The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-20 00:00:00

[FROM OUR SECOND ED/fIOA OF TUESDAY.-LAST.] AMERICA The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain Shannon, arrived here on Tuesday morn ing, immediately after midnigl - t, with our usual advices from New York to the 31st ult., and telegraphic intelli gence from that port two days later. The America left Halifax on the 3rd inst. She has brought above ninety passengers, a list of whom we subjoin. Two distinguished foreigners, General Paez, from Vene zuela, and General Garibaldi, from Italy, .had arrived at New York, and had been very warmly entertained. The summer season was at - its height, and the heat was excessive in New York, the thermometer being 93 in the shade. The Governor of Texas has called an extraordinary ses sion of the legislature, for the purpose of adopting mea sures to maintain what the people of that state insist is their rightful boundary, and to resist every attempt to dispossess them. There is evidently an increasing desire to settle the Slavery question, and the payment which Texas expects being consented to, there will be little dif ficulty in bringing about the happy result. Several cotton factories in Rhode Island have recently determined to suspend operation , ; among which are the Compton Mill, 10,000 spindles, Union Mill, 10,000 ditto, a'►d the Newport Steam Mill, all manufacturing print cloths. The York Manufacturing Company. drivin7, 22,000 spindles, and consuming annually 30,000 dollars' , worth of indigo, and other articles in proportion, have hit upon a new invention, by which nearly double the quan tity of cloth is woven in a day, as compared with the or dinary method. Several of the manufacturers in this dis trict are also susp- ling operations, owing to the high price of cotton. The Southern States seem to be going a-head of their Northern and Eastern competitors in this branch. They have provided themselves in time with the raw material, and are getting into the way of manufactu ring the cloths which they require for their own consump tion. The hull and engines of the Viceroy have been sold for three thousand dollars. The purchaser was a party at Yarmouth. The cholera appears rather destructive in several parts of the Union. At Louisville seventeen persons had died ; at Cincinnati twelve in twenty-four hours; and in several other places to a similar extent. At Cincinnati, from the Ist to the 23d. utt., 261 deaths had occurred from the dis ease. A colony of Belgians, located at Liberty, on the Missouri, had nearly all died. At Oswego, a destructive fire had burnt down about fifty buildings. ,• Professor Webster still appears resigned, and very peni tent. He has not resigned his Professorship, and has not yet been dismissed. The first cargo, from Britain, in a foreign bottom, ar rived at Miramichi, on the 12th ult., in the Prussian bark London, from Liverpool. The ship Ticonderoga had got on shore off New York, but was expected to be got off without much damage. A terrible hurricane has occurred at Guadaloupe and Martinique, destroying property to a very large amount. and damaging the shipping in the harbour. The emigration to California still continued, and up to the 17th June, thirty thousand adventurers, had passed Fort Laranie, on their way to the El Dorado, and the rush by way of Chagres and Panama is still very great. Very gloomy accounts are given of the growing tobacco crop. The late drought has inflicted serious injury on the plant in Virginia, and in Nottaway and other counties there is not, it is said, more than halt a crop standing. SHIPPING.—Arrived : barque Sir H. Pottinger, Crow ell, from Liverpool, at New York on the 29th ult. ; ship Waterloo, Harvey, at New York on the 30th ult.—Load ing at New York on the 29th ult. for Liverpool : Henry Clay, Isaac Wright, Columbus, Liverpool, Esmeralda. Waterloo, J. A. Westervelt, W. Hitchcock, Centurion, Marmion, St. George, Sarah Millidge, and the Duke of Wellington. THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES.—The harvest throughout the country is now finished, and we are satis fied the amount of wheat produced is greater than ever before. In the Western States, where corn has hereto fore been the principal crop, an immense amount of wheat has been grown this year. In Missouri alone, the surplus is estimated at five hundred thousand bushels, and this is one of the smallest wheat growing States. The corn crop has suffered somewhat in almost every direction, in con sequence of drought, but that occurred before the grain began to form, and should the month of August prove favourable, a greater amount of corn will be raised than ever before known. Alt the crops suffered considerably which fell in the course of the late gale, which swept from Cape Fear to the Northern Lakes, but this is, compara tively,. a small portion of the grea t t err it or y d evote d t o agriculture. The cotton and sugar crops suffered greatly in consequence of the late spring, and the many overflows to which it has been subjected. Indeed, it is probable that both these crops will fall far below the average, and it is possible they may be even below those of last year:. In Texas alone have those crops escaped the disaster to which in the other Sou kern States they have been subjected. A large portion of the most productive lands in that State have this year been devoted to the production of sugar cane, and it is probable that Texas will be one of the principal States in the production of sugar.—New pork Herald, July 31. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—For Halifax: Mr. Dexter, lady and two sons, Mrs. Ann Smith, Mr. Douglas and son, Messrs. oc , ilvie, J. S. Ogilvie, R. Elliott, and Hough.—For Liverpool: Mr. Duncan N. Hennon, lady, and two daughters, Mr. Durity, lady, and infant, Mr. Bach. lady, child, infant, and maid, Mr., Thomas Gray, lady, infant, two children, and nurse, Messrs. J. Neilson, Vicenti L. de Castro de Silva. I'. E. Daniels, Maitland, (72th regiment),•M`Barnet (79th regiment), Ward, E. Ducatel, Shields, J. T. Aristo, J. M. Gorostiza, Pedro Gorostiza. Heceoldo, Juan B. Gortareyta, lady, and boy, Messrs. Makin, Shanks, Wm. Good, Julius Runge, Campbell, John Douglas, H. F. Beach, Vasserat, Duffy, Branckhorst, Cuff, James M. Cook. D. M`Donald, Gates, Repari Pierre, John Ashe, Caliachan, Moulin, E. Mowat, Porcher. Lintin. John M'Lean, Victor Lanny, Gandenier, J. B. Clandel, M. Casabanca, John Cocks, Paul Dako gene, Elias Kohn. C. L. Sago, bearer of despatches, Ze bina Eastmyn, R. Martin, and Taylor, Mrs. Mourrit, Miss Teresa Ghilardelli, Miss C. Schmidt, and Miss Brown, the Right. Rev. Bishop Wyre, Rev. Henry H. Garnet.—From Halifax: Mr. Billing, and son, Rev. Mr. Millar, Miss Fenerty, Messrs. Fenerty, Donohue, Douse, and Davies. TUESDAY, JULY 30, 6 P.M The cotton market was steadier, with rather more doing, including some lots for export. There was no change to notice in quotations—dealers were looking out for the Canada's news. Old brands of inferior and common State and Western flour continued heavy and prices inclined to droop. The better kinds of straight and pure brands, though not active exhibited no change. Canadian and Southern remained about the same with moderate sales. In wheat, we heard of no transactions beyond a lot of Southern on private terms. Corn was dull for mixed, with a des st` easier rates. Flat yellow and round were scarce and firm—especially the former. Pork fell off again to-day, and sales were made at lower rates, the market closing dull. Beef was quiet. Cut meats were inactive. Lard was dull, but without change. Sugar and coffee were quiet, and transactions light, at about previous rates. There was no alteration to notice in molasses. Asti Es•—A firmer feeling was exhibited for pearls, with a good demand, and sales of 50 barrels at 35 3fi O. Pots were less buoyant, but steady at 36 25, with sales of 40 brls. BREA DSTUFFS.—FIour—The sales aggregate 5,000 barrels at 44'3 874 a 43'4 25 for No. 2 superfine; 34 25 for sour; Act 4 75 a 435 for common to straight State and mixed Western ; a 35 25 for straight to fancy Michigan ; 35 624 ass 97} for fancy to extra Ohio, and $5 75 a 435 94 for pure Genesee. The market for Southern flour was somewhat easier, bat with a good demand RA:OSI worn main ne 1 9WI Larrole at St, 21.4 fur - , mixed ; 544 dols. a 550 dols. for straiitht brands ; 556 dole a 5 623 dols. for choice brands, and 5 75 dole. a 6 25 dots. for fancy. Pennsylvania was lower. About 400 barrels mixed brands sold at 5 123 dols. a 5 25 dots. Rye Your was nominal. Sales of 200 barrels at 3 dols. Meal was better. Of Jersey, sales were made of 100 barrels at 3 124 dols. Wheat was inac tive. Genesee was held at 1 45 dols., end Canadian at 1 10 dole. a 1 20 dole. A lot of 1,000 bushels prime red Southern sold on terms not made public. There was more doing in Rye, with sales of 6,000 bushels at (3c. a 63ie. delivered. Oats were entirely nominal and dull. PuovrsioNs.