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140, and slender. lie was older than the Weimar. who ti 2/. I had a glass of ale at the White Hart. My husband quarelled with some men at the Bear's Paw that night, and wanted to tight. I had a gill of porter there. I had tea be tween six and seven, We were about an hour at the Bear's Paw. We then went to the Lower Angel, and I bad two gills of porter there. We were about two hours there. Wm. Carter and Frances Stockton are here. I never said that if the prisoner had paid to me what he (prisoner) was paying to a counsel or attorney for his defence, and had given me up the working frames, I would not have appeared against him. I did not say to Frances Stockton I would say all she had to say. They (the prisoner's friends) were persuading Frances Stockton not to tell what she had seen. I said I could bring witnesses to state what she had said. The prisoner cried out in a loud tone, "Where's my knife?" and told him to go. but be stood still. The prisoner and my husband were both on the ground. but I did not see them fall. They were stand ing close together a minute or two before, but I did not notice what they were doing just then. I don't remember seeing blood on the prisoner's cheek, but it might be so. The pri soner, when he went into the house, put his hand round the deceased's neck, and said he was very sorry. I never said that I was uneasy at what I said before the coroner. I said I was vexed at the prisoner's mother. That was for her treatment of me and my mother. Mr. Hunt, surgeon.—l was called, on the Bth February,to see the deceased. I found inflammation of the bowels, also a wound, of small extent, through which part of the bowels had protruded. The instrument had not wounded the bowels. I continued to attend him till his death on the following Monday. The deceased had had a rupture; and, if he bad not had a rupture, I do not think the wound would have been mortal. He was also in bad health, approaching to delirium tremens. The wound produced inflammation, and that death. By the COURT duced death. 1 have no doubt that the wound pro- Joseph Paine, police-officer, went to deceased's father's house that night, and saw the prisoner sitting near the bed. The deceased said, "I am stabbed." I asked him who did it; and he said, his brother John. The prisoner stood up and kissed him, and said he loved him dearly, and did not intend him any harm. Prisoner 'described the knife, as a buckthorn knife with two blades, and described the place where it would be likely to be found. When I took him into custody, be said to witness, " Come up in the morning and let me know how my brother is, for if he dies I wish I may die too." This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. BRANDT addressed the jury for the prisoner, and se veral persons gave him an excellent character. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter, and his Lordship de ferred the sentence. MANSLA GIITF:R James Dean, aged 32, who had been out on bail, was charg ed with the manslaughter, at Manchester, of James Ward, a child of -14 years of age, on the 23d August. This was another case of death caused Ky a cart passing over the de ceased. The deceased had left the footpath and gone to wards the middle of the street, Hanover-street. The prison er's cart, loaded with sand, was passing, and deceased was knocked down by one of the horses, which made a rush for ward, and one of the wheels passed over his head, the prison er being then a very short way from the cart. The prisoner admitted to the police-officer, that he saw the child before it left the footpath, and ran up towards the horse's head. Hs expressed great sorrow, said that he could not help it, and that such a thing had never happened to him before. The prisoner had always borne a good character for steadiness and attention in arising his cart. The question was whether he had shown gross negligence. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty , and the prison er was discharged. MAN SLAUGHTER The Jury that had been locked up to consider their verdict in the case of William Shaw, a carter, whose cart had run over a child, named Ward, were here called back into the Jury-box, and, not having yet agreed, his Lordship said he should discharge them from giving a verdiet. The case, he added, was one on which he should not have passed any great punishment. The prisoner will, therefore, we presume, be discharged. CHARGE OF MURDER. Timothy Hetherington was again brought up, charged with the wilful murder of Peter Jackson. . Dr. BROWN conducted the prosecution, stating, in the conclusion of his opening, that there was a quetion whether the prisoner was sane at the time, and, should the jury so find in their verdict, in would be taken care of and kept un der such restraint that a similar fatality could not again occur. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and the deceased were both paupers in the workhouse. The deceased had given the prisoner eighteenpence to take care of for him, which he had spent. The prisoner subsequently said, that he had been to the governor, and would _go to him again, as he had not yet got his money from the deceased. On the ith December the prisoner went up to the deceased in the workhouse, struck him with his knee, took him by the collar, threw him down, and knocked him savagely on the body, and once on the jaw. He was stopped by some of the inmates, and was soon afterwards taken to the cell called the " lunatic." The prisoner was subject to fits, and had several times been confined in the lunatic. The fits came upon him suddenly, and lie was sometimes very violent after'them. He had had fits all night on one occasion, and was a long time in the lunatic afterwards. The prisoner was a man of weak intellects. The surgeon of the workhouse saw the de ceased about two hours after the assault. He had three ribs broken and a contusion of the jaw. The deceased died from inflammation of the lungs caused by one of the ribs having penetrated that organ. The injuries appeared to have been caused by kicks. The prisoner appeared to be collected after the assault, and related what had happened, mentioning the money and the assault. He said he had frequently asked for his money, and thought he was justified in striking the deceased, as be could not get his money in any other way. He said he was sorry for the circumstance, and hoped the re sult would not be serious. W;tness inclined to think that as doing at the time, prisoner was not sensible of what he as he was subject to epilyptic fits, and had maniacal attacks afterwards. Sometimes persons subject to such fits may have violent paroxysms of madness without having a fit, and these may soon go off. Mr. GREENE spoke ably in behalf of the prisoner, contend ing that the prisoner committed the act during one of those transitory paroxysms which so deprived him of his reasons, and that he was not then a responsible being, and must be acquitted of the crime of wilful murder, ar.d he would be dis posed of in another way. The learned JUDG E summed up with great care, and the jury, after consulting together for a few minutes, pronounced the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. /I is LORDS HIP said the prisoner had been guilty of cruelly assailing an old man, who had not deserved such treatment at his hands, and the rcult was that he died. The jury had acquitted him of the charge of murder, but found him guilty of manslaughter, without being convinced that the act was done during temporary insanity. The sentence.of the court was, that he should be transported for the term of his natural life. MANSLA L GIITER John Chadwick, a very stout rough-looking man, aged 39, was charged with manslaughter, at Manchester, on the night of the 26th of December, in causing the death of William Greaves, by shoving him into a canal. The prisoner was on board of a flat in the canal at Manchester ; and, seeing the deceased, with whom he had had a quarrel, coming on board, said, " if you come here, I'll throw you into the water." He went on board the next vessel, and began to quarrel. The captain of the flat went on deck, and told them they most not quarrel there, but, if they would make a disturb ance, they must go somewhere else. The witness then went to the cabin, and the prisoner went down into his own ves sel, and closed the hatches upon himself. Shortly afterwards the witness heard a noise again, and went on deck, and found that the deceased was struggling in the water. He gave the deceased a shaft to get him out, and he said it would not reach him, and afterwards cried, " Ile is there ! He is there !" as if he wished to assist in getting him out. The deceased cried out, " Dick ! Dick !" The stern rope was thrown off, and witness and prisoner tried to get him out, but did not succeed, and the deceased was drowned. The pri had told deceased when he forbade him to come on board, that he was out of a situation, and he was afraid he would rob the boat. The weather was frosty, and the decks were very slippy, and there was no rail round the vessel. The prisoner bad been drinking hard and was drunk, and ex pressed great sorrow. The prisoner said that he had gone below to go to bed when. he heard the deceased come on board, and saw the deceased taking some ropes. Whether he touched him or not he could not recollect, but he slipped and fell in. The Jury found him Guilty. It appeared that the prisoner had been in confinement from the 27th December. His character was favourably spoken of. His LORDSHIP said he would consider the sentence, and the prisoner was put down. MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL fan M' Camley, 18, and John Kelly, were charged with manslaughter, at Liverpool, by a boy named John Chambers. The prisoners had been committed by the deputy-coroner, on the verdict of the jury, for wilful murder, but this major charge was abandoned by the grand jury. The case was fully laid before the public soon after the occurrence, and we need but remind our readers of the principal facts. The deceased was struck and kicked by the prisoners, at a small " penny" theatre, in Vauxhall-road, on the 28th February. He walked home, but was much hurt, and took to his bed next day. The deceased and a companion, about the beginning of the " per formances," at the instigation of some other lads and girls, once called out, " Emma Templeton,';—the others having repeatedly before cried out " who made the lad spend his week's wages? " and to which words " Emma Templeton were intended, as they (deceased and his companion) thought , as a reply ; but they did not know what it meant. This was globe when a girl, who danced and sang on the stage, named Emma Templeton, made her appearance. The deceased shouted only once, and Emma Templeton pointed to him wbeithe did so, as if to mark him out to some one. After the Performance was