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tag. 17, 1847. son, his former wife, Elizabeth Parker, being alive. The first and second marriages were proved, and a witness de- His Lordship took his seat on the Bench at half-past posed to the fact of Leather having lived with his first eight o'clock, and the business opened by the arraignment wife in 1844 and 1845. Mr. Cobbett, who defended the of a numh.zr of prisoners, charged, for the most part, with prisoner, called two witnesses, who showed that the first . I , ll ansir-ghter, or inflicting grievous bodily harm. His wife , Elizabeth Parker, had been guilty of various acts of I °l'd" - -Alp then ordered all the prisoners who had been ac- adultery and had left her husband. Guilty To be im- Ppted, or against whom no bill s h a d been found, should prisoned. and kept to hard labour, fo r e i g ht een mon ths. b lisc harged.• To one of them, in the undress of a Elizabeth Leatham was then indicted for having stabbed soldier, hi s l ordship gave a kindly admonition, to beware Charles Rowland, on the 28th of June, in Salford. The of bad company, late hours, or other conduct that might prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was undefended. From nccite "I - + l -^ 't -.d CROWN COURT, YESTERDAY ..6uspicion against him. The prisoner said _ my Amongst those discharged was James Davies, aged 18, charg e d on the coroner's inquest with killing and slaying Daniel Ayr , — A , T . tne evidence it appeared that the prosecutor was going up Jackson-square, Salford, on the night in question ; the prisoner was standing at her own door, and that a row DOING GRIEVOITS BODILY HARM. Margaret King, 24, was charged with having, at Heaton Norris, felo n i ous l y thrown boiling water upon her husband, John Ki ng, doing him gri evous om y b '1 harm. It appeared that the It was urged for the defence, that the prisoner was the first to commit an assault on the prosecutor. \ erdict— Guilty of a common assault. Sentence-10 be imprisoned for three calendar months. MANSLAUGHTER ler and h er h us b an d l o d ge d i n a house in red, neaten Norris, and that they: lived Aher, owing to the prisoner being jealous of • On the night of the 31st of May, prisoner et with another female, the daughter of the James Ball was indicted for the manslaughter of James Duckworth, an old man, at Southport, on the 19th of July last, by driving over him with a bathing machine. The evidence for the prosecution showed that the machine which went over the deceased was driven without due pre- le prose saw the prosecutor in ds took place be , and the prisoner uttered , m, went home, and about Some wor caution, and that his death was the result of injuries re ceived. The evidence for the prisoner went to show that the prisoner had called out when he saw the deceased, and that he pulled up his horse ; but that in consequence of the horse being backed against the steps of the machine, he started, and in spite of the prisoner's efforts ran over the deceased. Verdict, Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. Imprisonment and hard labour for four calendar months. Frederick Short and Thomas Buckland were indicted for stealing a gelding and a black mare from the premises of Mr. Tyson, of Bicicerthwaite, in Cumberland. The case, as far as regards the possession of the horses by the ers, and their inability to give an account of them, !early proved; and the jury returned a verdict of 17. LAND, cm Hills of the 1, STA- Good- •ehouse, ies who en Corn ,uperior- od Case, Pounds, cry, all id CHI- Engine, Fixtures, 1, at No. to Mr. at Field JAGE or 1, known mith side Toxteth ['ling by ds to the d now in llet-lane sive and Railway has thus is to Ca- r Mr. C. f Mr. J. fortable e walled atham's- EXTEN. 0 Yards JNTRY ar West d Man's- L.LIAAIB, lENCE, Drawin4 5, Warm eildings: )USE, ;, Coach• Poo yards WUNG ITTING of a fine qTRY Keswick. yen Bed- suitable rig to the ayard on fronting a [ill, Che rrounding rlour, and and Bath- HOUSE two Sit- ill ; or at a, ready banks of Lc scenery, ing-room, 16 by 16, Kitchens, and other two four ses, Saddle convenient Gardens, e exclusive ed acres of [ere is good les of the reefing the Es, Wi iversity of near Liver- I-office, Li. Jl3 are in the Club. Let are re situation, option o f 7, India taut. IOPSIIIRS F.RS. PPLY the nzham an d Welling“" ' Tender for Xll, ShreWs- mown trees: less than 1 0 k, if rect a n_ 10 inches 1,1 A the Carl must b ley wbidl 01w: 1847 ; 0 " e 30th June, the tiOle of a d the Con ' e cted. se reJ Engineer s ;e, when ti and prisoner King left the t-past 11 went to bed: Between'two and thive o'clock secutor was awakened by extreme pain, produced by Ming water having been thrown upon the middle of his , erson. He attempted to - rise, 134 found himself tied own to the bed with a rope. He extricated himself by and in his agony jumped from top to stance. He was to the Infirmary, where he The prisoner her own eta )otthmof the stairs an, k to bed, and ti taken t remained a month, when he recover; ' :ted her own defence, and proved 'oborated som CS, er husband treated I conversation with other with two women on," which involved a recommendat Lordship said he should defer p: Senten Jana , es Cuff, targed:w young man who v .e a soldier's jacket, was ch _ near the rive. The act was ist, at Wigan fy , ent to si oner had been concerned in effecting an entrance, no thing however having been carried away, although suffi ciently removed to constitute the offence laid in the in dictment.—Guilty. Twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. Ted with in the T 3 oro' 'ect the '9th of At hive fessed that they were The learned hid... .„. , sunsisnfly was one of the few t He seemed to co'- ~uue was proved. The h verdict, finding the y The learned jot'," Lnd indicted ue sessic InnonY from Evans, in beli powna er Was the first d was Charged witi capital off 'with r a few mi. .er of the ainor o heat d tes n Dearden character ween eight and Mr. Evan s's) which he had been inhis ith two hundred other men. The , d himself quite as well as any of ain put back for sentence. n offence similar ged 27 witted. ged 24, w n, but she varied so mi ihip directed an acquittal on the major ter, on the 15 red for the pro: The evidence not being , the learned judge 'ninor charge. am Kay, 21, were stated the case t he prosecution ldicted for havn The proseci defence by Lce, that prisoner th I Selina: ter Swift, slain :fames I ceased went into ti usually did there r. .`•"nng which deceased cr n altercation between th, lt the rrtnr‘.