The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-08 00:00:00

7 • • 4 ;r ,of rt • >ft )of • ae y iv' .r rt. 14 4'l 4: ■ ■ 4 0 r A eau 8 ' 1:.4'46, Which ie denied them in their own country, by the extor tioria of. dishonest and del raved priests, and the heartless and shameful impositP;;::•: of their popish middlemen and their landlprds If, then, we divide .thii45,020 imaginary Roman ca tholies into five parts,iiBgtdirililto the equally imaginary ratio of births, as asstriattlitp.the nameless barrister aforesaid, we shall find that'dtilY two-fifths of the births are, hqflafide, settlers in Liverpool. The fifth of 45,000 is 9,000 —twice which gives. only 18,000 who are borne to be located ,in .Liverpool. The unknown calculator may, if he pleases, challenge these facts at his earliest convenience. if it be necessary, we are prepared to publish the number Of births in Liverpool which has been fraudulently imposed upon the poor-rate expendi ture of the town, the money expended upon them in their extremity, and the expense of removing the children and their mothers at the cost of the parish. The charge dpon this item alone is enormous. But we thank the nameless, and, we suppose, briefiess barrister, for `assisting us in . following up his ingenious theory to some very valuable deductions. If the births and baptisms of Roman catholic children be worth any thing in ascertaining the totality of population, surely the same rule will apply to other sects. The unknown barrister and his party make common cause with the English dissentets. In other- vtords, he who denies GOD and he who makes GoD—lie. whO Sneers at sacraments and he who convetts. a sacrament into! a divinity—are dear allies and sworn brOthers in their rabid hostility to the Church of ,England. We hold both in the same re gard, inasmuch as we despiSe an impostor and hate a thief. It makes no difference with us whether the one attempts to rub- as- under false pretences, or the other by'' bold, open, and undisguised-burglary. The. Roman Ca , "thulie who makes War upon our religion we can forgive ; but the mean and :dishonest dissenter Who joins a faction - which he must hate, and who knows that fire and water Are nut more g 4P`Osite - than their creeds, we do most Une quivocally execrate and despise. They are the baseit Worm s of the earth. They are rebels and hypoCrites to Whom no quarter ought to be shown. They wear the mantle of christianitv merely to cover innate fraud and ianconfessed ambition. But who are they ? Wheare the secessional vampires 'who build joint stock chapels in England, who trade upon `fictions who live by - the evil working, of faction, and who insult the people by declarations upon which, Without slander; might be written the word FRAUD ?• 41111 eY are, the baptists, independents, quakers, and_ unitarians. What does our list show ? The births of th ese people are, in Liverpool, as before stated—inde- Pendents 140, baptists 76, quakers 20, unitarians 16. We know it will be said that some of these dissenters "ail themselves of the baptism of the church. Men w ho repudiate the doctrines of our venerated establish !nein,. and who Are moving heaven and earth to starve tts ministers and annihilate its institutions, nevertheless, ta rry their children to its sacred fonts and clairn for their helplessness the benefit of its ordinances. This only s hows the foitt carnplexion of their hypocrisy—the vile ness of their Political animosities. They covertly ,sanc "'inn that whtCh'they openly condemn. They embrace in secret whattliey: denounce- in public, reckless of the °Pinion whictilliefr friends, or the - world, may form in eonsequence... But they are not all so inconsistent, for the indepen dents claim 140 baptisms! This paucity of numbers, however, exhibits their sect in a very melancholy point. of view. They are so few that they can hardly lay claim 10 the name of sect. They are a mere coterie who run after every bird Of showy feathers, and whose religion is in Abe Preacher more than in the doctrines and precepts , °f. the gosp e l. The baptists -have only dipped 76 mem 'uerS - during the year. This is still worse. It proves that, eith er water mus t b e s ca rce , or t h e matrons unpro -_ i 16 e• But what must we say of the vain-glorieui and I "P i ring unitarians?, ..SirrxEN : is tire -" tottler- the /11°1e" of their year's progeny, not quite so many .young unitarians as there are old ones in the new corpo- ration. Philosophy. - does-not-appear to' thrive, the bible= makers do not inerease,.the fraudulent translators do not flourish or mUltiplv.. They are to be found every-where, where place, or power, or pay is to be obtained; they encourage schoola, , they , ataAtteritying.statioaers of-lord ` 'BROUGHAM, they are the bagmen of the Penny Maget• zine, they are the champions of enlightenment and cheap. knonledge; but some how or other there saernst . to be a' curse upon all •their .arts, operationw unct.speculations. They are the most paltry sect in England. They are noisy but impotent, ,and the - withering hand of death is upon all their schernesiondliopes. But we have neartrforgotten the quakers. • That they d° not flouristr accounted for au' the ground that common-sense4s4he—repellent -of absurdity,. and'ithat vineker is as opposite to new milk as quakeriatn , i , BlO genuine- elitistianity. They-are by the lawSof the l and the most:fife-wed' sectarians in England, and yet t hey make riattenierts and "make no progreis.. The C onduct of some of these drab religionists at the vestry meeting on Tuesday last was exceedingly offensive and They in s ulting to the place and the- persons present: stood in the Church uncovered, and we were only astonished that they were not compelled-either to evince I: better sense - ofdecency or leave the place: We cannot un derstand upon What grOund they can ju s tif y conduct 10 studiously: insulting,. They' may think it right to . ' w ear their hits' in •their awn meeting-house, and they h _'ay sleep i n t h em f or an y thi ng we care , b ut t he y ha ve no F light t o wonnd the feelin g s Of other chris:tiatis by carrying 'eit'vulgar habits into our churches. If there be a spark of . tr ue christianity 'in their natures they would not offend lit this respect—they virutilcl yield something to public Z Pini on . ;—the`V'weirld be forfore charity's sake ; but 9 ' the religion of a quaker is in hiS hat and coat, and In nothin g else: If you touch these you touch the only , ernl 4 l- ing"and lanalterible part of his weakness. His beaver is an idea, pride is his gospel, arrogance his bese tting We can understand why the Egyptians vv eti 4 shiPped an 'Onion; but we cannot Comprehend how riatianit ycan be supposed to 'consist in the cut or 7 1°fl r of a coat, or the breadth of a hat brim. We hope th at' these insults will not be repeated. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, tVe.inevicwEvening, Hall past Seven o'clock. "Ur boasted "increase in the quarter's revenue" has had no Ag e et on our funded seCuiities, the price of Consols fur Money At count leaving off at 214 -beta o ur For e ig n M a rket.Portugliese 5 pei,Cents. , are higher,. g 8 2. and the 3 . -per Cents: 521; Spanish Bonds are ,451; n, 2 ;.aq1•P11114 13 i . ' acid ; le : i di vidend s3' 'jai; P e 4 r B t t :n 4 t 9 s a Dutch ad M 5e M e x i c an c e a r e .a n t t 5 3 . 5 , ah 3 per Cents. are now in course of payment. lit i a Shares the - publie "aliention has beelfelraitn Withintitesed t , e htion to the :iMP ortant pro je c t Of t he Calcutta - and - mug= 4 , ll ll ' l ' l y and Ha r b our C om p a ny ; a nd th e s hares left off this af- Th ° , ° ,. n a t 2 1 premium , with .strong buyers. at the quotation.. ral, e u r,; ; ° gess of thi s a s Lockatiqu,is almost unprecedently success : te ra ,- 0" : olons eigiressedin life Most high and influential quer vitall'ag of tt nature to leave little doubt of the result ; and the thui.' al l ) st ortance of th e project is daily. more appreciated by den . cailq ta ‘a conversant in the nature •o? the undertaking. and acquainted with the locality fixed for its establish , Se e of the leading members of the company have left oath, P'sce for Liverpool to purchase two engines, rails, and nett r i to aterials necessary for the commencement, and the work 2,11;13e forthwith he nits under the most favourable anspiees o ur e'ropany has not been a little aided by the opposition of t i l t c"ok Exclaange, which is somewhat jealous tkat any one le av e‘ 3 age of bubbles should venture to launch forth a project s li d I t ? useftriness for its object, and common sense for its basis, . tl i , members flattered. themselves they eoold • destroy it in the dire ' But, the ,trank,..caniul, and. convincing statements of tutsctors, the general voices of all experienced men in its th e .hAs beaten thelit hollow, and shown them that even in I ,,, e : e oldst of a mania .there,are. anme,. and those 130 i a few, who 4141? substance to shadow. Tbe shares have been in great de er,r durin g the last three or four days, quart consequence of 4sNi favourable accounts front all quarters, N u , thi. .T S tIOSPITAL, LONDON.—Mr. Tarhutt, I, , overnor of 13„'_vPry ancient and valuable scholastic institution has been, t .4'i e v d of e , in which a very l arge majority of the governors con . slotitn , pre , vented from entering the hospital, " except when ga e , r - nea to attend it general court or committee of the 4, 0 j oi , rs of the house."! The offence attributed to Mr. Tar buti,„' exciting insubordination among the boys by the distri -11,ffei.-t 14 a pamphlet iu the school, calculated to produce that Tr i Nit 1301 .LARL—In virtue of the powers received from the 1",; ; States' Government by Messrs. Rothschild, brothers, of rIL t hose - gentlemen have applied to the French Treasury . '4 u . ti Payment of the instalments due, CQtlforipably to , the Con cert;,*lo3. and have received the sum of 18,460,666 francs ✓e - en -; tue t wins ta Iments, amounting to about • 4 3n liorta-Ot.fra nebisi =At i 1 I fall due res. on "ctivelY these F inrtaarly utuatit V tfelisr,. 