all over, the prisoner struck and kicked after deceased tiolently. The deeased never rose from his bed he took to it on the following day. He was so sore all mrer thathe could not bear to be touched, and had to be fed :b out " atteeetto pen_ . Woods, surgeon c wes called te him la r Marchk..., Deceased did not complain to him of •him very. ill. ientig was afterwards called in, and found of the spina, wh ic h, fi nally found that he had received injury by internal ‘c": the surgeon was of opinion, was caused headed, admilterkittral4- that he prisoner M`Caniley, on being appre intention to hurt kiitn. he kicked the deceased, but not with pion, at the shop where T l he other (Kelly) said to his compa ceased on the leK, and adledworks, that he did kick the de see me hanged. ," I suppose you will come and Mr. WILKINS addressed the for the prisoners. Several respectable persons spoke in, their behalf. The JUDGE briefly summed s u p,r and the jury returned a 'verdict of Guilty of Manslaughte against both, but recom mended them to mercy. had beer, found no foundation for The learned JUDGE said, that there was the charge of murder, but they guilty of manslaughter, and it did not appear under enmstances. The most culpable part of aggravated eir thelor condo • their foot, but, as he thought they did •c' was using not inteed to the sentence inflict any mortal . injury, of the court was that they be imprisoned and kept to hard labour fur t h' tee calendar months MANSLAUGHTER. His LottpsitiP then sentenced John Chadwick, for man. slaughter, at Man chester. His lordship said there were several mitigating c ircumstances in the case, and, as ti,e pri soner had been in gaol for some time, he should now onl y commit him for two mont hs from this time, and to be kept at hard labour. The court rose at ten minutes past six o'clock. -SATURDAY NISI PRIUS COURT cKotiBIF FLETCHER, PUBLIC OFFICER, V. This case was resumed this morning, and Mr. °EXLEY continued his cross-examination of Mr. Sheraton, secrete re to the Mining Company, on the part of the defenda nts, Thomas Wilson, Thomas Brancker, jun. , Thomas Fie ld, Timothy Boirrne, Miss Harriet Copeland, Patrick Hare, John Hampson, Andrew Ralfe, Mrs. Margaret French, and Thomas Jagger. The general scope of the cross-examina tion was to ascertain who had attended the various meet ings of the Mining Directors, and to fix the dates of those several meetings, and to explain what was done at them with reference to the transactions with the bank. Mr., WATSON then claimed the right to cross-examine the witness on the part of the defendant, M.. E. Crosbie. An argument ensued on this point, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Baines, and Mr. Cowling contending that such a course was irregular under the pleas which the defendant had put in. . Tie COURT, however, over-ruled the objection, and Mr. Watson',' therefore, proceeded with his cross-examinaiion with the view of establishing that certain other of the defendants than Mr. Crosbie. were present at the, proprietors' and directors' meetings, and, in fact, that they had taken an active part the jury JU KT held that right or commencing lay in Mr. Watson, Crosbie ; hut, previously to this, the learned Judge inti that no case had been made out against the defendants Levitt, Ainsworth, Newsham, and Barlow, and that he direct a verdict to be taken for them. Mr. 'WATSON then addressed the jury for Mr. Crosl two grounds; first, to shew that he was entitled to abi 3 , certain let had writtt the ban s which Lble. T i ed by the refusal of the aid' up, the bank' art of the Pr d friend, Mr. Watson, altliougl counsel for Mr, Crosbie, was 'ape, wished to in was, beyead to pay their calls; and, if would have been paid Mr. BAINES, on th lereprese of themselves jute a ;fendant debt to volve others in it also. He contended, that the drafts drawn by Thomas for the Mining Company had been honoured by the bank, after the authority which Thomas had for drawing them had been withdrawn by the mining shareholders ; and that, as there had been gross ignorance on the part lof the bank in the management of the'account with the Mining Company, (which ignorance had led the plaintiffs into the present predicament,) they had no right to recover. As tc Mr. Cooper, a greater part of the debt due to the bank bete been incurred before he had anything to do with the company the account began in 1837, and he did not join the company till November, 1838, or even later. He, therefore, was no, liable for the debts incurred before he beCame a shareholder and, as to those which were incurred when he was one, fah respresentations- having been held out by the Directors of the amount of capital subscribed for and the number of shares, he could not be considered liable for them. So, with respect to the other shareholders whom he represented : certainly some of them had acted as directors, but they had nothing whatever to do with incurring the liability of the debt to the bank. In conclusion, he contended, that, if all the improper items in the account were struck out, nothing would be found due to the bank; but, that, if any thing were found due at all, Mr. Crosbie, and the other directors of the Mining Com pany who acted with him, were liable. Mr. WoRTLEv then addressed the jury on the part of those defendants who were called the Liverpool shareholders. He said that admitting his clients, for the sake of argument, to be liable, he should endeavour to show that they had paid a very considerable sum to the bank, which the bank had not had the honesty to acknowledge. The pass-hook between the bank and the Mining Company showed that in May, 1837, an even balance was struck between them, and, if the bank had not charged the .company with seven sums of 1500 each, which had been settled for before, the Mining Company would have had a, balance in the favour. The bank also charged his clients with Xl6OO which they themselves had improperly paid . to Ti were clearly not liable. As to t for whic:•,, • therfore, they abilities of the defendants; no evidence bad been given to show that any one of them became a partner till the end of 1838, whilst the whole of these claims accrued in 1837, and in the eleven months of 1838. He contended, however, that the evidence of the partnership was insufficient and unsatisfaCtory. The bank, too, were cognisant of the frauds upon the public by the Mi ning Company, because their own manager, 'Walsh, was ac tually one of the directors. The learned Juno E then summed up the case at consider able length and with much perspicuity. The jury retired to consider the verdict, and, after an ab sence of forty minutes, they delivered a verdict for the plain tiff. Damages £6958 6s. 4d., as against all the defendants, except those.named above. Tile JUDGE granted leave to Mr. Wortley to move to re duce the damages to the balance due in 1839, which was rather more than £3,000. The trial of this case commenced at three o'clock on Fri day, and concluded at half-past three this afternoon, exclusive of the time the jury took to consider their verdict. KILL V. BELL 'I his was an action, on promise, brought by James Brun skill, a glazier and painter, against Elizabeth Bell, both of St. Helen's; to recover £22. 19s. 2d., for work and labour done, for materials supplied, and on an account stated. The defendant denied that she had promiseil. From the statement of Mr. WORTLEY, (with whom was - Mr. Atherton,) it appeared that, in September, 1840, the defendant, who is a widow lady, had, among other property, a house in the New Market, in which the work was done for the recovery of which the present action was brought. In May last, the house being then in an unfinished state, Mrs. Bell, thinking that she hall been fortunate enough to se cure a good tenant in the person of a Mr. M'Keen, went to the plaintiff's shop, and gave him directions for the necessary work to be done, but, as no one was present at that time, no evidence could be given that she had actu ally given the order. The effect, however, was, that the plaintiff, by her desire, did the work at the house in question. M'Keen intended to make the house into a shop, and he put into it a counter and the usual fixtures. • but the plaintiff was employed, not by him but by Mrs. Bell, to paint and pa per the house, and partially to glaze it. He should prove on these occasions, by means of some workmen of Mr. Latham's, who were employed by M`Keen, that the defendant had su perintended and interested herself in the work of the plaintiff. As the work was nearly concluded, M`Keen, who had run in debt, absconded and left all parties in the lurch. Some of those persons who had been employed by M`Keen followed and brought him back to St. Helens, but, being a very slip try subject, be again slipped through their fingers, and bad e been heard of. Now, although Mrs. Bell, as the had the benefit of the plaintiff's labour, she was eeking to have it without paying for it, for her defence was, _hat M'Keen had employed the plaintiff. The jury, how ever, would hear from the witnesses, that Mrs. Bell not only interfered in the course of the work being done, but she ac tually used the remnants of the paper with .which the plain- not sin tiff ha •ed the walls; and ih4 afterwards, in higgling with a person who offered to take the house about the rent, she told him she could not take what he offer.d, as she had been at so much expense in paper and painting. Witnesses were .then called, who proved the statement of the learned counsel. Mr. BAINES, for the defendant, said he should have no difficulty in convincing the jury, that the work had been done. for M'Keen, who, having absconded, the plaintiff now brought his action to recover the demand from Mrs. Bell. M'Keen was the person who engaged the plaintiff, who gave the orders, and who superintended the work. There was not a particle of evidence to show that Mrs. Bell had engaged the plaintiff. Among the persons who followed M'Keen was the present plaintiff, and, all that time, he much lamented that he was not fortunate as the former, who bad been employed by M 'keen, as he could take away the counter and fixtures. The plaintiff also succeeded i❑ obtaining from M`Keen the key of the premises, and he actually held pos session of them for some time; indeed, when Mrs. Bell com plained of this, he told her he should keep possession of the house until his bill had been run out in rent. Other conver sations would be deposed to, which, combined with those he had just stated, would convince the jury that the plaintiff was engaged by M`Keen, and not by Mrs. Bell. Witnesses having been called, whose testimony confirmed these statements, the jury returned a verdict for the de fendant. CROWN COURT.—MONDAY. Baron PARKE took his seat at nine o'clock. CHARGE OF MURDER.