, 211vti, h a r : . cliarged with having in January last, in Npen mln their possession o' )n for coun aged , t h h i is s fi tl et • lilt Derintende , sh e kuulds av nt 3,1 Donald and Constable the cellar o t f it ti:kiso r , er "_ s9me counterfeit sixpences an , was absen 1,; , e tin ie. "a Addison -street. The husb a in Lyneh found t - 4et t ,„ 4 “ i 44et ' ease against Thomas Rourke' 7.1 : behind 41. slat that two men had left the llie : ma tei iai Jury' acquitted both prisoners The female prisoner was indicted for the misdemeanour, in having possession of the counterfeit sixpences. _ _ The jury found the prisoner guilty, and recommended her She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment to mercy and hard labour in Kirktlale Gaol AVING rosst:ss►ov OF A MOULD FOIL COINING: .fohn Darrel!, aged 17, and CharlesJackAun, aged 17, were charged with having, in this town, in August last, had in their possession a ►nould, on which was impressed the reverse side of a shilling. The jury found the prisoners guilty, recommending .Tark son to mercy, as it appeared likely that he had been led away by his companion. Dareey was sentenced to seven years' transportation, and Jack son to six months' imprisonment and hard labour:, Jahn. Matthews, aged 30, was charged with having, at 'Manchester, in January last, had possession of a mould for coining. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Jane Watson, aged 34, was charged with Navin; counter feited 23 sixpences, with having uttered a counterfeit six pence to Mary Nelson, at West Derby, and with having had a mould for counterfeiting sixpences in her possession. In her basket was found 23 counterfeit sixpences, and a mould for counterfeiting sixpences. The prisoner was found guilty of having the mould in her possession. She was sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment and hard labour at Kirkdale Gaol. John Taylor, aged 30, w as charged with having, on the 19th instant at West Derby, had in his possession nine coun terfeit sixpences. lie was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour at Kirkdale Gaol. Mary Price was charged with having unlawfully possessed seven counterfeit half-crowns with intent to utter the same. She was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned one year. John Hill, Joseph Bolton, John Clarke, and Peter Rey nolds, were charged with offences against the Mint, and pleaded guilty. Hill, whose real name is Lynch, was charged with coining. He had been previously convicted. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation. 13olton, who was charged with uttering, had also been previously convicted. He was sentenced to sentenced to seven years' transports. tion. John Clarke, c h arge d w i t h possess i ng b ase co i n, was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard labour. Reynolds was also sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard labour. The Court adjourned at six o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY. The court was opened at nine o'clock. PLATT AND ANOTHER, EXECUTORS, V. STANLEY AND ANOTHER.—The action was undefended, and the jury re turned a verdiet for the amount sought. BAMFORD V. HlLL.—This was an undefended action to recover the sum of £33 upon a promissory note, with interest thereon, from the 31st December, 183ti.—Verdict for the plaintiff; damages, L 44 13s. The parties reside at Rochdale. HUNT V. WHITEHAD.—The jury returned a verdict for the plaintij; ; damages £l5 3s. 10d. DEFLINNE AND ANOTIIER V. PIVER..---VerdiCt for the plaintiff for the . amount of the bill, together with £1 3s. 3d. interest. CRIPPIN v. WALMSLEY.-Mr. Dundas (with whom were Mr. Brandt and Mr. Cowling), appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Wm. Crippin, a butter factor, in Manchester, and the endorsee of two bills of exchange, one for £3OO and the other for £250; and he had brought this action against the defen dant, Mr. George Walmsley, a gentleman who resided at Naburu, near York, as the acceptor of those two bills of exchange. The bill for £3OO was dated August Ist, 1838; and the bill for £250 was dated February Bth, 1840. John Brettargh, who was the drawer of the bill, was the father in-law of the plaintiff, and held a colliery, near Rochdale, as tenant to Mr. Walmsley.—The defendant pleaded that Brettargh did not draw the bills, that he himself did not receipt them, and that Brettargh (lid not endorse them. These were the issues which it rested with the plaintiff to prove.—Witnesses having been called in support of the plaintiff's case, Mr. Babies (with whom was Mr. Crompton) addressed the jury for the defendant. The case, on the part of the plaintiff, he said, was simply this,—that twp bills of exchange, one for £3OO, and the other' for £250, had been drawn by John Brettargh upon Mr.Walmsley, the defendant ; and had been endorsed by Brettargh to his son-in-law, Crippin, the plaintiff; and the action was founded as en dorsee against Mr. George Walmsley, as the acceptor. The substance of the matter was this,—that those bills were, in the first instance, purely accommodation bills, no value having been given for them to Mr. Walmsley, the acceptor; that those bills were entirely for the accommodation of Brettargh, the drawer ; that they were endorsed by Bret targh to his son-in-law, the plaintiff, when they had become due ; and that, consequently, the son-in-law would be affected by all the equities with which Brettargh himself was affected. The question for the jury to consider would be, whether or not this father-in-law and son-in-law had, since those bills were retired by Brettargh, actually put on those endorse ments which now appeared upon them. On the part of the defendant, he contended that a gross fraud was attempted to be practised by those parties, who were in collusion together to bring this action ; because it was perfectly well known, that those bills were endorsed after they became due, .not withstanding the statement made in the Court of Chancery, that they were previously endorsed. The jury would find, that, when the two bills became due, they were retired by Brettargb, and not one single syllable of notice was given to Mr. Walmsley until three years after the first bill had be come due and was paid ; and not until a year and eight months after the second bill had become due arid was paid, was the slightest claim made upon his client. This showed that they were originally accommodation bills. He now came to the motives for this collusive attempt to charge Mr. Walmsley with the payment of bills for which he never was liable. Mr. Walmsley had made considerable advances to Brettargh down to 1841, when the balance in his favour had increased to such au amount that he found it necessary to take most prompt and decisive measures. In 1840, he had instructed Mr. Pratt, his solicitor, to press for some reduc tion of the debt. The result was, that Brettargh, Crippin, and another person, gave two joint promissory notes for £5OO each, to Mr. Walmsley, in liquidation of the claim ; and they were deposited by him in the hands of his banker at York. In November, 1841, when those bankers made application to Crippiu for the payment of one of those promissory n o t es , Crippin n steed a threat that he would make Mr. Walmsley suffer for what he had - done; and when Mr. Walmsley issued a distress warrant against lirettargh, then it was that he first heard of those two bills of exchange lying in the hands of Brettargb's son-in-law. He (Mr. Baines) submitted that those bills were accommodation bills in their origin ; that they were handed over, after being retired by Brettargh to his son-in-law ; that those endorsements were put upon them then, and that this was done entirely to gratify a spirit of revenge. The defendant,' therefore, was entitled to a ver dict.—Mr. Dundas replied. He admitted that the ease for the plaintiff had failed with regard to the bill for £3OO, but contended that there was no proof that the bill for £250 had been endorsed after it became due; and it would be unfair to assume, that, because the first bill had been so endorsed, the second must necessarily be in the same situation.—His lord ship in addressing the jury said, as it was admitted by the counsel for the plaintiff that the case had failed with regard to the bill of £3OO, they would be relieved from any co-aside ration of the circumstances with respect to that bill, excepting so far as they tended to throw light upon the second bill, viz. that for £250; because, if the conduct of the plaintiff was marked with fraud with regard to the first bill, they would be warranted in entertaining that degree of suspicion which the circumstances would allow with regard to the second bill. As to the bill for £250, the most material part of the evidence was the memorandum book, which the jury would probably think it right to look at ; and if they were of opinion that the bill was endorsed to Crippin before it became due, then the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict for the amount of that £250, and the interest upon it. If, on the other hand, they could see any ground to satisfy them that it was not endorsed until after it was payable, then the defendant would be entitled to a verdict; or if they found that the bill was an accommoda tion bill between Brettargh and Walmsley, and if they found also that Brettargh endorsed without consideration to Crip pin, in that case also the defendant would be entitled to their verdict ; but if they were of opinion, that before it was en dorsed the value was received by Brettargh, then it would be a genuine document.—The jury retired for about three-quar ters of an hour, and on their return into court gave a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that there was no conside ration for the endorsement BIRLEY AND ANOTHER V. THE INHABITANTS OF THE HUNDRED OF SALFORD.—Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cardwell were for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Hulton for the defendants. The declaration stated that, in the month of August last, a mob of rioters assembled and began to demolish two mills and two houses in the hundred of Salford. Mr. Knowles, in stating the case, said the plaintiffs were Messrs. Birley, the extensive cotton spinners at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, in the borough of Manchester; and the object of this action was to recover from the hundred of Salford. in which the borough was si tuated, a compensation for damage to which their property was subjected during the disturbances in Manchester, in the month. of August last. The act of parliament upon which the plaintiffs we re procee di ng was passe d i n the reign of George the 4th ; but th a t ac t did not i ntro d uce any new prin ciple into the law, as it had previously existed, but only con solidated other acts, and extended their provisions to cases to which they were not applicable before. The act provided that if any church or chapel, or any house, warehouse, shop, mill, and so on, or any erection used for the purpose of car rying on any trade or manufacture, or any machinery, fixed or moveable, should be damaged, pulled down, or destroyed in the whole or in part, by any persons riotously and tumul tuously assembled, in any such case the inhabitants of the hundred, or part of the hundred, in which such property was situated, woulfl be liable to yield full compensation to the persons damnified by the offence. After detailing the riotous occurrences which took place in Manchester in August last, particularly in reference to the attack upon the property of the plaintiffs, the learned counsel said, the question for the jury to consider would be whether the mob did attack the mill, and did begin to demolish it, according to the meaning of the act of parliament; because, if they did begin to demo lish it, then it would be within the act; and then the hun dred, or some other body, would have to make good the damage. If it could be proved that the mob did demolish, and that they threatened to pull down or burn down the mill, if the hands did not turn out, then he apprehended that there could be no doubt that this was a beginning to demolish with a felonious intent; and, when the jury heard the expressions of the mob, they could not have any doubt that, had not the military arrived at the time, the mob would have pulled down the mill, or would have done other serious damage, if they had not succeeded in inducing the hands to turn out. The defendants had put a pl ea upon t h e recor d , which gave rise to this question, whether, as the mill was within the borough of Manchester, the borough of Manchester was not the party to apply to, and not the hundred ; but upon this point his lordship would give his opinion, when his attention was cal led to it. There would be certain facts in the case which would be undisputed, and one of them would be, that the borough of Manchester was legally situated within the hun dred of Salford, and that, before it became incorporated, it paid contributions to the county rate. It was alleged in the plea, that it had not done so since; and the question raised upon a special t raverse was, w h ether the borough was still liable to contribute to the county rate, as part of the hundred of Salford. The learned counsel then referred to the 12th section of the 7th and Bth George IV. and to the 112th, 113th, 111th, and 117th sections of the Municipal Corporations Act ; and contended that, for all purposes, except for the prosecution of felons, mu n i c ip a l b oroug h s were li a bl e to con tribute to the county rate, in the same way as before. There was nothing, in his opinion, which prevented the borough of Manchester from being rated to the general purposes of the county rate. Then, if that was so, Manchester was not lia ble to pay for this damage, but the hundred. If Manchester was still liable to pay for injuries to property sustained with out the borough, why was Manchester alone to pay compen sation for injuries to property within the property ?—The Judge : I don't, think we can make a case of it after all.— Mr. Wortl e y : Th e i ssue o f t h e pl ea d epen d s entirely upon the construction of the statute.—The Judge :It appears to me, the s t a t u t e i s express l y M Knowles . against r. I th in k municipal b orou gh s are exempted te expenses of pi osecutions.-- from all county rates, ex cept that th e y are to pa Mr. K now l es : I f that i s hi s lordship's opinion, of course . I have nothing more to say here.—Mr. W.ortley:—l.aeincavvtisileliwnge to put it in any way, in order to have it decided, l,e _b The udge • The are anxious to get a decision upon hes t there e w o w u a l s d a b e beginning T a i i e n t g h e t n demolish , opinion it f nd rtnesses the jury d afteras to t . hat whe thertoafter an make a case of it for the Court . oinftiEfixt case, and, were then called ,to prove the Ina . • • a ad pp d e re a s re s d fr t o o ro h A im lr t W ha o t r t t i l i would be t e n n a ti n t y led caseit it was desirable to prevent the necessity m c ase . ulti mately to the judgment of the court ; " h .o u u t, at the sa t m he e e ti n m ur e t , c e Y 'dc h f i e s nd L a o n r t d s ship above should think differently from him on the point of law, that the jury should express c.; - ; opinion whether, In this case, there was or was not a beginning to demolish ; whether there was a demolishing in part. T:3O act of parliament said, "if any riotous mob shall denitiiiz.h in the whole or in part any building ;" and, in order to find for the plaintiffs in such a case, they must,be.satistied that the intention of the limb was to demolish the building. The jury would direct their atten tion to that point, and their• veidict Would be taken, subject to the opinion upon the otl arr point which would he raised for discussion in another cc..r.—The jury immediately re turned a verdict for the plairutf,-----damages, C2(5 iPs. subject, of course, to the ol2inign of the court above on the construction of the statutes. The court adjourned a Litt ore six o'eloet CROWN COURT-WEDNESDAY 131 GAMY Ann Crickelt, who had pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of bigamy, was brought up and sentenced to be im prisoned for three months. Hannah Braidley, wife of Daniel Braidley, was charged with haying, during the life-time of her husband, married Thomas Yarwood. She was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and l;s.rd labour. FORGrr.v Thomas Horrocks, aged 40, was indicted for having forged nn order for the delivery of goods, which be obtained and sold under their value. The order purported to be signed by William Cannon. It was dated the 30th December lah, and was sent to Messrs. Joseph Ainsworth and Co., cotton spinners, Little Bolton. it was to the effect, " Please let the bearer have 36Ibs. of 140's weft." To meet this request as nearly as they could, Messrs. Ainsworth, who believed the order to he genuine, sent 361bs. of 135's weft, and it was proved that the prisoner sold it for 2s. 10d. a pound, while its real value was 3s. Mr. William Cannon, a cotton master, of Bolton, proved that the order was not written or signed by him. The prisoner was found guilty, and was sentenced to be transported for 7 years. LARCENY Joshua Brooks, a youth, was charged with having, in Aug. last, feloniously assaulted Joseph Ashhead, and having then and there stolen a hat, value 155., the property of the prose cutor. Mr. Ashhead, a commercial traveller, was assaulted by several men, who intended to rob him. They did not succeed, but knocked him down and kicked him. His hat fell off, and was afterwards found in the prisoner's possession. who, while in custody, took out the lining of the hat and secreted it. The prisoner said that he lost his hat in the scuffle, and found that produced, which he kept in lieu of it, thinking the owner had got his. The jury found the prisoner guilty of larceny only. Sen tence deferred. The prisoner was not known as a previous offender. MINT CASES Thomas Monaghan, aged 33, and Mary Monaghan, his wife, was charged with having in their possession, at Salford, in September last, a mould impressed with the stamp in re semblance of a shilling. The prosecution was withdrawn as respected the wife. It was found that the mould, and also some plaster of paris, were found in the prisoner's house. The prisoner was found guilty ; but as there was another indictment against both him and his wife, sentence was deferred. John Hannah, 26, was charged with having, at Salford. in December last, feloniously sold and put off twelve pieces of counterfeit coin, resembling shillings, for less than the value of that coin, supposing it to .be good. The case depended almost solely upon the testimony of James Weaver, a man employed at the time by the police in the detective service, and he stated that the prisoner offered to sell him some base shillings at three shillings a dozen, and that he purchased twelve of them, giving him two shillings for them, and leaving one shilling owing. He was severely cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS, who appeared for the prisoner, and admitted that lie bad been imprisoned for sheep-stealing. The learned counsel addressed the jury at considerable length, and with great ability, repre hending the system of espionage pursued in this and other cases, which he considered pregnant with evils that were not counterbalanced by its alleged expediency,— dwelling in strong language on the abandoned character of the witness, and throwing out the inference that the prisoner was the purchaser, and not the seller, and the least guilty of the two. The jury, after intimating that they did not consider the evidence sufficient to prove the charge of " selling" the coin, returned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was put down, there being another indictment against him. Thomas Itrelarence, a boy, was indicted for uttering a number of base shillings to various parties at Manchester; and the offence charged being a second one, was aggravated, by the statute, from a misdemeanour into a felony. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven years. John Hannah, (before acquitted on another charge,) Ellen Dean, and John Williams were indicted for having in their possession, at Manchester, a mould for counterfeiting the current coin. Mr. Wilkins again defended Hannah. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. In reply to the judge, it was stated that all of them had before been con victed of felony. His Lordship sentenced them to be trans ported for the term of seven years. James Hargreaves, 19, and William Wilson, 27, were charged with having, at Little Bolton, in September last, uttered a counterfeit half-Brown, well knowing the same to be base. The jury found both the prisoners guilty. Wilson had previously been imprisoned several times, and bore a bad character. The other was not known. Wilson was sentenced to be imprisoned 15 months, and kept to hard la bour, and Hargreaves for six =lithe. Three true bills were found by the Graud Jury agains' Betty Eccles, for the murder of three children at Bolton. The trial is fixed for Tuesday next. The court rose at a quarter past six. NISI PRIUS COURT, -WEDNESDAY GARNETT v. MALLALIEu.—An undefended action to re cover the value of some machinery supplier by the plaintiff, who is a manufacturer at Oldham, to the defendant, a spin ner and manufacturer in Yorkshire. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, £9B. FALSE IMPRISONMENT BEST V. TURNER.