The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-08 00:00:00

Fui-IEIGN to hay feverish and Tr AND COLONIAL. INDIA AND CHINA. ress in anticipation of the Ove 3sual a laid to ha The sure test interest ement had ect, hove at Bomb& Cape of Good ops were being withdrawn Martial law had been pro- lied by mili on. Col important of its a this coun- gements as equally .er, that 'erred to has been the ne Princes. against ack villain, ott s crimes Dker of Hamburg advertises a ghbourhood. of f a body of troops on the 28th ult Court of Cassation tret appeal to the Attorney- lie Couit of Orleans, ent of the charge of man ary in a duel, on the ground e nor an offence, The inary crime has been committed ich six persons were killed on the were severely wounded, and all a negro. During the carnival .rued into the room where a bal at the time ; and, without any vith a poniard six persons, who 'e injuries they received ers were more or as arrested, and will pay the vessel for a i that a sufficient num: o take part in the under ;engers. The voyage is to e is scarc visited to enable the pes and inhabitants an interesting part. scepting Australia and de untably omitted alto !l, sufficient time is sengers to see . The charge ertised, but it is understood to and-of ba y was brought be- the Ardeche. Aiwoman ig murdered four new- nt times to carry to Lich she received xpense al depos She de- buried in ap.,,,,...A ns of tt fields ai _ ....livered in, ere all found, part e ground to become She was con- ere ever GALLA left on the asts of pre' )our for life _....,,,arR0US ENCOUNTER—The fol extract from a letter, dated her Majesty's Growler, January 19th, off Sea Bar :—" On 'nth, Lieutenant Lodwick (the first " ;n with a felucca, which, on and, of course, Lieut. • have got away if she had resistance. When the pin .din thirty yards, they observed a ~icets, fore and aft of the felucca ; after Lodwick cheered his men to get up to , charged this fearful battery; but no 'r out than the felucca opened on the ggerer for the poor boat ; but fortu fired too high (the felucca had now filled and , t as fast as the boat could pull). Lieut. -eturned this with a round shot, and 180 In the first volley from the felucca the rim of Lieut. - Lodwicles hat was shot through ; but their second volley told with mortal effect. Two men were shot dead, and Lieut Lodwick and two men severely wounded, Lieut. Lodwick having been struck on the left steam,- s Lienl sooner was the ci and ha and the of as a sta; id six o: r ;„1„.. I great many Harnp 8 e with so few men, s oars shot away, it was obliged to picked the boat up standing towards Lieut. Lodwick is reported out of danger, er two men are doing well. The boat and literally riddled. There must have been a I and wounded on board the felucca, as nace could hear the groans."— hire Telegrisph IRELAND The Banner of Ulster intimates that " notices to quit" pill be served upon such of the northern representatives e their support to Sir Robert Peel on the May- as may g nooth question. SHIPWRECK. —During the storm on Wednesday night, a vessel, laden with wheat, was wrecked near Moher, county Clare. The captain, with five men, were on board, all of 'whom, it is melancholy to relate, have been lost. On' Thursday week, an address was presented to Miss Paucit by the members of the Royal Irish Academy y of Ancient Arts, expressing the delight at her performance in Antigone, and ac- and the Societ' _ eautiful brooch, made of frisb gold, and )f the most beautiful and classic design, as a testimonial On Friday night week a man and his wife, servants in a gentlemen's family near Derry, retired to bed leaving a small fire in the room, and in the morning they were found dead, having been suffocated by the smoke which collected in the room, and was prevented escaping through the chimney by reason of the violence of the storm in the . . there ha blood shed. been another outrage in Tipperary and more A gentleman, while out on his own grounds, was assailed by six men and dreadfully beaten. The party were soon after met by three policemen who were out in search of an escaped convict. A conflict ensued, two of the police were badly wounded, but they killed one of the tsix, and took another prisoner. The next day, at noon, fifty men in disguise entered the lands of a farmer who had recently entered upon the land, and expelled , • STRATED THREATENING NOTICES.—On Sunday week, the steward and the butler at Moydrum Castle, Tipperary, received two letters through the postoffice, threatening them with instant death, if they did not give up some land. At the bottom of the steward's notice was a sketch of a tall man, like him, in the act of falling from a shot fired at him by a small man, with the mark of the wound on one side of his temple, and blood on the other, as if the ball passed through his bead. On the butler's no tice was a man behind a ditch, waiting for his coming op to discharge a musket at him. THE IRISH MARRIAGES ACT.—On Tuesday the act of ast session came into operation. It is a singular circnm inder the provisions of the act, no marriages stance tha can be legally celebrate - d in Ireland, by the clergy of any Protestant denomination, or by the registrars, during the ensuing seven days ! The act, it will be remembered, re quires'that seven days' notice must be given before license can be issued, and a notice could not be served under the act before Tuesday ; it consequently happens that until next Monday there can be no marriages lawfully performed in Ireland, save by Roman Catholic priests—an unprece dented anomaly !—Dublin Mail. DISGRACEFUL FACTION FIGHT.—The fair-day of Kil laloe was disgraced by a bloody affray between contending factions of the Terry Alts. Six hundred persons were en gaged in it ; when heads were broken by alpeens and stones—limbs were mutilated—the worst ferocity was ex hibited—police were knocked about like turf ; they were wholly unable to check the rage of the ruffians. A fellow of the name of Minahan, in the act of whirling an alpeen, and shoutin g for victory, received a blow of a stone on the head, which penetrated and fractured the skull, and left him, to all appearance, lifeless. Many others received serious wounds, from which it is thought they cannot re cover. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. — The meeting of this body, after a fortnight's adjournment, was held on Monday. Mr. O'Connell denounced the ribbon system as still pre vailing, and said that at Manchester and Liverpool there were persons connected with the Trades' Unions who made a regular trade of it. The Committee on the Re peal Prize Essays reported that 48 essays had been sent in and that the Premiums had been awarded as follow : Fret prize, of £lOO, to M. J. Barry, Esq., barrister at Law; second prize, £75, to Mr. Alderman Staunton; and the third prize, £5O, to " An Irish Protestant," name unknown. Mr. W. S. O'Brien proposed that a new prize of £lOO, should be offered for the best con densed History of Ireland, which was carried unanimously. The rent for the fortnight was only £473. ESCAPE FROM GAOL.—On Monday a convict of the name of Ryan, under „ sentence of tr anspor t a ti on f or fifteen N y ea rs, escaped from enagh gaol. In consequence of an intimation to the governor that the prisoners planned a general rising, the guard was doubled. The prisoner es caped by the mostingenious means. His cell was situate over the privy, and by means of a small hold-fast suc ceeded in raising one of the flags, with which his cell is floored ; he then cut away, by the same means, the brick work and plaster, making anaperture sufficient to admi himself through, taking with him his quilt, which he tor )ther y over ti in a gr up, twisted into the form of a rope 'and tied together, so as to make it sufficiently'lon.