—Pork—There was no special change in the market for Ohio pork, while the demand was fair. Sales in clude 1,000 brls., at $lO 371 . to SlO 44 for mess, and .88 37} to 418 44 for prime. Beef was neavy, with only a moderate busi ness doing, at SS to B'io 25 for mess, and .85 to AG 25 for prime mess beef. Beef hams and cut meats were exceedingly languid. Lard was less buoyant. Small sales of prime were made at gc. to 7c., and about 200 brls. grease lard at sie., short time, for refining. Butter was a shade easier. Sales of Ohio were making oc. to 11c. ; State at 10c. to 15c., and Orange county at li3c.to 20c. Cheese was dull and drooping, at 4c. to SA' -The demane has been oro for foreign exchange ...y to a moth rate extent for remittance by the America, leaving this port fen Liverpool to-morrow (Wednesday). \Ve quote, on London. 10i to 10i per cent. premium. FREIOHTS.—There was a good inquiry for cotton to Liver pool, and considerable lots were engaged at 5-32 d. to 3-16 d. For flour 1044. was asked and 9d. offered, and for corn 3d. was asked, and 12s. for dead weight. To Havre, the pacl- - et of the Ist was pretty well filled with cotton at ad., and at ,84 for pots and 35 for pearl ashes. To California, 6Oc. continued to be the ruling price for measurement goods. ALBANY, July 30, ISSO. The receipts since our last have been as follows :—Flour, ' , 500 bbls. ; wheat, 2000 bush. ; corn, 4000 bush. The demand for Flour is moderate, and prices slightly favour the buyer. Corn is not so active, but we have no changes to notice. The sales are 5000 bushels at 62ic for mixed western. Oats dull, and we hove no sales of importahce to report. NEW ORLEANS, July 24, 1850. The sales of cotton to-day were 1000 bales, at easier prices. We quote middling at Mc. Flour is improving. Within the last two days 3000 bbls. have been reshipped North. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM NEW YORK, 2ND AUGUST, 1850 HALIFAX, 3RD AUGUST, 1850, The Canada's mails were delivered here to-day America's departure, the Bill known as the Compromise Bill, having for its object the arrangement of Southern difficulties, the admission of California, has been virtually defeated in the Senate. The admission of California is now to be considered a separate measure, upon its own merits. A bill has been reported by the House, establishing a line of steam-ships between the United States and Africa. The President has held the usual levee, or reception of the diplomatic functionaries accredited ; and was gratified by the Russian minister's appropriate expressions of con dolence, and wishes for the continuance of peaceful rela tions were exchanged with the usual formalities. The President's reply has points of marked emphasis. He observed, " My intention is to maintain a strict neutra lity towards all nations, as the true Policy of the United States." ' _ STOCK MARKET a little firmer, without any marked change in quotations. Canada's news has given increased firmness. No cotton to-day ; prices Liverpool classifica tion are drdinary to middling, Uplands, 11!. to 13. N.O. and Mobile, 121 to 13 ; fair to good fair, 131 to 144-, and 141 to 15 ' • good fine 14 to 15 for Upl an d s . ,' FLOUR M AR KET to -day very dull and lower. Western Canal, No. 1, 40.50 to ISS ; No. 2, $3.75 to S'4. Cana dian, in bond, -84.121 to 443. Indian Corn—yellow, 65 ; mixed, 63 to 64. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. CROWN .COURT.—Tumn AY Robert Reed, 33, was charged with killing his wife, Eliza Reed, at Liverpool, on the 9th instant. He was found guilty, and recommended to mercy. Witnesses to character having been called, his Lordship said he would consider the case before passing sentence. John Booth Pearson, aged 16, was charged with having, at Manchester, stolen a post letter, the property of John Wood Fletcher, and also with stealing eight post letters from the Manchester Postoffice, with the intention of robbing his employers, Messrs. Wood and Westhead. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. John Davis, 25, and Sarah Kelly, were charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of Mr.' William Redfern Watson, a boarding-house keeper, in Waterloo-road, Li verpool. The prisoners were both found guilty of re ceiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen,.but acquitted of the burglary. They were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Thomas Dickinson, 43, was charged with having been instrumental in killing James Joynson, in June last. On the 15th June the deceased was in a wagon, at the ware house of Brown, Shipley, and Co., discharging cotton from the wagon into the warehouse. The prisoner was a warehouseman in the employ of Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., and it was his duty to see that one or more per ,,ms were at the door of the warehouse ready to receive a bale of cotton, when hoisted. On the present occasion the deceased had slung a bale, and it was then hoisted up, being intended to be deposited in room No. 6. When the bale was on a level with the floor of room N.). 6, there was no one to receive it, and the men who were hoisting it drew it up as high as the cathead at the top of the building, when it came in contact with a large hook on the cathead, and the bale then fell out of the rope, striking the deceased in its descent, from the effects of which he died. The jury, by direction of the judge, found a verdict of acquittal. Elizabeth Gillespie, aged 27, was charged with having uttered a forged shipping note with intent to defraud Mr. Thomas Lunt, of this town. The prisoner was acquitted. Richard Fallows, 38, was charged with having, at Man chester, feloniously married Sarah Layland, his former wife being then alive. The prisoner was found guilty. Sentence deferred. Sylvester Collins, 26, and Peter Rogers, 26, were charged with a burglary at the house of Mr. George Hardcastle, Manchester. Collins pleaded guilty, and Rogers not guilty. They were both found guilty, and Rogers (having been convicted on a former occasion) was sentenced to seven years' transportation, and Collins to twelve months imprisonment. William Bottomley, 23, was charged with having, at Manchester, together with two other men, assaulted and beaten Thomas Thompson, and with great personal vio lence robbed him of several articles of wearing apparel and money. His Lordship having summed up, the jury, after a few moments' deliberation, returned a verdict of acquittal. William Gould and John M`Ginn were charged with having burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Abel Hunter, at Bootle-cum-Linacre. The prisoners, who were undefended, were found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. NISI PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY M`WHIRTER V. THOMPSON, CLERK.—This was an action for libel brought against Mr. Thompson, a clergy man, in Yorkshire, by the plaintiff, who was lately a guard on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. When the case was called upon, the respective counsel conferred, and an arrangement was come to : Mr. 'Watson announced to the court that the matter had been settled. A verdict was taken by consent ; 40s. costs. BROWN V. NEWLANDS AND OTHERS.—The plaintiff in this case is a millowner, at Oldham, and the action, which was in replevin, was for an alleged illegal distraint for rent, whereby a loss of £5OO was stated to have been sus tained. The case, after proceeding a certain length, broke down, owing to the absence of witnesses, and a verdict for the defendants was returned. The whole of the list in the Salford hundred having been disposed of, and the witnesses in the West Derby hundred cases not having been summoned till the follow ing day, the learned judge assisted in the disposal of the criminal business. TRIAL. AND ACQUITTAL OF MR. PEMBERTON.—This morning, Mr. Charles Pemberton was indicted before Mr. Justice Cresswell for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Simpson, in March last. The circumstances will be fresh in the remembrance of the public. The deceased was an elderly female, and in going up London-road was crossing the end of Seymour-street, when the defendant coming up suddenly in a phaeton ran over her. She lingerezi for two or three days. It appeared that she was both deaf and near-sighted, and that the defendant called to her several times and did all in his power to avoid the catas trophe. Mr. Wilkins shortly addressed the jury on behal of the defendant, and his Lordship summed up very fa vourably for him. The jury then, with scarcely a moment's consideration, returned a verdict of "not guilty." John Hindley, a man about 45 years of age, and John Stamford, a youth about 17, were charged with a burglary at Manchester. The jury found Hindley guilty of receiv ing stolen goods with a guilty knowledge. Sentence de ferred. Stamford was acquitted. CROWN COURT, -WEDNESDAY John Croft, 18, who was tried on a previous day for having committed a burglary in the house of Mr, Thos. Dixon, at Liverpool, was sentenced to seven years' trans- Samuel low Richard Fellows, 38, who were each sentenced to six ;months imprisonment, with hard Thomas Gordon, 54, was charged with having, on the 20th of July last, in Liverpool, stabbed William Pritchard, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The fury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his family. Sentence deferred. James Hughes, 21, was charged with having, on the Ist of April last, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of William Hiley, of Manchester, and stolen therefrom two loaves of lump sugar ; and Darted Smith, for having received the same, knowing them to be stolen property. The jury acquitted Smith, but returned a verdict of guilty against Hughes, who, on account of his previous good conduct, was sentenced to only twelve months' imprison ment. William Wilde, 23, was charged with having, on the night of the 15th April last, feloniously assaulted Thos. Young, and stolen from his person some copper, a knife, and a pair of shoes. There was no evidence to prove the positive identity of the prisoner, and he was acquitted. AN UNFORTUNATE FAMILY.