—The parties in this case carry on busi ness as cheeselactors, in Smithfield-market, Manchester. The plaintiff was represented by Mr. Wortley, Mr. Cowling. and Mr. Atherton ; and the defendant by Mr. Baines, and Mr. Martin. The declaration stated that the defendant had assaulted the plaintiff, and caused him to be taken into custody by the po lice on a charge of felony, which was false. Special damage was also alleged by the plaintiff on the ground that some of his customers had declined to deal with him, in consequence of this affair. The defendant put in two pleas, upon which issue was joined, first, that he had not assaulted the plaintiff; and secondly, that some cheeses belonging to' the defendant had been stolen from him, and were found in the plaintiff's possession. _ The following were the circumstances of the case. The stalls both of the plaintiff and defendant adjoined each other in the Smithfield.market, and their cheese were placed in piles, with the space of about a yard between the two heaps. Many of the persons were engaged in the same trade, and their cheese were ranged in like manner; and it appeared that the usual course of business was to buy from fanners, and sell to retail dealers. Considerable rivalry was alleged to exist between the plaintiff and the defendant; and it ap peared that early on Thursday the 22d of November last, when the plaintiff went to his business, the defendant was there with a policeman named Knox, to whom he gave the plaintiff in custody on a charge of felony, in having stolen a cheese which was his property. The plaintiff said he would go with the officer quietly, and he walked along with him through the streets : on the way he was recognised by one of his friends, who was astonished to see him in custody as a criminal. He was brought before Mr. Bannerman, a ma gistrate of the borough of Manchester, who having heard the defendant's story unanimously discharged the plaintiff. Many witnesses were examined on both sides, the general effect of whose testimony was that the cheese alleged to be stolen was misplaced ; and, the learned judge was about to read the evidence, when the jury said they would not give his lordship the trouble. They then, after a few minutes deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff with 40s. da mages. ILLEGAL SEIZURE. BARKER V. NUTTALL and OTIIERS.—The plaintiff in this case was John Barker, and the defendants, James Nuttall, Henry Ramsbottom, and Abraham Stansfried ; and the ac tion was brought to recover compensation in damages for an alleged illegal distraint upon the property of the plaintiff. Mr. Wortley and Mr. Hugh Hill conducted the case for, the plaintiff; Mr. Dundas and Mr. Watson appeared for the defendants. Mr. Him, opened the case. The plaintiff complained that the defendants had broken and entered into a certain dwel ling house, taken away certain goods and chattels therefrom ; and also into a certain workshop, when they forcibly expelled the plaintiff's workmen, and had broke down and detached certain patterns and machinery, and converted the same to their own use. The defendants pleaded first, that with re spect to the workshop, except to the extent of £l5, they were not liable ; and secondly, with respect to the dwelling house, the plaintiff was not possessed of the goods and chat tels therein. Upon these pleas issue was joined. Mr. WORTLEY said the plaintiff sought compensation at the hands of the jury for very bad and inconsiderate conduct upon the part of the defendants; he trusted it might prove to be nothing else. The action was brought by Mr. John Barker, an engineer and millwright, at Todmorden, on the borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire, against James Nuttall, a tradesman, residing in the srme place, and two other per sons, Henry Rarnsbottorn, and Abraham Stansfried, a bai liff, and bailiffs' follower, for entering upon the plaintiff's premises without legal rights, seizing all his goods, furniture, and stock in trade, turning out the plaintiff and his work men, and afterwards selling the goods under circumstances which led to their going off much under their value. The plaintiff was but a young man ; he had only lately set up business, and had a fair stock ; he had taken a new work shop with every convenience, and had several persons in his employment. He had dealt with Mr. Nuttall, the defendant, who was an iron and brass fonnder, and from time to time he had paid him large sums of money. At the time that this occurred he owed Nuttall some little money, but there was no suggestion whatever ,that Nuttall was likely to lose this debt so as to explain or justify the proceedings which he afterwards took. On Monday the 19th of December, the defendant, with the bailiff and his followers, went upon the premises of the plaintiff, wholly unexpected, and without any previous notice, he said, " I want my money." It appeared that there was a debt due to Nuttall by the plaintiff's father, which, whether the present plaintiff was originally liable for or not, he (Mr. Wortley) did not know ; but he had subse quently made himself liable for £2O. It was then for that debt, he believed, that the defendant went in and seized the plaintiff's goods. Nuttall, when they were ,in, gave orders to the bailiffs to take an inventory of all the property ; the plaintiff told him he had no right to do so, but, nevertheless, they did take an inventory of every thing, after which Nut tall left the other two to keep possession of the house. Be sides this they actually turned the plaintiff's workmen out of the shop altogether. It would be proved that the plaintiff had, at this time, orders in hand, the execution of which would have occupied him eight or nine months to come. Wheter they had gone in with the intention of selling, he (Mr. Wortley) did not know; but it would be proved that on the night of the very day.they entered bills were issued announcing the sale : the sale took place on the following Friday, but the bailiffs, even after that remained on the pre mises, and kept possession of them till Wednesday in the following week. It would further be shewn, that at the sale some patterns, which were extremely valuable to the plain tiff, had been bought by the defendant Nuttall himself at ruinously small prices. With respect to the damage which this proceeding on the part of the defendants had done to the plaintiff—his business had been actually broken up, he had never been able to get over it; and in point of fact it had been the utter ruin of the young man. The defendants, to some extent admitted they had done wrong, inasmuch, as paltry great aura in a ry coulduhi which h e any th e they had paid £l5 into court, but it was a b surd to suppose, t u i n d c a le g r i t ik h e e c a irc c u o n m is p t e a t r: s c a e t , ia t n i t % r h th t at e plaintiff had sustained. Hiram Barker, and Thomas Platt, two workmen, proved the entry of the bailiffs, the stoppage of the works, the sale of the goods, and that the orders which had previously been in course of execution, were, in consequence of the seizure, necessarily withdrawn. There had been transactions between the parties, the defendant supplying the plaintiff with cast ings.: _ _ Mr. Eastwood, the plaintiff's attorney, proved that he had asked the defendant Nuttall, and the auctioneer, under what authority they were selling. A bill of sale was produced by Nuttall to the extent of £2O; and he (witness) protested against the legality of it, and threatened that actions would bed e commence nse d against them if th e y so ld f or more than £2O, a the expes. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. DUNDAS then opened the ease for the defendants, ob serving that a more uncandid statement than that made by his learned friend who appeared for the plaintifrhe had never heard. lie could only suppose that his learned friend had not been fully informed upon the matter, because the fact was, he had altogether kept hack a bill of sale which was the title of the defendant Mr. Nuttall for entering and selling. Then how had the action been brought? Was not Mr. Nut tall a responsible man ? Was he not a substantial man ? Why, then, had the other persons been put upon the record as defendants, seeing that Mr. Nuttall was the substantial defiidant . , and aide to pay any costs which this action might entail ? They had been made defendants in order to stint their mouths, a practise which he (Mr. Dundas) should always protest against. It appeared that in May, 18-12, the old man, father of the plaintiff, died ; his widow was the ad ininistratrix of his effects ; and she sold the goods and tools to the plaintiff. Ile, in May, was indebted to Mr. Nuttall in the sum of ; and on the 14th of that month and May the plaintiff and defendant made an agreement by which the plaintiff gave the defendant a bill of sale to secure that £2O upon the goods, household effects, and working implements mentioned in the schedule annexed thereto. The learned counsel then read the bill of sale, which was in the usual form of such documents. Under this authority the plaintiff was entitled, one minute after its execution, to go in and sell all the articles mentioned in the schedule. Mr. Eastwood, in his evidence, stated he had told Mr. Nuttall and the auc tioneer that if they sold for more than £2O and the expenses it would be at their peril ; but Mr. Eastwood could not have read the document, otherwise he would have found that it was an authority to sell i he whole to discharge the expenses, and then the £2O, and the rest he, Mr. Nuttall, was to hold for the.party.entitled to it, namely, the plaintiff himself. The jury had heard that there had been transactions 'between the parties ; that was so, and on a settlement it was proved that £57 were due to the defendant Mr. Nuttall; and he (Mr. Nuttall) promised that if a portion was paid to him a day or two afterwards, he would not put the bill of sale in force. At last, upon the 19th of Decemb e r, when he was not paid the money, Mr. Nuttall entered, and sold, as lie had a perfect right to do, and he, at the request of the plaintiff himself, put off the sale from the 22d to the 23d. They (the jury) would hear from the learned judge that the defendant could not enter the house ; and it was for that entering that the £l5 had been paid into court, which was a sufficient compensa tion for it. At no time had the plaintiff urged the slightest objeCtion to the bill of sale ; and he (Mr. Dundas) understood that the amount realized at the sale was really and truly £3O, so that there would be only £2 or £3 due to the plaintiff after the expenses had been paid. The only question then for the consideration of the jury was whether they would give the plaintiff more than the £l5 paid into court, which he (the learned counsel) contended was ample and sufficient. The bill of sale was put in and read, and a number of wit nesses were examined in support of the case on the part of the defendants. The sale produced £46 Is. 2d. The plain tiff himself was at the sale, but he did not interfere to stop it. Mr. WORTLEY, in reply to the defendants case, contended that the defendant was entitled to more than the £l5 paid into court, for entering the house, to the value of more goods which had been placed in the establishment after the date of the bill of sale, and to the damages for the ruin of his busi fleas. -The jury retired to consider their.