The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

Aug. 24, 1847. , T HE' LIVERPOOL ST-A-NDARD. ......... Mrs. Tomlinson. The jury gave their . during which she threw the deceased out of the window, last she went to live with Mrs. Arnold, Great Orford- clsstit iintritigente. and he was so seriously injured that he died in three days street, Liverpool, in the capacity of servant, and in ashort amount claimed. ---....-____. afterwards. The prisoner was acquitted on the ground of time after she came, her appearance being somewhat re- TISRELFALL V. BRIGGS. LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES. her being insane at the time. markeble, .she was charged with being in the family way, The plaintiff is a brewer, and carrying c Edward Heap was indicted for having killed and slain but denied it. On the 14th of March, the prisoner w as in this town and Manchester ; and the def CROWN COURT.—TIIESDAY. William Crawford. a child two years old. The child was taken ill, and, by permission of her mistress, was allowed Briggs, is a publican, also residing in this Before Chief Baron Pollock. run over by a car driven by . the prisoner in Oldham, the to sleep in the kitchen that night, on the-sofa. In the the year 1845, the defendant was suppli Joseph Speed, the man charged with the murder of day before the election there, but it did not appear that morning, Mrs. Arnold observed some marks on the floor, quantities of ale and porter, valued at the . his two children, and attempting to murder his wife at there had been any negligence on the part of the prisoner, but as it was stated they arose out of the prisoner's illness 6d., and a small amount of a guinea, for Manchester, was placed at the bar, and on being called and he was discharged. during the night. no particular notice was taken at the barrels, which plaintiff sought to recove on to plead, a t once answere d " gu ilt y ." Mr. Serjeant D uncan C amp b e ll was i n di c t e d f or t h e mans l aug h ter o f ti me . O n th e 29th of M arc h, fifte e n d a ys a ft erwar d s , the £l9 19s. 6d. HARGREAVES V. LORD AND OTI Wilkins, who kindly appeared gratuitously for theprisoner, an infant-male child, the son of one John Taylor. The body of a child was found in the privy, at the back of the This case was brought by the Leeds Cm informed his lordship that he did not think the prisoner prisoner on the 16th of July was driving a car down Man- house. There were some marks on the head, as though was in his right mind, and, on subsequent questions being chester-street, in this borough. Maria Taylor, the mother violence had been used, and those injuries were alleged by ing Company, to recover the amount of a p ut, it was evident that he did not understand what he of the child, was crossing the street w ith th e i n fant in the surgeon, who made a port mortem examination, to be Verdict for plaintiff, damages £3OO , had bee n p l ea di ng to, or what he meant b y th e answer , h er arms, when some po rt ion of her dress became entan- t h e cause o f'd eat h . O n b e i ng quest i one d b y hi s l or d s hi p, BROOKE V. MILLER. and as it appeared that in consequence o f t h e man ' s s le d with her feet ; she turned round for the purpose of the surgeon adm i tted that such i n j ur i es m i ght b e produce d An action to recover the sum of £l7, NN penniless condition, the proper enquiries as to his previ- extricating it, when the car ran against her, and knocked by a fall, or from other causes. The jury found the pri dant, John Miller, was entitled to pay to I ous habits and his stat e o f mind had not been prosecuted, her down, and one of the wheels of the v ehicle passed soner guilty of concealing the birth of her child, but ac- the lodging and maintenance of his wife. his lordship directed th e t r ial to stand over until next over the child and caused its death. The act arose out of quitted her of the graver charge. She was sentenced to residing there for some time he came to was married to a young lady from York: wilful M assizes, in order that those enquiries might be made. . . pure accident, and the prisoner was therefore discharged. six months' imprisonment. , lived far a considerable period at Kirkd Gatenby a oung man, was indicted for the George Hawes, a young man, was indicted for havin CHARGE OF MURDER. wRIRI murder of. his J G tenb at Manchester, intermarried with Maria Helsb his former Martha John Tho ma s IF/ -18 who had been remanded wife, ane a , y, wife, i son„ on the 29th Mfor her by her " liege 1 lodgings provided . in. intemperate - from the last assizes, was charged with the murder of turbance arose between them, and the I observed habits, so intern rate as to amount, as was Mr. Monck, in stating the case, said there was about it Thomas Cearns, at Liverpool. Mr. Blair and Mr. Drink £lo 4s. 6d.. the plainti t • iligac by the counsel for the Prosecution, to sheer Pro- this peculiarity :—The first marriage was a marriage under water appeared for the prosecutor. The prisoner was de- CARR V. MOSTYN. pelted to return oi to her friends Yerkshu from ir On the day in question the deceased came home the new Marriage Act, and the question would arise whe- fended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. From the evidence of Ir• Martin conducted the case, whit , .. Manchester races, and for some cause could not get ther or not the proof in such a case was in any way to the witnesses it appeared that the deceased, Thomas admission the into house, and was turning to leave when differ from the proof given where the marriage had been Cearns, kept a house of ill fame in Westmorland-street, the right to all e two of her • neighbours attempted to get her into the solemnised according to the rites of the Church of Eng- and the prisoner was a sailor, belonging to the ship Con- S. Helens, to establish . forward l‘' by Mr. Carr, incumbent of the P f , house. The husband, exasperated at her - conduct, en- land ? The first marriage took place on the Ist of July, cordian, then, lying at Liverpool. Williams went to the at St. Thomas's Chapel of Ease, in tha deavoured to strike her, when she sunk on the floor and 1841, at the Israelite Synagogue, in Ashton-under-Lyne. house with two girls, and a quarrel ensued between him baptisms, marriages, and bur , ials, nrhich reason of the present action being brought the prisoner then jumped on her belly, and stamped upon which was proved to be licensed for the solemnisation of and Cearns. Williams left the house, but shortlyreturned, ing :—lt had lately been agreed upon by th her; he then seized a poker and struck her several times marriages. The second marriage took place at the Col- and on knocking at the door, stabbed Cearns, thuscausing Commissioners that additional churches - on the belly. The deceased died in two or three days. legiate Church, Manchester, on the 7th of September his death. The witnesses were nearly all women of aban doned habits. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins addressed the jury Mr. Pollock addressed the jury for the prisoner ; and his last. vided. Mr. Peter_ Greenall, a gentleman lordship, in summing up said, that supposing the death Mr. Pollock objected that no proof had been offered of for the prisoner, in an eloquent and ingenious speech, in Helen's, undertook to provide a chapel to have resulted from the bl ows g i ven by the prisoner, the notice o f marr i age requ i re d to b e g i ven by on e of the which he called particular attention to the character of wants of the people in that district. Mi there was no evidence a t a ll t o s h ow th a t h e h a d intended parties under his or her hand by the fourth section of the the witnesses, and the evidence that had been given. H e rector of the parish at that time, attends to kill or to use anythi ng or d o anyt hi ng th a t h e h a d new marriage act, and his Lordship ruled in favour of considered it was not such as could be relied on; and, as foundation stone,,and received the fees fo reason to suppose would kill. Th e j ur y re t urne d a ver- the objection. Mr. Pollock further objected that section there was doubt, the prisoner ought to have the benefit of diet of manslaughter, with a recommendation to mercy. 7of the act provided, that after the expiration of a certain it.