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ment, to It is fortunat o tar as the individual Hogan i concerned, that in his person the question between the two governments has nut been precipitated to an arbi tration of blood. It is impossible to notice the feeling which exists along the American frontier of Canada, e capture of Hogan and the report of the and w gallant M`Nab having passed through the state of New York have recently elicited, without arriving at the conclusion that the life of the forme:• would inevitably been sacrificed but for the c ?.diate collision FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1842 To that class of persons, to be found in every com munity, who, in the words of the poet, are " Pleased with a feather—tickled with a straw," the recent exhibitions of Mr. William Earle, in the Council, have, doubtless, afforded infinite amusement. The same persons, with the same object in view, would flock to see a cockchafer spin upon the point of a needle, a mountebank balance a tobacco-pipe, a rustic attempt the capture of a soaped pig, a monkey eating roasted chesnuts, or any other wondrous or dexterous performance ; and would, perhaps, be rewarded with equal delight. We quarrel not with their tastes ; we envy not the fame achieved by the performers, towards all of whom we entertain pretty much the same feel ing. We would just as soon stand in the shoes of the mountebank or the rustic, and almost as soon have a pin stuck in our back, or burn our fingers with the hot chesnuts, as possess the unhappy infirmity of temper which prompts the diublerie of Mr. William Earle. We regard with perfect unanimity the ordinary tom fooleries of this eccentric gentleman ; but we must confess that we cannot view, with the same unconcern, the factious course which he has pursued with respect to the recent election of the Board of Guardians for this town. We cannot think, either, that the gentle men, who are ready enough to laugh when Mr. William Earle plays the cynic philosopher or the Merry An drew of the council chamber, will be similarly disposed upon this occasion. The one performance is made at no other cost than that of his own character for sanity, which is of doubtful value,—of the decency and order of the assembly in which it is indulged, which ought to be of somewhat more worth,—and of those unfortu nate gentlemen, the reporters, who are condemned to collect all the shrieks and sputterings of which it is composed, and render them into an intelligible shape, for the amusement of the risible portion of the com munity. The other, it will be found, has been indulged in at a rather serious cost of money to the public—a matter, however, of which Mr. Earle has declared al ready that he was perfectly reckless. We noticed at the time the circumstances under which the election of the Board of Guardians of the Poor was about to be contested by Mr. Earle, in order to foist upon the list of parties, agreed upon as candidates, a protegee of that gentleman—Mr. R. A. Mould. Since the introduction of the new poor law into this town ship, its administration has been studiously rendered, by the conservative board originally chosen, as little oppressive to the poor, and as little costly to the inha bitante, as the commissioners would allow. In-the list which was made out by the consent of both parties in the borough, it was endeavoured to fix upon gentlemen who would carry out with unanimity this humane, and, at the same time, economic principle; and the board was to consist, in a fair proportion, of gentlemen of con servative and liberal principles. Mr. William Earle, however, has no fondness for the administration of this harsh and stringent enactment upon any other than its strictest interpretation. This eminent liberal and stick ler for local representation would gladly take every vestige of controul out of the hands of the guardians chosen by the ratepayers, and, rendering them the mere tools of the Somerset-house triumvirate, yield up at once the poor of the township, and the purse of its inhabitants, to the tender mercies of this unconstitu tional and arbitrary body. This was evidently the object of Mr. Earle, and to promote it he has foolishly inflicted upon the parish a great expenditure of money, in the hope of seeing his nominee elected ;—a hope which the ratepayers have, very properly and triumph antly, resisted, as calculated to destroy the guardians' unanimity of action, and to impede them in their ef forts to administer the law with a just regard to the interests of the poor and of the parishioners. In this insolent attempt at dictation—insisted upon when success was perfectly hopeless, and in defiance of every remonstrance—Mr. Earle has wantonly sacri ficed, to the indulgence of his obstinate temper, the money of the ratepayers to a heavy amount, for which they will doubtless be infinitely obliged to him. The THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS, however, thus spent, and which would have been so much better em ployed in administering more liberally to the necessities of the unfortunate recipients of parish bounty, has at least served two very valuable purposes. It has proved to the public, and to Mr. Earle himself,—if a mind so hopelessly impenetrable as his is to conviction, where it stands in the way of his own inordinate vanity, would re ceive the instruction conveyed,—how small is the influ ence which his flighty character has won for him over the judgments of his fellow-townsmen ; but, more impor tent still than this, it has clearly established the abhor rence with which the stringent carrying out of the Somerset -house tyranny in Liverpool, is viewed by the great majority of the inhabitants of the borough. The lowest number of the votes on the side of a bulnalle administration of the law, exceeded 2000, and could have been doubled and trebled if required, whilst the Ma/thusian nominee of Mr. Alderman Earle could mus ter only 890 votes ! A second time the ruffi an sympathisers of the United States have been permitted t o insul t the dignity of the British crown. Another Canadian subject of her Ma jesty, u pon the plea of participati on i n an act which has been formally acknowledged by our government as a national act, the consequences of which we were pre pared as a nation to abide, has been violently seized upon whilst visiting upon peaceable business t h e United States territory; and, but for his having escaped from his captors during the night, would, long before this, have been a prisoner waiting his sentence at the hands of the prejudiced authorities of the state in which he was taken, or, far more probably, would have been butchered without a trial by the infuriated border population. We know nothing and care nothing whether the individual in question, Hogan, was or was not con cerned in the attack upon and destruction of the Ca roline. If it were so, he was engaged, under legal au thority, it a noble and gallant undertaking, of a par ticipation in which he may be-justly proud. The Bri tish government, however, has taken upon itself the responsibility of that affair ; and the federal govern ment of the United States, if we are not mistaken, has recognised the question which it involves as one to be settled by negOciation or otherwise between the cabinets of Washington and London. How long then, we ask, will it be permitted that the state of feel ing out of which that act arose should be displayed in Violent and savage outbreaks of hostility, unrepressed by the American government, whenever a British sub ject suspected even of Laving participated in it may be impelled, by business necessity or in search of arnnse- 1(Iif Crlltj t went on to state that she saw ono 18 person who keeps the house at Gretna, -he had been served, and she stated than She saw Mr. Jones in the coach as He was one of the Sl- Mr. Ruslit d other magistrates were employed durif was very sorry for 4 . r. they returned homeward Tuesday aftertiou ;cation or a transaction concerning which there has recently been much curious gossip in this town, but which, to the parties impli cated, has now assumed a very serious aspect. The names of the parties in custody are John Orr M 'Gill. John Osbore Quick, Thomas Woman(' Rogerson, Richard Jones, Margaret Jones, and Jane Clayton. The above pri- sowers were placed at the b,r. The charge was, that the parties had taken Miss Ann Crellin, of this town, a lady who was reputed to possess a very large property, (according to rumours which have been rife. not less than £40,000, X 50,00 or £60,000,) away to Gretna Green, where she had, her consent, and while under the influence of some potion avoid it 's wife. Nhe step She objected to it ier, been married to the ndividual last named is a with him, but 5..- . At length she made her y. She slept at Rogerson's rr APGill prisoner, John Or, Th. handsome and gentlemanly-looking years old. Quick and Rogerson a young man, about thirty 0 ire also highly respectabl, a decent his wife, and Mrs. Cl yton, are both re- spectable-looking women. Mr. Snowball solicitor, appeared on behalf of Miss Crel lin; Mr. Gracott, solicitor, attended for M‘Gill, Quick, and Rogerson ; and Mr. Davenport, solicitor, was retained for Jones, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Clayton. Mr. Snowball stated the circumstances of the case, but they were subsequently detailed in the evidence of Miss Crellin, which we subjoin. He said he should be able to prove the object of the prisoners by a letter which had been sent to the Liverpool Slanclard, with an announcement of the marriage. . Miss Crellin was called.—She appeared to be about forty years of age ; is short and rather stout in person, with strong features, which have once been handsome. She was sworn. She stated that she was possessed of property. She resided last year in Seymour-street. The prisoner Mrs. Jones, used to act as charwoman at her house. She recollected Martin being introduced to her. lie came with a lady named Miss Shoane, with a view of taking her house. He said he would take her house, because he was going to be married to Miss Shoane. Miss Shoane called upon her (Miss C.), and showed her her wedding dress, and asked her to be her bridemaid. Mr. Martin called afterwards, and said it was an untruth ; he did not intend to marry her. Ile came a few days after, and said he wished to pay his ,1 addresses to her (Miss C.) He called nearly every day. She went to the Isle of Man on the Sth September, Martin followed her there. She returned from the Isle of Man on the 10th November. Miss Crellin here gave a somewhat lengthy detail of her movements to various lodging houses, her stay in .each being generally about a fortnight. At length, after, by the advice of Mrs. Jones, going to live next door to ber, she went to. live in Norton-street, which she was compelled to quit; because Martin and a person named Bulkeley visited her, and the lady - who kept' the house did not like their behaviour. Much evidence was given, apparently, for the purpose of showing how far Mrs. Jones had interposed in all Miss Crellin's affairs. At length, it appeared, Martin would only meet her at Mrs. Jones's house ; he would not meet her anywhere else. They went there frequently together. After a time, she (Miss C.) went to stay a few days with Mrs. Jones. Martin was always looking out for lodgings for her at this time, and she went, at his instigation, to Mrs. Clayton's, where Martin • himself lodged. It was done thus: they were out looking for lodgings, and after an unsuccessful march, Martin said, " We had better go to Mrs. Clayton's, and look for lodg ings to-morrow." They went there. Martin pressed her to be married. She, and Martin, and Mrs. Jones went to the office of Mr. Thompson, attorney, Newington -bridge. She had then accepted the addresses of Martin. Mr. Thompson had always advised her to have her property settled upon herself. When they got to Thompson's, Mar tin called Mr. Thompson out, and on his return to the office, he (Martin) said he had -changed his mind, for he wanted half the property settled upon him. The affair was here upon broken off, and she (Miss C.) returned to Mrs. Jones's house, whither Martin followed her. He said she had de clared before witnesses that she had promised him marriage, and be was going to take proceedings against her, for a breach of promise. