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entrusted wit as Ma priestl I leavc known, is m Yours, very f 32nd sfarch, 1852, s now or `• a li isti work the rcely bell burnt."' I cor is and of t ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE, Letters addressed to the Editor should he accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to he understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—By reprinting the following lines, which appeared in your valuable paper on the 6th of June, 1835, (nearly seventeen years ago,) you will greatly oblige AN OLD SUBSCRIBER CHARACTER OF A RADICAL A radical's character is easy to draw, He hates to obey, hut would govern the law In manners unsocial, in temper unkind, A rebel in conduct, a tyrant in mind. Malignant, implacable, enviously sour, He envies all those who have riches or power ; So empoisoned himself, he would gladly destroy The comforts and blessings that others enjoy. JOSEPH WICIESTEAD THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR.—How is it that Government rot only tolerate. but abso lutely support, a system whose ministers are so thoroughly disaffected to the institutions and welfare of our country? Some time since. on the passing of our very inadequate Eccle siastical Titles Bill, a certain number of Romanists in this town made long speeches about what they would not do. Amongst the rest a certain noble father (albeit no husband) made the following very prieNtlike denunciation of our Most' GRACIOtTS SOVEREIGN :—" Our Gracious Queen, I sly our BLACKGUARD QUEEN ! ! I care not for their hill—l tell you, ' , en, I SHALL OPPOSE THE BILL !!" And this, sir, in England ; this in the land that supports the ungrateful brood ; this to the face of the people, but for whose toleration and christian charity they would be unknown. Why is such language permitted, and why does not the government of this country see to it? Why do they not see that Popery is a moral mania, whi , h, if tolerated at large, will not rest content till her Babylonish hands reek once more with English blood. This matter needs attention from Englishmen ; the issue is with Him who has decreed that the beast shall yet for a title time war against the saints, and, after that, "he destroyed with the brightness of His cominz." M. LUTHER REDIVIVUS SANATORY IMPROVEMENTS To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Some time ago I observed a draft of a sanatory bill in the local papers, which it was intended to have submitted to parliament, but, from an accompanying paragraph, it seemed that the immediate promoters of the bill were induced to with draw it in consequence of the ascertained intention of the Earl of Sefton, as lord-lieutenant of the county, to oppose it. I beg frankly to state, that the two prime points which the draft did not contain, but which the bill ought to contain, are, first, a clause to do away with the holding of public schools in cellars and underneath church edifices ; and, second, a clause to do away wit be more ( cemetery conseque rough, which would now e of the very large borough nent has yet taken place. J. G. at %Val ton Li verpoo ROMISH INTOLERANCE To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, rsecuti mas of the Church of Rome ates is well known, particulaft toleration and freedom of con T, I think, who will SHOULD BE BURNT' doctrine 01 THAT HERETICS .nly puTished in this country; yet suc a period printed and circulated extensively in called " The Catholic Guardian." ilication, a reprint of coon, by the Right n's, Newfoundland a work, translal Rev. Dr. Mull°, and purporting DR. M`\ FILE SENTATIO The following letter has Dr. M'Neile Italian of I_ op of St. Jo iry of the Protestant Heresy."' Bull Exsurze Domine of Pope words:—" First in order come that the thirty-third of these fl as heretical and blasphemous by contrarq to the Spirit of God ,s I could har credit my ht the A evelation as "drunken with 't martyrs of Jesus." Rev. xvii. cal power, or whether s these doctrines are tan., lould rece rt from tt -, r thinking men to ju Iportan - s can be safely 7b an institution British treasur 'of the above, _and of its being extensively g on your space W. F. TAYLOR y for trespassi March ]g, &ND THE REPRE OF LIVERPOOL. addressed by the R TO THE PROTESTANTS OF LIVERPOO which has so lot Lain it If YOU last for i 8 In si and thereu hastily and ;owl understanding- high a value o'n the I am misu assailed. I violently s, not to wish to main': `msiastic multitude of . 9nce of the as ' ault, zeal of its watchful Protestantism. My Protestantism changed. Ido not consider the Maynooth question as a aor matter ; neither do I look upon opposition to the en ..owment of that seminary as a secondary consideration in the selection of candidates for the House of Commons. If I had the power to select, and could find the men, I would fill that house with sound men, fearing God and hating covetousness, attached to our Protestant institutions, and resolved to wash the nation's hands clean and clear of all support and endow -111 en t of Romanism, Irish or Colonial. What, then, has happened? I w,ll tell you frankly and fear 'v. When 1 have told you, many among you will entirely - qh me; many others among you will think that I am one point ' • but no one, who doe s no t d ou b t my ..„ that I designed any defection from, or , our Protestant cause. I make no pretensions to ' neither, I presume von. I will first state briefly th subsisted between -id as I said to an enthii_ haste and violen quite wron veracity, betrayal of inf'llibi it, I fOr thought upon th feel. facts of the case; then, what I 'ct ; and lastly, what I now think and ie of the meeting of Parliament, the first weel , gentlemen waited upon me as a deputatior ion of the town, to represent • --,- --‘, nninion and au me me existing state of affairs, and ask my ~,,, assistance upon a political question of urgent local impor• tance. They said, and thought, that in all probability a disso lution of the House of Commons would be immediate, and, of course, an election for Liverpool. They assured me that every effort to procure suitable candidates had failed ; that our friend Mr. Horsfall, and others whom they named, bad re fused ; that if something was not done, and done instantly, the present members would he again returned ; and they asked me if, under these circumstances, I thought, and would help them and promote union by saying, that it would be better to invite Lord John Manners and Sit Stratford Canning than quietly to acquiesce in the return of the present members. I might have refused to give any opinion upon the subject That woro ' ~uoin nave been safe, selfishly safe; but it would not have been courteous : and as I did not attach so much importance to my own opinion as many seem to have done, I promised to give it. This was on the 4th of February. On the following day, I wrote the letter which was dated and sent on the 6th. That letter did not appear in print until after the occasion which had called for it had passed away. No immediate dissolution of the House of Commons took place; and on the Ist of March I wrote ano th er l e tt er to the gentlemen of the deputation, saying that the emergency was past—that the arguments in my former letter need be no longer applicable to their case—that time was given for a better choice—and I hoped they would now find candidates concerning whom there need be no embarrassment. Then it was, after nearly a month, and after a change of ministry, that my first letter was published, and it was misunderstood and misapplied. I need not describe the commotion it has occa sioned. These are the facts. . . 