•verdict, and after being absent for an hour, they returned with a verdict for the plain tiff upon all the issues, damages :ea. ASSAULT AND BATTERY PATCHETT V. ASHTON.—The declaration in this case charged the defendant with having committed an assault and battery upon the plaintiff. The defendant merely pleaded the general issue. Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Brandt for the defendant. Mr. ATHERTON said the plaintiff was a young gentleman, 21 years of age, and son of Mr. George Patchett, a very re spectable gentleman, who had carried on the business of a distiller in Manchester, but who was now retired from busi ness, and was living upon his property at Chat Moss. The defendant was also a person in a respectable station in Man chester, being a collector of taxes. Prior to this assault the plaintiff's father had occupied, on lease, some premises as tenant to defendant. The lease expired on the 29th Septem ber. During the occupation of this house by Mr. George Patchett, that gentleman had erected a water-closet upon the premises, and at the end of the lease some discussion took place between the parties as to whether any allowance should be made for this erection or not. The plaintiff and a witness, who would be called, waited, on the 29th of September, upon the defendant, to make an offer of ;b;.l but before they had time even to make the offer, the assault was committed. Mr. Thomas Sugden, a party who. went with the witness, described the assault. Mr. BnANDT, for the defendant, contended that the whole affair was of the most trumpery description, and that the ac tion was brought for the sake of costs. The judge summed up thus—Gentlemen, you have heard the case, you will consider what damages you should give. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. SHERBURNE V. QUARME.—There arc two cases in the second list under this name, which it may be recollected were made remanets by Mr. Baron Manic at the last assizes. In the cause of to-day, Mr. DUNDAS, o❑ the part of the plain tiff, applied to the Judge to fix a day for the trials, on the ground that there were numerous witnesses to come from a distance in them, and on their being remanets. Mr. BAINES said, he appeared on the other side, he had not yet received his instructions, therefore be was not in a situation to say anything on the application. The Jun thought that Saturday week would he a con venient day ; and if that would suit all parties he would appoint it. - Mr. BAINES again stated that he had not received his in structions; and ultimately the conversation dropped without any day being specifically appointed for the trial. TAYLOR V. ASHTON AND OTHERS.—This is a special jury case in which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the defendants, who were directors of the Commercial Bank of Manchester, for an alleged libel. The attorney for the plain- T is Mr. John Lowe, of_ Harrington-street, in this town, .d Messrs. Atkinson and Sanders, and Mt;ssrs. Slater and leelis's are for the defendants. Sir Wm. Follett, the Soli. Ator-General has been specially retained by the defendants, with a fee of 300 guineas. In the course of to-day, Mr. KNOWLES, who with Messrs. Crompton and Martin will conduct the case for the plaintiff, requested the learned Judge to appoint a day for the trial. Mr. WORTLEY said he appeared with Sir Wm. Follett for the defendants, and he was not at liberty to take any part in the appointment of the day until he had communicated with his leader. Eventually the trial was fixed to commence on Monday week, the 10th April, in case that day should prove conve nient to Sir W. Follett, with whom Mr. Wortley undertook to communicate on the subject; after which,. the subject will be again mentioned. At aSubs . equent period of the day the trial was fixed to commence on Tlauroday, the 13th. The court adjourned at half-past six o'clock. CROWN COURT.—TnuasnAY. 111 r. Baron PitnicE entered the court a few minutes after nine o'clock. MINT CASES. James Mullany, 22, was indicted for uttering counterfeit shillings, at Warrington, in January last. Guilty. Six months' imprisonment. John Kearns, 45, was charged with uttering five pieces of counterfeit coin, at Warrington, in January last. Guilty, but recommended to mercy. Six weeks' imprisonment. Sarah Wilson stood charged with uttering counterfeit coin at Liverpool, on the 21st of the present month. Acquitted. Mary Howley was charged with uttering counterfeit coin at Liverpool, ou the 27th of the present month. Acquitted. Messrs. Armstrong and Pollock conducted the cases against the prisoners for coining, and Mr. Powell was in attendance on behalf of the Mint. HIGHWAY ROBBEItY. David Dickenson, 24, Andrew Thorpe, 23, and Robert Booth, 17, were indicted fir robbing Samuel Orrell at Bol ton. O❑ the 10th of October last the prosecutor, in com pany with his wife, was on his way to Turton (where he re sides) to little Bolton, having with him two £5 and one £lO Bank of England notes. On arriving at Little Bolton they called at the Dog and Partridge, and staid there till about nine o'clock in the evening, when they set out to return to Turton. While staying at the Dog and Patridge, they ob served several men sitting in the house drinking, who, it ap peared, immediately followed them after they had left the house. The prosecutor had not proceeded far on the road when he was attacked by some men, and knocked down, and on recovering himself. two persons were beating him violently, one of whom was the prisoner Dickenson, and who, together with other man, then ran away, The prosecutor, on search. ing his pockets, found that his money had been taken, and immediately proceeded to Bolton, and from the description he gave the prisoner Dickenson was apprehended. When taken he had some marks of blood on his person, but he ac. counted for it by saying that his nose had been bleeding though he admitted being at the Dog and Partridge in corn. pany with Booth on the night the robbery was committed Booth and Thorpe were also apprehended, the same evening and there were marks of blood on Booth's hands. The pri. sours were undefended. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after being absent about ten minutes, found al the prisoners guilty. Sentence deferred. BURGLAUY Richard Fairhurst, alias Nall, 23, was indicted for steal ing fowls, at Ince-in-Mackerfield, the property of Peter Green, in October last. lie was also charged with stealing a shirt, the property of Richard Lowe, of the same place. The jury found the prisoner guilty on the first charge, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. ROBBERY Thomas Fielding, 21, and Cornelius Eckersley, ]B, were indicted for robbing of Thomas Crook, at Little 13olton. On the 12th of January last, the prosecutor was on his way home from Bolton, about nine o'clock in the evening when he saw three men, who followed him till h e was near his own house. One of them then passed him, and, turning round, said, " Come, turn up your money." All three then attacked him. and rifled his pockets, taking from him .C 2 in silver, and ls. 4d. in copper. They then ran away. Information being given to the police, two of the parties (the prisoners at the bar) were apprehended, and some of the money found upon them. The jury found both prisoners guilty, and his lord ship sentenced them to 10 years' transportation. BURGLARY. Henry Flitcroft, 17, was charged with a burglary at Man chester. On the night of the 28th September last the house of John Gooddie was entered, by some person getting through the room window, and an alarm being given, it was found that several articles had been removed, but nothing taken away. A police-officer, who was passing near the house at the time, saw the prisoner jump out at the window, and im mediately pursued him, and, after some difficulty, succeeded in apprehending him. The jury found the prisoner guilty,.and he was sentenced to 10 years' transportation. BURGLARY John Nixon, 23, was charged with committing a burglary at Manchester. The prosecutor, John Reyner, who resides in Oldham-road, stated that he retired to bed on the evening of the .19th of March, leaving his premises perfect) , secure. About live in the morning be was called up b y o n e o f th e police, when it was di sc overed that some o ne h a d e ff ecte d an entrance through the window, and carried away £l2 in copper, some tea spoons, and other articles. About three o'clock in the morning, one of the police officer s of Man chester observed the prisoner carrying a box, and having some suspicion i mme di ate l y took him int o custody. The box was found to contain the articles stolen f rom t h e pro secutor. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. __ BURGLARY i Margaret Bibby, 28, Tho!nas Ilo war d , 36, and Jane Howard, 34, were charged with a burgl ary at the house of John Thompson, at North Meole , n August last. The two former pleaded guilty; and the latter was acquitted, there being no evidence to connect her with the c h arge conta i ned in the indictment. Sentence deferred. ~jjgGLARV Peter Gee, 29, was charged wi th entering the dwelling half pound of bees' wax of the s a id J ohn Lever. It purpose by cutti ng severa l house of John Lever, at KearsleY, on a the ni g h t o f the 19th of the sho p k ept b y the pwa O ana e nds t e o oss b tt a e loit r eferd l g a nit s rai t tis , ai sct and leoi : sue,out iti til ialoedf k taking pound ci a ,wte u eri ' d i rt i jy y dhoisw prosecutor. Information having been gi ven to the police, the prisoner was apprehended a t Salford soon after the rob bery. Acquitted BURGLARY Peter AP Laughlin, 42, and William Butterworth, 24, ry at Manchester. O last, the house of S amue l R enn, o f George-street, Manchester, was broken into ; and an a l arm po k e r, with whi c h it was supposed an , we n re th charged h l a 2 r t g h e d sep with September mitting a burglary being giv en , th e t wo p r isoners, who were seen near t h e h ouse , t h i n ie m p ed ri i s a o te n l e y rs ra h n u a d w a ay, but were pursued a n d ta k en. O ne o f entrance had been effected through the coal-vault by forcing open the grating. A skeleton key also was dropped by But terworth on Ills way to the station, and he had about him some lucifer watches and a candle. The prisoners were found guilty. Sentence deferred. Tile following prisoners were then brought up to receive sentence Joshua Brooks, convicted