—THE WARRINGTON CASE _ . . . John Gill, aged 24, was charged with the wilful murder of Jarah Mould, at Warrington. One count in the indictment charged the prisoner with having pressed his body against her and his hands over her mouth, and so suffocated her; another count charged that he had suffocated her while at tempting to violate her person. The prisoner presented him self at the bar with a cool and steady. demeanour, and pleaded not guilty with a firm voice. As it was certain that some of would be indelicate, ladies were ordered the disclosures out of court. Mr. BRANDT and Mr. HuLToN prosecuted ; Mr. WIL KINS and Mr. MONK defended. Mr. BRANDT gave an outline of the case, and then pro ceeded to call the evidence. Mr. WILKINS requested that one witness, (Clough) who was a most important one against the prisoner, should be kept apart from the other witnesses. He was called into court, the other witnesses being out. William Savage, jun., son of the sexton of Warrington Church. On Monday morning, the 14th November last, I was sweeping the flags by the big gate when I saw a man. He was darkish complexioned, with a light coloured round jacket on, and no hat. He was a tall man. He came through the entrance gate by Mr. Harrison's, the clerk. He went past the rectory back entrance. Peter Ford was at that time making a grave. I heard of a body being found. I went from the churchyard for a minute cr so, but I quickly re turned. The man did not return the same way: if he had I -hould Slave seen him. The prisoner is about the size of the man. CroQs-examined by Mr. MONK.—When I left the church yard 1 had heard that there was a body found, and I ran to see it, but I was back in a minute. 'William Savage, sen.—l am sexton at the parish church of Warrington. On Sunday morning, the 14tn of November, I was employed in the churchyard. Peter Ford pointed my attention towards something at the east gate. I went to the place indicated, and I saw a basket and a human body. The basket was eight or ten feet from the body, and the body was about a yard from a ditch or brook, with the feet towards the ditch, and the head towards me. The ditch was nearly at right angles to the fence of the churchyard. The body was that of a female, and it lay upon its face. The hands were under the body ; 'her feet were about a yard from the ditch. I turned the face towards me. I observed some soil upon the face and nose. She lay upon the grass sod. I found the face close to the earth. The mouth was full of dirt. She was lying on the grass, and there was no dirt upon the place where her face was lying sufficient to account for that ap pearance about her mouth and nostrils. I did not perceive any soil near the place. ' I replaced the head in the same po sition, or as near as possible. I sent for the deputy-consta ble, Mr. Jones. lie came with me, and we saw the body as it lay. it was in -the-same-- position, There was a shawl .thrown over her , htiod: I did not remove that shawl in raising her head, butit would be displaced a little perhaps. I did not remark whether she had a bonnet on. Her clothes from the middle of the back - downwards were saturated with wet. I did not notice whether they were wet in front. One stocking was down to her angle ; I think it was the right leg. The knee of that leg was red. The body was removed to the Ring of Bells public-house. Jones the constable examined the basket, which was perfectly dry. I saw when she was taken to the public-house that she had a bonnet and cap on. I did not notice whether they were wet or dry, but the crown part of the bonnet was broken. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS.—I was somewhat agitated at the discovery. There had been a little wet that morning. The field was a meadow, and there was a foot path through it. The rest of the face was somewhat dirty, as well as the nose and mouth. I could see dirt against the teeth. The brook is perhaps a yard and a half wide, and three or four feet deep. I cannot say whether the ditch be often cleaned out ; there is a strongish current there. Peter Ford.—On the 14th November last I was in the churchyard at Warrington. I was near Howley Pit. I saw a man looking over the fence towards the river. It was about five minutes before seven. Ile was looking towards the place where the body was afterwards found. I was near enough to see that he had a light coloured round jacket, and no hat on. He was a tallish man. I did not see what be came of him. I afterwards saw a basket in the field, and I t t o h ra that. to S avage an d told him. By Mr. Wilkins.—A jacket was shown to me at Warring n at J . on The e s, . The j ac k et t h at the prisoner wore appeared rather lighter one shown to me they said was John Gibb's. James ' iunda of y morning in deputy-constable of Warrington. 1 went on tie S question, ab ou t e i g ht o ' c l oc k, to the churchyard Warrirwtoil, ,l and there I saw th e b o dy lying on T th h e e f s a h ce a . wl T ap h p e e r a e r w e • d as as a' s if ha ( i over the hack o f th e b o nnet. been p u ll e d op a lit t l e hi g h er than it should h ave b een. It it h.4 N” i l iie quite saturated with wa t. r .• the ee crownhad a bonnet ou t an o d f cap on. obno.nnet were perfectly d r y, an d hanging i nogf herby one left le piecegw was plat. The hair was dry. The stocking down to the foot. The other was right. The knee of th e petti cleotaltlsewg,ewraesomeaurclyh inflamed ashi gh as d t o h v e v n k o t e o e t o h f e t b e e n e f t . leg iir but not so high on the right. The whole of her clothes were tu ra ted with wet, except her bonnet and cap. Iler basketscon tained tea, coffee, sugar, &c., and the pocketbook was the topmost article, a little open. I observed the impression of a man's foot on the opposite bank, opposite where the body had'apparently come out of the ditch. The grass was off the mare-in of the ditch, as if a person had either crawled out or :Mfg • been dragged out. I did not observe any footmarks near the body.' I - hid it removed afterwards to the Ring of Bells. I went afterwards to starch the ground for footmarks. I found some in the footpath leading from Rowley warehouse to where The impres red to corres the heil ion immediately after he wa He said I ad met r. the Old Cow r Wien he left the hots; opposite her door. I which I saw was ot a I made an exact pattern of it with. a piece of I could not compare it with that in the bank rpression was cery faint. When I apprehended . _ L I compared it with the pattern, and )od• 1 ()Nerved that then , two in the heel, a deep indentation. I t oo k th e b oo t t o compare with •---_ . apprehended, abut with his she I — "the kitchen he and went home. When inlltes to twelve o'clock. t night. I searched his the drawers in the house. I sere that he had worn the e up stairs in his bed•rooon. k mud on them up to the d there was a pin in one of ere was in the footpath. rs: Winfield he found I file General Wolfe, in Churc or two.__ When they came cu Bull's_ Head, had two glasse he arrived at home it ;anted house, and found this boo asked him where the trc evening before. He said tt I found them. There was - b1 The knees were split, at It was such rnud as I kn the knees By Mr. WILKINS.—Th 2 mud in Warrington is principally black. 1 cut that pattern on the path, The path was muddy. I know a man named Boscow. He did not tell me that the footmark on the bank was his. I have not seen Bos cow since. I have not good, reason to believe that that is the mark of Boscow's shoe. After I had heard that Boscow had been clearing grass out of the ditch, I went and I found two marks of feet. - I told Mr. Stubbs, one of the magistrates, that I had some doubts about Clough's evidence. At two o'clock that morning there was a violent hail storm, which lasted about twenty minutes. Frost came on after the hail, but the hail had all melted, seeming as if there had been a thaw. I have generally seen Clough in his sweep's dress, — when clean he generally wears a blue round jacket. The hedge opposite the body. was not more than half a yard high. There was a bottle in the, basket with a colourless liquid in it, which smelled like gin. Rose Johnson sworn.—l live at Warrington. On the 14th November I was sent for to the Ring a Bells. I found the deceased there ; her dress was deranged. The sleeves of her dress were torn out under the arms. She had a bonnet on which was terribly crushed. The crown was torn out ex cept a little bit. It was tied under the chin. She had a cap on which was hooked under the chin. The cap, bonnet, and hair were dry, but the clothes were not. One of her stock ings was down. I observed all over her body soil and wet. She had a little mud about her nose and chin. I helped to wash her body. I did i.ot observe any dirt in her mouth or nose. There was mud about her nose and mouth. She seemed as if she had - been' pulled;by a man. • [Some of the evidence here was not fit for publication.] I observed bruises about her knees—below her knees. • • Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS.—I say she was covered . 'With wet and mud all over. I have never said she was free from soil above the knees. I believe I never did. Since I was before the magistrates I told Mr. Nicholson that the sleeves were torn out. In the first instance I said her dress was net much deranged. I have washed the dress since. 1 assisted in laying her out. The countenance appeared very placid. Edwin Steel, surgeon, Warrington, stated that he had ex amined the body on the 13th November. I did not observe any external marks of violence, except below the knees. The shins looked red, as if something had been rubbed against them. I opened the body. There was nothing to indicate that there had been recent connexion. I examined with a view bf ascertaining that fact. There must have been some traces if anything of that sort had occurred on Saturday' night, but tbere were none. Witness went on to state that he found the lungs and liver congested, but he attributed the death to apoplexy of the lungs. Disease of the lungs would cause it. There were no marks of disease. Suffocation would cause it. Cold would cause it—excess of chink, or injury of the spinal cord. I did not examine the spine. It the female had drank freely, and been resisting an attempt' to violate her, the excitement might have brought it on. If the hand had been put over the mouth, the drink would have caused her to be suffocated sooner • but there would have been some mark about the mouth. 'There was no Mark about the mouth, and none about the neck. If there had been a struggle with a man who wished to get .possession of her person—if a pressure on the chest had been so great as to prevent respiration, it might have produced the effect, but not without such pressure as would have prevented the mus cles of the chest from acting. By Mr. WILKINS.