The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

'STANDARD any provi Protestant paper in England. The high respecta bility of its readers has always been acknowledged. Within " yen-tents !he last tweli creased near our advert ly one hundred per cent, TO COR SPONDENTS risen, A THE LIVE: iRPOOL maw ac 'or espoldent is rte. idly THE Sii urn A bookseller v work on the cc ago by Mr. James ictur r of Mancl history of the Cotton A: n which vernment for the carry- rity - ito tied o►► V e have received frog it really cught to attr !at com- I the at- 1 thit people cannot be cipal streets without the it easily be aopening inside the she purpose of conveni be able to procure them. An excellent is published a few years ter. We prefer it to _ as having been centre of the cotton dis information down to a later . ough exposition of the factory system, it ought to read the Fleet Papers Of Richard speeches of that gentleman, Lord Ashley ates of the Short Time Bill. aware of devoted to Railway ed to the proprietor of the nn us wou4l only' :live in- written by a gen trict For at our correspond Oastler, and the and other well-inf,irtriet There is no work that v The letter of "H. P." shall be li Ferry re Ebz It apool (ttanbarb. Yearly Subscription : Xn Advance, la's. On Credit, 15s. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1847 THERE is something in the impudence of Irishnien which is unapproachable: but, when to that impudence ignorance as dee wort '1 the native of the sister is The debate on m of Mr. W. G. Thursd 2:, upon the m O'Brien; the cellar niartyr, e imposition a vded a rich specimen of the first 'm O'Connell was the 4 wist in this young abs quail exhibitor on the occasion. gentleman',s intelle of course, well known. arv, under which Ireland Every evil, real or im union between the two countries. The absentee drain, he says, commenced after the revolution of 1688, and increased until 17 " when Ireland was manage, of knov John O'Connel hat more r the existence of ti nt in Ireland during liament, than either )f the period informs before or since )f Irela - nd were then their f 3 in idle ostentation many a fir the orgies of Daly's club, in ed in gambling, or subjected Dublin who eve improvident ! Within Union, when all this going on—when the wagance the bare simple yeoman, w half the year in Di Dublin than corruption I luireen, and the congregated for at period in .s ever been in any ci- sent col ospeetive golden t Din dition of t tenths of in the ,nh and of the social con- ich keep the Irish an insolvent po . s- kind of lad iominal O'Connell an( red in- dupes of Cor the Irish Pal for the pimp, place-hunter, .ich he is the merely Mr; John my well talk to the )rious times of ien in other lo 'he money tra times for zionous times deed in an hour to intrianir 'a necessit fallen upon their of every degree times too for the the wives, ti of the men They were glorious the aspiring middle who could draw up a y a gambler's or a spend t they were bad for the io wer aVsem remedy of his They were bad for and the daughters impudent as are hus far noticed, h betrays igno it was with a view to le friend had brought aid the motion now before the house. They ought, )ntended, to do all in their power to restore to Ireland nd if then she could not the use develo Suring mant way with the i it land pro( manufactun markets for prietors" . mt id for a 1 >eived to be poor." lued to th yes, wnereN She ha liishmen, whether xe more for Irish kind of Let This t yet seen compete with the %nd they will find abour cheap enough, h, and a fair chance raw mat „41,- al upon the same terms as countriE and as reason oiey o ble in Lght to rs, but to resident propiieto 82. From that period, 1 by an Irish Parlia- next don 3er toc is it n toutjow' re pro k THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. House of Commons, and certain to be treated by the House of Lo The end of all .1 n, he s link, is to enable the capitalist to amass gold The prosperous wo every' n his eye the iron machine is - ml's and the body's health of the flesh-and-Mood wa her and slave of that machin Bid the fatiline stop ; and let disease not touch us. Let us not encounter any calamity ; and let no mis chief befal us. Good and gracious Lord, by wh rectory are made the harbingers of salvation , se mercy even evil so that she may bring forth her produce, and ripen her choice fruit ; rebuke also the consumer, that he do not destroy the fruit of our ground. Let the earth be full of th) goodness, and with thy blessing replenish our land, the land in which we delight. We pray thee, 0 Lord, as thou showedst marvellous deeds in the days of our departure from Ezvnt. so do now den us according to ^ the days wherecn ^ thou hast I afflicted us, and let us behold the glory of Zion. Ainen. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD Stn,—We have now been in correspondence with a considerable number of the Irish clergy for nearly three months. We found them at Christmas busily engaged in feeding, from their own scanty means, l arge numbers , of their hungry neighbours of all creeds and parties. Had 1 they received no assistance, this their good work must have and enabled to persevere in (to use the expression of one of them) " detaining men alive." Their time and attention, their feelings and anxieties, as well as their means, have been absorbed in this work. Their health, both of mind and body, has been endangered. In some instances it has given way. Their own private affairs have been neglected ; and now I fear I speak the truth concerning a great number of them, when I Say that they have not, and cannot by any unassisted efforts of their own procure, seed for their glebe lands. Ido not speak from positive knowledge, because none of them have written on this particular point. I ascribe their