14'112 r -1838.. payment o f s k 7,0 0 1 11. ittety hitticlate; with. its interevt, the ' deht . of, "alsve.i.- ) ' 4 •t 446 4 4 ithic had well nigh given rise to-lt collision u'Priteica and tkin'eieu:Oi.seer• LIVERPOOL ASS! ZES, CROWN COUItT. 7 -TuEc , A r. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. James IstatelYre, 19, and. Peter Beaton,. 28, were charged With . having feloniousiy assaulted ;John. •Ougari,.anci stolen from his person four sovereigns, two poundS seven shillings in silver, and some copper. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. Dr. BnowN appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Bil4Ntrr pearedfor Heaton. . Ratcliffe was undefended. It appeared in evidence that the prisoners, the prosecutor, and five other men had beeh drinking together in a beer-house, at Burtouwood, near Heaton Norris, on the'2.l day of 3eptetriber . last. Upon leaving the house at midnight lhe'prasecutor was persuaded by the two prisoners to accompany them to a barn, to sleep there all night. some short distance from the place where they had been drinking. To that the prosecutor complied: and as they were proceeding along the road the prisoner Ratcliffe knocked the prosecutor down, and the other prisoner; Heaton, rifled his pockets. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the pri soners.-Sentence deterred. • - HIGHWAY ROBBERY.-STOCKPORT. . _ Wl'Wain 25, Royie. pleaded nut guilty to a charge of highway . robbery at Stockport. The jury.found him Guilty, and the coart, in consideration of his being an old offender, ordered judgment of death to be re corded against him. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER, James Al Ginnis, 21, was indicted with having feloniously, as saulted James Urch, at Liverpool, on the Bth October last, and stolen from his .person a watch and .fifteen sovereigns. Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Rushton appeared for the prosecu tion. Mr. Clarke and Dr. Brown defended the prisoner. James Urch examined.—ls a cabinet-maker by trade. Came to Liverpool in September last, at the end of the month. His wife and children came with him ; they were going to America. Lodged with - a Mr..lll`li..eeli in a house in a court in Redcross street. Prisouer lodged in the same house. There became ac quainted with him. About the 6th of October following witness look a cellar in Itedcross.-street. On the 7th he bought some furniture, bedding, and blankets. The prisoner was with him when he bought them. Prisoner was iu the habit of coining to his cellar. The prisoner saw hint pay for the sheets aud Remembers the prisoner coming to his cellar, onAhe 7th October, to accompany hini to purchase some bedsteads. .Told him ha .k new A man: who had gut three to. sell, and he could have them at his own . price. They went together at night to loek at the bedsteads ; it was about .half-past six in the evening when they started. Witness left his wife and children iu the cellar. No one left the cellar with him but the prisoner. Had £l5 some silver, and ,two watches when they left the cellar. The silver was loose in.one pocket, and the sovereig,us were in a lit-. tle yellow canvas bag in the other. 'Witness walked away with prisoner in , the direction of London-road.- They , went about a mile and then prisoner fell behind him and left him. He cried, out haloo, and prisoner almost immediately came up to hitn.out of a dreary place. He was rubbing his coat as if it had .been dirtied. Witness does not know whether he had any stick with him or not. They then walked along together a little way, and I said, " Don't let us walk on this uncouth road; I must go . back if you go farther." As he walked along he said , some thing about my money, but I can't say what ;—that I should not take it home, or something of that sort, but I could not hear very distinctly. Before we got three yards further prisoner seized me by the shirt and collar; we had a long tussle ; we both fell; he the undermost. When on the ground I sail, " You villain, why do you do this?" He said nothing, but drew s. use thing out bf his breast, like a long piece of iron, and st..uck me with it. The blow was not hard enough to stun me. He tht n telt prisoner's hand in his right hand trowsers pocket, and felt him drag out the bag with the gold. With his other hand he took the watch and silver out of his left pocket. Prisoner then struck him again several tiatesabout.the head and face, and that is a 1 he remembered about it. The next morning witness found him self at the Infirmary, where he saw the prisoner. Di.l not re member much .of what transpired after prisoner had got his money. had no doubt as to prisoner being:the man who robbed him. Had no previous acquaintance wish him before coming to Liverpool, and saw him for the first time in August, in Liver pool. Had given him no provocation on the evening he robbed him. Cross-examined.—Had come from Bristol, where he had been in business for upwards of twenty years as a journeyman ca binet-maker. Had come from Bristol by water. Brought up wards of £2O with him to Liverpool Does not know whether any person ever saw his money ; never showed it to the prisoner Or to any other person. Having no box or seeuie place to put it inn., he always carried it about with tam in his pocket. Had not, engaged a passage to America. On the nightin question, went up the London-road. .Does not know where it was the prisoner left him. He was abseut about two or three minutes only, and then came out of the passage. It was very dark, but not so dark but he could distinguish the features of prisoner.. After the fist blow was struck the blood flowed, and he came to his senses, and then saw the prisoner struggling with him on the ground. Can't say . whether he cried out or not. There was no one passing at the tune, nor did he see or hear any one near the spot. Ann Urch- 7 ls wife of last witness. When she and her Ws band first came to Liverpool, they lodged in a cellar at a house in Redeross-street, ..Prisoner lodged., with, them. They lodged there about ten days ried then took a cellar. They had no fur niture nor bedding. Prisoner came to the cellar several times after they had taken it. Remembers prisoner. coining to their cellar on the 6th of October. He went out with her husband to buy some ailing fur a bed. Prisoner wished her husband to go out that night to buy souse beadsteads. Her husband told him he was too tired that night and could not go, but would go with him in the morning. The next morning witness sent a little girl to prisoner to fetch him. to go with her husband to buy the bed--1 The:prisuner came very soon afterwards. He said he could not go that moluingand that he could uoesee the man 'who had the bedsteads on sale till half-past six at night as he had not done his work till that time. ,Prisoner came again in the evening at half-past sic. .Does not knew whit money her husband had on the night in question. He had £25 in the whole when they left Bristo . Her husband ti ok away is. 4.1. of his money with hint, toge her with two watches. They hedeio place of safety to put them in. Bete een six and seven they left the cellar in company. Witness sat up all night. About twelve she went to Mrs. M`Keens but found the door fast. In the morning sent one of her little girls to Mrs. M'Keens to ask for -Er:owner. He vesPovrt- op and the girt went again soon after. - Prisoner came to her a liA.e before ten. On his coining into the cellar he said " well poor woman, I am sorry for you and fOt the children.'.' I said, " what hate you done eith Urch ?" He said, "1 left him at the top of ties s reet, (Rederuse-street) and he said he should• go to a miner's yeed .to bey slime bed steads. I- said; "he wouid not goeub istipetelo , ieliseketo buy them." Ile sail; e" her husband had eisidebeeireold,go to the glaziers to get kith to put in glass enteteivitte beokem windows in the- cell ar ._ I said " I knew ahatieras ifalefteleseme e husbaud hid made Ithearifemenie trready,mitbribeiglitzetitl teeeitenii)e,!! I then satillie if a wifiteeeeieeisa s been fighting :With ?elleloyteleae.e, ‘ yoe mot thbse scratches on your facer-- I observed he was ciean _shaved. He bacesbort ewiekers in generalebittittiat morning had had.theineshaved off. Shortly after he was gone some per son came in and'. saideny: Militated wit at Atte anfivnitti•y. She wen their! alid'saev her , hu,band..., ' Cense-examined—The girt I, sent. for the prisoner is nine 'Ye ars old. It :was AU Ahe Wednesday her husbaudwent9liti. it was-on the Thursday . night he went out with the prisoner to buy the: titethet^eAt was between six and seven o'clock. They have five children. Robert Shaisituessy-was one of the. patrol in October last. • Was on duty on the nth of that mouth in the evening. His beat waslin,Paeliarnent-lane, which leads from the new cemetry to Windsnr. About eight o'clock that night he met a man and woman who told hint they had heard great moaning. in Falkner-square, as if some person was ill there. In consequence I went =there and 'upon this foot walk at the south side lof the square found the prosecutor lying on his back. This was a few minutes past. . His hat was about three yards from him. It warquite'dark Witness lifted him up, but found him quite powerless. He could not stand. Called for assistance and the patrol came up. His clothes were very bloody. One of his cheeks was much swelled:- There was blood on the ground in two places: He tried to make him speak; but could not Under stand him to say anything. He thought , he muttered, " Oh, mypeor wife and children." The prosecutor was conveyed to Bridewell. The place where witness found him was about 200 yards from any house. Crois-examiiied—lt was on the parapet in the public road, or rather on afoot path in the square. Went on duty that night about half-past five. Had heard no cry for assistance—no cry of murder. It was not a rough neighbourhood. It was soon after eight when he found the prosecutor. Faulkner-square is a new square just built, there are trees in it,' but no houses. : ' . Nathan' Park.