The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

ing a ver Ins mten derati on The Coiir laintiffs in th s to the est William and 9 months of June, 1 came bankrupts having been_h and dire A verdict was taken for the c £220, costs, 40s. MILLOF Millor settle their diffc sented to for t rence with re-, This ca No. 19 upon the Salford CARDS The plaintiff in t Ord Car a Mand dant, Mr. IN Ward, is a sr, 3s in one or the s Lordship very small towns in the' n a verdict for the di IC COURT, 5, and Pet .e found a mould and implements f 21st of guilty of havi shillings in their possession, on t in a cellar in a court off Ennerdale- The officer rushed on them, and s nary last, treet, in this town. d them whip !d me tighter now than ever you di attempted to show that they Were the victims of a police conspiracy Morrow, indicted for ng two counterfeit Michael C ), was indicted for ppssingtwobad rate times in Hindley, on he 13th Febru- Six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. John Murphy, indicted for passing two bad shillings parate days, was acquitted of the former and con- labour, for ni John Keating and James Br . victed, pleaded guilty to having 13, previously cor Li bas coin. They were each nsportation James of his wif gham, 34, was char SOUTH LANCASHIRI Hartshorn ) cornpl nks, 16. plea He had AND 0' the 1 1, who C r, a ca ASSIZES I wh i ch I Ami a a and a loin, dge in th y ramblin sentence of ten years' 2IY &id s in th, ntenced ictmen urination, varied considerably from lent, and the prisoner was acqu ARSON AND ROBBERY. ►'ond, 30, was indicted for setting fire to Owen and I 'ewer than four fir ;t doubt that tl number of hats, ir. to be the property of the prosecutors. To ►fission into the warehouse a- hole had been cut h the door, and a razor belonginc , to the prisoner, in good order, but now a good deal worn, as if was found to correspond with the ere the hole was cut. It was con- marks tended for the prosecution, that the prisoner being found the wood . wt lea, would fix upon - him ti et tire to the Trial, subjected t: to a long cross-examination lie was found guilty Sentenc The court ro NISI PRIU S COURT -THURSDAY This was an action of replevin. The plaintiff, Mr. James Howard, is a butcher in Bury. and the defendants, Abra ham -re magistrates of the , rranted an order good . and Thomas Griind ip, who, in their official c It s of Bury, a lighting - act, p by a majority of at least two- 1836, ndtwelve inspectors wer appointed to carry it it was resolved that into effect. At a subsequent meetir a sum of £7OO should be raised, and the churchwarden: were empowered for this purpose to levy a rate of Scl it the pound. The only question to try was whether the rate imposed in 1843 was valid; because, if it were, thf rizlrreippf plaintiff's goods was justifiable by law. On be- urged, which however, overruled snd - his lordship quaintly summed up as follows:—" Gentlemen, differea people see things in different lights. Mr. Howard has proved himself a hero. In 1843 a rate of is. 2d. was levied upon the plaintiff for the purpose of lighting the township i which he lives ; and what he says is, that he ought to rated first at 75., and afterwards at 2d. ; and they b ;idera- d, but. he afterwards returned, and offered ing he had bought another, which cir- yen into custod s deten I man hc I commit you to len on t same with prisoner m 1 the prison( LARCENY cross- at half-r aol for one montt TILL LIVERPOOL STANDARD. JENKINS AND OTHERS V. MORRIS AND OTHERS. The plaintiffs in this case, Messrs. Jenkins, are slate Prehnnts.. in Livernonl. and thpv soliplit to roenver The defers ported her helm, and put herself in a proper position at the moment she_sawthe tug at a distance. Those on Fendant's vessel sus- Coull kept the side dants, whom it was sought to invol t'enney, .ndy - and Stephenson Tl9Oll, Wt hall. Th 4 ls. and off fendant trustees Sound called on If of the defendant. de to proceed, at half James Lord. AL CASES isoned and lictment rently about 17 years of And by the defenda ding that th The ju: ed the prisoner own ; ;, 1845, it was conten which for m( The JUDGE said he took the meaning of the term "nett proceeds "to be the nett sum that came to the party. It l'yNl MU a porno. and they iefendant The v being Willi itnnerf health March 30,1847. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR NEWCASTLE -ON' —On Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, a f4lll I,curred tL h pit, by which thr tor it • i at Burraddon 'sons were killed, viz.; a man , .'` iery is situated about 51 % vcastle, and belongs to Lord Ravens- )sby Hall), will of which )rt the ev The 0, y to make the distinction- 6 ho has Oe of one of 01 tenant of the hous a in it at only a ino beyond the comps' TION The corn n: have ggesting very fah ht before the co as of the v 'wo more we not been sitting g session of parlia-. during 3RITISH M s that t s been ex A. return, obtain total amount ided in the new buil )m the commen rigs and fitting: ig in 1823, up to Christmas, 1846, is £606,50►• cost of completing the building, in the expence for fittings in the years :-past ui m wits d to six ce caul FACTORY Villiam Shuttleworth [cle - s of •lv been em- line Of the rob- ltenced to be imp lendar montl to hard labour f Hignett wer .harged louse of Ann Littl laced was f le that the t, and the house with