of larceny-3 months' imprison ment. J , Vin Ormerod, for forging an order for goods-2 years' imprisoninent John Dovaynes Barnsley, who pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery, was then placed at the bar, and his Lordship ob ' served that he had received representations from his friends, stating his condition in life, as also'his age, and recommen ding him to the consideration of the Court ; but he had a duty to perform to the public, and the crime of the prisoner was one of so serious a character, that he conceived it his duty to punish it with severity whenever it was brought before him. It was not long ago punishable with death, but it had been mitigated ; and whatever discretion he might exercise, he was bound to exercise it consistently with his duty to the public. Ile (the prisoner) had had a good education, and so far from dealing with him leniently, he thought it right that he should punish him with severity. There were many persons brought up in that court whose crimes might be attributed to igno rance, but he had uo such excuse, and his education ought to have guarded him against the commission of such a crime as that of which he had been convicted. The sentence of the Court was, that he be transported for ten years. John Whyatt, convicted of an assault and robbery, twelve months imprisonme❑t. A true bill was found by the Grand Jury against Wilmet Buckley, for murder, at St. Helen's, also against Thomas Henery, for arson, at Liverpool, no day has yet been named for trial. Nis Lordship signified his intention of proceeding to-day with all cases of manslaughter, vtabbing, &c., in which the attendance of medical men would be required, except those connected with this town. The Court rose at half-past six NISI PRIUS COURT.—THURSDAY. Mr. Justice COLTMAN took his seat a few minutes past nine o'clock. ALLEGED TRESPASS. TIOLFOILD V. HANYINSON AND ANOTHYR.—This case, which does not possess the slightest public interest, its im portance being confined to parties interested, was partially opened yesterday. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Monk appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Watson for the de fendant. The declaration alleged that the defendants had broke and entered into a certain close of land belonging to the plaintiff, situate in Pendleton, in the parish of Eccles, and on the highway between Manchester and Bolton. Five pleas were put in by the defendants, the principal of which was that there was a road over the close, used as a public highway, which justified the defendants in trespassing upon it. Mr. KNOWLES, in detailing the case, said that though the subject of inquiry was not very important either in extent or value, it was necessary that the rights of the parties should be settled, and the position defined in which they stood to wards each other. The learned counsel then detailed the circumstances ; after which, Mr. Woart,scr offered to refer the whole case to some gentlemen at the bar, but the plain tiff refusing-, the case proceeded. In the course of the trial, several other propositions to refer were made by Mr. Wort ley, and, like the first, declined. The trial lasted till half past one, from five o'clock last night, when it terminated in a verdict for the defendants, thus establishing their right of road over the land belonging to the plaiintiff. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY, (Abridged fiwn Ike Leeds Litelligencer.) The anniversary of tl.c Leeds Association of this Society has been celebrated during the present week. Preparatory sermons were preached on Sunday last, in the morning at. St. Paul's Church, and in the evening at St. George's, by the Rev. T. Nolan, M.A., of Liverpool; also in the morn ing at I`.lorley Church, and in the evening at Christ Church, Meadow Line, by the Rev. A. P. Irwin, 31... k., Secretary and Deputation from the Parent Society. THE ANNUAL MELTING of the Association was held in the Music Hall, Albion Street, on Tuesday evening. There was a highly respectable audi tory, and amongst those present on the platform were the following :—The Rev. Dr. Holmes, Rev. \I al. Sinclair, Rev. T. Nolan, Rev. A. Irwin, Rev. W. Madden, of Wood house, near Huddersfield, Rev. E. Cookson, Rev. T. Stur geon, Rev. A. Hill, Rev. J. Iloiroyd, Rev. J. Wolf, Rev. Pycock, of Morley, Rev. S. Readhead, of Calverley, Rev. A. Brown, ditto, Rev. J. Hargrave, Rev. T. Davis, of Round hay, Rev. J. Ware, of Kirkstall, D. Jenkins, of Pudsey, J. Holden, A. G. Kinsman, of Gildersome, G. Rigby, of Har rogate. Wm. Hey, Esq., Montague Baker Isere, Esq., C. E. Macarthy, John Atkinson, Esq., arid several others. The Rev. Dr. Hoeares was called to the chair ; and at his request the Rev. E. CooresoN opened the proceedings with prayer. The report was read by the Rev. W. Sinclair, the Secre tary. The first resolution, that the report be adopted, pro posed by the Rev. W. Madden, of Huddersfield, and se conded by W. Hey, Esq., was carried unanimously. The Rev. T. NOLAN, of St. Barnabas, Liverpool, was next called upon, and spoke nearly as follows :—lt is owing to my official connexion with this Society, being one of the secretaries of the Liverpool Association, that I am privi leged to form part of the deputation to Leeds, and have the honour to propose the following resolution :—" That this meeting desires thankfully to acknowledge the measure of success with which it has pleased God to bless the labours of the Society timing the past year; and trusts that through the continuance of the Divine blessing upon its operations, it may be made instrumental to relieve still further the spiritual destitution which yet so lamentably prevails in various parts of the country."—When one considers, Sir, the paramount claims of this Society upon the support of the pious arid the affluent, who love their mother church, and father land, and compare them with the comparatively limi ted means. hitherto placed at its disposal, there is much to occasion surprise. The spiritual destitution of the country, however, is confessedly such as to demand some immediate, extraordinary effort, conducted also on a very comprehen sive scale, for our population has long since outgrown the provision for spiritual instruction by the ordinary parochial superintendence, and is rapidly increasing still, and becom ing every day more and more unmanageable. The object of the Pastoral Aid Society, is to meet this destitution, and the manlier of its operations (as its name indicates) is such as to command itself at once to the feelings and convictions, to the hearts and the heads of reflecting Christians : and vet the measure of support extended to it is hut scant and insig nificant, compared with the vastness of the field it seeks to embrace and reclaim, and the magnitude of the mass it seeks to animate with the pulses of spiritual life (Cheers.) I would not be understood, however, to speak disparagingly or ungratefully of the amount of countenance and support ac tually vouchsafed to it ; for, considering the recent origin of the society, and the pressure of the times since its commence ment, the amount is both liberal in itself and freely and cheer fully rendered. It is only when viewed beside the amount of work to be accomplished with it, that it appears to disadvan tage. This, too, is the rather surprising, when it is remem bered the munificent amount of cheerful contribution an nually bestowed upon the Church Missionary, the Jewish, and other kindred Societies, (not that I would for a moment wish it were otherwise with them ;) but certainly the claims of our own countrymen —our own flesh arid blood—perishing j for lack of k nowledge, like the beasts of the field, are not in ferior. " These things ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone." I once thought the cause of the slow progress in the funds of this society was to be found in the characteristic caution that marks the growth of a sound pub lic opinion in this noble country ; that wise caution that waits until full proof is made of the principles, and operations, and practical working of every new institution, before reposing in it that confidence which must always be the forerunner of a generous support. But even this is insufficient, for the prudent, scrupulous care with which the society con ducts its operations and dispenses its grants, has been such throughout, as must needs have long ago disarmed suspicion, and won fur itself universal confidence and ap proval. Every care and inquiry is made use of, compa tible with the free selection of an assistant by the Incum bent, and regarding always the supreme authority of the Bishop of the Diocese—points, let me observe, that it has never been attempted to interfere with—(cheers)—to secure the services of men of piety and truth. The veto, as it has been called, against which such exception has been taken in certain quarters, has been expressly commended by the Bishops of Lichfield and Llandaff, as quoted by Mr. Sinclair, and tacitly approved of by the remainder of the Right Rev. Prelates, who lend the weight and sanction of their honoured names, as vice Patrons of the Institution. The worshipful and worthy Chancellor Raikes, of Chester, bears his high and competent testimony to the single mindedness of the Clerical Committee in London. So we may safely leave the veto question to be discussed first, by our enemies, with those venerable champions, before we are called upon to take any notice of this (forsooth) heinous charge, which after all consti tutes ostensibly the very head and front of our offending ; but which we glory in, as constituting the very excellence of the Society, and entitling us to that degree of public favour and support, for which we are thankful, and which we are desi rous to retain, to deserve, and to augment. The Word of God is the great instrument for the accomplishment of hie will, namely, the sanctification of his people. " Sanctify them through Thy truth—Thy Word is truth." This is tile weapon employed by the Church of England, and e,onaequent ly by the Pastoral Aid Society, which is her humble hand maiden, to secure her permanency by increasing her efficiency. The Word of God, I say, as embodied in the Creed, fenced round within the Articles, and reflected from the fair page of our beautiful Prayer Book. (Hear.) This Prayer Book, Sir, is the voice of the Church speaking to us in accents familiar to our childhood, associated with the holiest and tenderest reminiscences of our lives, and interwoven with the best symptoms of our nature. The Prayer Book, stamped with the broad seal of the Church of England, not the expo sitions of individual teachers, not as interpreted by the sciolists of the No. 90 School, but as it has been all along re ceived, subscribed, and sworn to, by all that have gone before us, " holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience." (Cheers.) 