—His lordship summed up the evidence, and the jury, ' ar s 1 11 k' Church, in this town, continued Sentence deferred. given number of days of the notice of marriage, given in after a short consultation, acquitted the prisoner of tle his removal the Rev. Mr. Pollock, the i The trial of Dwerryhouse, the man charged with the writing, a certificate should be given by the superintend- capital charge, but found him ' gu i lty sustained, will strike at the root I if which, of manslaughter with , ent registrar, according to schedule Bof the act. They a recommendation to mercy. His lordship, addressing murder at Knowsley, is postponed until next assizes, on same . fees. A claim is now set up by the v . the ground that the ' prisoner is not in a fit state of mind had not, for the prosecution, put in a certificate of such the prisoner, said there was massa ' of Windle Parr, Ec 1 tand 9 perjury and contra- townships, . ces on, h. luments of this parish. The district is con to take his trial. notice having been given. diction in this case, which entitled him. to be freed from district two similar chapels have recentl Wm. Bromiley Bardsley was indicted for and found Mr. Monck said, that if by any provisions of the act the imputation of wilful murder, and the jury had very The defendant, Mr. Mostvn holds the f guilty of a burglary in the dwelling-house of Isaiah Bards- the marriage was rendered null and void, it was for his properly returned a verdictof manslaughter, with a recom- and - the - issue -'an t e question at was to whom th ley, of Denton, and sentenced to nine months' imprison- learned •nd t o H sh a o v w i ntghaptrothv proved e that a certain d ilotbeen t m b e e n ca d a s t e io n an t d o mercy. theeh araet Looking theat all the circumstances itf with.complieddfriebe paid. A number of witnesses were ext case was ultimately adjourned to the nel meat to hard labour. of legalized ceremony _. , er of principal witnesses, ... George Leach was indicted for the murder of Francis had taken place in presence the proper autho_ was difficult to come to any satisfactory conclusion as to the suggestion of his Lordship, a verdict w Dakin, by stabbing him. rities, the principle in law was, that all the preliminaries what was really the nature of the whole transaction. plaintiff for £6 16s. Od., subject to a spec The prisoner, it appeared, kept a beer-shop at Chorl- had been complied with. That some violence had been used towards him was clear, opinion, of the Court of / Exchequer. ton-cum-Hardy, and on the occasion when the deceased The Chief Baron, after consulting with Mr. Justice - and those who * d • • . . appeared against him had, by their con met with his death the prisoner, deceased, and a person Wightman, said he would reserve the point, as it was of duct, placed him in a better position than if the truth had WEDNESDAY. of the name of Cookson, were drinking there. The very considerable importance and might affect a large really appeared. The sentence of the court was that the ARCHER AND ANOTHER V. BA] prisoner's wife was also present. All the men were very number of marriages, with respect the required. - prisoner be sentgaol for six and kept hard An action brou g ht by Michael Arch( to proof • much intoxicated, and in the course of conversation some Aofguilty verdict cognizances to appear to receive CHARGE OF ARSON. dispute arose between the deceased and the prison er re - lib erated on his own re • Bootle, for the recovery o f a b a l ance o f .1 specting the wife of the latter. The prisoner, in speak- j u d gment w h en called upon. George Bevan, a genteel-looking young man, aged 22, erected six houses for him in Doncasb ing of his wife, had applied some very coarse expressions Hugh Lennon was ch arge d w ith 1, 111 .0,n m/s l y en t er i ng was indicted for having set fire to a dwelling-house at Plaintiffs were nonsuited. to her in the presence of the deceased. The deceased the shop attached to the dwelling-house of Mr. Satterth- Kirkdale, with intent to defraud the Guardian Fire and HARRISON V. MORLEY. said she did not deserve such language, that she was a waite, grocer, of Deansgate, Manchester, on the 29th July Life Assurance Company. Mr. Adolphus, assisted by An action brought by Thomas Staunt decent behaved woman, and that if she were ill treated last, and stealing thereout a shilling's worth of copper, Mr. Blair, appeared for the prosecution, and th e p r i soner gardener, against the defendant, Francis M he would defend her. The prisoner said he Would not two pounds of tea, and a pair of boots ; and C a the r i ne was defended by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins.—Mr. Adolph us manufacturer in the neighbourhood of St. have any one interfering between him and his wife, and Dempsey was indicted for receiving the property, knowing stated the facts of the case. The transaction on which recovery of damages for the destruction. went out of the room into the kitchen, where he was it to have been stolen. There was another prisoner con- the charge against the prisoner arose took place during trees and vegetables, caused by the thrown -,, heard rattli ng some knives in a drawer. Deceased went fleeted with that burglary, named Thomas Williams, who the night between the 6th and 7th of June last, at whi c h tic acid gas from the defendant's works. after him into the passage leading to the kitchen, where pleaded guilty. Lennon and DeMpsey were found guilty, time the prisoner was keeping a house and shop in Castle- Plaintiff,by consent, f • £5O, subject t he was met by the prisoner, who had a knife in his hand, and against Lennon a previous conviction for felony was street, Kirkdale. The prisoner rented the premises, and BILLINGE V. PICKERING AND OT which he plunged into the body of the deceased to the proved.—Sentence deferred. had them on a lease for twenty-one years, and up to the This was an action brought by John I depthof • nine • eight or inches, penetrating the pericardium, time when the circumstances took place into which the defendants, Richard Pickering and fee , I and causin g his . `n ove after he • eedrg, what received the blow. Cookson called out — John Smith was found guilty of having, on the 10th of of a boot and shoemaker; the stock in his shop, with the plaintiff for the defendants. The defenda I Frank !" at have you done ? You've killed poor May, entered the house of Mr. Thomas Rees, in Shaw- furniture, &c., were insured in the Guardian Fire Office. they were never indebted. The plaintiff N fThe prisoner said he hoped he was not dead, street, r . _ Liverpool, and stolen therefrom several ' articles of On Monday, the 7th of June last, the prisoner returned in Great Prescot-street, and the defendant a and begged them t tractors to the Corporation for the remov if he's dead, to send for a doctor. He said, " Oh, wearing apparel. The prisoner was sentenced to eighteen from Manchester, where he had gone on the Saturday . I shall go mad a bit !" months' imprisonment. previous. His wife went over the preceding week, and of the night soil of the borough. The la: The prisoner that it was an On his apprehension ! stated to the officer Walter Wilds stood charged with ente r i ng the house of had made some stay there, not having returned on the contractor under the defendants, and he 1 .' awful ' n joo, but it was through his wife. He John Johnson, licensed victualler, in London-road, on day in question. The prisoner opened his premises as them to take a portion of their contract, said, " I told Frank them in the West Derby Ward. They be might ex if he followed me into the kitchen he the 29th of June last, and stealing therefrom four half- usual on the Monday morning, attended in the shop expect something. the 22d of February and they carted 501 I took th e knife from the crowns and a quantity of copper. The case was fully during the day, and in the evening, a little after nine dresser, but I • did was no written agreement between them,. he's not dead. not think it would go so far. I hope proved against the prisoner, evidence being adduced show- closed the shop with the assistance of the shop-boy. sought to be recovered was £46 16s. 8d we've always beg I'd gi ve any thi ng if I cou ld restore him ; ing that he was seen to enter the house about two o'clock The prisoner had no servant ; there were several journey _ __ ..been such good friends." in the morning. He was found on the premises by the men who worked during the day on the premises, but they,. was nonsuited. Mr. Serjeant WiIkins BROMILOW AND OTHERS V. SAUL ANI and sought to addressed th e j ur y fo r the defence,. prosecutor. He was sentenced to six months' imprison- returned Inime in the evening, leaving the shop-boy to An action by William Bromilow and tween the show that there had been some scuffle be- ment, with hard labour. close the shop. On the night of the 7th of June last, arising frol!,iarisoner and the deceased, the heat of blood John Jones 23, was indicted for having, on the 23d of the shop being closed, the shop-boy left, and no one then against George Saul and another, for the sum of £4700, less five per cent. being the act ' Cookson had caused the prisoner to commit the March last, to ether with two othe r persons, feloniously remained on the premises but the prisoner himself. At his lip, and e had stated that the risoner had a cut in assaulted and beaten George Carlyle, of Eold_street, with the back of the prisoner's house there was a yard, and an be paid for a certain colliery, situated at a Mr. egg' whocalled for the defence, gg , was stated that a short time before the occurrence he was in cutor, on the night in question, was knocked down on nerally locked at night, the key being kept in the lock. use, and there was then no mark on the some waste ground, near Shaw-street, by three men, one Up to twelve o'clock that night, everything appeared safe, THURSDAY. Prsoner's face. All theparties were then very much in- o f whom TRESPASS. toxicated• M R The deceased agg was a tee totaller.