a felonious i ution said Phythian had been CROWN COURT, dANSLAI Yiin 'orge Fletcher ( ;urrend, !hrzge of hi with the on the 2! of James Briggs, at Ma Land were co secution ; and Mr. Owens for the It appeared widenee that, on the day in qt The poli se, on wh on duty desired - him to rer , unted, and galloped off, lip to the deceased, who was with a hotse and cart. The horse on which the prisoner was riding, knocked the deceased down, and the cart wheel passed dr. Pon. - oeic addressed the jury in behalf of the pri Ler. If the jury were of opinion that the prisoner s 4 improperly conducted himself by his negligent riding m to produ he death of y must find iould be of other hand, ti in away with in his power to The jury afte: ye hours deliberation acquitted the ASSAULT BY TURN-OUTS Joseph Jones, 39, and Ja,, placed at the bar on an indictment having, at Manchester, on the sth of Ma 5, were then ng them with m, to di de, to disfigure, or to , do some grievous Mi. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Joseph Pollocl counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Grainger an Fry for the prisoi Mr. Se* CHARC a burglary prisoners en the jury acqi id Mr. As Mr. J. Pi •p;eant WILKINS stated the case, and called ph Greenwood, who deposed that he working at Miles Platten, adjoining the Manchester and Leeds Railway Station, and overlooker in the tank yard. On Friday evening, the sth instant, left work with a per son named John Kidd. On his way home he saw the two prisoners standing at a place called the Hatter's Cottage, and just after he passed, he. (witness) was knocked down by a blow from behind, which produced .e until a sawyer immediate ins he found himself in bed at his own hous( blows were inflicted on the left side of his head no other person about at the time, except the two priso ners and Kidd. Two severe The witness was cross-examined by Mr. GRAINGER, and it was elicited that the time now mentioned by the witness, as to when the assault took place, differed from the time he had named before the magistrates. Several other witnesses were called, who spoke to con versations between the prisoners and other men, from which it would seem that they, at least, were privy to the conspiracy to assault the prosecutor, if they had not abso lutely taken part in it themselves. vicience, ;erving on returning found the pri- soners guilty ace deferred Martin, Ltiff; Mr. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL BEVAN C. GLOVER AND ANOTHER. Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Jones were for the Knowles a NISI PR Mr. ATHERTO2 , MARTIN stated the ca r. Crompton appeared for the defendants. having opened the pleadings, Mr. The plaintiff, Matthew Bevan, was an American merchant and ship-owner, of runa.. delphia, and he was the owner of a vessel called the Ire nice. The action was brought in consequence of a colli sion which took - place on the twenty-fourth of January Venice and a steam-vessel called Finn last between ti Mc. Coull. The eireumstan arose were very short. On ti 24th of January last, the VE under which the action norning of Sunday, the !e left the Prince's Dock at collision the tamed much damage which she ought to do.—Mr. Nicholas Murphy, who wa i command of the steam-tug at the time of the collision ck), Mr. Johnson, mate, Varney .ptain b, moo, Wi of the I man, 'William P, ip, and Lieut. Formby light- Navy, and suT ined in support of AP.TIN rer %lance of evidence was in fav - our of the plain Baron RoLFE,S verdict for a plaintiff', must '6, iry done to the of the persons in ge of th jury, after a ort deliberation, found a verdict for ,e lasted from nine in the Drning till half-past ROBSON v. BROWN —ln this ens, e. Mr. William Rob , is the plaintiff, a master mariner in Northumberland ad the defendant was formerly an attorney in ti y. They became partners in a shipowning' and col speculation, and fitted out a ship, the Christine Murray, in which e defendant ha and the . plaintiff, who also eighth. ln July - , 1846, the plaintiff I to be r e dispute arose accounts, which were referred to an arbitrator, wilo - made the balance of £4O Bs. lid. now claimed to be due to the plaintiff. Mr. Addison, who appeared for the defendant, had by raised the very singular plea that mistake assigned the balance to the wrong I produced a statement of accounts, by which that £4O 8 Ild. was the exact amount due to the defendant. As the sta ard, his Ltement of accounts had formed no part of the LORDSHIP said he must abide by the latter ; and a verdict was accordingly returned for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. WILLIAMS V. MIDDLETON.