2. In writing that letter, I did not think or feel that the Protestant cause, especially the Maynooth question, was in the smallest degree involved; and for this stmple reason, that the gentlemen on both sides, both the present members and the proposed candidates, (or at least one of them,) are all on the same side of that question. On that vital point there was no difference between them. Therefore, in choosing between them, that point was not touched. Other matters, not indeed to be compared to that one, but still, in their way, of much importance, were at stake; and I am one of those who, whether right or wrang, have never yet given up the old fashioned Conservative opinion that two Protectionists, as they are now called, would be a vast improvement on two Free Traders. It is easy to be wise after the event, and to say now the choice was not so limited, &c. &c. At the time it seemed to be so. I thought it so, and it was under that impression my letter was written. I said none of the gentlemen named aro what we want, because none of them are Protestants of our stamp; they are not the men we would have if we could choose—this is distinctly in my letter—but, if you ask me which among them are to be preferred, I have no difficulty in saying, that I think you will be in the path of enlightened political duty in inviting the Protectionists. I did not - by this feel myself at all committed as to the future. Neither the gentlemen of the deputation nor any of their friends could imagine that if candidates differing on the Protestant question —pro and anti Maynooth men—were after wards proposed. I was in any way pledged by what had occurred. Not in the slightest degree. No, not if Lord John Manners appeared on one side •; only let such a man as Mr. Napier. o r M r. Plumptre, or Mr. Colcinhoun, appear on the other aide, and my letter would become waste paper. It would have no application. It was never intended to apply to such a case. But if there be no such men in the field, and you are com pelled, when the time comes, to choose bet ween men w ho are all, and all alike, i n favour of the Maynooth endowment and Other Popery -supporting measures —what then? Why then, some of you will say, it is inconsistent in a Protestant, and particularly in a Protestant champion and leader (as you are pleased to call me) to support any of them : better, a thousand times better, to have no members at all. I agree with this. Better have no members at all; and if you could keep the borough unrepresented until you find better candidates, the decision would he simple. Bit unfortunately you must have two members, and that without delay. The choice at such a moment is not between two objectionable members, and none at all, but between two objectionable members and two more objectionable still. This is a question of political judgment, not of Protestant principle. On this, in all its details, both as to whether a vote should be given at all, and if so, for whom, among men all of whom are below our own standard, we may, I holle, differ in opinion, without any Protestant divisi on . Doubtless it is the fault of a constituency, when matters come to this; but, in point of fact, they sometimes do come to ibis, and this was the case contemplated. Such was in yjudtment in this matter—a judgment in which some of my mos enlightened Protestant friends, whose praise is in all the chure hes,entireii concur. 3. But now, reconsidering the case, with a view to discover, If possible, what could have cause 1 such a commotion, and V.startted t he Protestantism of En t' -4 England," . nd " I think I can per ...* sonif . grOttod for mis apprehension. fecause my opinion, .. e ribad t. Wes not given in a few ice.. te asing words, to P.-. • as above tit— ' dePUtation ; but, in my anx ;fty to corn the gentlemen of tit._ ..4 *Won me, and to promotes unity, ply with the request presets. ... that is, to induce others to think ri, I did, I wrote an 31i: ate k:lt_e_r; argument. I might truly say, with, / 1 1eve, Lord gbil geld, .' I had not time to be brief." I can rn . ' `° o unuersr bow the character of that argument weans to many 61 you IDC aspect of a permanent application, and how the bearing ot it seems to many of you to be a breaking down of high principle generally, and an apology for taking a lower tone, not merely in the exceptionable and special -case contemplated, but in every ease. Such an interpretation of my letter would, I believe, account for much, if not all, that has been felt and said, by both friends and enemies. All that I can say is, that I had no such inten tion in writing it, and that so far as it ran be justlij charged with such .a meaning, I repudiate and withdraw it. Reading it now, I frankly admit its liability to be so misinterpreted, and have no difficulty in tracing the cause to what I have already said, my desire to comply, and, complying at all, to comply cordially, and if possible influentially, with the request made to me. I am not an electioneerer, and have never before gone so far into it as on this occasion. The experiment is not hopeful. On the severe things which have been so hastily said of me, it would he easy for me to speak with some deserved severity; but I will not do so, because I seek the thintts which make for peace and Protestant unity ; and unity is not to be attained or promoted by hasty crimination, even with apparent cause, or by deserved recrimination. • . - It this whole affair shall have the effect of rousing; you to a sense of your duty, so that you will not talk and write only. I,et take wise and timely counsel, and practically and with unanimity exercise your proper influence in the selection of fit candidate , I shall consider any misunderstanding which has attached to me more than counterbalanced by the favourable result. Believe me, always very faithfully yours. Aigburth, 16th March, 1852. HUGH M'NEILE. THE Li V ERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1852. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS. A very numerous and influential meeting of the Con servative electors of Liverpool, convened by the com mittee of the Constitutional Association, for the purpose of submitting for approval a requisition to William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., (one of the Secretaries to the Treasury,) and to Charles Turner, Esq., (Chair man of the Liverpool Dock Trustees,) to allow them selves to be put in nomination for the representation of the borough at the ensuing general election, was held in the Clarendon-rooms, on Wednesday last, at noon. Edmund Molyneux, Esq., presided ; and amongst the gentlemen present we noticed Francis Shand, Robert Rankin, Wm. Potter, Adam Hodson, Harold Littledale, Gilbert Moss, S. Holme, R. Woodward, Duncan Gibb, R. Horsfall. G. H. Horsfall, W. J. Horsfall, Jas. Tyrer, Laurence Peel, T. Bold, Chas. Groves, S. R. Greaves, Chris. Bushell, A. Henderson. H. C. Chapman, J. H. Worthington, C. Cotesworth, E. G. Deane, Jas. Bourne, John Longton, Thos. Carson, Thos. Fleming. Jas. Bold, John Worrell, Adam Norris, John Myers, T. C. Clint, Joshua Prowse, Jos. Brereton, P. Drinkwater, Robert Wynne, J. Bramley-Moore, John Lockett, J. Peacock, B. Darhyshire, F. A. Clint. R. Wright, S. Warner Shand, Alex. Shand, N. D. Bold, J. F. Goodwin, James Holme, S. Woodhouse. 0. Hatch, John Torr, T. Turner, T. H. Satchel!, W. Wagstaffe, Peter Leather, Ambrose Byford, Edward Byford, Henry Steele, F. Staveley, F. Hamp, G. E. Taunton, J. Williamson, Sykes, 0. Watson C. J. Warrin g t on , J. S. W o lf e, R . F ro d s h am, C. Lister,, J. L. Trotman, G. H. Gregory, R. Williams, W. F. Foster, J. Shaw, J. Gardner, and R. Ellison, Esqrs., Dr. Neill, &c. The CH AIRMAN having remarked upon the importance and necessity of being prepared with two candidates qua lified to represent the interests of so important a town and port as Liverpool, and stated the objects for which the meeting had been convened, Mr. FRANCIS SHAND .said they had secured the ser vices of two gentlemen who were in every respect quali fied to do full justice to the interests of this great com mercial port. They would not then take up the matter of politics, but they had selected ts candidates to submit for the approval of the electors, Wm. Forbes Mackenzie, Esq., and Charles Turner, Esq. The first gentleman was sufficiently pointed out as fitted for the consideration of this great constituency, by having been appointed as Se cretary to the Treasury by the noble lord now at the head o 5 affairs. (Cheers.) As to the second gentleman, Mr. Charles Turner, he need only mention his name as a guarantee for his capabilities. (Loud cheers.) These r gentlemen had consented to be put into nomination, if it should he the wish of the town, so expressed as to show them that they had a fair right to say they had the sup nnrt of •,• •• ne eieetors generally; and it so, they were quite prepared to meet the constituency. (Cheers.) Mr. SAMUEL HOLME said that some fault had been found with the Constitutional Association for not -ufficient celerity in bringing the names of two heforp mi_ _ _resent playing gentlerr was merely p.uttmtmtry meeting, ro he succeeded, he trusted, by a large and important gathering in the Am phitheatre ; but he would take the opportunity of stating, that the association had been actively engaged in making inquiries, and had been for some weeks in negotiation with gentlemen whom they thought were fit to represent a great commercial community like ours. Some gentle men, to whom they were much indebted, had spent a considerable time in London, and had been in communi cation with some of the heads of the Conservative party ; and the result was, that they had now to present