- About one o'clock, however, a person named Eastwood DODD V. MYLCHREEST.—The plaintiff had formerl r. guilty, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. been so ing it i n a Y . also, and jeered M. r. Ragg respect- William Birmingham, aged 22, was indicted for larceny went by and saw smoke coming out of the shop, and that in forma pauperis, and he was represent rel. It 1 l•ned to ,c,, very insulting way, seeming y . inc 1 . quai;- in the house of Charles Cur he licensed victualler -re- the premises were on fire, and immediately upon that he tin and Mr. Ramshay —Mr. James appea , as contended that the mark in the isoner a siding in Blackstock-street, Pendants, Messrs. Samuel and Stanley M 1 ,on the 12th July last. ' The gave an alarm, when several police-officers and others ar- LI P must have been caused in rsonal with • the deceased, intoxication conflict - rived. In a few minutes, the prisoner opened the top although, from the excessive of Guilty, zn 1 se ntenced trespass in breaking and entering into the i ens.—The action was brought to receive. all the • to eighteen months' imprisonment, room window, where he slept, and on being told the parties, they had no recollection of it. with hard labour. premises were on fire, immediately gave an alarm, and converting his goods. The alleged tr His lordshi summed p the evidence very minutely, James Skillan aged 47, mitted on the 18th January last, it being and left it to the • u the had ried, at Liver jury to say whether prisoner , was charged with having mar- when several police-officers' and others arrived. In Liverpool, on the 29th June last, Catherine a few minutes the prisoner opened the top; room win_ plaintiff became the tenant of a house beh committed the act from sudden arising from Mackine,wife,Elizabeth his first provocation Dickey, whom he had dow, where he slept, and on being told the premises were Mylchreest, near Prince's Park, Liverpool some conflict between himself, and the deceased and in married in 1817, ' ' being still alive. Guilty, and he was on fire, he exclaimed " 0 Lord !" and a rentiv month of December, by the defendants ti the heat of blood consequent upon it. If , so, that would sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. much confused, was endeavouring to get P the - of tl ' dt i g the family a: reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter, but the Martha Travers, an elderly woman, was mere fact of the the street. For the defence it was persons telling into that effect. _prisoner's intoxication would not have the court, charged by her husband, Henry Travers, with a him they would fetch ladders, and he then withdrew from was no tenancy.—The jury found a verdi Every man Was p 'ble fo- the act h' onsi .. , w ich he committed while in astate s violent assault upon him at Heape, near Manchester, on the window, and disappeared. Ladders were shortly a tn tiff, damages one farthing. It would be for the jury of voluntary intoxication. the 11th of April last. The jury found the prisoner terwards procured, and reared against the house, but the The last common jury case was Edun to say whether from all the • • , cm- guilty, and the court sentenced her to twelve months' im- prisoner did not a t th a t ti me m a k e his in which was an action to recover the amm eumstances of the case, the subject appearance; a and the nature of the prisonment with hard labour, and at the end of that period little time, however, the prisoner was seen bi ll, for workand labour done in Liverp conversation which had taken place between these a se- together with the evidence of Mr. Rag P parties, to fi n d two sureties in £2O each, to keep the peace towards cond time at the window, when he got out and camewas for a balance of £44 Bs. Old. The gg, they had an • reason to believe that there had been y her husband for twelve months. about two-thirds of the way down the ladder, and tually referred. some ersonal 1 3 , con- Samuel Owen, 33, was charged with having at Man- then clung to it with his hands, as though he intended TRESPASS.—TITLE TO AWE flict between them, and some provocation, which had • flied the prisoner in the heatof blood in- chester, on the st of May last, feloniously forged a re- to drop from it into the street, but one of the police R _ OGERS V. DUERDON.—This case was act which hadresulted in to commit the quest in writing for the delivery of a pair of trowsers from officers went to his assistance, and conveyed him down in cial jury. Mr. Martin, Mr. Atherton, an The the death of his • - companion. John Jones, tailor and draper, of Manchester. Guilty, safety. On reaching the ground he fell, apparently in a peered for the plaintiff; Mr. Baines and jury retired for nearly verdict ofguilty two hours, and returned a Se. - tence four months' im risonment state of insensibility, and was carried to the house of his defendant. The plaintiff is Mr. Thomau His John Berry, 18, was charged with having burglariously sister, in the same street, where he did not recover until tleman of property, in. Manchester ; and the prisoner lordship, in a very impressiveaddress , sentenced broken into and entered the house of Richard Picku on hour had elapsed; at this time several persons went to Mr. Thomas Duerdon, agent to Mr. J Georgen soner to be transported Were Jones n _for life. licensed victualler, in Great Howard-street, on the 17th the back of the premises, when it was found that East_ Manchester. The action was brought to sues Harvey, and for a trespass committed by the defends Areo indicted for having ey' Mary Ann Wilson, July last, and stolen ten shillings, two half-crowns, ten wood and the prisoner's father had got over the wall and The ' , nick, on the 8t L assaulted and robbed Thomas sixpences, and a snuff box. The case was fully proved effected an entrance. They went up stairs, but could not across the river Medloek, belonging to • • prisoners were" JnlY, in the borough of Salford. against the prisoner. Guilty. Sentence, twelve months' find any one in the house, and the fire appeared to be al- the 14th July last. The plaintiff alleg victions hay' all found guilty and, previous con- imprisonment with hard labour. together confined to the shop. Eastwood entered a second right to this weir. It was erected thou, trans vet', these proved against the prisoners Jones Maria Atkinson, aged 14, was charged with having at time after havincr got a light, and on going up stairs a n d and had always been in the possession of imprisonedPortation, and th w "e sentenced to fifteen years Manchester, on the 29th of May last, feloniously set fire examining the beds, they had the appearance of not having his predecessors. BY its means water twelve e female prisoner was ordered to be to the house of a person named John Bragg, a rope and been disturbed b or slept in. The back door, which was certain dyeworks on the banks of the HI Months, with hard labour. twine manufacturer. Guilty. Sentenced to six months' alleged to have been bolted the preceding evening as usual, few years ago he had the exclusive use of GRAND Jui t i --- imprisonment, during the time to be placed in the educe- was found open when some of the persons went to the Brooks, who had dyeworks on the Opp( ROOM.—TUESDAY. tion ward. hack of. the premises on the alarm being given. The fire stream to those of the plaintiff occupied 1 Steph en (Before Mr. son, caused, about ten or twelve years o ark • Sergeant Murphy.) George Smith was charged with having, at Oldham, on was extinguished in about half an hour, and the shop was tied, at e aged 27, was indicted for having mar- the 10th of the present month of August, forged a post- then examined by Inspector Eaton and Superintendent Put down for the purpose of conveying I 'AnnFletcher,Manchester, his on th e 23d No v e m b er last, Mary office order for two Pounds. The forgery was committed Abrahams, with a view of ascertaining the cause of the Premises. On the day in question, a i twelvfirst wife • probably thirty or forty, under the din months' h n • being then alive. Guilty— in the most ingenious manner. It appeared that on the fire. There was a strong smell of turpentine, and a quan- P Joseph prisonment in Kirkdale Gaol w White a dl9 . 