The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

af3 gs ; m bers , de oi r e prinJel gum' •I', ;;I;in h e e s to t FOS o pOl o ere top t tD'E Vim ' ge a figo To clie Totf f cq re e d raise oe; iplop3i ii s ecer re , of g 0 0 ' of ,ff of e 9t B ` ge 1;010 P, 8105 00 07 7 o°' . , , GENERAL NEWS. ,_ t 1,4 0- ,---- -----,--BT - it -_-•-- the s?to tern zLECTION.—AIr. tAerwsnay united orotectionist candidate for the representation of the r°ll ehs of Monmouth Newport, and Usk, was returned . e °4l7 riday b y a maj rree-trader. (nit; of 237, over er Mr. W. S. Lindsay, st et SEA SERPENT. —TllO Bridgeport (U.S.) Standard h „,'"11 that the crew of the Gipsy, of that por, o f 4 tL sai to have brought home the account of the ca w pti:ire 1463a -serpent, don't remember any such vessel as ""gahela and therefore it does not believe the Oe e n ' 04,, ur THE LARGEST SCREw- STEANIE" , f t _ the Thames will be launched to-morrow ( \i, eenesday) Mare the extensive iron shipbuilding -yard of Messrs. tns thrand Co at Blackwell. She is nearly 2,000 tons e th e e n , and 'is intended for the Indian mail service other ste e ape. She is named the Indiana. Eight ...9. e tatirtra,ers, which are building in the same yard, 1% 1 11 0 t e4 ed in the course of the ensuing summer. Iiot:STITUTION IN LONDON.—The Times asks, t does it terrible it t ei .Pear at first sight a strange result of the re hrs of society that, upon an average, one person out iS ep e ent Y of the inhabitants of this luxurious me r every bitiP.daY destitute of food and employment, and eit epr Tti lpat a Place for shelter or repose ? And adds, metrop o l is elating the various classes of charities in . t s h a e ke, that, n otwithstandin g all these efforts, i tbe atable fact that in this very town of London alone, ateet,"tre and core of British civilization, 100,000 . persons IllIce:1° day without food, save it be the precarious pro ..'ei, al'asaingjob or a crime. 1 ‘1 7 4 -ilt ' 9°, CaPtain f4eor:;:aeßdoNcugzall P H a T r i ;i E s . and COAST.—Whenl - I:ue , 60, s t c h r e e w P . s r -i h n i c p e , O , have reached Spithead, the itnavala Beet at Portsmouth will amount to 7,000 men, kit e , i 84.i.tmers in commission whose aggregate 7.l,cos!lsteo etce'l '4OO. Giving a cruising range of ten mil kiatioollael,vvith the eight sea-going steamers in cone :: fc:eoavielcrleatlbi)e, t h e advanced steam-squadron cone d' fir r service at Portsmouth, the whole coa .d be effi. cielltlyta Sheftness to the Isle of Wight, could alone. lag rs• Tilt tieraidtl.le Portsmouth force of steamers 11.0A.„4144/aALTY IN UIRY.—LIGEITING ALL I V e ESsELS igreetf'Z.We understand that the committee ha - mo fin_ e al o ly r .44tittlomin.g-,:lluteir report as to the most efficien t d list f leles4 uniform system of lighting all vesse_ . l! 1, %op thtated on the 12th irst. that the evidence did e e3 , 4l r, b et „4 fixity of coloured lights on board small small ii/doibitet a 'oat they should have them in fter r a full con eeZatioe 01;);t40Ment of emergency. t h ard that t he Whole of the circumstances, A we are in- No t a Yste ta of ',9, co mmission have l !i l gr ed to recommend t„ e o Dp as . lighting, and signal . subject, -.4,,541._ to certain suggestions L I g Perfecting the de b Nett P. 4.9 Gazette. tel l tiff 11 ., °P Tut Lam COURTS.—Further . evidence vsof l t i b a e s I.4oires,°rued some the falling off in the civil business _ . 'ire f Cause lists have been produced tie 0 n 1828. In 4tf 0 older date than the km," 1827 t h ey years 1827 and in Yore causes in the York- N or th , a tid , - -ere is an entry of forty-one .r4eo3te°?t4lll,l„BllB,!ll.nidlBin22B list, nt and of 7 147 in the - West Riding ; 4irtte s ti r bet in the latter ;t0t1,157.f sFevoernttieleenprie.nsethe tilafieeotehnetrry Was of thirteen in the one, and thirty_ Thus, the actua f0 h 2, 0 let 1 total, forty-nine. reel, i,,' rflunber of causes is 139 or nearly three t) i 's r "t what must be the relative ' de fi cr v e e a y s e e a , r w s l t le b n e opeOketribered that during those twenty-ealth. multi jPleti;eLhas Probably quadrupled, and w ok e °' ?-s-Laic Times. uve,, - Auti .has or :,.110tje, ~CURRENCY. Colonel_ v T da h y o , m t e"alel i h 1 : 4 a motion for an earl. letl e irect e 0 7 pta!es to be to guard . against tl pl i 's e eono p b o j :s 9 l! tC IO th e i _ tne increasing production oftlae g p o r ld ena i s i mines e it theeolqers of the national securities. t ilt teal to di!covery of new gold mines should go on, it tilDeki 'like tiaatdinainution in the value of . tp n e porfecEionuzsabmeteb tiod: Which occurred in the reign of the of discovery lee,./4erica,4bsequent, in consequence derangement in the , vett, „,„ ne proposes to prevent Pe'el'fit cout`orundholders" by the applictabteioinssonfetolifeapprianpeeir lottrenay not Nit, "to be effected b , acl i era convertible upon deman y . d, but issueable only at Le t of "Qs as should be, from time to time, tbat Oheet Parliament, on evidence produced. t b directed epriee ',10e,..,......uadtt.f.0..r the average o i f ,, a certain period, been ii 'ea shill: the per quarter . etceite,t „MNcirESTErt PLA N."—Extracted ,i4.eedo,".6uastler's Reply to R i chard Cobden s N."—Extract,ed Speechfrom lq This is the ' Man toPlete hi ecenlber 18, 1849," P. --- 4 , Manchester sialo r , r a a n; I had it years ago from a 1 4°17 d i tI l L e r il ' i hl; w j attt il - t ° , has never deceived me, one most ,. 'lle ' 4, t 't o eaations of yourself. s°o r ' e nds t eel( thefunds at pres'enlN t; Te bu do t n l don't e t e n n t i d in , ' " intend," ad shei, as t 6 .o sell out, that is one of our po n i r n p t o s s l e, ~,A v es th 'bet she aristocracy have answere i d our n i ogl er get rid of the i lle k i t , e ll; t e 7 d own. Of course, A la er, rthe. 49 for the Queen, we don't wes a t 11 she ink is s f T h e e m l o a y s - t 4° 'a,,, 1° 4, for harmless person ; b u t 11 1 4 :1 1 4 Nb - nt e tinall hone. We shall remove th ti e se l a e t ve o r f de o , Neb o °, Ma nchester, where . we have be all ae d bo le 4 i. t re is the use of our going all way t' etocLon rkitibnitld e" ate ? We can do that just . as well il a l t b h e om ou e r , iarreetd•-o4rotblu,,siness. Cobden, if he lives, w TT P art tet o b i , re tmo TIN FOR AssEMß l L e lN ti G nie P r A e ß u u ir A e N d rE f9 N r T a .— s. ',the f4l Parkin s bill to shorten t i \\rholloaiti_ii!illent after a dissolution l has been printed. stating the title : ! a ani,Nl o , 4 , 8 the entire b "lert4loe, ccount of the after in il e l rerped facilities b o y f blip, taeb o 7rech new e x i s t, the time r la c : ra t; t het ° arlie4reen the date of the proclamqatiotnbfeormaesesetiinng th efltritti Tent and the day appointed hap Nal p I Y u a reasonably shortened. B fo e r it e t na s c b te a d ll ( b in y Lila I "nell t hat often as her Majes y ter Neiso . titaitthe paria.mation appoint a time for the first me re e a t ; .-,,b -te t t I ,attent of the United Kingdom of G t he : aPPo4eland after a dissolution the i r a e n of s , o th d e ay ti s m a e ft s e o r , s _ l kati 4ta ,ot s ti e " k ° lay be any time less t " 4 14; Basp. g " a proc lamation, the act of tihensstaligeot to o ue tb en e lkief.;9, eat e ,.,,rt• 22, or any other law or time so ap -1447 ahan riotl``lBanding ; provided thatthe c a rnati „ less 4 41 4 At "' . 111 1 NOP mat, l b Ns., vs CLIPPER fj.ooD.—CaPi; 4 1)4 4 4._ll)er,i, Well-known co W m A m L a T n E d ß e r . ofsucce s s f 1 .110zitiotiaielicettohtheshies a few days ago invited a large fine' new . clippe k r sh b t aet e c Vt' a i t ...e West India Doc . s, a a t l t A e r b e H r d o e o e. d n . 1 '40 3 2 4 4 ehr nood, to compete with the Yankee-built N o b° tet e , l?a, for Provost Thompson, of Aberdeen i to l l 'he u r N ted Prise the mercantile navy is indebted n for those "oilrl'4lter ;pers. the Phcenician and J 4 etl et. °( i'd is a worthy specimen of o l . ritish ship a`otiifeetouecils 104 feet over all, 33 feet in breadth, d I.llll,f:elated .e,Pth. Her registered tonnagr cargo. 918, an -g aie'aitie is *.ie will carry 1,400 tons of tl te 4) -( lst e;'"a is a handsome ship. She has well-formed, Ilthe atil t 11 eneacions decks, and capital berthing for both ia f le d to craw, Although built for speed. she is con keltiltals 8- 4, a good cargo ; and, like the Stornoway, at that le ItttititoTerdeen clipper that so signally _bt espoNitleetiot-reA,er.ican ship Oriental ib t e he o r l e d e.elleroicliati ditional credit for i country.— o n un t d r o y n. s ever built %ttR ESPONDENCE. 