—This action arose out of Mr. Robert Williams, the plaintiff, is a surgeon, in Merionethshire, who in 1845 employed Mr. Hughes, sharebroker, of this town, to purchase him some shares in the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, which were accordingly purchased by Mr. Bentley, a con fidential clerk, from Mr. Middleton ; and the action was brought to recover £149 15s. for ten of the transaction shares, ti li had never BAXEND ALE £1494 The Court rose . at twenty minutes past five CROWN COURT ,-SATURDAY James Hatton, aged twenty-three, was ci was found guilty, and sentenced to twenty transportation Alexander his own daughte Peter Coulon, 23, was indicted for a rape on a child, ten years of age, named Martha Rooney, at Liverpool, on the 30th day of January last. He was found guilty of an hard labour, and at the end of that time to find security, himself in £3O and two of 420 each, for his good behaviour during two years longer, and be further imprisoned till urity be found CONCEALING BIRTH Sarah Manse was indicted for having- concealed the birth of a child at Manchester. It appeared, that, on the 4th of February, the prisoner prematurely delivered her self of an illegitimate child, the dead body of which was afterwards found secreted in a box in her bedroom. The jury found the prisoner guilty ; but his LORDSHIP, from the nature of the evidence, which was altogether uninte- took a lenient view of the case, and sentenced prisoner to a fortnight imprisonment only FALSE REGISTRATION .Tohn Heywood, for making a false entry upon the parish register of marriages, at Eccles, in this county, was acquitted upon a point of law, no evidence being sub- mitted to t ae jury BIGAMY John Howarth, of Manchester, indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Ann Brunt; well knowing her to be 'mit, was found guilty. Sentence 31 Thomas deferred, NISI PRIUS.-SATU RDAY YATES V. FENTON Knowles and Mr. Crompton were for the plaintiff, r. Martin for the defendant. It appeared, from the statement of the case by Mr. KNOWLES, that this. was an action brought to recover the sum of £l7O, or of which the plaintiff, William Leigh Yates, claimed to him from the defendant, John Fenton. The defendant is a surgeon at Liverpool; but before he commenced prat • tice as a surgeon, or simultaneously with it, he carried on business as a chemist and druggist, in St. James's-place, Liverpool. In order that he might be enabled to confine himself to his practice, he was desirous of disposing of his business as a druggist. The business was accordingly ad vertised for sale, and the plaintiff, who was a gentleman living at Dartmouth, in Devonshire, and had been brought up to the business of a chemist and druggist, seeing the advertisement, wrote to the defendant on the subject. Eventually an agreement was entered into between the parti by wh give the sum of :f ecliit was stipulated that the plaintiff should `£3oo for the stock in trade, goodwill, and that the plaintiff fixtur( It was at ti ime time a 4th of ng, altogether, a sum of £l7O. tiff became ill, and was unable and of Xl5O, £l3O necessary to makeup the £300: 'The defendant ness. In March, 1847, the defendant sold N4liat remained of the stock to a gentleman of the name of Blythe for £llO. Thus the plaintiff had paid the defendant £l7O fo r some- thing which the defendant could not give him. It was to recover this sum, or, at least, the £l5O which was paid in August, allowing the defendant to retain the deposit of £2O, for which the action was brought. The plaintiff was nonsuited, with leave to move to enter a verdict for the plaintiff for £l7O. BIRD AND OTHERS V. UNSIVORTH s an action, brought by William Bi liam Lunn against the defendants, John and Z 4 m. Uns worth, for the recovery of money had and received. The defendants pleaded non-liability. _ _ _ 'ged wi illacdonald was indicted for having violated the principal witness did not ap- iecoining insolvent a loss was sus- been in the African trade was called ce to th that the c )n the price to be I The JUD, as his opinic not rec le discussion between the opposin !id his lordship, t was ex a verdict f he deci: John Blake, to try the r between Bold str.pt nni tendant on the remaini INANCIAL AND CO: !s of Government , een tol 43 , Ralph Co, caused by the with ti •ably firm, with a disposition . to The extent of this influence, and . 0 for which money is required, may be judged circular which is being transmitted by one of tl A I Exchange Banks to so and towns of the north, off itors a deposits for over a y ised in advancing Upon railways): others, in t Ts • held over by par sent depreciat ties who are disinclined to sell at the The interest charged upon such o be estimate I by consid he banks advanci 1 per cent. comet in addition to the 5 Per cent. for the lodgements Commercial manufactured d imported prc the di ict immediately aroun from four to five miles from t computed that of ti dependant on Manufacturing Of per week are withdrawn from Circulation. The effect hiatus in the demand for all articles of household nece uring the wed appearance. We are now ass'ured that our Supplie — s ' o j f food are likely to be abundant ; and that prices will shortly be brought down to a point which will place consumers in ability to devote an increased portion of their incomes to re, it is sity is readily con Our Cotton Market, during the week, has been operated upon by the advices from America, per Montezuma ; and an active speculative , demand has produced a rise of d. to su. yer iu. , uuc uizir.eu Leaving on nrm. Whether tins advance can be maintained or not appears exceedingly doubtful, when the decreased consumption caused by the continued stoppage of spinning operations is taken into account. How far this decreased consumption is merely temporary, it is at present_ difficult to say. We have as- certained, that considerable orders fo'r manufactured goods, for the United States, were rece i ve d by, the Cam- brig; ; and e understand that the Montezuma also brought orders. These however are, at present, being