10th of the present month, the prisoner went from Man- tity of the same material appeared to have been thrown fendant, broke down a considerable port ere char d • ' g e --, and Thomas Collins, aged 22, chester to Oldham, and the r e saw a pe rs o n named H enr y about the shop ; most of the shoes on the shelves were This was the injury complained of. The Man h ge with having on the Bth of August last tiff to the weir was proved from the y Roi , near Barlow,. who was an officer of one of the Oddfellows' saturated, and some paper and rags were also wet with it, _, e e rt ester, violently assaulted one Williamg repair and exclusive use by him ; and the stolen from his person a silver watch. G y . e, and lodges in connection with the " Manchester Unity," of and placed in the middle and other parts of the shop, ap ilioilths' imprisonment each, withliard labour : which there are branches in Oldham and Wakefield. He parently with the object of causing a conflagration. The it was estimated at upwards of £l . OO. 19, B ernard Mullen aged 13and Michael . asked Mr. Barlow if he had received an order from the quantity of turpentine employed appeared to have been Joseph Wrigley, who worked for Messrs. stood indicted with, Kennedy, aged lodge at Wakefield to pay over to a man named John very great, about, three gallons, itpenetrated the as .0 August last, having, on the evening of the 13th Smith, a person out of employment in Manchester, the floor, and was dropping from the roof of the cellar be-Duerdon, in the act of committing street ' burglariously entered a house in Renshaw __,_ Nr , Manchester, and stolen a loaf therefrom: Guilt - y sum of £2. The officer replied in the negative, when the neath. The prisoner was taken into custody at his sister's in consequence of it the dyeworks were t elve months' im • in . prisoner observed that he was connected with the Wake- house, and conveyed to Bridewell ; and on his way he Heartsake, the lessee of a corn-mill ui Th orn prisonment Kirkdale Gaol. field branch, ,and that he (Barlow) might expect a letter made some remarks as to the circumstances of the fire, confirmed this statement. He saw this dothi as Connor, a cleaner of and dealer in seamen's to thateffect d • .uring the day. Subsequently he did receive observing that it was singular the back door, which was Mr. Duerdon, breaking the weir, and in ci haying,ng, residing in Waterloo-road, stood charged with a letter, ordering the payment of £2 to John Smith, and bolted the preceding evening, should have been found water being takenaway,his mill was stopp Connor in April last, caused the death of his wife, Jane n , by ill treatment. There were two counts in the accordingly he went to the Oldham postoffice and paid in open, and it must have been some persons who got in by witnesses were examined, and one of i dietment. The first char ed him with that sum in favour of John Smith, at Manchester. The that means who had set the place on fire. The stock and Blackwell, a stone-mason, estimated th provide her with sufficient ' gfood a. neglecting elotilinhi t( t ) , order was enclosed and posted to Manchester the same furniture were, insured in the Guardian fire office to the pairing the weir at £ll9, which was c IN,v.epghton disease; and the second count char g' ed v himc evening. Next morning the prisoner went to the Man- amount of £4OO, but making allowance for everything Wilson, an architect.—Mr. Baines, for with striking and abusine her duri h 11 g A chester postoffice and presented the order, and, having that could be found on the premises, the value of the submitted that if the case resolved itself Ineaghan the fi t * b was rs witness ng er stated. nn • • signed it, the money was paid to him. The risoner was whole was estimated at not more than £l6O to £l7O. Nei- of damages, it would be found that the t April last she resided with called, who - that in found linty, andsentenced AV t 1 d a Waterloo -road, 00-roa ,as servant. Mrs C ' g and '' ment hard labour. • • to twelve months' imprison- ther the prisoner nor his wife had any wearing apparel in by the plaintiff had been exaggerated the house at the time of the fire. The policy of insurance works were opposite those of the plc onnor was confined to her bed from illness when the . witness was found in the prisoner's pocket at the time of his appre- called the Ardwick works ; they had e there. She had not then the use ofi . went to reside CROWN COURT.—THUR SDAY. hension. The learned counsel concluded by observing that years, and the water of the river had bee -were in the habit of bringing and jr sending her neighbours Henry Fishe g r p a r n is d on . 4l4 l7re brought up for sentence : the prosecution against the prisoner had not been instigated according to the custom, namely, with a whenever the prisoner saw it he threw it ogut food ; but guilty to the crime of b• • ram Whitehead,- who pleaded by the insurance company, but by theboroughof Liverpool. venience of all parties interested in it. and told the witness that if he saw her give his imprisonment, the IgamY—the former fifteen months' A number of witnesses were then called to support the the case until about two-and-a-half year wife anylatter eighteen labour.months, with bard circumstances set forth by the learned counsel for the plantiff caused the paddle of the sluice ti food he would throw her out of the door. The prisoner told his wife that if she would not die he would put an llargaret King, convicted of an astern prosecution. After the fire, a candlestick was found in allowed the water which had been con end to her life. On one occasion witness lifted Mrs. in hus b and, watet. John King, ii at Heato n Norri s , p t t b t r o . maim her the shop, which could not be identified as belonging to On the plaintiff's side of the river then Connor out of bed (the bed was on the ground floor), and follows :—You have His lordship addressed the wing her the prisoner. Mr. Superintendent Abrahams who ex to near to his works, through which the w , ou ave been convictedof • prisoner as mined the premises imm • ediately after the fire, deposed in its couse it supplied first the print w< -placed her in a chair ; the prisoner was present at the upon your husband, and applying makin g an attack to finding the art' l • time, and sitting down on a chair near her •he told her for the purpose of intlictinoi rievo he stated that it would have or culvert, with a paddle which, on beil to get out of the way for a . He then threw her It has been shown in evidence that g us bodily harm. required three or fou you were united to wl ' I r men to produce the state of things effect of laying the whole river dry. on the floor, and kicked her several times. A day or two man, who, by his conduct, outraged f • your feelings as a much disfigured a iic ihe saw in the shop. II e produced a shirt very Mr. Brooks and his tenants had take afterwards, she complained of her body and sides being woman ;but the unheard-of, the unexampled, the strange _ Shown to belong to the ' it was not river to supply their dyeworks ; and uni . quite black, when the prisoner dragged her out of bed, cruelty you were about to inflict on him, is really without vice of Mr. Chamle prisoner. Mr. Procter, in the sec- a-half ago the paddle belonging to the y, agent to the • • end then again kicked her about the floor for complain- an example in the annals of crime. But for r the recommen- Company, proved the taking out of • Gna) than Insurance worked with convenience to all parties ing. About eight or nine days afterwards, she was re- elation of the jury, and some circumstances of mitigation, secretary to the insurance company, deposed policy. Mr. Keys, threatened legal proceedings against "moved to the house of a friend, in Rose-place, where she I should feel called upon to transport you for life ; for the soner had insured £6O on his hOuseepZlOdotnbthe pri- raising the paddle, and throwing his we his . house- threat had the effect of causing matte' died in about a week. These statements having been mode of your attack was so utterly unworthy of your sex, hold goods and wearing apparel, a n d £3OO on his stock formerly until the 12th July last, whe] Co nfirmed by several other witnesses, Mr. Callan, sur- —its gross and horrible indecency and indelicacy, its and fixtures. Mr. Maxwell, inspector of . . salvage, said he again raised, whereby great inconvenien goon was Mrs. Connor called. He said that in April last he attended monstrous cruelty, and tendency to do your husband the had examined the premises since the fire, and he estimated the defendant, by his works being run I airs. state, at Rose-hill. She was then in a dangerous greatest possible mischief which can be done to a man, the stock as follows : fixtures, £3O; furniture and wear- be no doubt that a breach had been i Was suffering under an affection of the lungs. There and to degrade him and to make him an object of scorn ing apparel, £42 10s. 9d. ; stock, £BB 10s. 71d. ; total, but he contended that £lO would be sul • Previousalso an affection of the groin. He had heard the and pity—and all this you appear to have done with per. £l6l 4s, 4d. He - found a few articles of men's, and a tion.—Two witnesses were examined on from t witnesses describe the treatment she had received fect deliberation. Whatever extenuation there may be, great deal of female wearing apparel.—Mr. Greenwood, fendant ; one of them stated that £l3 1 1 lerate death. P r isoner, and considered it would tend to acce- the extension when applied as it is by you, gives to your surgeon,__ of Kirkdale, on being questioned by Mr. Ser. ficient to repair the weir.