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and Mr. Par kinson were present. Martin said if I would give him £250 he would take no more proceedings. She gave Mr. Martin £250 on the following day. Mr. Snowball here produced a document, a portion of which was read by Mr. Rushton. It appeared to be a pro mise from Martin to fofego any claim for a breach of pro miSe of marriage from Miss Crellin. Another document was also produced, the purport of which did not transpire. Miss Crellin said that bOth those documents were drawn out by the prisoner Jones. Martin, having• concluded his negotiation, departed. Jones then said, that he held a paper in his possession which would render the promise which Martin had given her nugatory, and by which she would still be liable to be sued fur a breach of promise; but if she would give him £2O, he would give that paper up to her. He said it was a flaw which he had made, the nature of which was, that she would still be compelled to Mary Martin, but if she would give him the £2O, he would destroy that paper and she would then be safe. She went the peat (!ay to Heywood's bank and drew out £230, which she deivered to Martin, but she refused to give the £2O to Jones. When he was pressing her on the subject, she overheard Mrs. Jones whisper to her husband, " e - et three pounds from her if you can !" That night Jones ...pt out, and she (Miss C.) slept with Mrs. Jones. Mrs. J ores awoke her in the middle of the night, about three o'cicek, and said, " Ah Miss Crellin tbere is another paper stilt against you which Mr. Parkinson has got. They got up at that early hour and went to Parkin son's, she (Miss C.) being anxious to get the paper that Martin might not have any hold of her. Parkinson got up and let them in, and he and Mrs. Jones went out and re turned with Jones, Jones said there was still another paper against her, which would be made use of if she did not give him and Parkinson £5 each, but if she would do so it would be destroyed. She consented, though she had not signed any papers. She paid Parkinson the £3 down, and had to draw more money from the bank to pay Junes, to whom she gave £5 in a day or two. She went to the house of a friend, where Mr. Whitty and an officer of police called. Parkinson and Jones had given her receipts for the money. Witness here mentioned that Mr. Whitty spoke to Mrs. Jones with great severity. When Mr. Whitty had gone Mrs. Jones wept, and hoped she would not show Mr. Whitty the receipts, or they would be transported. She was prevailed upon sub sequently to destroy the receipts.• Shortly afterwards she ascertained that Martin was a married man. A Mr. Duval called and told her that Martin was a married man, and that his name was not Martin ; that he was a Dr. Cope land. Had seen the prisoner M'Gill :twice " while stay;• ing at Mrs. Clayton's, and that was her first acquaintance with him. Had never seen Mr. Duval till he called and said Dr. Copeland was a married man. Duval said he would be at Mrs. Jones's that night, and he wished to see her there. She went there, and Mr. Duval brought Mr. M'Gill. Jones was there, and a Mr. Dryden came in, and they stayed till a late hour. Mr. Duval said he had gone for the purpose of introducing Mr. M'Gill to her—and on that, Mr. M`Gill in vited her to his sister's house, Mr. Rogerson's, in Bonn. dary-place, to dine. She went thither and dined. The party were, Dr. Dryden, Mr. Duval, Mrs. Jones, Mr. M'Gill and Rogerson, with herself I(Miss C.) She had had no previous acquaintance with any of the Rogersons. They dined, arid spent the evening very pleasantly • and she slept there with Mrs. Jones that night. On the following morning, they pro posed to cross the water to Egremont. Mr. M`Gill, and wit ness, and Mrs. Jones, went over the water, and the Roger sons joined them afterwards at Dr. Dunlevie's, where they had lunch. Mr. M`Gill called out Mrs. Jones, and on wit ness asking Mrs. Jones where she was going, she replied to buy a cap for her. (Miss C.) They went out, and were ab sent about an hour. On their return, Mrs. Jones said they had not been able to meet with a cap smart enough for her. Witness described several excursions which iwere projected and undertaken, and at length they went to the Egremont Hotel, where she slept with Mrs. Jones, all of them taking brandy and water by way of a wind-up to the day's pleasures. Mr. Rogerson had taken with him a large bottle of brandy— more than a quart. Next morning, Dr. Dunlevie admini stered a glass of brandy in their tea to do them good. (Laugh ter.) After breakfast Champagne was introduced, and they each of them took some Champagne. (Laughter.) After they seemed to be looking out very anxiously for the Dub lin packet, and they pressed her very urgently to go to Dub lin. She refused,'expressing her astonisnment at such an idea. Mrs. Jones and Mr. M'Gilf were very 'earnest with her on the subject, but she still refused, upon which they re turned to Liverpool. and drove to Mrs. Rogerson's, in Boundary-street, where they had lunch and some more brands. They then proposed that all the party should go to the steeple-chase, which took place on that day. She had not paid one farthing of the expenses of the expedition to Cheshire. Instead of going to the steeple chase they drove her to St. Paul's Church. She was surprised when she found herself there, and asked, in the name of wonder, what they had brought her there for. They said, to he married. "To be married!" exclaimed she, " a pretty thing indeed if I am escape. and went to an att to be married in this . way. • I never heard of such a thing. Nothing was further from my thoughts. They said they had a license and the ring all ready ; but I said I would never be married till all my property was settled on myself. They had prepared everything beforehand, and all the people round laughed outright at the ridiculous figure we cut." Miss Crellin went on to state that they drove her to the steeple chase, and that she slept at Mrs. Rogerson's that night; that M'Gill and Dr. Dunlevie called upon her two or three times a day subsequently, and that she forbade them to trouble her. At length she went to live with Mrs. Cham ley, where, as they still persevered in their visits, she caused herself to be denied. She was now seeking to recover the money from Martin, and one day Mrs. Jones came to her and told her that Martin was waiting for her at Mrs. Clay ton's, to pay her £l5O of the money. She went with great reluctance, as she had declared she would never again go to Mrs. Clayton's house. She was subsequently told to go at six o'clock. Here, the evidence diverged slightly from the main current, and the witness proceeded to state how she was led by Jones to go to several places in search of Martin, without success. At the George and Vulture, in Houghton street, where she had gone with Mrs. Chamley, at the desire of Jones, in the expectation of meeting Martin, she was, while waiting for Jones, accosted by Quick, ivho, on the re turn of Jones, invited her to spend the next evening at his house. She and Mrs. Chamley hesitated on account of Jones being included in the invitation, but at length they were pre vailed upon. They went, and, in the course of the evening, it was proposed to send for M`Gill, Mr. Quick particularly asking her if she were willing. Jones desired that M`Gill might be sent for, as he was so good a singer, and he made his appearance in so short a space of time, that she presumed M`Gill must have been in the house. M 4 Gill : , übsequently called, and pressed her to go to the theatre. She assented, and took with her Mrs, Chamley, at which N.`Gill expressed himself greatly chagrined. It was on the 16th of March that Mrs. Jones called and said Martin would be ready to pay the money at six o'clock that nigilt. She wished her to go alone, as she said Martin would not F,l3,:ak to her in the presence of a third person. She, (Miss C.) would not go alone, but took Miss Chamley with her. Mr. Martin was not at Jones's. Mrs. Jones ran in and out repeatedly, and appeared anxious to de, tain them. At length she e: ~zed in a great hurry, and said, "Oh there's Mr. Martin at Mrs. Clayton's, and he's got the £lso—l saw it myself—he won't come here, and he won't speak to you, unless you are alone." Miss Crellin said she went with her, and went to the door of Mrs. Clay , ton's house, where she was determined not to enter, but Mr. Jones came out and pushed her in. When I went in, said Miss Crellin, Mrs. Clayton asked me to take some refresh ment. She gave me a tumbler containing a very dark looking liquid. It was very dark —it was a drug I'm sure. As soon as I drank it I became insensible, and I never re membered anything more till I found myself in bed beside Mr. M`Gill. Mr. 11,I`Gill in the middle—myself at one side, and Mrs. Clayton on the other : Mrs. Clayton with her a rms round Mr. Nl' Gill's neck. (Laughter.) Mr. Miss Crellin.