-=Keeps a public-house in . Liverpool. Re members, on the Bth of - Octoberen little after eight o'-clock in' the evening, passing the place where prosecutor was found. Witness was on his'wav home from the railway. Hearing the watchman's rattle. he went to the place and there saw the pro secutor lying bleeding. One side of his face was knocked quite level. The eye was quite swollen up. Spoke to proiecutorond shook him, but'coutd get no answer from him. Cross-eeaMitied.—Falkner-square is 'near the railwey station: Th . e distance 'from Redeross-street to Talkner-seurire is bettet than one.mile and a half the nearest way. John lel‘Culleck.—ls keeper of the bridewell in Brick-street. On the filth•of Oetnber remembered prosecutor being brought to the bridesvell about half-past eight o'clock in the evening. Spoke to him, but got no answer. Sent for a surgeon. Prose cutor was . then rentoved to the intirMary. His coat was clotted with blood and dirt. :Searched his left-hand trowsers pocket and found a shilling and a watch.' The pocket on the other side was cut away. He had no money upon him except the shilling. ' VI the infirmary. On' Mr. James Long.—ls house striv en • the BtH Oct.' proeptuter wae 'brought there in a srafe of stupor. "He had several wii'l'inds ijpiin kis head, (our on the left half of the scalp; two of tlin were one at the top and the other a little aleny e the left'ent.eine.was - otherwise severely in jured in' various . parts ef•iilVNitt)inet i, The' surgeon went on to desctibe the state of the erdleatfewee earl and body when he was broua'ht to the Infirmarye i ltetonclusion, he obs e rved that such was the state in which he hats that he thought he would not be able to five through the night. Witness was preeent the next morning, in the room, e hen prisonercame in. Urch immediately recogni;sed h:m. The poi collar winds Urch used he did not exactly remember. Thought he said " I know him, I know giro." Eliza, M'Keen.—ls wife of Barnard M`Keen. Keeps a lodging-house in a court in Redcross-street. elinows the pri soner. - He lodged with them in October last for about six weeks. F r better than a month: prisoner occupied a room to the front on the first floor. Saw the'prieoner the!dity before the rebbety. About dusk, priioner was at - tea that evening. Did not see him go out. Did not see hirrt-tilr next Inorninsr. Heard a knock at the door, and Mrs. Brown opened it. B eard prisoner come in. It wait about nine in the evenieg. Jane Brown.—Lodged. in the house eflast witness. Remem bers the night prosecutor was robbed. About nine o'clock heard a knock at the door, and on opening it the prisoner at the bar came in. There being no candle, she did not see his face. He slept at home that night—he went up stairs to bed. Next morning witness observed it scratch on his cheek. - Cross-examined.—Cant say whether or not prisoner everwore whiskers. _ _ . Ann Dignum corroborated the evidence of last witness as to the time of coming in. . William Naylor.—Was one of the police on the Bth October. Took prosecutor to the Infirmary. In consequence of some thina: which he had heard he went (on the 9th of Oct.) to M`Kean's house, and there found the prisoner at breakfast. I said " You must go with me and giye an account of where you left Urch last night." He got up and made no reply, but was apparently almost choaked. I said " Where did you leave him ?"'After some hesitation, he said"! left him iwthis'street." I said " What street?" He said " Redcross street." He said he was at home and in .bed before. the deck struck nine. Hit face was scratched.on• each side of the cheek. I took him to the Infirmary. and said to Urch; " Do you know -this man?" He replied "That's he,' that's he—lhat's the' villain; that's the villain." • This closed the case for the prosecution. _ _ The prisoner,.in his defense. staid he left the prnseeutne in Re'rktrosi-street, and that he never saw him afterwards finite was taken. to•hitn at the Infirmary the next mornin:r. For the. defenge Dr. BnowN called' Vvilltam iligginson. He rives - at .:11t...Gibann's, in' Ranelagh-stred, linen-draper, Had been in Mi. Gibion'a empf6y - three kncou T - 'r 77 - thtE LIVERPOOL STASTDARb. , . prisoner about two and a half. tears.' tie hall borne a good character. Heard of his being taken up two days afterwards. t-14 , 1 seen him on the evening of the robbery in his master's shop. Prisoner paid holm B+. that evening ;it was from seven to half-past. He staid aboul five minutes. The Bs. was paid fen• gools he had bought.. Had been in the 'habit of dealing with the prisoner for two and a half years. It would be a mile or a. tulle and a half from Falkner-square. Itis in the dired road from his master's shop. . Jane With tin. —Lives in Robert-street, Clarence-street. Saw prisoner on the Bth 06tober from half-past seven to eight in BrownloW-hill ; he was crossing Brownlow-hill to Rupert-street. Does not know Crabtree-lane. Knows where the railway is. The . place I spoke of is nearer to Ranelagh-street than to the railway. Was not examined when the prisoner was commit ted. Has known the prisoner for eighteen months. This closed the evidence. The jury consulted,together for a minute or two, and returuad a verdict of guilty. Sentence de ferred: . . , NISI P111155.--=TtAst?Ai: Haaniassi v. tioRNSLkY. — BREAcO OI: 'AGIIKEMEINIT. Mr. WiGuniaN and Air. CRi.:sswEi,r, appear:Nl for the pro secution, and Mr. ALEXANDER for the defence. 'lifts was an action brought to recover the , ,u , n of El4o,l.chich was agreed by the defendant to be paid to the plaintiff, who was his brother-in-law, and which stun was alleged to be due to hiS wife, on ,conclition that he'should do his beSt to find out a person of the name of Robert Thonipson, and in•default of his not pay ing the £l4O, the plaintiff fulfilling his part of the agreement, giving the plaintiff power to sell some house's defendant pos scisedat Piikington. To this defendant Pleaded that Plaintiff did not do what he could to find Thompson-L.-that he did not enter into such au agreement, and next, that it was obtained by fraud. Mr. CitiasswELL, in opening. the case, said this would appear a very siag reement olag reement to the gentlemen of the jury , as i t undoubtedly did 'to him in the firSCiti - itance. The learned • , f ro m which theu entered into ttiejanqty. history of the parties; from which it appeared that the defendarit‘k-fale - e had married a Mrs. Thompson, who was alleged to be a iqd vt,ibtfclelendant's: father had issue by her. Ili;„gli wit ft ser4 - 1 tine entitled to a share of the def hid 'M ath ts . ~.wri ti)trOltitli himself. The defendaAtfipi B ar iii2L fil .", cf : -lifirlifirA' husband was still living' ilk 4 ' ihAinstisei: fi ttaii6e,this Ritis ill, i _, t lit bert Thompson, her Brat' 40i " • ft' 0MOVO1088(B6` iiiiieSseftf, of the bulk of his fatliel• i sli,p , v. 'llWri&iftlUfit li%lo got gOod deal of property. or ‘4 l lOl elidniias - Af* tVbe due to the plaintiff's wife, who Was his half-siiter. 'Thiqiii&hey the defendant Consented to pay to the plaintiff, on conditiOn that he would do his best to find out Robert Thompson. The plaintiff, who is a poor man, and to whom the aura of £l4O would appear very great, left his work in consequence. and travelled about the country in search of this Robert 1 hompson, neglecting his work and doing' his utmost to find - him. A promise was given' to plaintiff in the first instance, afterwards an agreement was drawn up by the schoolmaster, which was signed by the parties,^and attested by several witnesses, known to the parties, who were passing at the time. The plaintiff had done his utmost to find the said Rabert Tohinpson, but without success; and there could not lie a doubt that no such person existed. The defendant re fused to pay, alleging that the plaintiff had not done his best to find out Thompson. Ile should call evidence to prove the agreement, and to plaintiff endeavouring to find Thompson, ac- cording to the agreement. He called Samuel Lord, WhO deposed to being a collier, and being called into the house of William Hardman, a mine:. at Pilkington; in March last to witness an agreement, which he signed. The agreement produced was the one which he signed. Cross-examined.—The plaintiff came for hint to witness it. James Yates deposed to being a collier, and to Hornsby not followiug any business. He witnessed an agreement in Man chester. The one produced was what he witnesseil William Lord.—ls a' collier, and witnessed the agreement produced. James Roster is a well sinker. and deposed to heaiingde fendant promise to the plaintiff £l4ll if he would find hirn'tint' a ioi person lig so. named ThoiripsoiL Plaintiff lost a great deal of work CrosS-examined,-He did not'expect any part of the £l4O if the plaintiff succeeded. The 'defendant, he believed, was only just of age. , Robert Greenhouse a schoOlmaster. He was eMplOyed to draw up an agreement between the parties. The agreement produced was the one he diew up. This was the case for the' prosecution. Mr. ALEXANDER, in defence, designated the transaction as It shameful attempt on the part of a person much older than the defendant to induce him, being a silly young man, by misrepre sentation to believe that his stepmother had a former husband living, which would be of benefit to defendant to prove, and that he (plaintiff) could find him; and had thus induced defendant to sign this agreement on conditi , m that he should try to do so, knowing at the time'that no such person existed. The JUDGE, in summing up, said the case was a very sin gular one. The whole rested on the agreement itself. No proof was offered in what manner the plaintiff had fulfilled his part of the agreement, if he had done so at all. The Jury found for the plaintiff on the first issue as to the agreement, and on the second issue for the defended as to the non performance of the agreement; on the third issue the jury were discharged. The verdict was therefore for the defendant. RIGHT OF ROAD. CHADW:CK v TWEEDALE.