very spar ingly given out ; and are not likely, in the present con flicting attitudes of the markets for the raw material and for manufactured products, to induce a return to active operations. The India Mail brings nothing very encou raging for the manufacturer. ou; Corn Markets are rapidly declining, and we ha every symptom of an approaching panic, and " a hea blow_and great discouragement," to.corn speculators, 1 which some of our -mei( are likely to be considerable sufferers ___ Wheat, on Friday, was 2d. to 3d. per 701b5., from Tt The decline in Indian Corn, which'wa at 755. per 4831b5., was pr( and even at 50s: All other kinds o !d in vain, on Friday fast downwards bring matters to a of westerly winds will probably ''very recent purchase in the American markets_ must prove ruinous One of the chit. been, of late, the demand for Ireland. This is abating The Irish farmers are at length bringing forward , then stocks, which prove more extensive than was generally •- showing itself not upports of our corn markets here hos -..e potatoe crop is o deficient as was expected. The pits a and those who have hoarded fo r f am i ne p rices , are finding out that they have held too long, Good sound potatoes, for seed, which, a month ago, would have real ized 30s. per barrel, are now offered for 20s. ; and the probability is that less must be accepted. It is satisfac tory also to the consumers to know that the markets for butcher's meat are declining sufficiently to bring so neces -H-icle of food within their reach. Even ti re at length being opened sary an c back against the prospect of a return to ordinary prices of food. The ports of the. Baltic, however, are now open ; and abundant supplies appear to be about to pour into that country. By the favour of Nicholas of Russia, France will be enabled to pay for what she requires without crea ting any great drain upon the bullion required for the commerce of Europe. email zflltsrtilani). General complaint is made ir s are issuing light sovereigns in great abundanC The English Mid has eight - presses - , which strike blows in a minute, and produce 3,600 coins in an ho On Thursday the price of the four-pound lOaf was Many crocuses ae now seen in the meadow near Not tingham, which is said to be the only place in England where those flewers are indigenous. no great nas neen toe aenianct in Wiltshire tor parsnip seed, which has been generally sown in the room of pota toes, that its price has risen from £3 to £4O the cwt. Baron M. de Rothschild is said to be in treaty with the Earl of Buckinghamshire for the purchase of the earl estate at Hampden, Bucks. On Saturday week, at. the market of Shaft shire, a Jew, named Marcus. L )ury, Wilt- ale, , and s after great laughter among the dealers, ulti ILI f It ii reported that convict ships are to be fitted un urn is inc mesent, be estimated by the arctiitect:as it will von the nature and extent of the collections is IN UNTOWARD DREAM 'bled A. respectable auctioneer of last week with a dream that led - 1 to inflict on himself a serious injury while under its Luence. He dreamt that he was much troubled with a - shell that had become jammed between his teeth, and so strong was that impression, that he tugged violently at the supposed shell to relieve himself from it; awakening with his efforts he found, to his great consternation, that he had pulled out a sound double tooth, which had been the night before a firm-set and serviceable grinder, but which he then held between his finger and thumb.--Der h”ohl,,. ducational malcontents have waited on Lord le, and been by him again assured that this year's ) be administered with perfect impartiality. • A ion," too, was obtained from his Lordship to the effect thl any school of private foundation, which; after having received Government grants, and submitted to in spection, shall afterwards decline the grants, may free it self from the inspection also. This result is, of course, no more than what every man of common sense knew before ; (1 we doubt much whether the iteration of it will ap - the discontented. Impartial assistance will not do •liliesany good ; and they know it. the Dis N'S COMMITTEE ON OUR RELATIONS Lord Sandon has nominated his commit- WITH CHINA with China. Amongst the members there are no less than four connected by representation or family with Lancashire. The noble lord himself, Mr. Wm. Brown, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Ewart. Witnesses will be sum moned both from Manchester and - Liverpool, from whom some striking statements will be elicited, showing the perverseness of our policy towards China, particularly with respect to the importation of tea. No evidence will be taken until after Easter. DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO AN EXCAVATOR.