4 4 E ,, teme add, _ _ _ _ h t nklbe N ed to th e • accompanied by the I IN Eltui a ., e Editor should be .. th 4 44,- arantee qdress of the writer, not for publicat ion, but 11 ItL i tate in " guod faith • this is indispensably requisite .14144;ur who," of facts. ' 4treiLresptirlit to be understood that lie does not hold . I. vurttl e -81 , de for the opinions or statements of his 9 14 44 . . co.t) WELL'S NON. 'CHANGEAPPEARANCE ON To 14 hil etilllirOß of the LIVERPOOL STANDAR ke D. his ItOapii'e„garr is it th 4 this. Cardwell did 0 ,erabiee°4cealed • 44 li e 'e °II 'Change d ? and fo ffi r c a w o h t f a o t r m a p a u c r o p o o s s i e . "ell 4 Deriod ~ 19 Mr. Georgel-lolt's _e_ . tiro 1%. o i. ti me ? Mr. teoo ittiti inducediiZ•kttard;irttovvreerthaoour times r d l n en g c . e isc as 3 how l ' eave ll the L h a Deeorolleillitlteatre) and to go on the flags, ahance of the (before t t l o ie s m ee ee P ting IN !,elleay,.aud. an received itwhiSti ty ti to e,roclwebveeirn favourablyg leavtillito°f Pllr gulled theyand deluded merchants anxiouslyand then foundupwards of two hundred 1 ,,, th e oftive the Peelite three hearty groans , lei„lY OM. p it t,,stt•elleved land,n therefore, left Mr. Cardwell to 1)1. ' n gei " l ' ed for ft gth of time, but saw no chance of qllegelt4 Papisits • the place po ke * ire the reasons for his not appearing ati3 —I am, s ' B h. holiest representatives delight to e- Liv e ' r i l 'e, %I, Sour, -,--, nin 3rd April, uay x,ve g, 1852. AN ELECTOR. Tr..— N, _ . •,-utE PAPAL SUPREMACY. 40 the .1) STANDARD. liNtlt.,,,t ITOR of the LIVERPOOL h +lee he R ‘ ttr , 144,4 °lrian Catholics are very fond the English teotitiraitttiO4wlth the following fact,:, 1 dof taunting W o Y his owoWaB. brouFht about by'z'Henry VIII., to tp ti. tild p o ,. _,!vil passions. i a ted fact • ? The Papal Pi;Pl4: toll;Zin°wmlla to call thet attention of your readers otlpliti3ll4,?V is dt?ewte Prtheadmperor of the East, , wh o 9 11:118 :e' 'Lb' 6020 v vho " vv aB a's a murderer, and notoriou s 'Peri-el aud tYr'anny • —I remain, Yours' 84c" US 14 :Ii March 23. . HISTORIC • lIPPLY OF PARISH STORES.—VESTRY JOBBING. 7 , (4e it t l i ttt,„l,l)lDOß of the LIVERPOOL STANDIARoDf. the thotel requi: half- yearly contracts for the supply 10,44,5 try, e t! for the parish have just been completed p y c l o e m t e p d e t b i y . tall (r.)at4:ll when the names of . th e Nt;_ epeet„,_9,?onced the public willjtjcl t s g u e e c tt s t the standins Al::he,:l'ltite% have ty of the parties, d se. b e . owness of their niale".4% alone influenced the I . l ons which have il 4 1 state It loay, however. astoo l it o i) ate that in one article, hutch s meat, my tender , i many of them ; I I : 'd ee h rl 41 thrown ov " lthou it was no less than 151)e%14r e,vyt lower inerp'ricae the that chose,uvitbhy which iltiteak1r11:1111 Y e broes s u t l i a n ge of e t d The a c c o a n a t o r m ac y t to which e l s th, ll . 4 titSratlPPted :. basg been ntered into by Mr.Ja T y. li(iltl,, harestnan of high st ding, and one who may,having 41,,h..e posilii,B_onlo claim an extra .price, for e r (with I---" co,-, Ye arst _ 411 Toe the oii" T oe quibb le th e to the r ...La e at 345. 6d. has been uality would be fa rc i ca l, as i t mehtp,. d th a t tot. t h e h2yh oi , ,jaril at is excel. be 4ti-cl'Fet 'untraq .I._erld, e t 3 _ by fril ,re"' Liveri3l4l:6PTEBl( °°' APril 3. DISTRICT NEWS. ORMSKIRK. STEALING YOUNG OAK TREES.—On Tuesday night last some evil-disposed person or persons pulled up and carried away several young oak trees belonging to E. Stanley, Esq., which were growing in a field forming part of Cross-hall farm, in Lathom, occupied by John Or mesher. TEMPERANCE MEETING.—The first monthly meeting of the Ormskirk Total Abstinence Society was held in the Town-hall, on Wednesday evening last, when the chair was occupied by James Culshaw, Esq., J.P., and the cause of total abstinence was ably and eloquently advo cated by the Rev. Mr. Bishop and A. Gibson, Esq., of Liverpool. SINGULAR PRODIGY.—On Tuesday evening last, a mare, belonging to Mr. W. Mo o rcroft, farmer. near Spout-house, Scarisbrick, Ormskirk, foaled a fine colt, having no shoulder blades or fore-legs. The head and hinder parts are perfect and well proportioned ; the ribs are also perfect, and commence at the extremity of the neck, there being not the slightest appearance of shoulders. The colt is now in the possession of Mr. R. Sharpies, of Church -street, Ormskirk, veterinary surgeon. BIRTHS AND DEATHS.—The number of births and deaths registered in Ormskirk during the quarter ending 31st March, 1852, is as follows :—Births—Males, 32 ; Females, 34: total, 66. Deaths—Males, 24 ; Females, 33 ; total, 57. The deaths are above the average, but cannot he attributed to any particular cause. The fol lowing is a summary of causes :—Typhus fever, 4 ; diarr hoea, 4 ; consumption, 9 ; scarlatina, 6; pneumonia, 8 ; marasmus, 4 ; convulsions, 4 ; old age, 4 ; other causes, 14. LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.--During the past week the town of Ormskirk has had to endure all the bustle and excitement of a contested election for members of the Local Board of Health. The struggle, which has been a hot one, has been between Sanitarians and Antisani tarians, alias " Water-larks" and "Mud-larks." The outgoing members of the board were Messrs. Leak, Marsden. and Goss. The following is a list of the per sons nominated, and the numbers polled by each candi date :—Mr. Leak, 280; Mr. Marsden, 298 ; Mr. Sharpies, 288; Mr. Stoner, 272; Mr. J. Edge, 272; Mr. J. Brom ley, 266 ; Mr. Woods, 29 ; Mr. J. Wareing. 10. Con. sequently, Messrs. Marsden, Sharpies, and Leak are the successful candidates, all of whom are favourable to the Health of Towns Act being applied to Ormskirk, and carried out to its fullest extent. ance of a house, free of rent and taxes, and £5O per annum for a horse. The proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising, recommendation to accept the Earl of Derby's offer of land for the purpose of widening and improving Bootle-lane and Walton-road, on c-mdition of the land so given being paved at the expense of the Council, the cost of which work is estimated, in the case of Bootle-lane, at £236 55., and in the case of Walton-road, at £ll5 16a. 9d. ; and recommendation to accept Mr. M`Gregoi's offer of land for tne purpose of widening and improving St. Domingo-lane, on condition of the land being paved, and a stone boundary-wall rebuilt, at the expense of the Council, the estimated cost of which work is £404 148. The proceedings of the Church Expenditure Committee, comprising, recommendation to convert a portion of the pews in St. George's Church into free seats for the poor. Report of the special committee appointed to consider and eport as to the salary of the Assessor of the Borough Court. SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided at the usual meeting cn Tuesday. The Workhouse sta tistics showed that there were 2253 inmates in the house, and 678 sick cases. There had been above a thousand admissions to the vagrant sheds during the past week. Mr. Browne, Government inspector, bad been examining the Workhouse Schools, and reported tnat the children were making fair progress. Two assistant school-mis tresses to the Industrial School had resigned, and the committee were instructed to fill up the vacancies. Fre derick Cornett, one of the officers in Mr. Gray's depart ment, having certified vaccination cases to be correct which he knew to be fictitious, the Medical Relief Cora -1 mittee recommended his summary dismissal. Fees had been paid and allowed for vaccination cases which had never been performed. A letter from Mr. Cornett was also read, admitting the truth of the allegation, but plead ing that he had so much business to perform that he had found it impossible to visit all the cases in the short time which he was allowed to be from the office. Considerable discussion resulted as to whether Mr. Cornett should be suspended merely, or absolutely dismissed; but, even tually, the committee's recommendation was confirmed, subject to the decision of the Poor-law Board. The re mainder of the business comprised the announcing of cer tain grants from the Committee of the Privy Council on Education to schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in the employ of the parish, the reception of a return showing the attendance of members during the year, and other formal matters. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. The sixth ordinary meeting of this Society was held in the Board-room of the Collegiate Institution, on Thurs day evening last. The Rev. Dr. Thom, Vice-President, in the chair. Among the candidates for membership was Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P., and the following were duly elected :—Mr. John G. Jacob, of 56, Church-street; the Rev. Thos. Faulkner Lee, M.A., of the Grammar School, Lancaster; and Mr. Thomas Symes Warry, of Hamilton square, Birkenhead. The donations embraced a document on the regulation of time, by Thomas Moore, sen., Esq.; fragments of primaeval pottery, found at Eddisbury-hill, by Dr. Thom ; and fragments of bones, from the same neighbourhood, by the same gentleman. The Rev. John W. Hill, of Waverton, near Chester, exhibited some beautiful impressions of seals connected with Fountains Abbey, accompanied by a description of the founding of the abbey. Mr. Joseph Boult forwarded for exhibition 12 specimens of a work upon church monu ments, by Mr. Gibbs, of Wigan ; he also drew the atten tion of the meeting to a contemplated architectural con gress at Northampton, fixed for the 16th instant. Mr. J. G. Woodhouse exhibited an agreement for 500 pipes of Bronte wine, between Lord Nelson and the Messrs. Woodhouse, dated 1800, a considerable portion of which was in the autograph of his lordship, who signed " Bronte and Nelson." Mr. Brackstone, of London, exhibited, through Mr. Mayer, a beautiful collection of celts and bronze swords, found in various parts of Ireland. Dr. Hume exhibited specimens of bones which are found in large quantities near the caves of Cefn, beside St. Asaph. They are so abundant in quantity, that they are used for manure ; these were found o❑ the surface, in the debris that had rolled down the face of a cliff. Mr. Dorning Hibbert drew the attention of the meet ing to a large collection of letters, and other MSS., mostly of the time of Charles 11., which had come into his possession in a direct line from the original possessors. Several of the letters were read, and portions of others. It appeared that one Mr. John Sorrowcold, a gentleman of the Guards, whose grandfather bad been steward to Sir Peter Legh, of Lyme, had been hurt in a quarrel with some poulterers in Holborn, in May, 1661, and that he died in consequence. There was a letter from himself during his illness, one from his servant after his death, and various other documents, which afforded much cu rious information respecting the manners of the time. The collection also included various letters from the family of Bradshaw, " the regicide." The chairman re gretted that the great amount of business before the meeting would not allow them to dwell on such inte resting topics; but Mr. Hibbert consented, at the request of the meeting, to embody some of the most interesting in a separate c ,rnmunication, to be printed in the Trans. actions of the Society. The Secretary announced that the day-meeting of the Society, which had been arranged for the convenience of the non-resident members, would be held on the 15th instant, at half-past one. The use of the Royal Institu tion Rooms had been secured for the purpose. The Council have arranged that ladies be admitted, and that invitations be sent to the members of council of similar societies in town, and to certain other gentlemen inte rested in the progress of literature. . .. The resolutions respecting the contemplated soiree were read, when the Society expressed its warm approval of the principle of union among the learned societies of the town, and confirmed the arrangements which had been made by their council. A communication was read from Warrington, inviting the Historic Society to a meeting there on the 7th of May, where it is arranged to have a reunion of certain literary and scientific gentlemen from Chester, Liverpool, and Manchester. It was moved by Mr. Lamb, seconded by Mr. Poole, and resolved, that the secretary express to the gentlemen at Warrington the Society's grateful ac ceptance of their kind invitation, and assure them of their readiness to make all the necessary arrangements. It was arranged that the names of those intending to join the party be received up to the Ist of May. Dr. Hume announced that a special general meeting will be held on the 13th instant, half an hour before the ordinary one, to adopt some modifications of the laws before reprinting them. These, as suggested by the council, were read to the meeting. They do not affect any principle, but relate in general to details which have become obsolete. Dr. Thom then read a short paper, entitled, " Two Pacts relating to Cheshire ;" and in the absence of the writer, Dr. Fiume read a long and interesting paper on " Traces of the Britons, Saxons, and Danes in the Fore land of the Fylde " by the Rev. William Th orn be r , of Blackpool. Though the reading of this paper extended till nearly 10 o'clock, the gentlemen present exhibited no signs of impatience, as it indicated much valuable re search and curious learning. The thanks of the Soci ety were voted to donors, ex hibitors, and authors of papers. DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING AND ENLARGEMENT SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this Society was held on Wed nesday, at the Savings' Bank, Bold-street, the Lord Bishop of Chester in the chair. Amongst the clergy and laity present were the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, Archdeacon Wood, Archdeacon Brooks, Canon Thurlow, Hon. D. Anson, Dean of Chester, Revs. H. H. Hampton, Prescott, James, Law rence, Pollock, and Messrs, Adam Hodgson, Harmood Banner, &c. From the report, which was read by the Rev. Chan cellor Raikes, it appeared that during the past year a grant of £5O had been voted towards the restoration of the church of Preston Patrick, Cumberland ; £25 to the church at Lymm ; £250 for a new church at Halton ; £5O towards the repair of the church at Wargreave, which had been further augmented by £25 ; £5O for the rebuilding of the church at Maple; £lOO for a church building in Bury-lane, Winwick ; £2OO for a church at Wavertree. The grants in all had amounted to the sum of £l,OOO ; and although as yet there could not be any marked result from these operations, yet, in all proba bility, the building of these respective churches would have been suspended, it not indefinitely deferred, had it not been for the impulse afforded by the Society. Ten churches had been built during the last ten years within the limits of the borough of Liverpool, but a population of nearly 10,000 must be assigned to each, in order that all might be religiously cared for. Thirty additional churches would not be too large a number to meet the existing requirements. The report concluded by making a fresh appeal to the bounty of the public, and to the zeal and good offices of the clergy. The Treasurer's report showed an available surplus of £438 Bs. fid. The Venerable Archdeacon BROOKS moved the adop tion of the report and accounts, expressing his pleasure that the Society was going on in its usual quiet, un assuming, and yet effectual way. They were now sepa rated from the manufacturing districts, and he urged that they should localize their exertions, and spiritedly pro mote the objects of the Society within their now narrower diocese. Within the last twenty years, though not less than £150,000 had been expended in the erection of churches within the range of the present diocese of Chester, not less than the same sum was required now to meet increased requirements. His own parish was very deficient in the number of churches, particularly in those places where it was most essential that they should be Mr. ADAM HODGSON seconded the resolution. Every year had deepened his sense of the importance of the Society's operations. The resolution was carried una nimously. The Rev. H. H. HAMPTON moved the appoint men t o f a committee to carry on the operations of the Society during the ensuing year. The motion was seconded and carried. The Venerable Archdeacon WOOD moved a resolution enforcing the necessity of exertions to provide church accommoJation in proportion to the increasing wants of the diocese, and expressing thankfulness for the support hitherto accorded to the Society. The Rev. J. JONES, rural dean, seconded the reso lution, particularly calling attention to the moral desti tution of the north part of the town. Unhappily, churches were built in parts of the town where parties could take seats and pay for them, while the poorer dis tricts were too generally overlooked. The resolution was skrinntArl • ptea unanimously A vote ofth to the Lord Bishop, for the kindnets 3 he had pxesided, and for the warm interest then moved, seconded, and carried with applause' ded, repeating leis Qfpressior ciety. He dwelt par lcularly upon rer, ( a had subsisted between the procooier iergy of t , who ever rest and Christian c to the c f a fon to the r of clergymen red, if they with th The proceedings then Cldied. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1802: ANOTHER ASSAULT AND ROUDERY. — James Wake field, (23,) and Ann Wakefield, (21,) were found guilty of assaulting and robbing William Gilbert, at Manchester. The male prisoner was sentenced to ten years' transpor tation, and Ann.Wukefield to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. BURGLARY AT LElGH.— Alexander Croston and Jeseie Brown were found guilty of a burglary in the house of John Hutchinson, at Abraham, near Leigh, on the 25th August last, and stealing a forester's horn and some wear ing apparel. Brown was sentenced to ten years' transpor tation, and Croston to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour. MANSLAUGHTF.P.4—EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN A COLLIERY.— Thomas Atherton (aged about 40), was found' guilty of having, by gross negligence, caused the death of his nephew, Henry Beeseley, by an explosion of firedamp at a colliery at Ashton-in-Mackerfield. The prisoner was himself suffering severely from the explosion; and having ascertained that it would be six weeks before he could resume his work, his lordship sentenced -him to be imprisoned for that period in the infirmary. MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION.— Th 017248 Bannon (aged 26), was charged with having in Liverpool, unlaw fully made e false declaration of having lost a pawn ticket. Prosecutor did not appear, and his recognizances were ordered to he forfeited. ROBBERY AT NEWTON. — Edward Connor was indicted for having at Newton, on the Bth of March, stolen 25 sovereigns, the property of Thomas Monaghan ;-. and Michael Connor (son of Edward Connor) was charged with receiving the same. Prisoner had taken the money from the prosecutor's pocket whilst sleeping in the same room with him at Newton. He was subsequently appre hended with his son in Dublin. Edward Connor was found guilty and sentenced to a year's imprisonment. Michael Connor was acquitted. INCENDIARISM. NEAR WARRINGTON. -771022243 Ken wright (aged about 45), labourer, was found guilty of maliciously and feloniously setting on tire the barn of his master, Henry Baker, a farmer, residing at Bold, near Warrington, on the evening of the 24th March.—Sen tence : to be transported for 15 years. MANSLAVGHTER AT MANCHESTER. — Patriek 111`Der molt (aged 20), previously convicted of the manslaughter of James Hughes, was brought up and sentenced to be imprisoned for two years with hard labour. HOUSEBREAKING NEAR ST. HELENS.—Edwd. Hughes and Jamas. Hughes, two Irish youths, were found guilty of having broken into the house of Thomas Driskell, of Bold, near St. Helens, and stealing a quantity of wearing apparel —to be imprisoned 18 months with hard labour. The court rose at two minutes past six o'clock. FRIDAY.—CHARGE OF STEALING SOAP, &C.—Ben jamin Gee and Ralph Metcalfe were charged, the former with stealing, and the latter with receiving, a quantity of soap and tobacco, the property of John Sutliffe, Heaton Norris, Stockport.--The prosecutor kept a retail grocery shop at Heaton Norris ; and the prisoner Gee, his porter, was charged with having, on the night of the 19th March, stolen 12 lbs. of soap and a quantity of tobacco, which he subsequently took to the other prisoner, who had a small shop in the village, and sold the whole parcel for Is. 6d., whereas the soap alone, at the wholesale price, was worth ss.—Guilty ; each eighteen months' imprisonment, with hard labour. There was a second case against Gee, but it was not pressed. PERJURY. —Thomas Kinsey pleaded guilty to having committed wilful and corrupt perjury. The prisoner's father kept a public-house at Salford, and was recently proceeded against for allowing gambling in his house, when the prisoner, acting in obedience to his father, swore that, on the occasion stated, there was no gambling in the house. One year's imprisonment, with hard labour. This concluded the criminal business, and Mr. Baron Alderson proceeded to try causes. WALL V. PENLINGTON AND lIUGHES.—.An action to recover damages for false imprisonment. The plaintiff, Fanny Wall, was formerly an assistant at the railway re freshment-rooms, and the defendant, Penlington, is a watchmaker, carrying on business in St. George's-crescent, Liverpool, the defendant Hughes, being his shopman. On the evening of the 9th December the plaintiff accom panied a young man of respectability, named Andrew, who was paying his addresses to her, to the defendant's shop, for the purpose of buying a watch ; and the defend ant, Hughes, thinking he had concealed one in his coat sleeve, and then passed it to the plaintiff, caused them to be given into custody. It afterwards appeared that he had been more hasty than wise, there being no ground for such a suspicion, the young man, having, in fact, pur chased of another shopman a gold watch, for £l9, and a gold guard. When taken before the late Mr. Rushton, they were, of course, immediately acquitted. Verdict in favour of the defendant Penlington, he being away from the shop at the time. Hughes suffered by default, and the jury assessed damages to the extent of £25. BRADBURY V. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.—When called on, only ten special jurymen answered to their names, and the case was therefore adjourned. PRICE V. WOOD.—A formal case, an issue from the Chancery Court. A verdict was directed to be given for defendant. SLANDER.—HENSMAN v. THOMAS.—The plaintiff in this case is a tradesmen in Liverpool, carrying on business as a grocer, in Pitt-street, and having also two or three other shops for the sale of groceries and provisions in various parts of the town. The defendant is a flour dealer, also residing in this town, and the action was brought to recover compensation in damages for slan derous words spoken by the defendant of and concerning the plaintiff. The defendant Thomas one morning met the traveller for a wholesale grocer in the shop of a mutual friend, and jocularly said, " You've made a pretty mess of it: you've been serving Hensman, I hear; I wish you may get your money." The traveller replied that Hens mann had always paid very punctually, and he had no fear of him. To this the defendant rejoined, " Oh, you haven't heard that he's going through the court, then ?" These were the slanderous words complained of; the "court" being charged in the legal inuendoes to mean Insolvent Court; while the defendant's counsel main tained that the whole conversation was what is termed " chaffing," uttered without the least improper or mali cious motive. The jury seemed inclined to take this view of the case, for, without hearing witnesses for the defence, they returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. NISI PRIUS COURT. TUESDAY.—CRIM. CON.: HARDING V. MIDDLE TON, CLERK.—The plaintiff in this case was John Har ding, a manufacturer, of Salford ; and the defendant was the Rev. Thomas Middleton, of St. George's-in-the- Fields, Manchester. The action was for criminal conver sation with the plaintiff's wife. A full report of the first day's hearing appeared in our last publication, the case of the Attorney-General, for the plaintiff, having then closed. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins entered on Tuesday morn ing upon his address for the defence, and contended at great length that there had been no proof offered, upon which the jury could rely, either of the guilt of the defen dant or of the plaintiff having lost through his conduct the affections of his wife. The witnesses called he consi dered to be of a very suspicious description ; and the conduct of the plaintiff himself towards his wife had been characterised with great cruelty. He had lived with her, apparently on familiar terms, long after he was acquainted with the acts on her part, which he relied upon as proofs of her having dishonoured him ; and it was remarkable that he had never dared to mention his suspicions to the defendant himself. The learned sergeant, after a very careful examination of the evidence, called confidently upon the jury for their verdict in favour of his client. At eleven o'clock the learned judge commenced his summing up, which occupied an hour and a quarter, at the end of which time the jury retired, and after an absence of a little over an hour, returned into court and represented to his lordship that there was no prospect of their agree ing to a verdict. On one of them wishing to enter into some explanation, the learned judge refused to hear any, and they were sent back again. At twenty minutes to six they returned into court with a verdict for the defendant. The learned judge expressed his surprise that they had felt so much difficulty in arriving at that conclusion, when it was explained that this had been owing to one party. SLANDER — DANZIGER V. LYON.