—Mr. Alexander, Mr. WiAtman, and Mr. noggins appeared for the prosecution, and 'Messrs; Cresswell, Tomlinson, and Seager for the defence. This was an action to try the right of road throu a farm belong ing to the plaintiff, situated at Martand, near Bodulaierhe de fendant had a mill on the river Roach, and claimed a right of road in a private lane leading' aceross the plaintiff's farm into the Bury and Roachdale road, which litas disputed, and the defendant had on one occasion sent a letni of horses and Yoked them CO a gate and gate posts erected detrry,-, the lane by the plaintiff, and pulled them up. The plaintiff then laiinediately brought this action. . A great number of witnesses we 4 ex ° arnined, and the case occupied the court-till eight o'clock. The jury reincned a ver dict fiir the defendant' for IMrSes liird — foot pith, - and for the _plaintiff for carriages. ' ' small fire which was in the bedroom. Soon after three o'clock heardan alarm of fire. The lire was burning, and the roof had fallen in prisoner's house. Went back to the- house and saw prisoner. Said-it was a.bacl job for Witness. Ile said shemight go to hell. He '(prisoner) was about mix - or seven vards from the barn door. E e said I might go and tell Nlr. 'Warder the tates Idiad told him before. Saw nothing further of him tilt about,eighto'clock in the morning. Prisoner said they had dode their worst taking his bed and everything, and he had now. done fordthem. Cross-examined.—Cannot say whether prisoner was drtink or no. Ralph Leigh deposed to living nearly opposite the prisoner. On the 2Jth of-February last saw the prisoner about dark; he. WM forward in liquor. Henry Bowker.—l am a miner.. Was at Woods's house at the time of-the fire. Heard an alarm about three in the mOrn ing. Sawa light through the shutters. Went out to the fire. Assived in getting the potatoes out. Saw no cattle. The pri soner came up about ten minutes after. I asked him to assist, and he said he w , :uld not; he would see it at hell first; if spit ting would put it out he would not do it. Prisoner was asked for the key of the house, but would not give it up. I said we would burst the door open, when prisoner said we dare not. The door was afterwards burst open. Saw prisoner the next day before the ma,ristrate. He was dressed the same as at the fire. He never assisted to put out the fire. Cross-examined.—There were several persons present at the fire. Prisoner spoke openly. Joseph Moulds asked prisoner, on the morning of the fire, if he had the key of the cottage. He said he had. I said to him, Oliver, the barn cannot be saved, let us try and save the cottage. He said he would not. _ _ _ . . . • John Birchall.—ls a carter, and lives with Yates. Assisted in putrin'ont the fire. Saw prisoner there, who said, " Lad's, what's amiss?" Mrs Yates said there was plenty amiss, and pointed to the barn. Prisoner cursed her. She then said, "Oli ver, it is our loss net yours." He said "he didn't care, they had done their worst for him, and he would serve them nut." Several other witnesses were examined,, who gave similar 'testimony. For the defence witnesses were called to prove that prisoner was quite drunk before the tire, and also to a man being seen near the premises with a lighted candle and some straw, who Was pot the,prisoner. A witness also deposed to the good cha racter cif . the prisoner. 'r he,JknOx summed up very minutely, commenting on the evident.* a.s i hh.proceeded. The Jury expressed a wish to retire, and atler ap absence of about an hour, returned a verdict of Not 41ANSLACGIITEft AT 'LIVERPOOL Hugh flityhes (36), was indicted for the manslaughter of his wife, Rebecca Hughes. We gave a full account of the particulars of this transaction shortly after,the pioneer was committed to take his triat - tiptirr the coroner's warrant. . The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. MANSLAUGHTER. John Pritchard (46), was charged with the manslaughter of his wife, Jane, otherwise Catherine 'Pritchard, at Liverpool. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be trans ported for life. , . %I re had prepared a full acconnt'of this ttiat.but have beeW' obliged to omit it through a • i ItherittOre iall'ortain t. ' atter. rEart4il a9 bnur,l) 4 l..e:o •ol , ' CROWN Col.ldieTeltii 7 -- ti 'a* v i l iV ig ig il 3 9; ' 'l i L :. ! . ~.. THROWING VITRI , • st i , • r ~i iii, Ann Murroto was charged with conornifilli rli /, to ot v Mr. Sam ue l Waid Kul i i i ten t•l o , ( lo ihiloi)sof t r." Do 4.. - Samuel W a d e d epose d to b e i ng a cotton lora 1 teßikilArthri street, Li yerponk t 11Wipriilostoerhisidlddi9iinit- , iiiiinv sevel.P' rat years. I discharged heron th,e. 2 4 h .P e c ar 4 4 n l B, 9 m e t e n rai t t i :: : alvl na : her on the Voith.pf Altri?, and 'atia'Ace ghtetAlay s i 18th.. .she. was nn th'i'hill4i'lsitV of the strOlt in Whichtii• ff05 1 ./litti__,P, ated. Ott 'crossinif, ‘E*ehatli&ii saw the prisoner. ' he'said, " Mr. ;Avade,:ilti' 3 % 4 ive io' 21,1 1 ; for breakfast ?" I held a shilling in ui.y fiqtrd, * and 'is iri,':' " Here is a shilling for you." Something l 4italirown iii 111 ' r ' ' face which occasioned' pain My hat ' , gird ciot bet; 'o'er 1 much burnt. I went to MT. Butler's shop , and soon leitilit'3ol l l ,' the prisoner was caught. ',a 9.; :: , ~ ~ , • Richard Edwards.—Was near the Town' all on the 16th 4,', April. Saw Mr. Wade running towards, Castle-street. The' prisoner was following Mr. Wade, strikin g him. She dropt a shawl. . She followed Mr. Wade to the top of Castle -street, and then returned for her shawl. The prisoner spoke to him in re ply to the question, "What's the matter ?" and said "that the old villain had not had enough." I secured'her, and took her to Mr. •Butler's shop, and learnt that vitriol had been.,thrown in Mr. Wade's face: She had a cup in her ha d, , ,i‘vhich 'she:threw in the middle of the pavement. I founoPq b 'fragMenta,.p.nd ii 4 the handle or' he cup, which I gave to tiaifeo . tillOg ei'f:%'._„.," • - John Rossi—ls • a hackney coachniaq,'"Sili,`"lnir i !W i. ade running and screaming out. The pilibtoeY' G kiii"fbilloWenNifitn. She dropt a shawl and returned_ for t. ,i askedhg,whitt o she had been doing ? and she said " SlA,Vitt. OloilVoir.,Walletit'in jury fur imprisoning her." ' ' 49 " ' 9lE 'd ni 194 "` '')."' John Kershaw.—ls adr 1 ?ale i street. Ilemembers a , . .. female purchasing oil oaf., P ',' 3 il l y in que4tgn, bin 4 could not identity the Pe :tl. - ft. 3 , 'UFO a chp and At ro d 911 'RI 01. ' weighed about a quarter ()fit' n mo ' . . James Heath.—ls ti? K'Voilkf c Txamined Mr. Wade. soii i i "ollicit, i h!* i t ad ditittthrown on the upper part'.,hf 9 t,i, rp ,„ , 619., / iiiisN,",liiid water. His face wa4t:ilint,, ti p plieiT fa ' f WE' L L; 21votO'burnt. severely. A consialde fieksos4 fak t) ' TA YtisOr t it custody. - On the Way to Brltlewetl r,..A t tlell el ? 'at .I; I dbing l. Site said " she would do VoiSiyiti '4l Witt& ilhe Wha'strong WI i kj y enough." :ibis , ittle.,lo Ps ) i i t to 1 a bv'the pri soner, also the'h'itf find' hen' gti on/111646 Mr. Wade, all ei very much burnt. „ , . . Mf. Dixon, eurucon. —IT ` 4 % - y le came in a 'coach to my ' it house op the evening in ques itAt,', 4 '1" ilent htOC,WHh . him. Attended hum for about &n i nth: Foundr his' fate "dreadfully swollen;_ his eyesigitt much e etw i tps.:.#e suppoleid it to be caused' by sti!phuric acid. "'" Sentenced to be imprisoned nnajc,efi n,hard laligir fur two years. - ; ..,... ARSON,. ' Oliver Morris, was indicted with setting fire to certain pre mises.belonging to the Earl of Balearras, at Wigan, on the 21st of February.. . • Mr. COLTA/I.kN appeared, for the _prosecution. Dr. BaowN defended the prisoner. Mr. Warder. Is agent te.Lottl Balcarras. The prisoner was farmer under Lord Wilcarias iihCacVtipied certign pre' noises at Wigan. Ile was a yeatlriApant ~Ile fook,'. i We pre mises in May, 1827. , ' `,•, Cross-examined.—Lerd BRlktiiiis is a Seoth pfer. Ile is Lerd Wigan, in England. ' ' . "'" , i Re-examined..—He is better knO4ll 3 *, the naniB '' . 6f 'Lind' Re-examiners.- -Fe t „. Dr; linowN.—Took an objection than NH Balcarras was improperly described in the indictment. Lord Balearras was strictly speaking a Scotch peer.. 'He is better known in Eng land as Lord Wigan. The indieiment set forth that the prisoner had set fire to cer tain premises the property of the IS,ail 0 ..8,1caty....it was usual in all cases where a peer becaine'e,:,o*eintOf iii' either a civil or criminal action to describe his - christiiin and surname. His Lou risme everruled the objection. He thciught the name of Lord Balearras was sufficient. Mr. Ward, re-examined.—The farm is situated within one mile of Wigan. on the Aspell road. There was a small build ing formed off from the barn, called the shop. In February last, rent to the amount of £56 was due. They distrained for it on the 20th February. The vearly rent was £39 15s. od. The amount raised by the dirt-e . ss was £l3 Satimel Milnes.— Is a writer at sales at Wigan. On 20th February went to make a distress at hOuse of the prisoner. Got there about four o'clock. .Two men went with him, John Var ley and John Webster. They distrained in my presence. There were cattle in the shippon belonging to a person named Yates. Distrained un furniture. The prisoner was present. After they had put the furniture out, he took a candle out and said, "Ic . ow for afire!" That would be from eight to half-past. told him that would not do. He then went into the shop and there set fire to some materials—soine shavings, bits of broken timber, &c. There was hay in the room above which was part of the barnthe roof was plain timber—there was no plaster. • Stated trl'hiM that Was not the place for a fire, and he said he would have one somewhere. He said the fire and smoke might go where they would, for he did not intend to leave while there Was a-brick remaining about the place. He went away with nee e l ittle before nine. -He locked the-house., • Cross-examined.':—The house is sixty or seventy yards from tiny other. WhetAe took down the . grate and oven there was a fire (gate. JohYPTarlev.