—On Wed aesday se'nnight, a frightful accident occurred to a work rnan engaged in blasting on the Trent Valley Railway, in libourhood of Polesworth. The poor fellow had _.lg the rock for the purpose of blasting, and hav ing charged the aperture with powder, he applied the fuse, but from some cause it did not explode. He then left the place, and returned in about an hour, and commenced -ing in the same part of the rock, when the friction ' the charge to explode, and the unfortunate man +o the distance of some yards, his body being - l Ad. He survived only a few minutes. Two fell rkmen wer ,Iso injured, but not so as to cause any serious apprehension tiser. ER IN GLASGO'v that the ravage disease is on the trict s Chesterfi Under these circumstan —Birmingham Adver 'e regret to learn s of fever continue unabated, and that the The retu le managers of the infirmary up to ay last show that on that day the maximum of s treated in the hospital was of corresponding, almost tical, amount with the maximum of ca s treated in the houses of the patients the manag,. de infirmary have been unremitting it' their exertions to find adequate accommodation, as they have been prevented from receiving the daily accumulat ing cases by absolute want of room. The auxiliary hos pital established in Rottenrow (the New Lock Hospital) has for some time been completely filled, and it has there fore become necessary to establish anothe r auxiliary insti t.,,qed tution, fo in Dahlia] hich purpose a building has been pur - - or two for the accommod lon' of - about 100 patients.— Glasgow Argus. THE PROVISION SQUADRON.—Captain W. H. Hall is to take the Terrible, steam-frigate, loaded with meal, Scotland. The Odin, steam-frigate, is ordered frot» to Plymouth, to re-load. The Dragon, steam-friga te ' ,s- The Avenger, steam-frigat e , i s or d ered to recur etri at Cork, waiting orders, h av i ng di scharged her prov*l-W vonport after she has di sc h arge d her cargo The Bull-dog, st eam - s l oop, at Cork on the 15th hist., was ordered to t a k e 860 sac k s o f meal t o t h e relief com mittee at Dinglg• loop, having fd—ene. The Labor_ at Scourge, steam- Society of Friends, proceeded 't.; Clifden to discharge the ler, and is then to return to Liverpool for another The Avon steam-vessel, is ordered from Holy- supplies of clothing, shipped by the British Relief Asso :Yiation, from Cork to Bantry. - The Centaur, steam' Eirigate, left Portsmouth, on Thursday, with a l arge carg o • • 7-11. S proceeded from Liv s, with meal. The Portland, it Portsmouth with a large cargo transport, I Invern loadin 001 to Fort:Georgt., "0 -gun frigate, Her stowage At the trial of a mart ibridge, on Tuesday, on a charge of setting fire to PING POLICEMEN , an inspector of police was called to sp , s said to have been made by the priso whilst in his cell, and it turned out that the inspector ha overheard them by listening at the door. Mr. Justic Vernau r.vni Lu cy ; Nouns; "`;,."; Fetim l k!ra K j„ng kor tJecet vhftrlott .Sl2 r 11;hzabett °r ' d With 1 ,! . i .' n, " .i 4 o a li The ;adab " abandc The captait "Y the Cam Clifton; f th e W ATE RFI 44 11riti KS. n 1e5.:4 ni Ir.* . • Thl l itti e 'el her( li te e If a ny Ot " "a had 10 4 i e b- WA ' s, riea. by Mr. Jo statement of the counsel and the the night of the 17th of January last, the prisoner, who lived at Ashton-under _L It appeared fro Lome in a star some other women quarrelling, and two police-officers in the house. He remonstrated with them on the impro priety of their conduct, and some angry words then ensued between him and the deceased, during which he gave her a kick with his foot in the lower part of her person. She was attended by a surgeon, but became gradually weaker, and died in a fe The prisoner was found guilty, with a r and sentenced to one month' ommendat to mercy imprisonment (solitary ASSAULT AND AO John Garragon, 18, was charging John 2e had about him T ; and 14th December, wl: Ivas stoppe After tr'eating-1 m with considerable violence, th and made their escap 1 sentenc him of the amount s The loner was fc NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. This being fast day, the court did not sit till al RDS V. ABRAHAM AND OTHERS The plaintiff in t id Robert At dam, of k the ft sent him fo substantiate ti GLEE V The plaintiff in this case, ;, is neph the Mar ight by t ter share ditlent vquest ,ese facts, was tionst Jong Nev formerly a manufacturer, c nd Leec rIITIRSDAy. pleaded guilty to a cha g good in Wan ted with a s. facturer at Fernley, bush 11th S the clef The pl 13irchell, Mr. Broa the direct of ten ql which we The Court rose at for the de fraud, am CROWN COURT, A JOh2i T. Williams, fr hall, of Wari to Mr. Heusi I with a bed, on the 26th January last. inese ne naa, ana the following morning he wished to hire a horse to go iloo Green. He was provided with a brown mare, subsequently, instead of going to Hoo Green, went Chester, and thenee to Birmingham, where he offered mare for sale, asking £l6. Twelve pounds were offer This v for corn sold a; plaintiff for the AND OTHERS V. ROGERS Ms also was an undefended action. Ales `ley, Robert Carr, and John Bentley Car the two sr A. Undefended arn BENTLEI were the plaintiE Robert r, brewers, defendant. gut to recover £4O Bs., being the Ince of an account for 36 barrels of ale sold and deli ed. Verdict for plainti — WEIKENSIII .D ANOTHER V. HEIGIITON. kcceptance of a bill for £lO7 10s. Verdict for plaintiff. ARCHER AND ANOTHER. V. MATHEWS. Sale of timber. Verdict for plaintiff, for £3O, the amount claimed. ;ent action (a laugh). This bait': m must give ttledthe qucstio: was accordingly returned was Mr. Thoinliii;on, appeared for the Martin and Mr. Hill for the defendants. MELLOR AND :It the pre- iir verdict for the action of knowing that s, with whom plaintiff; Mr. s a brickmaker and beersell defendalits, Messr The plaintiff in this nd th 'OTHER • :;nhalgb, are