• for his purpose; by this he descended ihto the privy, got over the yard railings, which hen crossed similar railings of v-pit fie got a ladder, got :nded into the outer yard, . € ,ainst the wall, and - having igs with stones, and attached the sa e-shed, and•desc 4r Parr hich did not reach more roppec h, however, brok Repeated offers to back Obs t. He was ar f favou 'sted soc in after 3, and afterwards _ posed new after arise lks this other trimmini s still of the r THE COURT it FASHIONABLE WORLD. The Queen and Prinde Albert visited the Queen Dowa ger on Monday at Marlborou6.ll House. It is stated that the Earl Of h. _her Majesty's visit to Ireland in thy, preparatory arrangements at his re Park, for the reception of the roya' 'ocien, in anticipation of trimmer, is making lence, Tullamore The Royal visit to Ireland daring the approaching miner is said to be definitely settled. The month of s_the_period mentioned.. While there, it_is under- seat of the Duke of Devonshire, with her presence. Her Majesty and her illustrious Consort remained at Cowes, visiting many interesting places in the neighbour . .he Royal party or Portsmouth, le interim, until Tuesday, in the Victoria and Albert yacht, f and thence by railway to Buckingham Palace A new anthem, composed by Prince Albert, was re hearsed in St. George's Hall last week. The Queen's private band and the choir of St. George's were in attend ance. Her Majesty and the Prince came into the ball; and his Royal Highness, after the first trial, picked out a I aft'w'ds off.) fi errors in the instruwental department. The anthem, )n being tried over again, proved' to be perfect.. The Queen then commanded it to be played over once more, and was much delighted with the composition and the manner in which it was performed. This anthem, enti tled " Out of the deep hue I called thee," is acknow ledged by the first-rate judges who were present to be the chef d'oeuvre of the Prince's compositions. FASHIONS FOR APRIL Velvet will , f the different shades of colour in the dress, sometimes ornament the skirts; it is also used on organdy, and has Feet in shade of colour; others, again, termed en of several rows, gradually diminishing in width till st ; fringes, dentelles zephir, and ;ed. The make of o cceur, with richly jet, are still used ; five or six rows Of lace :irt, from the bottom to the ceinture, has a ornament ball dresses; those of gauze or tulle are extremely fall, bat some of silk and velvet have been made quite plain at the waist, which effect is produced by the skirt being en biais and round like a pelerine, which is well suited to stout figures. Bracelets are very wreaths is very fitshioiiible, not only for the hair, but also in caps and coiffures. Satin is the first material to succeed velvet for bon nets, then poults de soie glices, shaded crapes, paille de riz, open straws, &c. • the form remains s ma ll, some a littl e open , ot h ers more closed; the new nceud b l'Espagnol is much admired for straws, and is composed of different shades of green, and forms a New cra a three shades of the same colour, and form light but elegant coiffures; wreaths of deli cate flowers, field daisies, heaths, mignonnettes, lilac, primroses, &c., are used for fancy capotes; bonnets of poult de soie are with bouillons. LOCAL MEETINGS, TOWN COUNCIL_ PROCEEDINGS At the usual monthly meeting of the Council on Wednesday, the sub-committee appointed on the Bth alt. to assist in effecting an amalgamation of the two gas companies, reported that they had not been able to effect the amalgamation, the New Gas and Coke Company having declined proceeding further in the amalgamation on the terms proposed, and the committee of the Liverpool Gas Company, under these altered circumstances, deemed it inexpedi ent to express their opinions alone, (however desirous they may be to come to satisfactory terms of amalgamation,) on the proposed terms. The sub-committee also reported that they deemed it advisable that they should be authorised by the Council to adopt such further means as they may think requisite for the protection blic interests, as well with reference to the bill of the pro r company, as, under any circumstances, that may here ) with respect to the existing Gas Companies. After a versation the proceedings were confirmed, and Mr. Hodg son, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Hugh Hornby, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. A spi nall, and Mr. Plumpton, were appointed the committee to carry out the recommendation A appvareu irum use proceecungs ot the uocic uommittee that the model of the landing -stage for the George's Pier, No. 19, had been sent to the parliamentary committee. Some conversation then took place on the subject, when Mr. Molyneux explained that though No. 19 had been sent to the parliamentary committee it had not been adopted. The principle was approved of, but not adopted. Mr. Boyden condemned the plan, and said it was on cast-iron pil lars, of no use at all, but it was the principle only that it was se lected for, because it stood on pillars, although their own surveyor had given them quite as good a plan before. I t was a plan, how• s impracticable to adopt it. The proceedings were confirmed. Before the proceedings of the Courts of Law Committee were con firmed, Mr. Aikin urged upon that body to reconsider the inade quate extent of the concert-room. - Mr. ASPINALL, in moving the confirmation of the Health Com mittee proceedings, said that Mr. Simplon. engineer at the new water works, had examined Mr. Williams's apparatus for the con sumption of smoke, and so highly approved of it that he was going to put it to the engine now in course of erection for the . Highway Board. Mr. Blackburn said the Health Committee had had a very important subject under their consideration—namely, that in all future plans for the erection of cottages, provision should be made to their satisfaction for a separate privy and ash-pit for each habi tation, and the means of cleansing the same. How far this was practicable, he dare not give an opinion. The committee had not as yet decided upon it; but Mr. Rishton, the surveyor, had been requested to report upon the subject. The proceedings were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE .-TIII:TRSDAY A communication from the Shipbuilders' Association represent-. ing the want of graving dock accommodation, was referred to the Haf our Masters' Sub-committee.—Reports were read from the Head Constable and Harbour Masters as to the fire on board the ship Syria, in Princes Dock, on Sunday last. The Head Constable stated that the circumstances of the fire were such as to require strict investigation, which was now in progress. Mr. Askew, in his report, stated that he had no doubt the fire was the work of an in • cendiary. It appears that the dunnage wood, which was ignited, was lying on the top of barrels of tar and rosin. Reports as to the fire on the quay of Brunswick Graving Doak were read. Mr. Askew, in this case also, stated that he believed the fire was the work of an incendiary. A communication was read from Mr. W. Rathbone, as President of the American Chamber of Commerce, suggesting the propriety of a revision of the dock dues on goods. Several instances were mentioned in which parties were sending goods for shipment to other ports by railway, in consequence of the excessive charges at this port. The question was allowed to be of paramount importance, and it is intended to revive the sub-commit tee to inquire into this matter. An answer was directed to be sent to the letter, to the effect that the subject had engaged, and would still engage, the serious attention of the committee. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS-THURSDAY Mr. G. G. Hornby stated that he had surveyed Dale-street and Manchester-street, according to the wish of the board. He reported that the pavement was in good order, and would last for years, having already lasted thirteen years, with little expense. Seeing that no complaints had before been heard, and that the cost of taking it up would be .€1394, he considered the board would not be justified in expending such a large sum of money on this street, when so many streets in the town were in such bad condition. As to Manchester-street, he recommended it should be laid with small square sets, the cost of which would be £175. Some conversation ensued, during which it was stated that the cost of laying Dale street as at present was £5,000. The report was adopted.