---- when Watsoi by the other, upor I were Hug near ti [ - tort time arson having stripped himself of night between thcm, 4s wet ies, upon which the prisoner Y, came forward and struck the i a trer s blow o. ed, and he gave up the cent( have no more er walking some Wheel of , a c his head on a snort dish assistance, he was reared up against the 'here he stood for a short time, leaning ms. He then left the market, and went when he staggered, and fell against the me up removed him to the infirmary, but, on his 'sere, he was found to be dead. It was stated that butted the deceased in the stomach with his head - L,_ • I „ arr ival ti vv atsi, • ..sirL, ana me mow given by bwitt was very and dealt out when deceased was Dot on his legs. from 111 tell umw o n the stomach, but there were no efinite internal marks connected with extrnal bruises. d ,Under all the circumstances, he could not with positive certainty state the immediate or real cause of death, but it was certainly 'uses by the blows inflicted. The jury found the prisoners guilty of an assault, ac quitting them of manslaughter. His Lordship remarked, at some length, on the dis aceful nature of the assault, particularly on the part of rift, who had struck the deceased in a cowardly and cruel Inner, when he could not defend himself. He sentenced months' imprisonment, and hard labour ; led for nine months, with hard Thorilas- Griffiths, a the 4th Jul) ad robbed him of three ad been drinking, but not immoderately, and towa Aine at night, when returning home, was, he stat lted JOhn Cartle The pro; "uallY robbed him of the monies stated defended the prisoners, a nd Mr Pr osecution. A watchman -- identified both of the accused. . Griffiths urged the others to pitch into him, (the witness,) as he was only a private rr ehl tian• On the watchman telling Wait that he knew avv al ;, and that he'd better go, the latter immediately ran eiof . The prosecutor had his little boy with him, aged w as f( Y: a r,s• The prosecutor was so severely hurt that he ait - ,7 w tt I S'ing on his back in a state of insensibility. Mr_ the " a pprehended, admitted that he had knocked - Pl:°6ecutor, but - Blair conducted the tnessed the assault, and mid he had not robbed him.. - Poll Prison ers °"„ v ery cleverly addressed the jury for the th e • =le called several witnesses .who showed that tinlis'ericifs.ecutor was very tipsy, and ha'd fallen and hurt 'Wai t t ' it was also shown that Cartledge challev 4lo w ° " , ti t- set t ...--• lley did fight, and Wait" knocked him .. addresse'dep After some further evidence, both coun witnesses for The tions frorrA;e jury, and adduced very conflicting deduc of the whoinee evidence. The learned judge took a of Jufence, and consequently dent nee Th: unfavourable to the veracity of the Sentence W as d Mr found loth the prisoners guilty. D e before even rred, and th ad'ourned, at a morns urt J o'clock. , until this t eight against. the ng, at half -lies ~,..._ ;RAND JURY 10(y ....yESTERDAY. Before M. 43erjeant M urp h y ) LSSAULT AND ROBBERY. or and James Dykes were hid n th of Ju ne last, near Bury, cm of ink... i m et i e t d te - d far •-• .a wer e foundoodrnan, a calico gut aa of robb without vw printer. senten ced to twe il lv y ery e months' imprisonment The evree ) his cm, 7 , treet, ce Went to show that the prisoner ."°,llse i ntoxicated, and that there was Which the deceased, with ano c.ante near the door of the prisoner, who, in his hands, threw the barrel in the direc t, hitting her on the forehead, and au::: rhe prisoner was uncle_ followed by erysipelas, from t h h ar e !i pa l t a i b en o t ur d . ied-.—Guilty. 12 months' L eptu. e wt : ' :; ate. .111:1_ t „ - 'ceased 7ound. with Cr ill"n cutting and maiming .ed in evidence a t een oanord, and th at the Pa e, n', te riser ; P and cut hi h s lip.. G Guilt o, eek's imprisonment. hsePh Leather Was indicted for marrying Harriet Paw- squabble having occurred ruck the prosecutor with a common assault sly ravi d by nn Horn who and th I ' 4 Tani 3 171EGLARY ad Thomas Waterhouse, ere cha _ _ w _ Liss Cromp therefrom certn Lenslon the part of the prosecution did >nes. A witness proved having lver to dispose of from Water effect which, he was given into from whom he had received the this me This was a w [nst WE lUS COI ler the sentence a ay, from 18 monl ) court, returned Ind a 3 )use, 12 cal o'cloel Mouse Mr. Jristi -YES STON V. GELI 7erdict of ;ted John lencinr months. k, and will sit Ir. Richard of error, brought by A' Preston, to reverse a judgment obtained in the Court of Exchequer; and the error assigned was, that at the time of entering the judgment, - the plaintiff was an infant. The defendant, Frances Thomas Gell denied this fact, and issue was joined upon it. Mr. KNOWLES said the simple question for the jury was -whether at a certain date, to which attention would rected, the plaintiff was or was not an infant within the age of twenty-one years, because if he was he would be entitled to a verdict ; if he was not, then the defendant would be entitled to it. In the course of last year the crew a out cat exchange upon his brother, and that had got into the hands of the defendant. who was an attorney in London. The defendant brought an action on the bill; he served the plaintiff with a writ ; and then, of ernivsP- an .ppearance was to be entered. If the do that within a certain time, then, by of an Act of Parlaitnent, the defendant ' . The plaintiff here did not appear, ut in an appearance for him ; and it be mode of entering that appearance Ff did not defendant A writ -ould be fully t the plaintiff was an infant. The plaintiff wa - 16th of October, 1825, at Boulogne, an' Octob ri his m result r credit upon the plaintiff 846, and that v took occasion to c t be, the c jury returned a verdict for the defendant, they not been satisfied that the plaintiff was under age. DBACH AND °THE S V. SII in action brought by Messrs. Sandbach, Tinne, t the defendant, Mr, William Sharpe, for a sum of £392 for work and labour done, money paid, interest, and on account stated. The defend iot liable ; he also pleaded a set This VQ id CO., agai the recovery of pleaded Co., ha, at he was Sandbach, Tinne, and d carried on business for a long time in Liverpool, .t the defendant was a Liverpool gentleman also, vessel called the John Campbell. The I the owner ments upon t John Campbell at ,sed for her, and Demerara, the cost of about £lOO, being the coinmissio i nUPon a return cargo, making altogether X 392. The plaintiffs had been long connected with the Deme rara trade, and had a house there ; and they had entered into an agreement with the defendant, who was sending out the John Campbell, to ship a certain