builders in the sam e place, and the action brought to recover the balance of £137 125., for a fiber of bricks sold by the plaintiff to the defendants, in iat Walker had contracted to sell to the defen: whole of the brici :e upon a certain_plot9f 1.1.111 11%/1/ SCI they had ca the remainder ace was, property, and a loci wa The skirmish which 'er. stopped by the intervention of the excise authorities. svidence called went clearly to prove that the whole bricks had been sold by plaintiffs wife to Coupe, in liquidation of a debt for malt, he offering to pay any ba- very unjust claim ; but he was of opinion that the 3 case had been legally made out. A verdict wa: returned for the plaintiff, with liberty to move a non• HARRIS AND ANOTHER V. WEBSTER laintiffs in this showin &tits t lber, 1 Mr. Rot s . in ti brought to recover a bal ill the 19th of J due, by tr for and Lded. Ye had accept I Timot Thon tions consequent there rship wit Aug,ust : plaintiff in dispute. .t that a 1 hiking abal Ls ajou brought t;;RXJ, c in Lon the art 3 7s 4d wed tho out the at Liverpool, to proceed on her voyage to America. She left, having on board Mr. George Evans, one of the most experienced pilots in Liverpool. He had been a pilot for twenty-five years. The Venice was attached to a steam tug, for th banks. M the master of the steam tug ha They left the Prince's Dock abot had great experien, four in the Morning, and it was I about thirty- one minutes after - four o'clock. - 11 down the usual channel, which was first proceeded lied the Crosby s a broad channel, proceeding imme month of the Mersey. The Crosby channel, and Down to the ) mark mr he course the Crosby Channel diately from t light-ship was placed ne Crosby lip -boat was pretty nearly north and south. On niving at the Crosby light they got into the Formby annel, ral T more wester nel, which conveys t he vessel out to sea, together. That was t ;he Venice took on the mornins course which avoiding the banks the steam-tug am question. The wind was S.S.E. ; it was blowing pretty nearly direct from Liverpool down the channel. Nothing of consequence occurred before the collision except, and that was not of much consequence, that the tow rope Crosby light Ship, which caused them to stop until a new one was put up. Upon approaching the Formby light, the pilot who had the command of the ship observed two of it, a I some vessi z down. I ailed in th fore deters )f the dine when the a action took r beyond the coming from ing the Forn way as to avc instantaneously came up at full through the ra N and board bOw of the Veni anchors which. was hat iron c by the chain The question of that w gated i the 9a ing £5O. Joseph Is gly did 1 to th :h the Ven beyond ioned, the stean William Hu of the t t the t ham, e s not to was the .d the plaintiff's ve were at all not go aga .ccident v he Venice Indly, by th 111 u llb VI/ IJI/41 LI j ?Amp tiff's ship taking the narrow part of the channel, where it must naturally be expected that a steamer would meet it. The Finn M'Coull obeyed every regulation she was re quired to do, did everything she ought to have done; she would yen add e case. tie said the ____ignees of a person of the name of Patrick who carried on the business of a tallow-chandler, in Rane lagh-street, until June, 1846 ; and the object of the action wnc in rprnvPr a slim Of A 1 .Ofd) which was naid by the Mr. KNOWLES stat [aintifts Hare, to the defendants, shortly before his under circumstances which entitled it to be recovered for the g, facts werefew and in Liverpool. There were leral benefit of the creditors. The The defendants were soap-boilers onsiderable dealings between there was a large debt owing to them by the bankrupt. The bankrupt carried on business in a somewhat consider able way ; and Ire (Mr. Knowles) should satisfy the jury, that, in the early part of April, 1846, the bankrupt was utterly insolvent ; that he must have known of his insol ; that he had acceptances due which he was unable and that he must then have contemplated iediahle bankruptcy. He had at that time ith the North and South Wales Bank, and in the early part of April certain acceptances were to be provided for by the bankrupt, the bank having re fused to supply the acceptances. But, the bankrupt having obtained a guarantee from the defendants to the to take up bank to the extent oi one tnousanu nye nunureu potato, the bank then provided for the acceptances. The defend ants were not called upon to pay anything ou the guarantc until May the 27th following, long after the time when the fraudulen preference was alleged to have taken place. On the Bth, and again on the 11th, of April the bankrupt was again unable to meet his acceptances to Carne an,l P and o ier parties, and in three days after he collected all his property in an available shape and sent the whole of it to the defendants. That property then consisted of bills, cheques, and cash to the amount of X 1,602, and the ' - " n unable to pay his a 'opt, who was tances, fn +h. instituted what the law called a frau- The effect was, not to pay the de- fendants any thing they bad advanced on account of the guarantee; for they had then advanced nothing on that, but by sending them all the available assets there was scarcely any thing left to pay the creditors when Mr. Hare became a bankrupt on the 11th of June. In such a state