—Thomas Larkin, 23, John Larkin, 16, Ann Larkin, 45, and Michael Larkin, 18, were arraigned for several burglaries. His lord ship, in passing sentence, said it was an extraordinary and sad spectacle to see a mother and her three sons standing convicted of a crime in a court of justice. It was necessary such a family should be divided, snd as there was a distinction in their cases, he sentenced Thomas to ten years' transportation, Michael to seven years' transportation, Ann, the mother, to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and John to three months' imprisonment. Mary M'Call, 25, Sarah Ogden, 27. Margaret Butter worth, 26, Jane Thompson, 26, and Alexander Hampson, 36, were charged with assaulting and robbing Samuel Garner, on the morning of the 7th July last, in Manches ter The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Hamp son, M'Call, and Ogden, but acquitted Butterworth and Thompson. Hampson, on account of being previously convicted of felony, was sentenced to ten years' transpor tatioa, and M'Call and Ogden to twelve months' impri sonment with hard labour. Enoch Hallow, 22, Thomas Wareing, 16, and James Murray, 16, were charged with having on the night of the Bth June last, feloniously assaulted John Davies. and stolen from his person a quantity of silver and a patent lever watch. Hulme was acquitted, Wareing and Murray were found guilty. John Lloyd, 25, and William Russell, 21, were found guilty of having on the morning of the 15th July, feloni ously assaulted William Roberts, and stolen from Sis person the sum of 12s. His lordship sentenced Lloyd to seven years' transportation, but in consequence of the good character given Russell, he sentenced him to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY TYSON V. KENDALL, Exon.—This was an action on a promigsory note made by a person named Gibson, de ceased. The plaintiff pleaded that he never was the executor, that the deceased never made the note, and that he (defendant) had administe•ed all his effects. The plaintiff, John Tyson, was a tarmer, residing near Ulvtr stone, and on the Bth March, 1849, he lent the deceased, Charles Gibson, a farmer in the island of Walney, .t7O upon his promissory note. Gibson died, and it was then found that his sureties could not pay the note. Shortly after his death a sale was held upon his farm, under the direction of the defendant, and it was contended that this constituted him an executor de son tort, and entitled the plaintiff to bring an action against him. Thejury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. ATKINSON Y. DAY AND WIFE This was an action for breach of promise of marriage brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Thomas Washington Atkin son, against the wife of the defendant, to which the de fendant pleaded that she was not of age when the promise was made, and also that the contract had been rescinded. Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Aspland appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Crompton for the defendant. It appeared from the address of the learned counsel for the prosecution that the plaintiff was of respectable family, and had been sent to the University of Cambridge. He formerly lived at a place called Gateside, and so long ago as 1839 he formed an attachment to the wife of the defend ant, then a Miss Anne Noble, who lived with her father at Boroughbridge, in Westmoreland. The father of Miss Noble kept an inn, and was a respectable man, well to do in the world. He, however, was strongly opposed to the engagement which his daughter bad formed with the plaintiff, and after a long courtship it was at length agreed between them that the marriage should be put off until after the death of Mr. Noble. In 1849, however, Miss Noble married the defendant, who is a r a ilway en g in e e r , and that had led to the plaintiff's bringing the present action, to obtain some recompence at the hands of a jury for that deep injury which he had sust a i ne d, an d some compensation, if compensation there could be, for blighted affections and hopes of lappiness destroyed. The learned counsel, in the course of his address, read the following letters in support of the plaintiff's case : "13orouahl)ridFe, Friday "Pear Tom.—All is fled, and I just feel as lonely as possible in this great house, and not nny. one to talk to except the ser vants. 1 think you may venture to come on Sunday, with your cousin, without being suspected by any one, if you feel in clined. From sours truly, ANNE NOBLE." " Wednesday Afternoon. "My Dear Tom,—l received your letter quite safe this morn ing, and hardly know how to answer it. _ ` 4- I fear you are not acting as Volt ought to do as regards your health, but let me entreat you net to make yourself so unhappy on my account, as I feel quite resigned to my fate, and feel more settled in my mind. Rest assured of this, though we are forbid to go together at present, all that I can say is it shall not be my fault in the end. I have a favour to beg; that is, you will not think of such a thing as going abroad. It will be a source of great comfort to me to live as near you as I can, as I am forbid to enjoy your company, at least. as a lover. I shall consider you as dear to mess if I wet e your wife, which I hope I shall be if we both live ; but, for the present, don't mention such a thing. There is another thing you must not du; that is, not to write while I'm in Manches ter. My father wrote to Mr. L. on Monday, I believe to set him on as a spy. I shall not stop there more than a week or ten days, and I will write to you as soon as I get to Liverpool. I shall have such a much better chance of doing it without suspicion. You try and make yourself as happy as you can under present circumstances. Surely, happier hours await us both. There is one consolation,—they cannot be more miser able. I will do all that ever lays in my power to preserve my health. I must conclude this hasty epistle, as they are calling me in every direction. Yours ever truly, "ANNE." "18, Pembroke-place, Liverpool, Sept. 4, 1841. "My Dear Tom,—l duly received your letter, and was glad to hear that you had said something more about the subject to my father. He is not at present agreeable, and will always be the same ;so I think there is no way but one left. I don't wonder at you being surprised at my father's notions about money affairs. It was a thing I never gave a thought until he mentioned it, nor indeed since, only that I wished you to know his thoughts, for there is nothing but what I would willingly tell you. What you say you possess I should think quite plenty to live upon in a comfortable way in the north. I certainly shall have something at some time, but not as long as my mother lives; so if it should happen I should be quite depend ent upon you until that time; therefore I think it best to wait the end. I leave it to your own judgment whether you should say anything to him about it, or not, just as you please. I think I have said quite plenty about this subject, for it is a thing I hate to mention in any respect. " Yours very truly, "ANNE NOBLE." The r.ext letter stated that she had heard it mentioned that the plaintiff was " wild" in Liverpool. But she did not " feel the least alarm on that score, for I flatter myself your love for me will not allow you to forget yourself so far as to be out of the way in that respect." " The only thing was for them to wait patiently." The letter then went on —" I have ventured to let my mother see the ring. She said at first that I must not keep it, but I told her plainly that I should, so she did nothing but smile. I wish everybody was as good to tonnage as she is." Another letter, dated Boroughhridge, August 21, 1842, and commencing, " My dearest Tom," stated that she had often talked to her about the plaintiff, and asked her if she thought there was any chance of her father's ever giving his consent ? She said, " she thought not at present, but should you get into a good business and be steady she thought he would not say much about it. Is not this good news ? So now for you trying yourself. I am perfectly satisfied as to the business you have entered, and my best wishes, dear Tom, are ever with you." Another letter stated— "Should I live longer than my father, then I will fulfil my promise for I have made up my mind not to marry as long as my father lives." This was signed " Yours very truly, but unhappy, "ANNE NOBLE." The learned counsel then called Mrs. Ann Airey.