—The plaintiff in this case is a Prussian Jew, carrying on business as a watch maker in this town, and the defendant is a furniture broker and picture dealer. The cause of action was shown to have arisen from the parties having had a squabble in a public-house, on their return home from a sale which they had both attended, in the course of which the defen dant had " chaffed" plaintiff on the subject of a fire which had occurred on his premises. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £5, with 40s. costs. GARNETT V. POSTLETHWAITE.—IO this case a verdict for the plaintiff was taken by consent. LAMB V. BROOKES.—The plaintiff is a drysalter in this town, the defendant a wire manufacturer, near Wrex ham' and the action was b roug ht t o recover the balance of a debt for vitriol supplied. Verdict for the plaintiff for £2l IS. M'CONNELL V. MACKEY.—In this case, one of com plicated accounts, a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. JACKSON AND ANOTHER V. CHICHESTER.—The plain tiffs had recovered judgment in the court of exchequer for £2OO, in August, 1847 ; they now called upon defen dant to show cause, and prayed the execution of that debt and damages. The defendant pleaded that he was a pri soner in Ireland for debt; that he had petitioned the insol vent court ; that this particular debt was inserted in his schedule, and that he had been discharged. The plain tiffs, Messrs. Jackson, are tailors, in Castle -street, in this town, and the defendant a gentleman residing in Ireland. After some uninteresting legal arguments, his lordship directed a verdict for the plaintiffs, but the case, it was understood, would be removed to a higher court. ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT.—BILBROUGH V. CORBY.—The plaintiff, Mr. Bilbrough, was formerly a merchant in this town, but of late years had been a timber merchant, principally in Ireland ; the defendant, the Right Hon. Mr. Corry, was the uncle, and, likewise, one of the trustees of the Earl of Belmore an Irish nobleman, now a minor ; and the object of the action was to recover compensation of damage for breach of an agreement which the defendant had entered into with the plaintiff, for the sale of the thinnings of the Earl of Belmore's woods for Railway purposes. After the case had been opened at great length by the attorney-general, the counsel con sulted, with the view of agreeing to an arbitration. A verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff, for £l5OO, subject to a reference. SMITH AND OTHERS V. SKANE, A DMI NISTRATRIX.— the Verdict balance for tlf The plaintiffs in thi s case were b rewer s, the defendant Mrs. Skane, of th e R o t un d a T avern . Waterloo-road, and a th i l t e accountaction a due for brought to recoversupplied plaintiff'. The court rose at half-past seven o'clock. s 8615. 3. , 9 WEDNESDAY.—Assoc LCES.—GEORGE ROWLEY .T DURING V. JOHN I- WARRINGTON. MUSICAL SCCIETY.—A public dress concert of sacred music, by the members of the Warrington Musical Society, took place on Tuesday evening, in the Music-hall, which was well filled with a select and fashionable audience. The performance consisted of the principal part of Handel's oratorio of " Judas Maccabeus," the solos being given by Mrs. Sunderland, Mrs. Brooke, of Manchester, and Mrs. Brown, Mr. Broadhurst, and Mr. Taylor, resident mem bers of the society. Mr. Eaude presided at the organ, and Mr. Gillins officiated as leader. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual meeting of the Warrington board of guardians was held on Tuesday at the workhouse, Mr. Hodgson in the chair. The returns were not completed. The list of attendances at 52 meet ings of the board were laid on the table. The guardians for Warrington had attended as follows :—Mr. Beaumont, 50 ; Mr. Chrirnes, 43 ; Mr. France. 25 ; Mr. Kerfoot, 30 ; Mr. Peers, 34 ; Mr. Pierpoint, 41 ; Rev. H. Powys, 36 ; Mr. Webster, 50. MEETING OF THE Tows COTJNCIL.-At the adjourned meeting of the town council, in regard to the proposed bridge over the Mersey, by the Warrington and Altrincham Railway Company, the following resolutions, after some discussion, were agreed to :—" Considering that a girder bridge of uniform height across the river, even although eight inches lower than the centre of the arch of the existing Warrington bridge, will be no additional impedi ment to the navigation,—Resolved, that the resolution of the council of the 2nd October last be rescinded, and the plans of the Warrington and Altrincham Railway agreed to.—That a memorial from the council be presented to the Bridgewater Trust, requesting them to allow the War rington and Altrincham Railway Company to erect the proposed bridge without any pier in the river, proper guarantees being given for securing the necessary opening, in the event of any future arrangements for the navigation of the Mersey. That the town-clerk be requested to write to Captain Evans, enclosing copies of these resolutions, and requesting his assistance in carrying into effect the views of the council. THE WARRINGTON MEMORIAL. SOME few days ago, a petition was forwarded to the Commissioners of the Industrial Exhibition from the Local Committee at Warrington, offering a valuable suggestion respecting the appropriation of the surplus funds of the Great Exhibition. The guarantee fund has done its work, and an additional sum has been procured. There is enough to enable the Commissioners to return every penny of local subscriptions, if they feel so disposed, and still to hold in hand a large surplus. Now, the gentlemen who forward the Warrington memorial suggest that it should be so returned; and that in that way it will effect a vast deal more good to the whole community, than in any other way in which it can be laid out. The Daily News has an editorial article on the subject, urging the same point strongly, with additional arguments. It appears that there is in the town of Warrington a Public Library and Museum, founded under the original Museums Bill, and long before the passing of the late act respecting public libraries. In three years it has been visited by 25,000 persons, or more than two-thirds of the entire population ; and the gentlemen to whose exertions it owes its existence are a guarantee for its continued prosperity. There are sufficient funds for the annual expenditure; and it is suggested that the local subscriptions, amounting to £l5O, be returned, in order to assist in securing a public building for the preservation of the books and specimens. The sum, which would only be as a drop in the bucket in the metro polis, is almost a question touching the life or death of a most valuable local institution ; and with the amount of concentration which London already possesses, it certainly seems more desirable that educating influences should be encouraged at a greater number of points over the country. The arguments which are true respecting War rington, are in no respect false or inapplicable respecting Liverpool. We do not yet possess either a public library or a museum, though the arrange ments for both are in progress. The amount of public support afforded to these was utterly unworthy of a great town ; but it must not be for gotten that one reason why the subscription list was not larger was, that efforts were in progress at the same instant to raise funds for the promotion of the Exhibition in London. It was, in fact, a removal of certain literary and scientific resources from Liverpool, where they were very much needed, to London, where they were not by any means so much required. Our local subscriptions amounted, we believe, to about £l,soo—a sum which, if re turned to the town which subscribed it, would be a must valuable assistance to our Free Public Library and Museum. The public do not require to be reminded that certain valuable arrangements were upset; and without saying to whom the blame, if any, is to be attributed, it is manifest that the town is a loser. Great credit is due to the Library and Museum Committee of the Town Council, for the exertions which they have made and the success which they have realised a position of much difficulty; and from the fact that they have secured the great model of the docks, and the commercial products, there would be an appro priateness in their partaking still farther the benefits of the Great Exhibition. The Warrington gentle men are entitled to our thanks for the good example which they have set; and we trust that Mr. PICTON and his fellow-labourers will not be slow to take advantage of it. PUBLIC MEETINGS. TOXTETH-PARK—The annual vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Toxteth.park was held on Thursday, at the public-office, Park-place, and was very numerously and respectably attended. Mr. Matthew Gregson presided. Messrs. Ogden, Alpass, and T. Smith were recommended overseers for the ensuing year. Mr. Macauliffe resigned his situation of office of superintendent, and, after some laudatory remarks from various gentlemen, it was resolved to present him with £5O. WEST DERBY.