—ls astifdant to :Mines. When prNoner came out 14•1olliklhe door and put the key in his pocket. Nancy Yates deposed to her 'huibana keeping a beer-shop and the priioner having soine drink. He was none the worse for it, .H 4 left their hotise-ohogt 'halfltmt eleven. Witness sat. up till , 'hulf-paietteelve: Wotttf It(t. *lair, et twelve, on account of .a NISI PRIUS, WEDNESDAY. ... . ~, . 0 -, !CNA I. V. SeCABL.—CRIk., CON. Mr. Wintursearr appeared for the plaintiff. The defendant lead no tohnsel. - The plaintiff in this case was a person in humble circum stances, carrying on business as a cloth-dealer in Manchester; the defendant was in tic same line of business, but carrying; on an eitensive trade. The plaintiff was married -- six years ago, and had lived with his wife in happiness. U„nfertanately,atie defendant became acquainted with them, and dtikvthe affections of the , plaiutiff's wife from her husband. The (tete - Lidera in July last had. persieeled the plaintiff:ti; wife to aCCill:tiOny him to Liver Pool, 'where they tookhagatigfi l and lived together as man and wife some thne. ITitlitlatiq 60416 itiquiry was instituted, and the pla ntiff in a state of geeft l aFitation ii coveted them at 1 the lodgnig . Thedefend i miitfean t , i?rifessed what had occurred, and the par ties separated, it! s Offseauence. The result of this had beeu most disaetroue 1 pV9Teitunate plaintiff and to the equally unfortunate wt re,: s i tance of his "wife had for merly heel). .el therimAtieet,. DINILtke to the plaintiff in his I shop and in inanagmOui.e .. . Kty' l The:pleintiff was, in eonse quenee-of giie,.,.epnegiekitquedtnan, and his household had been beo4eiiup t iyffeilo s tEA;wife bed4;& . en forsaken by her se ducer. broken defendant dad not alteinpt to offer any excuse in palliation of his,epri4a..4, If old be for the jury to award what. , dokameetheyShrn&ft#A4ig:compensation for such an ftkitil'irioteak , -.,;t s ..- iEli d The marriage wah Wiloved. -"' ' ' Janiele§e,me6lpeeeeetbtklhe,plaint ill being a dealer in wear ing apparel ,a;,,,4 4 , ARE .ter,apd , .that,he had been married six Yeallalt#fieS,4:; l 4vgcle 4PRilY.with his.wife, who assisted hiM to ‘9 5, inanages.94l / 1 .3. :,4eferitlant was in the same business, and the plaintiff an he were on the most intimate routing. Mary Lord.J.lepm.slet?,itting lodgings in Clayton-street to the elefenannteantritAr's wife iii July last. M'Cabe then representedleintself , aeNVilliatn O'Neal, and that he was on bis road to America.. ' They lived together, and had °Dieted. The defendant then went to 'Manchester, and returned again in a few days, and sait},J;kie t evife's husband was in town." .The ,plaintiff's wife staid with her till the l'huisday foliowing;_and she went with her to,Mencbestel, when she saw the defendant, who confessed what had occin red, and she (witness) blamed hint very much. She did - not knew what had become of the plaintiff's wife since. This was the case for the plaintiff. The JueGE, in summing up, said there was no doubt of the criminal connection having occurred. The defendant did not even attempt to defend his conduct. It would be for them to say what was a fair compensation fur the dainaee sustained by I'l '/11 r :try wished to know the - defendant's circurnstanees, end Savage was recalled, who deposed to defendant having £4OO worth of goil Is in his shop, and he had heard that he had about 1:700 in the beak. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £lOO. GOLIGIITLY V. ASHTI.N. Mr. WIGHTMAN appeared for the plaintiff, and Sergeant ATCHERLEY for the defendant This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a ,widOw 'lady, having some houses at Middleton, for the recovery of two years' rent of a cottage, at the rate of 2s..(id.„§„Teek, from the defendant. The plaintiff had never been 'Are to obtain any rent, and had been obliged to distrain twice; but had obtained very .little compensation. The defendant laughed at her, and sail she had been put to some expinse, and she should be put to 4 little more, and perhaps get nothMg. Verdict for the plaintiff 7r damages £l3. 4s. WALMSLEY V. BE lEHLEY AN,D OTHERS. This w4..an action for the recovery of a sum of £GOO on a bond exeputed by the defentlimL Mr. TOMLINSON and Mr. CP.ESSWELL appeared for the plain tiff, anil Mr. ALEXANDER for the defence. , Theplaintiff in this case is an attorney at Marple. and had bed etnuyed by ßrierlev . and his faMily, who 'had been continually engaged in broils, and who were possessed of some prOperty, as their attorney. It was at length agreed that the costs of all.legal proceedings should be paid out of the estate of the elder Mr.•Brierley, and a bond for £6OO was given asse curity, which bond it was pleaded in defenee, had been obtained by framl.and running Walmsley challenged the fullest enquiry into all his costs, and into the mode in which he had obtained this bond. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. t DR .A 11. af I COACH ACCWHNT. TV:UO-3 Mr ALaXANDEK aneare lViditTMAN' B,PPOOkhrl the NATHAN r. ALLAN ANiii.4:I4OTHER . .' ClAd plaintiffs, and Mr. CRESSWRLL and Mr. 1-Ittcros frititbst de fendants. t. 17 , EHT This was an action,liiitirilit' by the plaintiff,slidr.F.M4rles 3.lati ram, who is a commission wool tnerthant;at tat /Word, Yorkshire, against the defendants, Messrs. Allen. and Lacey, mach proprietors, at: MatichCsfer,lM itijuriessOsttlined - i4:404-1 sequence of having been throWn under the hslifinl.OnArcPraMitf defendants coaches. It appeared .from tlie!eXibitne ,that,ihn l plaintiff was on his return from Liverpool tinstim:Plth January/1 -last, where he had been on businessondliadUke t illhikPlace on th e outside of the Duke of Leeds coach, at Manchester, for Bradford. When the coach , 'hadopobahliut twfinttles on the other side of Rochdale the linch_pininkthn,actrishliel f:qq:mie.eA, came out, .and the coach was! itivrturtandil-iiiibile,lwitomattaa were called to prove that the coat% at the timc.o3tfliwitg,ikritr. had one more passenger upon it than was allqrftllY,JlMviico:?: of the ivitnesses swore that the 'coichtnansiwAt.4llytggllfOtlielli gallop, and,the other that the horses wer e not, kititz,fastet than their usual speed. The plaintiff had been con fi ned in an inu near tci the place where the coach was thiliwit over from the 30th of January to the 26th of last month, and in conseptcuce had been subjected,to serious expenses by the:bills of niedicatmen, the charwes of the landlord of the inn where he was laid up, and by having to pay a person to conduct his business in Brad ford duringNicahtence. The damages were laid at £lOOO. For the defence it was contended that as no improper con duct had been proved against the driver, and that as the horses o w lr e e r r e t g oing h n r o o t w.n, a rvat d t h t h e r a speed e t ,yend wich a i h wcr twh(em lives cause e o the ( h of the thep•o„,as passengers, be e rs, the defendants were'nut lawfully chargeable wi. h any accident i which might'take ptace, unless it could be proved that there was some insufficiency in the vehicle, or that the defendants had not taken the kecatition to see that the coach, before starting, was in a .roadworthy condition. The jury returned a verdict for tbe plaintiff. Damages, £l5O. • CROWN COURT, THURSDAY. " i ri WILFUL MURDER AT MANCHESTER. Reny Rowland (46) was charged with the wilful murder of William Rowland, her husband, at Manchester. She pleaded, Rot guiliy.' ,Mr. Brandt' appeared for the pro secution. The'inisr , der was undefended. Mr. BRANDrbliefly stated the case, apd called Oiejsttlewing • T.9faOTU witnesses. Jeremiah Crawley examined.-4 an a labourer, at Manches ter, and knew the deceased, William 11.64iliftid, several : years.. The .prisoner lived 'with him as 'his olifer'il'saw theitteceasetlr on the &today before his death. He'ssitiltltBni:reift4ttly **IV and in good health. 'Calliniat his hori§e l Olith Sittiday his death. between one and aftettititin,ttfoundi the prisoner, together with • a - `titan died Wontandrittliint,' The prisoner was seated upon a chair and did not appear to be quite sober. ,Upon,looking round I obierved a coffin tokitirth'e bed in the corner of the room, with the lid fastened down, i n w hi c h .tie deceasettaras. lying dead. The prisoner iisketrtne to par tdre'hf some Of the ilrinkbut I 'reftised to dOso.• I then said to the prisoner " .st hat have you done with your husband? I am told you - have poisoned hhn." At that moment she made no reply, but as I was rising to go away, she said " stop, I'll tell you." I said " No, anything you can tell me shall not prevent me bringing you before the justices," I immediately left the house and gave information of what had happened to the police. • Ann Heaton examined.—l lived near to the house of the prisoner in November last. On the morning of the 19th of that iconth, a little before fouroqlock, she knocked me up. Upon asking her what she wanted, she replied, " will you get up, my husband is just dead?" I got up and went with her to her houge. As they were going along, prisoner said, " Nanny, it will be very awful for you to see him, for he is sitting in the arm-chair with Loy cloak round hint." When we gut to the house I went in first The deceased was in the chair, anti in the manner, described'hv the prisoner. He was dead. Upon my asking how long he had been dead, prisoner - replied, about ten minutes. I immediately afterwards assisted in laying him ' out. He was then not quite cold. Prisoner let inc see a gill jog. She said. " that was the pot her dear husband had last drunk out of."' Sue said " he had had a gill of beer and a pennyworth of rum in it; and that she had just before that time given him a glass of gin with some garliek in it." Taking the jug in her hand, prisoner said, look here. he has drank it all." She said deceased had died about one o'clock ; and upon my asking why she did not send fora doctor, or call any of the neighbours up at that time, she said " deceased would not allow her to get a doctor; and as he was so very ill she did not like to leave him." The deCea4d Was about 50 wears of age. Pratchett ltachford examined.