—From all that I have heard and know of this case, it is my opinion that this woman may have died from natural causes. As she was a muscular woman, if her death had been produced in the manner described by the counsel on the other side, that is by a struggle with a man, I should have expected to have found many more marks than I did. I have heard that the deceased frequently com plained of pains in her chest. Had I known that, I- should have directed my attention to her stomach, as well as to the lungs. Ulceration of the stomach is a common 'cause of sudden death; and would have produced complaints of pains in the chest. Excitement is produced in the system by ardent spirits, and mote so in women than men. That excitement is generally followed by collapse, which, in a cold frosty air, will induce an almost indomitable desire to sleep. It that desire were yielded to, all the consequences might follow which I discovered in the deceased. Alarm might produce the excitement, and that, coupled with the attempt to scram ble out of the ditch, might have produced the apoplexy of the lungs. I believe it to be impossible to say what caused the apoplexy. Mr. John Robson sworn.—l am a surgeon in Warrington. I assisted Mr. Steel in examining this body. Witness stated his agreement with Mr. Steel as to the appearance of certain parts of the body. His evidence was generally accordant with that of Mr. Steel. He said his opinion was, from the want of marks of violence, that the woman died in conse- quence of exposure to cold when in a state of intoxication Any sort of excitement might have produced the appearances which presented themselves. If she had fallen into the ditch and got wet, that would have produced the 'first appearances and accelerated her death. If she had got wet and ti - Bled out, that might have caused her apople appearances and history of the caso, - I am of appearances were produced gradual'. His LORDSHIP put it to Mr." Brandt whether he would go on. Mr. BRANDT said he did to get over the difficulty. His LORDSHIP said un the case could hardly go en strug- From'tfie that,the ink he had evidence enough there were proof of violence le was, however, perfectly ready to pursue the inq Mr. BRANDT said he had - iidence of the prisoner having left her, but whether ali:•(; 0, dead he could not show. Mr. Robson was recalled. He declared his opinion to be that the deceased had fallen into the ditch, and being intoxi cated, had struggled about for a few minutes, had scrambted out, and in crawling along had, from the effect of drink and exhaustion, fallen forward, and there died. Mr. BRANDT said, after this he felt it would be useless to go on. • - The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner, and he ‘tas discharged. Thomas Rouse, aged 29, was charged with having, at Roy ton, induced by divers others to the jurors unknown, violated the person of Mary Whitehead, wife of James Whitehead, nurseryman, of Pendleton.. It appeared from the evidence that, on Sunday, the 12th September, Mrs. Whitehead went from home to Poyton, which is about eight miles from Pendleton. She went into a beer-house, and had some drink. She was in the habit of , . Irinking, and was nearly intoxicated when she left the house, which she did in company with the prisoner. It was alleged ;hat the prisoner had, with others, taken Mrs. NiVbitehead nto a field, and there abominably ill-used her. Mrs. White iead now stated that the prisoner had done all he could to icreen her, which was at entire variance with her testimony n the depositions taken before the magistrate. The details of the case were exceedingly disgusting. It ap wared that the outrage was witnessed by several individuals, cho did not dare to interfere. The prisoner was certainly ?resent, but the only witnesses who swore to his having taken my part in the affair were two police-officers, who were Orought to the scene by a man who had seen what was going 011. The jury retired at a quarter before two o'clock. They returned into court in about ten minutes. They found the prisoner guilty of an assault with intent, and recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good character. — Sentence deferred. FALSE ACCUSATION, WITH INTENT TO EXTORT MONEY. Daniel Scholefield, aged 21, was charged with having, at Middleton, accused Henry Moore of having committed an unnatural crime, with intent to extort property from him. , . . Dr. BROWN prosecuted ; Mr. Wir , xiss defended. . The details of this case are totally unfit for publication. The prisoner, it was alleged, had accused Moore, and de clared he would press the accusation unless a suit of clothes were given to him. . . . . . - - It was stated by Dr. BROWN in his opening, that a person named Cheetham, who was named by the prisoner as a par ticipator in the crime against Moore, had been taken into custody since he had been before the Grand Jury, on charge of having really committed such a crime some time ago. His LORDSHIP said, according to the state of the law, it did not matter whether the offence alleged had been actually committed or not. If there were any charge to he made, it should be made before a magistrate, and not urged with the intent of extorting money. . It appeared tb — at the accusation had been mere vulgar abuse. Under the direction of his lordship, the• prisoner was acquitted. Cheetham was subsequently placed at the bar charged with the abominable offence alluded to. The case broke down, the evidence being insufficient to sustain the charge. The jury acquitted the prisoner. FORGERY Richard Parker, aged 39, James Jackson, 35, and Mary Taylor, 39, were charged with having, at Rochdale, feloni ously uttcreda forged note fat the payment of £5, with intent to defraud the Halifax and • Huddersfield Joint Stock Bank ing Company. _ _ _ Robinson Mr. and Mr. Pollock prosecuted. Mr. Green defended Parker and Mr. Wilkins appeared for Jackson. Thomas Whip, watchmaker and jeweller, Rochdale, re membered a man and woman (Mary-Taylor and Jackson) going into his shop on the evening of the 2d of Pebruary. They asked to be shown a wedding ring. Mary Taylor said she should like a better one. She purchased one. The man bought a guard chain. Mary Taylor pulldd out a£s note on the Halifax and Huddersfield bank, and told him to take pay out of it. He refused the note, telling her he thought it was a bad one. He went out and compared it with smile other notes of the same bank. He did not discern that it was a forgery, but bad his suspicions. He returned and found that Jackson had gone. The woman Taylor remained, and he saw Parker looking carelessly from the opposite side of the street. He returned the note to Mary Taylor, saying he did not like it. He gave information to the police at the railway station. On his return he obtained sight of Jackson, who, with some exclamation, ran off. Sarah Jackson proved that about seven o'clock on the even ing of the 2d of February she was in the shop kept by Mary Taylor's mother. While there Jackson and Parker entered. They asked Mary Taylor to go out with them, saying they wanted her to buy a ring, and do an odd job or two for them. It appeared, by the further evidence, that the three pri soners went to a public-house and drank some time. A. watch was subsequently set upon the parties, and they were seen offering the £5 note for several articles which they at tempted to purchase. They were taken into custody, and on searching Jackson's house an impression from a plate for the manufacture of notes of the Halifax Bak was found It was not tilled up. Mary Taylor addressed the ju stating that she was re- quested to go a few errands for gave her a£s note, and req • for them. She did as they !cI tier to make some purchases ed her. Some witnesses gave raylor an excellent character racter. Parker also received a g t six o'clock. They returned Ind Jackson guilty, acquitting The jury retired in a quarter of an hou the other two prisoner , . Jackson was sentenced 0 ten years' transportation SENTENCE ON JOHN TAYLOR. John Taylor, oonvicted, on Satu rda y , of havin g kill ed his brother, James Taylor, was placed at the bar. His LORD SHIP, after a feelin address, passed s entence of fifteen yea r s' transportation. g SENTENCE ON EOUSE. Thomas Rouse, conv i c t e d y es terday morning of an assault with an intent to commit a rape, was placed at the bar. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. The court rose at half-past six. INISI Vii The declaration in this c COURT, Aat at nine 0110 NOTHEit V. is in tros'er for th, possession of the eh The defendant pleaded, first, not guilty ; and second, that the f certain title-deeds plaintiffs were not ly possessed ot.the said deeds. Ir. CaomPToN having opened the ease, Mr. KNowi stated the circumstances on the part of ti ction was brought by the plaintiG, Mr. Richard Schol Mr. Jonathan Gtindrod, agaitts nis wne, Mr. a Hilton, to reccyer from him the possession of possessed William Hetherington died 3y his will he devised all his estate to. widow, who was now Mrs. Scholes, and to Mr. Jonathan Grindrod. Mr. Hetherington had advanced to Mr. John Topham, an attorney of Liverpool, the sum of £1,500, and he held as security the deeds of certain property in Woolta?, and in Brownlow-street, Liverpool. ^ln September, 1536, Mr. Topham became anxious to pay off this sum, and he wished for the'property at Woolton and in Brownlow-street, to substitute some other security. This business was ma naged by a Mr. Pennington ! Mr. Pennington communicated with M. Hetherington, and in the end it was agreec Topham should pia' £7OO of the mortgage, and give secu rity, for the remaining £BOO. On the sth of September, 1836, Mr. Topham paid off £7OO ; he therefore received back the• deeds relating to the Woolton and the Brownlow-street pro perty, and he gave an undertaking to assign a mortgage for £BOO which he himself had upon certain property in Cheshire —the. property the title-deeds of which the present action was brought to recover. A Mr. Price had mortgaged that property to Mr. 