the names of two gentlemen who would, if elected, serve the town of Liverpool, end the country at large, with fidelity, and with a strong attachment to those Conservative prin. les which hac and which he trusted would continue to animate the statesmen of England for years to come. (Cheers.) The names were those, first of Mr. Wm. Forbes Mackenzie, — and he felt satisfied, from some little personal knowledge of the great attainments of that, he might safely c7' Am, distinguished man, that they would have in him a representative of great talent, of inflexible integrity, and one devotedly attached to the constitution of our country, as by law established. He had been specially selected by Lord Derby to fill one of the most important practical posts which his lordship had to bestow. The other was a gentleman of whom it was unnecessary for him (Mr. Holme) to speak ; but when he stated that he had been a worthy representative of a commercial ward—that he had raised himself to a high position by the exercise of that commercial talent which was the glory of our tow n— (hear, hear)—when he knew that he had been the first and foremost in every good work—when he had seen his conduct as a member of Council, and knew the ability with which he was conducting the affairs of the Liverpool docks, he might venture to say that they would have, in Mr. Charles Turner, a gentleman intimately acquainted with all their local affairs, and one who, by his great com mercial knowledge, would prove himself a fit representa tive for a great commercial town. (Loud cheers.) He would not, at a preliminary meeting, occupy time by going into any of those great questions which were agi tating the public mind at this moment -V- ...t—uestfons must he definitiv e ly se ttl e d— not mere fisca q l qu esti ons, wine. or whether there should be a duty of a few shillings imposed upon wheat. The question at issue was a more extended one, and must be treated at a larger meeting. He would ask,—Are the men of Manchester to he the rulers of England ? (Loud cheers, and cries of " No, never !") Are they, a number of them, to shake their purses in the faces of the aristocracy of England—(hear, hear)—in the faces of the commercial men of England—(cheers)—in the faces of the agriculturists of England, and then to say, " With a subscription of 417,000 at our back"—how much of it is paid I know not or care not—" we will become the dictators of England ; we will destroy the balance of the British constitution ; and we will dictate to you the principles upon which England shall be go verned, and you shall do as we bid you, but shall have no voice in the matter." (Laughter, and loud cheering.) A gentleman recently stood up at a public meeting, and threatened the aristocracy of England " to look to their order," but he (the speaker) asked any gentleman, who had read the debates in the House of Lords, whether there was not a larger amount of talent and ability dis played there upon commercial questions than in the House of Commons ? (Cheers.) He would say, with Cobbett, " Thank God, we have a House of Lords ;" and he trusted the people of England looked upon the peers as a component part of the British constitution— that constitution which had been a blessing to mankind at large, and which had given strength and security to England when the thrones of Europe were tumbling. (Cheers.) He would ask, were they to barter these invaluable privileges away ? Were they longer, by their unhappy divisions, which at the last election they had such reason to regret,—(hear, hear,)—to suffer two gentlemen to represent a great commercial community in Parliament gentlemen both of them amiable in private life, but utterly unfit to have placed in their hands so great a trust ? (Hear, and applause.) He would not detain the mee ti ng furtler, but trusted that every gentleman would come to the large meeting soon to be called at the Amphitheatre, with an invincible determination to do his duty. Every single vote was of importance, as he would show them by an illustration. Mr. Holme then related an anecdote of a gentleman, who, while at Cheltenham, read in the newspapers that the election was to take place in his own town, where ho had a vote, that very day. He despatched his breakfast, and journeyed with all speed to the seat of contest, arriving just in time to give a vote, which turned the scale in favour of the conservative candidate, which same gentleman, when in the house, turned the scale against the ministry, who were defeated, and, if Mr. Holme recollected aright, turned out. Mr. Holme further said, that it was with some degree of reluctance that Mr. Turner had come forward. His modesty on this occasion was only equalled by his general ability. He had consented to place himself in the hands of the electors, and would, with Mr. Mackenzie, come forward, if the requisition justified them in doing so. Mr. Holme, therefore, most urgently and respectfully made an appeal to the meeting to accept the two names brought before them, and to attach their signatures to the requisition, which would be presented to each gentleman ; so that, whether an election came instantly, or whether it was delayed until August, the electors of Liverpool would be prepared for the defence of their glorious constitution, and their civil and religious privileges ; and the taunt of Mr. Labouchere, that "Liverpool spoke through its representatives," would be related. (Cheers.) He was reminded that a depu tation had waited upon Mr. Horsfall, who found, how. ever, that he could not accede to a requisition from Liverpool ; but Mr. Horsfall was one of the first men to attach his name to the requisition to Mr. Charles Turner and Mr. Forbes Mackenzie. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then read the requisition. Mr. ADAM HODGSON said, before it was put for adop. tion to the meeting, he wished to ask a question. In bringing forward the two gentlemen Named, but a very partial account of the principles of one of them had been given, With those of Mr. Turner they were well ac quainted; but were the gentlemen who had brought for ward the two candidates prepared to state what communi cation had been made with Mr. Mackenzie as to his Protestant principles ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. THOMAS B OLD , as one of the d epu t a ti on w h o waited upon Mr. Mackenzie, Said that that gentleman had asked in the most frank manner, " Do you know wh o ou are asking ? I voted f or the grant to Maynooth ; but I never regretted anything so muel in my life as having given my vote on that occasion, and I would now do all in my power to subvert it in any way I could." (Loud cheers.) Mr. HODGSON said that nothing could - have been more satisfactorily and fully answered, and he should have great pleasure in attaching his name to the requisition. At the same time he did not wish to be misunderstood. He did not wish it to he understood that he was an advocate for every line of policy marked out by the present govern ment. He appeared there, to a certain degree, as a free trader. He thought the protective policy, if pursued to the extent contemplated, would prove injurious ; for ex perience had shown that the free trade policy was the best of the two. (Loud cries of " No, no.") That was his (Mr. Hodgson's) opinion, and one which had not been hastily arrived at; others, who thought differently, could maintain their own views on the matter. (Hear, hear.) But he would throw free trade to the winds. rather than oppose the slightest obstacle to an administration on which be could depend, with ten times more firmness, than that of Lord John Russell for the preservation of the fundamental principles of the constitution. (Cheers.) He for one felt that the principles of the constitution were safer in the hands of Lord Derby than in the hands of Lord John Russell; and, as compared with these, all other matters became as dust in the balance. (Hear, hear.) What was our commerce, if the principles of our constitution were to be sapped and undermined—if the social institutions of the country were allowed to be threatened, if the attachment to our Protestant insti tutions were allowed to be weakened, or more aggressions. such as those of last year, made upon them ? (Cheers.) What was the question of free trade, compared with our determination to say that Protestant England shall be Protestant England still. (Loud applause.) The speaker concluded by expressing his pleasure that Lord Derby, in his speech on Monday night, had announced his intention of not being driven to an appeal to the country by any taunting or sneering. His lordship would not go to the country upon any trumpery