—The Chairman reported that Mr. Deane had gone to London for the purpose of getting a clause inserted into the new Dock Bill, autho rising the committee to lay the same rates on dock warehouses as on the other warehouses in the town.—The Chairman, in reply to Mr. Turner, said he had no official intimation that Mr. Procter had resigned his place in the sub-committee on gas. Mr. Hornby said he had heard Mr. Deane state he had a note to that effect.—A memorial from the Houseowners' Guardian Society, signed Wm. Walthew, president, on the subject of procuring a better and cheaper supply of water for the inhabitants of this town and neigh bourhood, was read. In the course of the conversation which en sued, it was stated, that by the new Water Bill the council had power to make pumps and fountains in public streets, so that the poor would be supplied with water gratuitously by these means. Mr. Tinne : If I had water shares I would sell them. The re ceipt of the memorial was ordered to be acknowledged, and the me morialists to be informed that the subject would have the early consideration of the board.—A report from the committee for wa tering the streets was read. Mr. Kaye said that any attempt to bolster up the present system was useless : it was only an apology for watering the streets. He was glad that the new act would ena ble them to alter it, anti by next year a perfectly new system would be adopted.—The board then adjourned. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.-TUESDAY The report of the Finance Committee contained a resolution re moving the restriction against building, with respec t to the land between Bridge-end Creek and the property lately occupied by Mr. Case, and granting permission to erect a steam-engine thereon ; £lOO to be paid for the privilege Strong objections were taken to this, and ultimately it was resolved not to eon irm the resolution. The monthly receipts of the Woodside and Monks Ferries were .e 1.587 against £ll3O in the corresponding month of last year. Mr. J N. Wood complained of the meagre reports presented by the Ferry Committee. They ought to show the expenditure as well as the receipts ; for doubtless if the one was increasing the other was increasing also. A great delusion had been practised on the rate payers of Birkenhead by the way in which the accounts had been kept. There was a credit in the Ferry account of £6,000 profit: but in the general account of the township there was a debit of £7,000 for new boats. That ought to have been charged in the re gular account. It was a delusion to say the rates were to be reduced out of the profits of the ferry, for it thus turned out, that instead of having £6,000 profit they were .€l,OOO in debt. They were certainly increasing their capital, but that was all. Mr. Wood went on to show how anxious the Dock Committee were to supply the requisite landing accommodation, and complained that a correspondence be tween Mr. Hartley and Mr. Bendel had not been laid before the meeting. SELECT VESTRY -TIIESDAY. The number of paupers in the house was 1,796, who cost Is. 11Id per head, and £173 19s. 93. in money, which is 93 paupers less, 21d. per head, and £8 10s. 6d. in money more than hut year. The sum expended on out-door poor during the last fortnight was £739 17s. 4d., which relieved 6,577 cases ; at the same period of 1844, the number of cases was 7,602, at the cost of £896, being 1,02.5 eases, and £ 56 2s. Bd. in money less than last year. Mr. Ford gave no tice that at the next meeting he would bring forward a motion for the admission of reporters. A petition to the House of Commons was adopted for the total abolition of the law respecting parochial settlement and the relief of the poor out of the consoliik ted fund, and the board of guardians throughout the countryFe to be written to to el-operate in obtaining the prayer of the petition. Mr. John Weightman was appointed to superintend the alterations at • the Workhouse, at a commission of two-and-a-half per cent. on the actual cost. IVESLEYAN 31ISSIONARY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday night, and was addressed by several ministers. The ordinary income of the Parent Society had amounted, in the last year, to the noble sum of £103,326, being a net increase of £4,0 45 . 385 missiona ries, including those in Ireland, were now employed; and there had been an increase of members in the collective missionary sta tions during the last year of 6,253, making the total of communi cants under missionary care 98,511. There were also 60,101 scho. lars in the mission schools. The society had last year 8 missiona ries, 819 day-school teachers, and 373 local preachers in the Friendly Islands. In 1843 in the Liverpool Nortb Circuit, .e 687169. Gd. was collected; in 1844, £695 69. In 1843, in the Liverpool South Dis trict, £546 12s. 104 was collected ; in 1844, £655 17s. 7d. For the whole district, in 1843, the income was £2,820 6s. 5d.; in 1844, it was £2,865 Os. 7d., showing an increase of £44 14s. 2d. RETORT DIRECT.—One John M'Cuen, of Pawtucket, having posted his better half, she replies in the Gazette as follows :—" My husband has posted me as having left his bed and board. I wish simply to say that he never had any. All the beds to which he lays claim were given me by my father,—ROSANNA M'CUEN."—American paper. nd Ntai t—Bo rn mre. Jan with a fort VTELLIGENCE TTE RSALL'S . t Mr A &s STAKES 's Id as. n's Obscurity (take 1r W. Scott's Cataract (t iseria (take 12 to 1). tone's The Era (taken' en, and afterwards 'take 39 to 1 Pride of Kildare (ditto, , its Queen of Tyne (ditto). 's Patriot (take 40 to I , ut without, that we are it, Semiseria and Cata- I agst the Era at different periods of rid 20 to l agst Winesour, the smallest )aas in each case being the closing ones. Ratan, Pride of Kil lame, Queen of Tyne, Portrait, and Patriot, wer e i n some fa * " " e slackness of business were only backed for small sun DERBY s Alarm (ditto). Lord Stradbroke's Idas (take 15 to 1 Colonel Anson's Kedger (ditto). dr Grey lear-the-way (taken freely). eb colt (taken, and att'w'da - Colonel Peel's Cob Lord Ch Lord GI, eld's Newsmonger (difto: Miss Whip colt (ditto: Mr Mo,tyn's Pantasa (taken freely). Mr St. Paul's Mentor (taken). Mr A. W. Hill's lronmaster (all in), (taken). Mr Gully's Old England (ditto). Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen (ditto). Mr Coleman's Young Eclipse (taken, and after- wards offered). Mr Ford's Fuzbos (taken). Mr Wyatt's sister to Laundress (taken Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon. Mr Forth's Remorse (taken). 11 to I was taken to 50 about Alaim, 18 to Ito a large sum about Clear-the-Way, 20 to 22 to I about the Cobweb colt to nearly .t'2oo, 30 to I freely about Pantasa, 1,000 to 25 three times about the Laird o'Cockpen, 1,000 to 20 three or four times about Fusbos, 1,000 to 35 about Lord Exeter's lot, and the quoted odds to £3O to 0 each about Newsmonger, the Miss Whip colt, Weatherbit, Ironmaster, Old England, Mentor, and two or three others. MANCHESTER FRIDAY NIGHT, 20'00 cux Offers to back the two cracks against the field at evens, to lay 5 to 2 on the field, or take 3 to I and "bar one"; 6 to I was offered agst either Cobweb or Weatherbit. The immediate induentials and really sanguine party were open to take 1040 to 100 on Obscurity, 8 to 1 was the top offer "- . to mat sum; 8 to 1 was laid in ponies 40 to 1 in ponies twice agst the Pride of as much inquired after in a Kildare leading quar once obtained; 300 to lu and 28 tO 1 was laid agst Zanoni; Offers to take 12 to 1 either he or old Portrait win. Closing prices, &c., against the horses 7 to 1 agst g— 1 the Irish lot (offered freely) Obscurity (offered, 10 to 1 wanted) Semiseria (offered, 12 to 1 wanted) Cataract (offered, 12 to 1 wanted) The Era (offered, take 14) Winesour (offered, take 25) Yheoman-ac-Knuck (top offer) Portrait (top offer) Zanonf(tiken; 33-1 33-1 35-1 35-1 40 - 1 40-1 40-1 40-1 66-1 .00 - 1 Ratan (offered, 40 wanted) The Queen of the Tyne (offered) Celeste (offered) Pug (nominal) Trueboy (nominal) Pride of Kildare (taken Patriot (offered) Fitzallen (offered) Ouhi Ireland (nominal) Foig-a-Ballagh (nominal) The Hermit (offered Extr aganza (offered) The same agst Advice (offered in one bet) Forth's lot was backed at 12 to 1 in scores ; Weatherbit at 26 to 1 in ponies, and a desire to take on ; 25 to 1 was taken to some money on Tuesday; 400 to 10 was taken at noon on the Laird o' Cockpen. 