—Mr. Martin I . Cons • geant Wilkins, stated that he had heard it reported that -the Judge had summed up, the jury reti death haveheConsumption was the immediate cause of offence a character of deliberation that makes it stand deprivation would a of food and the use of violence in colours of the deepest dye. lam willing to attend threats were held out to the prisoner by the operative the Plaintiff, damages £ll9 Is. her death tendency to shorten her life. He attributed to the recommendation of the jury, and to diminish shoemakers in the neighbourhood.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins . The Court adjourned after hearing _ more directl Mr. j a , , Yto disease than to ill treatment. the period of your transportation ; but I feel it impossible, addressed the jury for the prisoner. He was proceeding 'ease. s- Callan es nere co wp „„ ... ntended that the evidence of Mr. in a crime of this description. t_o rase ATIV 411-ha, , carstanra to sneak of the itrinrAnbilil-1. .rse +l‘. v,..;,.....-...... 1,.....:-- ...„, ien again icit.,----- _ About eight or nine days afte is, in moved to the house of a f r iend, RG )lace, w.. died i n a b out a week. These statements having 1.._ confirmed by several other witnesses, Mr. Callan, sur ton, was called. H e sa id th a t i n April last he tended mrs- Conn or a t R ose- hill . She was then in a d a . S tate, suffering under an affection of the lungs. ... was also an affection of the groin. He had heard thf Previous witnesses describe the treatment she had from the prisoner, and considered it would tend to acce lerat e death death. Co nsumpt i on was the immediate cause of , but the deprivation of food and the use of violence would have a tendency to shorten her life. He attributed her death raore directly to disease than to ill treatment. -_--,-Mr. James here contended that the evidence of Mr. ter, weld to prove that there was no case of manslaugh -4 i s ‘ 4. hen a long argument ensued between Mr. James M t , Ir. Paget on the subject, and ultimately Mr. Sergeant atrZnatyyvictieinhsuimlted the Chief Baron in the case, who that the charge of assault included in titi dictrnent could not be sustained under the statute was n n w ot hi a e l li the indictment was founded, and therefore murvir., uuestion for the jury ; and as he (Mr. Sergeant char ge of Tn4olerstood Mr- Paget that he abandoned the not sufficieZslalighter, since Mr. Callan's evidence was acquit the prisonerodusive, he considered it his duty to Th e prisoner was then acquitted. CROWN COUIVI7—WEDNESDAY. SE NTENCES. to be ir npr i John Smith, c onvicted of highway robbery, was ordered hard labo-ur. soiled for nine calendar months, and kept to Nathan hearden, for manslaughter, was sentenced to three months' o_nths' hard labour. 7 _7 1 ft Humphreys, for counterfeiting silver coin, and 'one Humphreys, for the like offence, and also for pos be!sing a mould for the purpose of counterfeiting silver coin were ordered to be transported for 7 years. - George Peter Bowen and Mary Burke, for having had in their u tter the s posse ssion counterfeit sil v e r coi n , w ith i n t ent to ame, were sentencd, te first-named to twlve Months' imprisonment, and the h female prisoner to e six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Ilenry Doodson, for burglary, was ordered to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for twelve caledar months. Peter Young, who had pleaded guilty to n a charge of burglary, was sentenced to six months' hard labour. Mary Squire, a young woman, living in Back Garden- Street, Manchester, was indicted for the murder of her son, Joseph Squire, a child two years of age. The priso-. ner had been suffering from fever attended with delirium, urnne. But for the recomme. dation of the jury, and some circumstances of mitigation, I should feel called upon to transport you for life ; for the mode of your attack was so utterly unworthy of your sex, -its gross and horrible indecency and indelicacy, its monstrous cruelty, and tendency to do your husband the greatest possible mischief which can be done to a man, and to degrade him and to make him an object of scorn and pity—and all this you appear to have done with per fect deliberation. Whatever extenuation there may be, the extension when applied as it is by you, gives to your offence a character of deliberation that makes it stand in colours of the deepest dye. I am willing to attend to the recommendation of the jury, and to diminish the period of your transportation; but I feel it impossible, in a crime of this description, to pass any other sentence than one that shall include your removal from this coun try. The sentence of the court is that you be transported for a period of ten years. The prisoner, on hearing the sentence pronounced immediately fainted, and was re moved from the deck in the arms of one of the turnkeys. John Pilkington, convicted of stabbing William Ker shaw, of Halliweli.—Nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. John Morran, who pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Alsop, at Bury, twelve months' imprisonment. John Hilton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, six months' imprisonment. Thomas Williams, who pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary at Manchester; six months' imprisonment.— Hugh Lemon and Catharine Dempsey, who were con cerned in the same offence, and also pleaded guilty.— Lennon, fifteen months ; Dempsey, twelve months. Andrew Howard, who pleaded guilty to a burglary in the house of Samuel Whitworth, at Mosley, and also to a larceny, three months for each offence. Joseph Wait and Thomas Gri f fiths, convicted of high way robbery at Manchester.—Wait, six months ; Grif fiths, two months, with hard labour. John Henry Grundy, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having forged a request of 0, with intent to defraud Mary Bakewell, at Manchester, twelve months' imprison ment and hard labour. _ lliatthew Gatonby, con v i c ted of the manslaughter of his wife Jane Gatonby, at Manchester, twelve months imprisonment and hard labour. George Wallace,ce' who pleaded g uilty to a charge of sa crilege, in Middleton Church, twelve months' imprison ment and hard labour. IMI) MCTRDER. Catherine Malloy M , 19, was charged with having mur dered her female infant child, at Liverpool. In October to speak of the improbability of the prisoner having set fire to his premises, when his lordship interrupted him, and expressed an opinion that there was not evidence on which a jury could safely convict, as it had not been shown that the prisoner was personally connected with any of the transactions alleged to have taken place.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins said that he should not proceed further after what had fallen from his lordship.—The jury then acquitted the prisoner, and he was immediately discharged from cus tody. Prisoner : Thank you, my lord. CHARGE OF PERJURY. Patrick Smith, 23, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury at Ormskirk. Mr. Monk prosecuted ; the pri soner was defended by Mr. James. The offence alleged against the prisoner was, that in February last a young woman named Rebecca Sanderson, went before the ma gistrates at Ormskirk to affiliate a child, and the prisoner was called as a witness in the case. He appeared on be half of the reputed father of the child, Charles Edward son, and made a statement to the effect, that Sanderson had improper intercourse with a man named Maloney. which statement was alleged to be false, and involved the offence charged in the indictment. The prisoner was acquitted. John Fairclough,lB, was charged with wilful perjury at Ormskirk. The case was similar to the last, and, at the suggestion of his lordship, no evidence was offered. The prisoner was accordingly acquitted. This closed the Crown business, and the Court was ad j3urned at half-past seven. NISI PRIUS PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY LEE V. ALTHAM. An action brought by a gentleman -- named Lee, belong ing to this town, to recover money lent to a Mrs. Tom linson, the widow of a cartowner, amounting to the sum of £65, of which £5O had been lent in money, and £l5 as the price of a horse which the plaintiff had purchased for which w -TITLE TO A WEIR FRIDAY The jury gave their verdict for the one hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff £3,000; costs, 40s. FAGAN V. HARRISON. The plaintiff is a brewer, and carrying on business both the nature of which was not b. in this town and Manchester ; and the defendant, Thomas entered for the plaintiff by cons. Briggs, is a publican, also residing in this town. During ease.. the year 1845, the defendant was supplied with several LEASES UNDER A PERPETUAL. CURACI quantities of ale and porter, valued at the sum of £2O 9s. V. COLLINGE.