were his affairs on the 21st of April that the bank sent to him pressing him to diminish the balance owing to them ; and in a day or two afterwards the defendants ac companied the bankrupt to his solicitors, Messrs..Avison and Pritt, to know what he was to do, and then &meeting of the creditors was held, at which a composition of 4s. in the pound was offered and refused, principally by the bank, and on the 11th of June a fiat was issued. It was for the jury to say whether, under all the circumstances the transfer of the 41,600 in April amounted to a fraudu lent preference. JARTIN contended, for the def _idants, that the transaction was lift a voluntary preference, but the fulfil- ment of a contract entered into between the bankrupt and the defendant, a proceeding perfectly justifiable and legal, and that it had not been shown Hare contemplated bankruptcy when he disposed of his property. The JUDGE remarked, that, in the performam contract, if a security were given in i. lar advance, there might be a fraudulent preference. then drew the attention of the jury to the point, whetht. at the time the bankrupt paid over the sum in question to the defendants, he contemplated bankruptcy as inevi table. Verdict for the defendant. pea of a particu- He CAINE V. HORSFALI les Caine, min in the African trad . he plaintiff, an d M r . Thomas Berry Horsfall. merchant, )f this town, the defendant. The action was brought to ecover a sum of £BOB for work done, commission, and tated. It appeared that the plaintiff had ruled i❑ one of the defendant's vessels on an African voyage in the capacity of supercargo, and was to be paid in the usual way, according to a contract drawn up, by a per centage on the cargo, which consisted of palm oil. The form of the contract was as follows :—That the plain tiff should be paid six per cent. on the nett proceeds on the homeward cargo, deducting the usual charge, as ar ranged by the African Association, namely, £4 . per ton when in the warehouse. The plaintiff also sought to claim the sum of £175 (included in the amount above named) for the trouble he had in preparing a cargo for the. Bombay Packet, a vessel belonging to the defendant. ror Toe reception or convicts, a t eac h d oc k yard, and that captains and lieutenants from - the navy are to superintend the management of the prisoners when on board. The Bath gerald states that the bakers of that town, in consequence of the high urice of flour have resolved not to make hot cross tun's On Good Friday, as it is thought that much flour will thus be saved. On Sunday evening last, a maid-servant employed by a family residing in London, was so overjoyed at seeing her lover, who came to escort her home, that she fell down and died almost immediately. t ol An electrical clock is to - be erected in the tom:. Wenham church, near Ipswich, and the motive power is to be incessantly maintained by a perpetual electric cur rent derived from the earth. At Pontypool, on Monday, a coroner's jury returned'a verdict of wilful murder against Hannah Thomas, for the murder of her infant son, 10 days old, and she was com mitted to take her trial. Drainage is working wonders in the county of Caith ness, where bogs and locks are rapidly digannearimr_ and giving cheering promi fruitful fields. of being speedily converted into kin cap, hitherto worn by the fu- by the cap which Prince Albert has invented for them. The Suburban Village Association has 'le Eastern Counties' Railway Company for the convc not less than five hundred pp arranged with ance of ,sengers each day is to be erected five miles and a half from London On Tuesday afternoon upwards of 20,000 mackarel, caught at Plymouth, were brought into Billingsgate by the Great Western Railway. This sudden glut so reduced the price that mackarel were sold retail at six and eight for a shilling. ..... The Shropshire Conservative proposes that policemen should disguise themselves in asses skins, in which dress it thinks they would appear in character, and should watch and take thieves, who might trust to their stupidity for impunity. At Ale Maidstone Assizes, on Friday was tried for arson. The confession ma mous prisoner w a nameless man Le by the anony- Lght have led to his cons tion, but the evidence beh ; inconclu: he was acquit- At Derby Assizes, on Thursday, Thomas Cross, the gardener that killed his wife and attempted to destroy a female neighbour who entered his house to see what had occurred, was tried for the murder. Evidence was' given of his having exhibited madnesS on several occasions ; and the verdict was " Acquittal on the ground of insanity." At York, on Wednesday, a respectable pawnbroker, named Hoatson, was tried for forging a transfer deed of shares in the Eastern Counties Railway, and found guilty. The defence was that no fraud could have resulted from the peculiar circumstances under which the act was com mitted. He was sentenced to two months' imprison ment. PARENT' t CHILDr- N.—At the eral children were aof their parents. T 1 ystem enabled paren .t the in: convicted of larcen judge remarked that the presen whawere depraved enough, to procure the conviction of their children, and from that moment they were relieved of all,responsibility of their support. They became the " children of the state." _ _ _ . • ..... ',a. A SAGACIOUS CAT.