five shilling duty, but only upon great and important considerations. After some remarks from Mr. J. TYRER, pointing out th , ) qualifications of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie ; and a few further observations from Mr. SAMUEL HOLME,—who said that the late ministry had not been put out by the Conservatives, but they had put themselves out, as alto gether incapable of managing affairs,—the CHAIRMAN put the requisition to the meeting, and it was unanimously approved. Three cheers were then given for Lord Derby, three cheers for the Queen, three cheers for the Church, three cheers for the town and trade of Liverpool, &c. ; when the meeting separated. The requisition was signed by several hundred gentle men in about half an hour. "THE LIBERALS" AT LOGGERHEADS THEIR PROCEEDINGS ON SATURDAY. SATURDAY, the 20th, will henceforth be a black day in the calendar of the Whig-Radicals of Liverpool, and— " the Ides of March remember"—a warning, repeated oft in grave tones by Liberals " of all denominations" to aspiring political juveniles. The morning dawned big with the promise of a meeting of the Caucus which was to extinguish the Earl of Derby's administration, and place whiggery in the ascendant for at least half a cen tury. True, there was a rumour that a slight hitch might occur in the day's proceedings through the obsti nacy of the Roman Catholic electors, who demurred to the choice of Sir Thomas Birch as one of the candidates to be brought forward at the approaching election ; but the leaders of the party trusted that the administration of a little soothing syrup and the big loaf argument would still the ruffled waters, and win over the'sweet voices of the Hibernians. The indefatigable bill-stickers, however, had been exercising their vocation whilst politicians were sleeping.; and our mural literature announced to thou sands the startling fact of the " Resignation of Sir Thomas Birch." A bomb-shell dropped into the midst of a Quakers' meeting—a fall of soot upon the matured labours of the cook, for which a party of hungry diners out were waiting—never c/eated more dire confusion than the " Second Edition" of the Journal of that awful Saturday in the ranks of the party. One section of it were ready to toss up their hats for joy at having thus got rid of the anti-papal baronet ; but the rest were struck with mingled wrath and fear. The aristocracy of cotton bales looked daggers at the smaller men of hides and haberdashery—for the latter, to use the memorable words of Lord Brougham on the occasion of a well-known whig calamity, " had done it all." This was clear from the .d Journal's narration of the affair. Sir Thomas, it seems, had placed himself at the disposal of his "Liver- his address was in their hands, to be issued or not, as seemed to them to be most productive of good to the cause. But we quote the Journal's correspondent : " The presence of two Liverpool gentlemen in London yester day apprised Sir T. Birch that his disinterestedness seas put to the test. Mr. Wylie and Mr. Robertson had come here, by order of the Liverpool party as represented at the Royal Hotel, to look out for a candidate. They did not call on Sir Thomas or Mr. Cardwell; but Sir Thomas, having ascertained their busi ness, took occasion to render them valuable assistance. At once he signified his intention of withdrawing from the repre sentation of Liverpool. Mr. Wylie, Mr. Robertson, and the small section of " the Liberal party as represented at the Royal hotel," —namely, at the meeting of a little junta of busybodies noticed in our last—had spoiled the aristocratic dish, or, in the vernacular, " put their foot in it." In the pleasant state of mind produced by these circum stances—this harmonious interchange of mutual good wishes—the parties duly assembled, at a little after one o'clock, in the large room of the Royal Hotel, Dale street, which was not inconveniently crowded, and did not contain many more of the aristocracy of the whig party than could have been comfortably accommodated in the very smallest of Mr. Powell's private parlours. The majority of the meeting belonged to the "great unknown" class ; and there was a considerable sprinkling of Hiber nian faces, looking, from time to time during the pro ceedings, unutterable things at the men of broadcloth, and evidently ready for a scrimmage with any " man or mortial" who would say " pease," deny the gentility of St. Patrick's paternity, or whisper a syllable against the Pope or Cardinal Wiseman. Mr. William Rathbone was called to the chair, as a reporter has it, " after a pleasant resistance ;" and, as if doubting that the whig " mate rials" present were not quite the sort which he should like to mix his own punch with, commenced by expressing a desire not to be pledged by any resolution at which the meeting might arrive ! and, after the usual platitudes, called upon Mr. C. E. Rawlins to read the report of the sub-committee of the Reform Association—viz., the little knot of nobodies—appointed as such, at the before mentioned clique gathering. The report stated that the liberal party had secured a gain upon the register at the last registration ; but, as there had been much difference of opinion created amongst the party on the subject of the Papal Aggression Bill, they had felt it desirable to secure two candidates who could command the united support of the whole liberal party. WTith this view they bed deputed Messrs. Wylie and Robertson to proceed to London to wait upon Sir James Graham, and learn if he was prepared to receive a deputation from Liverpool inviting him to stand for the borough. Those gentlemen, lie said, had just returned, and would state the result of their mission. Mr. A. H. WYLIE then presented himself, and, having recapitulated the views of the committee, proceeded to state the particulars of his own and Mr. Robertson's inter view with Sir James Graham ; but, first of all, he gave an indignant rap or two on the knnckles of the unlucky cor respondent of the Journal, who had very indiscreetly let the cat out of the bag as to the deputation's proceedings, and Sir Thomas Birch's interpretation of them, a few hours sooner than was pleasant. The correspondent's version of the affair was wrong from beginning to ending. Warming into a fury, he stated that "there were as many errors in it as lies ;" but corrected himself by substituting for the offensive monosyllable the more mild one, " lines." They had, of course, been affably received by Sir J. Graham, who, upon being made acquainted with their errand, had " felt flattered at the high honour offered him of being brought forward As a candidate for this most important town," and so on ; but reminded them that the battle they had to fight was that of Free Trade, and he was afraid that his accepting their offer might peril the return of Mr. Cardwell, who had been his colleague, and was un willing to disturb Sir Thomas Birch, who had a powerful body of friends in Liverpool. Soon after this interview the deputation learnt that Sir Thomas Birch had sent his resignation down here, and they felt it their duty to wait again upon Sir James, and acquaint him with the fact. Still the right honourable baronet deferred ; " he was too old, at his time of life, to take upon him to represent a town like Liverpool,' or, divesting the sentence of its courtly outside, " too old a soldier to be caught with chaff." Besides, he added, " remarks might he made on their inviting two gentlemen popularly called Peelitee !" Mr. Wylie concluded by moving " that a committee be appointed with full powers from this meating to select two candidates to represent the Free Trade party at the next election." Mr. CH4RLES ROBERTSON, after a few remarks, se. conded the resolution. Mr. GEORGE HOLT expressed himself in high dudgeon at the course which had been pursued by the sub committee, who had allowed themselves to be influenced by all kinds of hole-and-corner objections, from all kinds of parties. The mind of the sub-committee ought to have been made up long ago , and it was time now that they ought to be at work, instead of having still to run about seeking candidates. Sir Thomas Birch was the best man they could name; and he had only sent down his resignation under a wrong impression that the cause of Free Trade would be promoted by his doing so. He was satisfied yet, that if he himself, or any of his influ ential friends, were to wait upon Sir Thomas, he would be induced to retrace the step he had taken, and concluded by moving, as an amendment, "That this meeting, con sidering Sir Thomas Birch and Ur. Cardwell as the expression of Free Trade, resolve that they be requested to offer