The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-28 00:00:00

g e nerally throirmkiut the country, or y ears i t has b affle d nd set at defiance the calculations of business_ n. uranted that the crop is large. the itntnensity o has vet to be confirmed. The consumption is going on in the like ratio. 'Tis well known that the ingenuity and talent (found in some instances the trickery) of our manufacturers are daily adopting therto it in the production of vstrinins nrtirire hi_ theaverage weekly consumptic and will to i; It any thing like pre- ent pric es by s le Immense c rop will wiLo an ming lIKC a goou be required to keep prices front It is well known to those in the trade, that th the sp eculatine. • • - • - now being done in our market is on London - "wait ; so that " the speculative spirit at all times too prevalent in Liverpool" is led on and abetted by the London vapitalist. But our contemporary need not be alarmed, for rade has improved, and must continue to do so, to the dis vomfiture of the " League," whose aim, glory, and boast is to keep things as they are, if they cannot be made worse, in order that they may move earth and spirits in the vasty deep °encompass their selfish schemes. With the sale of 52,000 3ales last week prices are not higher. Cotton is still plenti ful, and freely offered at prices which yields tt VERY HAND soul.: return to the manufacturer. Tile cotton trade is on too large a scale, the parties con nected with it here are too respectable, and jealous of their thepreputation to b e gu il ty of any rig or combination to get up rice. It was a tt empted by the Americans a few years since , and dire disaste r an d ru i n were the result. But it is doe s not lillowledged on all h an d s that the present price of cotton pay the grower for his outlay, and would throw much land out of cultivation—a happy medium in this, as in nom ,Yother things, is the best. Capitalists will invest when they see it to their interest so o do ; and if th ey t hi nk the low price of cotton an indnce.. %ment to do so, e ven to ten times their present extent, we see reason why they may not do so with ou t i ncurr i ng such Herald. called for remarks as those quoted from th e Morning GHLY PROMISING STATE OF THE WHEAT CROPS. ___- e have t7np conversed with a gentleman who has had much Ig oii r t Ti e nee in agriculture. and who frequently visits the corn r a i . " , on the general condition of the growing crop of wil . e n . , and avail ourselves of the ;ratifying information with 0 , 1 . li he has favoured us,—the result of a careful inspection :the field in the principal corn districts throughout the country,ei He assures us that the present appearance of the :,.!let: t crop is the most promising that he remembers to have ;treawitnessed at this season of the year, both as regards lgth of plant, and forwardness of growth,—and that the eekst is likely to be the earliest, (probably by three or four favoured and the most productive, with which we have been fdyoured in England since the year 1827. With this prospect uth lBth as the prices of wheat now are—the last average of the instant being 475. 6d. per quarter. or ss. llid. per ushel—th probability —he is strongly of opinion, is, that Places must continue to decline, until ss. a bushel, at the l uti h st, as e an avera ge pr i ce w i ll have to b e submitted to before en d of the year. He attributes the present fine appear '.lop of .nee of the g row i ng wheats chiefly to the superior prepara the soil durin g th e prop i t i ous summer o f l ast year— Il!'s in 1826. We may a dd, th at t h e l an d was never perhaps lienetter condition a s a see d - b e d f or the spr i ng-corn, since 0,, !na ir i g of th e corresponding season-1827, so that the -reranZ prospect for th e y i e ld o f oats an d b ar l ey i s equa ll y Promi sing. ,The views of our informant (who bad some time ago pre pgficted a considerable fall in the price of grain, notwithstand the decrease of the stock on hand, and irrespective of leeares.iglii-SuPPlies), appear also to be entertained, so far at wi `, eY intelligent individuals engaged in the corn trade, . 10, though naturally anxious to obtain remunerative prices, etiarnedi;.lly.hold out no prospect of an advance. In the corn Lay_a ow in our last publication, dated 21st instant, and which ~.he. deemed of the first au th or it y , i t i s remar k e d : ~. riecanous as th e corn tra d e h as b een for some time Past, it appear s to become more irregular weekly, nothing acF.orrieg to render it capable of the least improvement, but e r a t s lier to depress the value of every article. Such was the attends at our market to-day; for though we had a moderate fre ely of buyers, wheat, of all descriptions, was offered at a decline of 2d. per 701bs. from the rates of last ain 'ait ; and had sales been practicable, beyond a mere retail low"kit, several holders appeared disposed to accept even lower terms. Flour was also more difficult to sell than usual, angry enearlly somewhat cheaper." Fthe corn circular of Messrs. R. Makin and Sons, dated 1:;atlY last, it is also remarked tr a d e We haVe experienced in every department of the corn int _ thi s p," : m °reing, another excessively dull, heavy and un limited market. In wheat, a few casual sales of very to,i7d amount appeared to be the only transactions notified sub a ra Y it ; , and though holders were not generally disposed to noticed") any material decline from the low rates previously , a slight abatement, notwithstanding, was partially e.onceded. Flour was likewise in very slow request, and all descriptions rather cheaper." ha lt impossible, after the long depression of trade, (now 111:PullY somewhat reviving,) and the consequent want of 11 2 (1 r ate e mPloYment of masses of our industrial classes, — 'le , too the perils and expenses in which the country has recently been involved both at home and abroad.—it is im ppeossible, we say, to withhold our thankfulness for the pros now now before us of an abundant harvest from our own emaltnediate soil. The general good and contentment of the iZ es mu nitY will thus be promoted ; and though some sacri , a. will have to be submitted to in consequence by indivi- Its here and there, no general benefit can arise without i ;100we loss or i nconvenience to particular interests. M uch, ever, may state of tt • be do ne to avert any severe pressure from this 'log s , by the general introduction of the most ap proved manures in sufficient quantity, which, by giving in creased fertility to our home soils, would, to a certain extent, overcome the precarious nature of our climate, and, by in creased production on a given are a , be tantamount to an great o f our territorial surface. This is a subject of national importance, though hitherto almost wholly eglected or overlooked, even by our most celebrated agri tcultunil societies. We shall probably be enabled, ere long, e ° ,4 l btnit a communication upon it, addressed to a distill aed statesman, from the per. - c. l -e intelligent gentleman , ‘ , h whoni we are indebted for our present information on the f a ll e e at C roP, and founded on facts and experiments that have withn Within his own knowledge and that of others conversant and interested in agricultural improvements. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. At the close of last week James Pownall, Esq., the trea surer of this society, received the fallowing anonymous cons olunication, addressed to himself as treasurer i— tag t' °" 1 00 l ti cio n g over the accoun t s o f t h e S oc i ety for Promo. Chrisa Knowledge, for the year 1842, there appears 11 ,t ) on the face of them a vey gross error. It is there stated that there is a balance due to the treasurer of £583 13s 9d., Whereas, upon adding up the different items of receipt and te'hcPenditure, it would appear there is a sum of £416 6s 3d. in ite trasurer's hands at the credit of the society. Perhaps Can be expiained through the STANDARD paper how the err or has 'a so," arisen? I t is quite clear from th e accoun t s t h at i t We have been , ave requested to give the following complete re- Ply to the query :-- ,:11.1'he treasurer of the District Society for Promoting ‘-obtiritstian Knowledge informs an anonymous, but not very_ e , t Vas, correspondent, that the sum remitted to the Pa ii,rociety in London, for books during the past year, was th e ~° 11s. 1 0d., not £l4B 18s. 13d., as erroneously stated in o ver 'ePort just issued, and that the error originated in an appointed ight on the part of Mr. Kirkey, the society's recently . - „ agent at the depository, in omitting to mark this rte„iar item (which escaped Isis notice along with others) ur,, sr.n.rdection in the proof sheet. h irn 4 er these circumstances the treasurer cannot hold call . a very re sponsible f or w h at his correspondent is pleased to ~rh gros error.' to v."' e b alance, s as stated in th e report, £583 1 3 s. 9d., due mar f treasurer, is, th ere f ore, only too correct, and he will be e po ed _ i this explanation s h ou ld l ead his anonymous corres -1;4 ~,,... nt to a fford his aid i n li qu id at i ng so large a debt, to a 'e 4 accurate 'acquaint ance w i th the large sums which have as We r i aid in former years for books to the Parent Society, th e "ah Parto a m ore practical knowledge of the usefulness of Parent to itself in effecting their distribution." trent'lpght have occurred to the querist, had he been at the th e , eof adding the two sums mentioned in his letter, that that piount exactly to £lOOO, and he might have surmised th e i_ n e omission of a single figure would have occasioned miceuracy, which is the simple fact. LOCAL NEWS. - enPittLitARMOVIC CONCICRT The late hour at which this ti-or.rt concluded last ' evening, compels us to postpone our Lice till Friday next. Trip th i ~• LIVERPOOL DOCKS Bri.r..—The second reading . of y e : VI, for regulating the mode of adineasurement of foreign Trig was appointed for Monday (yesterday.) 5,,h1";1.."'• LIVERPOOLGAS BILL. —On Friday week , this , bill te,,,,rePorted to the House of Commons. On 1 uesuay the . h'',""t w 55 considered, and the amendments agreed to, and °- vvednesday the bill was read a third time and passed. Oi l lti- V „ i • 'lnnday last the breviate, of the Liverpool Fire Pre op - -'on Bill, which was noticed in a letter signed " Alpha, valll, l ast numb er , as containing some objectionable clauses, L S ; a id on th e ta b le of the House of Commons. 14, vkAnoor. WATERING Bri.L.—Thishill, which has been ht °glit into Parliament by the Commissioners for . Paving id S elver „ . in. .... as a,e, and for the promotion of which a public meet io°,,,we _recently held,was, on Thursday last, read a first time s`" House of Commons. tli?l t e r o ne EDUCATION.—On Sunday last, after two ls at St. Andrew's Church, by the Rev. Ilugh Stowell, sup -111.4 °f £ll2 was collected in aid of the funds for the 4t sPiort of the schools in connection with that church; and l Iltt ,; JU de'6 9 on the same day, the collections for the schoo l : 14,d to that church, after two sermons by the Rev. Hug r Neile, amounted to £lO3 ss. 4d. nv,,, , Moroitif•co4oL _I EIMALIC ORPHAN ASI(I.U A m.—On Sunday slim of k.,1 t, after a sermon by the , 13. A. Marshall, the acnebefit ~'-z 1...9d.was collected, at St. Mark's v. Church, for the 5 t. .,, , p th:s interesting institution ; and at the same time, 1 %le, • 6.1 1 , 1 1 , s Church, Kirkdale, after a sermon by the Rev. in aid ol,fl tl°l°ens'aron f e A ob ig je b e u t r . th, the sum of £l7 was contributed tae'ave Pleasure in calling the attention of those of nur Or,f ther e ' r ld the Public who are interested in the conversion . eot e l, , e ws In the East, to a public meeting to be held in the the Qiurch, R odney-street, to-morrow evening, when of , i ev. r Dart:l i Jacob Samuel, a converted Jew, will give a detail mission in the Holy Land, &c., in which, and other rieisaeb;ooff.titssieitnihienatrtainvgelled for a number of years for the pur the knowledge of the Gospel among %sill, ~'"ghted countrymen. - The rev. gentleman's address clao doubt, be very interesting. the LAIlt AoArsyks, 'r , S The officers of - .-re5,....... --. A BENEFIT OCIETY.