quantity of goods by her. The goods were accordingly shipped, and the vessel sailed. At Madeira, she took in emigrants, and on her arrival at Demerara disbursements were met on be half of the defendant, a hawser was purchased, and com mission to the amount of £lOO was owing in respect of freight on the homeward voyage. The defendant insisted that the plaintiffs were indebted to him, instead of he being indebted to them, and most probably the nature of the defence mould cause one or more questions of law • he close of Mr artin's statement, and before any evidence was taken, a verdict was taken by consent for the 'et erence, SYERS t JONAS This was an action brought by Mr. William Hugh Syers against Emanuel Jonas, for the recovery of a sum of X 222, being the value of certain goods sold and delivered, and on an account stated. The defendant pleaded that he was not liable. It appeared that the plaintiff was a merchant in Liverpool, and that the defendant was a tobacco.and cigar manufacturer in London, and the £222 sought.to be reco vered was the value of 51 bales of tobacco sold in Septem ber, 1846, to the defendant. The sale was effected through a broker of the name of Samuelson, and copies of a very long correspondence, which had taken place previous and subsequent to the sale between the broker and the defen dant, were read and put in. It was contended, on the part of the plaintiff, that the sale was not by sample, but that it was a clear case of goods sold and delivered, in which the plaintiff was fully entitled to recover. Mr. WATSON, for the defence, alleged that the bulk of the article sold differed essentially from, and was much samples forwarded, and that the contract inferior to, the was void. Verdict for the_plaintiff for goods sold and delivered The plaintiff was John Shaw, and the defendant Richard ay. The action was in covenant on_the declaration stated, that the defendant covenanted with the plaintiff to keep a certain house and premises in repair, and not to assign a lease of the premises to any other party. The defendant pleaded, first, that the indenture was not his deed, and secondly, that he did not destroy and prostrate part sof the dwelling-house, and that he did not assign over the lease. Issues were joined on these three pleas. Mr. Knowles said this was an action to recover damages for the breach of a covenant, or rather of two covenants, into which the defendant entered with the plaintiff on a lease that bore date July, 1845. The plaintiff was a wire worker at Sheffield, and was possessed of a house which, used as a grocer's defendant was a grocer ' and, for the purpose of carrying on his trade, he took alease of that house from the plain tiff. He was to pay £3O a-year for it, and he entered into the usual covenants. One of those was to keep the premises in repair, and it was expressly mentioned that he was to keep the interior of the house in repair ; and there was another covenant, which restrained him from letting the premises. The allegation was, that the defen dant had broken these covenants, for he had taken down a partition between the shop and the parlour, and he had admitted into the shop a person of the name of Wood. burn. He received from Woodburn the sum of XlOO for the goodwill, and he had let the premises for £4O a-year, beipg £lO a-year more than be had agreed to pay the the plaintiff. Damages were sought for the alterations made, and also for the letting to Woodburn. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. Tidyman v. Hiles. —An undefended action. The plaintiff, Mr. John Tidyman, keeps a boarding-school at liawarden, in Flintshire, and the defendant, Mr. Law ..., " '3ury. The action was brought tion of the children of the de dant. The charge at the school was only at the rate of £l9 a-year. The eldest son of the defendant was sent to the school, and then two others. They went there for about three years, and the whole amount for the educa , • , Lion, board, 'washing, tailors' bills, and money furnishe to return home was £lO4 14s. 11d. A sum had bee paid on account, and the amount now claimed was Cz Verdict for the plaintiff. Blanchard v. Earle and others.—The plaintiff Was Mr. Edward Blanchard, flour-dealer, of Liverpool, and the defendants were M. William Earle, Mr. S. Thornley, Mr. Bright and Mr. Ferguson, four of the Overseers of the of Liverpool Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. Baines and Mr, Pashley for the defendants. Mr, MARTIN stated the case. He said that Mr. Blanchard was a respectable tradesman of the town, and that he lied been in the habit for years of sending to the office of the Select Vestry large guns of copper and silver, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. for which he received a cheque, signed by the pay clerk, and which in a day or two afterwards was paid in notes or gold. Various other tradesmen of the town were in the habit also of sending copper and silver to the office of the Select Vestry, for the purpose of its being paid away to the paupers applying for relief ; and the note indicating the amount sent was sometimes directed to the vestry, and sometimes to the pay clerk. At the parish-office they had a place up stairs into which these heavy amounts of silver and copper were hoisted by means of a windlass, and where it was counted and made ready for distribution to the poor. From time to time, cheques for the amounts received were drawn and given in repayment to the tradesmen who had given the accommodation. Mr. Blanchard had, in this way, given accommodation to the parish for a great num- - her of years, and until the first of Mara' 1847, he had continued to do so with perfect satisfaction to himself and the ( 3metimes he would send his notes of the amount to the parish and sometimes to Mr. Williams the pay clerk ; the silver and copper would be sent by a cart and horse ; then Mr. Williams would give a receipt for the money received ; and one of the parish officers would go to the plaintiff the next morning, and state the amount of the copper or silver which was required at the parish-office. Upon the Ist of March la, r. Blanchard sent £3O in copper and £5O in silver from one of his shops, and £57 in copper from another of his shops, and the money so sent was, as usual, taken at the office, and afterwards hoisted up by the windlass to the room up stairs, where it was counted. When Mr. Blanchard sent for his gold or notes a day or two afterwards, he was told that Mr. Williams had been taken ill of the 'fever. He got the same answer several times afterwards, but ultimately, about a fortnight after wards, it turned out that Williams was unable to pay at all, and then it was said to Mr. Blanchar-' This 'Nva; an accommodation given by you to Williams, and the parish v-'ll' to do with you Blanchard with the parish ; tradesmen who riably t and copper in like manner in w that they [4 their silver none of the any credit what he could A any other of a iven to individuals ing men o t he cou were not to They di dd responsible for the acts of those clerks. _ a part of their business by deputy—they could not do it otherwise ; but answer able they must be for the acts of those deputies. If Mr. 