silence to their delicacy, since while spendi ng • • •• hat couli by the dec SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. iilarlp hast pointed out to us, we have broken thy statutes, vio- His human fated the covenant, and tran•zgressed thy laws. But, even as a father bath compassion on his son, so The Commission of Assize, for this county, was opened dost thou compassionate us ; if we return unto thee with yesterday, at the Crown Court, by Mr. thron Alderson. truth and sincerity, if we circumcise our heart, and cast Shortly after 11 o'clock, the learned Julge entered the away, each of us, our vanity ; if we are charitable alike to Court, and took his seat on the bench, when the usual those that are far off and to those that are near; then ii formalities were gone through, and the following gentle thou increasest thy greatness, and again hast mercy upon I men sworn aq a Gmnil us ; for thou woundest and bindest up, thou smitest and William Brown, Esq., M.P., Richmond Hill, Foreman thine own hands heal. Elkanah Armytage, Esq., Manchester. Thou, 0 Lord, our Rock and Shelter, behold, our soul Sir Thos. Brancker, Liverpool. mourneth, and our spirit is dejected to the ground. Be Sir Joshua Walinsley, Wavertree Hall. not silont to thn hanr. nf thnon mh,. ....,, f.;,, ...,44-h 1,,,,,....,.. Montague Ainslie, Esa.. Goredale Hall. , . F. D. Astley, Esq., Fell Foot. Wm. Rayner Wood, Esq., Singleton Lodge. • John Ireland Blackburne, Esq., Rutland Hall, C. D. Archibald, Esq. James Dawson, Esq., The Wray. Leigh Clowes, Esq., Broughton Hall._ William Earle, Esq., Liverpool. f 4 Adam Hodgson, Esq., Ilrecktield Lodge. George Hall Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool. Htip;ll Hornby, Esq., Wavertree. William Rathbone, Esq., Green Bank. lAbraham Wood, Esq.,iarkey Richard Walker, Esq., ➢S.P., I John Potter, Esq., Manchester . . , The Royal Commission havinc , been read, His LORDSHIP proceeded to addres3 the Grand Jury to the following effect :—Notwithstanding the great distress which pervaded this town and its vicinity, he was glad to perceive that in the present calender there was not so very great an increase in crime as might have been anticipated under the circumstances. The crimes themselves, with the exception of four or five, were not of very greatlno ment. There were indeed some cases at which common humanity shuddered ; one of them was of the nature of those cases where the sacred relation which existed be tween parent and child had been violated. That case would require their very careful and serious atten-. tion should it come before them. They would, he hoped, give that case their serious consideration, and un less they had full grounds for putting him upon his trial, of course they would not do it, because they must be aware that the publication of such a case in an open court had a direct tendency to corrupt and destroy the morality of the public mind. They should be careful, and put no person on their trial in a court of justice, on a charge of that nature, unless they thought there was every likelihood of the guilt of the party charged being fully and substantially proved. But in nary investiga ion in power, so that by their examination they would separate 01l d.uhf +ha nnvfo;ll4,Fr of all UUUUIi 'rum tae cerLainty or toe cases orougnt oerore them. There were two other cases to be brought under their notice to which he would direct their attention. They were cases of murder—one of them by poison. The point to which their attention in that case should be directed to inquire whether the crime had been committed by poison. And as this used in this case was of a mineral nature, they would see that the only sort of evidence which they could safely rely on was that of finding the poison itself in the body of the deceased ; because the human frame was too apt to suffer change from the effects of various diseases ; and medical science was too uncertain in those d - 't of ' 'he n,— matters to admi. their judging by the appearances which the body presented. They should, however, take into consideration the symtoms of the body; and also the conduct of the party ; but still he would impress upon evidence short of the production. They would, however, judge for themselVes, as his object was merely to direct their attention to these cases. The other case of murder was one of those unfortunate cases which too frequently occurred in this county. He alluded to the too frequent use of the knife. This case, it appeared, arose out of a quarrel, and it would be for them to say whether the taliate in that way. They Wouldnoiialeintoii-Acc-n-i -sideration any provoking language—no matter however provoking or injurious to his character it might be— regarded a a justification being would be destroyed. They would inquire, however, if any altercation resulting in personal violence had taken place previous to this unfortunate occurrence. And if prisoner, they would inquire what time had elapsed Je tween the period of this altercation and the time when the latter used his knife. At the same time he hoped that they would make all due allowance for the strength of the human passions; and the infirmity of human nature in order to enable them to come to a just and rational ;ed to the prisoner was of such a nature as Lo oe calculateu to provoke him, in a tit of passion, t the commission of this act, then the crime would be re duced from murder to mancirnwhtnr • lint sthnvP nll thin° "e wished them to endeavour to ascertain, it pos. how far the prisoner was actuated by feelings of rev( He began his charge by alluding to the distrc le country '0 it a great c tne immense influx of destitute people which came into this town. Most of these people assumed the avocation begging: but his opinion _ of their conduct was [ieved t be put upon their trials _ for obtaining money . under false pretences. Yes, and he would go even further, and say, that if any such cases came before him, he would assuredly transport them ; for. he thought they were the worst class of persons in the channels of human luridness and charity ; prevent those who were worthy object fgr relief prom receiving it. Amidst all this, however, he could not but see the serious working of a merciful God. Perhaps nothing short of this awful calamity could have awakened the people to a sense of their duties.. And being now awakened to a sense of those duties, he ,honed that such measures would be taken as would prevent the recurrence of so much misery in the kingdom. That it would lead . permit him to call their attention to another subject, which was closely. connected with the administration of justice.. He alluded to imprisonment which wa.a ahnnt. 