'We mourn deeply over this sad controversy that is now weakening the strength and gnawing the vitals of our beloved Church ; but it is not chargeable upon us—we cannot help it. We hoped against hope that the cause of it might pass away ; we forbore, and kept silent even from good words, but it was pain and grief to us, until further forbearance would have been a base treason to our trust, as watchmen upon Zion's walls. We are for peace, only not at the expense of truth. We are prepared to peril all else sooner than fluf fier one fragment of God's truth to be obscured. Be the re rult what it may, our duty is plain. Here we take our stand, like Luther before the Diet of Worms, and let God be our trust. " Let him that bath a dream, declare a dream, and what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord of Hosts."— (Cheers.) The Reverend Speaker then proceeded at consi derable length, to dilate upon the necesity for an increase in the number of Churches:and faithful ministers, and concluded by moving the resolution. The Rev. W. SINCLA.IR rose to second the resolution, and spoke as follows :—I have always much pleasure, my Chris tian friends, in appearing before you to advocate the cause of this admirable Society ; and never more than on the present occasion. There is no one here present, 1 believe, who is at all acquainted with the state of things in this town but must entertain a feeling of disquiet and apyrehension. If we look to the temporal condition of our population it cannot but wring the heart. (Hear, hear.) I scarcely know which is more to be pitied, the wealthier or the poorer classes. (Hear, hear.) It must be grievous, indeed for the manufacturer to see his capital melting away, his returns growing less and less, to find his hopes of a comfortable provision for his old age disappearing, and to fear lest his children, whom he ex pected to leave in comparative affluence arid comfort appa rently destined, unless seine considerable change take place, to fall in the scale of society. And in regard to the poorer classes, I am grieved to say, that they are still suffering under time pressure of severe distress. (Hear.) I went a few days ago to visit the soup kitchen, and was at first sight greatly pleased with the cleanliness, the good order, the admirable arrangement of that excellent institution, and too much praise cannot be given to those Christian philanthropists who attend there daily to superintend it. (Cheers.) But it was with a melancholy feeling I went away. When I saw the long line of persons arrayed in file, waiting to be served, and knew that each of them represented a whole family scantily provided with work, and expecting only a dole sufficient for the bare support of life, I could not but feel a sentiment of discomfort and despondency. But when I read, soon after, that speech of Lord Ashley, to which my reverend friend has alluded, I could not but perceive that we had still deeper cause for fear—a cause, moreover, which showed, at least in part, why these national judgments have been visited upon us. But before I proceed to the inference which I would draw from this, I wish to say a little with respect to the manner in which that speech seems to have been misunderstood. That dark and terrible picture, which is but too true no doubt of a part, has been pretty generally taken for a faithful portraiture of the whole, or nearly the whole, of our working population. Thus for a sample of many that I might have quoted, let me read to you a summary of that speech given by one of the ablest of the public journalists. " On examining," saye he, " Lord Ashley's data, this will he found, without exaggera tion, the state of the matter. Thousands of children are born yearly amid poverty and vice : the bulk are never taught ; and with those who have some kind of tuition, or what is in tended for such, it is so utterly worthless that in very many cases it must go for nothing : the circumstances of parents are such—with their own ignorance, their necessities, bad dwellings, unavoidable frequenting of public-houses for con venience or for actual business, (as payment of wages,) and the untaught obedience to their own instincts—that instead of being examples to their children, they become their tutors in vice ; and so the circle goes round. Children are preco cious in depravity ; squalid indulgence is the be-all and end all of maturity ; tire vigour of manhood is sapped, the deli cacy of woman is violated ; and the population of great part of our large towns, arid it is to be feared of the country dis tricts, consists of hordes whose only distinction from the savage is a more recondite knowledge of depravity and the more abject filth of in-door life." Now. my friends, I wish to take the first public oppo r t un ity o f stat i ng t h at if this be taken as a description of the general state at least of this town, it is an exaggeration. (Applause.) Great as are the evils which oppress us—arid no man laments them more than I—this dark picture is true only of parts. There is ieno ranee, there is vice, there is drunkenness, there is irreligion enough to call forth the most anxious and energetic efforts of all who feel their accountability for their brethren's welfare to their country, their Church arid their God. But to de scribe our working classes in a body as hordes whose only distinction from the savage is a more recondite knowledge of depravity—and I speak in the presence of many who know them well, I speak in the presence of some who spent a large portion of yesterday in visiting their dwellings—is a manifest error, and I fearlessly affirm that that view of Lord Ashley's statements which would represent them as a picture of the major part of the working classes is not warranted by facts or our own experience. There is among them I scruple not to say much humble piety, much modest virtue, and at present even an exemplary degree of Christian patience under suffering. (Cheers.) But having thus cleared the ground of those ex aggerations which only encumber us in our practical efforts to mitigate the evil, there is still, as you are all but too . well and spiritual amount g o o u i n t4 t g o t f o e b d e u d ea o t n i e on b a y the Government for the education of the people, but as this is beside my present purpose, I shall only say that I heartily hope a measure may he carried through parliament whichand may be satisfactory to the great body of the nation; m. ss d . which, without infringing on liberty of conscm9ce, ti may cure a sound religious training for the young. lor, tl united Iti,neittuesdrpeirriyteuaa exertions n u s .e tr o u u c g t i i i o t n tu o l tU u t k lm o t s o e w the h v o have , g p r r o u n de i n u t le) and of the whole church. And here we are re mindedut, doubt much i h m o those i u r n unhappy p yp powers of usefulin thee and combined w hm which no dex ertion. I know that there are many excellent and respect able persons, who not only deplore—for we all deplore, time want of united efforts on the part of churchmen, and who think that sinking all mirror differences it would be very possible for them to carry on in concert the work of such societies as this. Now, I ventnre in the first place to affirm before you all that there is no unkind feeling in time sup porters of the Church Missionary Society or the Pastoral Aid Society towards their fellow churchmen who oppose those institutions. Against them as individuals no harsh or injurious word shall ever pass my lips, and wherever it is possible without compromise of principle we are prepared to But on religious questio en-operate with them. (Cheers.) ereneel which separate us are nut min or 94 j o ie f w th s e ch rU c le t o o f f ) thereat lVe fundamental from file we are to receive an- - truth the nswer which we should f td ; h t i i ffe t o l e i l : oe o gn r yceS.s what t i ' s the authority f sh a ,i l i l= - ctLestio ns which can agitaie truth as Divine. We differ in the th,, , r 0 ., a , c of the principle s of return to the great h eT o t , o , the human mind, differ as to the practical work in-,' e just before Gad? the church and altogether as to (erred by the ministerial office, c r as the of the powers con priesthood. Anti on this point wisht would term it, ti t , friends, by one plain example, C it a no to . t I ' l l"' Yon, thy religion can be conceded for th,, sake - o;-'° principle in i nvo l v i n g practical consequences which !peace Without little suspect. I hold in my band re n. t i te unthinking tract on matiimony, which I find is exciting of a Leeds feelings of indignation both here and g si some warm principle is there laid down as a fundamental truth,. otland. "That the priesthood havi! a general commission to represent Almighty God, and to act in I - 1 name in his se transactions with mankind." Cries of Hear, hear)l eral that I need not in your name repudiate such a principle as this, neither shall I attempt to chr.racterise it as I think it al i deserves. But as there are some who will no doubt s `'Well, it is only a somewhat carNerated claim for tle clergy of the church ; after all it is of no great conseque nce ," 1 wish to show you what are the prc-Aical results which ne cessarily follow. The writer affirm s t h at " the r i te of mar riage administered by a -preacher of schism in a conventicle or by any teacher whatever, unless crdained, by a bishop, i s a most blasphemous invasion of a hcly office;" that " the con venticle rites do not bind the parties ; that marriage by the statute law without the benediction cf a priest of the catho lic church is no marriage at all: it is but legalised adultery." (Loud cries of " Hear." Yes, I sce you shrink from such dreadful inferences as these; but remember, if you grant the principle, which unthinking men would say is harmless, they all necessarily follow. And when su;th principles as this are boldly propounded and zealously inculcated, is it not incum bent on us, however tnuch we may dislike publicity and con troversy, manfully to stand forth and in the name of the vast majority of churchmen disavow scch intolerable claims, which would deny the honours of marriage to all beyond the pale of the Anglican and the Itomish church, and would thereby rouse such a jue: storm of indignation against our mild and tolerant Cocniunion? Now 1 know —there is ample proof that the great body of sober minded churchmen in Leeds, who peacefully pursue their even course of humble piety and sel:-denying charity, have no relish for any violent extremes. and certainly feel no sympathy with those high-flown dogmas which pass under the much abused name of church principles. Thus in the last report of the Leeds Association of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, its claim is urged on the ground of its being much more than any other