-At the annual meeting of the West Derby ratepayers, yesterday week, Messrs. John Gibson, Thomas Crosbie, and ltotert Kirkus were appointed overseers ; and, on the proposition of Mr. Kirkus, se conded by Mr. John Hardy, it was resolved, in accordance with the 13th and 14th Vic., to rate the owners, instead of the occupiers, of tenements not exceedinz the annual value of £6. A poll was demanded. At its close, on Thursday, the decision was confirmed by 49 to 24. AtIICHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-- e usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held on J. A. Picton, the president, in The psi); , on " Tt evening was read by Mr. , and Application ....ore." A discussion 45, the president, Mr. . H. P. Horner, Mr. Charles 3, and Mr. Wylie took part, issed to Mr. Huggins for his I, Treatment linient in A ip.m Architect Bill in which Mr, t, Mr. Rawl r, Mr. Raffle N.—The first CHESHIRE AND WALES. EASTHAM FERRY.—The boats to this ferry will com mence running for the season on Thursday next. THE MAGISTRATES- intend to divide the business usually transacted at Neston between that place and Bir kenhead. VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS CO I ,IBERMERE, who have been receiving a succession of visitors at Combe r mer e Abbey,are expected at their mansion ,Belgr ave - square,Lon don, the third week in the present month, for the season. ROCK FERRY.—On Sunday week, a collection of about £l6 was made at St. Peter's Church, Rock Ferry, in aid of the funds of the Society for Promoting the Employ ment of Additional Curates in Populous Places. THE EARL OF CHESTER'S, REGIMENT OF YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester :—Edward Harrison Solly, gent., to be Cornet, vice Hill, promoted. ST. CATHERINE'S CHURCH., TRANMERE —We inserted last Tuesday a paragraph, copied from another paper, to the effect that the respected Incumbent of Tranmere was about to leave; it now affords us much pleasure in stating that there is no ground whatever for the statement. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended the 28th March, 1852 :—Chester and Holy head Main Line : Passengers, £B9O 13s. 6d. ; parcels, H. C. & D.. £96 4s. 4d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £5lO 83. Bd. ; mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £37 12s. 10d. ; parcels, £2 7s. 4d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £77 2s. Bd.—Stearn boats : Passengers, &WS Os. 7d. ; parcels, £24 15s. 6d. —Total, £2342 ss. sd. CHESTER.—There are various rumours afloat as to eli ble candidates for the representation of Chester at the ensuing election. We understand that negotiations have been entered into with Mr. Naylor, the new proprietor of Hooton ; and that Mr. Henry Sandbach, of Liverpool, has been spoken of, if not to. There is also talk about Mr. Humberston, the Mayor of Chester, being called in opposition to Mr: Stanley.—Chester Chronicle. THE NEW CERTRCH AT HOLYWF.LL.—The erection of one of the new structures, so promptly and liberally sub scribed for to counteract the effect of Lord Fielding's desertion, and the alienation of the building which had at his instance been provided for the wants of churchmen in the neighbourhood of Holywell, is proceeding. The other awaits the completion of the deeds of conveyance to the Dean of St. Asaph for ecclesiastical and educational pur poses, and will soon also be in progress.—North Wales Chronicle. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A highway robbery of a very daring kind took place near Carnarvon on Saturday night week. Mr. Hugh Jones, who is largely engaged in sea fishing and dredging for oysters, was returning on foot from Bangor on his arrival from Birmingham by rail, and when near Llanfair, the residence of Griffith Griffith, Esq., about half-past nine o'clock, he was attaked from behind by two ruffians, who knocked him down. One of them then knelt on his chest, while the other rifled his pockets of their contents, upwards of £6, upon securing which they both fled. BIRKENHEAD PARK.—We have alluded to the necessity for draining land for suburban villas. A space of ground near Birkenhead, now called the Park, was a short time ago a mere marsh, over which thick mists hung at night fall. It was thoroughly drained with drains varying in depth from seven feet to close surface drains. The mists and fogs created on this tract have, since drains came into operation, disappeared. The expense of that work was £2O per acre ; and the land, which before the drainage was worth only £1 per acre, is now worth, at the least, £4 per acre for pasturage; so that the work pays 15 per cant. direct profit, besides effecting its main object, the im provement of the neighbourhood in comfort and salu brity.—Builder. REPRESENTATION OF CHESHIRE.-Sir P. de M. Grey Egerton and Mr. Tollemache, the respected members for South Cheshire, announce their intention of offering themselves for re-election on a dissolution of parliament. Mr. E. Peel, of Bryn-y-Pys, it appears, is the Conserva tive candidate for the Flintshire boroughs, in opposition to Sir John llanmer. No conservative is yet announced for Flintshire, but one is ready to take the field; and, from all we learn, the re-election of the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn is next to an impossibility. Denbighshire is "safe" for Sir W. W. Wynn and the Hon. W. Begot, whoever may have the rashness to dispute their claims to the renewed confidence of the Electors. Mr. West has declared his adhesion to the Derby Ministry, and will therefore be re-elected for the Denbigh boroughs. The Hon. E. G. Pennant, will be re-elected without oppo sition ; but should Mr. W. B. Hughes, M.P. for the Carnarvonshire boroughs, falter in his allegiance to Lord Derby's administration—and the Whigs are insinuating doubts as to the sincerity of his Conservative tendencies— he must prepare for an opposition from a candidate of more decided opinions. —Chester Courant. SANATORY INQUIRY AT SEACOMBE.—In his recently published report, Mr. Rawlinson recommended the appli eation of the Public Health Act to the whole of the parish of Wallasey under the Commissioners' Act. In conse. quence of the petition on which the first inquiry was founded emanating from the township of Poulton-cum- Seacombe, a second inquiry became necessary, and was held on Wednesday, at Parry's Hotel, at Seacombe. Mr. Isaac Penny put in certain clauses which had been ex tracted from the Commissioners' Act, recommending that, in case the Public Health Act were applied, these clauses should be incorporated with the provisional order. Some discussion took place upon a motion of Mr. Hill, relative to the local rating, and the rating under the Public Health Act, which Mr. Rawlinson agreed should be submitted to the legal adviser of the board. Mr. Penny asked if there would be any additional cost in carrying out the works under the Public Health Act rather that under the Com missioners' Act ? Mr. Rawlinson said there would not, nor would there be any additional staff required other than under the Commissioners' Act. It was given in evidence that the estimated rental of Poulton-cum-Seacombe was £12,784 ; and that the rateable value was £10,685, as taken from the rate-books of 1851. Mr. Nisbett proposed, and Mr. Penny seconded, that the following be the number of persons to be elected to the local board, as connected with each separate township :—Liscard, 6 ; Wallasey, 3 ; and Poulton-cum-Seacombe, 6 : making 15 in all. Mr. Penny closed the inquiry by moving a vote of thanks to the inspector, which was seconded, and carried by accla mation. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES CROWN COURT. TUESDAY.—MichaeI Margery was discharged by proclamation. SENTENCES.—John Hutchinson and John Stanfield, who pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, were sen tenced, Stanfield to transportation for ten years, and Hutchinson to eighteen months' imprisonment. BURGLARY AT EVERTON.—Patrick Ryan was con victed of having broken into the dwelling-house of Ebenezer Bates, Seacombe-street, Everton, on the morning of Sunday, the Bth Feb., and stolen furniture and other property valued at £lO. To be transported for ten years, STABBING AT PRESTON. —Robert Nixon, a piecer in a cotton factory at Preston, was convicted of having stabbed Mary Nixon, his wife, with intent, &c. Transportation for ten years. ROBBERY OF A CASH Box IN LIVERPOOL.