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CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER. Af",r,nzal Harrison, 35, Adam Gillibrand, 30, John lii7 4eBle Y. 5 5, and Joseph Eccles, 21, were indicted with "'ng, at Tarleton, on the Ist February, feloniously shot Robert Cookson, a gamekeeper in the service of George h; rlth ebY Leekek, Esq., near Rufford, with intent to kill ge nt The prisoners, with three others not in custody, P, ..baelung upon the premises which Cookson was 4 , --4° Lnred to watch, and when the latter, with other b a a ... tell .re, went up to them, Gillibrand fired a double h. 711 ed gun at him, and about 130 shots were lodged in tlp°C)dY• The chief witness against the prisoners was an rover named Halliday, on whose unsupported evidence sos Lord shiP refused to direct a conviction. The pri atehrs were then a rra i gne d on the charge of being found 9 1 1 cer istain ease, grounds armed. The same objection applied and the prisoners were consequently acquitted. A.br NANSLAUGHTER. kii Manz Ashworth, 33, was indicted for feloniously 4 (i i,! nig Nancy Colclough, at Bury, on the 28th Fela : , by , vi ng over her with a cart. The evidence was tO the effect that the prisoner, who was drunk at the time, did no t exerciso sufficient caution. He was found guilty, and nteneed to one m on th' s i mpr i sonment. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. ed rhom‘as TVelsby, 23, and James Morris, 32, were i n - Z o for the assault and robbery o f J o h n N u tt a ll, a t r oo l i t c n, on the night of the 19th of January last. They ala, a 7,_ a y the prosecutor's hat, but in consequence of an w„, -- ` o .'neY were prevented from taking his mon. They ai a - i n nd guilty, and a former conviction beini proved port - a — "elsby, he was sentenced to fifteen years trans tion ; Morris to twelve months' imprisonment. - At DI SMISSAL OF TH E GRAND JURY . into t he close of th e above trial the Grand Jury came disp court lose and a nnounced to his Lordship that they had then r all the busines s b e f ore th em . Th e y were isc iargrd. ... , --._ - Ai1,48 Sl ater BURGLARY. ight o f ti , 26, was indicted with having, on the izn..haoligi.iel...e.fortohnl,Daecember, feloniously entered the dwell tolen v e (31 Robert Sutton, a farmer at Widnes, and tim of Sir Cpehtis cheese and other articles. He was 3 °nrneut. tY ' a nu sentenced to eighteen months' impri under Prisoner was a pensioner, and had served his i N o a f p o i t e u r r . e. His conviction will deprive Smaller 35, Joh n s BURGLARY. ablet and James G ore, a, youth of respec d On v_aPPearance, were indicted with having, at i ßlack te r r o e I th e night of the 24th February, burglarions e avvelh .Y ff 105.., d f„, ng-house of James Massey, and stolen 4 1 3 ,7 4 „ `'n• and other articles. They were also charged with the g person a l v i o l ence towar d s the prosecutor. None of ia , :- P r operty was found upon the prisoners, and their '4ltification not being complete, they were acquitted. BURGLARY. i ha nt , ni . • Robinson, 26, and William Rodgers, 20, were reted with having burglariously ent- - I the 1 -- A aouse of 114°8411 Dobson, and stolen two coats and one waistcoat, Zich were found pledged at Warrington for 9s. Both Isoners were found guilty, and a previous conviction „ log proved against Robinson, he was sentenced to 15 ' ea rs ' transportation ; Rodgers, two years' imprison- NISI PRIUS COURT.---TUESDAY. la 'l'AT,Tersti v. Ross.—This was an action brought by d" '111 -isin Standish, late sheriff of the county, against the ,"efendant, Thomas Ross, for the recovery of the value of ri — „ rt Oi goods which the defendant had sold, but which of °"t oug,ht to have been surrendered to the sheriff, in p a of damages obtained in an action tried at the wa erpool Assizes in the spring of 1846. The plaintiff t o s nonsuited, with liberty to his counsel (Mr. Martin) hnove for such a sum as the Court might think fit. th —IIL T° I4I V. ASHTON.—The declaration stated, that on and 27th September, 1845, the defendant broke to pieces 1 _ shattered fifty panes jp of lass in certain houses be ginzestteo the plaintiff, situated at Falesworth, near ;Inchr. The defendant pleaded not guilty ; tha t . the ft Z t °vgs were not in the possession of the plaintiff ; and sessi o e 11° 'ises were a ffi xed to a certain close in the p t „„ nof the defendant. When the case had been par tolYrehfeearele, ea verdict wa s ' taken for the plaintiff, subject nioWtheria'auliNdaction were v.. W ALTON.—The parties in this 4371 I t hich the sonMn, and the mother sought to . recover _ mind He her, as administratrix to h hus the v p r rop ert Y. had been employed man e a_ger f a e t tintif; 'Y kills near Manchester, carried on by h , at a sa k i .; of £2OO per year, in which capacity 46beylitintied to act pto October, 1847, when the amount V il d t t: be recoveL was found to be owing by him. tDI,,AI ndant admitted that the owed the money, b o —AL thni• 1. r ti.,,, ,a. he .... to „ p laintiff :As a partner. A verdict was returned th e 1 °, 4 1( .. L4 , v• B ROWNHILT —The plaintiff is a trustee of he 8 0 — "e° s Tavern Building • Society at Manchester, and b een s o ught t o recover possession of a title-deed which had 131)844Losited as security for a loan of £360 to one PI% of kin, and which deed subsequently made its .ilitredhciatu„.i.wTrtaithmee r: S g o lve e sas i , ety's box into the hands of the de virtually no defence, and a verdict, was found for the plaintiff, subject to s'u to £4O if the deed were given up. WEDNESDAY. _,•,___ CR OWN COURT , 04, , BURGLARY AT BOLTON. v° 4 n tr", Anne Jonas, John Hickson, John _Johnson ; ‘5 '4#,4l'ne, Thomas Thornley, and Christopher n C ig o li x l ofth,,,ueo indicted for having, at 13ultun, L? e,',,24h of January last, burglariouslyßionknken, and kvi h e g the dwelling -house 15 0 stolen therefrom 100 ya a r f ds j o a r w es oolle a n cloth and ond count ilar m l,r( l B of velveteen, his property' cl ot f e d Jo nas with having received 30 yAardaseeofTthhee jury kll lltit k h tl4 'ing the same fo have been stolen. a Prisoner not guilty. , , ROBBERY. '.1!1.:-j,191ei Jo hnston , Peter Parr, and Jonathan P m otts, p N., qed with stealing f ro m house of !bril at , t gli, of Darcy Lever, on 4th ar o Y f not eleven e , e . Y last, four XlO Bank of England no y t the g h and one k e rZ t ?' 0 gold catch, one gold chain, ',4e i ll , todi ef __ , property . 0 - reeei""' also charged Samuel Harrison with hay si'gthet eu Part of the above property, knowing the liltv c' b have b eenstolen . The prisoners ' pleaded not he 'i ' . 'clwa ` i F ogg,who turned Queen's evidence, was hayieef \fitness ner, t i s nlon led _ against . Potts le jury r e t. i l. P li the case ina ofcareful and lucid man e _o.,ostoed a traziapnand JO 4 verdict o gnilty as regards Parr, n, P ttswas sentenced to ten years' L. k -iti °n, and the — other to seven years each. a,„ ROBBERY AT WIGAN. glit 1.1". Y Abraha m was indicted for breaking and enter- Inkt " d Welling-house of Luke Standring, at Wigan, 1 1 4 8 p te a,_ling two glasses and four plates, o bis . property. IN riefalonk con4u r cv o d ll t o hg c. prosecution , the prisoner t‘N lt taP e e n ar de e d d by that the shop of Mr. Standring, who is a tecti P oner had been broken into by making an open in sh ' utter, and two glasses containing confection- It'ttUd some plates w ith f ru it , h a d b een taken away. rn'PPearpd that these glasses and plates we re f oun d T e T IA RY at the house of the about ten days after. 114,'")were on the top shelf of a cupboard in his polite ous o e r . 4 11(;ti l 'ose had been visited and searched by the ce f pat +L er Purpose about three days before, but they were kreugren,Perceived. They were now clearly identified as thae oftne Property which had been taken away at the tef the robbery. t r Yne berfe,,the magistrates the prisoner stated that some lle at an" tile glasses were found at his . house he had 11,'ne Water, ealY hour to F. well in the neighbourhood for in"ehiarticieio4ll4 that he had there, beside the well, found t he had brought them home s can, gnestlon ; tha- p i t dby his wife Where they and that they had been acc 1 kr p'. , Were f ound q M nO °l'lmeg, for to defence, contended that th ao e ti j e ug !tat rea son 4 ._ petit Lo come to the conclusion that the pr r i obbery It Was 4, w as Untrue From the nature of the boys, for , IWis'oaKe ofthe would the ' rather ° fle which be committed by than by sake of th e tier, if s weetmeats, thesl a person like the _ lead been taken for . the wortie,",teatB, theeygwasosuld of little c ow ,be prisoner probably, as being , }behave no corrob t. 