Society profess ing the same object constituted upon the principles of the Church, and therefore it is declared to be the safest de pository of the contributions of the faithful. Now what is the answer of the supporters of the Church Missionary So ciety? Not, I thank God, any angry'retort, but simply a reference to the cash accounts to show which society really does commend itself to churchmen in this neighbourhood as the safest depository of their bounty. The amount raised in the year ending Ist July, 1842, tCr tic Propagation Society is stated to be £lBO IGs. -Id., the ':mount raised by the Church Missionary Society, as stated In the Parent Society's report of the same date, is £6OB Ls. 2d. Now, why do I mention these things? Not to bring kindred societies into invidious comparison with one another, for I am a subscriber to both, but as a plain intelligible proof, which none can mis , take, that the great and influential majority of sober, quiet, self-denying laymen of the church in Leeds, notwithstanding loud assertions to the contrary, are still steadily disinclined to the new and exaggerated principles of churehmanship, for the continued advocacy even of a most venerable institution on those principles is sufficient to chill the warm flow of affection and confidence in its favour. (Cheers.) The rev: gentleman then went on to thank many who were now before him for that extreme liberality which had raised the sum of £3OOO for the erection of a new church in this over-populous district. He reminded them that this new church, at least its the first instance,must derive a stipend for its minister front the Pastoral Aid Society, and he therfore earnestly called upon them, in spite of the great pr e evailing distress, to strengthen his hands, when he should have to prefer his claim, by continuing undiminished the liberality which they had hitherto shown to this ins aluable institution. The third resolution was propssed by the Rev. A. Is. Irwin, clerical secretary to the society ; and seconded by Montague Baker Bure, Esq. C. E. Macarthy, E sq ., proposed "That the thauks of this, meeting be given to the Right Rev. the Lord Bisnop o f, Ripon, Patron of the L eeds Association, to the officers, and to the distant clergy who have attended the meeting." John Atkinson, Esq., seconded th e resolution, and it was • • after which the Doxology was snu g , passed unanimously; 'clock and the meeting separated a little after ten o St Geor e s £3O ; St. Pal's, £l5 Thecollections were— • al Mee g Christ Church, £7; - knnuting, £lii. Total u , £6B. Conwrs ow CHANEERV.—We have been informed that for the last week not a single cause has been set down for hearing in any of the five courts of equity; awe are also in- formed, that there are '2OO causes sum:where in the masters' offices, in many of which not a step hasbeen taken for t we l ve , month's. We are not surprised at the publiC dislike to in stitute fresh suits, but as so much Las been written and said about delays, and as 'Vice-Chancellor Knight Brune - has nothing before him, we should like to bear it explained why so many suits are allowed t o remain dormant in t me —ahere masters' the ' offices. The masters we kn ow are not to ? bla suitors, or the solicitors , or the town agents THE PRIESTS' TARIFF.—A copy, of this document has reached the parish of Ballymartle, n tbis county, and we Rev. J. I .\l have heard the result is the closing of the chapel doors, until its terms be complied with. The parish priestly not inclined ' to yield, a nd having failed iu inducing the parishioners to • source of political power," the people, however, thought as forego the reduction of his " dues," he sought the aid of the `Namara, of Kinsale, to mediate. " The true little of Father Mac as of their own soggarth, and refused to • ' hear h im , s o t hat the affair still continues su b e en used to both b t idies. It is said some very uncourteous language has June, 1842, has priests.—Cork Constitution• k EAST 'NI NA PENSIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—, re t urn of the pensions granted by the East India Company to per., hay, during the aforesaid period' was, sons in their services, for the eight years ending the 30th or Com mons, and which shows the following results :—The amount s in the civil service, just been presented to the House of paid at the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Born- • £26,212 12s. 6d. ; ecclesiastical , 1 ; 3,271 ss '' " Lord Clive's .Z 00; in the military, £96,269 17s. sd. ; in the medical, fund, £1,316 ; Bengal pilot service, £1,878 10s.; Ind; navy; £11,805 ; and to steam engineers, £3OO. During the same period the appointments made by the Court of Direc tors have been as follow :—Volunteers for the Indian navy,_ 9 9 ; volunteers for the pilot service, 96; steam engineers, 9 141 ; cadets, 2,55 • assistant -surgeons, 415 ; civil service, - , 182. About three weeks ago, Mr. Wm. Brandrey, of Bredbury, missed a £lOO Bank of England note from a drawer in his dressing room ; and from certain appearances which mani dence against them they tested themselves, he suspected two of the female servants, were discharged. The other day, whom lie gave into custody but not having any direct evi however, he received a letter, bearing the Manchester post_ mark, inclosing t h e lost treas ure, lapt up in a curl paper, and containing these wor ds in bad writing : "My conscience tells me I must send this back to the right owner." The number of the note had been forwarded to t f he the parties different banks, and therefore t here was no probability o getting it cashed. Nothing, however, has occurred to i n - duce Mr. Vaudrey to fix the theft upon any particular indi vidual. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOTICSSTER RAILWAT.—A spe c i a l general meeting of this compaeny.was held at Birmingham on Tuesday last, to consider be bill now before parliament Total the obect of which is to make sure and satisfactory the se curities for .026,640, which sum the directors had already raised, and which provides further_for a general meeting t , raise, by means of shares, £106,692 k resolution was pro posed that the bill should not be proceeded with, but this wa; met by an amendment that t p h r e es b e i n ll t. be p s r a o n x c i t e i s o . ned and g o/ on with. On a scrutiny, the result was found to be— le 730 .... 1,595 .... 2 ,3 , 5 ' 244 .... 1,864 .... 2,10 8 - • ' For the amendment Against it . • •• •• • • to the House Majority in favour of the amendment.... 217 . etthasstttEhNert. ratoronotmaaldreeady o f HOUSES Commons ir s P a t A e it s ex for building the new Houses of t Parliament is .f.:380 48 / 3 ended the amount voted has been £138,503, and con's 108. 1:58,016 10s. is in hand unexpended, which will be consequently for works DOR' in progress of completion. It is esti required that a further suns of ...75,424 12s. 9d. will be required!mated, complete the buildings. The total amount of Mr. Barry's to estimate will therefore be £1,016,921 12s. 9d., besidesarry's will be required for completing the landing-places what good the pavins, furniture, and fittings, and fur making by works of art. decorations TILE THAMES TUNNEL.—TIie ceremony of throwing this " great bore" to the public was performed on S open A procession was formed, which proceeded throw 1 Saturday. music. accompanied by bands of The of Li Earl ug a the . tunnel Dudley Stuart, Sir It. Inglis, Sir E. Codringt Lincoln, Lord gentlemen, were present. The cost of th on, and other amounts to nearly 0,0,00 0 , and the public e undertaking ad mitted on payment of a penny. There is a will now be the approaches to it are not yet made. In ''atririage way, but directors entertained their friends at the Londonle evening the upwards of 100 guests sat down to a dinner Tavern, and up in a style that did credit to the es which was served Hawes, senior (chairman of the board of tablishment. Mr. tied. After several other toasts 44 directors), presi- Pros Tunnel" was given and drunk with m Prosperity to the Thames Times of Monday says " The area of theuch enthusiasm. The give effect to the front of the tunnel, shaft is to small to while . viewed from the top of the circularin depth, when passengers descend, looks frightful. staircase by which pas by a first glance was by no 'he sensation excited means so the staircase was attempted to be othed on observing that poles, not very skilfully nor effectFropped up bv sundry long or rather notches intended to receive applied, the mortises several landing places being for the the projections of the slightly tied to the railing by small most part misfits, and observed and commented upon by en ds of rope. This was were admitted into the shaft early,y many of the visiters who temps very minutely inspected and who pour passer le so cor.fined a place, whieh all that was to be inspected in comfortable, in consequence they soon discovered to be an ventilator whatever, from re of their being no opening or walls by which they were the bottom to the very top of the door from the public encircled, except the small entrance street. in creased with increasing This unpleasant feeling numbers breaths, the dampness of until the accum ulation of the ground, which was p erceptible no t w ithstanding the loads the walls, which the of sawdust thrown about, and of whitewash could not conc eal, and the. flaring of upwards of 130 gas-lights, combined to crea te an once atmosphere at o • e disgustingly heated an d fetid !! STREET SWEEPING BY MACIIINERY.—On Wednesday, the first exhibition, in the metropolis, of the self -loading cart, or street-sweeping machine, which has fors ome tinie, been in use in Manchester, took place on the woophvernent in Regent-street, and attracted during the dav large crowds of persons to view its very novel apparatus. The machine, which has been taken up from :Manchester, under an ar- . rangement with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. and under whose auspices the exp eriment was made, com menced its operations at about six o!clock in the morning, .. and continued them without intermisslon during the greater . portiou of the day. The cart was drawn by two horses and attended by a e driver, driver, and, as it proceeded, caused the rotary motion of tbe wheels to raise the loose soil from the surface. . of the wood, and deposit it in a vehicle attached to the cart. proceeding at a moderate rate through Regent-street, the cart left behind it a well-swet g roun d. which formed a striking contrast with the adjacent lt filled itself in the space of six minutes, its power being equal to that of forty men, and its operation being of a three-fold nature—that of sweeping, loading , and carrying at the same time, which. under the old process, formed le.thre I ticonsists operaof a stions. of eries Th e . appara tus is exceedingly simp brooms, suspended from a light frame of iron, hun g behind • a common cart, the body of which is placed near the ground. for greater facility in loading. As the cart-wheels revolve, the brooms successively sweep the surface of the ground, and carry the soil up an inclined plane, at the top of which it falls into the cart. It is calculated to pass through th e most crowded thoroughfares at the rate of two miles per hour, without causing obstruction, and doing its work as perfectl as if the streets were empty. The streets of Ma . nchester are now regularly swept by. the machine, the result of 'h that the sanatory condtion of the population is improved, whic - is, and the town has now almost lost its character filth. fur mud and EJECTII ENT, DOE DE 11. TRAVIS V:iiIIII 7 ANO OTIIERS.