- 6d., and a small amount of a guinea, for non-delivery of This was a special jury case, in wls . barrels, which plaintiff sought to recover. Verdict for Mr. H. Hill appeared for the plaint' ' l 9 19s. ad. Mr. Watson for the defoys,i-- ND OTHERS. Commercial Ban upon a le bond for FresLiw4ll; £l7, which the def en - recent As entities to pay to the plaintiff, for h - -‘ance of his wife. The defendant 2 and after I v i me to Liverpool, and I tif mr of ti to the. d The case y, ,, llaving 110 I of the ( sin Yerkshire. Verdict for Church of I twenty-two and the e incumbent of the it. Helens, to establish the right to all fees aris baptism' :elebrated rector c ...WV ish. The I ;iltiia --- power to put an end t he follow [his was a, s every seven years. It had lately been agreed upon by the Ecclesiastical this power, by pap Commissioners that additional churches should be pro- work out coal to the • vided. Mr. Peter Greenall, a gentleman residing at St. contended that, by tI Helen's, undertook to provide a chapel of ease for the had no power to gran,. _ wants of the people in that district. Mr. Furnival, the restraining statute imposed certa rector of the parish at th a t ti me, a tt en d e d an d laid the been complied with.—After the p, bundation stone,,and received the fees for years, and on partially opened, the parties conferrer, his removal the Rev. Mr. Pollock, the minister of St.. ually agreed that a verdict should be Mark's Church, in this town, continued to receive the plaintiff, .-',;ect to a. special case. cet up by the vicar of Present, at the root of all the emo- was aistriet is comprised of four _i-oss `-^ and Sutton, in whit' e recently been erected RIGHT OF WA , This wp- __ the fees at present, ceedit was to whom those fees should I third a verdict was taken for the ect to a special case for the the defendant :ommon law lease of ti DICKINSON m• the p . Francis J WEDNESDAY. in London. The jury gave a £2,499, the value of two bill , ARCHER AND ANOTHER V. BANKS. An action brought by Michael Archer and Thomas Hats:ill, build e r s , i n Li verpoo l, aga i nst Willi am B an k s, of This `le, for " vecovery of " --f £3lB f Joint St, BELL, P. 0., V. LORD I action was brought by th lOr havin -.-- •-• o,x houses for him in oaiance Doncaster-street. The the recovery of the i 7 value . of two bills lintiffs were nonsuited. £4llB 10s., accepted by th e d e f en d an t pleaded that the bills were obtained fr, - The defendant is the eldest son of Eel An action brought by Thomas Staunton Harrison, a -- ainst the defendant, Francis Morley, an alkali nanutacturer in the neighbourhood of St. Helens, for the —,..ruction. of certain trui d by the throwin- -Li' Verdict for the a reference This was an action brought by John Billinge, against the defendants, Richard Pickering and four others, to re cover the value of certain work and labour done by the plaintiff for the defendants. The defendants pleaded that they were never indebted. The plaintiff was a cowkeeper in Great Prescot-street, and the defendants were the con tractors to the Corporation for the removal of the whole of the night soil of the borough. The plaintiff was a sub contractor under the defendants, and he had agreed with them to take a portion of their contract, and to work for them in the West Derby Ward. They began the work on the 22d of February and they carte The plaintiff BROMILOW AND OTHERS V. SAITI. AND ANOTHER An action to) William Bromilow and Thomas Brown against George Saul and another, for the recovery of the sum of £4700, less five per cent. being the price agreed to be paid for a certain colliery, situated at Eccleston, near St. He' Edwards, I The trans: October. ie a purci T Tn cro Y AND out the lordship began to fine got by having put his nam, nately for the ends of justice, bank had a falling out. Edwards the bank, and the correspondence be, ensued fully proved that the bills now I been received by them in fraud. On the an agreement igrly 4 by Lo, model] was the house of Air. Norris, and this was the position which his house had at the time the act of par liatnent passed, some distance back from the front of ieen Islington. He pulled it down. Now, then, the power of the authorities began, because he had taken down the former house and rendered himself within the provisions of the 94th " area in front of damages for the on-Tyn regret,. signeu Edwards, to the effect that Edwards should take upon him the payment of all the bills outstanding to which his lord- with ti Islington The house ar Islington footpath began to build his I It begins at t The commer 1 through that t street to Christian -s had been guaranteed by his lOrds p ; but mined by Mr. 'A mg toss agreement, every one of those bills outstanding and guaranteed were just as obligatory upon Lord Ingestre as they had ever been. The bank then held seven bills of exchange, which were drawn by Gillen upon Edwards, and Lord Ingestre's name was not on any one of them. In the month of April, when these bills were falling due, Edwards waited on Lord Ingestre, and told him the state he was in about these bills, and begged of him to assist -- 'eyor to the Corporation rorn St. Anne -street tc slington in 1827, but is : The Judge There is T him ; and his lordship, being anxious to assist him, did accept the present bills upon _the distinct understanding Act of Norris plaintiff in this case sued to the very materially stood, —with he was represented by Mr. Mar -Mr. James appeared for the de samuel and Stanley Mylchreest, build _ bas been .ea of his 1 lied, and I know that the seven other bills shout( In other words, the bills ther north side 1 is by a action was brought to recover damages for a trespass in breaking and entering into the plaintiff's house, and converting his goods. The alleged trespass was com mitted on the 18th January last, it being stated that the plaintiff became the tenant of a house belonging to Saml. Mylchreest, near Prince's Park, Liverpool, in the previous month of December, by the defendants taking possession of the and turning the family and the furniture were to be transferred to the bank upon the bank banding over the seven bills which had the name of Gillon upon them ; and upon the very day of the acceptance, the bills were enclosed to the bank with this distinct understanding. The learned -counsel here read a lengthened correspond ence which had taken place between Edwards and the bank, from which it appeared that the bank refused to surrender the seven bills, upon the ground that a person of the name of Brown, sume tool of Gillon's, had en dorsed them. Subsequently, an arrangement was come to with Edwards that he should meet all the outstanding bills of Lord I d, cred. into the street For the defence it was contended there was no tenancy. The jury found a verdict for the plain tiff, damages one farthing. ngestre ; ant it navmg been given to his lordship for cash to the amount of £23,000 for the Chilly estate, there remained a balance due by him to the extent of £lO,OOO. The bank stopped in January, 1846. , The first application relative to the p a y men t o f th e pre , ! sent bills was , made to Gillon; then it was made to Lord itreet ;red, been The last common jury case was Edwards v. Thomas, which was an action to recover the amount of a joiner's of £44 Bs. 61 1 d. The case was even- Ingestre ; and now the action was brought against his lordship for the recovery of the amount. After the exa mination of two witnesses for the defence hr.twAr.n the llll ffP houses extend from Clare- If the line were continued. inis case was tried with Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Se aen a long atinued : The fiv-e-1 B. lock Upon it a convers .tared for the plaintiff; Mr. Baines and Mr. Pass for the defendant. The plaintiff is Mr. Thomas Rogers, a gen tleman of property, in. Manchester ; and the defendant is Mr. Thomas Duerdon, agent to Mr. John Brooks, of Manchester. The action was brought to recover damages for a trespass committed by the defendant upon a weir across the river Medlock, belonging to the plaintiff, on the 14th July last. The plaintiff alleged an exclusive right to th;- It was erected about the year 1779, and had always been in the possession c. r ___ his predecessors. By its means water was supplied to certain dyeworks on the banks of the river, and until a - 'se of the water. Mr. )posite side of the ,y Messrs. Jack son, caused, about ten or twelve years ago, pipes to be put down for the purpose of conveying the water to his premises. On the day in question, a number of men, probably thirty or forty, under the direction of the de fendant, broke down a considerable portion of the weir. This was the injury complained of. The title of the plain. f we was -vf ti year 1779, also it and, eventually, - a verdict was returned for the plaintiff for £4,530 Bs., with liberty to the defendant to enter a nonsuit if the court should be against the plaintiff on two locked, or wlie. xi Upper This was a special jury case, in which the plaintiff was Adam Norris, and the defendant Thomas Fresch, an offi cer of the Liverpool Corporation. The declaration stated that the defendant broke a certain close of the plaintiff, situated