-- ) *Br et i L',l,"nY Lodge of the Order of Modern Druids ap h.lotie.,erore Mr. Rushton on Saturday, having been sum btiy 4 ; : l oy Joseph Crook, to show cause why they refused to `ltte toel".taill sum of rnoney which he claimed as the allowance elaitria nal durin. a recent sickness. It appeared that the t'ottot ant had merely groainle,A.,aovn'_cmc Ccasion to receive some aat rel waste sent per liii,, ~civ any benefit from.itb} his . b r ß o u tl s i i c i r t 0 , n a n d d i d that h t e h i d n i k d an d tl , c " a" employment as to . take the plaintiff off the box, brtv.erefore ordered the money to be paid. Nie 'APEtt's p o , c , , Music BAZAAR.—We I 'kl the d . ..,-Po wrg AN D oin a vertisement, that Mr. Dreaper has removed' the ,hisivold to new premises in Bold-street. ° Peu e . ) '!'sie azaar," which the spirited Ile proprietorstylesthiemms .i nr a con tuloan7,evit,th ti stock that will, no doubt, ensure to Veer s L r . f that patronage which ' he has hitherto for many l 'iao:f u o Justly merited. We have seen the repeater grand tat the pi r ,T, , on which Miss Weller is to perform th i s evening, so i superb Zrlolu. tio'n'saorfNoinio Concert. It is one of the most li t itt will be. forrsrs. Collard and C° a ti rd. s i r e understand )1 ,, 111(kNutAts Ispection at Mr. D.'s bazaa . b ill s, e of cop, rlstPaovEsinNT lin.L.-- 0 0 m n ro T it h t n ee rsd o a n y , t t h h i e s NI el hen till'irps resolved .itself into committee place. Sevel ha., ~nabsial w. tuvving amusing colloquy . " ( ‘c.'-e_ proposed amidst much nois t e . a c i l i a, d us c e o s n h fu e s r r e o a r d , ,vjecotta titilieTari being put that one ! ~i f tat we are , i Ir. f lume rose and said—Please of the chairman, 1 g ''''J Pet i' ' ni "g• ( 4.. laugh.) Mr. Greene, ail ~ the c i ao - sir, what Il le e are 01 , use. lt,lr. Hume : Nv• e to state, sir, I ant to know, again put , eia u , , • (Roar s of laughter.) Mr. Greene a. „„ ~ out, as far as we could gather, the qu , estion of the , a ke,r e a'aerroeeae.r for Montrose was not answered. The c lauses '•Lui 4 qd the report brought up and receievd. COMMITMENT TO THE ASSP;;E. trial, on two charges of uttering base coin THE HALIFAX AND BOSTON BOYAL7MAIL STEAM - SH IPS.—We draw attention to the advertisement of the Halifax and Boston steamers in our advertising columns. 3ernia is appointed to lenve Liverpool observe, is reduced to thirty guineas, with one guinea, stew west complete steam-ship afloat ALGANODELLA SEED.—A Treasury order was last we received, which, pursuant to the recommendation of Board of Trade, directs that this article (commonly called algarobilla) he charged the same duty as bark, namely, 3d. per ca•t. A prior Treasury Order hail ilitp,tpil it 1,. •• • •• charged with the same duty as st;eklac, which then paid is., but now pays only Id. per cwt. Previously, algarobilla was charged an ad valorem duty as "unrated." FINES "UPON PUBLICANS AND BIEHRSELLERS.—TV,Crity five infor - mations were heard, on Friday. forinfractions of the law for regulating the sale of sale and spirits in the town. Of these, thirteen were against publicans, which were dis posed of as follows :—Two £5 each and costs, (second con viction,) one £4 and coats, three £5 eac h an d costs , two :C2 each and costs, two £1 each and costs, two postponed, and one acquitted. There were twelve informations against beer sellers, which were disposed of in the following manner : one (second conviction,) £5 and costs, one (also a second conviction,) £3 and costs, seven £2 an d costs, one 10s. and costs, one postponed, and one acquitted. Total amount of fines, £76. FIRE.—On Saturday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock intelligence was conveyed to the tire-police station that a fire had broken out in the Old Quay Company's yard, at George's Dock. In one corner of the yard were about five hundred crates of glass bottles, packed in straw, the property of the Bank Quay Company. Three engines were quickly got into play, and the flames, which for a short time raged very fiercely, were quickly quelled. About one hundred of the crates were destroyed. It is supposed that some sparks from the engine communicated the fire to the straw. The property was not insured. ELECTION OF GOVERNOR OF THE WORKTIOUSE.—The deputation of gentlemen who went to the south to enquire into the system and success of the management of several workhouses, which had been under the charge of some of the candidates remaining on the list as elegible for the vacancy of our House of Industry, were, it appears, detained by cir cumstances, beyond their intended time. They were, how ever, expected here last night, and we learn that in all pro bability the election will take place this day. We are unable to state which of the nine will be the favoured individual—several of them having high claims to pre ference. STEALING COTTON.—Three persons, named Joseph Ma kenzie, William Collister, and Robert Samuels, alias Stretch, alias Hurst, were placed at the bar, on Friday, charged with stealing a bale of cotton from the King's Dock quay, the pro perty-of Mr. Hydes, of Oldhall-street. It appeared that the cotton was unloading from a vessel which was lying in the dock, and Makenzie was employed to assist in removing the bales to Mr. Hydes's warehouse, but they were not to be taken until the evening of Thursday. However, the prisoner hired a cart, and was in the act of having the hales carted to Launcelot's-hey, when the police interfered, and they were taken into custody. Committed for trial. AGATE BETTONS.—A new and very, beautiful button has just been produced, which claims our notice from its novelty of material and embellishments. The button is intended for all sorts of garments. being in different shapes, from the shirt to the dress coat. The material is porcelain, and either in plain white, or beautifully ornamented with principal devices. We were shown by the agents to the manufacturers some horn buttons, which have all the finish and glossiness of the finest silk ; a variety of devices appear upon them suitable to the taste of the wearer. These buttons are much cheaper than silk, and more durable. We understand that Messrs. Woolright and Chidsou are the only house who keep these sorts retail. NEEDLEWORK PICTORE.—We bad the pleasure of inspect ing a few days ago a very beautiful specimen of needlework, the production of the Misses 011 is, of Warwick-street. The subject is a hunting party in the East, and consists of several figures on horseback, with wild boar and dog. The lights and shades are extremely well managed, and give the ap pearance of a finished oil painting. The tall grass, from the midst of which the boar appears to be roused, is beautifully worked. -The figures are splendidly executed and correctly made out. The colours are vivid in the extreme. As a speci men of handy work, industry, and perseverance, this tableau may compete with some of the tapestries of old. It has occu pied the Misses 011 is upwards of a twelvemonth. The size is 7 feet 7 in length, and 6 feet 5 in width. The picture is framed in a rich.rosewood and gold mounting. It is to be disposed of by subscription. STABBING BY A BLIND MAN.—Peter Callighan, a blind man, residing in Lace-street, was, on Saturday, charged with having stabbed police-officer Dixon. It appeared, that, be-. tween twelve and one o'clock, on Friday night, the officers were called into Lace-street by a woman, who stated that her husband was pursuing her with a knife. They found the street in some disorder, and discovered that the prisoner was keeping the street in disorder, and, as they could not induce him to go home, the officers determined on taking him to bridewell. The prisoner ran into an entry and Dixon followed and seized him by the collar. The prisoner took out a large clasp knife and began to cut savagely at Dixon's arm, which he severely wounded in three places, severing one of the arteries. Dixon went to the Northern Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes. AFFLICTING OCCURRENCE.—On the morning of Friday week Mr. James Taylor, a respectable gentleman, residing at Birkenhead, and who u n til l a t e ly carr i e d on the business of a timber merchant there, was found weltering in his blood in a field contiguous to the railway station. lie was immediately removed to the house which he formerly occupied, when Mr. Liddell, apothecary and chemist, of Birkenhead, attended, and found that the unfortunate gentleman had inflicted a gash in his throat in width about four or five inches, and extend ing over the gullet. The wound was immediately stitched up, and the usual remedies applied. It is supposed that the unhappy man committed the rash attempt in consequence of being recently reduced in circumstances. On Friday even ing he was so far recovered as to be enabled to write a letter to his wife, and he appeared very solicitous about her and his children. Od the morning in question he had gone out with the avowed intention of taking a walk, and when he was found he had a razor in his hand. COMMITMENT.—A boy named Thomas Daniels was yes terday brought before Mr, Rushton, on a charge of having stolen from a respectable female by whom he was employed, a cape, a scarf, and other articles of dress. He had, it ap peared, without promise being held out to him, afterwards confessed that he had taken them, and sold them to a man named Ford, a tailor, in London-road, who had given him the small sum of Is. 6d. for them, though they were worth I3s. or I4s. It came out also that the prisoner, who had previously robbed the complainant, had also sold to the same man some time ago, two pieces of calico, at a price far below the value. Ford appeared in court, and endeavoured to explain away these transactions, but failed. There was. however, not sufficient evidence against him to enable the magistrate to convict him, the only witness being the boy himself. Mr. Rushton strongly remarked that he (Ford) was the greatest delinquent, and lamented that he could not send him for trial. The boy was committed for trial at the sessions. SEAMEN'S WAGES.—On Friday eight persons belonging to the ship Caledonia, which has arrived in this port from New Orleans, summoned the captain of the vessel for non payment of their wages. It appeared that he had been obliged to employ a boarding-master at New Orleans to procure him hands. He had in this way made up the number he required, paying from 18 to 30 dollars for the passage. However, it was soon found out that most of the hands were totally in competent for the task they had undertaken, either from sickness or other causes, and, in consequence, during a great portion of the voyage, the ship was manned by only about half a dozen hands, instead of more than double that number. In three cases Mr. Rushton decided that the men were en titled to £3 Is. 6d., and 165., and dismissed the other cases, at the same time severely reprehending the practice of taking such hands on board without first ascertaining whether they were competent or not. The captain said they were obliged to do so, for as soon as the vessel arrived at New Orleans all the hands rau away for the purpose of trying to get better wages. ASSAULT.—Richard Jones was on Saturday, charged by Charlotte Henry with hawing violently assaulted her. The girl stated that she - was returning along Basnett-street from the Liver Theatre, on Friday night, when the defendant met her, and having struck her violently on the mouth, pro ceeded to beat her very severely. He was the keeper of a brothel, and she recently lodged with him; but, as he per mitted robbery in his house, and she refused to comply with his commands, and he had manifested great towards her. She was so weak from the blows which he inflicted upon her that she was compelled to go home in a car. She had been at home but a short time when the defendant rushed into the house, accompanied by two women, and again ill-treated her. The defendant brought some witnes ses forward who said the complainant was drunk, but a police-officer said she was perfectly sober. Mr. Rushton said, assaults which which were committed by men on wo men were, generally, very base and dastardly ; but the worst description of assaults were those committed by fellows who kept brothels, on the poor, defenceless, and degraded women who come under' their power. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of Z 2 10s. and costs, or to be imprisoned one month. He was further to find bail, himself in £5O and two sureties in £25 each, for his good behaviour, or be impriso ned two months. DEFECTIVE STATE OF OUR MARITIME LAWS.