themselves as candidates at the ensuing election, and that the necessary steps for laying a requisition in the proper quarter be proceeded with immediately." gr. JOHN TASLW regarded the great - question now at issue as one affecting Free Trade and cheap bread for the poor. It involved the peace, not only of England, but of the world ; and he denounced the proceedings of those who would endanger Free Trade by mixing up with it their particular relieious crotchets. He sympathised as little with Roman Catholics who objected to Sir T. Birch because of his vote on the Papal Aggression Bill, as he did with Quakers, who would oppose a government because it made war. (Mnrmurs from the Romanists.) Mr. RICHARD SHELL here rose, evidently excited, and it became plain that a disruption of the Liberals " of all denominations" must take place. He was indignant at his religious opinions being referred to as crotchets. He believed that his religion was the best in the world. It had been the constant support of Free Trade principles, and of civil and religious liberty, and of freedom, throughout the world! He objected to Sir Thomas Birch as the enemy of religious liberty. Mr. Shell having concluded, The CHAIRMAN stated that he had heard him as a matter of fair play after Mr. Taylor's remarks, but that he must insist upon religious questions being kept out of the discussion ; and if he was not allowed to stop this, he should leave the chair. A few words of exelanation were exchanged between the two previous speakers ; after which, Mr. JAMES ATKIN urged upon the meeting the impor tance of unanimity, and of abstaining from pressing for ward their sectarian differences at this time. Mr. Shiel had reminded them of the support given to the liberal cause by Roman Catholics, but he should bear in mind that the Liberals had reciprocated nobly. Mr. Aikin proceeded to say that he himself had been suspected by some of his free-trade friends because he had in the first instance been for a fixed duty. But having now got more than he at first thought possible, he was anxious to se cure it. Some person here remarked in a whisper that Mr. Aikin had omitted to notice his memorable anti-Free Trade speech at the Sessions' House on the question of the repeal of the Navigation Laws. He will, no doubt, supply the omission on some early occasion. Mr. J. R. JEFFREY interposed a few apologetic remarks upon the conduct of the sub-committee, to the effect that they had sat !for two months to endeavour to produce something,—what it was, we could not hear, owing to a slight confusion,—and that in the course of their incuba tion they had been continually in communication with the heads of the party ; the sub-committee being, of course, some of the lower members ; and, in reply, we understood Mr. John'Aikin to deny that there had ever been such communications, or that the heads of the party knew what the subs had been doing. As the result of the cross-firing between the two gentle men, it transpired that there had been a meeting and a calling to account between them that morning. Mr. WILLIAM EARLE reminded the meeting what would be said on 'Change if they fell out in that way amongst themselves, instead of uniting to send two honest and Liberal representatives to Parliament. He consi dered the two Tory candidates a pair of incapables. His friend Charles Turner was a pleasant fellow enough to eat a good dinner with, but he would not have him as a representative. Mr. AsPINALt„ barrister, who had for some time stood behind the chairman, evidently big with speech, here attempted to secure a hearing ; but the CHAIRMAN interposed, as if aware beforehand of the sort of topics to be treated of by the learned gentleman, and consented at last only on the understanding that he was to confine him self to the question by what means unanimity amongst the party was to be secured. Mr. Aspinall said he would address himself to that question, and contended that to force Sir Thomas Birch upon the Catholic electors—(" No, no," from the high Whigs, replied to by "Yes, yes," from the Romanists)—would not be to secure unanimity, especially at this time when the Catholics had just been so rejoiced at the announcement of Sir Thomas Birch's retirement. Every one of them he had met. that morning had been in ecstacies at the news. (Interruption.) The most politic plan would be to adopt the original motion. It was a fact, from whatever cause, that the Catholic electors would not vote for Sir Thomas Birch, whatever influence might be used with them ; and the meeting ought to consider how they could do without the votes of these men. Mr. THOMAS BLACKBURN said that at the last election he had not voted at all, owing to differences of opinion with the candidates ; and he should probahly have ab stained from doing so, under similar circumstances, on the present occasion ; but he considered that the question of cheap bread was of such paramount. importance, that they should now have only one idea. Let them lay aside all other questions, whether religious or political, and have only one idea—to prevent the return of two bread taxers to parliament. He should vote for the present members. The worthy doctor's " one idea" seemed to be regarded by the meeting as a very happy idea, and very characteristic of some of his party, and of his own one idea on the education question. Mr. EYRE EVANS, who had been called from the lower end of the room for the purpose, addressed the meeting briefly in support of the amendment, and denounced the obstructive attitude of the Roman Catho lics, amidst strong disapprobation from that party. Mr. MELLOR invited the committee to withdraw their motion. He was himself a Radical Reformer, but thought that the present members went as far as the people of Liverpool were prepared to go. He did n ot thi n k th a t one thousand Catholics would be found to vote for the poor man to be deprived of his cheap bread. Mr. RAWLINS supported the committee. If they did not get the thousand votes, the second candidate could not get in. Mr. J. P. G. SMITH said, that if left to the committee the difficulty would still exist, for it was impossible to get candidates who would have the support of gentlemen of so many different shades of opinion aswere in that room(?) The CHAIRMAN here proceeded to put Mr. bolt's amendment, and declared it carried by the show of hands. A scene of confusion ensued, the committeemen and the Romanists objecting to the decision. The room was ulti mately divided ; and, as the result, a large majority was shewn in favour of adopting the present members as can didates. The meeting then adjourned, the contending parties looking vinegar at each other; and the uninitiated outside must have wondered from what funeral so many long faces were shortly afterwards observed to proceed, intently counting the stones on their way from the corner of Moorfields, to the Exchange, and other business localities. In about two hours after the meeting, the public were puzzled by an announcement, in a placard, in the win dow of the Times office,— " SIR THOMAS BIRCH HAS NOT RESIGNED." The Journal was, therefore, wrong ; the deputation to London were wrong ; Mr. George Holt was wrong ; every body was wrong ; and much " excellent indignation" has been thrown away ! The only solution of this wonderful mistake made by every body, is the production of the document. Where is the letter of resignation ? Is it in esse? Was it ever written, or ever received ? Or is its actual existence and whereabouts a problem, to be left to the solution of the same posterity which may be called upon to answer the equally mysterious question,—" Who is that Mrs. Harris ? Is there a Mrs. Harris ?" the position of the prisoner, to be tried without the assist ance of counsel or other defence, except in so far as might be included in the office of the judge, more atten tion would be directed to the locality in which the pri soner should be placed ; and, perhaps, until this was done, the matter would remain unremedied. He could not help thinking that the voice, generally speaking, went downwards rather than upwards, and in a church the preacher was placed in an elevated posi tion, so that he might be heard by the persons he was addressing below him ; but here the positions were reversed, and the prisoner, who had to preach here, was placed below the persons he was addressing. This was something like placing a celebrated preacher at the bottom of a well in a church. But, however, these were merely matters of detail ; the building possessed space sufficient to enable them all to be placed right, and he trusted that shortly such alterations would be made as to remedy the