4n anlann 111 +lln garded the mode in which both primary and secondary punishments were conducted. It was some time since he had directed the attention of this Grand Jury to one great _ _ soup from the actual pressure of the starving poor ; and our [lens are now in o attention nas necome painfully alive to the protracted difficulties, not to say destitution, which must be entailed on our devoted reverend brethren, if they do not get their glebes properly cultivated and cropped. Sir, will you circulate these few lines, and appeal in your valuable paper to British liberality (already grievously taxed) on this point ? Will you ask your readers to select Irish parishes for themselves, and instantly to communicate with the clergy on the subject of seed (of all kinds) for their glebes, and wages for their labourers ? The "Irish Clergy List" will supply names of both incumbents and parishes. If enabled duly to cultivate their glebes, they will em ploy, as they ever have done, labourers of all creeds•and parties: and at this moment whatever adds to the amount of agricultural labour is of the utmost importance, not only as regards the hope of harvest. but also the present occu- But I will not prolong this letter by attempting to plead this cause. I may, however, commend it to Christian sympathy, by applying, and with strict truth and justice, to my dear reverend friends, what Mr. Grattan beautifully said concerning the self-exhausting labours of Dean Kir wan—" In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost ex hausted the lamp of life." The season for spring labour is on the wing. There is not a day to spare. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, :HUGH M`N: Aighurlh, Liverpool, March 19, 1f LIVERPOOL FOREIGNERt' MISSION.—The Rev. Joseph Baylee preached on Sunday last in St. Barnabas Church, for the above mission, under his superintendence, after which a colh • ion was mac FEVER.—Yesterday, two coaches, Nos. 15 and 99, were observed to carry fever patients to th e hospital, Mount-pleasant. YoDee-of - Ewers, strange to say, acc panied the vehicles to and from the hospital. Cnuacn EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.— ssociations•in aic the 10th and 16th instant The Rev T. Nolan, of St Barnabas, attended in both places as a deputation. CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY AND DAILY SCHOOLS . We beg to direct attention to the advertisement another column of the Sermons to be preached in aid of the above excellent Schools. Few schools better deserve support than those connected with Christ Church ; and none wilL be more eloquently a , THE ASSIZES.—THE BAR. — attending the present assizes ai as on any former occasion, and we believe that some a still expected to arrive. We counted about cupying seats in the outer bar yesterday venty oc- The following gentlemen sat, as usual, within the bar :—Mr. Knowles, (the Attorney-General for the Palatine,) Mr. Baines, Mr. Watson, Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bain. REPORT ON THE Gns QUESTION -The Council meet to-day to receive the report of the Sub-committee ap pointed to inquire relative to the merits of the gas bills now before Parliament. The report of the commissioners just published, recommends an amalgam companies. with a rate of interest n mi of the three cent. ; and should the Council adopt the recommendatiOn, and the rival companies consent to such an arrangement, the public may derive much benefit from the consolidation of the present opposing companies. TOXTETTI -PARIL—ELECTION OF OVERSEERS.—The Conserxative rate-pavers of Toxteth-park should bear it in mind, that Friday next is fixed for the election of over seers of the poor for that township. We believe the friends of fair play intend to bring forward one gentleman of Con do away with the impression that the overseers make im proper use of the power in their hands in making out the lists of electors, we trust that one gentleman of each One - will have cause to find fault with being off the register .free men, Cates, and Walls; were charged with having atiem tempting to get Over the back-yard wall of a house, and had been followed, on suspicion, from other streets. On the case being investigated, some of the prisoners having been pre viously committed, Lloyd was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month, Bates for two; and Walls for three months. bomas bbing an e Waring, of his watch on Saturday night in Scotland - road, was committed for trial at the sessions.—Eliza Jones, charged with stealing cloth, value 18s., was also committed for Trial ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF NIGHT-SOU Yesterday, at brought up charged by Mr. Pickering, of Vat;xhall-road, the head contractor (under the new act) for the removal of night-soil in the town, with having carted away some night-soil, representing himself as one of Mr. Pickering's servants. Mr. Rushton said that, according to the act, it was requisite to proceed by information, - and that he should endeavour to put a stop to a practice which would render the contract of the complainant unprofitable. The ?rison - er was then discharged, as the case was not cognis lble but by information. THE CAUSE LlST.