—Knew the plaintiff. He formerly lived at a place called Gateside. The defendant's maiden name was Noble. She lived with her father at Borough. bridge, in Westmoreland; he kept an inn. She knew the handwriting of Mrs. Day. The letters put in were her handwriting. She had taken letters from Mrs. Day to the plaintiff, and brought a parcel from the plaintiff to Mrs. Day ; there were letters, some music, and a gold ring in the parcel. She herself had been requested by Mrs. Day to write some letters to the plaintiff, and he had answered them to her, and she communicated these answers to Mrs. Day. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Wuxi/vs.—She did not remember Mrs. Day saying to her that she was break ing off the connexion, and wished to have her letters re turned. She did not know whether the parcel contained a minature of the defendant. She had some conversa tion with the plaintiff, about six weeks ago, about this action, and he had told her that, if they did not settle it, she would have to go to Liverpool. She said to him— " Why, you will get nothing ?" He said, "He would, at any rate, have some fun." He did not then appear to be suffering great anguish. It was more than seven years since she had given any message to the plaintiff from the defendant. Re-examined.—she had seen the plaintiff and the de fendant together, and they appeared to be strongly at tached to each other. William Christopher Atkinson, the brother of the plaintiff, examined.—His brother was formerly at Cam bridge. Before he came to Liverpool he lived at Gate side. He now keeps the Spread Eagle in Houghton street. He had been in the wine and spirit business. He was a perfectly sober man. He had known Mrs. Day all his life. Her father, Mr. Noble, was a farmer and innkeeper at Boroughbridge. He saw Miss Noble recently, at Boroughbridge, and spoke to her about her marriage with Mr. Day. She said, " she hoped his brother would not take any notice of it ; it would only make fools of them both." Cross-examined.—He could not swear that he (witness) agreed in that. He knew a plats called the Coalhole. His brother carried on business there in the wine and spirit trade. It was near the theatres. He did not know that it was resorted by infamous characters. He had seen women there at night. He never thought anything about their character. It could not have been very good or they would not have been there. The Spread Eagle, which the plaintiff now kept, was not far from the thea tres. There were no concerts there, nor convivial parties, nor " free and easies," nor harmonic meetings—no har mony. (A laugh.) There was a bar there. A person could not be served with twopennyworth of gin ; he could with a glass—four pennyworth. They did not keep the " onmium otherums" which dripped on a percolated plate from the taps, and retail them cheap to the custom ers. His brother had been at Cambridge, but was only there six months. He did not know that he had been " rusticated." The marriage of the defendant with Mr. Day having been proved, and the register proving her to be of age when she wrote the letters having been admitted, showing the defendant to be now 32 years of age, This was the plaintiffs case. Mr. Serjeant WILKINS submitted that the letters showed no engagement to marry. Mr. WATSON having been heard, His LORDSHIP thought it perhaps better that Mr. Ser jeant Wilkins should take the opinion of the jury upon it. Mr. Serjeant WILKINS then addressed the jury for the defendant. He was quite sure that all who had witnessed the countenance of his learned friend whilst opening the case must have sympathised with him. He was quite sure that they must all be rejoiced with him to find his sorrows turned into joy, and that all which had agitated his bosom had originated in the fiction of somebody who had written out his brief for him, and that all that which he had supposed to be tragedy was but a very bad farce, got up for the fun and amusement of this court. His learned friend had stated to them that his client had suffered much in lands far distant from the place where first he drew breath, and that he was compelled to leave the balmy hills and dales of Westmoreland and seek for solace and comfort in the dark recesses of the " Coalhole." After a little time he felt that he might once more go into the world, and in the " Coalhole keep up his spirits by pouring spirits down ;" and at last this stricken dove had taken shelter under the wings of the Spread Eagle, in Houghton-street. His learned friend, in his great can dour, had admitted that this was not an action against the lady, but against her husband. Coupling that admission with the evidence of the witness, that the plaintiff said he would carry on the action for the " fun" of the thing, he much mistook the jury if they did not tell him that he had purchased his fun at some cost of money, and• at the expense of the esteem of all who might have heard that trial. When this young lady was nineteen years of age, this young " Cantab," whose residence at Cambridge his brother would 'not undertake to say was of three months' duration, had. become acquainted with her. After such a stay at Cambridge they might well imagine that he was extremely well prepared for the Coalhole. There could be no doubt that, from his unsteady conduct, the father of the defendant had, from the first, set his face against their union. If fit to go to Cambridge, what must have been his habits and propensities to have descended to such a position as that which he filled in Liverpool ?- The learned serjeant then commented on the letters which had been put in, contending that they did not exhibit any unconditional contract. Had the plaintiff loved the de fendant, or had for her the affection of which his counsel had spoken, he would have made any sacrifice rather than have exhibited the defendant's letters to him to the public gaze. He would have some fun by the trial. The fun of bad men was often the misery of good men. It might be that his fun would plant suspicions in the breast of the lady,s husband : it might be that he would give pain to those who were too virtuous and good for him, who had breathed the pure air of their native hills, and who were not fit to dole out intoxicating drinks at the Coalhole to the worthless of Liverpool : but he trusted that this " fun" would be estimated by the jury in the way in which it deserved to be. His LORDSHIP summed up. The jury expressed a wish to retire, and, after an ab sence of some time, found a verdict for the defendant. CROWN COURT.-THURSDAY, Thomas Birchen was discharged on an indictment for having killed Mary Evans. James Dwerryhouse was acquitted of the murder of Ann Leyland. at Knowsley, on the ground of insanity. The deceased was a rung woman, living with a Mrs. Hitchcock, and the prisoner violently entered the house on the 13th June, 1847, dragged the deceased out of the house, and used her so violently that she died soon after. He was ordered to be taken care of. THE RIBBON RIOT IN LIVBRPOOL.—Henry Wright was acquitted of having shot at and wounded John Sang ster on the 13th July last. His lordship said the conduct of the police authorities in this affair was most discredi table ; for after the warning given them by Wright that he was apprehensive of an attack on his house by the low ribbon population in his neighbourhood, they should have afforded him ample protection. There was another indictment against the prisoner for an assault on Patrick Moon, on the same night, but he was also acquitted on this charge. Ann Jennion, 27, and Samuel Platt, 25, were found guilty of bigamy, and sentenced to a fortnights imprison ment. The male prisoner was charged with marrying the other prisoner, well knowing her former husband to be alive. Thomas Boyle was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, for killing Thos. Yates, at Manchester, on the 29th April last. The de ceased accused the prisoner of a robbery, whereupon the prisoner seized the poker and struck him on the head. Eight days after, erysipelas set in, and the unfortunate THE LIVERPOOL gfiNDARD. man soon died. His lordship thought that death wai accelerated by the drunken habits of the deceased. William Parry was sentenced to five days' imprison ment for killing Augustus Poole at Manchester. The prisoner and deceased were fellow workmen, and one day in a joke the former hit the deceased a blow on the intes tines, which caused his death a few days afterwards. The prisoner bore an excellent character, and the congre gation of which he was a member subscribed the money to conduct his defence. William Bowker — was sentenced to ten years' trans portation, and John IV' Voy to seven years', for a bur glary at the dwelling-house of Joseph Ward, at Man chester, on the 17th May last. Thomas Duff was sentenced to two months' imprison ment with hard labour, for killing Robert Cahill, at Manchester, on the 10th of June. The deceased (an old travelling piper) and the prisoner bad quarrelled in a public-house, when Duff afterwards knocked him down on a heap of stones, and he died soon after of the injuries received. The jury recommended him to mercy. . NISI PRIUS COURT.