-4 live in a cellar, next door to the dwelling of the deceased. :I have frequeotly heard pri soner and deceased ,quarrelling.. They had, lived upon very bad terms ever since 1 knew them. never heard of the de ceased heingisick. Two days before his death I heard his loom at Mork. Deceased was a weaver by trade. _1 am quite certain I beard him _at work a day or two before his death. There are no rats or other v. , rmin in my cellar. I never heard of any on the premises of the prisoner. Alice Tinker examined.-1 live near to the prisoner. About a week before the death of deceased, prisoner asked me to go with herlo Mr. Goodinau's, the-surgeon, to buy something to poison .rats with. She said it .was,'oot for herself, but fur another woman that she wanted it.. She did not mention the name of the woman. I accordingly went with her, to Mr. Goodinatfs, where she asked a boy in the shop to *e ,her a pennyworth of.soinething to kill rats • with.. The Gqy fiaged hi s master out, and he gave, her. some etnitin a:bite 'Mei) it, was 4lelivered . rtn .prisona .Mr. her ' "'You Usual be very careful haw yen Use 'Ong, ft it poison," The stnff looked like fiour. • I do not know whether or riot the paper had the Word poison written . Or.labelled upon it. • Thomas GoOdmati.--Is a chemist and druggist in Manches-. ter. I have known the last witness to have been in the habit of corning, to .my shop for some time past. I sail a great deal of arsenic occasionally to kill vermin. Arsenic is white, .almost. like flour, and' would be taken for such by any ordinary person.: Invariably, when I sell it, I caution the person who buys it that , .it. is a dangerous article. The word - " poison" is invariably la belled upon every parcel in very legible letters. I cannot re collect either the prisoner or the last witness coming to my shop on the day mentioned: James . Sawiey.-1 am a constable at Manchester. In conse quence of having received information from the witness Jere miah Crawley I went to the house of the deeeased, on Sunday, the 22d of last November. I found from fifteen to twenty per sons in the house drinking, or holding what is called an Irish Wake over the body of the deceased. The prisoner was among ,the number. The-deceased was in the coffin on the bed, and preparations were just being made to convey bite to the church yard. The prisoner, upon my asking her when her husband 'had died, sa d his decease took place at four o'clock in thernorn ing of the Thursday previous. She said he had been ill only about a dav ; that she had not called in any surgeon nor any-of the neighb'ours. I asked her what his complaint was; she re plied, it was something in his bowels. I desired that deceased might not be interred that afternoon. But upon seeing the coroner afterwards I gave permission that it should be. I then took the prisoner into t ustody, but I had considerable difficulty in doing so, being prev"ented by the persons assembled to attend the fdneral. On our way to the New Bailey prisoner began to cry; She said, "0 dear me, I have never given him anything but a drop of brandy. lam sure I have not. lam as innocent as a child; suffer or not suffer I cannot help it. I did not do it; I did not do it."- I had not spoken to her before she said that. I held out no threat or promise to her whatever. 1 will swear I did not. She said it quite voluntarily. I sever even spoke to het respecting the manner in which I suspected her husband had died. After the conversation 1 have just mentioned, she added, when we had proceeded a tittle farther, "0 yes, I gave him threepennyworth of whisky on Tuesday, two days before he died." The deceased was buried on the same afternoon on which I took the prisoner. This was done by permission of the coroner. The deceased was buried in - Mr. iacholefield's burial ground. The grave was watched front that day till the time the deceased was disinterred, -to undergo a pastmorlem examination. The prisoner was discharged from custody on the Monday fol lowing, the 23d of November, and was not apprehended again till the sth of February, although diligent search was made after her in the interim. When she was again taken she recog nised*itness, at the New Bailey prison, as the person who first took her up, and with whom she had had the conversation I havejust related. Johh Booth.—l am a constable at Manchester.. I appre headed the prisoner on the sth of February last, in a 'muse at Chorlton-upon-Medlock. I asked her "if her name was not Betty Rowland ?" She .replied. "It is." I then said, "you • are the person I want, and whom I, have been seeking for a long time back." I said, " I am taking you on a charge of , poisoning your husband." She replied, Well, 1 have no -pleasure of my•lite, I have no pleasure of my time—l am miserable:" I then said, " you may well not have any pleasure of your time, if all is true I have- heard about you." that she made no reply. During this conversation I made use of no promise nor threat, nor said or did anything to induce the pri soner to say what I have just related. I then conveyed her to prison. On our way there I asked her where she had been to, and why she had gone away out of the town ? She said,,"the reason I went away was, that my husband had left me so much in debt that I thirst not reside in the neighbourhood for fear his ereditors.should injure me. I could not stay safely." In my presence, Sawley, the last witness, asked the prisoner if I had charged her with anything. She answered. " that I had said she had poisoned her husband;" . and she, then replied, " It is not ti ue—l have not done itit is a false charge:' James Sawley recalled.—After Booth;the last witness,, had made a statement of a-bat had traiispired'between him, (Booth) and the prisoner, I said to the prisoner in his presence, -' Well Betty, you know what you are charged with. She said; " Yes, lam guilty—l am guilty—l don't care how soon I die— I don't care how soon I die." I said " I had heard she had bought some stuff at Mr. Goodman's" She said " Yes, I did. 1 bought seine arsine there." I asked , her who was with her at the time ? . She replied " Alice Tinker was with time." I asked her how much she bought ? She said " A pennyworth." I said " Well, you are charged with having given it to your husband." She then began to cry, and said" Yes, I put it in some gruel, I thought it was sugaL', I asked her why she had given it to him ? and site said, " I had tasted it before I did so, and am sure it could do hint no harm." I asked her why she gave it to him after she had found out her mistake, and after she had tasted it, upon which she said that it was only sugar, and could do hiM no harm. Joseph Sadler ThomaS.,-I am deputy-constable of Manches ter. I saw the prisoner the Morning of the 7th of January. I said to her, crhwe - "yffirsent for me?" She said "yes. I want to tell you all about it." I made use of no threat nor promise whatever ro her. am certain I did not. I cautioned her two or three times that everything she might then say would be brought against her, in evidence on a future occasion. To this she replied, "I don't care ; I am very uneasy; I . want to tell you the whole truth, awl nothing hut the truth, although I die for it." She then complained of the.treatment of her husband, from whom, she said; she separated three days after they were married, when they remained separated for a considerable time aftefwards. She added, "'respecting his death I'll tell you everything. Some time ago I asked Alice Tinker to go with the to Mr. Goodman's to get some arsenic. I told her it was fur another woman, whose name I did not mention. We then went to Mr. Goodman's, and bought a pennyworth. Ile told us to be Care:bl, as it was pOison, and he cautioned me how to use it. After we left the shop,. I then told Alice Tinker it was not for our house that we wanted it." Richard Green.—ls a constable at IVlanehesler. I was pre sent when Mr. Oilier, the surgeon, opened the body of the de ceased. It was disinterred from the burying ground of Mr. Scholefield. I ilidnot:see deceased before he was buried, but his body was shown to the, fist witness,,Jereiniah Crawley, in the burial.ground, who identified it as that of Wm. Rowland.. • Henry Oilier.—l am a surgeon at Manchester. Oa the 27th /lay of November I examined the deceased in Mr. Sebolefield's burial:ground. I took out the contents of the stomach, and took them home to my own surgery, where I analysed them. I *found a quantity of common white arsenic there, more than suf ficient to Intve occasioned the death of the deCaasert7 r flUe no part of the fluid took from the stomach with me to-day. I reduced the arsenic from the state of salt to the mineral itself. I have no doubt whatever but the arsenic I found was the cause of the death of the deceased. He must have suffered very con., siderablv for some time previous to his death. He could not possibly have survived twenty-four hours after he had taken the poison. Every other part of his body, as far as I examined it presented a perfectly healthy appearance. • This closed the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, upon being asked what she had to Ray in her defence, replied that she was entirely innocent. She handed ovie,a written defence, which was read aloud oy the clerk of th 4 court, and was afterwards carefully read over to the jury by the learned judge at the conclusion of his charge. It set forth that deceased had desired prisoner to purchase some poison to kill the vermin with with which the house was infested, and, that in consequence she did so; that, on the night her husband died, he'awolte her and desired that - she would get up and get hiM some gruel, which she did; and.