—At the police-court, yesterday, a seaman, named Daniel O'Hara. who had arrived a fortnight ago in the bargee Charles, from Savanilla, applied to Mr. Rushton. for an order on the cap tain for the amount of wages due tohim, amounting to £6 7s. Captain John V. Giles, an intelligent young man, said he had been in command of the ship during the voyage, and, that he did not dispute the claim made, nor other similar claims, which would doubtless yet be made by others of his crew. He was, however, peculiarly and painfully situated. The ship was owned at, and hailed from London, lie had been sent by the owners from London to take charge of her, and under their directions had her fitted up for the voyage in a suitable and economical manner, and had drawn bills on the owners in behalf of the several tradesmen who had done work, or supplied stores or other articles. He had made a successful voyage, the vessel having • earned a large amount of freight. On his return to this port; he made out and gave in all his bills; but he found that they -were all returned un paid, that the ship was mortgaged far beyond her value ; that an agent was sent down who had received the freight ; that he had paid so far as he could out of his own pocket, (and which he did not expect would be returned,) that he had since been assailed by the creditors at his house and else where'every day ; and that he found on consultin., two re spectable solicitors that lie could not attach the ship or the freight. In this dilemma, he being only a servant of the owners, he wished the advice, and, if possible, the aid of the tnamstrate. Mr. Rushton said that the applicant could by law claim his wages either from the captain, or from the owner or owners, and the claim not being disputed, the de fendant must pay the man's wages, for which he (Mr. Rush ton) was obliged by law to make an order. He, however, advised the defendant to consult his attorney—some respect able man—who would iustruet him bow to act. Captain Giles said that he would do so, but he could not help re marking, that while Liverpool was proverbial for administer ing justice to seamen, (through•the Merchant Seamen's Act) there was no .legal protection extended to captains and mates, from such acts of owners or agents, as those of which he complained.; and by which they might be totally ruined in their property and prospects. Had the ship been in London, lie could have commenced process in the to attach the ord Mayor's court, which would have ena ed only a Servatit of the owners. r.. ship and freight for the payment of th .R e v d m s e i b it t o s l , l I s i a e id be t Ln a g t no such privilege existed adviser. Meantime the order injunc tion to employ a professional adv . here, and repeated his mm t lie issued against and if } the ta di sal n eo— t Captain gor other pr o p erty wou ld be broim s ds said he could not complain of the d e s decision as it was legal, but he considered' his position one of great arid unmerited hard ofship,—arisi.i out court.lh thedef ective.e understand state t the #_ shipt rat . ime l aws . H e then . left .the is not yet wholly discharged, a nd that, though she inane about £2OOO of of freight, C apta i n Gil es has no lien upon her; nor can b . e, from the circ umstances un der which she placed, raise any money upon her. What the result will be remains to be seen, carry 4 On Wednesday evening, Captain Irwin, master and owner of the brig Jean, of Carlisle, lying at Fatliam, near Newry, while assisting the men in turning the windlass, fell down apparently dead. Captain Irwin was formerly master of ti e City of Carlisle steamer, which traded from Warrenpoint to Livernool. At thi.:. Police,court ! THE IRON COLONNADE of ; rill: Lti'Etiltom, AND LEEr S itted for I J UNCTION RA LLWAY.—The following description of the, thassive but elegant structure at illint's Bank. Manchester, maw not prove unacceptable to out. readers. The colonnade ; is 738 feet in length and 2-4 feet wide, and is supported on 52 I cast-iron columns, each weighi ig about four tons. These i main girders, averagin.• six and a half tons each ; n the latter rest tlie , •tith of the longitudinal girders. lof which there arc 86, varying front 31 tons to 51 tons in weight. The columns stand in pairs, at intervals of 28 feet ; ' kind the height of the main girders from the pavement of the street below is 18 feet. The eolutnns are of elegant propor tions and by yio means so squab and thick as those of the ancient 1 4 .:gyptian temples. Each column rises from a stron base, about a foot high, and has a button or mushroom-forme head ; from which springs the f avour it e ree ded or fluted e;, pital of the Egyptian architecture. In the upper work (con sisting of the girders and parapet), which forms a noble friez, or entablature above the columns, is placed over each pilla! a panne!, containing two figures of a species of winged set pent, one of the favourite embellishments of the Egyptiar architecture; and by this sparing but judicious use of orna. went, the general effect is heightened of the chasteness a the design, and the massive character of the structure. Tin whole will be fenced uff on the side noat the New Bailey prison by a cast-iron screen. eleven feet: in height; the top of which will be seven feet above the rail. when they are laid. The necessity for this high screen (to :tut out the prison) ieqqires great massiveness in the who) structure; and the style which has been adopted, as most in accordance with this requirement, is a modification of the Egyptian ; which was also the more requisite in consequtince of the columns standing along the centre of the street,—a position which would not be adapted to the plainest of the Grecian orders. The columns stand upon stone baseint.sits, which project about one foot above the pavement, anti give firmness and solidity of appearance to the structure. There will be aliGut 1,020 tons of iron work in the whole. 'rue spaces between the longitudinal girders will be filled in -with brick arches, and on the ballast over these the rails will be laid. The whole is rapidly progressing towards corapletion, and will probably be finished in about two months. THE HONEST (?) LEAGUERS, So Quaker BRIGHT, That Rochdale wight, 'Will put in no disclaimer, But BROUGHAM'S hit Has caus'd a " split !" And wrung the truth from HAMER! " EDUCATION !"-" ROBBERY !" VATJX Eustace Giles's speech at Leeds, March 23, 1813, Dissenters, now, are ill at ease, E'en " education" cannot please! " Teach not (they cry) th' untutorY, man " Unless you teach him on—our plan . " CORRESPONDENCE. YENTILATION'OF CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS (CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. If any one be doubtful that a constant supply of fresh air is necessary to life and health, after the facts•l have related, flu .ir doubt may easily be removed. Let them confine a iuse under a glass jar, full of air, arranged sb that no fresh air can enter in from without. In proportion as the oxygen is consumed, the animal will begin to shew symptoms of un easiness, similar to those experienced by persons in a Cr' )wded building where no - provision is made for ventilation (ai in many of our churches). In a while longer the animal wi it pant in its breathing, as if to dilate its lungs to the ut in, oat, struggling for air. In a few hours it .will die con y( .Ised : so necessary is a constant supply of air to life and hi :alth in all animals. The effects of want of ventilation on the human system are 'different in different individuals. Its action being directly .on the blood, it tends to produce that disease or disorder to which there may be a prediiposition in the party suffering the effects of it. In some way or other it cannot but be de .cidedly injurious to all. The venous blood, being allowed to pass through the lungs unaerated. acts like a slow poison on the system- One very general effect from it is, a cold ness in the extremities, accompanied by frequent headaches. 'This coldness arises from the deficiency of oxygen also. The union of the oxygen of the air with the carbon in the venous `blood, is the means of the generation of heat for the warmth •of the body ; and of course, therefore, if the oxygen be defi •cient in quantity, there will also be a defieiency of heat. Thisis especially felt by ladies, and alt who have not much .outdoor exercise. Dr. Combe, in speaking of churches, says—" If 1,000 - people be Confined in a church for 1-4- hours, and no provision be made for ventilation, for a renewal of its air and the •escape of the breathed air," (as in most churches in this town,) " what will be the result? 1,030 people will require :for their health, in that ti me , 4,000 hhds. of air. If no pro -vision be made for this, by openings in the roof for escape, and at the bottom for supply, healthy respiration is impossi ble." Yet so wholly are considerations of this kind without influence on the public mind, that in this and almost every .large town, churches and halls for 1 0 10 to 3,000 persons are :built without any means of ventilation, except such as may serve to let off the surplus Vat in summer. When these :places are filled for some hours, the consequences are suffi •ciently marked. It is impossible to look around us towards - the close of the service in one o f th ese c h urc h es , an d no t see :the effects in the expression of feature of every one present. Either a relaxed sallow paleness or a hectic flush is observa ble, and, as the necessary accompaniment, a sensation of - mental and bodily weariness is felt. I know churches in 'which, during winter, not only no mans of ventilation are .employed during service, but even between services the win dows are kept closed, as if deadly infection, and not air, were nutside; and where, consequently, the congregation must - inhale for hours an exceedingly corrupted air, and suffer the :penalty in colds, and bilious and nervous attacks. Dr. 'bombe once attended a church where the windows were all -shut, and, in consequence, the open door-was of little use in supplying the air for the breathing of so many people, there being no egress for the expended air. At the conclusion of - the service, he heard one general complaint of headache, .:sickness, and oppression ; and the reality of suffering was amply attested by the pale and wearied appearance even of Ithe most robust. How frequently scenes of this kind might be witnessed in our many crowded churches in this town ! :I know of many instances of suffering from it. St. Jude's, 1 believe, is the only church where we have any adequate provision for ventilation—at least where the means are made *se of; if they exist—except in the summer season. But to draw to a conclusion. There is scarcely a day passes in which a well-employed physician does not meet with some 'victim of the popular ignorance on this subject—of some instance where health has suffered, or recovery been retard ed, by a disregard of pure air to the wellbeing of the animal economy. I am afraid, sir, you will think I am trespassing at very great length upon your kindness ; but I think you will not think I have said more than the importance of the matter justifies. A few words more, and I have done. I could quote Dr. Jackson, an army physician, skewing the suffering produced in the army before ventilation was attended to there. I could quote Dr. Carmichael, who shews that dis ease was induced by the want of it, in Dublin, in a public institution, to a great extent; and that when ventilation was attended to, the disease vanished. But I must not say more. This requirement of our body is disregarded to an extent which will appear incredible when the absolute necessity of it is better understood. If, in compiling and arranging these remarks for your paper, I am the means of drawing the attention of those connected with the management of any of our public build ings to this important subject, I am confident they will see the necessity of, and their responsibility in, supplying, that building with air, and thereby preventing an amount of hu man suffering—who knows how great ? Should this be the case, which I would fain hope, it will amply repay me any trouble I have had in preparing these statements. Thanking you most sincerely for the room in your excel lent journal, I am, sir, your most obedient servant, A YOUNG PHYSIOLOGIST. On Monday, the St. Helen's Waterworks Bill was read a second time, and referred to the committee of selection. A case of bigamy is now occupying the attention of the Monmouth magistrates, which creates great interest in the neighbourhood. The subject of the proceedings is a very in teresting young woman, 24 years of age, named Eliza Ann Dent, otherwise Morgan. The charge against the prisoner is, " That she did feloniously intermarry with one Richard Stanley Wall, her husband, Edward Dent, being then alive. The Standing Orders Committee have reported, " That, in the case of the Manchester Stipendiary Magistrate peti tion, the standing orders ought not to be despensed with ;" and the bill, therefore, cannot be brought in this session. TILE EARTIIQUAKE.