—At Rushton. —Where at % n v f ta a e s rGw this?raereds . I was in sens ibl e t ill iI; but I did no t k now i t then, then. I jumped o ut of bed q uite frantic, and I exclaimed what is all this ? What have y ou been doin g with me ? Mr. 11`Gill told me that I was married, and , then I fou n d a r i ng on my Linger. " Married !" said 1, take this r i ng o ff. How is this," I screamed ou t very loud, and Dr. Q u i c k came into the room. IJe said,"Madam, mind and beh ave APr the power of Mr. M`Gill, and y ours elf—you are now uroA from and behave yourself. There's nothing for you hut the work houseit is in his power to take all y our to; tune you—so mind if you do not." (Laughter.) I was very sick. I got Mr. M`Gill to take the ring off. I insisted, and he sawed it o ff—l was so determined. I was no t in my senses when Was married, you may be sure — there 's proof enough of that f me on —or I wo.ohl not have allowed a woman to be beside the night 1 w45414-yikod. time u;it spoken Pearunce of the Place where tirey yvere a t the Mr. Rushton .questioned Miss C re lli n touching . the ap, of. Mr. Snowball 151.114 be WO proof enOoght th.o Ole plAce wad Gretna Green. ' wo nights Mr. Grocott, in cross-examination of Miss Crellin, was informed by that lady that she was not possessed of X 5,000 ,se, £6OO on worth of property ; that it consiste( mortgage, and £1,600 in the bank. Mr. Rushton said, it was proper to question as to the pro perty generallY, because of the state of the law ; but Mr. Grocott bad no right to go into particulars. According to act 9th Geo. 4. cap. 31, it was enacted, " That where any woman shall have any interest, whether legal or equitable, present or - future, absolute, conditional, or contingent, in any real or personal estate, or shall be heiress pr6sumptive or nest of kin to any one having such interest, if any person shall, from motives of lucre, take away or de tain such woman against her will, with intent to marry or defile her, or to cause her to be married or defiled by any other person ; every such offender, and every person coun selling, aiding, or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of FELONY." Mr. Grocott said, the motive should be very strong that would move persons to place themselves in such a predica ment. That was his reason for examining on the point. Mr. Grocott proceeded to cross-examine the witness at great length on her evidence, particularly as to her alleged state of insensibility. He questioned her as to the incidents of the road, &c., but she persisted that she remembered nothing of them. The Gretna Green certificate was produced, and she was asked if that was her signature to it. She said, empha tically, that it was not. This certificate of marriage was signed by the priest, an innkeeper, of Gretna, and witnessed by Mr. Quick. It was also signed by M`Gill, and a scrawl appealed purporting to be the signature of Miss Crellin. She was desired by Mr. Rushton to sign her name in the usual manner. She did so, and nothing could be more dissimilar than the two signatureS. She admitted that she had per mitted Mr. M`Gill to put another ring on her finger, but it was, she said, under the full representation and impression that she was bound to him. Mrs. Mary Chantey, wife of Mr. Chamley, captain of the light-ship, was next examined. She had known Miss Crellin 12 or 14 years. She corroborated the more important parts of Miss Crellin's testimony; and Cleared up such points as appeared doubtful. She'deseribed very minutely the pro ceedingi at Jones's house, when Miss Crellin was taken away under the impression that she was to meet Martin. As nei ther Miss Crellin nor Jones returned, she went next day to seek her. As she passed along Berry-street she caught a glimpse of Miss Crellin in a coach, which was furiously driven. She gave a man a shilling to stop it, but he did not succeed till it got to the Adelphi. She there found Miss Crellin in the coach with Jones and Mrs. Clayton. She was in a state resembling delirium, and did not know her, (Chamley,) save at intervals. She insisted in getting into the coach, and told Jones that it was a most villanous plot for Miss (Yellin's destruction. Miss Cretin was quite stupid and foolish. She learned that they were about to drive 11er somewhere in Smithdown-lane, and she ordered the coachman to drive them to the St. Ann's coffee-house. Miss Crellin's face was swollen, and so large and strange-looking, that she did not look like the same woman. At the St. Ann's coffee-house she told the landlady of the plot, and that Miss . Crellin was a lady of for tune, and if she would suffer her to lie down she would be well rewarded. The landlady did not like the looks of the party—said the lady might have been robbed, and she would decline it. Jones then said she (Mrs. Chamley) knew no thing about Miss Crellin : what business had she to inter fere and take such an interest in the matter? Miss Crellin said she knew nothing of her. They ordered some brandy, and gave Miss Crellin some without her having asked for it, and against her (Mrs. Chamley's) desire. Jones then got a coach, and in spite of her (Mrs. Chamley's) remonstrances, drove off with Miss Crellin. Mrs. Chamley proceeded to corroborate Miss Crellin's statement as to the mode of quit ting Mr. Rogerson's house. She stated that she saw Miss Crellin on the Tuesday following her marriage at Mr. Roger son's. She had been looking for her. Mr. M'George, of Everton, a friend of Miss Crellin's, called in his gig, and they drove to Roby to look for her. On their return a coach was at the door, in which was Mr. Rogerson. He said he had the pleasure of informing her that Miss Crellin was now Mrs. M`Gill, and she had a particular wish to see her. He said she was to take any things which belonged to her, (Miss C.) but he cautioned her that there must be no whispering. When she got to Mr. Rogerson's, Miss Crellin rushed to meet her with open arms, exclaiming, " Oh, Mrs. Chamley ! I have been deceived ; I'm married, and I know nothing about it." She did all she could to console and pacify her; and in the course of the evening she assented to go to the attorney next day to settle part of her property on Mr. M`Gill; but she told her (witness) that she did this merely to make her escape. They went next day to Mr. Armistead, who would not hear of any settlement, and Miss Crellin was taken to a friend where she would be safe. _ It was now past six o'clock, and as there were several more witnesses, Mr. Rushton adjourned the case until the following day. The prisoners were all remanded. he milled foe La (Quick) would pay bee, 3d Mr. Jones went several U As it waiting for some ono. They remained till very late, and no one came. Mr. Jonas went out for soma party. pies. Ile asked me for some money, saying that he did did not recover fairly till they were journeying homeward. I not like the ladies to see him without money, and that She had a recollection of Quick giving her the last drop of Dr. Quiek would pay. I let him have a trifle. Ile wanted stuff she remembered taking, and it was as black as ink. She a shilling. I only gave him sixpencc. They went away all returned, and wished to make her escape from them. but she together—but Quick went away--before them. When the was• taken to Mr. Rogerson's house, where she was kept ladies came they-asked if Mr,Martin was there, and he was closely watched, and it was here represented to her that she in the habit of coming there. I had only seen him once or was M•Gill' t It she could not twice, when M to the door, Chiyton brought him. When I described him to her that night as having called, she said, " Oh. the villain ! that is the man." She saw Miss Crellin and Mrs. Chamley next day. They enquired whether Martin had been there after they left the night before. I told them he had not. Mrs. Chandey began to tell me how she bad been treated. Whilst talking, Dr. Quielt'cithie in and asked how the child was ? By the Court.—She had no child that was ill. Dr. Quick never attended a child of her's.:. Miss Crellin and Mrs. Chamley were then present. Re-examined.—W hen he saw Miss Crellin and Mrs. Chamley, he said, " I would not for £5O I had popped upon them. I dont want any name to be brought into this affair at all. All I want is to get to see her. There is a trap (or a bait) laid for the old devil, and she cannot get out of it." He afterwards went in to see the ladies. They seemed very friendly together; and I did not see more of them till I heard of the wedding on Friday last. On Monday last, she saw Mrs. Clayton. • She said she had been to Gretna Green, and that Miss Crellin had got married. I said, what a shameful piece of business ; and she said, it served her right. She said something about what had occurred at Gretna Green. I said, it was a shame for Jones and his wife to do so. She said, that after the wedding, they had got her (Miss C.) to be quite agreeable to it ; and that she (Mrs. Clayton) had a shawl the same as Miss Crellin'i. She said, she had to stop with her on the night of the marriage; that Miss C. had made a piece of work, and was going mad, and she had to stop with her in consequence. She said Mr. M`Gill slept in the same bed. She also said, that she expected a very hand some present for her share in the affair ; and that when all was settled, she would speak to the parties to have, a ball at her house. On the first day that Mrs. Clayton came, she said that she had employed her to work it out for them. I did not know Mrs. Chamley before, and am sure she is the person who came with Miss Crellin. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—l dont know what the " piece of work" was. Mrs. Clayton said she went into the bed-rooin to pacify her. lam not sure that she said she went into the bed with her, but she certainly said into the room, where she remained all night. Mrs. Clayton said to me, that Miss Crellin had jilted several persons, but was at last caught, and was rightly served. The ladies had a little brandy and water (half a glass each) and went away quite sober. • _ _ Mr. Jones, partner in the banking-house of Arthur Hey viood, Sous, and. Co., was next called upon. Two bank checks were produced. He said, that on the 10th February Miss Crellin called at the bank, and he filled up one of the checks (produced) for her, which she signed in his presence. It was for £255, and he paid her the money. [A printed form filled up, apparently with a border, was shown to the witness, and he was asked by Mr. Rushton if he thought the signature at the bottom was that of Miss Crellin. He said he did not believe it was. It was nothing like it. He should not have paid a check purporting to be drawn by her, with such a signature. The document, we believe, was a surreptitious Gretna-green certificate of marriage.] Mr. Jones voluntarily said I—l wish to state one fact. The lady took all the money for the check in gold, which I thought remarkable ; and her manner was so strange and agitated, that I thought something was wrong with her. She was accompanied by another female, a small person, apparently a servant. She (Miss C.) has money deposited at our bank still. _ _ _ Mrs. Martha Massey, being sworn, said,—l am the wife of Massey, keeper of St. Anne's Coffee-house. I re member St. Patrick's day. On that day tour persons came to our house in a coach, three women and one man. I had not seen any of them before, nor again until this day. Miss Crellin and Jones are the only two present I can recognise. Miss Crellin was in an insensible state at the time. Mrs. Chamley asked for a room to be shown into. I first showed them into the parlour, and seeing them in that state, I showed them into the tap-room. Mrs. Charnley came first. She asked me for the use of a bed or a sofa for the lady, who, she said, was respectable. When they were in the tap-room, Jones asked for two half-glasses of brandy, and a glass of ale. I saw the female prisoner (Clayton)' hand one of the half-glasses to Miss Crellin, and hold it to her mouth. I then left them. I cannot say whether Miss C. could hold the glass herself. By the Court.