matters alluded to. He would now proceed to the business of his charge. The calendar contained a great variety of prisoners ; and he was sorry that he could not congratulate the county on the nature of the crimes charged,— for amongst them there were no fewer than six for murder; and though, on looking over the depositions, he found that all of them would not amount to really cases of murder, yet there was still a sufficient number to ren der them of fearful importance. One was the case in which a wife had been killed by her husband ; but he thought that, in this case, they would not perceive such violence as to make the offence amount to that of murder, for in order to make it this, it must be shown that the offence had been committed with what was called malice aforethought. It appeared that the man had been raised from his sleep in the night time, by the woman entering the bedroom through the window. It was clear that a struggle had taken place between the parties, but there were no other marks of violence but such as might well have been produced by a push given suddenly, and which caused the unfortunate woman to fall. So again, in an alleged case of murder in which death had ensued from a blow given with a brick. Here the use of the weapon was such as to lead to doubts whether he who threw it meant to kill, or whether his intent was to inflict pain and injury to the person of him at whom it was thrown. His lordship then instructed the jury as to the cases of child murder which the calendar contained, observing that before they found a bill it would be necessary for them to investigate whether the fact of the child having been born alive was fully established, and on this point no speculative pro babilities were to be taken into consideration. He now came to a case in which three people were accused of the murder of a foreman in the neighbourhood of Runcorn. The only question with respect to one of them would be whether or not he was guilty; and with respect to the other two, if they (the jury) were not satisfied that they took an active part in the transaction, but that they merely were passive, and seeing the crime committed did not interfere to prevent it, however wrong this might be, it did not make out the crime of murder. One was always sorry to find instances of such acts as these arising from persons being turned off from their employment, and then avenging themselves upon those whom they supposed might have been instrumental in leading to this. It was truly fearful to know how much this sort of thing was going on at the present time in this country ; and he should be glad to find that some mode could be devised by means of which all these unfortunate disputes could be readily settled on the one side to the satisfaction of the persons who supposed themselves to be aggrieved, and on the other, without the slightest interference with the general freedom and ad vantages of carrying on the trade of the country. These disputes arose, no doubt, out of the disputed opinions as to which party was right in the matter ; there being no means of now determining the question of right or wrong. What was it that had led to the prevalence of duelling in this country ? It was a feeling of resentment for revenge of an intolerable wrong, for which society made no pro vision. If in the ,case of a man who seduced his neigh bour's sister, he were to be excommunicated, the brother would not take into his own hands the avenging and wrong done to his sister. It was because there was no mode of ascertainingin these cases which was right and which wrong, that this system of Lynch-law took place. It was by adopt ing something to show this, and not by compelling a work man to do that to which he might object,—by instructing public opinion on the subject, that the evil would be sup pressed. If they talked about public opinion not properly instructed, they talked of a foolish thing. No man pos sessed a more proper respect for public opinion, when properly instructed, than he did, and no man a greater contempt for it when not properly instructed. The opinion of men, when properly instructed, was the " Vox populi, vox Dei," and no other. There were two cases of a nature which he deeply regretted to find upon the calendar—two cases relative to persons throwing ob stacles upon a line of railway, which offence, under the new act of Lord Campbell,—and in many respects an excellent act it was,—was held to be a felony. By that act it was provided that if any person should maliciously throw upon any railway any wood, stone, or other matter, or thing, with intent to obstruct, upset, or destroy any train, or to endanger the safety of any person travelling by the same, every such offender should be guilty of felony, and be liable to transportation for life, or for any period in the discretion of the court. One of the cases to which he (the judge) had alluded was that of a person having placed across the rails a large stone, which on the train coming up, was, through God's providence, broken, and the train thus relieved from peril. The other case was that of throwing a stone or stones upon a moving railway train as it was passing under a bridge spanning across the line of the railway. This offence also, by the act to which he had alluded, was held to be felony, and the party found to be guilty of the charge rendered liable to the same punishment as in the other case. His lordship having instructed the jury relative to a case of rape, dismissed them to the discharge of their duties. STREET ROBBERIES The cases first brought on for trial were of this descrip tion, principally from the borough of Manchester. They possessed but slight public interest. Michael Day, aged 25, was indicted for having, at Windle, violently assaulted Catherine Brown, and stolen from her person 2s. 4d. in money, and other articles. On the morning of the 14th of December, between one and two o'clock, the prosccutrix was going down Ormskirk street, in St. Helens, when the prisoner knocked her down and stole the property stated in the indictment. The prisoner was apprehended by a police-officer whilst in the act of committing the robbery. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Henry MiDernzet and John Barry, two young men, were indicted for having feloniously beaten and assaulted James Dickson and Sarah Atkinson, and robbed the latter of an umbrella. About one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 4th of January, the prosecutor, James Dickson, who lives in Walton-street, Hulme, Manchester, was returning home from the house of a relative, in company with his sister-in-law, Sarah Atkinson. The two prisoners came up ; M'Dermet struck James Dickson of the mouth. He fell, and then the prisoner kicked him. He got up and ran away, for the purpose of procuring assistance. On returning towards the spot where the attack was made, he met his sister-in-law, who had been knocked down and her umbrella stolen. The evidence being doubtful:on the question of identity, the prisoners were acquitted. James Quinn, a young man, was indicted for having, with several other persons unknown, violently assaulted Benjamin Grange, Elizabeth Grange, and Emma Watson, and with violence stolen a shawl from the last named person. On the night of the sth of January the parties were proceeding together on their way home, when they were violently assaulted and beaten, and from Watson was stolen the shawl in question. The prisoner was ap prehended in the act of committing the felony. The other persons made their escape. The prisoner was found guilty, and a former similar conviction being proved against him, he was sentenced to fifteen years' transporta tion. Richard Bibby and Charles Caulfield were indicted for having assaulted and robbed Abraham Ham, at Man chester, in December last. The prisoners knocked the prosecutor down as he was passing on his way home from a factory, at which he worked. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and there being a previous similar con viction against them, they were ordered to be transported for fifteen years. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. The commission for the southern division of the county was opened on Saturday, on the afternoon of which day Mr. baron Alderson entered the town. He was met at the Railway Station by the Sheriff, Thomas Weld Blun dell, Esq., of Ince Hall. His lordship proceeded to St. George's-ball, and having opened the commission, the court was adjourned until ten o'clock on Monday morning. On Sunday, Mr. Baron Alderson, the High Sheriff, and Sheriff's chaplain, the Rev. Peter Whitfield Brancker, in the Sheriff's carriage, and accompanied on foot by the Mayor, Aldermen, the Town-clerk, and their officials bearing the sword, maces, and other ensigns of authority, proceeded to St. George's Church, his worship's family being conveyed thither in the Mayor's chariot, drawn by two greys. An excellent discourse was delivered by the rev. chaplain from John, viii. 11 :—" Neither will I con demn thee ; go, and sin no more." Yesterday morning, shortly after ten o'clock, Mr. Baron Alderson took his seat in the Crown Court, and at once proceeded to business. The following gentlemen were sworn on — THE GRAND JURY : John Ireland Blackburne, Hale Hall, foreman. Hon. Colin Lindsay, Haigh Hall. Henry Ashton, Woolton Wood. Henry Cleaver Chapman. Liverpool. Edward Chaloner, Oak Hill, West Derby. William Blundell, Crosby Flail, Little Crosby. Richard Clayton Brown Clayton, Adlington Hall. William Earle, Liverpool. Hugh Hornby, Sandown Hall, Wavertree. William Hall, Seaforth. Samuel Pearce Hope, Brook-house, West Derby. William Nicol, Liverpool. Thomas Rodick, Kendal Cottage, Little Woolton. Gilbert Stapleton, Ditton, Warrington. Joseph Walker, Calderstones, Allerton. William Gerard Walmesley, Westwood, Wigan. Joseph Brooks Yates, West Dingle, Toxteth-park. Edward Tootle, West Lodge, Pendleton. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, _ _ The learned BARON proceeded 'to deliver his charge to the grand jury. He commenced by observing, that there were old associations in his mind which made it peculiarly pleasant for him,—more particularly so, as being one of the first, if not the very first, of the judges who, in the regular exercise of his duty, had had the opportunity of addressing them in that splendid hall, for splendid it undoubtedly was, although he hoped to see several improve ments made in it. It was desirable always that the building for an assize court should be of such construc tion that the business might be done in that way which was satisfactory to the ends of justice being dispensed. There were certain arrangements which architects fre quently lost sight of, and they often sacrificed advan tage and convenience in adding to the general appearance of the edifice. For instance, in the administration of justice, it would frequently be convenient for him to see and consult with Mr. Shuttleworth ; yet he doubted whether the architect had ever dreamed of this. The object was generally to make the judge a picturesque character by placing him in as elevated a position as pos sible. This might do, were the purpose 'aimed at to form an adornment for the Illustrated News; but it was exceedingly inconvenient frequently to the facilities and convenience of dispensing justice. Now, a prisoner at the bar, surely, had something to do with the adminis tration of justice. It would be convenient and proper that he should be enabled to hear and see what was going on, which so materially affected his own interest ; and he ought to be placed in such a situation that he might be able to interpose, and assist the judge in the administration of the justice of the country between him and the Queen. Ho had before remarked, in reference to the Court-bouse at Carlisle, that if the arebitect was but once placed in HIGHWAY ROBBERY. William Griffiths, a pale-faced, diminutive light. haired youth of 19, was indicted for a violent highway robbery at Manchester, on the Bth of December last, in company with two other persons not in custody. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that the pri soner on the night in question enquired of him the way to the Three Crowns public-house, which information the prosecutor was enabled to give. The prisoner kept by his side for 150 yards, and on coming to a sign he asked him if that was not the Three Crowns, and on turn ing round the prosecutor was seized from behind by a man, and prisoner and another attacked him in front, and robbed him of a watch and some money. The pri soner, it appeared, had been identified by an alderman of Manchester, whom he had robbed on a former occasion. Several witnesses having been called, the prisoner was found guilty, and was sentenced to ten years transporta tion, his lordship remarking that the law was stronger than rogues, and that this species of crime had now be come so general, that it must be put down by the severest sentence in every case of conviction. BURGLARY, James Thornley, a youth, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Susannah Ellison, at Woolston, near Warrington, in December last. On the night of the 29th day of the month, the prosecutrix left her house in a state of security at the time she retired to bed. In the morning the door was found open, and a large quantity of wearing apparel and other articles carried away. Some of the property, on the following day, was found in the possession of the prisoner, who was taken into custody and committed to trial on the charge. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence deferred. The court, at a little before six o'clock, adjourned until nine o'clock the following morning. -4. NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY. Mr. Justice:Cresswell took his seat in this court at a quarter past twelve o'clock. _ On taking his seat, the learned judge called Mr. Temple and Mr. James to take their seats within the bar. There were also the following learned counsel within the bar: — Mr. Knowles, (attorney-general of the palatine,) Mr. Ellis, (attorney-general of the duchy of Lancaster,) Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant Bain, Mr. Adolphus, Mr. Bliss, Mr. Watson, Mr. Hogging, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Hill. ACTION ON CONTRACT CLOUGH U. THORNTON AND ANOTHER.—In this case Mr. Atherton and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Monk for the de fendants. Of smo g AI lr This was an action to recover a balance 0 ' - ,aes.,/7" £36 10s. 100. upon a contract. The arties in " frbr, P p live at Miles Platting, near Manchester, the P a brickmaker, and the defendants dealing in br a the beginning of 1851 th e p art i es entered 1110,7e0101 to make bricks up on l an d b e l ong i ng to the ',ells. under which 368,430 b r i c k s were made, ..dr„,r per thousand, and o th er wor k was d o ne ,. - oil t y ments made between th e par ti es , whic h 004 the claim of the plaintiff to £36 las. 10-0. co rn part of the defend an t it was conten d e d that' .., 0 ,71 for the clay an d o th er matters, the p l a i n tiff " neo „s f 5 paid by a su m o f £1 b e . Bd . T he pla i nt iff and ° ,4 9' defendants w ere ca ll e d, an d t h e ev i dence was .11 conflicting nature. Thejury found for the plaintiff—d amag es, £6 lo:lur AN ATTORNEY'S DILL. A r t In this action, Mr. R. D. Law, an a ttorad mo bil, chester, was th e pl a i nt iff , an d M rs. Sarah 1,311"'061$ widow lady, resiei ng a t B roug h ton, in t h e se ca° bourhood, the defendant. aa , Mr. Serseant Wilkins and another were c (l , - the plaintiff, and Mr. Atherton for the defeacia,„%tiltrif It appeared from the evidence, that the 1 0 "'„ OHO acted as attorney for the defendant, in the Y es ,flei sl ,, 4 k the conduct of two causes—one in the Comln n ,", ( lV, Lancaster, and the other in the Salford 111inu, r 6 ,9 0 , The amount sought to be recovered was £46 i s isigSk which £3O was paid into court. At the Aug° ift .1 1 9 1859, the plaintiff was engaged in an action Mrs. Lancashi r e was p l a i nt iff , an d a per g o 0 , 01. 1 4 Rodgers, the defendant. On the 10th of Alter PI le Ow being commission day, Mr. Law received A, he O Mrs. Lancashire, in which she requested t i i . )8 :110°N1 proceed no further in the action against 1 4 ";,Pni Upon this, he called upon her and stated, that'l l s A i s , agents had been instructed to enter the can ge lo lo o had no doubt it was d one , an d the conseetien e,, ' s ts ° f ool that Mrs. Lancashi re wou ld h ave to pay the c" sh e day if she did not allow the action to go on' 4( 114. J. told the plaintiff t o go on w i t h i t, an d a v OW:4 obtained against R o d gers f or th e f u ll amoun t 50 The verdict was sub sequen tl y se t as id e ia t ,". t the court, on an a ffi davit f rom M rs . L ancas hi r e t"" 1 0 had been carried on contrary to her wish. be Mr. ATHERTON, fo r th e defendant, on be , L 0 4 even upon the showin g o f th e p l aint iff himself' tee entitled to recover ; for had Mr. Law ascertain t he nature of the cas e , h e wou ld not h ave i ne urrea he now wished to obtain from the defendant. The learned J UDGE , i n summ i ng up, to ld tu' t helim"P the question for them to consider was, whether th , j 0 0 8 '," tiff was justified i n i ncurr i ng th e cos t s he ha" wit"' they were of opinio n th a t h e was j ust ifi e d, then " y wet diet must be for th e pl a i n tiff ; if , h o wever, f.,, , e0r9 opinion that the plaintiff had been guilty of a" t 54. 