—This list contains the unusually small number of 132 causes-32 in the Salford Hundred list, and 100 in the West Derby Hundred (or Liverpool) list. The Salford list includes 3 special-jury causes, viz., Doe dens. Molesworth v. Elliott and others, ejectment ; Lees v. Huddersfield Railway Company, debt ; and Wat son v. Aspinall, prom. The West Derby list includes nine special juries, namely : Kendall and another execu tors v. Bronnall, prom. ; Sowler v. Simpson, prom. ; Gibson v. same, prom. ; indictment ; Wliitwell v England. prom. ; M'Callum Lueen v Harrison, prom. ; same z ispinall, prom prom. ; and Bi !ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE I and after the ,t. Bride's Churcka sermon w preached . by the Rev criminals. The . remedy, in his mind, for this system was, instead of having a jail for the common purposes of all classes of prisoners, they should have several, one of which would be devoted to each particular class. For instance, why might there not be a house of detention, or separate prison for . . persons who were not tried, as it was not in his opinion fair to treat such persons whom the law always presumed to be inocent until after their conviction. Such a house or gaol of detention should be governed by rules of dici pline, totally different to those adopted in a prison for , - - been convicted had to be reformed and punished whilst the other should be merely a house of detention for such persons as were accused of the commission of crime. It appeared to him that in each county there should be a gaol of detention. Then, where the prisoners were convicted, and placed in a state of punishment and reform, surely no man would say that the punishment of the men should be the same as the penetentiary discipline of girls and boys. The discipline of boys ought to be no more severe than a severe strict school; but that, he was cer tain, would not do for grown up men. Until they established prisons for each of the three classes he had named, he was of opinion that they would not have made even the first step in prison improvement. They might so.y that such a system would entail a great deal of expense upon the country. He, however, was not of that opinion, for he knew that in this county they had three goals — Lancaster Castle, Kirkdale, and Preston ; and why not, instead of hwinofhean annrnnristiod trithe mes of all classes inriio_ for each of the three rate prisons As they had %11 one common object in vie' nely, the prevention of of a god s ystem of prison punishment neighbours, risked the lives of their fellow-creatures, under the plea of performing without pain a simple operation on the eye or the teeth ? A well-educated and thinking medical man must have known that he was endangering life. A dentist may not. In conclusion, I that if those who have practised puffing by inhalation, and are not ashamed of their names, would discuss the question, they will find an opponent in No. 4, Upper Parliament-street.—Yours, &c., H. G. HARBORD. FEVER HOSPITAL s nothing in allowing the poor fact _ day additional for bodily rest, ft y worker two hours per mind, we are swamping, 01 tines, the manufacturin Interest of the country If r We are doing no such thin to our co that the SBYy, employer and himself than I hours. An overtoiled op( ing tweh Live cannot compete at ork with one in full breath, and with all his mmand. iergies at Ate are not, however, going to argue t tion with our contempory. It is a set Our oh. in referring to it is, erely to contradict one of the many flippant assertions which he has put forth in his last publication. The following is that to which we refer : All the idle and dissolute among the working classes are for it, because they w emulate and imitate them " n state distinetl do with the system as it is. They can sit at home, whilst the wife and mother or the child is worn down by inordinate and destructive toil. The idle and dissolute desire none of the opportunities of social amelioration, for which the short-time advo cate contends. They care not for improvement of their domestic comforts—improvement of the health and the morals of their families. We are borne out by fact, in asserting that amongst the advo cates of the Ten Hnnrs Rill are the beet men in ictory dis moral mer and thebe; he best sons industrious anc husbands, and fathers, t workmen. Our contemporary known these men, watched their strivings for years in behalf of this measure, mingled with their fa milies, and observed the orderly state of most of their households, with the limited opportunities at their disposal, he would not have inflicted upon them the very uncalled for epithets "idle and dis solute." A GOOD RESIDENT LANDLORD The indiscriminate abuse which is being levelled against the landlords of Ireland by a portion—and, we regret to hearts or to the judgment of its utterers. There are selfish men in Ireland, without doubt ; but we should scarcely say that the most selfish are to be found amongst the landlord class. Some of the owners of the so at country we know to be kir 1-hearted men, unceasing in their guided or unfortunate tenantry. _ all which their limited means will all Many are anxious Ind if such men nergencies and habits of the r The following le by Mr. Labouche read in the House of Commons as affording a reply to the last against the whole body e gentry of Ireland, exhibits - an instance of con:. ate generosity scarcely-to be paralleled in our own ) seriously taxe The pa rt y referred to is Sir Le county of Sligo, and the tain O'Brien SE " Sir Robert has procUred would k I also to find p plies he has estaidished two soup lions of soup ; and I cal- elated t 2s 6d. issadill, he each 140 g the soup in each bo, Tatuitously, 280 gall per day, for the poor, and Mr. Jeffcote, sin( 29th of August— x days tons ; barrel flour 70 tons ; whole - wheat flour, 40 tons ; biscuit, 9 tons ; rice, 3 tons ; oatmeal, 12 tons s • total, 527 tons. He has still a good deal m hand, and he has red on 10 tons int, in at this IS tons 200 loads i ,ving ti quantity o: a real ble les has been so wel .); to enable him to do more SAWDUST BREAD AND TH TRADE We quote the following paragrapt oral philosophy, stat susceptible of conversion Dr. Prod tluienrieth, of Tut Lye to co it would prove FIRST YEAR OF ic Manchester That sawdust itself our, . yet no way di well as hi y nutritiv f the experiments of Phil. Trans. 