-THURSDAY. ELDERTON V.WYCHE.—Edward M. Elderton, a soli citor, of London, was the plaintiff, and Thos. A. Wyche the defendant. The plaintiff sought to recover a sum of £lOO for filing a bill in Chancery at the instance of the defendant and another gentleman. The defendant was connected with the Salvage Company, whose object was to work Austin's patent for recovering the wrecks of vessels, and it was out of the proceedings of that com pany that the present claim had originated. Several wit nesses were called for the defence, to shew that the de fendant had not rendered himself liable. Verdict for the plaintiff for £57. A SHARE TRANSACTION.—FORSYTH AND OTHERS V. WARDELL.—Mr. T. Forsyth, and the assignee of M. L. Pritchard, his late partner, now a bankrupt, were the plaintiffs, and T. Wardell the defendant. The action was to recover the price of thirty-five railway shares, which it was alleged had been purchased by the plaintiffs from the defendant, but never delvered. The principal witness was Pritchard, the bankrupt, who deposed to the thirty five shares never being delivered, but on cross-examina tion admitted that during November and December, 1844, a number of new and old shares was delivered on the plaintiffs' account. He was also asked several questions with a view to show that from the inaccurate mode in which his accounts were kept he could not speak dis tinctly to the delivery or otherwise of the particular shares in question. Several other witnesses were called, but their evidence failed to throw any additional light on the matter, and ultimately the plaintiffs were nonsuited. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS.—THE BIR. ICENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION V. HUGARTY.—In this action the plaintiff sought to recover from Mr. T. P. Hugarty, of Manchester, a shareholder in the company, an amount of about £lOOO for calls al. leged to be due on the 10th February, 1849.—Mr. Martin, in opening the case, stated that a question would be raised whether or not a call made payable by instalments was a valid call or not. He referred to . a decision lately given by Baron Parke, at Chester, in "a similar case, to the effect that the first instalment was recoverable, but not the second.—Evidence was produced showing that the defendant was a shareholder in the company, and that calls of £lO per share had been made.—Mr. Atherton, for the defendant, submitted that the £lO per share was not payable in one sum, and at one time, but in different sums and at different periods, which was not in accord ance with the language of the act.—His lordship express ed himself in favour of the validity of the calls ; and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff for £lOOO, with li berty to the defendant to move. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY V. M`MICHAEL.—This was a case in which the circumstances were similar to the last, the company seeking to recover from the defendant, who is a shareholder, an amount alleged to be due for calls. Verdict for the plaintiff for £ll2 16s. Bd., with interest £l2 Gs. Bd., the defendant being allowed to move as to the amount of £5O. KEARNE V. BRISCOE.—George Kearne, the plaintiff, is a sprit merchant, carrying on business at Liverpool, and the defendant a farmer, residing at Ince. The action was on a promissory note for £22 Gs. 6d. made by the defend ant. A witness named R. A. Robertson was cailed, whose evidence was of such a prevaricatory character, that his lordship ordered him to be detained in gaol until the fol lowing morning. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for £2l 6s. 6d. GIBBS V. YATES.—The plaintiff. William Gibbs. is an eating-house keeper in Liverpool, and the defendant, Thomas Yates, an estate agent. The action was brought to recover a sum of £25, alleged to be due from defendant to plaintiff. From a statement by Mr. Martin, who con ducted the plaintiff's case, it appeared that on the 30th of May last the defendant and a person named Howell went to the plaintiff's house. Howell said he was a clerk in the office of Messrs. Watson and Webster, who are highly respectable solicitors in this town, and added that they were directed to sell a house at Everton for £540. Yates said it was a bargain, and advised the plaintiff to make the purchase, and, on his recommendation, the plaintiff agreed to buy the house ; with that object he placed in the hands of Yates £25, for which a memorandum was given. Oe the following day the plaintiff altered his mind, and com municated the tact to the defendant, who, however, made an excuse as o the re' urn of the money. The plaintiff being unable to get it, brought the present action for its recovery. Mr. Atherton. for the defendant, contended that there had been no attempt to impose upon the plain tiff. Howell offered to sell the property for a gentleman named Wainwright, and it was agreed that he should have £lO as commission for his services. The transaction was a bona fide one, and all the difficulty had arisen in consequence of the fickleness of the plaintiff, who had changed his mind after entering into a contract to pur chase. Howell received £lO as his commission; and, after deducting Messrs. Watson and Webster's charges, amounting to £3 10s. 2d., there would remain £ll 9s. 10d. which had been paid into court. The Judge said that it was well that actions of such a kind were occasionally detected, as the defendants came to court and exposed themselves, and the public were thus put on their guard. The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for £lO. CROWN COURT.—FnmAy The following sentences were passed Thomas Gordon was sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment, with hard labour, for stabbing Wm. Prichard. James Booth Pearson, who had pleaded guilty to steal ing letters from the Postoffice, the property of his em ployers, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Thomas Martin and Thomas Cheadle were indicted by the guardians of the poor, of Barton-upon-Irwell, near Manchester, for forging voting-papers at the election of the guardians for the poor. His Lordship said that the case was one of considerable importance, and that he would take time to consider, and give his judgment here after. The prisoners pleaded guilty, and expressed con trition for the offence. William Brown was indicted for having, on the 10th July last, feloniously assaulted Alice Thornely, a girl under ten years of age. The jury retired for some time, and on their return found the prisoner not guilty. Joseph Ingham, of Oldham, was charged with stealing a horse which he hired on the 22d May, from Mr. Brad bury, of the Black Swan, Oldham, on the pretence that he was about to go to Saddleworth he did not return on the day that he stated he should, and having been traced to Bolton and Manchester, he was apprehended at the latter place, where it was found that he had offered the horse for sale at a livery stable, and had borrowed £2 upon it from the keeper of the stable.—He was sentenced to be transported for seven years. _ _ Mary Murphy, Elizabeth Wilson, and Mary Ann Ryder, were charged with stealing a watch and 15s. from John Longshaw, in a lane near Newton, on the 7th June ; and they were also charged with receiving the watch knowing it to have been stolen. The robbery was committed by three men, who were subsequently appre hended in a third-class railway carriage, by two detective police-officers ; and the watch was said to have been handed from these men to the three prisoners, who passed it from one compartment of the carriage to another, until it was at last secured by the policemen. The evidence did not satisfactorily establish these facts, and the pri soners were discharged. James Smith, who was proved to- have been asleep in his cart, at Leigh, while the wheels passed over and mor tally injured a child, at Leigh, was sentenced to be imprisoned for a fortnight. Thomas Lancaster, for cutting , and wounding Henry Holden, at Manchester, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, was sentenced to be imprisoned for nine months. Noah lanes, found guilty of forging two orders for ironmongery—one upon Mr. Fullerton, ironmonger, of Port-street, Manchester, and the other upon Mr. Friar, Salford—was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for each offence. NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY CONTEMPT OF COURT.