10 to 1 agst Alarm (wanted) 12 1 Kedger (offered, 14 wanted) 13 1 Idas (offered) 16 1 Clear - -the-wity (offered, 17 wanted) 18 1 Pam (offered) 22 1 Newsmonger (offered) 25 1 Weatherbit (top offer) Old England, Fuzbos, Cabin Boy, and one or two others were named, but no prices transpired. CHESTER SPRING MEETING, 1845 HANDICAP for the CHESHIRE STARES, of 25 Sovs. each 15 ft., and 5 only if declared on the 17th in , t 9 0 Milton 9 0 Dog Billy 8 8 Agriculture 5 8 8 Patriot 5 8 8 Croton Oil aged 8 5 Intrepid 4 6 2 5 712 Coal Black Rose 4 6 2 5 711 Babylon 5 710 Ould Ireland 3 412 4 710 Fitzallen 5 7 5 Marrowmat 3 3 12 4 7 5 Secutor 3 4 7 4 Bretwalda 3 4 7 4 Sister to Devil-among the Tailors 3 4 4 The Era. Faugh-a-ballagh.. 4 Trueboy.. Winesour Aristides Discord Semiseria Phi!ip Extempore Red Deer . Cataract... Godfrey ... Portobe.lo. What 5 The Best-of-Three 4 7 4 The Bashaw 5 6 13 Pride of Rildare 4 6 12 SHIPTON.—The Skipton Steeple Chase and the following match came off on Friday the 28th March. In the match Mr. Batty's Single PePper beat Mr. Thornber's Fanny Grey. Single Peeper was ridden by the huntsman of the Craven harriers with great judgment. He took the lead from the start, and came in a long way first; Fanny Grey was ridden by Mr. Hogg, a cele brated steeple chase rider from the north ; Single Peeper after wards won the steeple chase, beating three others very easy. Mr. Batty's Miss Queen won the mile race over the flat beating three others. FRUITS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.—The Shilling Magazine (March, 1845,) in a review of an American " Narrative of an Exploring Expedition," quotes one passage as " too faithful a tribute of the influence of the savage race to be passed over." It is as follows :—" No thing could be more striking than the difference that pre vailed between the natives of Raraka and those of the Disappointment Islands which we had just left. It ap peared as though we had issued out of darkness into light. They showed a modest disposition, and gave us a hearty welcome. We were not long at a loss to what to ascribe it ; the missionary had been at work here, and his exer tions bad been based upon a sure foundation ; the savage had been changed to a reasonable creature. Among the inhabitants was a native missionary, who had been in strumental in this work. If the missionaries had effected nothing else, they would deserve the thanks of all those who roam over this wide expanse of ocean, and incur its many unknown and hidden dangers. Here all ship wrecked mariners would be sure of kind treatment, and a share in the few comforts these people possess. No sa vage mistrust or fear were seen here. The women and children came about us, receiving our trifles. They showed much joy and curiosity at the sight of us, and were eager to supply our wants." TOMBS OF THE KINGS OF THEBES.—The first thing we visited was the Tombs of the Kings. Setting out at an early hour, we proceeded across the plain towards the Li byan mountains ; where the sun's heat, already very powerful, was felt to be oppressive, more particularly when, having crossed the cultivated plain, we touched upon the Desert, and entered those winding rocky defiles lead ing to the Biban el Melook. The transition was most striking. The eye, which but a few minutes before had reposed upon verdant plains, palm- woods, and the cool blue waters of the Nile, now encountered a most desolate scenery—blasted rocks, huge perpendicular cliffs, deep and dismal ravines, the seat of eternal silence and barrenness, the very " Valley of the Shadow of Death." In certain conditions of mind, however, such places are not unpro ductive of delight. Nature, elsewhere robed and concealed from sight by a thousand magical appearances, seems here to stand before us, naked in all her majesty. Our ideas wander beyond their usual sphere ; for the mind, seeming to have pushed its researches into forbidden regions up to the very threshold of eternity, feels as if about to solve the mystery of life and death. Conscious of a firm hold upon existence, our spirits buoyant with rol ust health, we en ter, as if assured of immortality, the pi rtals of the grave, saying secretly to ourselves, " Death has, indeed, been at work here; but over us he has no power !" Everything around us is calm and motionless. No animals bound along the earth, no trees wave in the wind, no streams, no rivulets flow, reminding us, by their progression, of the flux of time. The stainless purity of the atmosphere de fends us even from the passing shadow of a cloud. All is stationary, fixed, immutable, as if prepared for eternal du ration ; sunshine and tranquillity brood over the land scape, and we participate in the calm of nature.—Library of Travel. SENT WRONG, BUT CAME RIGLIT.—A letter, mis sent as far as it possibly could be—(that is, to the anti podes !) reac ,- ed its desti na ti on thi s w e e k, w th ou t a moment's delay ! The way was this :—A. letter was posted at Nelson, in New Zealand, for Wellington, in the same colony. The Nelson postmaster mis-sent it to tine other side of the globe : in other words, to England. On its arrival on Saturday last, it was, for some sufficient reason (probably to ascertain if it were intended for Wel lington in Shropshire), opened in the general post-office, and found to contain a letter for a lady in Gateshead, which was to have been posted at Wellington. Now, ac cording to strict rule, this letter ought to have been re turned to New Zealand ; but the post-office authorities, thinking the rule (in this instance) " more honoured in the breach than in the observance," sent it direct to Gateshead ; and it was delivered to our fair neighbour on Monday ; so that, although mis-sent about 12,000 miles it was not delayed a day.—Gateshead Observer. 'l-1E LIVERPOOL STAPiDARD. SOUTH LANCASHIRE • SPRING ASSIZES, CROWN COURT, ,-TUESDAY Ann O'Donnell, late of Bolton,'single woman, was in dicted for having, at Bolton, on the 17th March last, murdered her infant illegitim'ata child, by strangling it. The prisoner was a servant with a night-watchman in Bolton, named Thomas Maher. Suspicion being excited, she was charged with having given birth to a child, but denied it. On searching her master's house, however, the dead body of a new-born female child was found, and ted that the child was hers and that it had been born in the course of the previous night. The sur geons were of opinion that it had been born alive ; they attributed its, death to strangulation, for they observed the mark of fingers about its neck. - The jury found the prisoner guilty of concealing the birth, and his lordship sentenced her to two years' transportation. Absalom Hall, who had pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging him with sending a threatening letter, was called up, and at the suggestion of Mr. Brandt, counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Wilkins, for the prisoner, expressing his sincere contrition and thankfulness foe the leniency shown him, was discharged on his recognizance of £lOO, to come up te receive . judgment when called upon. Joshua Ramsbottom, indicted for highway robbery, with violence, at Edenfield, near Bury, was acquitted. John Rawden and William Taylor were sentenced to ten years' transportation for a burglary at Manchester. Jane Leech was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for burglary. Joseph Robert was indicted for cutting and maiming Michael Murphy in this town. Ann Larkin deposed to seeing the prosecutor Murphy with his master, a man named Burns, in Tithebarn-street in January last. After passing him about two yards heard a noise, and saw Murphy down on the flags with the prisoner holding him by the collar. Murphy tried to get up, and prisoner knocked him down again with his fist, and then pulled a knife out of his pocket. Murphy seized the wrist of the arm which held the knife, and got partially up, but priso ner tripped him again and struck him twice in the head with the knife. Murphy screeched when struck, on which a man came up with a stick to hit Murphy, but struck the prosecutor. Afterwards prisoner and the man ran away together. Went afterwards with Murphy to the Dispensary. Whilst there prisoner came to get his head dressed. The prisoner was acquitted. NISI_PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY , DOE DEM. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS v. RAEFERTT.— n action of ejectment to recover possession of some -emises in Liverpool, was arranged between the parties. -The next case, WILKINSON v. HOLT, was an action to - - , • recover damages for an alleged breach of promise of mar riage; but the plaintiff's counsel stated that it had been agreed to take a verdict for £6O, and the defendant's counsel said that, although the promise had been broken, there was not the slightest imputation upon the conduct of the young lady. No christian names or localities were mentioned.—ln BROWN, ADMINISTRATOR V. UNS WORTH, an action in Troyer to recover the value of some bay, a juror was withdrawn.—ln LANCASTER V. HART LEY. an action to recover some money lent to the defen dant, and involving disputed payments and much con flicting testimony, the jury found for the plaintiff, da mages £l4B ls. 10d: SANDERSON v. M ' DONNELL.—An action brought by David Sanderson. journeyman cabinet-maker, of Bury, against Patrick M'Donnell, master cabinet-maker, of Manchester, for a trespass, assault, and false imprison ment. The allegation was, that the plaintiff went to the defendant's shop to assist a journeyman of the name of Firth to remove his tools, and that the defendant shook him by the collar, and had him conveyed to the lock-up, at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, where he remained six hours, and that when the case came before the magistrates the following morning, the defendant admitted that he had no charge to make against him. The jury gave the plain tiff a farthing damages. CROWN COURT.-WEDNESDAY David Nightingale was found guilty of the manslaugh ter of Robert Jones, at Barton-upon- Irwell, in February last.—James Haworth and William Sladen, indicted for the same offence were acquitted. William Jones (19), was indicted for the murder, at Liverpool, of Richard Fairclough, police-officer, by striking him on the head with a poker. The particulars appeared in this paper at the time. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter of a most aggravated cha racter, and he was sentenced to transportation for life. NISI PRIUS COURT.—WEDNESDAY. PALEY, JUN. v. KNOWLES.—This action was brought by Mr. John Paley, manufacturer, Preston, for the loss occasioned by the submersion of twenty-two bales of Or leans cotton in sea water. The defendant was Mr. John Knowles, of the same town. In August last, the flat Mona's Isle, which contained the cotton in question. came in contact with the flat Speakman, owned by the defendant, and, in consequence, the former flat was run on Crosby shore, when a considerable quantity of water rushed into the hold, and damaged the cotton. The plain tiff's witnesses said that the captain of the Speakman might have avoided the collision if he had used due dili gence, whilst, on the other hand, the captain himself said he had done all in his power to avoid it. The Judge told the jury the question was purely one of damages, if they should be of opinion that the crew of the Speakman were employed by, and were the servants of, the defendant. The jury gave the plaintiff £4O damages. ATKINSON AND OTHERS v. FORSTER.—This was an action upon a charter party. The plaintiffs are Messrs. Atkinson and Co., merchants, London and Quebec, and the defendant is Mrs. Ann Forster, a lady residing at Sun derland, and owner of a vessel called the Theodore. The plaintiffs were desirous of sending a cargo of timber from Quebec to Troon, in Scotland ; and, o n th e 16th A ugus t la , t, they employed Mr. John Ballantyne, of this town, to charter a ship for that purpose. On the following day the con`ract was completed, and Mr. Alcock, the defendant's agent, called upon Mr. Ballantyne, by whose directions he wrote to Captain Cole, master of the Theodore, then on her voyage to Quebec, addressing the letter to him at the Post-office in that city, informing him he had char tered his ship for Troon, and desiring him to call upon Atkinson, Osborne, and Co. The letter which advised Messrs. Atkinson and Co. of the charter-party being effected, arrived in Quebec in September, soon after the Theodore; and the depositions of a clerk in their house were read, showing that they applied to Captain Cole to take the cargo on board his vessel, according to the in telligence they had received of the charter being effected. The captain, however, positively refused, unless he had instructions from his owner, which he stated he had not received; and he took on board another cargo for Hull at 415., whilst the one engaged for Troon was at 395. On the part of the defendant a very different case was stated. Captain Cole, the principal witness, said the very day he received the letter apprising him of the charter being ef fected, he called on Messrs. Atkinson, Osborne, and Co. respecting the loading. He saw one of the partners, who referred to a letter he held in his hand, which he said he had just received, stating that the cargo originally intend ed to be sent by the Theodore would be sent by some other ship; and he recommended him to seek for freight elsewhere. He believed the name of the substituted ship was the Columbia, and a cargo of timber was sent by her to Ardrossan. Captain Cole afterwards obtained a freight for Hull, and he informed Messrs. Osborne, Atkinson, and Co. of it, who advised him by all means to take it without waiting for them. He did not, however, make a protest. He should have preferred going to Troon, al though the rate of freight to that place was lower than to Hull. because the port charges were much higher at the latter than at the former place, and he could more easily obtain a cargo of coals for the Mediterranean. An objec tion to the reception of Captain Cole's evidence, on the ground that he was interested in the result of the action, being a part owner of the vessel, was overruled by the learned Judge. Mr. Charles Ross, a part shipowner, confirmed the captain's statement that freight from Que bec to Troon at 395. was more advantageous to the owner than 41s. to Hull, owing to the difference in port charges. Mr. Willis, a shipowner at Liverpool, gai+e similar testi mony as to the superiority in this respect of Troon over Hull. Mr. Alcock, also a shipowner and insurance broker at Liverpool, stated the same. Mr. MARTIN, in his reply for the plaintiff, ridiculed the idea of Troon offering superior advantages in any re spect to the port of Hull ; and he imputed falsehood to Captain Cole. _ The Learned JUDGE, in his summing up. said the ques tion was one of credit between the plaintiff's clerk an the one side, and the Captain of the Theodore on the other. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. CROWN COURT.