1827, 1 refers aliment, the only ler it here, I 4011 riments of - Professor Autenrieth, of ne years ago that, by proper might be rendered capable of :,t place, everything frpemprit then reds study of Proles Pront's illustrate the y to t ver, neve It also es not f and in this cal ,pongy brea much crust the we to givc he mos e following was t 'ose :—ln the fi A divisi, white, bu With this it mak Wood thus PrepareC ,em a wooden loaf is r i from ti .k or two the Kershaw was indicted and stole thereout a c property, belonging to_ Samuel H [uanfity of mom .aidlnan and Alexander er was found guilty of larceny, aisoninent and hard labour for twelve months. The Court adjourned at ten minutes to five o'clock to nine this morning. THE EFFECTS OF ETHER, TO TILE EDITOR OR TIIE LIVERPOOL ST-41V.DARI,_ Sin,—An Enzlishman has been in the habit of followinz Van Amburg} and attending when asked why he should so pertinaciously persist in seeing the same performance over and over again, he answered, that "he was convinced that he should at length see the lion tamer devoured." I have for some time past watched the pranks of th( professional showmen who have been puffing themselves. by thoir cvnildprfril and have felt as certain as the other obstinate Englishman, that the farce would, ere long, become a tragedy, and end on reference to the inquest, which I presume you will give, ether has produced death. This cannot be a matter of surprise to any medical man who has ever reflected on the subject for one moment. Many weeks ago, a case was reported in the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal, where a medical man who was foolish enough to inhale the- ether was almost killed. He remained in a eaded his kept county jails in which were death !lasses of prisoners. tried and AVI untried, men and women, girls and lioys e, which v Lordship dismissed the Grand Teill was then placed in the do st Wnerdale and Wardale, id indicted le 29th of of themselves ?—menwho,until they p - uffed by inhalinz TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. conversation I had with a resident at the shed rented by a member of the Select Vestry, was being cleared out, with a view to the requisite alterations being made to fit it for a Fever Hospital, for which purpose it had been let. I cannot bring myself to believe that such is the case, but if it be, the consequences to that densely populated neighbourhood and thoroughfare will, I fear, be most disastrous'. The idea of converting a shed, from which no separation is made between the walls and the thoroughfare, and that shed directly of the lowest anal thiokest papulated,i (Stewart-street) bespeaks a reckless re its inhabitants. There are plenty of other sheds to let in tl eats in the town rd to the health o atm may DC nau on as good hat have few if any dwellings near them or better ~ I trust the proper authorities will pause ere they commit so cul pable an error, as in this there is nothing in the circutn- THE LIVERPOOL DISP. NSARIES 1 lie I...Yerpum tlll, uu n,ya cou sax, and medical aid to nearly eight hundred new cases weekly and maintain at all times an efficien all of fifteen eat )rtant crisis. wh won - the Leamington Steeple Wolf( cmn 0 House of Commons rday last, at the family mansion in Eaton-quare SPOUTING. - Latitat Chase. Brunette second • • (pa e orthamp tOn-Wan-d th I.N icap Stakes, colt by Euclid second ; won easily. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-- - The Times, i n no ti c i ng the new ballet of " Thea," says " Altogether, this ballet is a little gem, and d oes the greatest credit to its inventor, its. Paul Taglioni, father of the admirable Marie." EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We .are i n f orme d that become steam b ea t r tx.irpany's`Lill entitliiig them to Hugh o'/N for having, mi.ifaMkM*4 - 4,..g,:taMilKOMM ' port criminals no longer. He would sentence him to one year's imprisonment, with hard labour. Samuel Diyyle, alias Samuel Scott was charged with having, at Brittle-cum-Bamford, feloniously entered the dwelling-house of John Berry, and stealing from it a quantity of groceries. Not guilty. Timothy Kelly was then placed in the dock, and in dicted for having, at Manchester, m arr i e d M ar y C ronan, his former wife being then alive. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. • Thomas Eden and Thomas Williamson were indicted for committing a highway robbery on the person of Thos. TO 1 1 1 so for committi ng an assau lt on hi m at the same Not guilty. Tames Keough, for having, at Bury, on the 12th of December last, maliciously and wilfully wounded David Buckley, with intent to do him grevious bodily harm. er pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. then adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. NISI PRISI COURT. —YESTERDAY (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) LLOYD V. BENNETT. This was an undefended action, brought by the emi nent bankers at London and Manchester, against the de fendant, Robert Bennett, for the recovery of a balance of £1,031 18s. Bd., with interest. V er di ct f or pla i ntiff for the full amount. KNIGHT V. TAYLOR , This was an action brought by Mr. James Knight against John Taylor, for the recovery of the value of a bill of Exchange for £llO. Verdict for plaintiff. BANNING 17. WALTON An action brought by Joseph Banning against William Walton for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for £l4O. APPLETON V. JONES This was an action for slander, brought by John Gaskell Appleton against Jabez Jones. Mr. WILKINS, who appeared for the defendant, with drew a plea of justification which was upon the record, observing that his client knew as much about pleading as he did about Arabic. He did not mean to attribute any thing improper to the plaintiff. The fact was, the two gentlemen were partners—the partnership was dissolved— the safety valve was taken out at parting —an explosion took place • and now he hoped n o thi ng more wou ld b e thought about it. M. MARTIN said that the only object of his client was to vindicate his character, and intimated his satisfaction at the withdrawal of the plea. The case ended by the in unfounded action brought by William Henry Brown [nes Bruce, for the recovery of a balance of Verdict for plaintiff. against £l9 19s TETLOW V. WHITEHEAD This was an action of ejectment, brought against Ro bert Whitehead, for the recovery of certain lands and tenements forfeited by a breach of covenants. Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. MORTIMER V. COLUMBINE An action by Richard Elliott Mortimer against Mary Columbine, for the recovery of £77, upon a judgment. Verdict for plaintiff. TIMS V. SPEAK An action brought by Wm. and Joseph Tims, against John Speak, for the recovery of £24. Verdict for the plaintiffs. INGAM AND OTHERS V. LORD AND OTHERS lict for plaintiffs for £65. TAYLOR V. HOLFORT AND OTHERS Verdict for the defendants. LEADBETTER V. PEARSON Verdict by consent, for the plaintiff, for £3O, subject to a reference. There being no other cause in which the bar was ready, the Judge adjourned the further hearing of civil causes until this morning, and proceeded to try - CRI➢iINAL CASES. 4shton was charged with having burglariously wemises of Michael Morton, a cotton-s entered the tr-cum- ham, anc as the stolen property was found in his possession on the day of the robbery, the presumption was, that he was the burglar The prisoner was again indicted for having burglari ously entered the house of James Fletcher, a chemist, in the parish of Middleton, on the 19th ult. He was also found guilty of stealing upon this indict ment, and sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. Wm. Sharpies pleaded guilty to having burglariously out a variety of articles He was sentenced to two mprisonment and hard labour. John Froggatt pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy at :ccles. Not sentenced. Thomas It merely means that the said harbour shall, as stated, be " limited and restricted to the purposes connected with the said railway," and that the harbour and works shall be, and remain to be, the property of the Crown. This is a mere fetch, or cajolence. Her Majesty's ships have free entrance to any port in the kingdom ; few of them ever go to Holyhead ; and this new clause gives no further security to the public than the former act. The truth is, that the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company may, even under the revised bill, charge their own price, directly or indirectly, either as port dues or as railway rates. The matter cannot be disguised, that the bill is a job, from first to• last; and D.rliament has its eyes ts- 't en there- I ought to be, and we trust will be, scouted altogether. such Harbouiv of Refuge as these. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT.—Last evening, we were treated with selections from the Oratorio of " St. Paul ;" and we have rarely heard a fir., The principal singers were Miss Stott and Miss Parsons, the former of whom acquitted herself with great ability. Mr. Ryalls and Mr. Armstrong were the male singers. The gem of the evening was the chorus " Oh happy and blest." Miss Stott accompanied by Mr. Sorge, jun., in an air by Neukomm, achieved a triumph. The trio from Winter," by Vincent Novell o , was s pl en didl y sung Stott, Bliss Parsons, and Mr. Ryalls, an d an waaonly withheld owing to the. late hour at which it was sung The Courrier Francais announces that M. Munoz, nf _ _ . • • Committec i.et?rs will bE struck out in set themselves ag a inst giving any railway companies vilu s i l i g such powers. T?PRES ENT ATI ON OF BEDFORD SHIRE.---Until w' n days it was not decid e d w h o s h ould be put iu -- -.ssor of the late Mr. Astell in the James Fox Russell March 23, 1847. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (By EXPRESS.) ATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. A telegraphic dispatch of the Indian mail was received at Paris on Saturday. The news from Affghanistan is favourable. There is nothing new from the Punjaub. A revolution was reported to have taken place amongst the Birmahs, and the son of the Regent had been assas sinated. INDIA AN'TICIP. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market, although the supply of English Wheat was short, still the absence of French buyers caused a reaction, and a decline of 2s. per quarter under the currency of this day week. Foreign was dull, but generally held at our previous currency. Floating cargoes of Indian Corn are nressed at laaaa”,t.” I. Al c puce, varying from ss. to 7s. per qr. reductio n , without b- promoting business. The Irish markets having received liberal supplies, all bread stuffs are quiet and easier to buy. Barley, Malt, and Beans Is. lower. No aWration in Peas. The oat trade has participated in the general dullness, and not only lost the improvement noted on Monday last, but buyers unwilling to take at this decline. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of home-fed beasts on offer was, the time of year considered, by far the most extensive as to number ever recol lected by the oldest frequenter of the market; while the qua lity has been seldom or never equalled during the month of March. Th is circumstance, together with the prevailing fine weather, and the large arrivals of country-killed meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall, produced extreme heaviness in the beef trade at Friday's decline in the quotations of quite 2d. per 81b., and a large humber of really prime beasts left the market unsold. To show the state of the demand we may intimate that many good Oxen were with difficulty disposed of as low as 35. 6d. per 811), and, further, that nearly 1000 h ea d o f B easts more were on show than at the corresponding period in 1846. The prices of Beef now range fully 4d. ; Mutton, 4d. to 6d.; Lamb, 6d. to is ; Veal, Bd. to 10d., and Pork, 2d. to 4d. per 81b. lower than at the same time last season. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. We lately noticed some of the proceedings of the Ches ter and Holyhead Railway Company, in reference, espe cially to their attempt to obtain powers to con.truct an inner pier, or harbour, for their own exclusive use, (at a great public cost,) a nd a l so t rave lli ng out of their owls ' line' , to run steam-ships between Holyhead and Liver pool. We observe that in their new Bill, they introduce the following clause, which in our opinion detracts most tri flingly from the obnoxious character of the former bill:— " And be it enacted, that the said' Company shall not take, charge, or levy any toll, rate, wharfage, or other dues for or in respect of passengers, carriages, goods, cattle, or merchandize landing at or embarking from the said inner pier or inner harbour ; and it is hereby ex pressly provided and declared, that the use of the said inner pier and inner harbour, by or on behalf of the said Company, shall be limited and restricted to the purposes connected with the said Railway and the transit of pas sengers, goods, cattle, and merchandize travelling or carried upon the said Railway, and using the works con nected therewith, and subject to such limited and re stricted use, the said inner pier, inner harbour and works shall be and remain the absolute property of her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and shall be and remain at, and subject to, the absolute disposal, governance, and control of her Majesty, her heirs and successors." the last VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency Count Schemmelpenuinck, the Earl of Auckland and Hon. Miss F. Eden, Viscount Anson, Lord Howden, Lord and Lady Dalmany, the Right Hon. E. J. and Mr. Stanley, Mr. C. Buller, and a distinguished party, at din ner on Saturday, at their mansion, in Carlton-gardens. A Cabinet Council was held at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the residence of the Marquis of Lansdowne in Berkeley-square. It was attended by Lord John Rus sell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Moment +h., _ . - carde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Mac 1 SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last the Baron Rothschild's hounds met at Rowsham. The deer took a line towards Bierton, and when near Mr. Eustace's house, Mr. Vvse_ in o _.• • • , - tdic sumac supping round. feet unfortunately hung in the stirrup, by which he was dragged upwards of 100 yards, the horse galloping at full speed, and beating the unfortunate gentleman's head against the ground. At length his foot became disengaged from the stirrup, and he was carried to the h ouse o f Mr. Jain _ ..unlace, trot,' whence, after a short pe r iod, it was thought advisable to remove him to London by railway. We understa n d h e is at his residence in town in a very alarming state.-13tccks Her a ld. THE ARDSLEY C OAL -PIT ACCIDENT.-After several adjournments, th e i nquest on the unfortunate sufferers by the late coal-pit accident at Ardsley, near Barnsley, was concluded late on Thursday night last, when the jury returned the following verdict : " Accidental death; and the jury are of opinion that P4lP;un+ - - lights in those parts of coal- Irevent the use o f - me - 4 s where inflammable gas is known to exist; and are further of opinion that the recurrence of accidents involving so large a loss of human life demands the immediate attention of her Majesty's Government, and would justify Parliament in framing such a code of regulations as would to persons employed in mining 01 ater security The jury THE BAP ARE CASTLE Mt It will be re- 3. Brecko-; lut York last autumn were acquitted, but put be having robbed the murdered k for trial on a charge of man Yates. The prisoners on Tuesday last, before Baron irtd_ linvinfr haan ad- ie former trial, - they W( Iwitneis on The learned t Irish ma ged is per-- and ennfinp. anries, one or two Ireland must pro- n Great Britain and the John O'Connell can brii4 spinning i. If he can y tew y 1. Befo: ay - than must cease running betw Irish port about IT result about ti. It of the Repeal es ent disastrous !,r or ta: not the ion with , and e fortu r. O'( had n Such a cry len those I wil- JOURNAI rneddli )ple, will sometime and wit} ch the. ,entirely unacquainted. Our contemporary the Albion. is in' this predicament with respect to the Factory . Bill; which we are happy, whilst he is . Sorry, to see ahnost.carried by acclamation in the e ever ( s revol 01 th 11 cor John Hackett, incumbent of St. Jam conncted an at St Bray, county Paul's. The 9. A meet- so cation was held yeitertlay, the Rev. Chancellor Rail:es in the chair, at which the following rev. gentlemen were present :—The Rev. Canon Ealin, Revds. T. Nolan, J. Hackett, W. P. Milton, Frederick Ford, W. Haworth, J. Gaman, J. Hewson, R. Bryan, and J. E. White. A collection was made after the meeting. IRISH AND SCOTCH DESTITUTION'.