--Previously to the commence ment of the ordinary business, his lordship ordered that the man Robertson, whom he had committed to custody on the previous night for flippancy and prevarication, should be brought before him. His Lordship, address ing Robertson, said " You arc now discharged, and I hope that what took place yesterday will be a warning to you and others that a court of justice is not to be insulted with impunity." HORNER V. PALMER AND OTHERS.—This was an ac tion for libel, in which Mr. Knowles, Q.C., was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendants. The defendants were trustees of a building society in Manchester, and they admitted, through their counsel, that the charges in the libel complained of could not be substantiated. Those charges they withdrew totally and entirely• The apology or denial was accepted by the plaintiff, who, Mr. Knowles said, came there to vindicate, and not to coin out of, his character, and a verdict of 40s. which carried costs, was agreed to. Considerable inter est was excited in the case it being expected that the " Doctor" Nolan, of Manchester, who figured at the last assizes, would appear as a witness. The amicable adjust ment disappointed not a few of the curious, who indulged the hope that they would have an opportunity of seeing the gentleman who has attained such unenviable notoriety. ACTION ON A POLICY OF INSURANCE.—ELLIS V. THE WEST OF ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY.—This was brought on behalf of the estate of a draper in Manches ter, to recover the value of a policy of insurance effected with the defendants. Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Asp land, appeared for the plaintiff, and Martin, Q.C., Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Hugh Hill for the defendants. Mr. Watson, at considerable length, stated the case on behalf of the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff was until recent'v in busipess as a draper in Hulme, near Manches ter. During the time he was in business he effected an insurance on his stock-in-trade with the defendants for the sum of £5OO, and the action was now brought for assignees of the plaintiff, who had, since the insurance was effected, become bankrupt, to recover that amount, the plaintiff's premises, before he so became bankrupt, having been burnt and his stock consumed. The defend ants put in eight pleas.. One of the pleas was that the premium upon the policy had not been paid 4 i second that the plaintiff was not interested ; the third, th-.St the fire took place in consequence of carelessness on the part of the plaintiff. Another plea was that the plaintiff had fraudulently violated the conditions of the policy. Mr. Watson having explained the circumstances connected with the fire, proceeded to call witnesses. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff, which occupied the court from eleven o'clock until half-past two, was to the effect, that at the time of the fire he had goods on his premises to the full amount claimed. The witnesses, examined severally, deposed to the different purchases having been made from wholesale dealers, and to there being large quantities of silks and other fine goods in the shop when the fire took place. Invoices were also handed in to the same effect. Mr. Martin, for the defendant, contended that there was nothing like the value of the goods claimed for, on the pre mises at the time of the fire—that the plaintiff was in diffi culties sometime before the fire took place, and had only a very small stock on his premises, as the landlord would prove, and the whole claim was an attempt at fraud. Witnesses were then called to prove the facts, among whom were the agent of the company in Manchester, and other parties. Mr. Rose, superintendent of the fire police in Manchester, was also called to prove the small quantity of salvage which remained after the fire. At six o'clock the court rose, before the case was concluded. CROWN COURT.-SATURDAY Joseph Wheeler, an elderly respectable - looking man, a relieving officer of the Manchester Poor-law Union, was charged with manslaughter, in having caused the death of a pauper through inattention. No evidence was produced in support of the charge, and the prisoner was acquitted. Edward Jones was sentenced to ten days imprisonment for being concerned in the death of a man named Lilly at a prize fight, near Manchester, in September, 1849. The prisoner acted as bottle-holder. Joseph Smith, a youth, only sixteen years of age, was indicted for having cut and wounded nannah Knight, with intent to disable her. The r riioner was a shop-boy with the prosecutor's husband, who keeps a shop in But ler-street, Manchester, and had been found fault with for taking some money out of the till. One evening afterwards, when prisoner and prosecutor were alone in the house, he seized hold of her, and she felt something like a knife pass across her throat. She struggled, and had her hands severely cut with the knife, but her throat was me r ely scratched. The prisoner alleged that the offence was committed by a strange man, who suddenly burst into the house : The prisoner was found guilty of an assault. • J James Pimlow was sentenced to twelve months impri sonment for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Benjamin Williamson, Rochdale-road, near Manchester, in July last. William Taylor, John Pearce, Thomas Toolal, and James Unsworth were sentenced to transportation for a very daring burglary at the house of an aged gentleman named Kenyon, at Haydock, on the Bth January last, and stealing therefrom three watches, a sovereign, and other articles. The prisoners could not be identified by the prosecutor, as they entered the house with their faces masked. Their guilt was, however, established by two accomplices, who are prisoners under conviction for bur glary in Leicester gaol. These men gave a most minute account of the robbery, proving that, whoever were their accomplices they themselves were concerned in the rob bery. Mr. Pollock, for the prisoners, contended that the evidence of these men could not be believed, but the jury nevertheless found them guilty. NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY The case of Ellis v. West of England Insurance Com pany was resumed, when several witnesses were called to prove the inferiority of the plaintiff's stock and the removal of the goods before the fire. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lOO. BROWN V. CLEGG.—The plaintiff is the owner of some property at Oldham, and the defendant is the clerk of the Oldham Highway Commissioners. The action was brought to recover damages for injury done to some houses of the plaintiff, in a road leading from Yorkshire street, by the manner in which the commissioners con ducted their operations in paving and levelling the street. The questions involved in the case were altogether of a legal character—the action being not to recover damages but merely to try a legal right. The judge intimated that his opinion was in favour of the defendants, and a verdict was, therefore, entered for them, with liberty to the plaintiff to move to enter a nonsuit. GILL V. MANCHESTER INSURANCE COMPANY.—The plaintiff occupies a house adjoining Messrs. Williams and Gardner's silk factory at Manchester, and the action was brought for damage done to his furniture during a fire which destroyed the mill in June, 1849. The plaintiff contended that the firemen had entered his house by direction of Mr. Spring, the acent to the insurance com pany, but he entirely failed in establishing this point, and from anything that appeared on the trial the occupation of the plaintiff's house was the spontaneous act of the firemen. Under these circumstances Mr. Sergeant Wil kins declined to press the case to a decision and submitted to a nonsuit. TIIE GORHAM CASE TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD In the address recently put forth to the bench of bishops by the meeting which took place last Thursday, the addressers give what they call two grave reasons for refusing to acquiesce in the judgment of the Privy Council. The first runs thus : "Because it requires the institution to a benefice with cure of souls of a clergyman holding and having published, on a fundamental point, a doctrine contrary to Holy Scripture and the Catholic tradition of the universal Church, and therefore contrary to the teaching of the English Church." The doctrine thus characterised is not the sound doctrine of baptismal regeneration, or the doctrine that baptism is one of the appointed Scriptural means of communicating the grace of regeneration ; but the doctrine of insepara bility, or the doctrine that regeneration is INVARIABLY communicated to infants in and through baptism. Much the same assertion was made in the resolutions put forth by Dr. Thorp and his associates, as that con tained in the first reason put forth by the meeting in London. I then publicly challenged the asserters to produce PROOF of their assertion. No PROOF of the as serted INVARIABILITY was produced. Yet this same rash assertion is again hazarded by the London meeting. Again, then, l publicly