-THURSDAY Henry Cassidy, 27, (could read,) was charged with hav ing caused the death of Elizabeth Woods, at Liverpool, by the negligent driving of a spring cart. Particulars of the case appeared in our columns at the time. A verdict of acquittal was returned. Thomas Carroll, 49, (could read and write imperfectly,) was charged with having unlawfully killed and slain Brid get Carr, at Liverpool, in February last, was found guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Ann Thomas, charged with disposing of the dead body of her child, with the intention of concealing the birth, was acquitted. SENTENCES OF PRISONERS The following prisoners were then sentenced :—Wm. Steel, convicted of bigamy. three months imprisonment and hard labour. John IVarburton, for stabbing and wounding Martha Toon, !twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. John Kaye, who pleaded guilty to an indictment against him for horse stealing, ten years' trans portation. . . . George Wright and Henry Wright, who pleaded guilty to a charge of cow stealing ; twelve month's imprison ment and hard labour. _ Jane Morris, who pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with stealing from a dwAling-house, and another for larceny; eight months' imprisonment. David Nightingale, convicted of the manslaughter of Robert Jones ; twelve months and hard labour. James Underwood, who pleaded guilty to an indict ment against him for uttering a post-office receipt, know ing it to be forged.—His Lordship observed that he had doubts whether he should have sentenced the prisoner to transportation, and if he had heard anything against his previous character, he should have gone to that extent. The sentence was, that he be imprisoned foritwo years and kept to hard labour. Joseph Lord and Daniel Creed were discharged by pro clamation. . . . The whole of the Crown business being disposed of, except a casa of conspiracy to personate municipal voters in the borough of Bolton, which had been fixed to come on on Friday, his Lordship proceeded to the trial of civil causes. ALLEGED TRESPASS LORD C. LANCASTER AND OTHERS.—The plaintiff, in this case, was Mr. John Lord, and the defendants, John Lancaster and James King, both parties residing in the neighbourhood of Wigan. The action was for damages, arising out of an alleged trespass, by the defendant, pp April S, certain lands of the plaintiff's. The juri"returned a ver dict for the plaintiff. on all issues except the fourth, which was, that the railway was made by the authority of Wha ley and Co. accaunt stated. The plaintiff in this case wa s the l ber for Birminghhm, the patented of the la i l ic h ' e esi, which were the goods in question # which ha u nished ; the defendants were brokers in LiverP2%;ti , dict for the plaintiff—Damages, £226 145., and . I ALLEGED CONVERSION OF RAILWAY SHARES. COLEMAN v. Moss.—Mr. Benjamin Coleman, share broker, was the plaintiff, and Messrs. Moss and Co., bankers, of Liverpool, c'efendants. The action was one of trover for the recovery of five scrip railway shares in the Dover or South Western Railway. The defendant pleaded two pleas—first, that he was not guilty of con verting, and second th a t, h e was never possessed. Ver dict for the defendant. CROWN COURT.—SATtfiIDAY• After a long argument as to th e v alidity of 1 1;1V, merit in the case of Hasla m an d other's, wh°," e fiei found guilty of a conspi rac y a t a l a t e mu nicipal ; I n ter i n , Bolton, his lordship directed the defendants t° their own recognizance s t o a pp ear a t the next ass t er e ilour he would submit the points. This finished the business. NISI PRIUS COURT. FALSE IMPRISONMENT. ,tiff 1/ THE QUEEN V. COOP ER .—Thi s was an i n di ctment LEIGH V. LINDSAY.—In this case the plan the 0 4 against Philip Henry C oo p er , upon t h e prosecution of the collier a youth' not 21, and the defendant 1 013 gr eoli Rev. Joshua King, re c t or of Woodchurch, in the county Colin Lindsay, son o f Lord Balcarres. Th e of Chester, for having p u bli s h e d i n t h e Li verpool Chront- was that the plaintiff had been wrongfully ireP ri " ,o Ile 0 de, a malicious libel. The defendant pleaded not guilty. twenty-five days by the defendant, a magistrati froto,.# The defendant was Mr. P. H. Cooper, steward to Sipr W. charged by his employer with absenting hirese i le of P e M. Stanley, Bart. The libel complained of a ub- employment ; and after lying in gaol for uproar gr.i ii ,l lished in April last, and charged the prosecutor with hay- weeks, he was taken, by habeas carpus, before bia3 4 l ing poisoned the foxes of Sir William Stanley. The de- tice Wighttrian, at the Queen's Bend - , and bi ap pe o :i fendant was proceeded against as the author of the libel, charged, on the ground that, for anything Pp though he has no connection with the newspaper in libel, to the contrary, the evidence against him migh' 1 0 ° 0 1 tion. The jury found him guilty. BAGLEY V. SMITH.—The declaration in this case c ta o k n e tr n a d a n s r h in o g w h n i , s o a r bs th en at ce ie t e ha b t ad th n e o re t h b a ee d n b a e b ei s l; t e nw : f b oa,le charged that the defendant had debauched the plaintiff's consent of his employer. After the exarninat' a o rds',l daughter, in consequence of which she became pregnant, nesses for both the plaintiff and defendant, hie. . 01 ,ril whereby she had lost her services. The jury returned a in laying the case before the jury, instructed tv,,j o .!„d verdict for the plaintiff—damages £5O ; b ut , it appeared, in point of law, the defendant had not proved :r i l they had been laid in the declaration for nineteen guineas cation ; and, in awarding damages, they 12311 , - ,,, pl# only, consequently, the verdict was reduced to that what sum, independent of the law charges, 1 ' , o 1 amount. was entitled to for the imp r i sonmen t. an ° HUMPHREYS, ADMINISTRATOR, V. JONES.—An action The jury returned a ver di ct o f £3O damage° , , to recover a sum of £4OO and interest upon a promissory expenses, after taxation, to be allowed. ' , iri tiPA, note, given by the defendant in June, 1833. The case BUCKLE V. CRAM AND OTIIERS.—The Pl• 3 __ broiti principally turned upon a legal question.—whether the respectable baker at Bristol, and the action was o f o f y, statute of limitations, which the defendant had pleaded, to recover damages from the defendants.by teas of O PO was admissible. After going through a variety of docu- stowage of wheat in a schooner called the Jane, le d d i ments, a verdict was returned by consent for the plaintiff, the defendants were the owners. The case oc,e e lfar damages £516 13s 4d., with leave to move to enter a non- hours, and at the close the jury found a vet' suit. plaintiff for £47. , till JACKSON V. WAKING.—This action was brought to re- NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATunvA Ir ' 10 0 , cover a sum oft money due upon an agreement entered into by the pries to take the manor of Whitmore, for TAYLOR V. DAwsoN.—Miles Taylor was OF Pl °' WO 0 and Pudsey Dawson, Esq High Sheriff of t - Adel the purpose of sporting thereon. After a partial hearing the matter was arranged. was the dfendant. On the sth of July the , ,y ee .l . o o entered property alleged to be the plaintiff's, Etil" t oin t LOYSONS AND UXOR v. FENNELL.—This was an ac- entered wall. The plaintiff claimed the property i° ?f, 11l tion to recover damages for an assault, committed by the part and parcel of the manor of Hornby. At °a i 4 defendant upon the female plaintiff, at Hollinwood, near tion of his Lordship, after the case had proceedeA Oldham, on the 27th August last. The circumstances length, a verdict was taken for The tif by litr plc,° ' lib were destitute of interest. A verdict was returned for for 40s. damages, subject to a referenc and w d iet• 0 the plaintiff. Damages, 40s. --s m .—. to either of the parties to move for a s p e cial ye' .. spe c o l ~, CROWN COURT.—FR ID AY., DAWSON V. REDMAYN E .—Thi s was n-noth-e1 0,, PERSONATION OF VOTERS, AT BOLTON. jury action of trespass, in which the defendant i ..` l iist James Haslam, William Le e , an d J o h n Ad amson, a ll ccase was the plaintiff h ere ; an d b y consen t a sw diet was taken and entered. of the borough of Bolton, were indicted for having, at the RI v. C entered. a plaintiff was the E r t° last Bolton municipal election, on the Ist of November, Nicho G l ß ar Rigbye, A lo N r E m s erly of . Harro k nag' of conspired to elect John Slater and six other persons of h her v 4 county, and the defendant was one of t e o be . 