—We 1111 that a large and highly-respectable meeting of k held at the Lyceum yesterday, at which the Pollock was invited to preside. The object wa he re- Aland, by An In- existing a sale fat as can be su dustrial Con mnected wi when t y opened at the Lyceu „ been granted,) to be superintended by lad mittee. A sub-committee was also apps tying out in detail the proposed e full particulars, we belie Tess generally, after a met: iich has been fixed for 11 A.NTI-EDUCATIONIST )(lily News, who signs hi m se An °eh, and dates from Osigestry, states tt of enlightened England a petitior elites into the hands of the Nor individuals whose names Ns.-ere rly one-half are unable to write lay next, at two a considerable portion cannot spell their own names, while very few of the whole number show, by a creditable and legible signature, that they have had the means of ac quiring even the most simple and elementary branches of knowledge. The opponents of the measure must be careful, or they will overshoot their mark. Such petitions carry with them their own antidote." Unfortunately, the respectability and genuine character of petitions are too little scrutinized in Parliament. We trust, however, that Lord ..1"olin Russell knows sufficiently the extensive machinery which the Dissenting bodies have for getting up petitions on all imaginable subjects, to inspire him with firmness sufficient to resist this storm in a tea-cup. )niously. cut ant Townend, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Guilty.—To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 6 montl, Thomas Fothergill )unded Maria Fotli was next indicted for having cut and at West Houghton, on the at, with intent to do her grievous mr.ETT briefly stated the case, after which 11 NNas e ie deposed, I am when lie wife of the prisoner. On the 13th of February ie came home, he asked me if I would go with him to Leeds. I said I would not then go with him, but next norning I, should. I was at the tire, with my child in I me to lay down the child, as lie k it from me, and laid it rhea A he took hold of r with it. He was not sober all lways when sober behaved well to me. The su and some other witnesses were examined y stated nothing new aeration verpool the effect MER( Our con should 1 praying PRAYER IN THE auto th r strength amine has 'entered the dweliink of t 1 thin our borders, and terror has Verily, we know, 0 Lord, that thy decrees are just and thy judgments pure; that because of our iniquities thou art wroth with.us ; for we have seriously trespassed against thee, we have departed from the way which thou aple of 1 'den tare, w RY VERSUS TH upon. the h the wt which - ha! iAL FAST such revol perusal of their ,lso accu HE GI poor, The prisoner, on being asked if he had any defence to tye, expressed the utmost contrition for the rash and sect for mercy ildren. ( Jane Baker, for Joseph (Yoshida, hard 1 icted for rob' 'le 19th of and fames Henshall were harles Rothwell, at Manch 7 last. Guilty.—To be it then in- isoned ept to h lab Our for two yeitr ty years of az( )ck and arraigned for havin .ed the house of Mary Wh Baron ALDERSON, in pa;sing sentence on him% said that he had been transported before, and should not, therefore have committed the offence. Prisoner. -oh, my lord ! but that is a long tiro,: Baron ALDERSON remarked that that punishment should have deterred him from the commission of further crime. His previous bad character, had he not pleaded guilty, would have weighed with him in considering his country—if indeed they sent any persons out of the country. He believed, however, that they would trans all are induced to grant pecuniary assistance to the sof fering poor, we recommend to the consideration of th thoughtful and humane how highly important it is t , maintain in an efficient state these truly valuable institu tions, which by the extent of their operation check the advancing progress of misery and di committee state in t serve t he expenditure 1 sary to carry on the operations of the charity EXAMINATIC AND MATE )F MAs ers, held on To mined by £723, an ()lately neces -At a meet sday, the 17th insta of the brig Enterprise. master's certificate, which NI TUE FA DAY.-I 3y an arrangemer at the same time al the first week, after fiv be tak cit the p, 'lamed with havim 1 1 he sN tit whi to remove strained by the captain, and that contents of the trunk were discovered t all ever f and 1 wish that the property should be de gave his evidence with great clearm laws of the country. The prisoner s, wilen .uLuorities in London must be corresponded with, as to the proceedings to be taken against him. transportation, remarked thai-Y7' ised the pro, feel that they had beer murders that perhaps tll ed. His lordship expressf not in his power to inflict a sew to the desertg of the offender • THE Cr JRT. — The Kent, the 1 1 the domestic household, at .ning in the private chapel at Buckingham e sermon was preached by 'the Bishop of The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay offi service. The Queen had a dinner party on The company in the Duchess of Kent, ilrince Edward of Saxe Wei ..encies the Baion anil Baroness de loneorvo, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde ,ady Emily de Burgh, Lady Fanny Howard. Speth, Earl of Dew.' ell, Lady Camply,' their Es mint Clifd, —ord. uamp- L and Stratheden, Hon. Miss Camp urray, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. • band attended during dinner. 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