'Of w ell at ora ion of his story. • his ,aut o,„_, an early hour, and Is . h . wife was, besides _ He had gone She of ‘" ll ,l'se e.,,",nreu, the only inmate of his house i f lil a auu not be called as a witness to . prove it in t he thin tths n l P. in the course of summing up, said . that ' th e in question had been found by the prisoner 4t all waysesc he would, one would think, have t o 81, Of eli te , lei ,en lone so 444 ete in t'' d singular a circumstt . tnce to , ),Cw th at he g i t l ibours, who might be called as witnesses (lea,' 1-,Loc ad done so. to the wo u l d b :c s ‘ tat . ed that he xvas . not aware such evi roe4te Prisoner to Prove or that it would be competent °I th: s to th e ' ,a he had made such a state r mode by which tht he had become possessed 111 his 13 °PertY. It would be but his own statement in be hist favour. th e far f e 4saiisTir. said he thought that if the prisoner, vet i kact of h r . 9 . on had fallen upon him, had proclaimed would ,Ile h ad ',. unding the property, and the mode in IV ue receivu,oool?ae possesse . d of i , such statement kqii a Jury , aole in evidence in his favour. ..„,tY. • ' Met some deliberation, found the pr 4 0 b . prisener elinl)risnued four calendar months. At tukt vp "( COURT.—WEDNEsnA/ lUsNi sz OF MARRIAGE watlnaenh interest w cause, The RYDER. lady w as action fb & excited to promise of marriage. a Mr. Ryder" 'Ali" u k.,_ reach of hear this dthe gentleman which said that rhe dar_griaaval, an laid at £5OO, and it wasl was n oth p„tiestriages were table life. The a Y and theew until recent?; ? n d 1 .1 1 , r x e t s e p ec . th park, in this tow n, ac_ ..,gtla, inteelt,,...t9 reside in Manehester, where she becameand the '"te with -Mr Ryder, who is an engraver, Martin ,44,11, for breach was. S k r. for the 4 efei:r the plai ntin, aal a in d M Sergeant Wilkins rt of 4 1•• The learn d S u rg e r n't stated, upon the p.a ~.._ th e ..,_c4ent, that thee t e lih a ad been broken off owmgfowr the ti'Price of the latterara_iie d that there was no ground with this t zw e ire n 4 ,e.h of contract. r, an Martin was content bring the ach e , atlon, and said the young lady did not to allO w t:Vall the view of obtaining money, but m_. c d i t was take r , lat she was not in any way at fault. A ver 'I consent, for the plaintiff for £BO. This GALLE Y V. TAYLOR. Galley, as the re w as an action brought by Mrs. Charlotte a kill Porfesentative of her deceased husband to recover to s ttu re , 304 2 s on a guarantee given by the defendant m lne, I ttso ,le`" Payment of a debt due foira..one James Y kr ;4 s est . tst, Mr: Galley. ' 11 ..,.'. 1 f„,. theilein tiff, • - artin and Mr. Cronipton'a4.44.N. - county) anditadlipd,2%,fr- Knowles ( Attorney General for the cou It gp , . Q'tilan for tile defendant. FPeared that, previous to the year 1842, Mr. Galley, - FURNIVAL t who was a cotton merchant, had sold on credit consider able quantities of cotton to Mr. Mylne. holding a mort gage security for his advances. In the beginning of 1842 Mr. Mylne, wishing to have the credit extended, proposed the guarantee of the defendant for £3OO ; and on the 12th of January the defendant accordingly executed the gua rantee in question. Mr. Galley died in the June follow ing, and Mr. Mylne in the September following. He proved to be insolvent, and there was then owing to Mr. Galley, on account of cotton sold, a sum of upwards of £1,300, besides several hundred pounds for money lent. Mrs. Galley administered the effects of her husband under the Court of Chancery, and in the course of these pro ceedings the estate mortgaged by Mylne was sold ; but even with other sums obtained from Mylne's represen tatives and other persons whose guarantees Mr. Galley held a large balance still remained due. The payment was now resisted on the ground stated in the pleas, that it was sought to put the guarantee in force contrary to good faith, inasmuch as when Mr. Taylor signed it he did it under the representation that Galley wanted it only for the purpose of showing it his bankers to induce them to suppose he had a security to that extent, but he never in tended to put it in force against Taylor as a security to himself. Mr. Galley's brother was present, and was now called as a witness to prove the execution of the guarantee. He stated, nothing of the kind alleged in the plea took place ; that Mr. Taylor was certainly unwilling at first to execute it. saying that he was an old man, and did not like to have anything to do with such things ; but that there was no such statement as that suggested made by Mr. Galley. On the other hand, Mrs. Mylne, who was also present when the guarantee was executed, was called for the de fence, and her statement certainly on the point was to tally inconsistent with that of Mr. Galley, the witness. It appeared, however, from the evidence of Mr. Wood fall, called for the plaintiff, that after the death of Mr. Mylne and Mr. Galley, he had acted for the widow, Mrs. Galley, in conducting her affairs as administratrix, and that in applying to Mr. Taylor respecting this guarantee, he promised to pay it, and only proposed some reduction in the interest. His LORDSHIP summed up to the jury, leaving it to them to say to which side they would give credit, but in timating that where a person puts his name to a written document of this kind, bearing no such condition on the face of it, he ought, to get rid of his liability, make out his case by very cogent evidence. Verdict for the plaintiff. As CROWN COURT.--THIIRSDAY John Greenhalg, 26, and David Kay, 50, were charged with having, at Tottington, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Samuel Coop, and stolen therefrom two yards of flannel, two pounds of cheese, and two pounds of bread, his property. The case for the prosecution having been partly proceeded with, the learned judge and jury were of opinion that the matter was more a " lark" than a burglary, the prisoners were acquitted. Charles Foley, 21, was charged with having, at Man chester, feloniously broken and entered the dwelling-house of James Jones, Lower Mosley-street, with intent to steal the goods and chattels therein. The prisoner effected his entrance by the coal grid.—Guilty. To be imprisoned for a year. John Markey, 17, was charged with having feloniously broken and entered the dwelling-house of William Imrie, at Bootle-cum-Linacre, on the 28th of February, and stolen therein twelve silver tea spoons, seven dinner forks, eight dessert forks, five dessert spoons, a salt stand, two salt spoons, six egg cups, and a bible.—Guilty. There was another charge of burglary against the prisoner, but it was not gone into.—To be transported for seven years. James Cropper, 32, and William Darby, 22, were charged with having, on the 4th of March, at Bury, bur glariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of John Horror, with intent to steal the goods and chattels therein. The jury found Cropper guilty, and Darby was acquitted. Cropper was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. William Nelson, 27, was charged with having, on the 25th of February, at Goosnargh-with-Newsham, feloni ously broken and entered the dwelling-house of James Cottam, and stolen therefrom one gun, one silver watch, and one handkerchief, the property of James Cottam.— Mr. Segar was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was un defended.—The prisoner was acquitted, his identity not having been made out to the satisfaction of the jury. Joseph Sampson, 45, was indicted for having, at Ash ton-under Lyne, feloniously put off to Ralph Ogden a forged request for the delivery of goods, with intent to de fraud him. It appeared the prisoner was a labourer on the Hudderfield and Manchester Railway at Ashton under-Lyne. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but re commended him to mercy, and strongly reproved the sys tem pursued towards the men. His Lordship said he perfectly agreed with the jury as to the loose manner in which the tickets were made out. He sentenced the pri soner to imprisonment for three months, and hard labour. John Weston, a little lad, was indicted for having stabbed two other lads on the 4th of February, at Man chester. Mr. Sowler prosecuted. The lads all worked at the same mill, and a qutrrel ensued, which resulted in the prisoner being turned out of the room ; on going home at night, he came behind the two boys and stalabed them. His lordship said that they could not find so young a lad guilty with any intent ; and on his grand father, who was present, promising to give the gaoler orders that he should be whipped, he would discharge him in the morning. BOILER EXPLOSION AT ARDWICK, MANCHESTER. _ _ _ Thomas Riley (out on bail) pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter. In r .r.nnq, by the explosion of a boiler belonging to him, which he kept in bad repair_—Mr_. Sergeant Wilkins ap peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Baines and Mr. Monk for the defence.—Mr. Sergeant WILKINS said that, con sidering all things, the prisoner had acted most prudently by pleading guilty ; he had risked his own life, and the prosecutors were willing not to press the charge, but deal leniently with him, seeing he had always borne a good character.