—The Newcastle (on Tyne) Journal says that the earthquake was distinctly felt in that town. It was also experienced in Dumfries, betwixt twelve and one o'clock. THIS ARNOLD TESTIMONIAL.—Many of our readers will be pleased to hear that the subscriptions to this testimonial have reached upwards of £B,BOO. The Cornwall assizes commenced at Bodmin on Wednes day. Among the cases is an indictment of Frederick Peter Statton (who, by the bye, on his card assumes the affix M.A.) for falsely pretending to Jenny Francis, from his skill in witchcraft and sorcery, to discover where certain lost or stolen property might befound. Cli tY RC II -RATES.—Sir H. Jenner Fust delivered judgment in the celebrated Braintree church-rate case, and as far as we can understand the conflicting opinions, it appears to be in di rect contradiction to the well known decision of the court of common law. The learned judge said, the leading point in the case was, if the minority and the churchwardens could I make a rate that was voted after the majority had refused one, the vestry being still sitting. He then alluded to several de cisions, and concluded as follows ;—" Is this rate a valid one ? Can it be supported by law, by authority, by principle, and by reason? The churchwardens have to see that the church is repaired ; was it reasonable that they should pay the ex pense? The parishioners,. when they become owners or oc cupiers of lands or tenements in -a parish, know that by the common law of the land they are subject to the payment of rates for the repairs of the church. How could they be re lieved ? They could not relieve themselves from the obliga tion by any vote of theirs. The tax existed long before they met to consider it. The church required repair long before they who opposed the rate voted against it. The estimate of the repairs required had been made out before they voted against the rate. Making a rate and imposing a tax seem to be two very different things. The churchwardens had sub mitted estimates of the expenSe of the repairs required. There was no objection to the estimates ; there was no objec tion that the rate was too large, but. they would not have a rate at all. They took on themselves to alter the law, and they had no right to do so. They had not done their duty; they were resolved not to repair the church, which by law they were compelled to do. What would be the effect if their decision should be upheld ? The court could have no diffi culty in citing authorities upon the point. It was good as a general position that the rate should be made with the con sent of the majority of the parishioners in vestry assembled. The Court of Queen's Bench had repudiated it, but, on a careful consideration of it, he (Sir H. Jenner Fust) thought , i i t lo bo p r a e ris hm n i ione o r u in s t had the ilo right opinion igbto entertained against to any y this rate ease. at all. The cases of voting in.. corpo , ra a t t e " v i o fi t e e d s of the not qualified for office had been cit ac e; sye i rr n eagti a olei r oe:t a d u s:l n a ) .l e lNw. nt p lt had ni6dnsthafotrt.he persons been said their votes were thrown away, would return the ey individualw ho voted d f i r s r q r u a ii p li r ti O e p d e . rly T r h i per son , They refused. r o i : y ei t s: in t n l o r a e d te righta x by a tl the h e . s a ea d yy y n itiii,oe rrrt imposedminority shouldua s po i t il l ,, o t tt h hb e i m e. t o ,:i n • e t r a i d i s i e t s i r n i cs,adsei authority,sllt°ne The rate had been found that a rate so made• was illegal. k. yta,Lgenoodotuokhi could the prin cftaliipoeltiei that, su to p p a t ol l! ret t er h da e t r e t i .,, re a u is i: in :s ee t o a ce lEs er roust t ho below, rrsed under A s uch prohibition ohibit circumstances.t o get a rate but failed ; the vestry wo u ld not grant it. The judgment of ar the stwas prevent the court admitting the libel might he obtained -.--a writ of error may be applied for — or the Cage might go up on i erroneous,rd to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The court expresse d a desire that an appeal from it s present decision might be presented, as then the whole points would be set tled. If not, the court would proceed to enforce the rates. The court reversed the sentence of the learned judge of the Consistory Court; retained the principal causes ; and directed the libel to be admitted to proof. No order was made for the present as to costs " PRAYER 13001: AND HOMILY SOCIETY The annual meeting of the members and friends of the Prayer Book and Homily Society was held last evening in the Music Hall, 80ld -street, and was numerously and respecta bly. A molig others, we observed, on the platform, t he Rev. Chancellor Raikes, the Rev. J. 11. Stewart, the Rev. J. Jones, the Rev. li. APNeile, the Rev. J. Nolan, the Rev. W. Falloon, the Rev. R. Davies, Mr. J. Howard, Mr. C. Coteswortli, &e. & t . &c. The proceedings having been opened with prayer by the Rev. W. MAYNARD, The Rev. Cit ANCELLOR RAIKES having taken the Chair, observed that they were assembled to consider the prospects of the Prayer Book and Homily Society, a society which. though small and humble, and unassuming, had yet met with a large degree of support in Liverpool and in the kingdom at large. People had asked what could be the reason for the establiishment of a separate society simply with the ob ject of distributing the prayer book and homilies of the Church, seeing that the Society for the Promotion of Chris tian Knowledge circulated both? In reply to this he would mention that there were circumstances in the church's his tory which might account for the necessity of introducing this society into the Christian world, and for the measure of pa tronage and support it had met with. With regard to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, he need not say a word concerning it, inasmuch, as he greatly approved of it, and hoped it w ou ld go on prospering, but at th e same time it should be borne in mind, in order to justify th e pro moters of the present soc i e ty i n the step they had t a k en f or i ts establishment, that thou g h the Society for Promoti ng Chris tian Knowledge did distribute the book of common prayer, and the homilies, it was a fact that it accompanied that dis tribution, with the distribution of a great variety of tracts and books which did not possess the same peculiar authority, and certainly not the same peculiar merit. It was because the promoters of this society wished to draw a line between that which peculiarly and specifically belonged, to the Church of England, and that, which, though professing to be long to the Church of England, might savour of the tone and character of the individuals who belonged to it : they wished to separate that which belonged to the church from that which belonged to individuals themselves. On that account the original founders of this society took a wise and discriminating line of conduct when they commenced it. There could be no doubt that when the society was instituted the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was not in a satisfactory state. It certainly did distribute the Prayer Book, but it was also a fact that certain essential parts of the book were universally found wanting; the ar ticles were not there; the services for the ordination of deacons and priests were not found there, although they were integral and essential parts of it. It was only by the con stant exhibition of these services that the difficulties of those who differed from us could be overcome, and where they were wanting the character of the Church of England was not represented as it ought to be. Thus the original founders of this society had reason and justice to support them in the steps which they took ; and it was also that which justified us in following their steps, and the steps which the meeting was taking on the present occasion. The Rev. W. MAYNARD, of the Mariners' Church, then read the report. After alluding to the advantages derivable to the public from the circulation of the formularies of the church, and to the circumstance of the society being the only one to circulate those forinularies amongst the seamen, (the society for promoting christian knowledge having declined to engage in that part of the work,) the report stated that du ring the past year, 2500 vessels were visited and revisited. The number of prayer books sold was 221, and the number of homilies given to captains was 80. The annual subscrip tions of this auxiliary amount only to £33, and the loss en tailed on the parent society (by the sale of books at reduced prices, and by other necesssry expenses) is upwards of £2OO. Three clergymen in this town, during the past year, have urged the claims of the society upon their congregations, The report concluded with an earnest call upon the public for support. The rev. gentleman concluded by mentioning several instances of the success of the society's agents amongst our nautical population, and their desire to possess the scriptures. The Rev. J. H. STEWART moved the first resolution, au thorising the printing and circulation of the report in a per suasive address, in the course of which he mentioned that it was to this society the public were first indebted for a cheap and complete copy of the prayer book. Mr. C. COTESWORTH here read-a statement of the trea surer's accounts for the year 1842; from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to £5O 10s sd, and that after pay ing all the . expenses a balance bad been remitted to the parent society of £2l 14s. Mr. SEWARD, travelling agent to the society, commenced an eloquent address by observing it was a blessed thing that all the formularies of the Church of England were founded upon the Bible. The society, which had been spoken of as small, was small only because of the smallness of its funds ; enlarge them, and its efforts would reach the boundaries of the earth. It had already begun to translate the liturgy into foreign tongues ; and _ wherever the Bible was known who would not wish that our admirable liturgy should not follow ? They would then see that, although the society was small, its objects were great, and in that it had a claim upon time Christian liberality of the public. It had supplied all the missionary societies with the book of common prayer, and he held it to be a great benefit no less to the heathen than to those societies so to circulate it. Look to the state of the church in Germany. How important it was that our liturgy should go-there, because he had heard that it was intended by a certain society to revise the. German liturgy because it was too Lutheran ! With respect to China, God had raised up Dr. Morison, and endowed him with faculties to translate the Bible into the language of that country, and to circnlate 4 editions, of 2006 each, of the book of common prayer. Eng land had been raised up as the scourge of that people ; she had been made their conqueror; but it we hoarded up the sit ver which that country had sent us, without following out God's will with respect to her people, by sending Christianity among them, we • might expect a calamity to befal us. Now, with respect to the Chinese prayer-book, as trans lated by Dr. Morison, we had a talent confided to us, and the society were now collecting funds to reprint the Prayer-book in that language, and send it to them. Mr. Seward then shewed the fallacy of an objection which he had heard made to printing