—A " navie" lately left Brigham, Cumberland, and went to reside at Dumfries, taking with him a favourite cat, which on reaching its destination was released from the basket in which it had been conveyed. It was missed shortly after owner has discovered that it has contri back to Brigham, a distance of sixty miles from Dumfri( —Carlisle Journal. to find its wa' Great consternation prevailed in a union -house in Essex, a short time since, through the freak of a man of weak intellect, who having been placed for repeated misconduct house, co: Bich was corpse of a man, changed dress and place with the corp.. On the porter entering to relase him, the corpse, which Silly Ben" had placed upright, fell: upon which the porter went in great alarm to fetch th e governor; and on the return of both, a living, though slirouded form, rose from the coffin. The governor fainted, and the porter was motionless ; and on the trick being discovered "Silly Ben had the laugh against them. PROSECUTING THE] ssions, on Tuesday Coleridge thereupiM interposed, and said that le should receive with the greatest reluctance, if, indeed, he should not reject, evidence so obtained, for it was impossible that a jury should not suspect, and perhaps disbelieve, all the evidence of a 11(.1,nn whn hna means of gaining information. - The inspector then urge that he h a d often been blamed for not having, on similar occasions, listened to what had been said. Mr. Justice Coleridge said that if such a course of proceeding was sug gested to policemen it could no longer be wonder that an ill opinion of them was entertained, and that their a matter o cestimony`was received with distrust. It must, however, be obvi ous to every person of good sense and good feeling, who 'night be di sc h arg i ng the dut i es of I liceman, that such a mode o f o b taining evidence agamsfs 044: man accused of crime was most improper. The eli. - - —osecution def erre d to the opinion - of 'file .11.11te,. The jury, howeve r , were. ,,t- and witlid tisfied the wan ith the other evidence and found WANTED.—One of two na. ators sen. life for an atrocious crime, has addressed a letter to don, March 7, 18 , 0, or which the following is a literal —" Dear Friend,—l take the pleasure of writing to you, hoping to find you and all your fa mily in good health has it leaves me at present, thank God for it. The other three has gone away above four months . copy these few lii • 1. AlcaDV Lk/ 6 Lvs, ;i respects to John Bridget, and to John Tate, and It , thud hapen to see my Brother, tell him that I am in -ith, Bless the Lord for it. And I thud like to some of them, So that I could write to some of a few shillings, to get a little Prayer Book, to ay with me when Igo away. This his sr riting, and this his but the second fink JU ake the writing you an, and I h - ope you will send me a letter ha. hear from own W writ on paper. And you must r me of my hat I have out as well ny how you are all getting on —WILLIAM SMITH.-1) has you can, to let I will send you another letter the writer of this letter, in the summer of 1846, was com mitted for trial, he did not know the alph of course, unable to write. He must, the! Id was' v e beenk and it nu apt pupil of thi hey had been con ter while in 1 , ipaniens, as teacher and pupil, when the latter was a lad, he would, in all probability, have now been a virtuous and usef u l mem b er o f soc i ety. TERFIELD MUILDER.—On Friday week, John THE C Plat ts, tv -six years of age, a butcher, was tried before ?atteson, on a charge Of having murdered a man about the same age, with whom ha in business, at Chesterfield. It appeared leceased had had a risoner quarrel about money, ant that, on the night of the mur der, Collis was brought to the shop, stupified with drink: by a man named Morley, and another man unknown, and there killed with a hammer or a cleaver. For some months after the murder it was supposed that Collis had abscoT sere cleaning Lscovered the remains of a human body, WI .fined' to be Collis's, by the clothes. Pk r were apprehended. Morley, almost imm seized with brain fever, a.na been found of the iblishea was Lies ye fhe ca: guilt of Platts vvas clearly in of circumstantial eviden adjourned to Saturday, on which day the jury found the the prisone r gu ilt y o f murder. Being asked what he 'd to say why sentence of death - 1 - ^t be pass ti , n t of prisoner said, should nc " I am Justice Pa. es a o p n p e t . 1 ac e passed sentence bf death, and the prisone but slightly moved by the awful fate wl was removed from the bar. During Monday it was cur' rently reported that Platts had freely and unreserved l y confessed to having been a direct party in the horriblo tragedy. We immediately instituted an inquiry into tlie truth of the statement respecting Platt siou, and we are informed that, in the p_ magistrates, Platts made a statement, whicl a very rambling description, left on their mind whatever of his guilt. We are not enabled to s.y to present,- but it must be very satisfactory to the public know that the verdict of the jury has been. so.early ted to be just. We believe the executionis fixed to taw place on Thursday next, April 1. --DTb,Y. rice of sev DUgh j,t D do,lu, hM_ra nt, - a nd ~ A ~ h~ TIIVW. ARRIVED.' Ze 2 Kfri 11 - O 41 41: 7, Ay; ( 1 / 4 1) 1 a 1 q 4 ""atta, N: i k ' l ti,l 4 a ;:'..ree il i'l ' Of t 11, t Of 49 t~~~~, a. ~1,a.~ I►tc