—Mr. BAINES said that he had read over the depositions, and thought his client had acted in a proper manner by pleading guilty. The cause of the explosion had arisen entirely through ignorance, and when the court took into consideration that his own life and that of all his family had been risked, that he had lost his all, and had always borne an excellent character, they would be inclined to deal leniently with him.—Numerous witnesses were then examined, who bore high testimony as to the character of the prisoner. —His lordship took time to consider the sentence. NISI PRIUS COURT-THURSDAY MADAM V. SMITH AND WIFE.—An action to recover the sum of £lOO, upon an I 0 U which had been borrowed from the plaintiff byMrs. Smith before her marriage to the defendant. Verdict for the plaintiff. AND ANOTHER V. BRADLEY.— An action brought by the Rev. Mr. Formby and his sister against John Bradley, of Crosby, to recover the sum of £lOO 14s. 6d., due under the covenants of a lease. Ver dict for the plaintiffs. LEIGH V. HESKETH.—An action for slander, the defen dant having called the plaintiff a " d—d thief," that he had " robbed his father," and that he was a hangman. The plaintiff was the son of a respectable farmer at Ley land, and was courting the sister of the defendant. Some time ago the plaintiff was at a public-house, and the de fendant went in and commenced abusing him, and used the language attributed to him. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s. WHEATLEY V. RICHARDSON.—An action to recover the sum of £5OO, due on a promissory note. Verdict for the plaintiff, with interest. Immediate execution was granted. JACKSON AND ANOTHER V. RIDGWAY.—An action brought by the plaintiffs. Messrs. Jackson and Sparks, who are provision merchants of this town, against the de fendant, who is the owner of a ship called the Orleans, to recover £2OO for provisions supplied by the defendant's order. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £2lB 4s. MAautorr v. CorroN.—The plaintiff is a solicitor in London, and trustee for a lady, who has advanced money on mortgage of a cotton mill in Queen-street, Salford, which was burnt down a short time ago, to recover the sum of £675, the amount necessary to re-build the mill, which was burnt during the tenancy of the defendant, and also £l6 for rent due. The question turned npon the meaning of an agreement for a lease of the premises to the defendant, and which contained a clause to the effect, that the defendant should, if required, pay an additional sum for the insurance of the building against fire. One point raised by the defendant's counsel was, that there was no damage to the landlord beyond the loss of his rent, inasmuch as the tenancy, under the agreement, (at which time only the plaintiff could re-enter the premises,) :was not terminated. His lordship having intimated that he should reserve the point, the jury returned a verdict for £l6 for rent due, and one shilling damages, expressing their opinion that the fire was the result of accident HAY DOCK v. TROTTER.—This was an action brought by Mr. Haydock, formerly a publican in Liverpool, but now occupier of the Liver Inn, at Kirkdale, against the defen dant, who is a seafaring man, and lodged in the plaintiff's house during the year 1843-4. He was charged 16s. per week for his board, and (Mr. Atherton said) inasmuch as he was fond of something " stronger" than, board at 16s. per week, he was in the habit of borrowing money from the plaintiff's wife. In 1845 he left the plaintiff's house, and sailed for Africa. At this time his bill for board and lodging amounted to about £45, besides which the money amounted to £3B odd. From that time nothing was heard of him until last November. An account was sent to him, and a friend of the plaintiff spoke to him on the subject, when be made some demur as to the amount, but said he would pay .£55. This offer was, however, declined by the plaintiff. An action was then commenced, and the defen dant paid £45 16s. on account of his board and lodging, and as to the remainder he pleaded " never indebted." Witnesses were called, who stated generally that they had seen the plaintiff lend money to the defendant. Ulti mately, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, damages £2O. HASSALL AND ANOTHER v. COLE.—The plaintiffs in this case, Messrs. Hassall and Foulkes, formerly carried on business as wine-merchants at Chester ; and the de fendant, Mr. William Cole, is an engineer living at Bir kenhead. The action was brought to recover £325 on a guarantee made by the defendant for a person of the name of Wilkinson, who kept an inn at Birkenhead, and whom the plaintiffs supplied with wine. The jury found a ver dict for the plaintiffs, damages £325. Leave was given to the counsel for the defendant to move the court above to enter a nonsuit, on certain points in dispute.—ln the case of King v. Cole, a similar verdict was returned. CROWN COURT.-FRIDAy James Team', was indicted for having, on the 18th De cember last, wilfully murdered James Duckworth, at Castleton, near Rochdale. Sergeant Wimaxs stated the case, to the effect, that on the night of• the -data in question, the deceased (whgo. was employed. at Hairwood-hall, near Heywood,). was found lying on the high road, close to the park-gate, with two pools of blood around him, by another man, named Kay. With the assistance of others he carried him to the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. " Dog and Partridge" public-house, and a surgeon was sent for, who found several contusions on his head. Every measure was adopted that medical skill could devise, but in vain; for the poor old man died next morning. When he was •first discovered, a cart-prop (a fixture of a cart) was found lying near, with marks upon it, which led to the conclusion that it had been forcibly wrenched from its place. At the instant before he heard Kay come up, he heard a gate slam ; but when he arrived at the place, no one but the old man was near. An examination of the ground was entered upon, and several footmarks were dis covered. In these footmarks a number of peculiar inden tions were seen. These exactly corresponded with those on the prisoner's boots. The number of nails were the same, and also an indention in the heel (a sod had been cut out at the time, and was produced in court.) From this, and several other concomitant circumstances, such as threats which he had been heard to utter against Duck worth, before the unhappy occurrence, the prisoner at the bar had been committed by the coroner's jury. John Leitch, a surveyor of the roads in the neighbourhood of Heywood, had heard the prisoner, a short time before the catastrophe, complain that Duckworth had meddled a great deal too much in his (Tetlow's) affairs, and at the same time he threatened he would lay in wait for him some dark night, and knock his brains out with a stick." A number of witnesses were called in support of these al legations. Mr. Beswick. a cart-owner, deposed that he left his cart outside the " Dog and Partridge on the evening in question, and havi ng occas i on on the 2oth to use it, he found it minus a prop (the same as the one found). After the examination of several witnesses, the prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to 15 years' transportation. NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY. HOLT AND ANOTHER V. FLINTOFF AND OTHERS Mr. Knowles, with Messrs. Crompton and Tomlinson, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Martin, Mr. Cowling and Mr. Hugh Hill for the defendants. Mr. KNOWLES stated the case to the jury. This was an action brought for the purpose of recovering the value of a quantity of machinery and goods which were seized by the defendants in the month of November or Decem ber last, they assuming to act as the assignees of a bank rupt named Kershaw. The plaintiffs are wool-staplers at Rochdale, trading under the firm of William Holt and Son, and they had trading transactions with a Mr. Ker shaw, at Featherstone, near Littleborough, in this county, who became indebted to the plaintiffs in a_considerable amount. On the 6th of July last year the plaintiffs reco vered a judgment against Kershaw sufficient to cover the amount of their debt. The amount not being paid on the 4th of November, they obtained an execution against the goods of Mr. Kershaw, and on the 6th of November a mandate and warrant to levy £lBO9 and certain costs were issued and given to a sheriff's officer, who proceeded to the mill of Kershaw, and seized the machinery and furni ture under the execution. He did not seize all the pro perty in the mill, his seizure being limited to such quan tity as he thought would cover the amount named in the warrant and immediately after the seizure a valuati on was made of the amount at which the property was va lued. In this country it was of very little use to make a seizure under an execution, unless some steps were taken to realize