the Prayer-book in Chinese before there was a church there. He next spoke of the labours of the society among seamen, and narrated several instances of religious destitution among them, for the removal-of which he strongly urged that the Chnrclt of England was alone fit ted, by sending among them lay readers and catechists. The Christian public were greatly indebted to this society for reproducing the- Homilies, and circulating them as single tracts. Some might have thought that the Homilies were obsolete, but it wa s no t so ; a nd be mentioned that the so ciety d recently had many applications for them from Lancashire, and he had reason to believe that they had done much in the way of preventing the spread of irreligious doc trines. The committee ,of the society had been informed that the punctuation of 'the Prayer-book had been altered, and that apparently without authority, and that the alterations were of such a nature that in some instances they perverted the sense, more particularly with regard to what was termed baptismal regeneration. They, therefore, had felt it impor tant to examine for themselves ; they had compared the Book of Common Prayer, printed in 164 by the order of King James, with one printed at Oxford in 1836, and they found no less than 83 variations in the service for the public bap. tism of infants, and 39 variations in the catechism. In the first prayer used 'at the baptism of children, a prayer asking the divine blesiing upon the ordinance, and asking an espe cial blessing upon the child to be dedicated to God, there was a comma introduced between the pronoun " he" and the participle " being," which made the sentence a paren thesis, and making it a declaration instead of a -petition. The petition of the p ra y er wa s this— " We. beseech th ee f or thine infinite mercies that tho u w il t mercifully look upon thi s child ; wash him and sanctif y bi m with the Holy Ghost ; that he being delivered from thy wrath may be recei ve d i n t o the art of Christ's Church, &c. ' A comma was introduced after the pronoun he; making th e words thus—" That he, being delivered from thy wrath may be received, &c." But the pointing of the Prayer nook in the old editions, ac cording to authority, was without a comma, and therefore the sentence read as a petition. Then with regard to the mean ing of a sacrament—there a comma was omitted--" What meanest thou by this word sacrament ?" 1 mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ, &c. The original mode of pointing this passage was thus—" I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us"—which altered the sense as a declaration. This, however, was alto gether a clerical question, but it was so important that the committee intended to represent these variations in the pro per quarter to ascertain by what authority the book of Com mon Prayer had been altered. Mr. Seward concluded an able speech by calling upon the meeting to support the society. (Cheers.) _ The Rev. T. NOLAN moved the second resolution, which acknowledged the thanks of the meeting for the success which had attended the labours of the society among seamen and others. The Rev. F. PARRY seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. collection was here made, during whicn the meetieg a hymn. The Rev. HUGH IW/is:mu moved the next resolution, which stated that the society was calculated to propagate and maintain the sound principles of Protestantism, and commended the loan and distribution of the works issued by it upon the plan of district visiting, agreeably to the 9th rule of the society. The rev. gentleman delivered a very eloquent speech, in which he shewed,.with great plainness, the strong expression given to the principles of Protestantism by our forefathers; and slimed that this society, in circulating the Homilies and the Prayer-book, was following in • the foot steps of the Reformers.. In the course of his speech, the rev. ' gentleman took occasion to refer to the observations made by Mr. Seward upon the punctuation used in the book of common prayer. He should be excused for saying that in the first instance of the two which he (Mr. Seward) mentioned, the introduction of a comma'after the pronoun he made no difference in the sense of the passage. The whole was a petition, and Mr. Seward would see there could be no decla ration made concerning the existing state of the infant in that prayer because it was antecedent to - the administration of the office of baptism. The whole was a petition ; and wile. ther there was a comma after he or not could not in his (Mr. M'Neiles) judgment alter the sense of the prayer. In the second case which had been introduced concern i ng t h e mean " I me an An outward and visible ' l grace given unto us. " .M r. Sew ard und erstoo d , to the comma asi sign n o o ob f t e h a n e t e r inward s he (Mr. r i rt e u. t after " grace," or rather to the want of a comma after "grace," in that " given to us" ought, according to that view, be referred to the sacrament and not to the grace. But the original language in which the article was written, n l i e e w , oar and d ‘langua ge was in the femi nine, therefore g namely, Latin, would not bear this construct i on because the utlsite.rLe refer to the grace. It cou ld not Latin refer either to sacrament or sign ; it was " grace. given to us," but the sacrament was the Out war d and visible si g n of iven' in m the grace given to us, so that there was no fault in not having a comma after grace. The rev, gentleman, after a variety of observations neon the resolution, concluded amidst loud cheers by moving its adoption. Mr. JOHN HOWARD in seconding the resolution, addressed the meeting us s i mp ly a larnan. and as such made some very appropriate remarks on the rrayer Book, the beautiful con tents of which and their consecutive adaptation in Divine worship, he feelingly . an d forcibly explained. He particu larly dwelt upon the excellence of the Liturgy, and related several a ff ecting instances of its redeeming e ffects. The Rev. Mr. DAvtEs proposed a resolution commenda tory of the increased labours of the clergy in the cruise of the Society, and conveying a record of thanks to the Rev. the Chancellor, w h o had that evening presided, and whose kindness and attention in the cause had been great and un wearied. He concluded by readin g a lot of the officers for' the year, commencing with the Diocisan us patron. The motion was duly seconded, and On being put by the Moyer was cordially seconded. The Rev. CHAIRMAN said, that he was more than repaid for anything he had done by the appearance of the meeting that evening ; for it proved that the church was in a sound and healthy condition. He trusted that all present Were sa tisfied with what they had learned of the objects and progress of the society, and that every one would quit the room with a determination to support it, aS one that would strengthen the efforts' of the Church' of England, and enable it to rniilti ply the blessings which the church was calculated to diffuse amongst the people at large. The meeting then separated A return has been presented to the House of Commons of the name and designation of every person convicted at the last York Summer Assizes, or before the Special Commis sions at Stafford, Chester, and Liverpool, in October last. The return was ordered to lie on the table. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE sou-rn LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES OPENING OF THE COMMISSION, &c. The Assizes for the Southern Division of this county com menced on Saturday last, in this town, before Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Coltman. The High-sheriff, William Garnett, Esq., of Manchester, arrived on Saturday, at twelve o'clock. The Judges arrived shortly after six o'clock, basing set out (ruin Manchester by the five o'clock train. They arrived at the courts a few minutes after seven, where the commission was opened in due form in the Crown Court. The High-sheriff was attended by the Under-sheriff, Thos. Carson, Esq., of this town. The commission having been read, it was intimated to their lordships that counsel was in attendance to make a motion. Their lordships hereupon took their seats, and Mr. Atherton entered the court. Mr. ATHERTON said that he had a motion to make on a writ of right in the case Rishton v. Nesbitt, for four knights to appear in the court girt with swords. The writ was handed to Mr. Hopkins, who read it to the court. The writ was handed to the High-sheriff, and com manded John Ogle and Richard Sellars to summon four knights—namely, Sir Thomas Potter, Sir Thomas Brancker, Sir John Tobin, and Sir George Drinkwater, to appear in the court girt with swords. The knights were to appear under the writ, and to choose eight other jurors from the panel to decide the right of the parties to certain lands, tene ments, and hereditaments. Mr. ATHERTON moved that the knights be brought forth with into court. The Clerk of Arraigns called on the knights above named to appear. Sir Thomas Brancker, Sir George Drinkwater, and Sir John Tobin, each of whom wore a dress sword, stood up as their names were called. Sir Thomas Potter did not answer. Mr. Baron PARKE asked if Sir Thomas Potter bad been duly summoned. The Under Sheriff called • Richard Sellars, the summoning officer, who was sworn. The witness deposed that he summoned Sir Thomas Potter personally, at his counting-house, on the 23d instant. • Mr. Baron Parke (to Mr. Atherton) : Well what do you propose to do? Mr. ATLI ERTON..--1 can't proceed, my lord, in his absence. The case was brought forward at the last assizes, when one of the Knights was absent, and it was arranged that it should stand over by consent. The ATTORNEY for the defendant said he had no authority to consent to any thing. Mr. Baron PA RKE.—What is the next procedure? Mr. ATn ERTON.—i can't say, my lord. It is but a short time since I received my instructions, and these proceedings are so unusual. The recreant Knight is in the hands of the Court. Mr. Baron PARKE.—I suppose you will have an alias? Mr. ATIIERTON.—Yes, my lord : I suppose we shall have o take an alias. The proceedings here terminated, it being understood that an alias writ was to issue. The court was adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. The calendar, as we stated last week, is extremely heavy. .The number of prisoners for trial is 219. The following is a correct analysis of the calendar :—Murder, 3 ; attempt to murder, 1; robbery, with assault, 20; manslaughter, 17; cutting and wounding, 14 ; burglary, 59 ; horse stealing, 4 ; forgery, 14 ; cow and bullock stealing, 3 ; breaking and en tering, 7 • stealing, 6; highway robbery, 14; bigamy, 9; sheepatealing, 1 ; arson, 2 ; embezzlement, 1 ; assault, with intent to ravish. 1 ; poaching, 3 ; rape, 5 ; false statement to Registrar, 1 ; maliciously shooting, 1 ; shooting, with intent to maim, 1 •, unlawfully receiving, 2 ; using seditious lan guage, 1 ; offences against the Mint, 23 ; in custody to give evidence, 1. It is intended that, as soon as the grand jury is discharged, there shall be three courts open. Mr. Baron Parke will preside in the Crown Court, Mr. Justice Coltman in the Nisi Prius, and Mr. Sergeant Starkie will sit in the third court, which will, we believe, be held i❑ the magistrates' room, for the trial of certain cases in the calendar. CROWN COURT-MONDAY, MARCH 27. Mr. Baron PAiticit took his seat on the bench shortly after twelve o'clock. The roll of county magistrates was first cal led over, after which followed the list of mayors and coro ❑ers. The following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY : lon. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P., of Blythe-hall, Foreman. James Aspinall, Esq., of Liverpool. Richard Watson Barton, Esq,, of Springwood. Richard Birley, Esq., of Chorley. John Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P., of Hale-hall. Peter Whitfield Brancker, Esq., of Wavertree. Elias Chadwick, Esq., of Swinton. Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq., of Arley-hall. Thomas Drinkwater, Esq., of Irwell-house. Richard Earle, Esq., of Edenhurst. John Fletcher,' Esq., of Haulgh. John Frederick Foster, Esq., of Sale Priory. Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, of Court Hey. James Collier Harter, Esq., of Broughton-hall. Sir Benjamin Heywood, Baronet, of Claremont. David Hodgson, Esq., of Everton. William Ford Hutton, Esq., of Lomax Fold. Edward Loyd, Esq., of Green-hill. Clement Royds, Esq., of Falinge. Samuel Taylor, Esq., of Eggleston. James Hibbert 'Wardlyn, Esq., of Crumpsall Lodge. John Bradshaw Wanklyn, Esq., of Salford. The Queen's proclamation against vice and immorality hav ing been read, Mr. Baron PARKE proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury. He regretted to find that their labours, and his own, in administering the criminal justice for this great and populous county, would, upon the present occasion, be by no means light; but although they would have a great number of cases presented to them for their consideration— more, indeed, than he ever recollected since he had had the honour of presiding in that place—and though many of them were of a serious character, many of a painful nature, and some also of a most aggravated and atrocious character, yet, still he did not believe that they stood in much need of any remarks from him in order to guide them as to matters of law, which it was his promise to state to them, nor to assist them in matters of fact, which belonged exclusively to them selves. Though the calendar which lay before him contained a great number of offences, and a great number of a serious class, yet, unhappily, they were for the most part of frequent occurrence; and he was well satisfied they must all of them be well versed in the mode of examining the evidence upon which the proofs of each might depend. There were a great number of burglaries, of cases of cattle stealing, and of highway robbery. Upon these it was not necessary for him to make a 'single observation. There were also too many charges of rape, and attempts to commit rape, with reference to which they were aware they would require the exercise of the greatest caution. In these cases they must, necessarily, hear the story from the injured party, who was most frequently the least guilty, but was not always perfectly innocent. They would form - their opinion with such allowances as the case deserved; and look at all the circumstances before they found the billfor that serious offence, because although it was not now liable to the punishment of death, it was punishable by trans portation for life. There were also in the calendar a great num ber of cases of stabbing, with intent to murder, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, or with intent to maim and dis figure. There were a great number of cases of this descrip tion, which he was very sorry to observe; and he was afraid that that crime was greatly upon the increase, both in this part of the country and in others in which it had fallen to his lot to administer criminal justice. Upon the other hand it was satisfactory to find that, so far as he was acquainted with the depositions, and he had had an opportunity of reading the most of them, there was no case of death or serious injury occasioned by the practise which heretofore had been so com mon in this and the adjoining county of fighting with and in juring each other by the heels and the teeth. He was not aware of a single charge of that kind. Society, in that re spect seemed to have gained a little ; but instead of that it seemed as if recourse had been had to the knife or other dan gerous instruments. He should call their attention to this circumstance with regard to that numerous class of cases— they were first made punishable as felonies in the beginning of the present century, and a clause in the act of Parliament making them so highly penal, enacted, that in case of death not ensuing, the crime was not murder, and the prisoner was entitled to be acquitted. It consequently became frequently a very nice inquiry whether or no the circumstances occur ring when the wound was inflicted would have prevented the offence being of that aggravated nature ; but by an alteration in-the present reign, the punishment of death for the most part had been mitigated, and it was no longer capital except where the wound was given with intent to murder; and there wart no provision of the sort which exempted the prisoner froth punishment in case it was not murder. Therefore they were spared the necessity of inquiry whether or not the offence would be murder or manslaughter in case death had ensued. If it should appear, though' it was not likely it would, that the wound was inflicted in self-defence, or from an accident, still, by law, it was punishable ; and in cases where the offence would be manslaughter it would be their duty to find the bill. He had now to direct their attention to what was always in this county a very numerous class of offences, manslaughter, where the deceased had come by death in con sequence of some neglect, improper; or wanton act. There were many cases of this kind in the calendar; but he pro posed to call their attention merely to three of them, because, with regard to each of them, there appeared to him to be some circumstances with regard to the investigation of which there was a doubt in his mi n d—b u t it was a d ou b t which 'arose. only upon the depositions, and which further investigation might clear up. There was a case charged again'st a person in this town who, whether he was a shop. man to a druggist, or had taken upon himself the situation of master, because it appeared he was under contract to take the business of the shop, in which he unfortunately supplied a quantity of laudanum instead of tincture of rhubarb which was wanted to be administered to a sick child. According to the statement of the accused—and they of course would look at all the facts in the case—the laudanum, or opium, was kept in a bottle with a glass de scription upon it; the tincture of rhubarb was kept in a bottle upon which there was a label in writing, describing it to be the tincture of compound rhubarb. When he was called upon. somewhat upon a sudden, to give what was required by the customer,—namely, tincture of rhubarb,—he put his hand to the place in which the tincture of rhubarb was always placed, and where, by the mistake of another person in the same establishment, the bottle of laudanum had been placed. That other shopman had substituted the bottle with the written label for the other. It would therefore be a question for them, the grand jury, whether the party, in such a case as that, could .be considered guilty of that clear negligence which would alone make him liable as for a felony. By law no one could be guilty of the crime of manslaughter, except by his own personal negligence. The master was responsible civilly, no doubt, for the conduct of his servant, but he could not be made liable to the charge of felony by the neg ligence of his servant; therefore, though it might appear that:the person who placed the bottle in the situation it oc cupied was the servant, that circumstance would not make him responsible, in point of law, as the guilty person. The question then was, were these facts true ; and, supposing them to be true, did the grand jury think it was a case of negligence so clearly made out as to cause the person to stand,his trial upon so serious ,a charge. Of course, how ever, the grand jury would exercise their own judgment upon the matter. There was also another case, in which a father was accused of taking the life of an infant child, by adm . . mstermg to i t some ruin.. The child was sick; the father gave it some rum, what quantity did not appear, and the sur geon had given it as his opinion that the child had lost its life. in consequence of the administration to it of ardent spirits. If this had been done, not in wantonness, but for the purpose, as he thought, of doing good to the child, which had had disordered bowels, be (the learned Judge) thought that the jury .would not he justified in finding a bill against ,the prisoner. lie was not in the situation of a man who ~.undertook the treatment of a child, being supposed to have .competent skill in the subject ; for if a man professing to he skilled in medicinee,, undertook to administer to a patient, and acted so ignorantly that death ensued he was guilty of manslaughter. Or if a man administered a danger ous rpedicine, without knowing anything of its properties, he was guilty of manslaughter ; but if he honestly gave that which he thought best for the health of another, and it turned out to be a fatal dose, that was not sufficient to constitute the offence of manslaughter. The jury would consider, therefore, whether the father hail acted honestly and fairly by his child, and if they were of opinion that he had done so, of course they would not find the bill. There was another case, in which it appeared doubtful whether the act of manslaughter had been committed. A man got up into a cart to be driven by a carter. Now, if a carter was guilty of negligence, and death ensued to a person whom he had taken up as A Wasen ger, the offence was manslaughter; for a driver awed the passenger a duty, when he took him up, to drive him care fully, and if he did not so drive, and death ensued, he was guilty of manslaughter. There were circumstances, however, which induced him to believe that the deceased himself was a party to the bad driving, and if that were so, he did not see how they could find him guilty of manslaughter. The grand jury, however, would exercise their own discretion, after having heard all the facts of the case. These were the only cases of this class that he thought it necessary to make any observations upon. In the next place, there were tin ee charges of the awful crime of wilful murder. Lt ono of these cases, which rested upon circumstantial evidence, the pri soner was charged with having taken the life of his wife, by cutting her throat ; but it appeared that he had made a de claration to a witness, as well as before the magistrates, which would leave the jury no alternative. With regard to the two other cases, which were of an aggravated character, they were charges against two women, one for the murder of her children and stepson, and the other for the murder of her husband, by poisoning him with arsenic. These were all cases of cir cumstantial evidence, as well as others, in which there were charges against two persons for setting fire to their premises, with the intention of defrauding the insurance office. As, in all these cases, the charges were sought to he brought home by circumstantial evidence, he would make a remark with regard to that, which was perhaps necessary for their guidance, namely, that, although it was, generally, of a description that would convince the human mind, it required very careful consideration ; and his advice to the grand jury was, that they should ascertain what facts were clearly and distinctly proved, and then see whether all those facts were consistent with the supposition that the prisoners were guilty of the crimes laid to their charge, and consistent with no other supposition; for if they were, a jury would not find a verdict, and the grand jury ought not to find a bill. It was. not necessary to arrive at anything more than a moral cer tainty, for that was all that a human tribunal could acquire. With these observations, the grand jury were discharged to their labours. BIGAMY Isabella Ann Bennett, aged 29, the wife of Joseph Benett, late of Manchester, labourer, was indicted for having. on the 15th of August last, married Joseph Lloyd, her former hus band being then alive. She pleaded guilty. As she had already been imprisoned since the sth of April, she was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. HORSE STEALING John Williams, aged 22, was charged with having, in August last, at Manchester, stolen a horse, the property of William Holland. then the landlord of the Spread Eagle. He was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for ten years. Belly Shaw, aged 33, was indicted for having, at Man chester, felonously married one John Rayner, her former husband, James Shaw, of Oldham, being then alive. She pleaded guilty. She had been in custody two months, and was sentenced to two month's imprisonment and hard labour. Robert Ashworth, 48, was charged with having, at Prest wich-cum-Oldham, married Maroaret Witham, during the liietime of his tomer wife, Alice b Greenhalgh. He pleaded guilty. He had been in custody six