at the corner of Christian-street, and pulled down part of the house. To this the defendant pleaded ion of LIIJUS ; The of the long front is an )n-terrac is on a level with the street at the upper end lane end. I have passed through the tc cut, I cannot say who keeps the terra, that the close formed part of a house at the time of the passing of a certain Act of Parliament, that it projected peyond the line of the street called Islington, that the e stand Ler there a short r. The Samuel Holm, :cam ined uutluer In werpool, pretty extensive,, geol houses. I know Islington, and have had my e% on the improvements made there. I know Norr " mop,. there, and have seen the house he is erecting. at hour projects beyond the regular line of the houses on each side. s s property That house Some conversation here ensued between the Judge and e counsel on both sides. The J UDGE thought it extremely strange that the parties for the plaintiff and the defendant could not agree upon a model of the nrtannic.c I .1 . ullu sail that the model exhibited that day in court by the plaintiff was far preferable to the -, - that the Town Council had given the necessary notice not to build beyond the line of the street. To this the plain tiff pleaded that the said close was not a house or build- ing, or part of a house or building, which projected beyond the regular line of the street, on which the issue was joined. Mr. COWLING having opened the pleadings, Mr. KNOWLES stated the case, and first drew the attention of the jury to the improvement acts under which the Corpo- , inasmuc 1 as it showed repair and exclusive use by him s ; and the dama g e done to ration had made various efforts to improve the condition £lOO. A person named of the town. Among other - places, they had , directed T-1:- -4-- AL- • •. 121_ J osep._ ..Ked for Messrs. that he saw a number of men, under the orders of Mr. I w". - Duerdon, in the act of committing the trespass, and that at the models, (two of which were on the table,) in consequence of it the dyeworks were stopped. Wm. would find that the Corporation had already been opera- Lke, the lessee of a corn-mill under the plaintiff, ting to this extent. There had been various projections. confirmed this statement. He saw thirty-five men with There had been projections, also, which had narrowed the Mr. Duerdon, breaking the weir, and in consequence of the width of the street ; and what the Corporation had done time to time they had bought up the water being takenaway, his mill was stopped. Several other was this :—From witnesses were examined, and one of them, Matthew, various buildings which created that irregularity, and they Blackwell, a strs-- "son, estimated the expense of re- had perfected a complete lire of street. • They had, there- ackson, proved pairing the weir at £ll9, which was confirmed by Mr. tore effected a considerable improvemem. ......___ Wilson, an architect.—Mr. Baines, for the defendant, rid of the irregularities, and, what was of extreme impor submitted that if the case resolved itself into a question tance, they had laid down a line of street, which at once of damages, it would be found that the amount estimated designated how the street was in future to be carried. by the plaintiff had been exaggerated. Mr. Brooks's They had done more: they had interrupted the progress works were opposite those of the plaintiff; they were of even some slight projections. Clare-street, as it cx called the Ardwick works ; they had existed for thirty isted in 1842, presented some impediments to the carrying on of a direct line. The line went in a straight direction years, and the water of the river had been used as water, according to the custom, namely, with a view to the con- to Clare-street. One of the houses went back. Then venience of all parties interested in it. This had been there was the house to which the attention of the jury the case until about two-and-a-half years since, when the would be particularly directed, and in front of the w h o l e plantiff caused the paddle of the sluice to be raised, which there were certain areas enclosed with pallisadings, rest allowed the water which had been collected to run off. ing on a stone coping which belonged to each house, and t On the plaintiff's side of the river there was a mill race that presented an obstacle to the carrying on the line of near to his works, through which the water flowed; and street in the way in which it had been thought right to in its course it supplied first the print works, and then the conduct it. The object was, to carry all on in a straight corn mill ; but lower down the stream there was a sluice line from Islington-terrace. He would now proceed to or culvert, with a paddle which, on being raised, had the direct attention to the language of the Act of Parliament, effect of laying the whole river dry. For thirty years and the question then arose on its construction. The act Mr. Brooks and his tenants had taken water from the contains a good many provisions. He saw by the 93rd river to supply their dyeworks ; and until two years and section, that forthe purposeofrenderingvarious streets uni a-half ago the paddle belonging to the sluice had been form, power was given to make alterations in the fronts worked with convenie nce t o a ll part i es. Th e d e f en d ant of houses and the particular streets therein named , threatened legal proceedings against the plaintiff, for There was power given to alter the - streets so that one raising the paddle, and throwing his works dry • and this uniform line and range of buildings might be formed on ) the I2th July last, when the paddle P againform e rl - raised, threat had the effect of causing matters to continue as each side of the way. The 54th section was the more im ortant section, fo t r th f at enacted that when any house or untilwhereby great inconvenience causedwas w t a o s building, of t leh ruawprojected beyond the odowz beyondt e t r h e e b Ur o e s t the defendant, by his works being run dry. There could regular - lin a e u} o r of the be taken a altered, each be no doubt that a breach had been made in the weir • side thereof, should but he contended that £lO would be sufficient compensa- the same should be set back to the line of the r street or tion.—Two witnesses were examined on behalf of the de_ the line of the adjoining houses or buildings in such man fendant ; one of them stated that £l3 ls. would be suf- ner and according to such elevation as the Council should ficient to repair the weir.—Mr. Martin replied ; and after approve for the improvement of the street and when the the Judge had summed up, the jury returned a verdict for next house or building should not adjoin the house or the plaintiff, damages £ll9 ls. buildin g to be so taken down, but should be se bey hac The Court adjourned after hearing part of the next case. COLLISION AT SEA - GAR NE AND OTHERS V. SYMES This case, which was commenced yesterday, and Con cluded to-day, was what is called " a running down" case. It was tried before a special jury. Mr. Martin, with whom were Messrs. Cowling and James, appeared for the plain tiffs ; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. The plaintiffs are a company owning an iron steamer called the Tynwald, and the - defendant is Captain Symes, com mander of the steamer Urgent, which is employed in car rying the mails between Liverpool and Dublin. The ac tion was brought to recover a consideraole sum of money for damage done by the Urgent to the Tynwald, on the 31st December last. The exact amount, it was agreed, should, in the event of the verdict being for the plaintiff, be fixed by some competent gentlemen, to be mutually agreed upon. At the time of the occurrence which led to the damage, the Tynwald was chartered for £2OO per week, by Messrs. Langtrys, of Belfast. She was then a new iron vessel of 300 tons burden, with two engines of 150 horses' power. On the morning of the 31st December, the Tynwald having sailed from Belfast the previous night, was run into by the Urgent, near the Formby light-ship, and very great damage done. The Urgent was at that time going at a great speed, and it was contended on the part of the plaintiffs, that the speed was too great. On the other hand, it was urged that if the Tynwald had con tinued in her course, instead of lying across the steam, both vessels would have gone clear. The witnesses on both sides admitted that the weather was extremely thick. Evi dence was produced on the part of the plaintiffs to show that every precaution was taken, and all the Admiralty rules observed to avoid collision ; and in reply to this part of the case, it was contended that the accident was such as the law held to be inevitable ; that it had its origin in the fog, and that, therefore,etelotekfeed up for ratherndautwasno mtloiarel; than The jury, after having b court, and he had also listened attentively to the state ment now made, and it certainly appeared to him that the death of the deceased might be accounted for by the fact, that while in the carriage he dropped his head on the ferrule of his umbrella. which entered the eye, and pene trated the brain. Now, if that was the case, it would be unnecessary to proceed with the case.