—George Williams was found gu ilt y o f h av i ng, on Saturday evening, the 14th of February, assaulted Thomas Bland Leigh, striking him on the head with a life-preserver, and stealing a cash-box, which the prosecutor was taking to Mr. Wordley's, in Lord-street, containing £3O in gold, £l5 Bs. 6d. in silver, and I 0 U's for between £l5O and £2OO, and eight bills for £4O. The prisoner was sen tenced to be transported for life. MANSLAUGHTER AT HULME.—William Thompson was acquitted of having caused the death of Sarah Thompson, his wife, by throwing her down stairs. SACRILEGE.—SamueI Royals was found guilty of stealing some joiners' tools, a prayer-book, a shilling, and a silk gowp from St. Nicholas's Church. Twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.— William Hughes was charged with having, on the 14th of Feb. last, cut the throat of John Eccles, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Black burn. It appeared that the prisoner had been begging at the house in question, being intoxicated at the time, and on being refused relief, had drawn a razor across the throat of the prosecutor, who was also intoxicated, and endangered his life. Prisoner was found guilty, but recommended to mercy. The learned Judge postponed passing sentence. _ BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.—Thomas Goodier was found guilty of having entered the dwelling-house of Samuel Edwards, London-road, Manchester, and stolen a watch and £5 in money, One year's imprisonment, with bard labour. STREET ROBBERY. — MarIin Neery was found guilty of having stolen a watch from the person of John Kilton, in Manchester, on the 7th Feb last. Two previous convic tions having been proved against him, he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. The court rose at half-past six. WEDNESDAY.—MURDER AbWIDNES.—John Shea (aged 21) was indicted for the murder of James Anderson at Widnes, near Runcorn, on the sth November last. Two other persons named Nolan had been committed as accomplices, but the grand jury had ignored the bills against them. It will be remembered that the murder of Anderson, who was foreman at an alkali wor k s , was suspected to have arisen out of ill-feelin g , crea t e d b y disputes with the men. The evidence of several witnesses was gone into, showing that the Nolans and prisoner were present at the finding of the body, and assisted in carrying it to the deceased man's house. A bludgeon, such as a medical witness considered might have inflicted the blow which had occasioned death, was found in the house where the Nolans resided. The evidence on the whole was of an inconclusive nature, and the jury acquitted the prisoner. The trial occupied 13,1 hours. THURSDAY.—BIGAMY.— William Clarkson pleaded guilty of having married, at Bury, Ann Collier, his former wife, Ann Clarkson, being alive.—Six weeks' imprison ment, with hard labour. CHILD MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—Mary 211`Andrew, (26,) indicted for having feloniously killed her new-born female child in Bridge-street, and concealed its body in an ashpit, was acquitted of the murder, there being no satisfactory evidence that the child had been born alive, out found guilty of the concealment.—Sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. FORGING A SHIPPING NOTE.—John Drummond was found guilty of having feloniously uttered an advance note for £5, payable on Messrs. Frose and Co., Bruns wick-street, and purporting to be signed by the captain of the new Brazilian steam-frigate Amazonas, and procuring from Smith, in Manesty-lane, £2 upon it, by representing that he had shipped on board that vessel.—Sentenced to one year's imprisonment and hard labour. GARROTTE ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER.— William Mitchell, (22,) William Jackson, (19,) and Sarah Brown, (17,) were indicted for having assaulted Thomas Taten, at Manchester, and robbed him of ss. The pro secutor did not appear; and the prisoners were found guilty of assaulting with intent, upon the evidence of the police. The female, who had been twice before convicted, was sentenced to ten years' transportation. Spnt,nne on 1 to nex )me doubt --- t the construction of tl I John C ►J, (180 aret Hackett, (26, I of Navin; -- 1 -kld bin To b bank note, half a sovereign ned 18 months, with hard labour. impris LIVERPOOL ' rie Feathers living in the West . Riding of Yorkshire. It appeared that young man i l n l i i nt i t s , ecd wasiClayton-square, 01 the nh-es action q dueafre t en o ? d recover tiehrtedhaem proprietor age f for r plaintiff, o a n fa the plaintiff, with some acquaintances, had stayed during the race week at the boarding-house ^` - .vs. Hughes, in Clayton-square: and - ling upon the suit corn. on some dispute under st returned a PERK v. a for the plain subject to a reference UORNTIIWAITE V. GARDNER.—The plaintiff in this case, Mr. Joseph Cornthwaite, joiner and builder, Bow !less, Windermere, as executor of Robert Barrow, de- FRI DAY. —PERCIVAL v. HAMILTON.—This Case, opened the previous afternoon, was proceeded with. Plain tiff is a joiner and packing-case maker, carrying on busi ness in Faulkner-street, Manchester; the defendant is treasurer of the Sun Fire Insurance Company; and the action was brought to recover £325, on a policy of £350, for damage done to that extent by a fire on his premises, on the night of the 30th of April. The claim was resisted on several grounds, the principal one being that it was fraudulently set up, and that the plaintiff had wilfully ccused the fire.—After evidence had been adduced, show ing that the plaintiff had sustained loss to the extent of the claim, Mr. Watson addressed the jury for the defen dant, and contended that the plaintiff was attempting to commit a false, scandalous, and exaggerated fraud upon the Sun office; and that, if this were proved by the rules of the society, which set forth th%t if, after a fire took place, the insured were guilty of any fraud, his claim to recover would be forfeited, he had no locus standi in court. Evidence was called by the defendant to prove that the stock in Percival's shop was much less than had been stated by plaintiff's witnesses. Verdict for the plaintiff for £240. BRADBURY v. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.-011 this case being called on, there were only ten jurors in the box, and the case consequently went of'. ANOTHER INSURANCE CASE.—LEIGIITON V. NICHOL. —(Special Jury case.)—This was an action brought by Edward J. Leighton, to recover £4OO on a policy of insurance granted by the London and Liverpool Insur ance Company.—The plaintiff was landlord of the Old Parliament-house, Lower Parliament -street, Liverpool, up to 24th August, on which day a fire broke out, which destroyed the house and all its contents ; the plaintiff and the inmates escaped with difficulty. The question was merely one of items, for the purpose of showing whe ther the claim was fairly made. The evidence was pro ceeding when the court rose at six o'clock, SATURDAY.—LEIGHTON V. NICOL.—This case was resumed, and after a tedious investigation, witnesses being examined on both sides, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins addressed the jury for the plaintiff, for whom the jury returned is verdict for the full amount. DOBIA V. LONDON AND NOnTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Special jury case. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, the Rev. Samuel Doris, of Wigan, in a railway accident, while tra velling on the North Union line, in a second-class car riage. Verdict by consent for £3OO. DOE DEM ROBERTSON V. GARDENER AND ANOTHER.— Special jury case. An action in which the lessor of the plaintiff sought to recover possession of a moiety of a cer tain parcel of land, situate in St. James's-square, and in Booth-street, Manchester. Verdict for the plaintiff by consent, subject to a special case upon the documents. FALKNER V. STEELE.