'Popham, ..lt consisted of three parcels of land, and one of these parcels was the property to which the deeds related. Mr. Price mortgaged to Mr. Topham " The Riding," situated in Bebbington ; arid as this was an ample security for the £BOO which still remained due from Mr. Topham to Mr. Hetherington, Mr. Hetherington had no objection to accept an assigpment of this mortgage tb - at, Mr. Hetherington became entitled to all the title-deeds relating to that piece of property. At the time when this security was changed, Mr. Tophain gave.up to Mr. Hether ington, as he thought, all the deeds relating to this property; but by some accident the particular deeds in question were not delivered up. Mr. Hetherington died in 1839 was no occasion for any enquiry about the deeds, because Mr. Topham paid the interest till he became bankrupt in 1841, and it was not till after the death of Mr. Hetherington that the mistake was discovered. After Mr. Hetherinkton's death the plaintiffs were desirous of availing themselves of their power of .sale ; and in order to prevent that the re presentatives of Mr. Price were anxious to pay off the mortgage, and their attorney tendered the money. It was then discovered that the particular lease and release in ques tion were not among the deeds, and it was afterwards found out that they were in the poss.ession of Mr. Hilton, the de- iendant. Mrs. Price -then refusal., to pay the money ;so that the present plaintiffi couktlng4ler.avail themselves of gag - e -money back; because r of sale, norget the aim Mrs. Price would nntpay it till tiiu - deeds were given up to her. (le understclinktiat- the defendant married a lady of the name of Shallcross; and he believed that ,his defence to-day would. be this—he would say that Mrs. Shallcross, when he married her, had several sums of money in the hands of Mr. Tophatn, as her trustee, and that part, if not the whole money which Mr. Topham advanced to Mr. Price, and, Price's mortgage to Tophain, was the trust money of Mrs. Shallcross. The defendant married Mrs. Shallcross; by the marriage settlement he had an interest in her property, which was afterwards confirmed by her will ; and he now said that he was entitled to these deeds, because the money of his wife was the money which Topham advanced to Price. There was no reason to believe this story to be true, but if it was true, he (the learned counsel) apprehended that his lordship would tell the jury that an equitable right would give the defendant no title to hold these deeds. They were part of the property, and they must go along with the legal estate. The - plaintiffs had the legal estate, and an equitable equitable estate in the property ; and having a legal as well as an equitable right, they were clearly entitled to the pos session of the deeds. The' deed, dated dated 7th and Bth of January 1833, (to re cover which the present action was brought,) was then pro dueed from the defendant's custody, and put in : also the lease, by the trustees of the late Mr. Orred of " the Riding" at Bebbington, to Mr. Price ; the mortgage of the property, dated Ist and 2d April, 1833, to Mr. Topham, by Mr. Price for £7OO ; and the undertaking of Topham to assign this mortgage to Mr. Hetherington, dated September 9th, 1836, for the considerations mentioned in the opening of the learn ed counsel. Mr. John Pennington, solicitor, was then called, and he proved having acted as attorney for Mr: Hetherington in all these matters. Mr. Hetherington's will was then put in to shew, that amongst other property he had devised the mort gage in question to the plaintiffs. Mr. James Wilson, clerk to the plaintiffs' solicitors, prov ed having demanded . the' deed from the defendant, and that I' he refused to give it up.- • This closed the 'plaintiffs' case. Mr. BAINES, (with whom was Mr. G. Henderson,) then addressed the court and jury. He' said he appeared befcire them as counsel for the defendant, and he trusted that he should be able to establish, to the entire satisfaction of the jury, under the direction of the learned judge, that in point Of law, the defendant was entitled to retain these deeds, which were unquestionably in his possession. He should have been glad if this investigation-had taken place elsewhere, not that he had any doubt Whatever of the justice of his client's case, but because, in order to explain folly the nature of the cir cumstances under which it came into his possession, and the nature of the circumstances which entitled him to retain it, he shouldbe under the disagreeable necessity of making strong imputations upon tae character of a professional gentleman, which he would gladly have avoided had it been in his power, but which, as he could not avoid them consistently with his duty to his client, he must not flinch from. He only desired the jury to be in possession, in a clear and connected man ner, of the circumstances of the case, because when they un derstood them thoroughly, they would see that nothing could be more just than the claim of Mr. Hilton to retain this deed. it would therefore be his business to go through the whole transaction, 'and if the jury would follow him in dates and facts; he should be able to make out a complete case for his client. They had heard that Mr. Hilton, about February, 1833, was upon the point of contracting marriage with Mrs. Shallcross, a lady of considerable property. She bad several sums of money in real securities. She had £1,600 in her own hands ; and she had a further sum of £BOO in the hands of her. bankers, Messrs. Heywoods of this town. Being about to contract this marriage, it was deter , mined that a Marriage 4ettlernent. should be-drawn up, and Mr..Topharra it was arranged, should be the trustee under that settlement. This settlement bore date the 27th of Feb. 1833'; and Withotat go througlaathe whole.of it, he would 'grate its proliiiions, as far as they related to the present case. It was provided by this deed, that Mr. Topham should be come the trustee, that all thesecurities which Mrs. Shall cross held for money, should be aransferred to him ; that the sum of £1,600 which she had in her hands should be put in his, and that the further "sum of £BOO, in Heywood's bank, should also be put into the hands of 'Topham, for the purpose of enabling him to perform the trusts of the marriage settle ment. The trusts were br i efly these—th at during the joint lives of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, Topham should pay over to them the rents, profits, and'iaterest of these several securi ties ; that after, the death of Mrs. Hilton, if she should die first, Mr. Hilton should be peratitted to receive the same for his life, and that after the 'death of Mr. Hilton, the ultimate interest in the whole property should go to such issues as Mrs. Hilton should, by her last will, appoint. There was this also provided, that it should be lawful for the said John Top ham to invest, upon such government or real securities, as he should think fit, the different sums of money of which Mrs. Shallcross was possessed, and which came into his hands as trustee, with the consent and approbation of the said Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, —that he should, at different times, 'when it might seem expedient, but with such consent and approbation of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, transfer such securities to any other investment, and this he should b e a t lib er ty t o do during the joint lives. of such parties.. This was material, because they would find that Mr. Topham, in the breach of the trusts of the marriage settlement, did transfer to Mr. Hetheringtim, whose representatives the plaintiffs were, the deed of mort gage in question, which formed one of the securities entered into under the marriage settlement, and he did this without the knowledge and approbation of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though they were both in their lifetime. What he should sub mit in law to the learned judge, by and bye, was, that if Mr. Topham did, in breach and fraud of that trust, convey away property. which he 'had no right to do, it was quite impossible he could give a title to anybody else, and above all, he could not substantiate any claim against the defendant. It was on the 27th Feby., 1833, that the deed of settlement was made ; on the Ist and 2d April the indentures 'of lease and release were executed which had been put in. Mr. Topham had looked out for a mortgage security for the £BOO which had been transferred to him as trustee ; Mr. Price, whose name had been often mentioned, wanted some money ; Mr. Topham communicated with Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, and they agreed to let him have that £BOO on the security, and then Mr. Price executed that instrument, which as the jury had beard, was the mortgage security from Mr. Price to Topham in fee upon receiving the sum of £BOO. From that time Mr. Topham continued to pay the interest regularly to Mr. and Mrs. Hil ton, during the whole of Mrs. Hilton's life, and after her death to Mr. Hiltou long after he had transferred the mort gage. That transfer took place in 1836. In September, 1836, Mr. Topham having a debt due from him to Mr. Hetherington, in breach of his duty as trustee, actually as signed to Mr. Hetherington the mortgage security which belonged to those for whom he was trustee, which had been obtained for money, which he ought never to have transferred either as a professional or as a moral man, and that without approbation, or even knowledge, upon the part of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton. Mrs. Hilton died in 1837 : this security there fore was transferred in her life time ; and by that instrument, the marriage settlemect, the jury would find, that Mr. Top ham was expressly prohibited from making any transfer of any security except by their consent. This was done without their knowledge 'or approbation. It was under these cir cumstances. that the transfer was made to Mr. Hetherington in the year 1836. , Down to 1840, when Mr. Hilton discovered the breach of trust of which -Mr. Topham had been guilty, and learned that this transfer had taken place behind his back in 1836, and - to - the bankruptcy of Ig4o;"thri interest was paid by Mr. Topham. no doubt with the view of keeping the parties in the dark as to what had been done ; and it was only when' Mr. Topham was finally broken up that these circumstances came to light. Mrs. Hilton died in 1837. The jury would remember that by the terms of the marriage settlement she was to have a power of appointing by her last will the uses to which the whole of the trust pro perty should go after her death. She made her will, and she devised all her property, real and perSonal to her husband, the present defendant, who thus became interested, under the joint operation of the marriage settlement and of the will, in all the property his wife had ; among the rest in this sum of £BOO, which was put out on the mortgage security, in the mortgage security itself, and in every other kind of property of which his wife died possessed. When Mr. Hilton became so interested, he made application to Mr. Topham for the different securities which he held, and for the payment of all money which'he, as trustee, had. Mr. Topham handed over 'all the other securities, of every kind, to Mr. Hilton ; but this mortgage security, of the Ist and 2d April, 1833, was not forthcoming. It was above two years before he succeeded in obtaining the other documents; and even in 1839 this mort gage deed was not forthcoming. Mr. Topham made various excuses - for not returning it :at one time he had changed his office; at another the carelessness of his clerk had mislaid it; and at another he was unable to tell what had become of it at all. At this very time the transfer had been made to Mr. Hetherington, and Mr. Topham must have known that he was making these excuses in order to conceal the real nature