'Blanchard had supplied bread tothe parish he would have been paid for it ; but, instead of sending bread, he sent Silver- -- f-- - bread witl qnd the silver an copper tor the poor to buy therefore he had an undoubted right to be reimbursed. Proof was then given that the four defendants wer overseers of - the parish of Liverpool in March 1. number of tr; the Parish-of :opper to ) the moc and notes and The Se t to have 1 corporation n in any v •Yeg.; but you must make it intelligible I charge them as overseers There is nothing in the act to ainst two of them. I e receiv- They are ions who w POLITICAL APOSTACY OF THE MAIL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Mr. Editor,—The Mail, in its impotent rage at the recent defeat which Young England has sustained in Liverpool, is wreaking its fury upon friends and foes alike, and madly enough attacking the conservative press of Liverpool. You have, of course, been honoured with some of that scurrilous abuse which the blustering, inconstant conductors of that very reputable journal know so well how to use, and they have de voted an article to your offences, which, for coarse vulgarity, would have done honour to the fair fish merchants of Billings gate. They have, with their accustomed modesty, presumed to designate a much more respectable paper than their own, " The degraded Standard," because they would not support then' puseyitical candidate, the advocate of " Compensation to the Romish clergy:" or, recommend to the electors of the commercial town of Liverpool for their representative one of the boy lords of Rutland, who, in the wild flights of his crude and infantile imagination apostrophises in the following rhapsody — Let laws, let learning, and let commerce die, But leave us still our old nobility If the Standard be degraded for not supporting the preten sions of the noble student of Belvoir, it may " glory in its shame," and . plead a common degradation with by far the most respectable, intelligent, and consistent portion of the Conser vative body. You have, however, Mr. Editor, some solace, in your pitiable condition, by the fact that the censure of so at dOned a publication as The Mail is the highest c----" which could be paid to' you, and that its ridiculou of indignation only serve to fortify your position in the opinion of the public,. and to deprive your irascible contemporary of the very limited influence which he possesses. The dictum of the Mail is by no means synonimous with truth, and the public, remem b e ring with sorrow its past breaches of veracity, regard as questionable its most dogmatical statements, especially while blinded by passion and interest. The Mail has certainly acted a very reckless part, in daring to accuse you of inconsis tency, and would have been far more prudent had it taken the beam out of its own eye, before it stepped so officiously forward to remove a fancied mote from that of the Standard. To hear the Mail talk of consistency, is like the profligate d scanting on the advantages of thrift and temperance. But the editor of the Mail has doubtless forgotten that dur ing the recent contest he was Whig, Peelite, and Protectionist, in quick succession, and that each week found him of different politics to the one preceding—' all things to all men,' that by all means he miht gain some. In order to improve his me mory on 'this subject it may be well to sketch the progress of this 'political weathercock in the various ing conduct. When first Lord John 11a wircias a candidate, vituperative invective I its r ,upport noble thrd were rapidly increasing. In the same pub lication that the editor of the Mail repudiated his allegiance to the Conservative Association and its candidate, he professed a great affection for the Whigs, thought that no one would oppose the return of Sir Thomas Birch, and pro posed to join the friends of this gentleman in keeping out Sir IVsby .11 , 1ackworth. To such an extent indeed did the _ _ carry his predilection for the Whigs, that he speedy arrival of the period when Lord John I Lord George Bentinck, having laid aside their p fired th sell ani tical ani would -coale ;s had 1 did this 'unprincipled journal bid for Whigs ; those same Whigs which it had will venture to sl well: brought forward as a candida began to Perceive that Sir Digby was not quite so bad as lie had represented him to be, and that in conjunction with Lord John Manners he would be a proper person to represent Liverpool in Parliament. And while indulging the most sanguine expecta tions as to the favourable position in which a junction with Sir Digby would place his candidate, the Mail, in the true spirit of the fox and the grapes, finding that Mr. Cardwell would com mand the second votes of the Whigs, discovered that they were traitors to the constitution, and that Sir Thomas Birch was un. worthy of confidence. When, however, Sir Digby Mackworth asserted his independance, and refused, even at the loss of a seat, to:act in concert with a puseyite, who in his dreams of rus tic simplicity would cover the land with monastaries, the Mail could not refrain from pouring out the vial of its wrath upon the devoted head of the protestant baronet. And now the election is over, as though his inconsistency was not sufficiently flagrant, the editor in the same paper abuses Sir Digby Mackworth, and yet declares that he was ready to vote for him, stigmatizes his first love, Sir Thomas Birch, as unfit to represent the town, sagely wonders why the friends of Lord Manners and Mr. Cardwell did not unite; and concludes his they would have been both elected. Thus, then, we see that this political renegade, after having shown that he can divest him self of his principles as easily as his coat, offer to coalesce with Low Church, Liberal, and even with the bosom friend of the man whom he designates the "arch-apostate Peel," if he could but have secured the return of his Popish candidate. If, Mr. Editor, you are accused of inconsistency in supporting Sir Dighy and Mr. Cardwell, you have, at least, the satisfaction of