6 0 that borough, to be councillors, by false and fraudulent force, who arrested the defendant in Nove geri ir means, and by procuring persons not burgesses, and hay under a warrant which had expired in th e ge o l,,, ing no right to vote, to personate burgesses legally enti tled to vote. April. The defendant was indemnified by a ep the p i man named Morris, formerly a solicitor for all y the Wilkins, Mr. Monk, and Mr. Cross, appeared for tiff's family , who took out the warrant for 0,1 24 ii , , e l the prosecution ; Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Jos. Pollock Mr. Crompton y said the plaintiff must be non se . ll `es er fel !, were for the defence. notice of action had been given. His LordsloPvlot The defendants resided in Wigan, and, on the day be- the 't, and the ' found for the laintiffi - Jo fore the last municipal election, one of them (Adamson) porn . with jiry p a verdict was farthing, liberty to move to enter " t 1 was foreman in Mr. Goodbrand's factory. The defendant Haslam, on the day in question, came over from Bolton the defendant. Ths ' f , , 8 1 5 rei act ß io ß n m o sp p Y ro v in . i A se G s ET b T rou A i r t ' A y t h e n p •F ain - titi l jige y tt ° o; to Wigan, and, in company with Adamson, went to Mr. Goodbrand's factory, and told the men he could put them Brinsle against the defendant, John Folds 0 1%0 in the way of raising money. They then told them of Reaben Y 'Hemmingway, African merchants, to r i s te9 their scheme, which was, as they stated at that time, to sum of £llB for work and labour done. The ase t V/ go over to Bolton the next day and keep the course clear pleaded that he did not promise ;. he also pleaded _O;4 while the voters were brought up. Several of them agreed The money was said to have been owing for OP; pl i l; to go, namely, Disley, Liptrot, and another, and met for that purpose. The defendants, Adamson and Haslam o . n certain bartering transactions which bad te lge reff, r f , went with them, and they were treated on the way with in the Bonny river between the plaintiff a potentate who was de scr ib e d as an exceedingandK il Ro 'db,'?,E,dl bread and cheese, beer, & c . Wh en th ey go t near Bolton ful nerson in the place, and who usually exhih i l L; t ro o the business was made known to them, which was that • - in a cocked hat and without breeches. A yet"'" they would be required to go and personate absent or dead turned for the plaintiff for the sum claimed. voters at the municipal election on the following morning. They were safely lodged for the night, and next morning met Adamson and Haslam, who, as they termed it, " put them through their facings," which was to initiate them into the various matters necessary to enable them to an swer questions at the poll booth, &c. Polling papers were then given, and they went and tendered their votes at two of the wards, West and East Wards, which were received. They then repeated the offence at other wards. A sign was used, which showed that other parties moving in a high station must have been in the secret. This sig nal was given at the booths by placing one hand on the chin and the other in a different position, to indicate who they were, and the votes were then received. The three defendants were engaged during the day in giving direc tions and going about with the fictitious voters. The men who had been employed as voters made a third at tempt to get in their votes at a different ward to that which they had formerly visited, when, owing to some mismanagement on the part of Liptrot, in not answering the questions put to him, suspicion was excited, and he was taken into custody, but subsequently released. They had then the sum of ten or twelve shillings divided amongst them, with which they were not, hoNever, very well satisfied, and they returned to Wigan owing to some dissatisfaction on the part of Adamson. A letter was ad dressed by him to Mr. Knowles, a town councillor of Bolton, complaining of the conduct of Haslam. This letter, owing to there being two of that name in Bolton, fell into the hands of the wrong party, and thus the cir cumstances were made public. The jury found the defendants guilty, and they were immediately ordered into custody, but were not sentenced, Sergeant MURPHY intimating his intention of moving in arrest of judgment in the morning, on the ground of a technical objection to the indictment. —Tav~gnAY TOWN EDITION' LONDON MARKETS OF YESTEII CORN - .. e MARK-LANE CORN EXCHAN—,., O OV, In this day's market there was only a short supP; , of l. Wheat, which met a foir sale at the currency o f thls , A 44 es 00 0 Free foreign steady in val ue , b u t on l y re tail sal e ported. re . 0 , 0110, Malting Barley in poor req u est, an d b u t little Prl O d e be made in sales, even a t a d ec li ne o f Is. per quart!,'' OP' unaltered. Malt the turn in f a vo nr o f b u yers. I"' in Peas or Beans. 0 4 4 Our arrivals of Oats during the past week are onlY:rlieV e and with the exeeption of a few foreign cargoes fr ..,%iik e 1;1 ports we have none fresh up in addition this frla".4 P o p article was held with more firmness, but this be ) 0 d 0 day of the largest portion of the lale heavy supply' :sta ti vessels pressing on demurrage, no advance could be , , but we experienced a fair sale a t our prev i ous c urreT . ,‘ ; CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASUI / . • Wheat, Essex and Kent. s 38 d 0 "-- 45 I b‘ 0 Red 0 / 0 1 White 4i , Norfolk and Lincoln, red 3B 40 CI White / ____.-- Irish, red ___.- -- 0 I White s 3 27 5 ° o° , - - -- - ' 9 5 60 1 Rye, old New Barley, Grinding 0 Of 1 Malting 3 3 ,1 5 63 Chevalier 58 ° 2 / Malt, Suffolk ' and Norfolk 6 0 0. 1 1 Br ". Kingston and Ware . 64 ° 5 55 Chevalier Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed ..... .. • 2' II •-•' 0 Potatoe 20 23 0 0 Youghall and Cork, black 21 II , 5 8 6 5 I Cork, white Scotch, feed 34' -, '6' Beans, tick 38 o„s i 1 Pigeons 34. ° ~.- 5 I Pease, Grey 35 0 0 I Maple -. 0 1 White 36 0 , 0 1 Boilers 42 0 55 I Flour, town made 33 0, 0 Suffolk Stockton and Norfolk 33 -9. s 6 i BO FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR I N --„ 0 30 / / I Wheat, Dantzic . 3, a „••• 0 1 Hamburg ~,i, n e , oi i lu , --'/ 1 24 19 „ -, ~- ") 14 ... /, 4 / 28 „," '0 / 19 ,' William Holden, charged with personating, was ac quitted. Richard Cardwell pleaded guilty to a similar indict ment, and was ordered to enter into his own recogni zances in £5O, to appear to receive judgment when called upon. NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY. TILE QUEEN V. THE GUARDIANS OF THE ROCHDALE POOR••LAW UNION This case being fixed to come on first great interest was excited, and the court was thronged soon after nine o'clock. Mr. Justice Wightman took his seat at ten minutes after nine, and the special jury was then empannelled. The counsel for the prosecution were Messrs. Martin, Watson, and Tomlinson ; for the defendants, Messrs. Cobbett and Crompton. Two of the poor-law commissioners, Sir E. W. Read and Mr. Lewis, had been subpcened as witnesses for the defence, and they were accommodated with seats on the left of the bench. [Some conversation took place as to the fixing of the causes in which Mr. Gandy is the defendant, Mr. Kelly wishing them to be taken on Thurs day next, if the business did not sooner terminate ; Mr. Martin was anxious for an earlier day; but ultimately Thursday was fixed, and Mr. Kelly then left the court, to return to London.] Mr. TbMLINSON read the pleadings, which set forth that the poor-law commissioners for England and Wales were the plaintiffs, and the guardians of the Rochdale Union were defendants; and this proceeding arose out of a return to a mandamus- which had been obtained against them, and to which they had made a return to the effect that they had not been duly elected guardians of the union, and had not been directed to carry the law into effect. Mr. MARTIN said he had the honour to appear on be half of the commissioners who at present regulate