—The plaintiff was Mr. Edward Falkner, stock and share broker, and a member of the Stock Exchange, Liverpool, and the defendant, who is at present a resident in Liverpool, was formerly in the em ployment of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com pany. The action was brought to recover upwards of £3,000, alleged to be a balance of certain moneys ex pended by plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, in the purchase and sale of stock in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. A case arising out of disputed share transactions was gone into at considerable length, but it was ultimately arranged. One or two other cases went off by arrangement, and the court adjourned. (Yesterday's Nisi Prius will be found in the Bth page.) THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE. LECTURE BY DR. BAYLEE On Friday evening last, the Rev. Dr. Baylee, of St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, delivered an interesting lecture in the Collegiate Institution, on the Inspiration of the Scriptures. The lecturer examined the subject in the following order : 1. Inspiration. This is the action of God on the spirit, including the understanding and the affectims. In the ancient times men required to be prepared for the divine afflatus, as when a minstrel was employed to calm the excitement of Elisha. Inspired men were sometimes unconscious of the heavenly gift, as in the case of Jeremiah; or conscious of it, as Ezekiel ; or, in doubt, as St. Paul. Sometimes it came in the form of " a deep sleep." 2. Revelation is the effect of inspiration, or God's knowledge to man. The sacred writers also referred to the archives of the country, but this any one m'ght do ; and hence the references to the " Books of the Chroni— cles," &c. Several kinds of revelation were spoken of; and to this subject Paul alluded when he said, " I think also that I have the spirit of God." Some facts are given by revelation only, as the history of the creation ; others were well known, but the stamp of Divine authority is given to them, as the moral sentiments in the Book of Proverbs ; and natural facts were stated in a popular way, so that the error was not in the science of the statement, but in the wisdom of the interpreter. 3. Inspired Men. As the spirit of God acts on every man more or less, so every man is at times more or less inspired. The term " inspired writer" was usually con fined to those who were conscious of being acted upon by the spirit of God, either by present or subsequent evidence. The feeling was not continuous but occasional, as Balsam and Caiplias were not always good men. 4. Inspired writings. These should be altogether in. spired, else they are not things as they appeared, sc i ence ex pl a ined them as they were ; and in this wayuseless . e on r e fu y e s. , as Human d scripture still. be understood, tcharge prayers ande brought instructions against Christ, e sc that k o r when he sp o k e o f th e sun s tanding All these facts coincide language explained authority of God, and exhibits recordsotl l s ou t t ti Joshua Flre a c l t a a rns true faculties of men. It is suited to the capacity of those addressed, as a f a i thful ministerhbie the Bible. It p ossesses the the nd h sp s e o e m ch of Rn etyoung.ke ' tl ,o 0f be had a Devi l. Th e d octrines of the Bible, its history, its novel teachi ng , are all true ; and they must be ver bally so. ttgs h a ad pats recorded t se and are his h e g REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. The League is suited with a nominee at last. Alderman Wat kins, it is understood, was asked to occupy th e pos t to b e vacated by M r . Henry, when Mr. Cheetham, of Staly bridge, had declined it, but the worthy alderman was obliged to return a negative. Failing with him, the League again sounded Mr. Cheetham,"and succeeded in breaking down the resolution he so recently formed. H e is now, therefore, their man. On Thursday a deputation their friends there, and are understood to have succeeded so well that they returned sanguine of great success, even in the event of a contest. There is to be a meeting this day (Tuesday) at the League Rooms, for the purpose of introducing Mr. Cheetham to the freeholders, when, if his confession of faith be orthodox (as the League hold orthodoxy) : _it will be proposed by Mr. 11.7ipv And Qp- he 6e brought .eard a report which is Conservatives are not hey can help it, and t we effect to their det waded by the noble earl him self from going any further, so far as the gallantraptaiCia concerned.—Manchester Courier. ceased, sued defendant, who is a solicitor at the same place, for balance of account upon a contract for building a house. There was a counter claim set up by defendant for a guarantee given by Barrow for a debt of £350 due by a grocer named Forrest. A point also arose whether part of the balance sued for having accrued in finishing the building after Barrow's death, it could be recovered by this action. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £92, subject to a motion for a nonsuit on an objection taken by Mr. Knowles, that in the lifetime of Mr. Bar row there never was any complete cause of action. A SPORTING TRANSACTION.—HOLMES v. SIXSMITIT. —The plaintiff in this action was Richard Wilson Holmes, publican of Liverpool, and owner of a celebrated trotting horse called Jackey, who sued the defendant Robert Six smith, as stakeholder in a certain race, which plaintiff the fraudulent conduct of other parties. The alleged that he had been prevented from w i nn i ng circum stances of the case are very well known in sportin g c i rc l es; , through and the public gene ra lly w ill, per'Laps, be satisfied w ith knowing that plaintiff had been induced to match his horse for £lOO against another, represented as being " a rough horse, used to draw a cart in Liverpool," whilst, in reality, it was a well-known American celebrity, called the Oneida Chief. Notwithstanding, plaintiff's horse was only defeated at length by " fouling," by the party own ing the American horse, one of whom had procured him self to be chosen umpire. A great number of sporting characters were examined in the case, and considerable interest was manifested during its progress. The Judge ultimately directed a verdict to be returned for the plain tiff, on the ground of fraud having been practised apart him ; but reserved as a legal point the question whether a stamp should not have been attached to the conditions of tl:e race. LIBEL.—TILSON v. lior.mas.—in this case, which was one arising out of the preceding, a juror was withdrawn. THURSDAY.—ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT.-- HINDLE V. KENYON.—The plaintiff in this case, James Hindle, was a brickmaker, at Blackburn, and sued John Kenyon, of Woolley-bridge, for damages sustained from a breach of contract in having neglected to deliver certain furniture of plaintiff's, which was subsequently seized and sold for rent owing by him. His Lordship stated that plaintiff was entitled to receive the value of his furniture; and a verdict was found accordingly,—damages, £l2. CLAIM FOR INJURY SUSTAINED IN A COTTON FAC TORY.—COR (AN INFANT IN FORMA FAUPERIS) V. PLATT AND ANOTHER.—Special jury. The plaintiff in this case was a child of about 14 years, named Nancy Coe, and the defendants are Messrs. Platt and Sutcliffe, cotton manufacturers, of Manchester. The action was brought to recover damages for an injury sustained by plain tiff, in being caught by the machinery in defendants' factory, which had been negligently uncovered contrary to the provisions of the act of parliament. It appeared that, after the grievous injury in question, the plaintiff had been supplied by defendants with medical attendance, and every thing required for her maintenance. A legal ques tion was raised upon the construction of the act of parlia ment, defendants contending that it was not required to fence the particular shaft which caused the accident. His lordship said that as regarded such legal point the verdict must be for the defendant. The jury assessed the da mages at £150; the plaintiff to have leave to enter a ver dict with the thmag,es found by the jury. ALLEGED NON -FULFILMENT OF A CONTRACT.— DUNCUFT V. CLEGG AND ANOTHER.—(Special Jury case.)—The plaintiff was Mr. John Duncuft, M.P. for Oldham, and the defendants trustees under the will of Mr. Clegg, deceased, who was possessed in his lifetime of property at Oldham, including a mansion named Westwood-house. The action was brought under a contract from defendants to sell the house to plaintiff for £2,550 on chief rent, which it wrs contended they had no right to do by the will. Plaintiff had paid a portion of the money which he sought to recover. After hearing several of the witnesses, the judge declared there was no answer to the case; and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £1,450. ACTION ON A POLICY OF INSURANCE.—FERCIYAL V. HAMILTON.—(SpeciaI Jury case.)—This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Sun Fire Insurance Company to recover a sum of £325 upon a policy of insurance. The plaintiff's case was partially gone into, when the court adjourned at half-past six o'clock. Se tll 'l) re 9 red 4 0° o er t o d 1 t OR t r e' a te° 1914 P ogle 'Pr re" io ri)