months, and was sen tenced to an imprisonment of the same duration. Thomas Dinsdale, 25, charged with having, at Castleton' feloniously married Elizabeth Wild, during the litetim o f his former wife, Alice Hartley, pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to nine months' imprisonment, he having been in custody rather more than two months. Samuel Johnson, 23, who was indicted for having, at War rington, feloniously married Elizabeth Houghton, Alice Johnson, his former wife, being theu alive, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard labour. Elizabeth Sumner, 25, was charged with having, at Liver pool, married Thomas W indrow, during the life-time of her former husband, James Sumner. She pleaded guilty, and the sentence was four months' imprisonment. CATTLE STEALING. Philip Hari. 26, and John Campa.yne, 23, were indicted for hav , ng, at Warrington, stolen two bullocks, the property of Peter Murphy. Campayne was acquitted, and H art was found guilty. Hart was sentenced to ten years' thus portation. - Richard Blackbarne, 22, who was charged with having at Tocicholes, stolen a mare, the property of Jeretnial Smith, pleaded guilty. Sentence, ten years' transportation BIGAMY Charles Warren, 32, was charged with having, at Bed• ford, married Ann Smith, and afterwards with having fel°. niously married Mary Pearson, his former wife being then living. Verdict, guilty, sentence, eight calendar months' imprisonment. SHEEP STEALING. James Wilkinson, 35, was indicted for having, at Stretford killed a sheep, the property of Septiruus Lambert, with intent to steal the carcass. He was found guilty, and sen tenced to transportation for ten years. CATTLE STEALING- William Martin, 18, was indicted for stealing a cow, the property of George Fazakerley, farmer, of 'Walton-on-the- Hill. Found guilty, and transported for ten years. The Court adjourned, at half-past five, until nine o'clock this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT. —MONDAY (Before Mr. Justice Coltman.) The learned Judge entered the Court and took his seat a few minutes after twelve o'clock. There was a very full atten dance of counsel. No addition appeared to have been made to the list of " leaders " in the front seats. A jury having been summoned, the trials commenced about half-past twelve. In conformity with the order of court, made some time ago, the Salford list was first taken. GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED. PAGET v. CLIFFE.—This was an undefended action to recover the sum of £2l Bs. 6d., the value of certain goods sold by the plaintiff to the defendent. From the statement of Mr. MARTIN, who represented the plaintiff, it appeared that the plaintiff, who is in the wine and spirit trade, in Manches ter, in October last, supplied to the defendant, who is a can, a quantity of spirits to the value of the amount claimed Verdict for the plaintiff; damages £2l Bs. Gd. PATCHETT v. DUNLOP.-1n this case a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff for £B7 10s. ACTION FOR BORROWED MONEY. 'RIGHT V. WILLIAMSON.—The plaintiff is a baker re siding at Salford, and the defendant stands in the relation of son-in-law to him. In December last the wife of the defend ant borrowed from the plaintiff the sum of £4O, which was specially obtained for her out of the Savings Bank, and, when the defendant was applied to for repayment, he denied his liability. The defence now set up was, that the defendant was not indebted. A verdict was returned for the amount claimed, £lO 10s. ACTION FOR DEBT. SMITH v. JEFFRIES.—An undefended. action by a spirit merchant in Manchester, trading under the name of Messrs. Arrowsmith and Ryder, against an innkeeper, at Bury, to recover £22 for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the amount claimed. ACTION ON A MORTGAGE Low v. HoLT.—This was an action by a mortgagee against a mortgagor, in which a verdict was entered by consent for the plaintiff, none of the circumstances being entered into. ASSIGNEES, OF CHADWICK V. JONES.—An action to re cover £193, the balance of an account, alleged to be due for goods sold and delivered. It appeared, however, that the goods had been sold on commission only, and consequently a verdict was returned for the defendant. lIINDLEY V. CHESHIRE.—Verdict for the plaintiff. FLETCHER V. STOPFORD.—An action upon a bill of ex change. Verdict for the plaintiff. ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT. THOMAS V. WORRALL AND ANOTHER.-Mr. Brandt and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Atherton for the defendants. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract. The declaration stated that the plaintiff had been in the service of the defendants as foreman drab and fancy dyer, and that in consideration of his services being given to the best of his skill and ability, the defendants undertook to find him employment for the period of four years, and to pay him £3 per week for his services ; that they continued to do so till the 9th of February, 1843, when they dismissed him without reasonable and probable cause. The defendants put in several pleas, the most important of which was that the plaintiff had not served them to the best of his skill and ability, and thereupon issue was joined. It appeared from the statement of counsel and the evidence of the witnesses, that the defendants, Messrs. James and John Mayo Worrall, are extensive dyers in OrdsalMane, Salford, and in the time of their father, as well us subse quently, the defendant was engag ed as forema n d ra b an d fancy dyer. Alto ge th er h e had ben in their service for a period of more than seven years, and had obtained the repu tation of being a very skilful, active, and intelligent workman. In the early part of last year the defendants entered into the agreement with the plaintiff, which was the subject of the present action, in which there was penalty of X2OO upon either party if they receded from it. The plaintiff' brought the action to recover the penalty, alleging that he bad tendered his services, but they were rejected, and he had been dismissed on the 4th of February last. In support of his case, Joseph Booker, a foreman and bookkeeper in the defendants' works-, was called, and he proved, generally, the case as stated for the plaintiff. In his cross-examination, however, which was of very great length, by Mr. Wortley, the witness described a variety of instances in which the plaintiff had spoiled the work entrusted to him, and for which the defendants had been called upon to pay, and many instances of absence, without reasonable cause, during which time the plaintiff's wages were paid, although other men were necesssarily employed in his place. Besides these, in their letter dismissing the plaintiff, the defendants alleged that he had, during the turn• out of dyers in August last, tampered with the other men, and had not fulfilled the conditions of his engagement in other respects. No evidence, however, was called on the part of the defend ants ; but Mr. Wortley, in a very able speech, contended from the testimony of the plaintiff himself, that ample prod had been given that he had not discharged his duty to his employers as he was bound, to the best of his skill and ability. The JUDGE in his summing up read all the evidence to le jury and left them to say whether the plaintiff had ful, led his part of the contract. The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and after remaining in co nsu lt a ti on unt il h a lf past s i x, they return ed into court with a ver di c t f or t h e d e f en d ant. The court adjourned till n i ne thi s morn i ng. The total numb er o f causes to b e tr i e d at t h ese ass i zes i s 149, among which, are several special juries. • We believe that one case in the Salford list in an action against a party for violation of the marriage vow. LEWES, MARCH 23. (Before Mr. Justice Palleson and a Special Jury.) HOLLOWAY V. HARE This was an action to recover damages for a libel, brought by the plaintiff, .a clergyman of the Church of England, . against the Rev. Mr. Hare, archdeacon of Lewes. The declaration alleged,that the defendant had published a certain letter, containing divers libellous charges against the plaintiff, which letter was sent to a lady named Gilbert. The damages were laid at £2,000. The defendant pleaded a justification. Mr. Platt rote to address the jury. The plairitiff and the defendant were both ministers of the Church of England ; the plaintiff not holding a high situation, certainly ;. but still he had for eighteen years fulfilled the duties of his office with great ability, and to the satisfaction of every congregation over which he had presided. The defendant was the Arch deacon of Lewes, and the plaintiff complained that lie had thought tit to write and publish a letter in which be attacked the character of the plaintiff, and made charges hgainst him which, if there had been any foundation, wohld have the effect of not only expe lli ng him for ever from hi m holy ot fi Ce, but from all d ecent soc i ety., In 1840 he was app inted curate soiftrhabeeon parish ei of Eastdean, in this county. Th was CO! de petition for the appointment ; .hut 'the plaintiff obtained it, by reason, no doubt, of the superior 'testimonials he was abl e t o produce .' The profits of the.eura y were very small ; and a lady named Gilbert, who resided in n adjoining parish, gave 2/ stipend of £lOO a year in adt 'don. The plaintiff continued to perform the duties of his 'Mee to' the i , atisfaction of all his parishioners, every one o i,'11011) was, A filling to b ear t es ti mony to th e exce ll ence of is conduct. , 1 ' - ['here was, however, it - would appear, some secret enemy eeking an opportunity to destroy him ; and after some ti e he plaintiff became aware that certain rumours to his prep ice had been circulated in the neighbourhood, although he ould never discover what those rumours exactly referred to; nd it was not until a few days ago, when the pleas were put [poll the reoord, that he was made aware of the precise Ater° of the charges against him. It seemed that these At the Lincoln assizes, John Nicholson, post-master of Alford, was convicted of stealing bank notes trove letters, and sentenced to transportation for life. William Richardson has been sentenced to fifteen yeaas transportation, at the Newcastle•on-Tyne assizes, for cutting and wounding Janata M'Queen, at Tweedmouth, with latent to do him some grievous bodily harm. THE HOWCIDES AT SEIDDISREEN.—The grand :Jury this day unanimously ignored the bills of indictment sent before them against the policemen, charged with homicides at Skibbereen, in the late affray near that town, connected with the the poor laws.--Cork Reporter. accusing NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—FeIia Bontli, whom, eatraoralinary him of a horrible crime, has been reported in our Ported attempt to extort m o ney from Sir Felix Booth, by a threat o f sentenced on Thursday last to be trans ported for last week, George Hind baugh Was found g, i ilty of killing Wi tam We a th e - .:; N ho u r in se b s e teali ng 7 h rston with to seven a knife. He was sentence d _ Years' transportation At the Newcastle-on-TPe.B.ssizes.li. The particulars bare already appeared in our paper. He had received great provocation. r of Prisoners f or trial, a. the Castle o f hester, st of April :—For arso l er 1 burglary, 21; CODSpiraCy, CHESIII as , S , ra k iN: bigamy, 2 ; A fo s m s i e z r E y s l, 5 cattle t r ll ' - ; s ea ing, 2 ; concealing the u irt., ; s laughter, 2 ; murder , 6. , ; ouse breaking, 11; wall from the ' , poaching, 22 • rape, 6 ; sacrilege, 4; stealing . . Person, 9• ; stabb' ' lug nd wounding, 1 6 ; unna_tusararl crim 2 es, 6 ; uttering b ase 3 3; sheapstealing, s*; and• ions, . Total, 132. Of t hese, ..' fourteen are admitted to bail. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF A NEPHEW FOR SHOOTING AT AN 1.134,erz.—0n Friday last, at the Cambridge John F. Mortlock was arraigned for having assizes, attem shoot his uncle, the Rev. E. Mort lock, at Cambridge. edto prisoner, in his defence, solemnly declared that in The H firing the piste!. me r ely intended to frighte 1 3 • d ' n is uncle He was found goli d tii a "I Judge sentenced hint to . transported b e yon . the seas for the term of 21 years. T be Prisoner bowed an d remar ked , "My lord, you ha be Lave saved me from starvation. T he sentence was heard with great sensat i o n by a densely crowded court. CHARTIST TRIALS 'AT STAFFORD.