the administration of the law for the relief of the poor in this country, and the defendants were the guardians of the poor for the Rochdale union, who were elected in the month of March, 1844, under an order of the commis sioners issued in the year 1837. The poor-law commis sioners were desirous of carrying the act of parliament into effect cautiously and quietly. Where great opposition was made they were unwilling to do anything that would raise discontent or dissatisfaction, and in no district did there exist a greater excitement than in Rochdale and Todmorden, consequently they refrained till the year 1844, from calling on the persons who formed the Board of Guardians of the Rochdale Union. Accordingly in October, last year, they directed the guardians of the Rochdale union to assume the administration of the relief for the poor. The order in question was delivered in the proper way to the various persons appointed by law to receive it. There was a refusal to act upon it. A meeting was called at which very strong language was used ; but he (Mr. Martin) would not introduce that subject into the present proceedings. Nay, he believed that the persons who opposed the law did so honestly, and when the result of this proceeding was known, he hoped that these parties would carry the act of parliament into effect ; and, there fore, not one syllable should fall from him that should cause any excitement, or raise any ill feeling. They declined to act upon the order, and a mandamus was ap plied for. A mandamus was a proceeding by which the Court of Queen's Bench enforced obedience to the law. It was a command from the Queen's Beach, directing a party to obey the law. The parties made a return to court of any reasons they have for disobeying the order, and in the event of their reasons being insufficient, the court issue a peremptory mandamus ; but in the event of the reasons being held to be sufficient, the mandamus is set aside. By a statute of Queen Anne, a party might have the facts investigated by a jury ; and it was in this way that the present inquiry came before the jury, its object being to ascertain whether the six formally matters alleged in the mandamus were true or not. Barley ... Oats, new Flour, American Baltic ... , uwl . SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA.--9-ifrotA Although we had a full average number of bays ta te, Vat' ance, the beef trade was in a very sluggish s + ,...tk e ," barely equal to those Obtained on Monday In s " no f t Scots producing 2s 10d per 81b. At the close o clearance was not effected. The numbers of sheep were not to say extensilirA 444 : lsl° P j fiir equal to the demand. On the whole, the In"7:,0000 ; 4 , m, and the primest old Downs found ready hl"; ‘ , per 81h—other breeds in proportion—being extre1f,,,,,j,..1f; From the Isle of Wight 140 lambs were recel o . a. y a oo supplies from Essex, Hampshire, &c. werei g ° ,,00 0 ,4, trade was somewhat active, at fatly last week's 1;plf or o r best quality being held at 6s per 81b. The s u ' ln, was small, and met a heavy inquiry, at late rates We" have very few sales to report, yet the quotation' supported . i Per 81bs. to sink the offal. % / 1 Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 &Se con d qu*lloY do' 3 l 9 /11 Second quality 1 6— 3 8 Southdowavvt"o 3 4 Coarse • ;s 4 9 / ; Prime large Oxen. 3 5 0 / 41 Prime Scots, &c 3 10— 4, 0 Do. out of the 0 -015 0/01? Coarse Calves 3B— 4 2 Large 14 , p •• ": 30;1 „ Small do. -4 8 Small Porkers 0 Suckling do. each.lB 0-30 olQr. old Pigs, ea 9 f) Inferior Sheep 2 10— 3 2'Lambs fw - SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts, 2,660.... Sheep, 24,130,... Calves. 61 I t? LONDON SHARE MARgg'i a ts , r 0 Armagh and Coleraine have been last don? ..,..010 all? Exeter 84i, Caledonian 13.1, Cambridge and lAL"i 14 0 0 1 / 4 Valley 84, Chester and Holyhead rli, P it „ ec ,, - 0 0 ,4r,;/,1 ranged from 6/ to 6, Eastern Counties 91/, 9L Dublin and Galway s}, Ely and Bedford se , e ,ll o o. and Western (Ireland) 17/, Gre a t W es tern Ha l £ll , Selby gs, London and York 3, South Wester/104,8d and Leeds 151, Midland 154, Newry and Enni sk „ i til Midland 54, Rugby 4/, Trent Valley 19, SP; fit fr ol:72o,,l South Wales 62, Waterford and KilkennY 4 ,,; 0, t. Amiens 12/, Toulouse 2/, Toulouse and Ce t .," P' thern of France 6t, 'Orleans and Botudea.l.„, way" Lyons, Laffite's 3/, Gannron's 2/, Paris and of Spain 3i, Sambre and Meuse, 74. ot t TATTERSALL;SLast Nig ht , cro, -° to NEWMARKET HANDICAP.-5 to 1 ag st to 1 agst Ma Mie, 10 to 1 a g st Vol-au-v ent, 4 Strathspey. THOUSAND GUINEA S STAKEs: —.. " S t° OP'I d (1 I°l 4 l 3 to I agst Kedger, 5 to 1 aga t C o bweb C OI - t 4 to 0 „),,t4' , 5, CHESTER CUP.-9 to 1 agst ObscuritY, r ay. arv i r taract, 10 to 1 agst Semiser:a, 15 to 1 og' t , t Winesour, 22 to 1 agst Portrait, 30 to I. ag,,,a,No 6 ' Kildare, 30 to I agst Pug 30 to 1 agst " If a li g e s o t tn F u i n tz a .A c K na n n u . ck, 33 to , I agst Quee o°- t i ‘eu t : oil 00 tit` to to 1 agst Alarm, 15 to m oil 'lO „ i t", to 1 agst Clear-the-Way, IS to 1 agst "" l') if' Cobweb colt, 20 to 1 agst Ncwsmonger, a pt, pi Weatherbit, 30 to 1 agst Mentor, 30 to i t 0 1 ' 1 35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen, 40 to 1 ag' 50 to 1 agst Fuzbos. Frequent attempts were made to interrupt the tedium of the inquiry by admissions and objections; but as there was a difficulty in determining the legality of the mode in which the order was signed and issued, at the suggestion of the learned judge, a 'serdict, by consent, was taken for the plaintiff, with leave for the defendants to move the court above upon the law points. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages one shilling.—The case occupied nearly the whole day. A t* fO r til I d THE BRITISH COLONIES.—For tiw young historical students, it may be inte. 1.e g c 01 4 0 3 ,,4 , the manner in which, some ofthose C olon le, o 11'0 possession. The Canadas ca i t 11 :t v ,, b e e e and were ceded by the Fre Icl P overnmeP". r c oloiV e d Paris in 1763. The other I A ' e g rican ota bliO ba clo t e ;1 nally fisheries and settlements, m their discovery in 1479. Antigua d serrat, St. Nevis, St. Kitt's, Tortola", MI-derl,9-ft mas, and Bermuda, are settlements r6"-jecll3'olo. century ; Dominica and Grenada were 0 4 . 0 00, j , 1763 ; Jamaica capitulated to the nal s l o l 3;, f ,S r lo .ll % well in 1635 ; St. Lucia capitulated ,63 and Tobago were ceded b France in l i c'q ! ; P , O ll l, pitulated in 1797; British Guiana in 1 6 ., 1 , 4 04,0 obtained by the terms of treaty ma& .Irl4tly tar capitulated by Sir G. Rooke Aties, ,M 4 in 1800, the Cape in 1806, Ceylon in 1810 ; St. Helena was ceded by Hollanu tbe,"e kong, by the Chinese treat in 1842; stl'ooo,lsg; New South Wales, Australi ) ; and No:fiet:l,l3,fi'lo s tl o e u m t e h n a ts tl f: t r r m ai e ia cl i b n e l t B w 3 e 4 en the years 1 / 1 ,,' 11 10 , 4 4 ' South Wales was made a settlement 'Ma I' men's Land in 1803, Western Austrg.' JOHNSON V. BLUNDELL. In this case a verdict, by consent, was taken for the plaintiff, subject to a reference—Damages, £2,000. KENT V. 'TART. In this case a verdict, by consent, was taken for the plaintiff. This action was brought upon a charter party— Damages, £io; costs, 405. SCARISBRICK V. JONES This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a person of of property, in this county, against the defendant, who was his agent, resident in Liverpool, for the sale of coals. The action was brought for the recovery of money on an indenture for money had and received, and for goods de livered. The defendant had pleaded, but failed to appear, and permitted judgment to go by default. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, .L 5,034 4s 4d. ; costs, 40s. BUSSAB.D V. BOOTH This was an action brought for the recovery of £25, the value of an omnibus bought by the defendant f rom th e plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, £26. lIIINTZ V. BOX AND ANOTHER, This was an actioa for gmle hold and delivered, and an