the property ; and, in nineteen cases out of twenty, it was usual for an execution creditor to obtain an assignment of the goods from the sheriff, and when that was done the goods could not be overreached by a fiat in bankruptcy. In this case, immediately after the seizure and valuation, an assignment from the sheriff to the plain tiffs was prepared and executed, and sealed by Mr. Scarr, a clerk to the sheriff; and a formal delivery of the furni ture and part of the machinery was made to the plaintiffs. Immediately afterwards written notices were posted upon the premises announcing that the goods and machinery were the property of Messrs. Holt. One portion was re moved, and on the 9th of the same month a mob of 200 people surrounded the premises; dug a trench so as to prevent the machinery being removed ; and on the 12th of November the defendants seized the same under a fiat in bankruptcy. There was no dispute about the facts, but one point raised by the defendant's counsel was, whether the affixing of the sheriff's seal to the assignment at the mill was a proper fixing of the seal by the sheriff, and another was whether it was possible properly to appraise such a quantity of property in a couple of hours. Mr. MARTIN, however, denied that the mob of people who surrounded the premises had been employed by the defendant. The fact was that they were the workpeople of Kershaw, who were annoyed at being thrown out of employment. He then suggested a reference, and that an indictment which had to be tried in the other court. A long conference took place upon the matter, and after the main facts had been proved, His LORDSHIP gave it as his opinion that Scarr had the power to affix the sheriff's assignment to the plaintiffs. The jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full amount claimed, Mr. Martin having leave to move to enter a nonsuit. MooXE V. MAXWELL AND OTHERS. — Mr. Martin and Mr. Atherton were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Watson and Mr. Crompton were for the defendants. The plaintiff, Mr. James F. Moore, was originally a surgeon, and as such went several voyages to the coast of Africa. Ele be came a supercargo, and was so employed by Messrs. Max well and Co., African merchants, of Liverpool, and he claimed five per cent with respect to the loading of the Windermere.—The case having been partly proceeded with a juror was withdrawn. LUNDIE v. GEE.—Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling were for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. Atherton were for 4?feudant. The nlpintiff. Mr. Thomaa_Lundie, is a mercnatu 111 LUC 11 est inahl ta“...v; y in Liverpool; and the defendant, Mr. Edward Gee is a partner in the firm of Athin and ac., a ac a y iug uu business in the same town. The action was brought to recover £228 6s. 3d., being the value of certain tierces of coffee sold by the plaintiff to the defendant on the 28th of Sep. last, through the broker. The point in dispute was whether the employment of a broker conferred on him authority to receive payment.—Mr. Knowles contended that it did not.—Mr. Morton, for the defendant, said, he believed it was a customary thing for brokers to receive payment for goods sold through them to Stacey.—After the case had gone on for some time, the plaintiff submit ted to a nonsuit. THE CUSTOM OF THE CORN TRADE SANDARS AND ANOTHER V. JAMESON.--The plaintiffs were Messrs. Sandars and Claxton, corn merchants in Li verpool ; the defendant was Mr. Robert Jameson, who is also a:corn merchantin the same town. Mr. Martin and Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Baines and Mr. Segar appeared for the defendant. The action was to re cover the sum of £346 lls. 2d., being a balance due on 300 quarters of Indian white corn sold by the plaintiffs to the defendant, on the 4th of May last, at 525. per 480 lbs. Speculation was then rife in the corn trade, and the de fendant promptly sold the corn to a Drogheda house at 60s. ; but they repented of their bargain when prices be gan to fall, and refused to take the corn, alleging that it was neither sweet nor sound. The plaintiff contended that the purchaser should have objected, in accordance with the custom of the trade at Liverpool, on the day of purchase, and that he could not do so afterwards. Evi dence to this effect was produced ; and at the close of the plaintiffs' case the court rose. CROWN COURT.-SATURDAY The court was occupied nearly the whole day with the trial of Daniel O'Brien and Michael Connelly, two re spectably-dressed young men, for the highway robbery of the Rev. Mr. German, head master of the grammar school, Manchester, on the 15th of January. We pub lished the particulars of the case at the time. The prosecutor was walking with his lady and daughter in Great Heaton, near the seat of the Earl of Wilton, when he was attacked by the two prisoners, who presented pis tols, and robbed Mr. German and assaulted the two ladies, violently threatening to shoot them. Miss German, on a demand being made for her watch, said she had not one, but offered to give up her fur tippet, but this was refused. The prisoners were found guilty. Sentence deferred. NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY SANDARS AND OTHERS V. JAMESON The court proceeded with this case, which had been adjourned the day before. It was proved, on behalf of the plaintiffs, that the custom in the corn trade was to inspect the bulk of corn (to see that it was the same as sample) on the same day that the purchase was made, and unless the inspection was made on that day, the power of rejection was not held valid. Mr. BAINES commenced by addressing the jury on behalf of the defendant. He called Mr. Clarke, formerly a partner with Mr. Cherry, and two or three other witnesses, with a view to prove that the corn sent to Drogheda was very much inferior to the sample produced when sold. Mr. MARTIN, in his reply, called attention to the fact that no sample what ever was mentioned in that which could chiefly bind the written agreement come to on the occasion ; and com mented strongly on the fact that no complaint whatever had been made of the quality of the corn till it reached Drogheda. The learned JUDGE, in summing up, held that of necessity the sale must have been made by sam ple. If it were not, however, it did not matter in this case, as the contract made must have meant that the corn should be of merchantable value, whereas, according to one of the witnesses, that which reached Drogheda was scarcely fit for hogs. He thought that, independent of custom, when the question came to be between a party who had sold a commodity like corn, about the quality of which there must necessarily be such a variety of opinions, and a buyer, the jury must listen with caution and suspi cion to the party who made no objection at the time, but made the objection a month afterwards, when it was most diffieult to test it. The jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages £346 Ils. 2d. They found that the corn was according to the sample ; and also that there was such a custom as that alleged. CATO AND OTHERS V. JEVONS AND OTHERS. The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. Cato, the ship builders, of this town, and the defendants Messrs. Jevons and several other gentlemen, are the owners of the screw steamer Antelope. Their managing co-owners in 1847 were Messrs. M'Tear and Hadfield. The vessel was built in January, 1846, for the purpose of trading to Rio Ja neiro. In 1847 some defect was found in its construction, some repairs were required, and the proprietors of the boat wished the mast to be shifted, as it was considered too far aft to admit of quick sailing. Accordingly, in June, 1847, the vessel was put into the hands of Messrs. Cato, for the purpose of having the necessary alterations and repairs made. These were effected by the end of July, at a cost of £721 10s. ld. upon the ship. It appears that the usual practice amongst shipbuilders in these cases is. to keep two accounts, first of wages, then of materials . supplied ; and during the progress of the repairs the owners of a vessel are applied to, to furnish money for the payment of wages. At the end of the first week Mr. Casson, collector for Messrs. Cato, applied to M'Tear and Hadfield for payment in the ordinary way, but the answer was-that they-had-no money.