•having no candle with her tpon going to the cupboard to get some sugar to sweeten it with, she look, the parcel containing the poison for the sugar, whi c h she emptied into the gruel and gave to the , deceased. She fur ther stated that there were several parcels, very much alike, of ,'tea, coffee, sugar, and tobacco, together with the arsenic; on the same shelf in the cupboard. She accounted fin. her absence froin Manchester from the 22d of November to the sth of Feb. by 'stating that she had been obliged to leave the place on ac count of being in debt, and that she had been at Macclesfield all the time till within a few days of her apprehension. His LottostriP then proceeded to sum up the evidence, which he did with considerable care and minuteness, commenting upon it as he went along.. The Jury turned round in their box, and in about half a mi nute afterwards returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner. The JUDGE 'proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner in the following terms. Betty Rowland, You have been found. guilty of the horrid crime of murder, byadministering poison to your husband; no doubt can be entertained for a moment, after the evidence which has been heard against you, of your having in pursuance of a scheme you had formed before hand, intended to make an end of your husband'i life. You have but a fel hours to live. It is absolutely necessary, in order to strike terror into those persons who have power over the lives of their consorts; I say it is absolutely necessary that those persons should see the ex ' ample which you will shew forth to them, that they will not be permitted to act as you have-done with impunity. I earnestly exhort you to employ the short remaining time you have to live in this world in imploring mercy from your Cieator and : Judge, as there is no hope, I cannot hold out any hope- that your life will be spared ; but to Him, into whose presence you are about to appear, you may still look for that mercy which the law for bids me to extend tow,:rds you. It only remains for me to pronounce the dreadful sentence of the lww, which is, that you be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and front thence on Saturday you be taken to some place of execu tion, where you will he * hanged by the neck till your are dead, and may the Lerd have mercy on your soul. WILFUL MURDER NEAR -nutty. Jam Bury. d 6; vas charged with the wilful murder - of Agnes Ilerdson, at Prestwich, near Bury. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. BRAN DT appeared for the prosecution, and Dr. BROWN defended the prisoner. Mr. George Holmes examined.—l am a surgeon at Pilking. ton, near Ratcliffe. On the 26th of last November I was called in to attend the deceased, who was lying in the house of woman named Betty Coates. at Bury: I found her lying in bed in a very dangerbus'itate. [The witnefis here went On to describe the nature of the injuries which the deceased had .reCeived, but which were of so indelicate; and at the same time of so horrible , and brutal a description as to render- it quite impossible for us to report them. It will be perhaps. -sufficient- to. state,- that the witness, at the conclUSion, saul that the injuries the deceate4- had received.were such as left no doubt that she had died:in consequence of them.' In consequence of the clanger in whiek the deceased was in the surgeon thought it his duty to . acqoaint: her that she could not live many days longer. The result was,. that she sent for an overlookerin the manufactory in which she had worked, and to whom she made such communications' as caused the prisoner to be apprehended. Part of the evidence: of the overlooker, who is also constable of Ratcliffe, the place where the deceased was employed, we subjoin. Mr. Samuel Eloltue examined.,--I am constable of Ratcliffe, and an nyerlooker in Mr. Peel's cotton manufactory, where the deceased was formerly employed as a piecer. She was at her work for the last time on the 25th November. She was. only able to work a quarter of a day at that time. She complained of being ill, and was obliged to go home. On the 13th of 'Dec. following the deceased sent for me, ancL understanding she was near her end, and had comet king to communicate to me, I Went. I did not stay with her at that time, as there were persons in the house and about her bedside praying with her. The next day she sent . for me again. I went about half-past . five in the evening. She was in bed. • There were two or three personS in the.room, who, by her desire, left it as soon as I entered. Mary Berry (the woman in whose house the deceased was) then showed me something by the desire of the deceased, and then left us together in the room. ' The deCeased waKthen in a dying state. She was perfectly composed and 'sensible. As anon as we were alone, she said,-" William - I have something to declare: to thee before I can die," - I said, ! ." -Well, -Agnes, what is it ?" She said. " William.l can't die. comfortably till I have told thee." She said she knew she 1111191.4 h ,, and telt sure she mould never could get better; but before she said any thing more, she 'trust have the prisoner , sent for,- as she_ wanted to tergive him, and she prayed God to forgive him also. The, prisoner was then sent for, and, addressing hint, the deceased " Thou sees what thou has brought me to. He. replied s , _ was not me." Upon which she said, "Dues thou not remember fetching me out of old Betty Coates's. and dashing the down 0, n the floor two or three tunes?" The p risoner here slapped her, and said to the deceased, " If thou says another word, , i'll cut thy eves out of thy head." The deceased notwithstanding went on with her woeful relation of what further, injury the prisoner did to her, which, for the reasons mentioned, we cannot give in detail. [As the witness gate his account of it, word after word, evert/ person in court: .as far ac efilbdery ion wentoappeared ihig , ket i at t h e ,lio t ritild Itattittive. - Many'pervoul shed-lean". -.~..0..-- ~ _. _ • . .........,.sw:~h • and all tmenit.d - . Thn electwied N.g i t e d the prisoner to alter his coot trt :mot pray to Almighty God for fot . givenes4. The proioner was very touch affected after this interview, but made no observation further thau st.t.cd above. ~ _ Upon .the witness being recalled, he *as questioned farther by the JUDGE as to what took piaee when the prisoner and de ceased were last together. He sa.d the deceased likewise said " Thou knows, Jack,.it is thee who has brought me to this bed where I am now lying." , .To which noise, prisoner rep li ed, " Damn thee, if thou does not hold thee P.II pull thee out Of bed." To this brutal sally she made no reply. .The next witness elated was Martha Chadvvia...—l knew both the prisoner and the deceased. They were companions, and were courting. The deceased came to her house, where the prisoner lodged, on the night previous to the 24th Nov. They had some woids that night, and prisoner struck deceased upon the head and various parts of the body. They staid at the house till half-past eleven o'clock in the. evening, and then both left it together. Saw no more of the deceased that night. The prisoner • did come in, but at what hour witness could not say. He knocked her upb The prisoner was a little in liquor when he went out. hut he was quite sober wben he came in. He went nut to his work as usual at sit o'clock in the morning. Witness Saw the deceased that morning itioon after ten o'clock at Betty Coates's. She gave a itness some tobacco and some potatoes for the pri soner. She was then laid down upon a sofa. She did not Com plain much,r.but seemed very poorly Kitty Ogden examined.—She knew both prisoner and de ceased: Had seen them repeatedly together. On the morning after she bad received the injuriets already deSeribed, deceased came into her house to ask witness to ai4sist her in adjusting her dress: She then complained of . what nrisoner had done to her. - The brother-in law of the deceased spoke to the manner tn. ' which the prisoner and deceased had behaved to each other.; and Mary Barlow, the woman in Whoie house the unfortunate woman died, corroborated the testimony 'of the previous wit. nesses as to what the deceased had said respecting the treatment she had received from•the prisoner. • - The medical gentleman was a g ain ca lled itite th e Wifne!is box, and que , tiOncd at much length by the prisoner's counsel with a . view to ascertain whether the deceased 'might not have died, from some other cause than •that alleged in the indictment- Nothing, however, was said which at all made it apparent that she had come to her death froth any other means than the hor rid usage of the prisoner. Upon the prisoner being called upon 'for hii defence, he " I am quite innocent of the crime laid to my charge." His Lottrismie'then went through the evidence in a careful and deliberate manner, and the jury,.after consulting together for a few moments, retired. They returned into court in about a quarter 'of an hour. Silence * having been proclaimed, the . foreman returned the f 'noising verdict:-." We find that the prisoner, by laving his hands upon the deceased for the purpose of producing ediortion, caustid ber.dealh." '; • The prisoner being asked what he irtato lay why sentence of death should not be immediately passed upon him, made no reply ; and the J imuE pro( ceded at once to pass sentence of death upon him in the following impressive manner :—You have been found guilty of causing the death of a young woman • with whim you bait foriiied an illicit intetcOurse. • The evidence upon which