knowing that that exquisite specimen of literary and political infallibility—the Mail—offered to support the one, and, had he been invited, would have been but too glad to support the other. If the charge against you is made on the authority of some imaginary document, which the Mail has conjured into exis tence, the guilt of your accuser rests upon no such doubtful evidence, but may be seen attested in glaring char own "leaders." But while support the claims of Sir _ not, sir, I apprehend, create confusion in tl ranks by introducing a Puseyite and a l to Liverpool, and then amicably offer to join opponents who would unite with you; and above all 'Digby and Mr. Cardv did not so far forget your duty to the ancient constitution our'gountry, and to the Conservative body of England, as propose to coalesce with the Whigs. You did not, through in mercenary motive about the printing, delude a young nobl man to try for the representation of Liverpool, by holding o hopes to him which could never be realised. And now in conclusion, Mr. Editor, I would advise the edit of the Mail to be careful how again he attacks journals of I spectability, as he may rest assured that his own faults as numerous to allow him to assume the o - he will, if he persist in doing so, me( political apostacy and brazen effrontei I am, Sir, yours A FREEMAN THE HARVEST. - Although the harvest is proceeding in this neighbourhood, yet the wet which has fallen with us during the last few clays has much retarded operations. From all we can learn, and we have made numerous in quiries, the wheat crop, though looking prodigious when uncut, is yet when down not more than an average yield. Barley is a great crop, and so are oats in many situations. Bean's are a• failure Poole Herald. THE PRUSSIAN LAW OF HIGH TREASON.—By the 83rd article of the Prussian code : " All persons guilty of high treason will be condemned to death, by the most terrible means." Article 95 bears, that all persons guilty of high treason shall lose not only all their rights as well as their goods and chattels, but 'their childrZ A DIGNITARY OF THE ROMISIT CHURCH. I For the edification of the English reader is subjoined a report of a most characteristic speech delivered by a dig nitary of the Roman Catholic church (Archdeacon Laffan) in proposing Mr. Scully, one of the successful Repeal can didates at the recent election for the far-famed county of Tipperary con LAY greeted with a tre- the pemiltyof their crimes, if the s keep them in perpetual imprisonment ox proper nd them into FRUIT EATING. — The groundless prejudice against fruit, and the absolute necessity in diet of vegetables cc an acid, as the potato does, were dwelt on before and its kindred diseases made their appearance. true that fruit, when taken to excess, produces symptom. which may be mistaken, by persons unacquainted with medicine, for common cholera. But beef or mutton in ex cess will do the same ; and the experience of this year has shown more clearly than had ever been shown before, that bread and meat alone are not sufficient to sustain the system in health. Fruit and acid vegetables are an essential part of the food of man ; but it seems the body, when duly supplied with the principles it derives from these sources, husbands them up, and can do without the acid diet for some time. The appetite for fruit and pickles is not then without its use, although the chemists have not hitherto ex plained how vegetable acids subserve nutrition. Without those aliments the blood loses some of its essential pro " - ;„ crinfa imaor antaining perties the skin , or with more fatal effect intothe structure of internal organs.—. Report of the Registrar-General. IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA.—WhiIst the gen tlemen, in the morning, were giving directions about their works, I walked out and loitered amongst the rocks, where I was overtaken by a violent thunderstorm, and got thoroughly soaked with rain. Seeing some small rough cabins, or shanties, on the side of a hill, erected there for the accommodation of the Irishmen who worked on the canal, and some of whom had been thus engaged for three years I entered one of them to dry my clothes. I found an Irishman and his wife within, who re ceived me very but were evidently ashamed of the miserable manner in which they lived. A beau tiful young child was lying in a rude cradle, and the rain, which soaked through every part of the roof, was falling down upon his little face ; but the little fellow did not seem to mind it much, it probably not be ing the first time he had felt it there. Having made my wishes known, the woman made the fire up • but the smoke almost ch o k e d an d bli n d e d me, and the h earth' was so uneven, that I could scarce sit upon a little bench which I drew to it. On the man's going out, ob serving that she appeared very fond of her child, I got up a sort of friendly conversation with her, and hav ing said, " What ! have you got no potatoes to eat ? Why, you certainly could grow them upon this good soil !" She replied, " Heaven's blessing on the potato I've clapped my eyes on, sir ! The truth is, the men are too lazy to raise them : if it's plenty of whisky they can get they are satisfied." " You have very fine chil dren, I perceive," said I ; "what do you feed them with ?" " Faith, sir," she replied, " it 's just the children that are raised easier than the potatoes." Then, seeing the rain fall on her pretty child, she exclaimed, " God bless my father and mother ! Sorrow the day I left them to come a canalling in this country ! If had been in their house not one drop of this rian would fall on me or the babe." She said America was a fine country if the men would only take care of what they earned; that the wives of the other men were all dissatis fied, because their husbands were neither sober nor pru dent ; and that but one thought occupied their minds, which was, to save money enough to get back to Ireland with.