call for a PROOF of it, either from Scripture, or from Catholic antiquity, from the documents of the Reformed Church of England, reckoning from Cranmer down to the early part of the seventeenth cen tury, when the novelties of Laud and Montague began to be introduced, and when those novelties were strongly protested against, not only as doctrinally erroneous, but absolutely and positively as NOVELTIES. Let us have PROOF of the assertion, and there is an end of the matter. To this PROOF I fearlessly challenge the whole meeting. The second reason runs thus : " Because it applies to the words of the Prayer Book an in terpretation inconsistent with their plain and obvious mean ing, contrary to good faith, and perplexing to honest minds; and by allowing doctrinal statements contradictory of the es sential meaning of an article of the creed, would involve the consequence that the Church of England does not hold that article as a matter of faith." When I read this, as emanating from a considerable meeting, both of the clergy and of the laity, I really could scarcely believe my own eye-sight.. So lamentably did it display the UTTER IGNORANCE of the assertors as to the real principle of the old Reformed Church of Christ, and as to the key furnished by our old divines, touching the phraseology of the infant baptismal office, subsequently —in the year 1662—adopted into the adult baptismal office. These gentlemen can never read our old divinity, but must have only mistaken the new divinity of Laud and Montague for the genuine divinity of the English Church during the whole of the preceding century. Would they only have read on the subject, they would have found all imaginary phraseological difficulty dis pelled, a difficulty which applies just as much to the adult office as tc) the infant office. I shall give the key intiiecombined precise words of two of our sound old bishops, Abbot and Carleton; but the same principle runs through all our old divinity, pre vious to the innovations of Laud and Montague, who, like the gentlemen of the meeting, were dissenters alike from Scripture, from Catholic antiquity, and from the Reformed Church of England anterior to the age of those innovators : " " ALL who have been baptised," sa y Abb o t an d C arleton, are, to us and to the cHuitcli, regenerate and IN THE JUDG MENT OF CHARITY they must be accounted such UNTIL, by their deeds, they show themselves to be NOT SO." Mr. Maskeil, late chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter, has really examined the subject ; and his perfectly accurate statement is, that, with scarcely an exception,' all the bishops and archbishops, doctors and professors, of the Elizabethan period theologised on the point of baptism and regeneration in direct opposition both to Bishop Phiipotts and to all the divines and laymen of the recent London meeting. Now, what will the public think of this meating of the clergy and their associates actually addressing to the bench of bishops a request founded upon two such grave reasons as those given above ? It is painfully disgraceful. I am, Sir, yours, &c., G. S. FABER. Sherburn House, August 6, 1850. • ' AN ADROIT THIEF. — OR Thursday Wee. l r r n . 33° b00 , dressed as a mechanic , we nt to a house in made)` walked up stairs, took a bed f rom the bedstean, up in a bundle, and brought it down into the pal:7, At that, instant be heard somebody wining' Th i ere d MIS on the wainscotting ; and when in due time one ul_ht one br°uB inmates made her appearance, he sa id, 0 L r ig ne this bed." " Bed !" replied the woman, tne 0 1,1 with admirable coolness, he gave two or three Os-, the ke. not, said the man this is No. 15, 1 n !or " Yes, this is 15." "Then that is the number ID,, it l, t b h e i d nk to corle , here : you must have made a mista. s , it i told me to bring it to." " Well," said the w 010 81; .. If wrong at any rate; so you'd better take it ow* „ 1 hol you say I'm to take it," responded the thief,,ebod better do so ;" and with that he took up d iscovered thr walked off. Some time elapsed before it was •fi htsel how completely the bedowners had been done. Pril Gazette.most difi. ELOPEMENT.—Last week an elopement of a w oes graceful character occurred from Halifax, both t i lls g uilt! L b butcher, being married, and the man having, prior to , l, co g flight, borrowed and laid bands on all the roonelr..„bsacl obtain. It appears that the woman left her her a ss ua p i a n , (a butcher) and went to Liverpool, where she f_ hod ning the flight of herself and her paramour to Or 0 of rascality (America ) whilst the latter, (wh n IS dial l a , n a d nd ha n s e a xt w in if o e was sttea ere Joslin' Wakefield cattle market on behalf of himself an-. Ito w Having i got as much money there as he could , ? n rnininthgethfaemily way,) of the defrauded partners set off the next day telLirti°n in the hopes of procuring the return of soro !bor the money, but unfortunately arrived too late. ni h , tba publishing the names of the parties from 8 regal' "' D OC husband and wife who left in Halifax b ut Z le laud are. hbours, ,ag add, that in the • • opinion of all the nog has got the better half of both couples. , ' we tblit THE HARVEST.—There is a good reason to believ e 'a gist the general yield of the wheat crop of the u i nl s l l .i c tsth e dom will be below an average. In m any ''' `''veils. The , ears are light, and a good deal of mildew Pid be ?e* weather for some days past has been all that eeinsthertug sired for ripening the crops and for cutting disease a existi those fit for such operations. The potato ..40tas in some parts of Ireland, but not to so great slic7tirti44 to justify the alarm which some writers In Pl b .disee se l appear to entertain. There is very little of if; sa brer the Polish provinces, letters stateguthiletYwphaesir England so far. In reference to the wheat cr,F o ce a at' all accounts concur in stating that France Wi'dilyrisill; ficient harvest, ar.d the markets there are stea 'eve(' ,i ti f wheat,tO 118 In some parts of the South of Russia, and one i t ore , e rf entirely a failure. In America, however the e e ed s hoal prospect of an abundant wheat ' harvest; ' W I ' th e t t the weather prove propitious, there is little &lib yield will he immense, . _, v ,,t, and the quality excc' .. ...` i n 0101;1 PROSPECTS OF THE BRITISH FARNIO' IbiS C °° i six months the first six months of 1850, 4,984,290, but i°'>' ° of not t afford a fair test of the progress made ja t he t otittg the imports grain and flour, inasmuch as a large q .bolial imports for 1849 were in anticipation of he* o p A c oO A . of the duty on the Ist February in that year . g ive a ra sonof . correct result as to the effects of free trade in Ippr-r:A imports of wheat during the first six months of t d i be Or d year were more than double those of 184 8, a n „ in .071 may be said of other grain. In oats there was t be ia . .,, s l of 103 per cent. The total increase of all se": 5 01„. 1 7, PP' cent., exclusive of flour, which has 10 .. er h , e- Orstrt 302,194 cwts., in 1848, to 1,160,777 ewts• i n l ' -- f ifre‘ t ' t year of .1850, or 284 per cent. The imports ° j oy 10 barley, and oats for the month ending s t h jog pro' exceed those the folio of the preceding - year in portions : grain, flour, and meal, 6,928,129 ,qsausieri,e:slviseerP°°,:ordli Barley i NOVEL re a C t L l a ea m st . . is e e h r o e w t i n —When debts court 1849. 1850. pe r ce° y waso u r gdi ov g h e e nb l d i i oecul l fav n , ;el.: r t 2ehe h ,d OW i e t ht n eco ht m o se au .a p cn t o noct r ts of flou r ,29646 7 t i hio i e7o increase ...• 7t 3 i 7c I : 591 9 I P e a : , 5 tat. i n erel9 s s e i " T as h te e r p o u s and my ir c ree y b et i w nnet l a t oo a fstou n c e o f dogs in a biting inh( u krgwete n otrdte d heh e eoeae r ilsmfr t atac aaesiprkttrmpaetiesnnwhto, the ilffo i eun t mikt sae r r u,dymra a tesesi s eei: sied: ll )t se n :l.f_ : ol e iifi r s oo: ret l ps u iterer : eveetg it s. ,c s ti 1 ra t I sbomio P tobost lig h e 'e i owing to the which was showing en years of age, and in consequence 0 1 . , scat Lel " Mr. —, Glenba te: 4. 0 •:,:0v , "June, 1848. try, • ~ To R- ---- s '-'-• "To tamed for the son , ant al rsuer eplained that the bite r:absbg,!,•,,,c.;:ig:closs. dohgeyi 7 f s a the ir . p.liatityelc6trEd e r. , c. ennat.tbte (14: . , . Z en „,. 4 5, ow , g dangerous simtims whir, p oes, x o o g, t o family,the Life of the dog. danla, • 18 4 'yen la he cla' become mad, and if so p cb re o s ntem t ‘, rl onnl,k, t, pv u t af'aid it might become some dangerous ' .7' ste p-o . 'l,odr' desasterose c ‘ ,. ;t atins , f pielii be expected t the life of the dog, o e some ai' p D h O e t n a o m lit e ll e a a e A l r i e . s 7 . t e i g f p ° g . h r • e °e l n ti'd r e r fi °7;e s lll . , become mad too ; he, the joiar y to The and £8 Gs. Bd. for th e f t be 1 (0 nie ll. claim, before t o scure, when cleared °P bole ;.