-1 knew she was insensible by her manner and her looks. It was from three to four o'clock in the af ternoon. Mrs. Chamley expressed great anxiety about Miss Crellin, and asked for a bed or a sofa for her to be taken to. She said that she (Miss C.) was a respectable person, and that the parties who had got her into their hands wished to take her away. I did not grant her request, because I did not like the look of the parties who were with Miss Crellin. I objected for fear she might have property about her that she might be robbed of in the house. Jones and Mrs. Clay ton took her away in a coach or car, and Mrs. Chamley was left behind, and appeared to be agitated and sorry that she was taken away. They were there about halt an hour. I observed no alteration in Miss Crellin while she was there, and do not remember hearing her speak. In reply to a question put by Mr. Davenport, witness said, Miss C. appeared either insensible or intoxicated. She did not observe Mrs. Chamley object to the drink being given to Miss Crellin, and did not notice whether they led her out or they walked. Mr. Dewaine, paper-ruler, Sir Thomas's-build ings, was then called. He said—" I saw defendant Quick on Tuesday or Wednesday last. I was going up Scotland place, with some respectable females, and he was called. Quick spoke to the 13dies, when they got into their house. He said, " You have lost Johnny," meaning M`Gill, whom, as well as Quick, they all knew. He said he had been to Gretna Green, getting M‘Gill married to Miss Crellin. He was asked how they got there. " Oh," said he, "we put the old into a coach, and off we drove to Carlisle, and when we got there, we persuaded the old that we were in Warrington !" A dialogue ensued (continued witness), in which I and my friends said it was a wrong and unjust thing to take Miss Crellin there, and he was asked how she did not come to know the difference between Carlisle and Warrington. " Oh," he said, " the d—l was drunk : from there v%e took a post-chaise, and took her off to Gretna Green, and got her married." Quick also said she was worth sixty or seventy thousand pounds, and that she smoked a great quantity of cigars on their journey, and drank brandy " till all was blue." I remonstrated with him on the injustice of such conduct to - Miss Crellin, and he said it was correct enough, for the laws in Scotland were different from those in Englond, and the marriage was good, and she was quite rightly served, as she had jilted several men before. I was in Quick's company for the first time on the 20th December, at a lady's house in Boundary street. Previous to that he had heard Mr. Quick speak of the business at the church, and that Miss C. had £65,000. Cros.-examined by Mr. Gaocorr.—l first knew the prisoner M`Gill, too, on the 20th December. He was at the same party. On the day after I went with him into the country in a gig, but we had no spree together, although we have been friendly. Air. Dowling, police-commissioner, was called, and said, The woman Clayton complained to me of a felony against a man called Martin, but whose name is, I believe, Cope land, some months ago. She said he had paid her twenty sovereigns, which she put into a cupboard in her house, and that he had afterwards stolen them. Copeland was brought before me. He stated that he had given her the money to keep for him only. Mrs. Clayton said he had paid her the money for the part she had taken in obtaining for him a considerable sum of money (£250), in the matter of Miss Crellin. I sent him to Bridewell, and he was next day discharged by the magistrate—Mrs. Clayton not appear ing against him. By Mr. Davenport.—She did not say she got it for main tenance. U cannot tell whether 1 took the facts down in my book. I have not the book with me.—[At the request of Mr. Davenport, Mr. Dowling was desired to bring his book. Some time afterwards he returned into court, and said that he had looked over the book for the last twelve months, but could find no memorandum about it. _ _ _ - Elizabeth Rutledge, wife of Joseph Rutledge, joiner and publican, No. 7, Roscoe-lane, said,-1 have seen the prisoner Clayton occasionally, and the prisoner Jones has been twice at our house. Jones, M`Gill, and a person named Wood, and another, not now present, came in last week, and asked for ale and a sheet of paper. This was after the marriage ; I think last Wednesday. Quick was also there. I heard them say they had been to Gretna Green. The intended hus band (M`Gill) said he would allow her (Miss Crellin) a pound a week,•and it was quite enongh for her. Mrs. Clayton said she expected a handsome present, for she had been the means of making him (M`Gill) a gentleman, if he would only take care of himself. When she said so, the others had gone out. I then saw them write out an advertisement, announcing the ,marriage. I saw Mrs. Clayton on the previous evening, while she (witness) was standing at her own door. Mrs. Clayton lives next door to me. Jones came out, and Miss Crellin was in the street. Jones and Clayton both asked Miss Crellin to go in ; and she refused, and said she would not go into that house again. Clayton said, " Did you ever see anything wrong in my house ?" They continued to speak to her, and she afterwards went in, and the door was shut, so that I heard no more. By the Court.—That was on the Wednesday evening before the wedding. My servant was ironing that day, and we al ways wash on the Tuesday. By Mr. Davenport.-1 have lived about seven months next door to Mrs. Clayton. John Connelly sworn.—l alai coachman to John Adam Green, coach and car owner, Roscoe-street. I recollect driving some of these parties on Thursday evening. The pri soner Quick and Miss Crellin was amongst them. There was also another lady and a tall man ; but I cannot identify any of the prisoners as them. I drove them from Oldham street to Robv. I took them up at Mr. Potter's public-house. Quick came to my master's place, to hire the car, about ten minutes to six o'clock, and he waited and went with the car. I drove them to Roby, and left them there, and came away. I left Miss Crellin there with them. She was quite tipsey when she got into the car, and was assisted into it bythe tall gentleman. [Jones is a tall man.] She was quite helpless, and unwilling to go. She wanted to know where they were taking her to, He took them to a red brick house on the road side. Miss Crellin was assisted out of the coach in the same way she was assisted in. When I passed Edgehill Church, in going, it was twenty minutes past six. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—l got to Roby about seven o'clock, The tall gentleman seemed to hold her up by the arm in getting her out. One of the gentlemen got out first, went into the house, and came out again, and welcomed them at the door, as if (added witness) he had not gone out with them in the car. _ _ To questions by Mr. Davenport.—She was assisted into the car, not as a lady usually is ; but because she was not able to get in herself. Mr, Rushton here asked Mr. Snowball (it being nearly six o'clock) whether he intended to proceed further that night. Mr. Snowball said that he had two or three more witnesses to call on behalf of the complainant, and would prefer ad journment till the following day. He had seen a coachman of the hotel at "gremont that morning, and be had promised to attend, but had not appeared, He requested that a sum mons might be granted in order to ensure his attendance. Mr. Rushton granted the summons, and adjourned the case until the following day, yesterday, (after the usual police business,) expressing an expectation that the witnesses for the defence might also be brought up, and that the case might be disposed of without further adjournment. The court then closed. YESTERDAY. FURTHER EVIDENCE The case was resumed this day, at twenty minutes before three o'clock. The court, as on the previous day, as well as all its approaches, was densely crowded,—tire curiosity ex cited having inc►eaed rather than diminished. There were on the bench with Mr. Rushton, James Aikin and Thomas Bolton, Esqrs., and other gentlemen. The prisoners were again placed at the bar, and, in addi tion to them, Dr. Dunlevie. Mr. Rushton stated, that as Mr. Dunlevie had just been taken into custody, he was en titled to hear the evidence that affected him, Mr. R. then read the evidence of Miss Crellin, shewing that he was with the parties at Egremont and Bidston. He also read the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Stafford, to the effect that the prisoner took part in the negociations to procure the mar riage at St. Paul's Church. _ Mr. Grocott said, that, as Mr. Dunlevie had been brought as a witness, and immediately taken into custody, the court would probably hear him in his behalf, as he had merely en tertained the parties as a matter of hospitality. Mr. Rushton said that, if that had been all, he would not have been taken into custody ; but it appeared in evidence, that lie and Rogerson had gone to the Rev. Mr. Stafford to procure ths.-license, and had endeavoured to procure the marriage to be solemnised on two successive days. Mr. Grocott said the other prisoners were arraigned on a different charge, and wished him to be heard. Mr. Rushton remarked, that it was as yet impossible to say under what charge the prisoners would be severally or together sent for trial, if a commitment took place •, but the notes taken would have to be reduced, and when the proper time arrived, that defendant's statement might be heard, as well as the others. Meantime, he (Mr. IL) considered himself justified in holding him in custody. Mr. Snowball then proceeded to call further witnesses : Miss Eliz:t Mawdsley called.—l am niece of Mrs. Potter, innkeeper, Oidhain-street. On St. Patrick's-day a coach drove up there about four o'clock in the afternoon. It con tained two ladies and a gentleman. Jones was the gentle man, and one of the female prisoners (Mrs. Jones). Miss Crellin was also in the coach. Jones said Miss Crellia was in an unfit state, and could not be removed till dusk. She was in a very stupid way, and he face much swelled and discoloured. They went into the front parlour. Jones went out and returned in about half an hour, bringing another fe male. I did not take much notice of her. Miss Crellin sat and slept all the time in the parlour. They had one glass of ale and half a glass of brandy. Mrs. Clayton drank the hall glass, and Jones the ale. They remained about two hours. Two men came in a car afterwards and took them away. Miss Crellin refused to go. She said " I won't go out," and Jones carried her out himself without assistance. They told the carman to drive them to Rohy. They were in the car, and I could not tell which gave the directions. The female that Jones brought did not go with them. The other female went away, and had a glass of ale after the car went, and changed a sovereign to pay for it. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—Miss Crellin was in a very unfit state to be removed ; but she took nothing at our house. The gentleman helped her to get into the house. I did not hear her speak when she came in. I have heard the newspaper read with a report of this case. Miss Crellin was carried out, and did not walk out herself. James Mead, car-driver at the Egremant Hotel, said—l drove a party of G to Bidston a few weeks ago, 3 ladies and 3 gentlemen. Dr. Dunlevie was oue, and M`Giil and Roger son : Mrs. Dunlevie, Miss Crellin, and I think Mrs. Jones , were the ladies. I drove them from Dr. Dunlevie's house to the Ring of Bells in Bidston. I afterwards pulled up at Dr. Dunlevie's house a minute or two, and then drove to Egre mount Hotel, where I left them that night. Next day I drove Rogerson, Mrs. Jones, Dr. Dunlevie, and Miss Crellin to Seacombe. I saw them go on board the packet for Liver pool. They went into the hotel a few minutes, and Ro gerson then paid me for the car. (The witness was not clear as to whether there .were four or five persons in the car, and whether M'Gill was there or not.) Mr. Hagan, dealer in rigars,in North John-street.