—Featherstonaugh's Canoe Voyage. JEWS IN AFRICA. — The Jewish Intelligences' states, that a considerable number of Jewish merchants reside and carry on an extensive traffic in Timbuctoo, the great difficulty of intercourse with which is want of water, whilst conveying goods on camels in boxes lined with lead within and covered with skins without to preserve the contents from the excessive heat. The Timbuctoo Jews travel to Socham, a town in the Sahara desert, thirty-six days from Mogadore, ev ery spring, and are dark complexioned, but not black. They use the same prayers as the Portuguese Jews, and dress like Moors, only wearing a black cap. MEXICAN FAT-STAFFS. -At the battle of Sacramento, some of the best Mexican troops, those of Durango, fell down, when hotly pressed , and p r e t ended to be dead. A number of these became prisoners, and were marched to Chihuahua. A story is told of one poor fellow, who came near losing his life by having counterfeited death. With others, he had fallen among the slain, and was passsed over by the conquerors as a sure enough done for Mexican. At length, however, a canteen of Muscalle, slung on his back, attracted the attention of a volunteer, who stopped to cut it loose. The poor fellow alarmed at the appearance of the knife so near his throat, sprang to his feet, and at tempted to make off. "Stop, you scoundrel," said the volunteer, throwing his rifle to his cheek. At that criti cal moment, the Mexican, perceiving the danger, fell on his knees, and begged for quarter. It was reluctantly granted by the volunteer, who swore that the felkm ought to be killed, at any rate, for his cowardice. men, who 1 gave g adopted when such move cheques were granted. that the were a corporatio: .1r repr n. (A Laugh.) The JUDGE.— how you charge ther clearly not a cor e compel me to bring the action bring it against fols of them e _as 1 rx, this money 'lip, for the purp The JUDGE.-4 werseers, forming this sort of partner se of giving this relief to the poor. hink that won't do. (A laugh.) As ;ement of theyoor: You Select Vestry he form in which yoi have done, that wil overseers they had not the m say they are part of a body_ forming the that be so, the Lre not liable be a different thing the Select Vestry. but you seem - to sue them Mr. CROMT"TUN.—No ; as individuals who have been interfering in the matter. The JUDGE.—Show that they have interfered You do ceedings. The plaintiff was nonsuited Mr. Baines observed that I Kr. Williams had money in his hands at the time of the transaction, and that he always had money in his possession. _ _ _ BARFF V. RONNTLANDS AND ux.—An action brought by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Barff, against the defendants, David Rowlands and wife, for the recovery of a sum of £6O upon a bond. Verdict for the plaintiff. SANDS AND OTHERS V. CALVERT.—An action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Sands, Turner, and Co., of Liverpool, for the recovery of a sum of £ll9 from Mr. Thomas Calvert, a manufacturer at Blackburn, being the amount of advances of charges on goods consigned to the house of Sands and Co., in Calcutta, for sale. ' ‘. verdi( The co adjourned at five minutes to -six'o'cloali rising of the court last evening For Plaintiff 4,7, 8. 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 41, If. 20, 22, 25, 27, Withdrawn Postponed. Struck out Transferred. WEST DERBY REND 13, 19, 23, 27, For Plaint For Defendant. , Withdrawn.-1 id, i charge ti part of ited.-, 3, 34, 39, 42, 68, 82 18, 22, 24, 25 28, 39, 32, 36, 40, 41,_46, 42, 50, 51, 55, 59, 61, 62, 72,78 5,8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 1 Nonsuited.-3, 4, 38. Referred.-6, 26, 71. Struck out.--10, 17, 20 THE MOORS.—As the 12th of the month approaches our city begins to present the aspect it usually wears at this season of the year. Numerous strangers are seen walking about the streets. Dog-carts, with the usual complement of pointers and setters, and attendant game keepers are ever and anon despatched to the Highlands, while occasionally the travelling carriage of some Duke or other titled personage, drives up to the inn door, with four smoking posters from Kinross, and an assortment of luggage and servants sufficient to supply half a regi ment. It is thought, however, that scarcely as much com pany has yet passed through the town as is customary at this season, which may very probably be explained by the elections which are taking place at present in the south, and which, no doubt, detain some who would gladly be elsewhere. It is expected, however, that there will be a good course during this and the ensuing week.—North British Mail. DEATH OF THE SON AND HEIR OF DON PEDRO, SE COND EMPEROR OF BRAZIL. The Priscilla, arrived yesterday, from Rio de Janeiro, has brought the Journal de Commercio, of that city to the 16th of June, containing the unexpected and melancholy intelligence of the Impe rial Prince D'Affonso having died on the 18th of that month. His Imperial Highness had been ill some time ago, from a cold, which brought on congestion of the brain, but he had been pronounced by the medical gen tlemen who attended him convalescent, and all alarm had subsided ; unfortunately, to the great grief of his im perial parents he suffered from a relapse, and has conse quently been taken immaturely from this world, where even terrestrial honour and happiness awaited him, to thus created,. ere shEoctlTyßbAecntfillpeiNdAußc. making hut 18e,vheircyh,pritepiasrationto hoped, the last sat! another. o His disconsolate parents, buoyed up with this obsequies equies to his remains. An hiatus in the succession is TRIAL OF STRENGTH.—On last Tue sday some of the men employed ofat trlai to be will very 7 1, M a alli t i o me part of the Portadown and Armagh line for upwards of £2O, to be given to whichever party a wa u g g carry the greater weight of stones in a handbarrow l a vo dis ( - tance of twenty yards. The competitors were Job n M`Veigh a youth about fourteen years of age, six feet high, and fully fourteen stone weight, with a man, named Patrick Quinn, alias Political Pat, who has seen some fifty summers, against James Donnelly and John M`Cauley. The weight fixed 18k cwt. of limestone. Precisely at two o'clock both parties started, and did well for a distance of two yards, when the latter party fell to the ground fainting through exhaustion ; but the others, as if nerved to greater exertion by their opponents' defeat, pursued their way amid deafen ing cheers until they got two yards beyond the testing place, and were accordingly awarded the prize. —Armagh Guardian. The secular clergy in Servia are so poor that they often tend herds of oxen for the farmers, in order to make out a living. AN EVENING PARTY AT MADAME DE STAEL'S.