you have been foun4 guilty is quite satisfactory. Whatever alight Itave'been the conduct. of the unfortunate de- ceased young woman. during her connexion we h you, there cannot b - the 'cast doubt on the mind of any one who hag heard your trial this day that the dying declaration 1% as made by . her while .labouring under religious impressions 4nd a full :consciousness that 'she • was about to leave this world tor ever. P. is therefore with the utmost pain and grief that I find my self. bound, a second' time this day, by a sense of public justice, to direct that another of my fellow-creatures must leave this wind& by the hands a the common executioner. For • the intimidation of those who might be led away by such awful crimes — going unpunished to pursue a similar course, the law demands that I should pronounce the awful sentence of death upon you. In a very few hours from the time at which I am now speaking, you will be launched into eternity; and let me implore you to make the most of that assistance which will be afforded you to - reconcile yourself to the Almighty, and pray for that mercy and forgiven which the dying lips of the un fortunate young woman pronounced upon you. The sentence of the Cmirt Upon you is, that you be taken hence to the place from whenrc lota Was brought, and from thence to the place of execution, and tharyou be hanged by the neck until you and dead. And may Almighty God have mercy upon your moil During the progress of this painful investigation, the pri , soner was in frequent cominunicatton 1 - •;'ith his legal adviser, and appeared carefully to watch the progress of the cause. His plea of not guilty was'uttered id a firth and deliberate manner, which, to all appearance, be maintained throUghont the trial. He is a good looking athletic young man, and hai nothing for bidding in his features,. oeanything which would indicate that he was.capable of committing the dreadftil crime for which fie is about to suffer. warm, MURDER AT MANCHESTER. Joseph Greort, (28) was charged with the wilful Murder olt Catherine Green, his wife, by cutting her throat with a razor. The prisoner pierided Not Guilty. • • - 'Mr. ARMSTRONG conducted the case for the prosecution, Dr. BLOWN defended the prisoner. • It•appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and his wife • 'lodged together in a house in Blakel y -street, Manchester. And, on the 31st-of last August, the deceased,•early in the morning, left her own bed, went upstairs, and laid-down upon that of the landlady- with whom she lodged, The prisoner followed her and; shortly afterwards, jumped upon - the bed with a razor in • his hiA hand and cutthe deceased across the throat. She jump ed out of bed and ran to' the - witidovr, Out bf which she cried " murder" twice, qnd then fell oackwards into the-bedroom and expired. " ' • - - Witnesses were eallejk who, proved that the prisoner had at various times es,fiiitited 4344 - toms of in,anity,and that since his committal for the m urder he had condu c ted . hi mse lf i n suc h a manner as to 144e - no doubt upon the minds of those %.ho saw him that such.Wpsthe case. The jury, in . Cnnsideration of this circumstance, found a ver dict of acquittal ,wit the ground of insanity. The JLOoS.orilereil him to be taken bite,: to Kiri:dale Housri of Porreitioti failliepiesebt. NISI PRIUS.---'lHuitsriAt: CASS V. ALLANSO,N AND AN9THER. This ras an action brought by the phiLtiff, uho reiides it! liurtan-cute-i against ttie de - feititairts"wlio 'are siting manufacturers- for au abatement of the nuisance of their ma nufactory. A veiclict was taken by consent for the plaintiff subject to a reference. LEACH r. w: KINSOII.—ASS/ICLT. This was an, actiou .bLqugtit by the plaintiff, wha is a beerf seller, at Atlitside,'heit.r.l3o.ltan, againsr.the defendant, ,nhn'irt a constable there, and who in February last, by the orde,raff person named Dayeoport,.kicked- the plaintiff (nit nt . - 13a,s - Rir port's, house. The case caused a good deal of Merrimetit: butis not interesting to this neighbourhood. . , ' , Mr. QuEsswra.t, 4ppettrtiiil , yr the plaintiff, and bir:Ak").M. ANDER for defendant. "Win Verdict for the ptaintik—One farthing damages. FISHER' r. A • This was an action brought by the plaintiff who is a spirit,, merchant at Wigan, for a balance of 1:54 due by the defend.: ant, who is a publican at Tarlton, Verdict for the Plaintiff, 1:54.. • HOLT AND ANOTHER r. n.),Vrs. Verdict for the plaintiff, by consent; datmages £200., subject • to a reference. Rion V. GOUDtr. This was an action brought to recover the Sinn .r £5l Ils. 9J on a bill of exchange accepted by defendant. Verdict. for plaintiff, £5l Ils. 9d. nonsort AND ANOTHER C. EDWARDS AND ANOTHER. Tbis was an action to recover the amount of a hill of change accepted by defendant. Verdict for plaintiff, £5l 11s, 9d: DORAN V RORFRTS. • . .... This was an an action brought by tlie - plaintift who is a carter iii LiVeri)ool, for the value of a : horse killers by defendant's waggon, which knocked it down and: broke its' leg, and !Tn.- . dered it necessary to be killed. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £4, the value of the horse. This case occupied upwards of three hours. - • GREEN V KERSHAW.-LIBEL. Mr. Alexander appeared fbr the plaintiff, and Mr. Cressweli defended the case. Mr. ALEXANDER it opening the pleadings said, this was tare action for libel against Mr. Green, which, if it had been a 3 hurtful to him as it was false, would have entitled him to very heavy damages. The extent of the injure he had suffered was unknown, but the tendency of the libel would he to injure hint very severly. Far be it from him to trench at al! on the liberty' .of be press, or to detach from-its 'importance, or yet to prevent a man from discussing matter of a public natute. Far be it flout him for fear that any injury should arise from the licenti- , ousness of the press to attempt to enlist their feelings for the • plaintiff, but they would permit hint to add, that he trusted they would not allow an unfounded calumny-to be published against another. . Upon their answer to that question he rested his . claim for protection to his client. The plaintiff, Mr. Jones, was a manqfacturer at Wigan, and had carried on business there for many years. He also kept a retail shop there, and of course it was very, important to' him not to have any disunion between . himself and his' customers. The defendant was a "drug gist; and resided in the saute town. What grounds he might have. for taking offence against Mr. Green he did not know; what-. • personal peak he might Lave taken against him he was unable to tleflne. Sc fat as heiettrot from his instructions, it appeared to him to be an attack . wholly. uncalled fur, as well as false. in the beginning brneeember last exertions were made by . ter/ain parties in Wigan With, a Viers to procure their election into the corporation. ' ArnongsCothers Mr. Green considered there woeld • be no objection to Iris -offering himself as a candidate for a pe• culiar district, in which he resided, and he met with considerable sbpport., There was a nvelittg held ot, their. frietiol L tai the forpose ! offititikrdink'the interests of the respective 6414i - dates.' That meeting was beld'at the George Inn, in that town; and was numerously Wended' by Mr. Green's.lVprters. Mr. • Alexander then wept on to say, th,..t Mr.. tireert teas rep potted in the Bolton Free 1 1 7'ess to have given the follow ing toast atThat meeting:--" May the liberals he flayed alive, theit'bidesiltnued into leather to iii ike shoes for the toties :to Wdlititt Wigan streets with." This libel was inserted in the rßolion . Free Press. under the head of• Bolton Corresp o ndenee, h9hePe it."%iili"said that Mr. Dawson presided nythe meeting, and Mr. Green and others held foith in the " true Wellington style." The editor of the Bolton Free Press was applied to for his authority,' and at once gave it up in the person of a Mr. • Jackson, a weaver of Wigan, who was his correspondent. Mr. Jackson was then applied tb, and said.that'blr. Kenshaw, the defendant, was his informant—that he had come to him after ho had chised his letter, and hail requested iof to libel complained f ll to be inserted. Mr. Alexander then strongly deprecated t he libetali,r~ of i i n ho th se: , w ia h ric a . without ir.a rseifnnahtnerde, n con e ld u t , L e u g s u „ falsely assail a rival r • this been put to considerable anno p th n e ce bi a n n o l dy lo ( s i s r z ee l i i i e , the been posted up and down the town, as . hinr n o y oi. t i o to lh h a o t of the Cannibal Islands," and with ot her o p probrious it ri t "' i li: : ;le:sr:I:I:at to tutihri,:d:jii,irriv::::,:octi.:l:nFlit?o7t.i.i_,,ahvlioid_l , o uhd w iteip a , ao : n a e,ai _oe n a: d( e )et. n,7 to Mr. individual that redress whit , Ogle's shop, and purchasing the Holton Free hes» containing the libel. On twin(' c ross-examined; h e said to ; - -Lord, of Wigan . Mut on l all sides. John Leyland was called'who pforeti tbafMr., Keikhaw K a_ witted in the presence of. , jalson . and. Mr. Quip that ho tnat ne mun i c ated the libel to jackiti Mr. CnEsswy..r.t. submitted that,the loaat itself etas nn iibeif it was the connexion 4hich-reiniei4waii,,,ieviostv,qcotki sha*: had u, I eilmmunicatect that. ' f_1,99.79""" am aq't 'l,lre' learn ed u nog said the ' RIT • that libel tir.iehunt,rtoahiini,%dild.eaeii:sth'heottihaeiwd al;lee to h abyv a a p tsoi p d e ni a sr re et : tv . silt. AmiTtittr . :.-ei tir,S, VfiY erdict by content . f or the - plaintiff 1:113-,:Pubjecetiiij-A1 5Jb 707 ference..- ~ • • . ,bats. htilkwient %.stvxvtinft OP AvreFfiVEYS.—P,hster term bregicirtbdilTntt ?e or next trtnnth, prey-in-lists , to which. attUr It2l t o the trew - negttu"As lation, whet intend to apply to Ix. arlinitted tittnVorik ney must:undergo a rigid examination• beforo clommissjoDe* apperintti fr)r the• poipoe, teaching theii aao preteuiient to 1 4e. athoitted. !i t i;ll „, .