—On the evening of yesterday week, abOut six o'clock, I was at Fryer's public-houee, North John-street. Mr. Jones, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Duval came in. Mr. Wood said that was Mr. Jones that had been. to Gretna Green getting married, and they asked Mr. Jones to give an account of the trip to Gretna. He said that Miss Crellin was drunk when they started, and they kept her drunk all the way. He said that when going into Carlisle, Miss Crellin asked where she was ; and that Jones said they were about a quarter of a mile from Warrington. That Miss Crellin said she must get home to-night, and Jones said, Oh, yes, we shall all be at home to-night. He then said they went to Gretna Green, and got married. Some person asked him, suppose Miss C. had re fused to marry Mr. M`Gill, what did they intend to do ? He said they had got a stamp for £2,000, and if she had re fused, they would have made her sign that. He said that if she refused to sign that, they intended to drive her up into the mountains, and keep her there. The rest of the conver sation was about her wealth. Mr. Jones said he knew of his own knowledge that Miss C. had £12,000 in Leyland's bank, and £12,000 in Heywood's. By the Court.—l have known M`Gill for six months. He is a cigar dealer, No. 18, Dale-street—an office up a court. I know Rogerson. They were in partnership together. The firm is Findlay and Co. I have seen Rogerson and M`Gill transact business together. I know Quick. He is a surgeon, and keeps a shop in Scotland-road. I never saw Jones before that night. Inspector Robert Campbell, of the Liverpool police, said —I recollect a charge made by Mrs. Clayton against Martin. Mrs. Clayton charged him to me, and he was booked on Tuesday, the 15th of February, under the name of Samuel Copeland, charged with slealiug £23 from Jane Clayton, in Roscoe-lane. She said she had received £2O from Cope land for the trouble she had taken with him. That two or three days after, ha demanded the money back, and she re fused to give it him. She then said he had gone to the cup board and taken 23 sovs. out. She said to Copeland, I have had a great deal of trouble with you; you know you have both meat and drink in the house, and you had no money till you got that money from Miss Crellin. I brought them both to Mr. Dowling's office, and he ordered Copeland into custody. Copeland was brought up at this court next day. Clayton did not appear to substantiate the charge. I went twice to her house in the morning, but did not find her. Some papers were found on Martin in my presence in bridewell. I read them. They were given over to Martin when he was discharged. Mr. Grocott objected to any questions as to the contents of the papers, as there was a possibility that the party who had them might yet be produced. Mr. Snowball said a conspiracy was proved and the evi dence ought to be received, to which Mr. Rushton assented. One was a receipt for £2O given to Copeland, and Mrs. Clayton said she had given it. It was found in Copeland's pocket. There was another receipt for £2O, signed by Jones. Michael William Dryden said—l am a surgeon. I have known the prisoners Jones and his wife for about two years. I have known Miss Crellin about eighteen months. Mrs. Jones attended at my house occasionally. A sister of her's had been at the house where I lodged for twenty-two years, and Mrs. Jones came occasionally in her absence. There was something the matter with the drawing-room window, and Jones came to put it in order. I was introduced to Miss Crellin by Mrs. Kelly, the lady with whom I lodged. Miss Crellin was asked there to tea, and I was asked to meet her. IVl`Gill and Duval called on me five or six weeks ago, on this matter. Duval asked me if I knew M'Gill. I said I did not know any person of the name in Liverpool. Duval said M'Gill was a friend of Mrs. Copeland. and asked me if I had any knowledge of Dr. Copeland (Martin). I said I had. I met him at a party in Duke-street. He asked me if I knew if he was a married man. I said there was a lady in troduced to me as Mrs. Martin, and that he (Martin) was living in Lodge-lane. Duval said there was an old woman that he (Martin) was going to be married to, and that she was worth £60,000 or £70,000, and that her name was Miss Crellin. He said, the fact is, and I want to get her away from Martin, and to get M'Gill married to her. He added, I understand you are not only an acquaintance of her's, but have a very great influence with her; and if you will use that influence in favour of M'Gill, we will give you £l,OOO. I neither dissented nor assented; and Duval asked me if he might use my name to get her away from Copeland. I told him he might do so, as I knew Mr. Cope land to be a married man. I did not know he went by the name of Martin. After the conversation I went into the parlour where M`Gill was. No one was there but M'Gill. Duval went with me. He mentioned the conversation we had had, and M'Gill readily assented. M'Gill said he would give £l,OOO. I laughed, and said it ought to be worth £5,000 when there was so much money. M'Gill said he did not think so, as he would be making a great sacrifice to take an old woman with any sum of money. In a day or two after I saw Duval. He called on me again, and I think he told me he had had an interview with Miss Crellin. I did not intro duce them in any way to Miss Crellin. Duval came after wards every day, and sometimes with M'Gill. I had con versation with M'Gill on the subject to procure my influence with Miss Crellin. On Saturday, the 26th of February, (or end of February,) Mrs. Jones called at my house, and told me Miss Crellin was then at her house. She asked me to go and see her. I was unwell that day, and said I would go and see her on Sunday evening, at Jones's house, Victoria terrace. I went up next evening, and found there M'Gill, Duval, Jones, and his wife. Miss Cretins was with them in the parlour, drinking what I afterwards discovered to be brandy punch. Miss Crellin welcoined me. I then told her all I knew about Dr. Copeland, but that I did not know him to be the Mr. Martin who was about to be married to her. I told her the name of the lady at whose house I met Cope land and his wife, and said I would introduce her to that lady, as I knew she could give her more particular information than I could. The conversation then became general for some time. Some of the party asked me to take a glass of brandy punch, which I tasted. Duval afterwards asked me if I was engaged to dine next day. He said they were to have a party at Mr. M`Gill's, and asked me to go, and I said I would, but had no such intention. He then asked Miss Crelkin to go, and she said she would if I went. Mrs. Jones immediately said, " I'll go with you." Miss Crellin consented to her going. Duval and M'Gill both asked me. We afterwards went out together. Mrs. Jones called on me next morning (Monday.) She said Miss Crellin was going to the dinner, and that I was expected. I said I had made no such promise. Sire then told me that M' Gill and Duval returned there on Sunday night, and remained there some time. I told her that I would be at her house at three o'clock. Before I went, Duval and M'Gill called that morn ing. They said they had been to see Miss Crellin, and had told her that Mr. Ivl`Gill was the son of Col. M`Gill. M'Gill went and Duval remained. I went at three o'clock to Mrs. Jones's, I found Mrs. Jones, Miss Crellin, and some strange woman. I got Mrs. Jones into a private room, and said that I had no intention of going to the dinner, and that it was improper in Miss Crellin to go,—that she had got out of one scrape and was going into a worse. Mrs. Jones said that she would not tell her not to go, as she knew nothing wrong of the parties; and I told Miss Crellin it was improper to go. Miss Crellin said she would not go, and Mrs. Jones said she should. I saw I had little or no influence with Miss Crellin, and I agreed to go, and requested Mrs. Jones not to leave Miss Crellin at the dinner. About half-past five o'clock, M'Gill called at Mrs. Jones's and sent for a carriage. He said Duval had promised to meet him there, and as he would not come he would not wait longer for him. We got into the carriage and went to. M`Gill's brother-in-law, Mr. Roger son's, Boundary-road. Wood was there. A person crossed the street, and some one said, " this is Dr. Quick." He was not of the party, but I do not know whether he came into the house. The party who dined were Mrs. Rogerson, a young lady, M'Gill, Miss Crellin, Mr. Jones, Mr. Wood, Mr. Duval, and myself. Mr. Rogerson after dinner got on his knees and kissed Miss C. She seemed very happy, played the piano, and danced and sung. Something was frequently handed to Miss C. to drink. I went into the back parlour and saw Mr. Wood and Duval in conversation, and M`Gill lying on a chair. I proposed going, and asked Miss C. to go with me; but she said she was going to stop all night. Mrs. Jones also remained there. I did not see Miss C. again I think till the day before St. Patrick's day, at Mrs. Jones's. Miss C. appeared excited. Mrs. Chamley was there too. They said they had come to meet Martin. Mr. Jones came in and said Mr. Martin was in the street, but would not come where there was a third person. Mrs. Chamley asked me to go into another room. We went into the kitchen, and Miss Crellin came down soon after. 1 told Miss Cretin that if she never died till she got the money back from Mr. Martin, she would not die with a headache, I thought there was no Mr. Martin. A rap came to the door, and Mrs. Jones said it was Mr. Martin. I said it was more likely to be Mr. M'Gill. Jones said Mr. Martin was waiting near the Mount. Miss Crellin then went with Jones. I remained for a short time. Miss Crellin did not return while I remained. 1 never saw Miss C. after wards until after she returned from Gretna Green. Jones called on me on Friday last, I think. He was in company with Wood and Duval ; and Jones asked me if I had written a letter to the Townhall about them. I said I had not. He (Jones) then told me about M`Gill, and himself, and Miss Crellin going in a coach, and Mrs. Chatnley following them, and that lie would knock out the brains of any one who attempted to get out the coach with his life preserver. Jones said he had got a coach, and the best pair of horses he could get, and drove Miss Crellin off all night. He also said they had made the old devil fast now ; that she was a great annoyance to him, and would now keep her secure. lie said Dr. Quick called on him, where - Wood, Rogerson, and M'Gill was and proposed to give him bills to the amount of £5OO, provided it should be effected through Iris instrumentality. Jones said it would be throwing away money to buy the stamps, as he knew she would never inarry any one in her sober senses. From what 1 have seen of Miss Crellin for 18 months I should think her a sober woman. I told her of the offer I had had of the £l,OOO. I called on the 16th in consequence of receiving an anonymous letter stating that I should be assassinated for the part I had taken. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—My father's name was Dry—and I took that of Dryden, on which I had le ga l ad vice. The offer was made to me in February. 