—I went only once to Madame de Stael's evening parties. A brilliant, shifting, but unusually silent society filled the rooms ; everybody was listening with attention and defer ence to the voices of one or two individuals, who spoke very low. The Emperor of Russia was present, and walked about without any ceremony. Madame de Stael was the only person who reserved perfect freedom of manner to wards him, and she alone kept up the conversation. I pushed a little way into the room and heard the hostess turn the conversation on the subject of the slave trade, and her illustrious guest called it with some indignation, "infamous." A Portuguese, I forget whether it was the Marquis Marialava, ventured to hint to the Emperor that serfdom still prevailed in his own dominions. The Em peror was taken aback for one moment, but immediately recovered his self-possession, and said with noble firmness, "You are quite right: serfdom exists in Russia, but the difference between serfs and negro slaves is very great. However, I will not now dispute this point, but declare that the existence of serfdom is an evil which must be abolished, and that, with God's blessing, it shall cease - • ' A murmur of applause ran through the for the Emperor had spoken these words y were instantly repeated and commented Meanwhile, I had been pushed back again, and saw no chance of even making my bow to Madame de Stael: the heat was most oppressive, and I determined to go away at once. At the door I met Bartholdy, who was likewise going. He appeared to be but little edified by the Emperor's expressions, and not at all by the assembly where lie said, unless a man had the title of prince or duke, and three or four orders on his breast, he only stood to endure all sorts of mortifications, without deriving either profit or amusement; and that he certainly would never go again. Without exactly. thinking thus, I was contented with this one visit, and never saw Madame de Staseclenaeggafiin,,onwitihiceh T l va b r av v e oltN e i ra sin o c iz e regretted.ibnittceel,ymany. ly reign seinblv ; .N rose, and wa urst of acclamation paper out of his pock table, said to Mr. Collett ing forwa s like to catch t pendent landlords of Tipper; in the house of Commons murderers, and did not I dil r. COLLETT Oh, respectable d , 4-h you are Tori( iter), who will 1. Love you t your cl3ildre not one human kindness in their boson fellow (pointing to Mr. Collett auffbox rt, and, throwing it with fc There's your speech at ) "My Lord Suirda on the whole course Who ar and up to defend pc ❑ts of the Ti 3U whe Imp of the id that ill, .d he is a N commenced writing in his tablet hil Ru I did t He took the Times ne out of par!: did you stand up then, _ (Loud cheers.) Do you know, my Lord Suirdale, Frenchman said of John Bull ? He said "he very well, for he eated de oyster an (Loud laughter.) But, Tory landloi candidate was turned out of Lincoln Mr. Collett, a call him yoti thought him Oh, gentlemen, are 3; Loud i •you can't co The ARC ee men, with t Tipperary I would take my pc bnxids with you Lnd; I 'would -shak, - abuse me, I would say, " Go could not suppc and I will tell 3 Groans for the Prer oundrel who refused to send two vessels of w Groaning.) Ar ing peol where freec Vhat di President, tt cat enc r. Col be who would you scoundrel 1, my Lord Suirdale A was manned y someti Lnii nth t ,s my man. (t( el Sibti hey mu our shor debut ver 1859 vote ;d you— you, when they e (Loud laughter.) to try the Tippe- attern of an apostl s, r. Colic x hom they would '—and concluded much vulgar lan- Mr. Francis Scully ridsomer man than MI: Collett LORD LIEUTENANCY OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTET •We are assured, on good authority, that two petitiot the for the western princ That the decease by the explosion of a cert that explosion aro. tributed no blame court broke up El Lieuten T PAVE iry Topping Mi. White actical chemist in the cor very great, remarked to the jur known the cause of a powder-mill c tainc except in one instanc -sonal character, which render petitioners, unfit for the high Bristol Mirror. The I the following ver- an cotton factory, but how appears." The jury at- Hall or to a employed in the factory. Before the whose experience as a t of powder mills has been that he had never 3sion to be ascer- ,nd it was, therefore, no of yarn and having would have tion of T. Ti and in w free-trade in corn. The commercial accounts imports of serio shall have reached tl home ix it, and cannot f s disasters at N et from thi destined to experience NI from the general fall, b' " Tliu, have sustained then only one failure here Liverpo Ireland rise to him that a mystery surrounded 'The - sufferers are the origin of the present accident going on as favourably as can be expected ; with one or two exceptions, all are approaching convalescence. The total number of deaths resulting from the accident has been 21. Only 11 bodies have been discovered, the remaining 10 having been blown to atoms. Portions of the human frame are still found in the corn fields at an enormous distance from the scene of the catastrophe ; an it is a disgraceful fact that some inhuman wretches, sin( the accident, have actually possessed themselves of mut lated f bourn( gments for the purpose and Whitstable, portio] of limt ys to a depraved crowd at so much per head. however, promptly put a stop The di to by t authori -DISCOVERED PLAN nobly discovered is one which has for itself claims on our attention of the most imposing kind. It ranks the third of the secondary bodies of our system, its diameter being estimated at about 50,000 miles, and its mass at 230 times that of the earth. Its distance from the sun is nearly 2,900,000,000 miles, or rather more than thirty times that of the earth, and the proportion of light and heat it receives from the central orb one nine hun dredth, that which falls on our world. Its period of revolution round the sun is estimated at 172 of our years, and its mean rate of movement will therefore be little more than 10,000 miles an hour, in strange contrast to that of the " swift-winged Mercury," which is 110,000. Whether or not it rotates upon its axis is not yet definitely known, nor is it likely to be, unless - some unwonted and peculiar phenomenon shall indicate the existence of such rotation, for years to come, and many other minor details with regard to the orb, the incli nation of its axis, its possession of an atmosphere, &c., THE LAS' The orb thus remain, of course, still to be investigate Mr. Lassen, reports that he has him to be an attendant satellite, and, likewise, - culiarity in the apparent form of the planet's disc, which he refers to its being encompassed with a ring or rings like seen what appears to those of Saturn. _ latter of these observations has since been confirmed by other astronomers, and we are thus presented with a second example of a phenomenon hitherto regarded as most singular, and the purpose of which the more sordid utilitarianism of our age is wholly baffled to define.