----Two or three applications were subsequently' made, hut with the same result. The work was finished in July. On the 13th of Au, gust Mr. Casson went to M'Tear au& Hadfield,. and took a letter addressed to them br Mews.. Cato, it ran as follows :—Sir,—Would you oblige me with £2OO in cash this week, for wages, as I don't know what to do for money ; I can't get any in ; and, as you are aware, a great portion of my account is for cash advanced in wages. I trust you will not disappoint me." Next day, on the 14th, a bill was given upon the materials which had been furnished for the repairs of the vessel. On the 18th of August the plaintiffs again wrote, asking for £lOO. No money could be had, but on the 31st of August they got another bill as security for the payment of the rest of the account. In November of the same year M`Tear and Hadfield became bankrupt, and the bills were worthless. On the part of the plaintiffs the learned counsel contended that, for work and labour done, the plaintiffs were entitled to cash payments, unless they chose bills in preference to ready money, and commented on the absurdity of the sup position that such an election should ever be made. Mr. Casson was the only witness called, and he spoke to the material facts which we have narrated. For the defen dants it was contended that there was no proof whatever that the work was done at their request. The defendants were not in partnership, but they had shares in the vessel. M`Tear and Hadfield were empowered, as agents, to have the repairs done ; they had, doubtless, the money paid down for the purpose, and had no right to pledge the credit of the defendants, who did not know till the 16th of December that the account had not been settled. The de fendants had not made the contract, and there was no proof that, at the time it was made, Messrs. Cato looked upon any other than M`Tear and Hadfield as responsible for it. As a proof that the matter rested entirely in the hands of the house of M`Tear and Hadfield, it was men tioned that the bills given bore the name of Mr. Thomp son also, another partner in the firm of M`Tear and Had field, although he, unlike the other two, had no share whatever in the vessel.—The learned Judge, in summing up, observed that the main point was, whether M`Tear and Co. ordered the repairs on their own account or on behalf of the defendants. He held that when the agent for a ship ordered repairs. the reasonable presumption was that he did so on behalf of the owners. The party took a bill only as an acknowledgment ; it was clear that the re ceiving of a bill from a debtor did not discharge the debt if the bill were not met when it became due. He con fessed that he saw nothing to prevent the plaintiffs from recovering the amount which they claimed. Verdict for the plaintiffs for £6OO. @naval liataellany. Among the special constables sworn in London, last week, was Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. Lady Macnaghten, wife of the Ambassador murdered at Cabool, arrived at Southampton, on Thursday. Of the sixty prisoners taken up at Glasgow for being concerned in the late riots, twenty were convicted thieves. Lord John Russell has received the design of the new two-shilling piece from Mr. Wyon, and has submitted the same to the Queen, who has approved of it. CHLOROFORM.—It appears, by experiments made at the Bicetre, Paris, that inhalations of chloroform induce fits of epilepsy in - those persons liable to such visitations. There is no truth in the report that the poet Words worth is in a state of imbecility. His intellect is as clear Red vigorous as ever. CHINESE JUNK KEYING.—This extraordinary vessel, so long expected to arrive, reached the Thames on Mon day. A memorial to Lord John Russell to stop all Sabbath Post-office work in the provinces, has been signed by upwards of 600 male heads of families in Bedford. Of 106,000 emigrants who lately crossed the Atlantic for America, 6,000 died during the voyage, 4,100 on their arrival, and 5,200 were sent to the hospital ; and of those who settled in the towns, 1,900 died. A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle states that tobacco stalks, which may be bought on the continent at 12s. per cwt., are, when landed in England, worth £lB, and truly observes that no fiscal regulations can stand against a profit of £3OOO per cent. to the smuggler. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—Henceforth the system of electing the governor and deputy-governor by rotation is to be abandoned, and methods are also to be adopted to give a somewhat more public character to the ordinary elections for directors. A very heavy thunder storm passed to the east of Sun derland on Wednesday. The thunder was very loud and protracted. The morning had been very wet, but the afternoon was fine and calm, and no rain fell after the thunder. Turnips continue so plentiful in North Northumberland and Tweedside, that the farmers are not only taking in sheep to eat them off the land, free of charge, but, they are finding the shepherd and his dog with provisions and lodgings without cost. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Saturday night last, a Mr. John Kingham, of Birmingham, who had arrived at Gloucester that day, was in company in the evening with a woman of questionable character, who contrived to ease him of bank notes to the amount of £7OO. There was not a single prisoner for trial at the late Merionethshire assizes, a fact which testifies strongly in favour of Welsh morality ; and there was not a single cause in the paper, a fact which bears equally strong wit ness to Welsh wisdom. AN OBSTINATE CONSCIENCE.—A Mr. John Deferne, formerly a respectable tradesman in Leeds, was commit ted for a contempt to the Queen's Bench prison in March, 1812, and is now its inmate, having been incarcerated 36 years, his conscience not allowing him to make a state ment that would at any time restore him to liberty. THEATRICALS EXTRAORDINARY.—Last week the Bath theatre was despoiled of itg_prnperties to aconsiderable fatfditg tfie t artiaes enumerated were " A countryman's -‘ 0 curly wig," and " A pair of blue coarse trousers, women's szze . . . . The Observer, of Sunday, c ontains a statement that rumours are circulation in the county of Lincoln that Dr. Willis, formerly one of the physicians to George 111., who died in 1835, leaving a fortune of £300,000 was poi soned. It is said that a servant of the deceased recently confessed, on his deathbed, that he poisoned the doctor. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.—On Friday, at the Mary lebone Police-court, the Earl of Kingston, a peer of the realm, was committed on a charge of having indecently assaulted a young man. The magistrate said he would take bail, the prisoner in £5OOO, and two sureties in £2500 each. William Jones and Lewis Fleming, engine driver and stoker in the service of the South Western Railway, were tried at Islington, on Wednesday, for having, through negligence, caused the death of David Markland, engine driver, at the late accident near the Woking Station. They were both acquitted. The stoppage of the Grantham bank of Messrs. Kew ney and King was announced on Monday. It was a bank of issue, established in 1812, and the fixed limit of its circulation was £19,401. Its outstanding notes, however, according to the last returns, amounted only to £17,382. Messrs. Barclay and Co. were the London agents, but they sustain no loss. The colliers are still stopping out unemployed, with results to themselves and families, as well as to Newport and neighbourhood, of still largely augmented wretched ness and depression. Very many weeks have now elapsed since the commencement of this unhappy strike, and one would fancy, in all conscience, that all concerned had had quite enough of it. ENGLISH REFUGEES FROM FRANCE.—The Mayor of Plymouth has received a communication from Port Admi ral Sir John West, stating that when occasion shall arise at Plymouth for providing a temporary asylum for English artizans, refugees from France, Her Majesty's ship Tyne, 26, will be removed from Hamoaze to Catwater, and there placed entirely under the control of the municipal autho rities. On Monday, an inquest was held in London on the widow of Mahomed Sidkay, who was Turkish ambassador in England, in 1811, and who died here in that year, leaving his family in very necessitous circumstances. The deceased, whose death was caused by injuries inflicted by a cab that ran over her, was in the receipt of an allowance of 3s. a week from the parish of Marylebone : and her daughter is now a servant in London. DISCOVERY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—Lady Franklin has issued a notice offering a reward of 20001. with a view of inducing any whaling ship which resorts to Davis's Straits or Baffin's Bay, to make search for the expedition under the command of Sir John Franklin. Her :adyship's notice stipulates that search shall be made in those ports which are not in the scope of the expedition sent out by government. - In June, 1847, Adelaide Bell, aged 18, prosecuted to conviction her master, a beer-shop keeper, whom she charged with having committed a rape upon her, and who was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. In con sequence of his friends doubting the truth of the girl's story, they made inquiries into her character, which led to her conviction for perjury, and she was a few days ago sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Sir William Gossett, sergeant at arms of the House of Commons, died at eleven o'clock on Monday morning at his country residence, Charlton Grove, near Woolwich. The deceased gentleman had been indisposed some time, and his illness was much aggravated by an accident which happened to him some time since, when he was knocked down and run over by a cab, which broke his leg, and since then the deceased has not been in attendance at the House of Commons, we believe, more than once or twice. At Lewes Assizes, on Thursday, John Goldspink, the footman who concealed himself under a bedstead, and when discovered by Mrs. Fulcher, his mistress, a lady living at Brighton, violently assailed her, was indicted for an attempt to murder her or do her grievous bodily harm. The Lord Chief Justice did not think the evidence bore out the charge, and the man was convicted of an assault only. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months. At Hanham, the family of Mr. Jumlett, clock and watch maker, have been thrown into great distress by the careless use of firearms. A charged fowling-piece was left in Mr. Jumlett's bed-room, into which two of his children, one aged fourteen, the other two, wandered, when the former took up the gun , and aiming it at his brother, said, " I'll shoot you, , * Scarcely had he said so before the piece exploded, and its contents passed through the child's head. THE WELSH EDUCATION COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS. —At a large and important meeting held in the market place, Aberdare, on Friday se'nnight, resolutions con demnatory of the report of Mr. Commissioner Symons, and of the details furnished to the commissioners by the Rev. James Hughes, rector of Llanhilleth, as unfair, garbled, and ungenerous, were agreed to. Commodious as is the market-place, it was not half large enough to ac commodate the whole of the vast number of persons who flocked to the meeting. A meeting was held in the Mayor's Chamber, at Dur ham, on Friday evening, for the establishment of an Athenaeum in that city. Professor Johnston, the origin ator of the project, occupied the chair. The object of the society is the establishment of a reading-room, for news papers and periodicals ' the formation,of a library, and the delivery of public lectures. The establishment of the society is more especially intended for the middle classes. The constitution of the society was adopted,. and officers elected the Rey. Dr. Gilly, is president.- Thomas Aldridge Shirley was tried at Norwich assizes, on Wednesday, for shooting his uncle, William Page, with murderous intent. Page had often lent money .to his nephew, and had at last put an execution into the debtor's house : Shirley went to Mr. Page, and fired a pistol, which shot away his jaw. He was found guilty, and re ceived sentence of death. A parcel of watches, stolen during the riots in Glasgow, have been found secreted in a dunghill, and others have been picked up in the shops of the low brokers. A gold watch was recovered in rather a curious manner. A fel low, named Kilian, was undergoing examination before the sheriff in Gorbals, when he lifted his leg as if to scratch his ancle, and immediately a gold watch popped out of his boot. It was identified as one of those stolen from Messrs. Finlay and Field. THE POISONING CASE AT LLANELLEN.—At the Mon mouth Assizes Mary Howells and J. Price were charged with the murder of W. Howells, husband of the former prisoner. It will be recollected that at the Coroner's inquest it was proved that the deceased died of poison, and there was strong evidence that it had been adminis tered by his wife and the man Price who, there was reason to . believe, had olhabited together immediately after Howell's death. To the great surprise of all, the Jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty." FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, an acci dent took place at a coal-pit at Malinslee, Shropshire, called " the Lodge," which resulted in the death of eight men. The pit was worked by a steam-engine, and was 175 yards deep. About half-past five o'clock, these un fortunate men were descending the pit for the purpose of going to work, when about 40 or 50 yards down, the pins which held the main shaft broke, and the poor fellows fell to the bottom, and the chain rope, about two tons weight, getting off the barrel, fell on them. CONVICTION FOR PERJURY.—At the late Carmarthen assizes, Thomas Thomas was (in the words of the Judge) convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury. For the sake of obtaining the reward offered by the Queen, he made a false charge, on oath, against three men, and the conse quence of his so doing caused them to be committed for trial on a most serious charge, and confined in prison as felons, and on which, if they had been convicted, they would have been subjected to transportation for life. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven years. The Morning Post calls the attention of the police authorities to swarms of unwholesome-looking people, abounding more in beards and whiskers than in clean linen, who throng the cigar-shops and lounges of the West End. They are thought to be for the most part foreign propagators of sedition, whose mission here and in Ireland is to do the work of the Republican Propaganda of Paris. If this be so, they are the proper mark for every just man's indignation, and no chastisement can be too severe for the union of so much crime with so much impudence. OBSTINACY.—A young girl, named Ann Waters, aged about thirteen years, who was living with a relation at Cwmbrane, Monmouthshire, from whom she experienced much kindness, having been lately reproved with sharp ness for some neglect, sulked, left the house, and re mained away without her friends having any knowledge of her retreat, for four days, during which time it appears that the poor creature took no sustenance, and slept out in the open air. She at length returned home, but in such a weakly state, from self-inflicted privation, that she languished for a short time and died. At Hereford, John Beavan, aged 26, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with the manslaughter of his brother, whom he struck at a ball they were at together in fun ; the other returned the blow rather severely. The prisoner struck him a second on this, but it not appearing violently ; but it was a most unfortunate blow, as the next moment the poor young man lay a stretched corpse at his brother's feet. Judge Cresswell sentenced him to be confined in prison for the remainder of the day, as he could not for a moment imagine he meant to injure, much less kill his brother. A brutal outrage and robbery were perpetrated at Coggeshall, Essex, on Saturday week. Three men with their faces blackened entered the house of an elderly man named James Finch, and in order to make them confess where their money was concealed, placed him and his housekeeper on the fire, where their clothes were much burned. They then put a rope round the old man's neck and drew him up to a beam until he was almost strangled. Being at last convinced that they had made a mistake as to money being in the place, the villains decamped, after regaling themselves with ham and other provisions. FATAL ACCIDENTS IN SHOOTING.—The annals of the neighbouring county of Shropshire present two very melan choly instances of fatal occurrences of this kind, the one in the death of the only son and heir of the late Andrew Knight, Esq., of Downton Castle, which happened some where about twenty years ago, and the other in the very recent death of that excellent nobleman, Earl Powis. But the remarkableness of these two events occurring in the same county, and amongst those of its higher-born classes, would not be matter for observation were it not for a most singular, not to say extraordinary, coincidence which is equally connected with both of these sad catastrophes, namely, that at the time of Mr. Knight's accident his life was in a lease of property belonging to the Bishop of Worcester, and that the life inserted in that lease to sup ply the place of Mr. Knight was that of the late Earl Powis ! Worcester Herald. CURIOUS DEFENCE.