0 0 want of care or cauti on i n a d v i s i ng t h e defendl e plol the costs were unne cessar il y i ncurre d, thee t was not entitled to recover. The jury, after a few minutes' consultati on ' verdict for the defendant 0 ,1 II BRADWELL AND ANOTHER V. -,irr wok , In this case a verdict was taken for the P consent, subject to a reference NUISANCE. to OP BROWN V. REDEERN.—This was an a ction - AM A , ccmpensalion in damages for injury done t° ganc, l l l o ll course. The parties reside at Cheetham, n ear .;c1 e l got ter, and it appeared th e y h a d b ecome posseg i — Jo' li ., o o which formerly b e l onge d t o a party natneu l dlt`" Since his death a num b er o f h ouses h a d been "b l ow". the property, and by means of filth from tbel or alolr fish-pond and w a t er - course was ren d ere d unfit After the case had been opened by the attorneYoo Mr. ATHERTON, for the defendant, said be rtirss tr po l the facts as stated, but wished his lordship.telecl /1 0 opinion as to whethe r th e d e f en d an t wa s Psi' in the course he h a d t a k en . H e w i s hed his O 0 , t boi t ol intimate his opinion as to whether the defend a , th°, acquired a right to use the water-course as,..:7Jobl n , proper, there being no doubt that the Par," h iroVt from whom he obtained the property had a " 4 ,:i tb°,:o° His LORDSHIP said there could be no det l _,'"terT a tt person in possession had a right to twin foul "Z i t stream, that would not give a new corner a rig"beir4 He recollected the late Lard Ellenborough o p; e d, ceedingly angry with such a d e f enc e being ge ed said because a p er s on h a d b een h a lf poise o ,;, bre stench it was no reason why ano ther should " to his premises to fi n i s h hi m . fr ' Under these circumstances M r . Atherton f- 11 VI ,00 a verdict being taken for the plaintiff. P ac° costs 40s pe SPECIAL JURIES. e the 5 Mr. WATSON applied to his lordship to al (f o i l jury cases. 6 0 ( 0 t his LORDSHIP said his usua l course was tonool beginning with th e s p ec i a l j ur i es, an d go tho' ,l were got through, but h e wou ld not fi x ° to-morrow afternoon CRIM. CON. aeo r It is said there is an i mpor t ant case of this horn the rarties residing in Manchester, and the Solicitor Generals being e m pl o y e d o n each st POLICE COURT, YESTER D AY tli r go b , r ROBBERY AT FAWCETT'S FOUNDRI''' 14 1 .0cc e 0 11 0 4 cliffe, one of the hands employed at Mes' r '' Preston's foundry, York-street, was brOug 001 P; charge of stealing a quantity of steel screw-l 3 P;:ne copper bolts, from a drawer belonging to thy! "finishers" at the foundry. It appeared fr°,'" ; boa, V lit °Po Bence, that property to the value of about X."'. 50 010 , lately missed, and, suspicion falling on the P r b l o vs",„ movements were watched, and he was seen t°,, i biej thing from the drawer in which the proeer t 'olie n iC, deposited. In consequence of this, he wa s 5 0 1 custody, and a number of tap P s found on his P e ' O t is" on searching his h ouse , th e cop er bolts, Sc c ', t ' os 6 d tl . ,c * covered. The value of the articles r estored a tli c e about 161. The p r i soner a d m itt e d h av ing Od co ll ( f 0 e of i f i but said he had t a k en th e t aps f or th e purrs to , his nephew to adjust a l a th e f or him by t he "" , proved, however, that this w as an absurd st ate s 00 tIl i !i the prisoner was sent to gaol for two Malths',ro4ooro CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST fi - rrie j VELLER,—A respectably-dressed man, ntyylit lif oll, Pearson, was remanded on a charged of enw e eo plff r „i‘ of money amount'ng to £3 ls. 4(1. wa s ,' r s I° / 1/ 'O l Messrs. Sandford and Morley, to solicit or" e- thed di r o till i and occasionally received accounts for th elll „;prO l9 ' c iel # their regular collector. He was paid by ,c- t bc of d , the rate of 21 per cent. on the mount 0, yehrijict e e received. It appeared that on the 23r ... „.( 1 was paid the sum mentioned by a Mr. w Ilse; had not handed over. Mr. Wright, it .s e ' n . r, f 0 t 0 unwilling to give evidence against the pro c ' e s e Ile,: or' the court immediately on his name beidgA g trs", 4 o:, testimony, in consequence of which the m°,s,,,„,dst" r a summons to be issued, compelling his e"i o - s er 0 0101 SMUGGLING.—A foreign sailor, named fis ° t 0 1 1 ~ nate, (rather a misnomer, it would seed 3 " o l) l ° prison for 21 days in default of being po pit a fine of forty shillings inflicted on hialnal b 9 inr 211bs. of foreign made cigars. He was 'i c e L',." re ti r l e n an G a re n a o t t H g o i v w i a n r g d -as satisfactoryt r e et, vy i with s t ne ''r e a t. c t ol o tip o lyi t , p offi os c s e e r ss 9 io l n , was taken into custody.—The Customs' 8 :„ 0 1 ,0 0 ori' for a remand in the case of the mas'''" eVtO 9 l 7 Arequipa, foom Coquimba, who stands chor.f, th ing unlawfully concealed in a secret reces s , ofcoe h r e lili set of drawers, in his private cabin, I „, 4l ,, u 'vr i too 111 b. foreign manufactured tobacco. lugf p d p,„•o•4 released until Thursday, on the sum on tliso deposited as security for his reappearance °it A SON CHARGED BY HIS PARENTS• ~111-070,f*, named Thomas Poland, was charged by ; breaking into their house, in Cleveland - sq',,f - Pre,' day night. Mr. Poland stated he was a ta, - 14° an kept a stand in Cleveland-square markei' ml ia'd wife were out of the house on Saturday et 10 oio A c j r Mrs. Poland returning home by herself s i a t - be one had got into the house. She o btaine",,..oolo e ir„t of the police, had the burglar taken into tforu s 0, or turned out to be her own son who had b ee- I'o ll %o l °ol house on account of his bad habits. Th e „, o `',;"to did not wish to press the charge, if his P: 0 110. 1 04, keep away from them. He had been cdn'..,r o rlo`lis" him the house, as he (the son) refused td,"„, o with bad associates, coming home only w,i l- r aet t „tiv son to apprehend danger from his wicked P e to°'' magistrate sent the prisoner to gaol for oe Ot vlef ,r ,p STEALING BEDCLOTHES.. o tiO'pri tied woman, was sent to gaol f or two en„, lie IP, stolen a sheet and blanket from a house , ng where she had lodged. 11- 1 ° ° ,,t0 1.- k ti o ° O r il ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—A ruffiaa ir oc. - e ig a i i was sent to prison for two months, fer P n Mr. John Fowler, North-street, at 9 :0_,,1i e Sunday morning. The prosecutor wa s ;.eno`; r ge:ll his wife slightly i a e nd lig si u s e te r i: at Thethe tpirmisecnoefrthweeoseealsrotctip ab ut A SV; having stolen is. 6d. at the same time , cod the evidence was not dearly establiSh ed• oo h - or!) t STEALING PROVISIONS.—Ann firitt for one month for stealing nibs. of h Fi e e il o clo i , l oo o o o ol and a loaf, from the house of Mary -"LO „il f wick-street, on Saturday night. Mrs., 0 ;00' at the time, but a witness saw the PrO - fter" , t make away with the articles, which were? PAP 0 , in the prisoner's possession and identineA;oo o „, l sl BIGAMY.—A man, named William " f J0 11 ;;00 0 1 ' witted for trial, for having on the 15th of coroil St. Silas' Church, in this town, marrie"„peo l. o ° ol4o k ie, gap, his first wife being then alive. It 1 , 91- lirt i. kil,. l evidence of the prisoner's sister, Hardi a i 7 s Ch il b doPre, on the Gth of June, 1840, at St. N U ' get" - itli r ollif Derbyshire, the prisoner was married r, o use , , s fi grj' ley, who was now stopping at witness an d - : 1 1 1 0 0,0 had lately been confined. The prisoner a . Pi i iilol4 lived together for six or seven years, a t 15090,07) Tansley, but afterwards left and came ° B et, o ft , r being married to prisoner at the ht col Caroline Mulligan, of 31, Cazneaulitor Prisoner paid his addresses to her for eig t .1 before they were married, and she had ¢O O, had another wife till about three weeks 9" Pg i 4 V ___.----- o°o 0 0 . ~, ,eif DO JA EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF RHEUMAT IC 1,,, 1 "01 1, A0 WO LOWAY'S PILLS, IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND . es , A oor? 1,9 nigan, nineteen years of age, residing' a for le tl f 11 , suffering from a violent rheumatic 1 f_ o f t_ re 0, I t o i months, which had entirely depriv u a b pr r the cll li" 0 /,, limbs. During this period she un — e Toil`" Pr/ 44 'J the most eminent medical me 140bar. id p olo ,! i p• her case was considered hop.eless• A fri v e! llS W PtiO ie e parents to try Holloway!‘ celebrated = , Z e o. e CO sented to do, and in au -Incredibly short oPit,.. s e or cure was effected....--The particulars of this " the Ilobardginth Courier.