of the transaction which had taken place from Mr. Hilton, whom he had thus been the means of defrauding. Mr. Top. ham, he understood, was a professional man in this town; and let it not be understood that he was applying to this case epithets harsher than it deserved. He was willing to believe, from all he had heard of Mr. Topham, that he did this im proper act at a time when be was much pressed himself, and with a bond fide intention,. upon his part, that no injury should be sustained by those for whom he was trustee, and with the full purpose of restoring the deed as soon as he could. Unfortunately he was unable to do it ; and it was not until his bankruptcy, in 1840, that Mr. Hilton had any notion that his mortgage security had been transferred in fraud of him in 1836. They would by and bye have some reason to believe that he (Mr. Topham) knew the real nature I of the transaction ; for he would now state some circum stances to which be would call attention in point of time and fact. In 1840, Mr. Topham became bankrupt, and then all these matters 'Came. °et. He was brought before the Com missioners of Bankruptcy.. Mr. Norris attended on behalf of Mr. Hilton ; there was an examination of Mr. Topham on that `occasion ; it became necessary for him to give some ex planations, and 'then this circumstance came out, namely, that there had been a transfer in 1836, without the approba tion of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, to Mr. Hetherington. It It had; howevey, would he bit, 'duty to call Mr. Tol been suggested to him, that Mr. Topharo might say that the money which he laid out in the year 1833, upon Mr. Price's. mortgage, was not the trust money of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton. He could not believe that when he knew what Mr. Topham had said again and again, upon former occasions, what he had written, and the documents which he (the learned counsel,) held in his hand, in which he had given an account of the matter, expressing his sincere regret that Mr. Hilton should have suffered from his misconduct. That there was a degree of intimacy between Mr. Topham and Mr. Hetherington was clear. They had been clerks together, and when the jury hould put to Mr. Topham, !notified answer of Mr. Pen nington, that he did not think Mr. Topham had any thing to do with the transfer, they would judge whether the solicitor of Mr. Hetherington must not have bad full notice of the nature of the property of which Mr. Topham claimed the right. He contended that under these circumstances, Mr. Hilton bad a clear right to detain the deed against Mr. Heth erington, and the question was, whether Mr. Hetherington had a right to sue him as a defendant, and take the deed from him. It was Mr. Topliam's duty to have handed the deed to Mr. Hilton in 1836; could Mr. Hetherington then claim to take it from him ? He could not. The conveyance had never been in the possession of Mr. Hetherington at all, and he could not take it, he apprehended, unless he could shew a good title to it. And how did that title come ? Not through Mr. Topham, for he had parted with it in direct defiance, and breach of his trust, and he could not give Mr. Hether ington a legal title to it. If Mr. Hetherington had it once in his possession, it must have been a different case, but he had not had it. Now it did seem to him most monstrous and illegal to say, that when Mr. Hilton had properly ob tained poSsession of the deed, Mr. Hetherington should step in and assert the claim which he now set up. and when they remembered Mr. BAINES then proposed' to put in the marriage settle ment of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton. _ _ _ Mr. KNOWLES objected to it, on the ground that the plaintiff had nothing whatever to do with it. The JUDGE said the settlement proved that Topham was the legal owner of the property, and the legal holder of the deeds. He commenced being so in 1833, and he continued till 1833, and he had made a valid legal transfer of property in 1836 to Mr. Hetherington. Mr. BAINES contended it was not a valid legal transfer under the circumstanees, Mr. Topham, he apprehended, could convey no title. ... _ _ . . . . , The JUDGE said Topham could have maintained an eject ment under the deed of 1836. Mr. BAINES apprehended not, under the terms of his trust. The JUDGE was clearly of opinion that be might; unless somebody or other could shew a better title by the title deeds. The marriage settlement was eventually admitted, in order to shew how Topham had become entitled to possession ; and also Mrs. Hilton's will, to shew that if there were any parties equitably entitled it was Mr. H ilton. Mr. John Topham, whose name has been so often mention ed, was then called by Mr. ZAINES.—No answer being re turned, he was called by the Marshal upon his subpoena, with the same result. • • • • Mr. BAINES said; that under these circumstances he should tender, as evidence, certain declarations which Mr. Topham had made, upon the ground that he was the principal under whom the plaintiff claimed. The JUDGE said he would admit any declarations made be fore the transfer. _ _ Mr. BAINES said he bad no evidence of declarations made before the' transfer, but he had of declarations made after wards. The JUDGE said he should not admit as against the party to whom the title was given, declarations to do away with the effect of his own acts. He would, however, take a note that such declarations had been tendered, in order to show that the plaintiff was not entitled to the deed in question, as against the defendant. Mr. BAINES said this was his case. _ The JUDGE said there was no case at all. The property had been conveyed in the regular course, and the plaintiffs were entitled to the deed. . The jury, under his lordship's direction, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for £4OO, subject to the damages being re duced to 40s. on the deed being given. HIGGIN, ADMINISTRATRIX V. WATSON.: This was an action to recover the value of certain house hold goods demised to the plaintiff under the will of a per son deceased, which the defendant wrongfully detained. The parties reside somewhere in the neighbourhood of Burnley. The circumstances of the ease were uninteresting ; and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £54. JACKSON V. PRESTON This was an action to recover damages for an illegal dis traint, at Warrington. Mr. Wortley and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Dundas for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £lB 18s. LIABILITY OF BROKEBS DOUGLAS AND ANOTHER V. GLYNN AND ANOTHER The plaintiffs in their declaration alleged that the defen dants were indebted to them in the sum of £425 10s. for goods sold and money received upon an account stated. The defendants pleaded that they were not liable. Mr. Knowles and - Mr. Cowling appeared for the plaintiffs, who were James Douglas and James William Douglas, who carry on business in Newfoundland ' • and the defendants, Henry Glynn, and Richard P. Glynn, brokers, of this town, were represented by Mr. Wortley and Mr. Crompton. The action was brought to recover £425 10s., the balance of £925 10s., for a cargo of cod oil, which the plaintiffs shipped to this country in December last, by the brig Marga ret. The oil was consigned to Messrs. Valiance and Henry, merchants, of this town, who acted as agents of the plaintiffs in the sale of it. They sold the oil to Mr. John Davies, who was then carrying on business here, and the mode in which the sale was effected was this :—The defendants who had dealt with Messrs. Valiance and Henry, acting as his agents, pur chased the oil for Mr. Davies, at the rate of £3l 10s. per ton. The invoice and a note of sale left no doubt that the sale had been made to Mr. Davies. There was considerable difficulty about the money, and at last Messrs. Valiance and Henry received £5OO from the defendants, leaving the balance of £425 10s., which it was now sought to recover. On the day that this balance was to be paid Mr. Davies stopped payment. It was shown by the evidence of Mr. Thomas Dover, of the firm of Thomas Dover and Co., warehouse men, that on the 30th December, they received an order to transfef the oil in question to the defendants; and that they were still in possession of it. Under all these circumstances the plaintiffs contended that Messrs. Glynn were liable for the balance. On the other hand the defendants contended that the plaintiffs bad trusted Mr. Davies, and that instead of seeking to recover from the brokers, hey should prove against the estate of Mr. Davies, under the fiat issued gainst The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages ILLEGAL DISTRAINT. MARSH V. GERARD AND WARD The parties in this case live at Eccleston, near St. Helens, and are connected by relationship. The action was brought to recover damages from illegal distraint, under circum stances of no public interest. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £6O. The court adjourned at seven o'clock. tfiarliets. recovery .ndant. There LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, APRIL 4 Very fine Butters are rather scarce. and are the only descriptions at all saleable. We quote the price of such 86s to 88s. Middling and inferior kinds, although offering at an absolute sacrifice, can not be parted with. The Provision trade continues in a very dull and unsatisfactory state. Beef of fair quality for ship stores, we quote 110 s to 115 s per tierce; Pork 60s to titis per barrel. Bacon in moderate request at 50s to 52s per cwt. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 4 At this day's market there has been a very scarce supply of Beasts, nearly 500 short of last week, and an advance of id vo lb on the best middling qualities has been obtained, whilst the in ferior qualities have been of difficult sale.:The supply of Sheep was small, and brought an advance of id qa lb, prime Beef 6id to 62d; middling 6d; Bulls and Segs 3jd to 4d; prime Wethers 7d to lid; middling bid, sinking the offal. Number of Beasts 68l ; Sheep 2919. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET, April 4. The arrival of Potatoes during the last four days is unimport ant. During Saturday and to-day we have an increased demand for all descriptions, and although there is no improvement in prices, yet the market closed this evening very firm, with an evident tendency to higher rates. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups Is 8d to Is lad per cloth. We continue to experience a very good demand for Turnips at from ns to 30s per ton tor Sweeds. There is no alteration to report in the prices current of produce sold in our local markets. _ _ s. d. s. d. Old Hay 5 INew Ha Potatoes, 9 lb. Pink-eye ' Cups Short Tops Cattle Turnips, la. ton 27 Carrots 2 3 2 2 3 2 s. d. s. d. 0 Bi@4 II 20% 0 di 0 101 ---- 5 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 10 2 0 Straw, Wheat 0 4/ 0 t 5 8 1 10 Straw, Oat .. 