—This was an action of ejectment, as uninteresting as the last case. Mr. WATsoN appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. floGnlNs for the defendants. The action was brought on the demise of Joseph Hiley, against H ugh Hiley, Charles Stott, and Wm. Rigg, to recover some coal mines in a place called Hunders field, in the parish of Rochdale. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. WORK AND LABOUR DONE. TAYLOR v. HARGREAVES AND OTHERS.—The declarAtion in this case alleged that the sum claimed by the plaintiff was due to him for work and labour done by him for the de fendants. Air. WATSON conducted the case for the plain tiff, and Mr. KNOWLES that of the defendants, who pleaded that as to £4 4s. which the plaintiff claimed they were not indebted. It appeared, on the part of the plaintiff, that be is a black smith residing at Tottington Lower End, near Rochdale, in this county, and he sought to recover the sum of 4s. per diem for 21 days, or £4 45., and £2 Ils. for other work done for the defendants, amounting altogether to 15s. The de fendants John Hargreaves, James Scholefield, John Barlow, Andrew Taylor, and Benjamin Taylor, were owners of, and co-partncrs, in a coal mine near Pottington ; the last named defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff worked there, at his trade, for 21 days, at 4s. a day, for which the four guineas were claimed; after which, some time in 1842, he set up a blacksmith's shop on his own ac count, to which the defendants sent the pickaxes, &c. of their workpeople to be sharpened and repaired, for which the amount of £2lls. was claimed. Mr. Watson strongly com plained that the defendants had removed the case out of the County Court, and brought it to be tried at the assizes, at great expense and trouble to the plaintiff, who was a poor man. On the part of the defendants it was attempted to be shown that the plaintiff had been discharged by all the de fendants except his father, Benjamin Taylor, who, being a partner, re-engaged him in the face of the express notice to the plaintiff himself f.orn the other partners that he was not in their service. The ground of defence, therefore, was, that after notice had been given under those circumstances, the act of Benjamin Taylor in re-engaging the plaintiff was not the act of the other partners who defended this action. Several witnesses were called in support of the defendant's case, after which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages .TCG 3s. _ _ _ The court adjourned at half-past six till nine o'clock this morning. THE CAUSE PAPER. The state of the Cause List. at the rising of the Court last night, was as follows : FIRST LIST Plaintiff—Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15,17,15, 24. 25, 27, 31, 39. Defendant—Nos, 12, 16, 26. • Juror withdrawn—No. S. ithdrawu—Nos. 32, 19. SECOND LIST. Withdrawn—Nos. 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 54, 75, 86. SPECIAL JURY CASES The following special jury cases, in the first list, have been fixed :—No. 44, Hoyle v. Howard, will be taken on Wed nesday next; No. 21, Ferrand and another v. Moore, is fixed for Thursday ; and No. 9, Farrar v. Deflinne. is fixed for Friday. In the second list, case No. 10, Taylor v. Ashton and others, in which Sir William Follett will appear for the defendants, is fixed for Thursday week. Saturday week was mentioned as a day likely to suit for the trial of the two causes, Sherhourne v. Quarme, which were made remanets at the last assizes ; but no day was definitely fixed. TRIAL. Or A CITARTIST.-At the Leicester assizes on Fri day last, Wm. Jones, aged 21, was tried for having used se ditious language, and endeavoured to excite the people against the police and the army. He was found guilty, and sentenced to six months imprisonment. STAFFORDSHIRE RIOTERS.—The trial of Cooper and others, at Stafford, for the part they took in the late riots. still drags its slow length along, and it is impossible to say when it will terminate. Shoals of witnesses are daily ar riving, whom Cooper examines with tiresome detail, and many are called to prove what has been already given in evi dence many times. CAIIBRIDGE ASSIZES.—BELT.AMY V. TOTTON.--This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to obtain compen sation from the bands of the jury for certain libellous ex pressions made use of by the defendant concerning him, un der the following somewhat novel circumstances :—The de fendant is the rector of Meldreth, in this county, but resides on another living in Essex, in consequence of which it has always been necessary for him to appoint a curate for the former piece of preferment. In this capacity the plaintiff dwelt at Meldreth for two or three years, at the end of which period his connection with that parish ceased, the defendant having, as he imagined, reason to object to the inculcation and introduction by him of those doctrines, forms, and ob servances which arc commonly known to the world under the term " Puseyism." Whatever the merits or demerits of the course adopted by the plaintiff might be in the conscientious discharge of his parochial duty, and with whatever propriety he might have conducted himself therein, it certainly did ap pear that strife and bickerings arose about that period in the once happy parish, there being two sides to this . as well as to all other questions, whether of fact or faith ; and matters went so far us that the interference of the diocesan was loudly called for. Though the plaintiff, as appeared in evidence, did not take any part in those proceedings, simply contenting him self with the establishment of weekly sacraments, and a strict observance of the saints' days and festivals of the Church, which many deemed " novelties and papistical practices." The defendant, in the exercise of his discretion, replaced the plaintiff by another gentleman of directly opposite views, whose conduct gave as much offence to the one party in the parish as had that of the plaintiff to the other. The con sequence. therefore, of the change, wss anything but sa tisfactory to 'the rector, or agreeable to the parish as a body, and the favourers of Mr. Belany took active steps to procure his restoration to the post of minister, and unfortu nately, though the plaintiff took no share or concern whatever in the promotion of that object. some kind friend made a communication to that effect to the rector, who, annoyed at what he termed " his uncalled for and unclerical interference with his parish, addressed a letter to a friend of the plaintiff, wherein occurred the passages out of which this action arose. Having lamented in this letter the distressing discord which was rending his parish, and his inability to south the agitated minds of his parishioners, the writer proceeded to express his regret that that difficulty and discord arose from the un warrantable interference of the late curate, Mr. Belany, whom he accused of revisiting the parish under a " vile spirit of rancorous revenge," while he further avowed his firm belief that he was nothing more or less than " a Papist in disguise." This production was handed about from man to man among the plaitiff's friends, and thus by their misjudging zeal the present truly lamentable appeal to a jury was called into ex istence. The defendant having only pleaded the general issue, and the letter being clearly proved to have emanated from him, Mr. Serjeant Storks, in a speech of great power, addressed the jury for the defendant, deeply deprecating such an exhibition between two clergymen, and submitting to them that tile letter was no libel at all, but a communication which the rector was privileged and bound to make to a parishioner touching the spiritual condition of his preferment ; and se condly, that, at all events, if libellous, it was a letter for which the smallest coin in the realm would be ample compensation. His Lordship having laid it down to the jury that the letter was not of that class to which the learned sergeant had sought to attach it, inasmuch as it reflected upon the conduct and motives of one who was no longer concerned in the parish, left it to them to say what damages they would award to the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff-40s. damages. ATHLONE ELECTION : —The Dublin Evening Mail says, that Mr. Ashton Yates is the radical candidate for the bo rough of Athlone. This is the gentleman who some time since was the priests' representative for county Carlow. MURDER OF AN INFANT.-011 the 15th instant, a woman of the name of Bridget Bullock, at Celbridge, near Lein ster, strangled her new born child and threw it into the river Liffey. She was found guilty of murder at the coroner's inquest. ANoirftEß MADMAN.--A person of the name of M'Cole man. whose insane vagaries appear to have fixed upon the Premier of England, made his appearance on Tuesday in the Sheriff Clerk's office, at Glasgow. his business, he said, was to have two clerks to go up with him to Sir Robert Peel on important business. The poor man talked incoherently on different subjects with the persons in the office, but always ended in something about going up to London to Sir Robert. He insistsd, also, that he was the father of M'Naghten, and threatened, if his widies were not complied with, to make skeletons of all and sundry. He is detained in custody. RolmEß's( IN THE BANK OF• IRELAND.—A robbery to rather a considerable amount was, on Saturday, committed in the Bank of Ireland—the sufferer, we regret to observe , being Mr. Jeffs, of Ilollybrook-park. Mr. Jeffs bad been transacting some business in the cash-office of the bank, and had just deposited his pocket-book, containing a such of six hundred pounds, in his pocket, when his attention, with that of other persons present, was attracted by the appearance of one of those extraordinary looking beings, the 'White Quakers, who happened to enter at the time. After a few moments Mr. Jeffs ascertained that his pocket-book bad been abstracted by some adroit and successful thief, who contrived to escape before the loss was discovered. IJ