—British Quarterly Review. THE HIGHLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, - The annual show of this institution commenced on Wednes day, at Aberdeen. Notwithstanding the bustle and ex citement of the elections, the attendance was very large. The space allotted to the show-yard on the city common 11 acre- covered six imperia. The show of roots, seeds, and manures was considered excellent. There were specimens from John o'Groats to the Land's-end. Among the esculents, we observed some very fine potatoes from the continent, particularly from Belgium, and some good beet-root from France. Numerous specimens of flax were -also shown. Some hundred acres of this plant are now under crop in the vicinity of Aberdeen, by way of experiment, and with a view to its general cultivation in Scotland, should it thrive and yield a good return. One of the manufacturers there has 60 acres growing near his country-house, and promisin g and abundant harvest. On Thursday mornin g show, _properly so called, , opened. By noon there were an early -grounc gathered from all large, tl of every sort of br ticular distinguisl. healthy appearance - of t corthamptor animals. the• fine This society, it 6.vco FriLcz for ine nest fed oxen at the smallest possible cost, and this has no doubt done :much to cure the evil of overfeedin g , f or w hi c h t h ey have so often and sojustly rapped their royal neighbour over the knuckles. &grand dinner party of members and friends of the in stitution assembled after the show in a magnificent pa vilion erected for the occas i on . Thi s pl ace wa s quite a show of itself, the decorations being of the most costly description, and the company numbering about 1000. Lord Aberdeen occupied the chair. mier of out your own C Laught fi for I do well en Laught rnday, retu: FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY The feeling on the London Stock Excl commencement of the week wa :tremel and the prices of all kinds of securit Towards the close of the week, howe the bank a of the set in great reqt st, at extreme r rn mark !ed an t circles beyond that the eras] mend of the where about A Wester Stettin. The and London a wing to the divit need to nine per cent w from there was more life and sr towards the close of busin decline. Consols for rnor Three per Cents dis. to 1 pm. ; at two latter des market rter per Cei 3onds, 10 c s been limited Prices have been maint in reaping shortly the Le 13th.A With rega general ter cotton ch below t disappoin said, I well, th hat of H. C. Beal g an excel! respects the prospects ( " In son an almost gigantic size, z the question of insect raN Lrmy worm, v Dub ur Our late pape sippi bring - no al With respect to other descriptions of there is not much to notice have been less extensive, z, how want of stock to operate Upon than to la and prices in consequence ar business has been limited, bu stock of all kinds in the inspi Orleans being only 31,4 barrels, against A. " SMASHER respectable-looking countenance withal, but witi 1 before the r charge of 1 lg broken the window of c kfter the c row on the previo made against the prisoner. t 1 being taken to bridewell she very delib( hand through a pane of glass. She wa costs, or seven clays imprisonment. wardens office, in Aland relief, a your honor me but for my c fished interrogate Barre y sent her One of t rtmoainft !d with havi. u., an innkeeper d that the pri- —Yeste reco' starved the Irishman. " Your cat r How so honour, I sould her eleven times for sb she was always at home before I'd get t A DISORDERLY POLICE-OFFIC of the county constabulary for, yesterday charged at the Police man No: 178, With riotous and previous evening. The compl soncr was on the previous eveii tion, creating much disturban gaged in a fight. The prisoner appeared i black eye. The bench fined the prisoner 5 superintendents of the county constabulm intimated to the prisoner that he was su. officer of the force. CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A Sc terday, at the Police-court. a person, na Jump, a private in the 33rd regiment of brought before Robert Benn, Esq., charge stolen the sum of £2O from Mr. J. Forbishe rt ling at Halifax. The prosecutor state soner was billeted at his house, and havi money, and suspected the prisoner, he tra verpool, and found him in lodgings in Shaw prosecutor was about to when Mr. P n said that the p Halifax, and there examined. taken to Halifax in custody of a police-offi, CONVICTIONS UNDER THE TEN HOURS day, at the borough court, Mr. Graham. factories in this district, exhibited information; against Mr. Robert Fairweather, of Kenyon-street, for employing six females at his factory for more than 63 hours in t 1 week ending the 24th of July. Mr. Fairweather's brc, admitted teat he had kept the hands for half an hour ore the usual time to clean the engine and machinery ' • he di not know that this was against the law. M r . Graha stated that detaining hands to clean machinery was defin to be an offence, and he would press for a mitigated penal in each case. Mr. Maude said the maximum penalty v £3, and the minimum 20s. ; he would therefore infv penalty of 20s. in each case, and costs. The latt( amounted to £1 3s. 6d.—Manchester Guardian of Wed DIORAMA OF THE HOLY LAND.—It iS with extreme pleasure that we direct our readers' attention to the sub ject of an advertisement elsewhere—an exhibition unique of its kind, to say the least of it. The dioramie views of the Holy Land are, in a high degree, calculated to press the mind of the beholder with religious awe, and to engender a holy veneration for those passages in the In spired Records with which they are associated. We wer particularly struck with the beautiful simplicity of t' artistic -Qentatir skill displayed in each of the reprf nony of colouring and truth of expression b they are characterised must b of their worth in these respects can be conceived Brook Kedron, with Absalom's Tomb, the River Ki and part of Mount Carmel, may be regarded as favourabh specimens. Each picture is enlivened by the passing am] repassing of mechanical figures, arrayed in the national costume of the several nations they are intended to repre- - - - - with their respective drivers, were peculiarlyinteresting, so true to nature are they—in fact, the precista 4nd•agp., a , curacy of all their movements could not be suritesti'''" 001. ROYAL Am PHITHEATRE.—The performar& a N 4 ,1 R l . ; theatre during the past week have deserved d. 414 wit a large share of. public patronage. The rkeft i naNity " The Rag-Picker of Paris," is well go livottr, Pearson's acting, as Father Je an , h as me 'At enthusiastic approbation. , • -; • ,- \1 the wh observe le various .op the st larly it New 0: Jacco t produc rather tc