—The trial of Cooper, the Leicester Chartist, and three others, for conspir acy excite the people of the Potteries to commit the o to the 15th and'l6th August last, began on Monday, utrges of o'clock; and when the court rose on Saturday at nine case for the prosecution had not closed. This ev ening, the is owing to the tedious cross-examination of aow progress defendant Cooper, whether they every witness by the . sPeak to facts P . eating him or not. In one or two instance im- 11 " were under cross-examination between fu, s the witnesses There was a report on Thursday that this r and five hours. determined 'mon to prevent the case corn• course had been Friday, when, being the commission day - Ing to a close before was thought the Ju deg must adjourn the at Shrewsbury, it if so, i 't did not gain its object. .... r proceedings ; but Thursday' sent up his nephew, who a c t •al • Justice Erskine on c i rc uit, for Instructions from the aas marshall on the governm return it Sta ff or d d that his lo government, and on his sitting at until this case was (1' rdship would continue business of Shrewsbury has, in consequence,isposed of. The civil until alter the Gloucester Assizes, an been adjourned M me thing must be done at Hereford,it is expected that the for that city being to-day. the commission day Kgrom LAME>ntss."—This disorder, which is preva lent at times more or less in nearly every kennel throughout the ki n gdom, has prevailed for a long time past, and to a considerable extent, in the royal kennel at Ascot. It ap pears that the water which supplies the kennel passes through a long extent of leaden pipe, and on examination by a chemist it was found that the water contained so great a q uantity of lead as to be sufficient to have produced paralysis. LOUD BROUGHAM AND MR. CODDEN.—Lord Brougham in a recent letter to Mr. Hamer Stansfeld, of Leeds, thus writes of the crack orator of the Anti-Corn -Law League: — "I say nothing of the downfall of poor Mr. Cobden—the sole work of his own folly, and which be might have avoided had his head not been turned by the provincial applause. I am sorry for it; hut only because I bad believed him honest and able, and now find him mixing himself up with the very ,est of our sPe&s." STATF. OF TRADE IN THE :MANUFACTURING DISTR 'erg - , The-trtule reports show that a large and increasing business 'S nQW. doing, especially in the cotton districts. Our private information confirms tbe.public intelligence of have marked revival of manufacturing industry. The spinners seldom been busier than they are at the present moment. Buying the raw material at an unprecedented low price, they arc ob taining comparatively high prices for their goods and yarns. And nut only is th e business now transacting extensive; it is likewise safe, the bulk of the transactions berng based, not on continue, and render Credit, but on capital, and the r esult of actual demand, and not of speculation. This altered and gratifying state of things ins cVecerlineede; a striking orntrast to the 1813, too many of its predecessors. resoisfae r y e very t r r ea ad s e o ExEctrrioN a r LINCOLN. —On Friday last, at noon Thomas Johnso n, alias Upton, aged 28 years, underwent the last penalty of sheupon the drop of Lincoln Castle, for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Evinsoa, at Croft. The un happy culprit lalade a full confession to Capt. Nicholson, governor of the castle. lie said that lie had no confederate in the commission of the burglary, having parted with hi s associate " Yorkey,". the day before; lie said that lie entered the window about ten o'clock on the Sunday night, and struc a light with a Lucifer match, with which he lighted a candle k He first tried Mrs. Fairweather, and afterwards Mrs. Evin . son, and cuvcred them over with the bed-clothes: but he did - not intend to smother either of them ; . lie remained searching about the house for 311 hour arid a halt or two hours. roteßs ides the spoons and other articles traced to him, h e ' about thirty shillings in money. The prisoner, in h ' only, sone/ appearance, was notch reduced since his condemns per-, ;. and during two or three da) s before his executio ' to take much food. litt sat up later their the u 1 8 1 was the la: last evening o f his life, and was attended ea rly'ual hoer ote ing morniog by sho rev. and venerable chaplain, the follow panic •cl him to the foot of the scaffold. About two -- before twelve, the governor of the prison ntinutes arm, ,attencled by the culprit, and t h e h ascended the plat ,e last preparatiols were speedily made, h angman of Newgate ; n iy till all was arranged, holding he malefactor stood d; on the first stroke of the , a prayer.book in 1 • 'wit was drawn, and the wretc hedl'reat bell of the Cathedral, 'la sty. The vast multitude beh ave d man waslaunched . effect of a Public execution very or d erly; h into labia of the culprit is doubtful. _ b ut the were buried On Saturd ay, It has already within the tit was Upton, been stated that th walls of the be was 28 years of a e real name of age.—Arolfingham r _ t .. thi Pitman, who h VI , I., ti th ! , :i tti : t I.i ktlipotoowMlteil charges had re. recommended tie curve and he i a( quenee addressed a n conse, he had referred. Th. .. t belt was blow to b . ei e ady to whore that were made, and sh, . hatl such an opinionie o v f e the charges of the plaintiff that she t. , turned the letter to tlllier• character It appeared teat the charges were renewed against Pitwa" tiff, and lie then took every ne ems in his power to the Plain investigation into them, and he e ' " k ed that a full an de se all inquiry should take piece before I. he Bishop of Chiel Public who was the proper judge to inqui. 'e into such a m'aester. The plaintiff was anxious that the charge ss against him sh ouldtter. ?Hiss knowledge n d f b l e - 1r be investigated, net secretly and behind ag ainst back, but p licly in his presence, where he might have . 'ti opportunity pub_ rebutting them. Instead, hewever, of ti, ' l l proceeding, another course was adopted. The Venerable Areihdeaco - : Hare, instead of Foinoting the o ffi ce of the b. "%hop, ha d l instituted an itiqu;ry into the charges brought me •inst the plaintiff, lied thole:l , ' fit to write a letter to Miss Mlle s "t, the object of which v clearly to deprive the plaintiff of . the stipend he receiver from that lady, and to drive him frt. -‘ the parish wieb, his wife and family. The latter was ' e ll calculated to effect tee object the writer bad in view, and w as filled with arguments likely to affect the mind of a delic a t e--- ' lady, and induce her to withdraw her countenance from the plaintiff, and yet, at the same time, it was written guardedly, in order that the writer might not , as he suppoaed, run any P risk from being the author of it. I n c on sequence of these proceedings the plaintiff, on November sth, 1842, was re _ moved by the Bishop of Chichester from hi's curacy. H e was a ruined man; 'or although the immediate effect of his dismissal by the bishop only removed him from that diocese, yet there could be no doubt that it would entirely prevent him from assuming any other offias in the church. What course, then, was left for him to pursue? He was anxious to learn what the charges were against him, and he appli e d to the Archbishop of Canterbury to institute an inquiry, but in consequence of his not having been regularly licensed as the curate of Eastdean, that reverend prelate found himself precluded from interfering in the matter. Here, then, was his unfortunate client driven from his ministry without any appeal. What was he to do? He had no other alternative but to bring this action, and he had brought it. He came before a jury of his countrymen, who would do equal justice between them, and by that action he challenged the defendant to make out any charge of misconduct against him. The defendant had accepted the challenge, and he had put pleas upon the record which imputed the most shameful crimes to the plaintiff, whom those pleas accused not only of public misconduct, but also of having committed the crime of wilful and deliberate perjury. Miss Gilbert was then called, and proved the statements of Mr. Platt illative to herself. The letter written by the defendant was pet in. It never mentioned the plaintiff by name, but referred to the letters written by Mr. Pittman, and assured the partyio whom it was addressed, (Miss Gif bert) that Mr. Pittman was fully justified in what he had done. The defendant also in it advised Miss Gilbert to let the matter rest with those who had authority in the matter, and implied that she was stepping out of her proper sphere in becoming the protectress of a man publicly, referring to the return of Mr. Pittrean's letter by Miss Gilbert. The Bishop of Chichester was examined, and stated that he had eetoe to theeonelusion that Mr. Holloway was not a proper person'to "officiate within his diocese, and that his rdsh rbipe plaintiff said the opinion was foinded on the short-hand n o t es o f a t r i a l i n cwolm'iembutnliceatPlibri plaintiff t a n t w h i e tn c e h " a . rge i s lis a gainst lo had been made to him byelie defendant. Mr. Thesiger then addressed the jury for the defendant. Mr. .1.-. Darns examined by Sergeant Channel.—l am a schoolmaster, and reside at Brancaster, in Norfolk. 1 first became acquaioted with the plaintiff in 1828, on his being ap pointed curate of the parish. The Rev. Mr. Bolton was the rector of the parish. The plaintiff told me that he had an interest in the tithes of that parish, and I assisted him in keeping the accounts relating to his tithes. I remember at tending a trial et the Norwich assizes in 1832, when I was subpeenaed by Mr. Rankin, Mr. Holloway's attorney. After the trial was over "received a book from a person named Rogers, which book I handed to Mr. Holloway, and I saw it in his custody frequently afterwards. I last saw that book in the spring of 1839, when Mr. Holloway left Brancaster. I attended several meetings of the tithe commissioners in 1839, and the first in August. The plaintiff was present. Mr. Holloway was examined as a witness at that assize, and gave evidence on oath. The book was handed to me, and was produced before the tithecommissioners, and I have no doubt Mr. Holloway sitiv it, as he was examined respecting it by the commissioners, who asked him whether that was posses_ lion original account of the' tithe, and he replied that it w as not: He was then asked whether he had the original ac counts, and he said he had not, but that Mr. Rankin, his had. taken them away with him from England. He attorney, w t, h a ie n h d h t e ol e cl aid him he had some u other eodr seenigina I t h accounts,said was ahsek haded respectingn got t h e s o m m ; had been engaged in'exaMining b After . M u t em. r. Holloway or myself gven it to sion the same morning, and both myself and Mr. Holloway made a mistake respecting the boo 1 had hi s attor had been examined I called him o k u e she left Brancaster. H e wa d e Mrs. Holloway the day befor •answer, and did not take any further notice of some evasive ney had taken away _ with hint, doubt that the plaintiff made an entry what I said. I have no the 28th of An ust g ~ and he in this other book (produced) on asked me before he did so. I recollected d how _ certain pieces of land in his possession had been croppe information in my power, and he made the entries are di y d them at . the ' entries inn. Mr were upon two pages, and be In bi!e be under ' was exami- Holloway referred to this book w and be refused to answe r commissioner, nation by the tithe . he looked • put to him un til into it. H e the question that was referred to the entries he bad just made, and said in answer to a question put to him, t h a t those entries were ma d e at the time they bore date. Several more witnesses were examined and proved some the character of the pl other circumstances prejudicial t o PI •whic h 1 from Mr. att, in lie argued tiff, and after gn address that the defendant had failed to make a just i fication, . the jury found a verdict for the defendant, upon the issues justi fying the defendant ia sending the letter.