0 31 0 4/ - 020 .0 Straw, Barley 0 3 0 31 - Manglewarzle 27 0 - E ton 5 14 , 24tt LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APIIL 1 We have much pleasure in being able to report a large attendance in our market to-day than for some time past and not less than 4000 bales have been sold. The public sale of Sea islands was also well attended ; and the bulk of the Cotton offered found buyers, at previous rates, by private. The sales of the week are 18,900 bales, of which exporters have taken 1000, and speculators 1200. COTTON MARKET, ArIUL 4 On Saturday the sales amounted to 4,..00 bales, of which ex porters took t , OO bales To-day the business will amount to full! 4000 bales including 100 Pernam, and 200 American for export The market is without change. The prices at the close of last wee; beiug steadily supported. The sales to-day consist of 400 Maranhan qd to 6d ; 150 Pernam 7d 74d; 70 Bahia 62d ; 150 Egyptian 7d tc 71d; 400 Surats 34d to 4id ; 130 Peruvian Sid to bid; American 44d to 7d. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, . From the a.cthlu•the 21st,instant,inclusive. SALES OP THE WEEK Prices paid IMPORTS in the week. ThisW k. 'this year 410 Sca.island. .... 9 0 24 -11 140 Stained . 4i —lO 1 10678 3390 Bowed Georgia 3560' ' l A f l'l l ° a b b i a l i e ria and Tennessee 4 fr 54/ —5/ 26221 6690 New Orleans 170 {Pernambuco ez Paraiba 6/ —7; i ... Aricau and Ceara 580 ' Bahia and Maceio 590 1 Maranham 1 i_Sawginned 102n7 } 202635 } 4837 3451 } 13073 Demerara, Surinam, &c 663 ygypti9,n. Bii•Ladc 60 1 Peruvian .. 1 Bahama. 10 I Laguayra Common West India, &c Carthagena Smyrna ). 455 Manila 2480 Surat .. 200 Madras .... Bengal - 1 41 } 8235 46078 TELEGRAPH OFFICE, APRIL 4 j• 5710: Wind at Ilolyhead E.N.E. light breeze in the morning.—N.E, noon and at 3 p.m., and North at 5 p.m. Off Ho'yhead, outward bound, at 6 a.m. No. 8361, Mersey. Several vessels off Point Lynas, outward bound, at 3 p.m. No. 730, Seaflower, brig, ditto, at 5 p.m. Two brigs aground, outward bound, near No. (per chart) 64, al 12 at moon. The two brigs that were on the North Spit have got off, and are outward bound at 3 p.m: MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL Aran.. HOUR 5, William Darlington, 5, J ohn Davies, (2nd).. Clarendon Rooms, 12 1 Ditto, , . 5, Seth Flitcroft, (2nd). Ditto, I 5, John M'Lcan, (211 d) Commissioners' Romms, Manchester, 2 6, John M'Lean, (special).. Ditto, 10 G, Piers Lowe, (Ist). Clarendon Rooms, 1 11, Robert M'Lachlan, (proof and div.( Ditto, 1 _... 13, Thomas Peake Pearson , 14, John Senior Ditto, 2 15, Gardiner Boggs, (2nd) .. Court of Bankruptcy, London, 11 15, Peter WArdle, (proof and div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1 1.,, Daniel Antrobus, (2nd) Ditto, . 1 13, John Critchley, 2nd) 15, Williatn Slate;, (2nd). 6, John Shand, (proof)... 16, Elizabeth Linstead (Ist) 'A;blppnig inteitignat FRIDAYAraIL A R n. —Sheffield, Allen, from New York ; sailed 15th 111 arch. —Horror, from Zante—Brilliant, from Jersey—Borussia, from Hull —Gipsey, Cresswell, from Maranham—Hibernia, Wilson, from New York ; sailed 16th March—George Canning, --, from Charleston—Douro, —, from Oporto—Sheldrake, Foster, from Genoa. Isabella, —, from Preston for New Yoz k, at this port —,Henry Bliss, from Philadelphia; sailed sth March. On 28th March, in lat. 59, long. 11, spoke the Wakefield, from Hull, for St. John, N.B. Elizabeth, Cousins, and Birkenhead, Brown, hence, at New Orleans Washington, Wilkie, and Catherine, -, hence, at Mobile. Emerald, Leighton, and Albion, Moran. hence, at Savannah Scotland, Buchanan, hence, at Charleston. St. Mark, Alexander; Empress, Scott; Chicora, • Rogers, and Independence,. Nye, hence, at New York. NEW YORK, 14th March.—The Buoyant is reported to be lost off the mouth of the Bragos River. Captain, first and second mates and four seamen drowned. Adelaide, Dady, hence at Mobile. On 14th February, fell in with the crew of the Thomas Tyson, of Whitehaven, in their boat, steering for Jamaica, that vessel having been wrecked about Bth February, on the Indian rocks; supplied them with provisions. Sir Colin Campbell, Williamson, and Douglas, Brew, hence at Charente • Minerva, -, hence at Virginia Orozimbo, Watt, hence at Havre Maria, Brabander, hence at Antwerp Julia, -, hence at Port-au-Prince Vernon, Thompson, from Savanilla, at Cove Sultana, Summers, from Laguna, at ditto Heroine, -, sailed from Savanilla for Laguna, Ist February Jane, -, from London and St. Thomas, at Texas Elizabeth, -, from Santa Martha, at Apalachicola SATURDAY, APRIL 2.—Wind North, moderate, SAlLED.—Gondola, Rennie, for New York—and Cookson, Pat terson, for Rio Janeiro. Helen HamiltOn, Nicol, from Maracaibo, at this port ; sailed 17th Feb. in company with the Munster Lass, for Santa Martha Belle, Curtis, from St. Michael, at this port; sailed 19th March. On 20th March, spoke the Wave, from Liverpool for Trieste Athena, Ashbridge, from Mauritius, at this port SUNDAY, APRIL s.—Wind N.E. moderate Aanivsn.—Mary Queen of Scots, Kißey, from Pernambuco; sailed 20th Feb. and from Pernambuco 23rd February—and Trinity Yacht, from Denia. _ . . , SA I LSD.—Queen, Payne. and Panope, Pipon, for Leghorn— Sandersons, Bushby, for St. Thomas—Limena, Frame. for Do minica, &c.—Franklin, Goodhue, for Boston—Mischief, Downes. and Clydesdele. Piercy, for Lisbon—Seaflower, Le Gros, for Ca raquet—Mary Pester, Case, for Amsterdam—Spartan, Richardson, for Beirout—Concord, Hewitt, for Constantinople—Sultan, *toss, for Halifax—Ocean. Millard, for New York. &c.—Talbot, Storey ' • General Parkhill, Hoyt ; Sarah, Fletcher ; Josephine, Mersey, for New York—Mary &Jane, Osborne, for Naples—Cham pion, Miles, for Dordt—Sarah, Mooro, for Port-la-Mare—Sealby, M'Minn, for Newfoundland—Plutus, A ymar, for St. Andrew, N.B. —Canada, Benson ; "Boater Johnny, Little, and Wm. Parker, Sewell, for Montreal—A.. Dixon, Hardie, for Monte Video. &c.— La Belle Barberie, Banks, for;Rio Granee—Snowdon, Davies, and Wm. Rathbone, Hemingway, for Africa—Ellen, Roche, for Venice —lsabella, Robertson, for SteHin—Lord Seaton, Fitzsimmons, for New Orleans—Coburg, Green. for Harlingen—Amazon, Wright, for Elsinore—aud Columbus, Green, for Pernambuco. MONDAY, Amu. 4.—Wind N.E. ARRIVED.— Grecian. Rowett, froz Cephalonia SA I I.E Hadgraft, for Doidt—Hottingner, Crabtree, and Hope, Collins, for New York—Hero, Grant, and Cleofrid, Hamilton, for Africa—Frances & Romulous, Isouard, for Malta —Eclipse, Mullerat, for Ostend—Craton, Gray, for New Orleans— Stamboul, Sloman, for Constantinople—Undaunted, Foster, for Antwerp—Cuthbert Young, Henderson, for the Cape of Good Hope—Mary Caroline, Brewer, for St. John, N.B.—Emerald, Thomas, tor Lisbon—Commodore, Matthewman, for Genoa—Sea flower, Foster, for Dordt—Gipsey, Dempsey, for Bourdeaux—Mary & Harriet, Rees, for Trieste—Vrow Henriette, Klie, for Rotterdam —General Washington, Smith, for New York—Costanza ed Onore, Serva, for Bahia—Lady Rowley, Wright, for Lisbon—Elizabeth Henry, Whitburn, for Havre—Patriot, Sawbridge, for Palermo— Antigua Planter, Hodge, for Trinidad—Sir C. Campbell, Penticost, for New Orleans—Heinrich, Cock, for Elsinore—Law Ogilby, Morris, for Constantinople —Ann Dingwell, Arthur, for Ceylon— and Cataraqui, Jackson, for Quebec. Cero, Cruisuch, and Wm. Russell, hence at Pernambuco Theresa, Tuscola, from Plymouth, at ditto, for New South Wales, with i deaths and 40 sick on board with the typhus fever Donald, hence to Berbice, was spoken 23rd March, in lat. 40, long. 14 Hannah, Rattray, hence at Demerara Veitch, Adamson, hence at Gibraltar Desire, Stabb ; Fernandes, Contente ; Totness, King; Lanca shire Lass, Powell; Trinmfo de Inveja, Caldas ; Amizade, Mes quita, and Concord, Cox, hence at Lisbon George Sutton, Hawk, sailed from Lisbon 23rd March; Stour, Atkins, 24th, and Pearl, Luckam, 27th—all for this port Sir Charles Napier, lluxtable, hence to New South Wales, was spoken December, in lat. 1 N, long. 24 W _ . . . Magnet Packet, from Falmouth, at Rio Janeiro Ellerslie, Turner; Cockermouth Castle, Bell, and Mastery, Stobie, hence at Rio Janeiro Medina, (steamer) from Nassau, at Southampton ; sailed 13th March, after waiting eight days for the steamers with the mails from the Islands, Gulf of Mexico, &e., but which did not arrive ; the Medina, in consequence only brings a mail, (as far as regards the West Indies,) from Nassau, and the one from New Orleans that was left behind from the previous mail. Fatima, Fethers, from China, at London Josephine, Smith, from Sincapore, ditto John Woodall, Williams, from Calcutta, dttto VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) NEW SOUTH WALES. 2g7 Port Philip and Port Nicholas, Cotesworth & Wynne WEST INDIES AND MADIOU,I lenarni, D White, Lady Falkland, Rutherford; 177 Kingston, Jamaica, J N Wood UNITED STATES. Eben Preble, W B Hinckley, 493 New Orleans, C Tayleur &Co Susanna Cumming, C H Salter, 544 New York, J D Roche Sarah & Arsilia, T B Smith. 482 New York, Reid, Irving &Co Prentice. Smith, 442 New York, J & W Robinson Dublin, Skolfield, 650 Philadelphia, Brown & Co BRITISH AMERICA. John, C Haselton, 35 Quebec, C Chaloner & Co Neptune, W Cunningham, 145 St. John, Nfid, Job Brothers EUROPE. Vine, A Brown, 135 Dordt, Cram, Smith & Co Borussia, C Hamman, 220 Elsinore, The master Patriot, L Nicholas, 316 Gibraltar and Malta, J G White Black Dog., B Atkinson, 142 Gibraltar and NAalaga, J Aikin & Son Rapide, P G Brocklernan, 350 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Ditpatch, R Magub, • 74 HUSUTII, A F Moore Sophia Wells, S Swyther, 131 Leghorn, J G White Maria Agneta, C Transgard, 118 Lubeck, Bahr, Behrend &Co ()ryell, P liadgraft,,, 130 Derdt, A Coghill Wave, D Mearns, 173 Pernau, _ Campbell & Rudd Water Witch, R Dunn, 223 St. Petersburg, Campbell & Rudd Pur,uit, J Burnett, ' 50 Narva, Bahr, Behrend &Co Jane, —, 59 Havre and Rouen, H Smith & Co Sea, 1;* Al'Queen, • 145 Kiel, Brilliant, D F Brown, g 5 Ahneira LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT MADDER, cwt 34 6G 35 0 Dutch, crop 32 p —33 0 I Ombro.. none. Gamene . Mull. 8 3 French, 6 10 4 15 Strong & Reid J Glynn & Son s. d. s. d Montreal, Pot. ..70 0 —72 0 Pearl, new .. ... .50 0 —6O 0 U. States, Pot.. l2 0 —4O 0 Pearl none. lO 0 —3O 0 BARK, QUCTCR. .. 8 0 S.F. 36 0 —4O 0 Oak, V ton .. .e 4 10 S.F.F 42 0 -- German 4 0 E.5.F... 46 0 —4B 0 BRIMSTONE, 96 ton ton , ', E.5.F.F.48 0 —54 0 Sicily, &c 6 5 6 10 I Spanish 4O 0 —56 0 Tuscany 6 10 6 15 ;MOLASSES. 1:> cwt. CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. S. d. St. Lucia, &c.. •..25 0 —27 0 le , cwt. in bond 80 0— 90 0 Demerara, &e.... 27 0 —2B 0 CLovEit-sliun,l , cwt. I Bar & Antigua.. 20 0 —3O 0 American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 MUNJEET, V cwt.. 14 0 —l4 6 Dutch 73 0— 77 0 OIL, Olive, 4) , 252 vats. French & Germ. 73 0— 77 0 Gallipoli COCOA, 1,- , cwt. Trieste Trinidad 3B 0— 43 0 Sicily Grenada ...