1 told Mi ss Crellin of it on the day I dined at Jones's house. No one was present but Miss C. and myself. I don't remember what she said. I think I told her the amount £l,OOO, which was offered me. This elosed the cage for the complalnent. Mr. Crocott exprosged a wish to address some ohserva tiops in reference to the prisoners DunLevi° and Rogerson, and made reference to the opening address of Mr. Snowball. The parties had gone to Egremont, where they were enter tained at Mr. Dunlevie's house, and it was there that Roger son was first affected. He went afterwards to the church to procure the license, which ended in nothing, and terminated the transaction so far as he was concerned. . Mr. Rushton read toe evidence affecting Rogerson. The party went to Bidston and returned to Egremont, where he (Rogerson) left them. But on that very evening he went with I)unlevie to the Rev. Mr. Stafford and procured him to fill up an affidavit, he (Rogerson) re presenting himself as the brother o! the principal. or intended husband. He also went on the following day, and told the clergyman in the vestry, that his " brother " would not be there that day. They both formed a portion of a water party, and immediately after leaving them at Egremont, they came over the water and endeavoured to obtain the license. The clergyman, by their appointment, waited for them, on two occasions, affording them every fair facility for the solemnization of the marriage ; but was deceived throughout. Mr. Grocott said that Dr. Dunlevie was anxious to ad dress the court then ; with a view to exonerate himself, so that, if possible, he might be liberated. Mr. Rushton said that he did not anticipate that any thing the prisoner could say would affect his impression made by the evidence of Mr. Stafford and others ; and he thought it would be better for the defendant if lie advisedly reserved what he had to state for a future stage of the proceedings. Mr. Dunlevie expressed a desire to be heard then. Mr. Rushton said that he should be heard ; but strongly cautioned him to be careful in what he stated, as whatever it was it would be taken down, and might, and certainly would be used against him, if it could be so used hereafter for the ends of justice. Mr. Dunlevie said in a firm tone—The only object I have in view in addressing you, is to show how innocently I have been introduced into the position in which I now stand. About a month ago—on or about the Ist of March—Miss Crellin and another lady, who was a stranger to me, came to my house, and there lunched. We afterwards formed a party and went to Bidston. During the journey there, I observed a considerable degree of familiarity and intimacy between Miss Crellin and Mr. M`Gill. We eventually went to the Lighthouse, and I there heard him ask her to the effect, " Would she marry him ?" to which I under stood her to assent. • The same question was again put by him, with a like effect. Mr. M`Gill also stated to me in the Lighthouse, that she was agreeable to marry him, and go with him to Dublin by the mail-packet of the succeeding night. We dined, and returned from Bidston to Egretnont ; and there, Mr. Rogerson.having again questioned Mr. M`Gill as to Miss Crellin saying that she would marry him, he said she had again and again consented. In consequence, Mr. Rogerson said there would be no harm inquiring about the license, if that were the case. I said, that, under the cumstances, I thought there would be no harm in it:wilier , - ever ; and we accordingly went to Mr. Stafford's to inquire into it,—l having known that gentleman as a fellow student at college. We then spoke to Mr. Stafford. He asked if either of us were the party, and we replied that neither were so. I understood Mr. Stafford to say, that, in order to oblige the parties, he would pre pare the license, and have it ready in the morning. to be filled up. 1 returned home, and came, by invitation, in the morning to the hotel. We had breakfast, and during the time the circumstances relating to the intended marriage were explained. There was some brandy on the sideboard. The morning was very wet, and some one present said, " Would a little drop do any harm ?" Miss Crelliu then appealed to me, saying, " Do you think a little would do me any harm ?" I replied that I thought a little would not injure her. She accordingly had some. When breakfast was over, and we were all waiting to go to the pierhead, Mr. M`Gill said, the day being so very wet, perhaps a glass of champagne would do them no harm. A little was accordingly procured, and each partook of some. I believe the bottle was not finished, for it was not very good. We then proceeded in the boat to Liverpool, and during the passage 1 spoke to Miss Crellin, with allusion to the conversation of the previous even ing, of her knowledge of Mr. M`Gill; and I observed that I thought she had made a very choice selection for herself, as Mr. M`Gill, from what I had ever known of him, was a very gentlemanly man. She replied that she thought she had. I said to her, that as things were pretty nearly ready, we should proceed, on our arrival at the pier, to the church ; to which 1 understood her to assent. In consequence, on our arrival I accompanied them in a car to the church, straight from the pier. The object of going to the church was the subject of conversation in the car. We arrived at the church door. Miss Crellin then said, " What place is this?" She was answered, that it was the church. She said " I'll not be married at present; I must first consult my legal adviser as to the arrangement of my property." I said to her, if such is your decision (or wish) Miss Crellin, I think you are perfectly right and justified in so acting; for if I thought any thing improper or dishonourable were contem plated, I should not have accompanied you here. We then went straight to Mr. Rogerson's house. There were some refreshments laid out, which the family had been partaking of when we went in ; and Miss Crellin was asked if she would take a glass of sherry. She said she did not like sherry, and would prefer a little brandy and water. Afterwards the party went to the races, which were then on. They returned to dinner at Mr. Rogersons, between five and six o'clock. After dinner, I left them, and there ended my connexion with them altogether ' • and I can assure the Court and the gentlemen present, that I am as innocent of any intention of impropriety, as the being who is not yet in existence; and if it were not impious, I would appeal for the truth of my observation to Him who knows my innocence. Mr. Rushton said,—l am sorry to say, that after having heard your statement, I do not feel the impression I pre viously entertained removed ; and I should not feel justified in permitting any of the parties to be at large on bail. I shall hear the witnesses for the defence, and, probably, one or two more for the complainant, to-morrow, after the usual business of the Court; meantime, I remand Vie prisoners. The Court then rose at half-past six. ttOYAL LivER 4 II4,VrRE, cHuncii.gicalmr MASONIC CHARM On TUESDAY,EATI.NING NEXT, April 5p , 1i342. BY DESIRE AND UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF JOHN DRINKWATER, Esq., R.W.D.P. Grand Master, _HE MASTER MASONS, AND OTHER BRETHREN OF THE WESTERN DIVISION OF LANCASHIRE, THE Entire Receipts of the Evening will be appropriated (without any deduction) in aid of the . FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, For the Relief of Distressed Freemasons, their Widows, and Orphans. The Entertainments will commence with NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. Brother HENRY DODD has kindly consented to sing " PROSPER THE ART," the music by George Hargreaves, the words by Brother James Stonehouse ; dedicated, by per mission, to his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Grand Master of the Order of Freemasons. After which, MILITARY PROMOTION. To conclude with ROBERT MACAIRE. The following will be the Prices of Admission for the above benevolent purpose (on this occasion only) :—Boxes and Stalls, 3s. (no Pit on this occasion) ; Second Price to Boxes and Stalls, 25.; Gallery, Is.—no Second Price. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had (on and after Thursday, the 30th instant) of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, and of Mr. WALMSLEY, Bookseller, Church-street. GRAND OFFICERS, TO PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS. JB. HEW ITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER AND PRINCIPAL • REPORTER TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, begs to offer his services to Legal Gentlemen and others who may wish to obtain SPECIAL REPORTS of any Cases for Trial at the ensuing LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Standard-office. TO CORRESPONDENTS, We are compelled to postpone a mass of correspondence, together with much original and interesting matter. The crowded appearance of our columns will at once suggest the reason. Ebt Zibtrpopi 'tanbark. hat 'c , timely escape. By this accident tl of two powerful nations, which must have been the t of the murder of Hogan by the authorities or the populace of the state of New York, has been averted ; but we much question whether it has he en more than postponed. We doubt also whether the permanent peace of the two countries and the liberty of our Bri tish subjects in Canada to visit with safety the border states of the republic will ever be established until those states, and the government which neglects or is unable to restrain their turbulent outbreaks, are taught, by some more powerful lesson than mere di plomacy can teach, to respect the power and the sub jects of the British crown. 'We have most assuredly no desire to see any save friendly relations existing between the people of this country and the United States. We contemplate with horror the prospect of two nations speaking the same language, sprung from a common stock and from a common fatherland, being hurried into a sanguinary struggle upon any question, and, least of all, upon one so susceptible of amicable arrangement as this. The present state of things, however, cannot be permitted to continue. If the American republic will not or can not restrain the bad passions and the violence of its disorderlY population, Great Britain must, in justice to her own station amongst nations and to her loyal co lonial' subjects, make the attempt ; and the issue of that attempt, however much of disaster and pain it may involve, it is not difficult to foresee. THE RAILWAY TIMES & ITS CORRESPONDENTS We had occasion some weeks ago to comment upon the ex tremely unfair and injurious course pursued by the Railway Times, in giving insertion to the effusions of every moon struck or splenetic person who imagines himself to be ag grieved by, or capable of inflicting a blow upon, any railway undertaking. We reminded our contemporary at that time of the peculiar sensitiveness of capital invested in these un dertakings to every expression of public opinion—that the slander of the designing or the misrepresentation of the foolish possessed far more power to wound, than truth, how ever strongly tasked, to heal ; and we did hope that our con temporary, acknowledging, as he then did, its impropriety, would have ceased to open his columns to this masked war carried on by the officials, or the interested tools of this or that company, against rival companies, unless he was sure of the correctness of the facts put forward, and was prepared to give the same currency to any rejoinder which might be made that he had already given to the original lie. We are sogry, however, that we cannot accord to the Rail way Times that credit for fairness, in this respect, which, on many recent occasions, he has assumed for himself. From a correspondence, which has been brought before our attention, in the Sheffield Independent, it is very obvious that whilst our contemporary has been willing to lend himself to the inflic tion of a wound upon a struggling undertaking, he has de clined repeatedly to afford space for any explanation of the