—At the Midland Circuit assize, held at Derby, a man, named James Turner, was indicted for stealing some potatoes, on the Ist of February. The prosecutor, it appeared, missing the potatoes, traced foot steps from his own door to the house of the prisoner, and on entering, found the potatoes he had missed, which were immediately given up by the prisoner, who said he kaid, In 4 ,llem at his door the previous night. Th. ~.; taining the Ist and 2nd verses of the 22nd chapter of Doutcronomy-, ,rhioh wore to the effect, " that if a brother's ox or sheep went astray, or if he lost his raiment, or anything belonging to him, they should be taken in and kept by the finder until the loser should seek them, when they were to be restored to him." The Judge stated it to be his opinion that the text in question was not an irre levant or improper defence. The prisoner was acquitted. A fatal and destructive fire occurred at Barnard Castle on Monday last. It broke out on the premises of Messrs. Weatherilt and Marshall, drapers. An assistant, named Loaditan, jumped from the third floor into the street, a height of 40 feet, and was so severely injured that his life is despaired of. The progress of the flames was not arrested until the stock was destroyed, the premises gutted, and the adjoining premises, belonging to Mr. Bayles, cabinet-maker, were considerably damaged. The servant girl was rescued from her perilous situation by means of ladders, but Mr. Weatherilt was burnt to death in his room, and when his remains were discovered, after the fire, they were found to be reduced to a cinder. The uninsured damage is estimated at £3OOO, which will principally fall on Mr. Bayles. The stock and fixtures were worth about £lOOO, insured for £6OO. How the fire originated is yet unknown. SALE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SERVICE OF PLATE OF THE RUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.—On Thursday, the sale of the beautiful service of plate of his grace the Duke of Buck ingham was proceeded with by Messrs. Christie and Man son, the auctioneers, of King-street, St. James's, the rooms being crowded by the nobility and gentry. There were 163 lots disposed of; some of the pieces of plate being of the most magnificent description. A candela brum, with arms of the family, standards, and heraldic supporters upon a plinth, surmounted by a palm tree, from which spring branches for six lights, (presented to the duke by the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry), and weighing 340 ounces, sold for 10s. per ounce. A magnificent side board dish, with medallions, one of the coronation of George 11., and the other a crest, surmounted by wreaths, and suspended by ribbons, the border richly chased, sold for Bs. ld. per ounce. A pair of beautiful ewers, chased, with shells, fetched 9s. 6d. per ounce. The other articles, consisting of vases, goblets, ewers, dishes, &c., fetched sums varying from ss. to 10s. 9d. per ounce. The cellar of wine, sold on Tuesday and Wednesday, fetched remark ably high prices, champagne selling from 755. to 80s. per dozen. At Exeter Assizes, on Saturday, Ann Fisher was tried for the murder of her husband, Richard Fisher, by poison ing him with arsenic. It appeared that her husband, who was a farmer possessed of some property (X 500), was con siderably older than herself. It was also stated in evi dence that an intimacy existed between the prisoner and a man named Leach, to whom she had been previously engaged ; and a chemist named Woods proved serving the prisoner and Leach with arsenic. The jury, however, returned a verdict of acquittal; no doubt influenced by a most barefaced perjury by a woman, described of the most revolting aspect, who declared that the prisoner, while in gaol awaiting her trial, confessed the murder to her, with most horrible additions, many of which were proved by other witnesses to have beep impossible. On her cross-examination, the wretch admitted she had charged several men with rape, without the charge being brought home to any of them. The motive of the woman in making such a statement appears as incomprehensible as her tale was incredible ; and though the case was, in circumstantial evidence, very suspicious, a doubt and mystery was thrown over the charge by evidence so dis gusting and malicious, as to prevent the jury from safely arriving at any other verdict than that of acquittal. AIRS. BUTLER'S READINGS.—This lady was invited to read two of Shakspeare's plays at the Literary Institution at Highgate. The plays selected were Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice. The first was read on Saturday, and the second on Tuesday last. On both evenings the room was crowded to overflowing, and the deep and silent attention in which the audience were held was only inter rupted by the bursts of enthusiastic applause which were elicited by the delivery of some of the most striking pas sages. It would be difficult and almost invidious, where all was excellent, to point out the particular parts that pleased us most. But in the Macbeth it was impossible not to be impressed by a sense of the mystery and terror which invested the incantations of the witches, and by the eminently firm, distinct, and forcible delineation which was given of the hero. Indeed, we not only admired the Macbeth more than the Lady Macbeth, finely as that part was portrayed, but we doubt whether Mrs. Butler's conception of the character is not the most true to Shak speare which has ever been witnessed. The Merchant of Venice afforded a more ample display of her versatility than the Macbeth, and it would be hard to decide whe ther the grave or the comic parts of the play were most perfectly rendered. It is remarkable that in her reading Mrs. Butler never once reminded us of her father, whom she must have so often heard, while she was continually recalling to our recollection her aunt, Mrs. Siddons, whom she probably never heard read at all.—Times. THE BILE INFALLIBLY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. —Many who suffer from bile are uncons • us - o f-it ; they e po complain of sick headaches, r deran nt and sinking at the stomach, loss of appetite, lo ess of spirits, want of ve energy, feet, hands, and face swelling, and know not that these symptoms denote 'tiff imperfect action of the liver, and if not remedied may lead to dropsy. Holloway's Pills will always be found to act directly upon the liver and 00niaell, and carry off the redundancy of Alan-fours, and thereby im:nediately restore the patient to a full en joyment of he..llth. The blue bill is a mercurial and, destructive nrdicine, which no ono Should take. _Jain& DEATH FROM AIR IN A VEIN.—On Wednesday, an inquest was held at Barnes, on the body of W. Richards, a coal-porter. The deceased had been suffering from inflammation of the wind-pipe, and died after the per formance of an operation. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and then returned the following special verdict: " Accidental death, from the entrance of air into a vein in the neck during an operation performed by Dr. Willis : but the Jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that such operation was cautiously and skilfully performed ; and, as appears by the evidence adduced, the said operation was fully warranted by present practice. SINGULAR Loss OF Two LIVES.—An inquest was held on Wednesday on the bodies of two men, named Wain wright and Moore. On Tuesday Wainwright, who was a horse-keeper in a cab yard, was " larking with a man named Peacock, when they began to wrestle and both fell to the ground, the head of the deceased striking a bolt in the door and causing the blood to flow. He was con veyed to the hospital, where erysipelas set in, and he soon after died. After Wainwright had been carried away. Moore said something to Peacock which exasperated him, and they were about to have a scuffle when Moora sud den* dropped down dead. In this case the opinion of the medical men was, that death was caused by excite ment, and in the other case a verdict of Accidental Death was retarned.—London paper. A DISCOVERY.—On Thursday, while Irvine, one of the criminal officers, was engaged in the necessary investiga tions, in order to trace out a gold watch which had been stolen, he made a discovery which tends to explain the extreme difficulty which is met with in the recovery of such property. In searching the premises of a watch maker, who is known to be engaged in renovating, or in other words disguising. stolen watches, certain parts of several watches were found, which led to the suspicion that the parts belonged to as many stolen watches. The watchmaker's assistant being the son of a broker, who was known as a dealer in the trade, as the practice of re setting watches is called by the parties, search was made for the other portions of the watches, corresponding to those in the watchmaker's possession. The search proved to a considerable extent successful, the works of a number of watches having been recovered minus what was found with the watchmaker. This was so far well, but a part of them was still awanting—the plate which bears the maker's name, and the number of the watch. This was a puzzler, but accident supplied the required information. While the officer was engaged in his inquiries, a parcel from London was opportunely delivered to the broker, which on being taken possession of and examined, turned out to be the old name plates which were missing, care fully and ably furnished with a new face. The whole of the parties are in custody.—Glasgoto Paper. MIDNIGHT HUNT IN THE SHEFFIELD TUNNEL.