°P ant 045 tart', seemed o astonish the court not 11 ,,, e osifa_„a to than one description o a were inclined to suppose that the Li' d o g y P:i t y of t really the plated madness ° by ° l ig _ . a more sheriff, who e arty who had been bitten bY,f t t he p° o eq. the claim in claim, adjourned the case till thefelfe,icb °i is dog All September, the cool at nosnhere 0 1 w,, of havebot reduced the "d e • • tials in sasterose stco ear s applicant.—Banffsh" P 2 me Journal. !..,, letter aP au ly 3. A BLACK S the SHOWER.—The follovvii,„cetorY, on tbe Northampton Herald :—" vent ßulsvick,"rcaPoed ° —For the information of your teliderg 1 ..,, sc itne _, 43 1 • b we re or nenv this shallparish and neighbourhood. The nips 10'4; tor' blea allude to was that of a shower of h i s, - , Th„., - , 9 s dall , and many of them the • eof wa01.11,„"•" on tu - ,p ol happened on the day following sizSt. Swit."' bling'• - an the 16th instant. W eheard a sort ef,rlasinF.,' „left waggons, for upwards of an hour withou" f - ror p ta"'",4lo easterly direction. Some thought I aro se s ithi ° ' of others from the violent grief and anger 0). en se i te en wept for more than an hour , shedding litliti the I hail, as la sob,ng Oh, re as walnuts, breaking an d sul 'l 4°s°ll e biet and a hothouse frames at Fineshade AhheY,°%,,,sela' s i his tond at Tizover House, &c., and doing ire.rge'stion e` j ot the crops of grain. After a little Pac;Vebegal 03 anger he appeared more appeased during f r etf) be d Thursday so e s ay ; but on Friday he became b , e 0 irritable that, tomolest again wasberwoout P. a forth a great our poor ~,,,t , fell then,d e s au shower of black .rain. ." t he he g n der or four o'clock, rendering their clothes on 130 r e die c k ; ° 01 - those spread on the grass to dry quit t , f r o . _0 "nth church eir water caught in their tubs ebb Ness .i_..'seo etalysif leads and from their slated and tiled 1 H en s tan.,a the colour of ink. The above are the pheneini4 bedePo and parishioners witnessed, unlike to anY t ' des cr ttr ever seen before ; for the black shover 1, 0 the los falling in this parish last year did not 13 1 ° e ' e tubs , . as ob. nor a create a black-lead froth at top to the har d in o s tle r lst did, but only left behind black Partic les 'black si joad' stance, about the size of gunpowder. The , icti b i r , for at fell last Friday down from one P e nd fit tea camer a t li for the rain ' in the morning was perfectly cl,e_°_,,,, e en 0 ,, washing purposes ; but the rain that fell uesci OA and four o'clock was perfectly black, and ca co llef7, lead froth at the top tub, so that 1 mYs e oreety three or four bowls therenlyrom of such /N th ' 4 wer e 'di. after two boys loading my waggons with clu, °- b l a ck 5 , 5 , dered as black as chimney sweepers from tq,, inegr o pr ment the rain had left thereon ; my s hephe rd like collet sibles, up to the knees. were rendered of tbra. the oo after shepherding his sheep, so that it aPPe° O . 4 5 . , b oo was not confined to the parish.—J. T• T° l. oo litte e , i „f tbe SUNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY.-- The Co in to tfo ‘' n ire made their report on this subject. The sum to i' lq re whole matter is this :—Having been aPPet•bt n ot h e o whether Sunday labour in the Postoffice mi„ yell r e9 .4e J duced,—the committee contents itself with ref',ol e5i..,e0 ing the old limitations on Sunday labour .w a T in f erY ei ' o o3 long ago, and adds these two points :- 1 . T fl n ing b oat towns, where the mails arrive ou Saturday eve 0, ilv,s4 eight o'clock, the letters be delivf red that. rieftPe`r.r. of wk of the next morning.-2. That the rrr 3 ! e bout slily who now have to go their rounds during tn alter r ate , ac e, vine service, be allowed a sulstitute each so f e w ri r e, day. The first of these rules can applY to of ge ner. ° oo os as to be perfectly insignificant as a measures _ d on _ to lief. The second is not, strictly speaking, _..or'perso,ll:o, Sunday labour at all ; it merely appoints verso°v!), T o re' labour each Sunday alternately, where one ct o s t he eily, bad to labour every Sunday. Had theseted, $ the ductions" of Sunday labour been fairly Pre 'nick sole beneficial result of this commission of wneit it up' absurdity of the affair would at once har e , t - ve jy, P' e dit' eye. The commissioners_, therefore, decTstionpaltbip ten recommendations, as if these recommen,, these egetbel° result of their inquiry. But in shat doin,,__smo tit insult to all their readers, namely, they 3 c ' ss Order to be entirely ignorant of the facts of qle_ for ros. u _bie , persons to be deceived by the offer a O ld re,ieredita.ol the guise of new ones. Anything m ore ~,eeritl ;1. either to the information, or else to the .'"" ne ver ',che plain-dealing. of the parties concerne _d o le t he The rest of the document agrees with this spe,.„ o f , so t &mew" ar ia re f e r commissioners coolly reply.—" In con s _ ii 9 e views we may refer to numerous I,ltition to notarong complaining of the recent change. Bli,Lient, Prolif also to the " numerous petitions to Par" ",.d ? e ti' 'stow.. be 1', 0 ,.. that the recent changes might not be dl ~,,,, t not remark the almost-unparalleled fact. .•_`. - s ., Ono tioners in favour of the suspension have 1r .. 15,00 ; B et the petitioners against the suspension V, on e? Co nte; proportion being more than twenty - eighil th e i the whole affair is utterly disgusting. bp i it i n tb 0 we doubt not, will show their sense of it, ,. ?elect ° .4 sion of 1851 and whenever the next gerl e-a tt l ' arrive.liable If "riveli° 0 11 id PERSONAL BEAUTY !--AITIOTIg the mos fern on du° t butes of Beauty, whether regarded as c..ary took inoma purity and grace of aspect, or as a nvil , .. rs a 0 p loveliness, a beautiful set of Teeth must efelble per' the the most • important elements of a al f yours • 0 o , t o erlatie Tito appearance. The embellishment and pres _ Dg ole tio ps Teeth and Gums have, therefore, eve ass peculiar interest ; and among the °l ass (I s voul d ,, Pa ps ° ll i suggested for these desirable purposes, wer,.ioe, - 0 0 laritie" Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl nelll3,.."„iiipbiag;See rivalled for • .• _ _ o no._ _„ t a., its excellence in purifying) •,,,, Or' Preserving these important and attradl• tri .° ' bA I o ld advertisement. Colif,no j i, FOR INDIGESTION, STOMACH & gutteringti: 1.4- ~,f a TAKE HOLLOWAY'S Pmts.—Persons _ rr ti, h etil derangement of the liver, stomach, or tle posa.llat gestion, should have recourse to Ho is OPP" Of rDO is no other medicine known that acts on ec u t i Its P else pi complaints with such certain sucees9- b, incr t ioa lc parties strengthen the tones f tte stoniseattby pc SII appetite, purify the blood, d induce a e„ bn irtib le f i e 1 11/ ,: t the liver. For bovvel complaints it is *_toring the '4 removes every primary cause, thereby r . Nel. v cu re tient to the soundest health and strengt°,.. coif sick head-aches and lowness of spirits mil 11 ' by taking a. course of liolloway's rills. , ct.:-..ii_ws II 0 meotir. Reapingisnow almost s the farmers general i n the a re al rneighbourhoodoady carting o f Edinburgh, and throu g h ou t th e L ot hi ans. Th e gra i n i s so dry that in some the stocks into the barnyard. The yield of wheat is ex pected to be above an average, and of excellent quality. INQUESTS ON FIRES.—At the late Lincoln assizes, Chief Justice Sir J. Jervis severely reprobated the prac tice of coroners holding inquests over fires. The case then heard was where the plaintiff had had his stacks and farm buildings burned down. An inquest was held, and in consequence of the evidence then given, the Yorkshire Fire Company refused to pay the damage which Mr. Ward had suffered, and, in consequence, the action was brought by the plaint iff to recover the amount of his loss. Since the assizes, Mr. Hitchens has written a letter to the learned judge, stating his determination to hold inquests on fires so long as he holds the office of coroner. PotsoN.—A return has been printed of the trials for poisoning or attempting to poison in England, Scotland, and Ireland during the last eleven years. The total num ber of persons tried for the offence is 224 ; the total num ber of parties whose lives have been taken or attempted to be taken by poison is 243 ; the number of convictions is 75. This gives an a nnual average of rather more than 22 persons and nearly 7 co nvictions. Among the accused the number of females is slightly in excess of that of males. The English circuits in which the greatest number of poisoning cases have occurred are the Norfolk, the West ern, and the Northern. Next in order are the Midland, Western, North Wales, and the Central Criminal Court. The total of Scotch cases is 15, of convictions 7 ; the total of Irish cases is 56, of convictions 13. The number of trials varies slightly from year to year, and does not ap pear to be on the increase. Aug, 20, ita, At )!1411 ma 47 bk. it 4 4 ; we of too op r e : o l 43l i; tt i Oni mclod ties; tli t d I :Its 11 4, 14 ' to el a t t ".' l to Ate 44 14 O t rip 411, er Itpoi 4 ;i ll e p " k l bt 7407, i tt itk 1 71 I,_ it - ‘A" t i .1 101 w' l tta %Id 4? , Ni! th 171 4 1 4 NI! k !Ile !II