perversions of facts and inferences which his columns have been the vehicle of conveying to the world. The interested libeller and the merely stupid scribbler are permitted to creep under our contemporary's shadow and discharge their venomed darts at random ; but the advocate of truth can neither tell the source from which these missiles come, nor proclaim through:the same channels, the falsehoods which they bear abroad. We should scarcely, however, have been induced to recur to this subject, had we not felt compelled, by our position as journalists, and by the opinions which we have previously expressed upon the subject tolwhich it refers, to call the at tention of our readers to an anonymous letter, dated Feb. 21st, in the. last number of the Railway Times, addressed " to the shareholders in the Manchester and Leeds Rail way." In that letter the statements are so extraordinary, that we should almost think our contemporary must have omitted . reading it before giving it insertion, did not the date—nearly five weeks old—fully warrant the' supposition that it is an advised and deliberate publication, for the ma terial truth of which (upon the principle which it is acknow ledged ought to govern the editor of a publication like the Railway Times, in whose pages a whispered rumour may involve the security of property to an incalculable extent) as, ought to be held, at least, morally responsible. The object of the writer of this letter is evidently to create a feeling in favour of the Manchester and Leeds line and its direction, and to prejudice the public against the Liverpool and Manchester and other lines interested in the southern junction in Manchester. In the course of this laudable en deavour, he proceeds to inform us with respect to the past proceedings, not of the Liverpool and Manchester board, but of the Grand Junction, North Union, and others, which we really imagine have little to do with the matter before us. These gentlemen, he says, have been guilty of all these enor mities in past time; and they are now striving to " puff the Sheffield line into notice, that they may stifle the project of a junction at Hunt's Bank, and ultimately prevent any junction line whatever from being made through the town of Manchester." . ✓ What an unhappy monomania, we may remark, these gentlemen of the Manchester and Leeds Railway are afflicted with, upon the subject of the Sheffield Railway ! Macbeth certainly never " murdered sleep " as the distant sound of the cutlery of Sheffield, the woollens of Yorkshire, the cot tons of Lancashire, and the produce from the Humber, booming along the valleys of the Don and the Etherow, seems to fright away sweet visions from the pillows of these bewildered gentlemen! But to proceed. The letter writer (in himself NOBODY ; but, so far as his statements are adopted by the Railway Times, entitled to some notice) contends that the Liverpool board are so prejudiced by their interest in the Grand June don and other lines that they cannot act honestly in this question of a Junction through Manchester. " Are they sincere," he asks, " in bepraising the Sheffield line, and will they take it up in earnest arid carry it through ? No such thing ; they are too good judges in railway matters ; they know very well that the population spread along the Sheffield line is extremely thin ; and that from Staly Bridge (seven miles from Manchester) there is not a single town all the way to Sheffield ; they know, too, that the works are heavy, and that the tunnel is upwards of three miles long, or nearly twice the length of the Leeds Summit tunnel, which has cost £250,000." The whole of this paragraph our contemporary must have known to be a tissue of senseless and determined lying. But we pass that over, reminding our readers that it comes from Leeds. " They know full well," proceeds the letter writer, " that if the completion of the Sheffield line proves injurious to us, it would prove fatal to the Grand Junction Line : that it would deprive them of the Manchester traffic to London, or of half of it at least, as the distance from 'Manchester to London, via Sheffield and Derby, would be no greater than via Crewe and Birmingham." Indeed! is this so ? Is the " distance from Manchester to London, via Sheffield and Derby, no greater than via Crewe and Birmingham'?" IT is so! The alarmist of the Lecds line is perfectly correct in this assertion, at least ; and it may possibly throw some light on the grounds upon which the Manchester and Birmingham Company are not a little in clined to submit to their portion of the injury which must result from the adoption of the Hunt's Bank junction, in pre ference to the southern line—a line, by the bye, which they themselves, or parties ipintimateconnectionwith them, were but afew years ago eagerly advocating. But that the Grand Junction Company have any reason to fear such competition we utterly deny, although it is sufficiently apparent that the Manchester and Birmingham, equally with the Leeds, FRAIL this Sheffield line, and are willing to join in the attempt to injure it. We have bestowed, perhaps, too much attention upon this small insect—the correspondent of the Railway Times — whose inclination to wound is certainly much greater than his capacity. We wish, however, to point a moral to our re spected contemporary. It must be evident that, at the root of a great portion of the objurgation levelled against our fellow-townsmen for the course which they have pursued with respect to this junction question, is a bitter hostility against, and fear of the successful completion of, the Sheffield line. Upon the showing of our contemporary's correspondent, that line is one of great public utility. It shortens materially the route to Leeds and the Humber. It is Me Shortest routefrom Man c h es t er t o th e i m p or t a nt towns of DEany, NOTTINGH AM LEICESTER, &C., and the adjacent districts: and it is "a competing line" f r om Manchester to the me tropolis itself: Is it then, we ask, worthy of our contem porary—is it consistent with his character as an advocate of railway interests—is it, we ask, honest or wise in him, with its evident claims to support upon the ground of public con venience even, to lend himself to efforts, thus systemati cally and perseveringly made, to crush an uadertaking of such importance as this must be ? We leave the ytte‘tion to his consideration. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. —A was held, in aid of the above society, in St. Mark's til School-room, on B. A. Marshall meeting Associa tion Tuesday evening, the 29th ultimo, the R a ev i in the chair, fur the purpose of formin don for that Church and District. The ° nume rously attended, and at the conclusion twentyn-gtwwoluvenil delivered collectors offered their services. Addresses by the Rev. B. A: Marshal, A.M., and the Rev. ere It is hoped that many more Juvenile Branches of most important association will be formed in this to:nt. this most as a means of interesting the young is cause of missions , and of increasing the funds of the p aren t the The Church AlisihMary Socie t y have prepared col ,ecting cards, boxes , a nd a :Royal) , perodical, speci ally in. tended for the young. society WEDNESDAY FURTHER EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE. The investigation was resumed on Wednesday afternoon, after the usual business of the court had been disposed of. The anxiety to hear the proceedings was so great, that long before the first witness was called —about three o'clock—not only the court itself, but the stairs and passages leading to it were crowded to excess, and many parties were constrained to take their departure, being unable to obtain either seats or standing room, from which the prisoners could be seen or witnesses heard. Several magistrates were on the bench. The prisoners were again placed at the bar, and Mr. Gro cott proceeded to cross-examine the last witness. Mrs. Charnley said that when she saw Miss Crellin in a car in Berry-street, no one was with her but Jones and Mrs. Clayton. She met Mrs. Rogerson that morning while she Scotland-road, near the was in search of Miss Crellin, in market. She addressed her. She (M rs. R.) appeared to shun her. Witness told her that Miss Crellin was missing, and she said that she would go down and inform her brother. Witness did not recollect - say?hg anything to her about Miss Crelland's being desirousto marry Mr. M`Gill, or her desire to settle her money upon him.—[To questions put by the Court, said, the conversation she ha d alluded to was the conversation that had taken place at Roby. Mr.M`Gill had proposed that Miss C. should go and settle half the pro perty on herselq—She did not recollect saying that it would be well if Miss C. married. She saw no objection to M`Gill marrying her at that time, and told him so. She told Mrs. Rogerson that if she intended to settle the whole of her property on herself, he was behaving honourably. She saw Miss Crellin on the Tuesday evening after the m arriage. She recollected Miss C. saying sbe would go down to Mr. Sanders and refute all that was said, but did not hear her say that that statement was made to him in a moment of irritation. She saw nothing disrespectful in the conduct of Mr. M`Gill to Miss C. _nothing that showed that he liked her or otherwise. She thought she might have been more determined in telling him not to come. She never heard her speak kindly or affectionately to him : but quite the reverse. When she and Miss C. spoke of ships, steam-engines, &c., he seemed displeased. She never saw Miss C. salute or kiss him ; but she had seen him kiss her, and go down on his knees to her. She believed he kiss d e her twice in her presence. Wit ness was with the party at Roby on the Sunday, and they dined, tead, and supped there, at Mr. Hodkinion's who was present. She saw nothing particular there. She did not see her put her hands round his neck, and say, " I will have a husband to protect me," and give him a kiss at the same time. She had known Miss C. for 14 or 15 years. Her habits were perfectly sober. She never saw her in an im proper state till the day she saw her in a coach with Jones and Mrs. Clayton.' By Mr. SNOWBALL. — The conversation alluded to at which Mc. Gill took offence, was about ship-masters and smuggling, which displeased him, and he went away. Mc. Gill was, she believed , a cigar dealer. On 2ross-examination by Mr. Davenport, witness said she was not with the parties at St. Paul's Church, but was at the George and Vulture with them, where they had half a glass of brandy each. She never, on her oath, mentioned any thing to her about a ring. She had always heard her say, Mr. Jones had trepanned her and behaved to her as a villain. The Rev. John H. Stafford was then called by Mr. Snow ball, and being sworn, said,—l am a clergyman and sur rogate. One of the prisoners applied to me for a license — the prisoner Rogerson. A Mr. Dunlevie, a surgeon, was with him. This was on the evening of the Ist of .March ; and no one else was with him at my house. I asked them which was the party. They said neither of them was the principal. 1 said it was necessary that one of the parties should be present, to answer to the affidavit, before the license was granted. One of them said, could I not fill up the affidavit to be ready to be sworn to when the party appeared. 