—Mr. Bodkin said, if that was his lordship's opinion, he would at once call the surgeon.—Mr. Fogarty was then called, and said that when he examined the deceased, he found that the ferrule of an umbrella had entered the eye, and penetrated the brain, and that would of itself be sufficient to cause death. From the position of the body and the umbrella there could be no doubt that the cause of death was accidental. Other evidence was called, but Mr. Justice Erle stopped )crated the case, and the jury acquitted the prisoner. therefrom, then the same should be set back to the line of At the Croyden assizes, on Tuesday week, a somewhat such street, provided always that compensation be made curious action for slander was tried. The action was by the Council to the owner. Therefore the object of the brought by Miss Sarah Mary Hoare, against Commander act was, that when any buildings, or anything in Dickson, of the Royal Navy, Secretary to the Royal the nature of buildings, interposed with the regular line of Naval Benevolent Society. Miss Hoare is the daughter street, whenever they should be taken down the Council of a deceased lieutenant in the navy ; at whose death she should have the power of saying to the owner, " You took to literature for her support, but not succeeding, she shall not advance them again so as to ineerfere with the was compelled, in 1838, to apply for aid to the society of line of the street, but you shall put them in such a man- which the defendant is secretary. The subject of the ac ner that they shall fall into the line of the street." He tion by the plaintiff arose out of this application, and the would now call attention to that which was called the precise nature of the slander was expounded in the evi " interpretation clause," because that clause would be dence for the plaintiff. At meetings of this society, the found exceedingly important in the present matter. By defendant had stated that the plaintiff was "an impostor," the interpretation clause the word " house," or the word " a woman of vitiated character," "an abandoned wo " houses," were to include any messuage or dwelling- man ;" that she had been deserted on this account by her house, any tenement, warehouse, manufactory, building, friends ; that she lived at an improper house in Woolwich ; or other inclosure. The jury would observe, therefore, and that, although living in a house elegantly furnished, that a house was not merely to be a house in the popular she used, when wanting money, to hire a garret and apply sense in which ordinary people took it, but was to include to the society. It was admitted by the plaintiff, that a any tenement or other inclosure ; and it would be one of committee of the society, specially appointed to investi the questions for the judge or some court of law hereafter gate the plaintiff's claim, had reported that she was not a to decide, whether, within the meaning of this act of Par- fit object to receive the funds of the society. For the de liament, the word " house" did not include a tenement, be- fence, it was contended, that, as secretary, Captain Dick cause it was a tenement or inclosure which came in front of son had no option in the matter ; that his duty req a ui t r aeo e rnm d e- Mr.Norris's house. This would bethe main question in the him to make an investigation which brought to light facts cause, and now he proceeded to explain how that question j us tifyi ng hi s s t a t emen t s t o th e soc iety : n a e n hr d eadl le eb t t t et e ee rs were had had arisen, At the time of the passing of the Act of Par- allowed to be read for the purpose of attesting Captain liament he had already explained, an almost perfect line of Di c kson's bond fides. street had been perfected in Islington. The Council, how- Miss Hoare's brothers, stating Among tatingth ti a l t e ssehe , ever, could do nothing with any remaining irregularities doned by her family on account of her misconduct. Va until the resent act of parliament had been passed, and rious other letters were put in, in some of which the then they could do nothing until the owner of one of the plaintiff was described as an adventurer and " a complete buildings shoo id take it down, because, not until then had female Jeremy Diddler." Upon the occasion it was stated the council r, right to say, " You shall keep in the line of that she had courted a sect of Methodists, and had induced the street." But they did this. Further on in the street a leader of this sect to visit her and confer with her upon there we' buildings which did interfere with the uniform- religious subjects, and that after the interview he gave ity of the line, and they continued to purchase them for her £5. The Jury interposed before the conclusion of the pvipose of putting them in a line with the street. the evidence ; and, under the direction of Mr. Baron Now, then, he would draw attention to the manner in , Parke, who said that the defendant had done his duty % which the present action had arisen. This [pointing to a I the plaintiff was nonsuited, the areas in front of the house Mr. Walker, of Birkenhead, was appointed by the parties on both sides to extend the model of the plaintiff, so that it might exhibit the upper end of Islington, as far as Canterbury-street. The JUDGi.—From this Act of Pam._ case is against the defendant, and, therefore, verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a bill of exceptions on the part of the defendant. Some discussion followed as to the manner in which the verdict should T' lent I think the let it be a ,ne entere. it was mentioned that the matter would not rest where it was, but that the bill of exceptions would be taken, and that the case would here after be found in the House of Lords. The JUDGE again said, that he entertained an opinion at present with the nlaintiff. Ultimately, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for 40s. costs 40s. ui LIIC k•armarthenshire gaol has been committed for trial, on a charge of having aided a prisoner. named Evans, who was accused of horse stealing, to make his escape from that prison. Mary inn Hunt tried Mr. Jr P.rl, was before 4 ustice tzle at the Central Criminal Court on Thurso., charged with the wilful murder of Mary Sto we ll, an e ld er l y female, with whom the prisoner had lodged for some ti me . Th e cir cumstances of the case are somewhat singular. The prisoner was observed standing at the door of the house, with a bundle in her hand, looking suspiciously about her, by a policeman on duty in Mary-le-bm," --- • oue, ana on the latter going into the house to ascertain if all was right, he made the horrible discovery of the murder having been com mitted, and took the prisoner into custody on the chars , The trial lasted till midniEht to be made out was that the prisoner was insane. The Jury found her guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon her in the usual form. It came out in the course of the trial that the prisoner was enciente, which will cause the period of her execution to be deferred. BRUTAL WRETCH.—At the Devizes (Wilts) Assizes Francis Vallis, aged 27 years, was indicted for the wilful murder of Jane Miller, a young, unmarried woman to whom he had been attached, and who had borne him a child. It appeared that the unfortunate creature, know ingher situation, asked him to marry her, which, with an violence as to break three of her ribs ! The affectionate and attached young woman, although suffering the greatest agony, one of the ribs not having afterwards united, never complained of the circumstance till just before her decease, which took place after giving birth to the infant, which had also died. On a post-mortem examination' it was ascertained that the death of this unhappy mother was occasioned by consumption inguced by the fracture of the by his own counsel was, that he did not intend to commit murder, but that the occurrence arose out of a fit of unngovernable passion occasioned by the refusal of the deceased to conceal her situation from the'knowledge of her friends and the public. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to eighteen nzonths' imprisonment and hard labour!!!—[A slight punishment indeed, and totally inadequate for the crime.] CHARGE OF MURDER.—On Saturday John Ramsey, a . cheesemonger, was indicted, in London, for the wilful murder of Henry Williams, upon his own confession_ Mr. Bodkin proceeded to state the case to the jury, in the course of which Mr. Justice Erie said, that before the learned counsel proceeded further it appeared to him that he (Mr. Bodkin) was bound to show that the prisoner had not only been with the deceased, but that he had in flicted a blow or such an injury as would have a tendency to cause death. He (Mr. Justice Erie) had attentively read the depositions which had been returned to the