—On Tuesday week, soon after midnight, one of the servants of the Midland Company was proceeding up the tunnel, to-. wards the Manchester station, and when he had got some distance along the dark and dreary cavity, he was alarmed by a loud barking and clattering of hoofs at the upper end of the tunnel. He listened for a moment, and finding that whatever animals the noise came from were gaining fast upon him, he wisely took to his heels, and darted back towards the point he started from. Having taken his position out of harm's way, he waited but for a brief space, while the clattering of hoofs and the barking were getting nearer and nearer. In another minute out bolted a jackass at the top of his speed, with a dog yelping at his heels. Away they went up the line towards Attercliffe, the ass ever and anon flinging his heels at the dog, and cocking up his head, right and left, to see the whereabouts of his pursuer. The men who were on duty at the station now joined in the pursuit, and at some distance up the line, Mr. Neddy was brought to bay, and duly captured. On further inquiry, it appeared the poor donkey had strayed into the Sheffield and Manchester station at mid night, and wandered to the upper end of the tunnel. While there, he was beset by the do g , to escape whose fangs he shot down the tunnel, and caused the alarm and confusion above described. THE LATE THOMAS DUNCOMBE,ESQ.—The will of the late Thomas Duncombe, Esq., of Copgrove, in the county of York, was proved in the court at York, on the 29th Feb., and in London, on the 6th ult. The personal pro perty within the province of Canterbury alone paid a duty on £60,000. The will is dated the 19th of February, 1840, and the executors appointed therein are Lord Fe versham, the nephew (then the Hon. Wm. Duncombe), and the Rev. Edward Duncombe, a son of the deceased, and who alone proved the will in the respective courts. The testator has bequeathed to his eldest son, Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq., a legacy of £3O; his mansion, and all the messuages, lands, and hereditaments in the township of Aldborough, Yorkshire, he leaves to his son Edward and his heirs for ever. The estates which he held on lease under his Grace, the Archbishop of York, situate at Monkton Naine, lie leaves to his son Henry John Dun combe, together with the tithes arising from the said estates, and devises to him for his own use the messuages, cottages, lands and estates in the parish of Burton Leo nard, in the township of Brearton, Yorkshire, and al/ other his real estate, whether in possession, reversion, re mainder, or expectancy, and over which he held any power of disposition, and not specifically given or devised. Leaves in trust to his son, the Rev. Edward Duncombe, and his son-in-law, the Hon. and Rev. John Venables Vernon, so much capital as, when invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, will produce the annual dividend of £5OO sterling, to apply such dividends to the use and be nefit of his son, George Duncombe, for his life, and after his decease shall fall into the residueof the personal estate. Directs that his diamonds, jewellery, pictures, paintings, busts, statues, library, his wines, furniture, carriages, and hor. ,, chill hp shared enuallv among his sons Henry and Barbara Vernon, and Harrietv aue, auu residuary legatees. COURT AND FASHION. Although the Queen has not yet appeared publicly, her Majesty, we are happy to hear, is almost convalescent again. The infant princess is coming on finely. Prince Albert and the junior members of the royal family have taken their accustomed out-door exercise within the last few days. The Brighton Guardian states that the stripping of the' Pavilion goes forward, and workmen are said to be en gaged at the present moment in taking down the chimney pieces, with a view to their removal to Osborne House. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From the "London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") All silk materials now assume a lighter tint, announcing the approach of spring, and suitable either for day or can dle light ; many are of green glace and broche in a paler shade, light blue plaids on narrow grounds; checks of groseille colour on gray glace, with white shaded taffetas figured in sprigs and large checks in white cerise and blue on a deep blue ground ; each material has its peculiar style of lace : application, for tulle ; Angleterre, on satin ; Alencon on velvet; and for neglige Valenciennes and. Mechlin. In ball dresses three and even four skirts are worn of tulle or crape, and of taffetas d'ltalie, pink, blue, or white, with flounces entirely covering the skirt ; the corsages continue pointed ; the new pelerines, for evening wear, are with long narrow ends, edged with lace, put on a little full ; these ends are intended to go round the waist and tie behind in the style of the Antoinettes ; there is also another style of cannezous, forming demi berthe, termed ii la Roland, which is made of point lace, embroidered muslin, or lace laid on. The round crowns termed jokeys are fashionable for bonnets, and the newest form is rather more open, and much ornamented with flowers ; the ca-. potes termed Dolores, and another boigneuse, are amongst the novelties of the moment. . Satin bonnets are some times ornamented by a scarf of black lace, placed two or three times round the ends, falling at the side of the crowns demi rondes. Capotes of white colours are lined with white. The caps worn, both in evening and neglige, are pretty, the form is round, small and flat, the ornaments varying according to fancy. Many small coiffures are made of half-squares of Brussels lace ; the Valliere is composed of lappets of lace falling at the back of the head without concealing the hair. Pretty evening caps are made of pink crape, covered with lace, having a rose and small green foliage in front; pretty neglige caps are Tade of tulle, edged with lace, and trimmed with narrow pink and black velvet ribbon ; pretty little turbans are made of laine, crape lisse, velours 4ingle, and damas, embroidered in silver and gold ; they are placed very backward on the head, leaving the ears uncovered. THE LAST FRENCH REVOLUTION, IN SCRIP- TURE PROPHECY. (From the Church of England QuFterly Review.) The correct interpretation of Daniel's seventy weeks has been more disputed, and has called forth a greater number of dissertations in support of different opinions, than any other point connected with the prophetic an nouncements of the Messiah. The commencement it is difficult to fix, historically, from the uncertainity con cerning all the early chronology, and especially that of the times of Daniel ; and the true termination of the seventy weeks has been also much disputed —some making them to end at the birth of Christ—others at the commence ment of His ministry—others at the crucifixion : all of which are partial or strained interpretations of the prophecy. The key to the right interpretation is to be found in verse 27, where it is written, " He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week ; and in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and oblations to cease "—that is, by his own death—the only true sacrifice. The sense of the whole passage being that, for seventy weeks, or four hundred and ninety years, the covenant of God with the Jewish people should still subsist, and that during the last week or the last seven years of that period God would ratify the new, the Christian, covenant, with many of them, in the midst of which week Christ would be crucified : or, in other words, the Gospel would be preached to the Jews exclusively for seven years, com mencing with our Lord's own personal ministry, which continued for three years and a half, and terminating at the conversion of Cornelius, when God first turned to the Gentiles and when the Jews ceased to be His covenant people, which conversion took place three years and a half after the crucifixion. The seventy weeks of Daniel thus manifestly terminate in the year 37 of the Christian era, and they consequently had their commencement in the four hundred and fifty-third year before the Incarna tion, the year beginning at that time in Abib, which answers to our April, and not as at present in January. But if the seventy weeks are to be reckoned from 453 B. c., then the vision which this explains, of the preceding chapter, has the same commencement; and the long period of 23,000 years would terminate within the year which began in April, 1847, and will end in April, 1848. We think that there is no flaw in this argument ; and the second French Revolution, occurring thus within the time supposed, appears to put the stamp of fact on these ex pectations, of which it is so striking a fulfilment. And, as we have already intimated, we believe this to be the last of the numbers which applies to the Christian church, or of numbers that are given for our warning and guidance; and it is in this sense that we ibOuld understand the declaration that there would he time-no longer. ' A X 'X'