1 filled it up. I cannot particularly say which gave the dictation, but I think it was Rogerson, who, at the time, told me he was a brother of the party. The affidavit was here put in and read. It was in the usual form, and the names were those of John Orr Mc. Gill and Mary Crellin. I was asked if it would be convenient for me to be at the church on the following morning, to swear the party and solemnize the marriage. Dunlevie said it was a friend of his whom they wanted to get married, and he could not attend. Rogerson represented himself as Mc. Gill's bro ther, and I thought at the time his name was Mc. Gill, I attended at the church on the following morning (the 2nd). The marriage was not solemnized on that day, nor the affi davit completed. After waiting some time, Mr. Rogerson came in. I asked him if the parties were there. He stated that his brother had not arrived, and that he was pretty sure he would not arrive that day. I asked, if he had not seen him the day before, and arranged with him. He said he had, but he was pretty sere he would not come that day, and he would not give me the trouble to wait any longer. I saw a car at the church gate. Ido not think Rogerson returned to it. When I came out, I saw Rogerson and another person—l believe Dunlevie.—speaking to a lady whose back was turned towards me. She was dressed in a scarlet cloak or shawl; but I would not know her again. Dunlevie got into the car, and, I think, he and the lady drove off. Rogerson called on me last week and asked me if it would be convenient for me to attend in the church that morning to marry the parties for whom he had applied for a license. It was on a Thursday or Wednesday. He asked me to attend at eleven o'clock, but I said I could not, as prayers would at that hour be said at the church. I inquired why the marriage was not solemnised at the former appointed time. He said there was some disa greement about the settlements. He also said the parties in the meantime had taken a trip to Gretna Green. Nothing further occurred but the settling of the hour, which was again appointed for that same day, and I attended at church. The parties did not arrive, and no marriage took place. I looked into the coach, and saw only Dunlevie. Mrs. Catherine George, landlady of'` the George and Vul ture;" Houghton-street, was then called. She said—l know the defendant, Quick. I have known him about 12 months. I recollect him coming to my house sometime in March, with some others. The first party that came in was Mrs. Clay ton. She came on the 10th of March. She said she wanted to ask a favour; and I asked her what it was. She said she was going to bring a lady to our house to meet a Mr. Martin ; and she afterwards said it was not to meet a Mr. Martin, but a Mr. M`Gill ; and added, that when she comes you must tell her that Mr. Martin was here last night, and wouli be there again to-night. I said what was all this about. She replied, there is a lady with a great deal of property, and she went to church with Mr. M`Gill some time ago, and made a complete fool of him ; she added that he had tried every way to get to see her, but some one had denied him and his friends; and as he could not get to see her, they were con triving to meet him at that place. While she was there Dr. Quick came in. He asked Mrs. Clayton whether she had seen Mrs. Crellin, and she replied that she had been for her, but would go there again. While he was there she went, and lie stopped till she came back. When she came back she said Miss C. was not in, but had left a note for him, and would be Sore to be down this evening. Quick and Mrs. Clayton went away together. In the evening, Miss Crellin, Mrs. Chamley, and Mr. Jones came about half-past five o'clock. We had a dancing party that night, and Dr. Quick was up stairs in the dancing-room. I went and told him that the lady had come. I told him there was a person with Miss . Crellin who I was sure was a friend of hers. He asked me to describe the man, and I did so. He said, " Oh, call bins out ; he is friend of mine ;" and I did call him out, and they went to the door together. Mr. Quick said lie wanted to get rid of one of the ladies; and I was to let Mr. Jones THE THEATRES.-THE PATENT QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. In my last I noticed some rather extraordinary statements put forward by one of your contemporaries on the subject of the dispute existing between the lessees of the Theatre Royal and the lessee of the Liver Theatre. 1 now notice the remainder of the article in question. Your contemporary says-- - " The speculation is not a new one. It has been tried be fore, and who ever succeeded ? What were the conse quences? Empty benches constantly at the Royal, though the first talent from the metropolis was engaged, and crowded houses every night at the Liver, with merely the stock com pany. How can it be expected to succeed in Liverpool, where the law is peculiar as regards theatres, or rather where no law whatever is applicable to them ? In London—in the centre of the lord chamberlain's district—where the majors perform under Killigrew's and Davenant's patents, and royal grants of modern date, all exertions to procure a compulsory closing of the minors have failed, and the costs have fallen on the originators of the prosecution after two years anxious labour and bravery of the public condemnation." The speculation (that is, I presume, the information or prosecution), is not a new one ! It is not, truly !—" it has been tried before." Messrs. R a y m o n d a nd Hammond were fined some years ago; and a manager a t M a nchester was imprisoned within the last few years for doing what they did, and for what Mr. Raymond, Mr. Webster, Madame Celeste, and Mr. Strickland have been just served with no tices of information. The case of London—that all exertions to procure a com pulsory closing of the minors failed—is a rather unlucky statement. It betrays either ignorance, or a wilful pervert ing of the truth. In London, it is well known, that oppo sition to the law impoverished many and utterly beggared others. Rayner, Russell, Chapman, and others, can " a round, unvarnished tale deliver" of successful prosecutions. If the annals of the Strand Theatre, the City Theatre, the Garrick, and others were searched, a few plain facts would speak out with a tongue like a trumpet. What was all the agitation some ten or eleven years ago for ? What were the purposes of all the meetings at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand, and elsewhere, at which Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer and others presided, when Sheridan Knowles, Doug las Jerrold, Searle, and many more bright and intellectual men were listened to with attention the most profound, as they boldly arid eloquently advocated not only their own rights but those of the drama. I fear I am spreading my communication to a great length, but I pray you, Sir, pardon me. The article goes on to say —" Mr. Raymond did not seek collision with the Theatre- Royal lessees. They challenged him by opening their theatre fully two months before the customary commence ment of their season, and resorting to pantomime as an attraction, he was, in self-defence, obli g ed to meet them with the licensed dra ma ." M r . R aymon d truly " did not seek collision with the Theatre-Royal." • The smuggler who brings over contraband articles, and sells them cheap in oppo sition to the fair trader, does not challenge him ; it is the trader challenges the smuggler—who, by not paving the Queen's duty, can undersell him. As for the " customary commence ment of the season," it appears to me, that armed as they are with a patent, the lessees of the Theatre Royal can begin their season, or finish it, when they please. That the Royal Liver entertainments, generally speaking, have been of a su perior descriptio n , n o one will deny : they have been unex ceptionable, and got up in a mode deserving of the warmest patronage. Nor can any one deny that a vast improvement has been effected by the lessees of the Theatre Royal in the way their entertainments have been piLt upon the stage. Mr. Hammond has the world before him—is a man of great talent in his profession, and of persevering industry —qualities that must be brought to bear, when success is the object. Ido not deal with either lessee ; I deal and grapple with the ques tion; and that is why I trouble you with this—because, I believe that for fairness and uprightness, integrity and ho nesty of thought, no paper ranks higher in Liverpool than the Standard. Nor can a paper take any but a prominent position, when it is known that it is neither to be bullied or bought. As to Messrs. Anderson and Hammond knowing that the monopoly was disputed, that I have nothing to do with, nor. what their motives or determinations were. They no doubt saw and still see their way clear. But Mr. Clarke never did try to put down the minor theatres. If Mr. Clarke's suc cess was not remunerative to the extent he thought he had a right to expect, it was attributable rather to the badness of times than caused by popular prejudice. As to Mr. Hammond's proceedings elsewhere, I am not his apologist, if such he needed, but I think he requires none. I only want to show the truth. If Mr. Hammond did exert his talent at minaicry--and certainly that was an astonishing effort—as charged against him by your contem porary, he did it in his own defence. The case is altered. As for Mr. Anderson's attempting to oppose a monopoly in Glasgow, I have understood his object in his agitation was to show that no patent rights existed. our contemporary next says :—" In equity, we have no doubt the patent has long been forfeited ; in law, we do not think it can he sustained, except for the protection of the Theatre-Royal against penal inflictions." This is absurd ; for if the patent in equity has long been forfeited, and it cannot be sustained in law, how can it protect the theatre from penal inflictions ? In conclusion, I state now, as I have done before, that I am an advocate for all that is legitimate and right. Mr. Raymond, as the writer of the article I have been comment ing upon states, is " a man of large family, and whose means of existence depend upon the success of his labours." Mr. Hammond is, I believe, a man also of " large family, whose means of existence depend upon the success of his labours." Thus are the lessees balanced. But what cares the public a jot about such things, whether they have one child or twenty, will people support either on that account? The public cares only to be pleased, and will pay for its pleasure. I advocate not men but principles—l do not wish to see the public opinion lead wrong—l want to see the scales nicely balanced, justice holding the beam. Personally lam in favour of a second patent. I signed with all my heart and with my best wishes, the first as well as the present petition for a second patent to be granted to this town, and I will do so again and again, because to my profession it will be an advantage as well as to the public. On a future occasion I will, with your permission, state my reasons more fully. Let us see what the result of the kirkdale petty sessions will be. THESPIAN. Liverpool, March 26. PilfutiAßlioNic SOCIETY. — This very excellent society ann o unce their open rehearsals in another part of our paper this day. The Philharmonic is at present rather short of its numbers. As this may not be gen e r a lly k nown , we men ti on it for the information of the amateurs, and the supporters of " Li belle Science," who should lose uo time in joining.