• 1 32 0— 35 0 Mal'g' Brazil ' Portugal, &c COPPER, lfr cwt. in bond. , Levar.;• Jama. triage .. ~., 0 Palm, 714 tun ordinary .... - 1 40 °— i ' Fish, :Br 252 ipi//x. good& fine ord. 85 0-108 0 Seal, pale 39 10 —4O 0 middling llO 0-130 0 brown it ) 0 —37 0 good mid. .... 132 0-138 0 Cod 27 10 --28 0 fine mid. &c... 142 0-152 0 LiNsEEli, ~p cot :32 6 —33 0 Dutch, triage.. Rape, pale do. )30 0— 60 0 ordinary .... Turpen.l , cal 46 0 —47 0 good &fine ord. 65 0— 75 0 Rick:, qa• cal middling BO 0— 90 0 Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 good mid. 1 , in bond 22 0— fine mid., &c. 1 9. , 0-110 0 Bengal, ord. do.. 11 0 —l2 0 Mocha - mid to line .... 12 6 —l3 6 Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 o. p... 3 6 3 8 St. Domingo 4O 0— 42 0 stronger 3 10 4 10 Brazil 37 0— 40 0 choice marks.. 5 3 5 9 Laguira 46 0— 48 0 SAFFLOWER, V cwt. DYEWOODS, V ton .e. s, £. S. Bengal, . Logwood, Jam... 576_ good & tine...-4 . 5 0— 7 0 lion. & Dom. 5 0— 6 0 ord. & mid .. 2 ; 0 4 10 Campeachy .. 7 5 715 Bombay Fustic, Span 5 0— 5 15 SALTPETRE, V cwt. S. d. _ s, d Tampico 6 10— 7 5 East India 27 0 —3l 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 41 u —56 0 Rio de la Hache liver and block .. 28 0 —:o' solid - 11 0 SKINS, rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, :t , dux small 6 0— 7 10 Chinchilli, do. Lima, solid l4 0— 15 0 Seal, each Barwood, Ango. 8 o—. 9 0 SHUMAC, V cwt -60 0 -5S 0 -37 0 -55 10 -51 0 -53 0 sl 10 —32 10 -25 t) - 3 0 6 l 0 Sicily.. 26 0 Malaga 7 0 Trieste Gaboon 5 0— Camwood Red San. Wood G 10— FLAX, ton. Verona Riga. P.T.R. P'burg, 9 head Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem. GAtcs, cwt. dry brown .... 62 0 —65 0 Turkey, blue _ _ . 7 0 - 8 0 6 0 - 7 0 80- 9 0 mixed 50 0- 55 0 I fine &v. line .. 72 0 -75 0 East India 55 0- 60 0 1- Mauritius, GINGER, 'l9' cut. 1 dabs and moist 45 0 -5g o Barbadoes 45 0- 50 0 ; brown & yel... 61 a -67 o Jamaica 60 0-200 0 1 fine yellow .... 68 0 -71 0 E. India, in bond 12 0- 17 0 East India, Bengal GUAI, V ewe: - 7 - , - 'Kkaur 47 0 -56 o Arabic, Turkey ..70 0-146 0 brown & ycl. 5B 0 -65 o East India. 24 0-60, • 0 good and line 71 0 -74 0 Barbary - 0 0 extra fine 74 6 -76 0 Senegal SS -0,- 0 0 Manilla, in bond 13 0 -17 0 Flame, ,p , ton ,e .s. ..e s. Havana, do. P'burg, clean 36 10- 37 o brown outshot.. 35 0- :iti 0 yellow Riga, Rhine .... 38 0- 38 10 white ord outshot.. 37 0- good & fine.... Archangel - 0 0 Brazil, in bond. Manilla 27 10- 28 0 brown l3 6 -17 0 Bombay - 0 0 yellow l7 6 -18 6 Jute - 20 0 white ord. .... 18 6 -21 0 HIDES, Ox and Cow, vlb 1 good and fine.. 22 0 -24 0 B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TALLOW, p cut. inferior & mid. 0 64- 0 7 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 48 6 -49 0 good & prime 0 74- 0 8 I Od essa 47 6 -48 0 Do. salted .... 0 3-1- 0 44 , Archangel 46 6 -47 0 N. Amer. salted 0 3i- 0 4 Buenos Ayres 37 0 -45 0 Brazil - 0 7 TAR, r Oct. dry salted 0 54- , 0 64 Stockholm ...... 17 0 -18 0 Rio, dry - 0 74 Archangel ...... 17 6 -18 0 Valparaiso, dry 0 0- 0 7 Carolina. ........ 11 0 -12 0 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6- 0 7 Virginia ........ -- - W. India, dry 0 I' i- 0 7 TARTAR, V cWt. salted 0 44- 0 5! Cream of Tartar.. 66 0 -67 0 East India - - 0 10! brown and yel... 46 0 -50 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 - 0 8 TEA, V lb. in bond. Horse, d. each 7 6 -11 6 Bohea, Canton .. - -- HORSE HAIR,'' lb. Fokein .. - Short - 0 64 Congou, corn. .. 1 10i- 1 11 mixed - 0 9 mid. to fine. 1 114- . 9 long tails 1 0- 1 6 Twankay, corn... 1 10 - 1 Ii combed - 2 0 mid. to good 2 0- 2 2 INDIGO, V lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 0 - 3 0 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet - 0 0 corn. to good.. blue & violet - 0 0 'Tyson Skin blue - 0 0 mid. to fine.. violet, g. & fine 6 3- 6 6 Souchong, corn... 2 0 - ord. & mid. 5 3- 6 0 good to fine.. 2 4 - , ' .., violet & cop. 1 Pekoe, flowery . , 3 0 --4 0 mixed .. J 4 6_ 5 3 Dyson, c0m..... 2 5- 2 6 cop. g. & fine. 4 6- 5 n line.. 3 0- 4 a ord. & mid. 3 3- 4 6 Young Hyson .. 1 j 0 _ 3 0 con. quality - 5 3 Imperial bond. o4 0 7. Oude 1 6- 4 3 Gunpowder, Madras TOBACCO,stemtbe.i.R.--- 5 0 Guatimala, vp , tb. Floras - 6 3 J. River, .Leaf.... 0 2 , ._ 0 , 4 Sobres 4 0- 5 3 3- 6 0 Maryland ...... 0 0 - 0 0 Cortes - 3 9 Kentucky ...... 0 24 ... 0 8 Caraccas, Floras 5 Sobres ..... .' . - 5 3 TURMERIC,' CIVt. in bond. Cortes - 3 9 Bcagal .......... 15 6 -17 0 LAC DYE, V lb. TURPENTINE, V cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 - 2 0 American ...... 10 0 _ l2 6 mid. to good 0 6 i - 1 4 VALONIA, V ton. ,64 s .e 0 ord. & inferior 0 3- a, 6 Smyrna, picked.. 14 0 -19 0 MADDER ROOTS, V' cwt. Morea .......... 6 0 -13 0 Smyrna ...... 5O 0- WA x, BEES, VP' CWt. in bond. Galipoli & Syria 3B 0- 40 0 African ..... . . -... 6 10 -I, 0 French 42 n- East India - 8 0 Naples .......... 40 0- 46 0 Am er i can / 10 - 8 10 IS 0 -19 0 20 0 -22 0 25 0 -27 0 28 • 0 -32 0 1 7 - 1 S 2 0 - 2 4 LONDON OAZ TrrE -FRIDAY, APRIL 1. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED J. Saxon and A. Saxon, Ashton-under-Line, cotton-spinners— P. Butler and T. Fisher, Witrigs, Lancashire, iron-ore-merchants —l3. Ward, L. Halsop, and W. Brierley, Oldham, hat-manufac turers—if. Twentyman and A. E. Thompson, Friday-street, Chhepstde, London. Scotch and Manchester warehouseman—J. W. Mason and T. Lavan, Birkenhead. Cheshire, slaters--J. Collins and E. Gripper, Salford. Lancashire, common-brewers—J. Bourne and J. Wortham, Manchester, letter-press-printers—D. Shuttleworh and W. Heap, Burnley, Lanca . shire, ironmongers—J. Maclie and R. C. Lamb, Liverpool, plumbers._,_ INSOLVENTS Mar;:h 30.—Abraham Crossfield, Whitechapel-road, London, scrivener. • March 31.—Peter Payne, Crooked-lane, Chambers, City, Lou. don, provision -broker. —Charles Goodman, Northampton, cutler. April I.—Joseph Wallworth and Thomas Wallworth, Manches ter, corn-dealers. HANKB.UPTS. Elizabeth Linstead,. Liverpool, pawnbroker, Apil 16, May 13, at one, at the Clarendon-room, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Chester and Toulmin, Staple Inn, London ; and Mr. Johnson, Liverpool. Arthur Jarrett, Castle-street, Southwark, London, hat-manu facturer. Francis Kirkham Fowell and Edmund Thomas Craufurd, Boulogne-sur-Mer, wine.merchants. _ . _ Saniuel Garcia, 'Brydges-street, Covent-garden, London, shell- fishmonger John Blake, Bridge-street, Westminster, London, wine-merchant Jolin Wright Wolverhampton, grocer. Thomas Winder, Lancaster, ironmonger. Richard Terry, Cheltenham, common-brewer. James Nutter, Combridge, miller. William Vickers, Manchester, ironfounder. Christopher Jackson, Clitheroe, Lancashire, joiner. George Morrison, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer. William Carr and John Coull Carr, Sunderland, merchants. Bailey Hillyard, Bristol, freestone-merchant. Samuel Wagstaff, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, grocer. DIVIDENDS. April 25, P. Petre, Liverpool, shipwright—April 27, J. R. Gorst, Liverpool, coach-manufacturer—April 22, J. Palmer, Upper White cross-street, London, carpenter—April 25, P. Van den Mule, Lon don-wall, London, wool-merchant—Apil 25. 11. R. Mott, Pall-mall, London, pianoforte maker—April 23, E. Knight, Southampton, cabinet-maker—April 25, W. Toll, St. Germain's, Cornwall, corn factor—May 23,1'. Gidden, Farringdon, Birk shire, licensed victualler April 26, D. Paramore, Devouport, merchant—April 28, T. B. Oliver, Nottingham, hosier—April 2g, T, E. Jones, Birmingham, leather-seller—May 3, J. Armitage and J. Greenwood. Northowram, Yorkshire, stuff-manufacturers—April 25, C. Hilton, Manchester, cotton-manufacturer—May 5, R. Turner, 011erton, Nottingham shire, farmer—April 25, J. Dawson. Hanley. Staffordshire, corn dealer—April 26, C. Ford, Hanley, Staffordshire, grocer—May 5, W. Spencer, Moorgate, Nottinghamshire, tanner. • CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before April 22. • S. Owen, Conway, Carnarvonshire, innkeeper—C. A. Cantor, Upper Montague-street, Montague-square, London, merchant—C. Daly, Red Lion-square, London, bookseller—W. A. Dyer, Cooper's rONv, Tower-hill, wine-merchant—J. L. Freeland, Worster, inn keeper—R. Waters, Newport, Monmouthshire, iron manufacturer —H. Sunderland, Huddersfield, dealer in cotton-warps—G. 0. Speare, Ileetstreet, London, laceman—D. Matthews and A. Gardner, Cheltenham, grocers. , ASHES PRICES OF SHARES, APRIL 4 Prices within thelist seven days. This days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby lOO 0 0 0 .... Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 0 0 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 2O .... 14 0 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares .... 26 8 4 7 2 .... 4 8 2 Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .... 45 15 0 .49 0 0 Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 21 15 0 Half Shares . 4 10.. 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, and Ayr, Grand Junction Ditto half shares Quarter .. Kilmar } 50 paid 0 0 0 181 0 0 90 10 0 44 0 0 24 15 0 0 0 0 64 10 0 10 2 6 New ditto.... Great Western 155 Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England lOO Hull and Seiby Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0 Ditto, new • lg Leicester and Swannington 5O ..... Leeds and Selby lOO Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and BirMingham go .... Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto new London & Brighton Ditto new London and South Western Ditto, lath shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4O .... 64 10 0 10 7- 6 o 0 0 ex o o 0 .., O 0 0 .., o 0 0 o 0 0 o o o .0 0 ex 41 15 0 ... o o 0 . t , 174 10 A. , 35 12 6... 58 10 0 .... 58 10 0 29 15 0 ... 36 5 0 ... 5 g o 60 5 "0 O 0 0 53 10 0 ... O 0 0 O 0 0 78 10 0 ex O 0 0 ... O 0 0 79 0 0.... 79 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 31 15 0 22 10 0 73 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 14 17 6 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 54 0 0 Ditto and Ditto Exteniion Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Ditto quarter slimes Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midlaw! One-third Shares " North Union 22 13 4 18 10 0 O 0 0 0 ' 0 0 O 0 0 O o o'o o o o 0.0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 11 5 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 ....173 0 0 0 .0. 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .... 2 12 6 0 0 0 .... Newcastle Ditto quarter Ulster nd Carlisle hares Paris and Rouen South Eastern York and North Midland _Half Shares BANKS, 50 paid 15 .... Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank lO .... - Commercial of .Liverpool 10 .... Commercial of England. 5 East of England lO of Manchester lO M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 Northern and Central lO North and South Wales 10 Royal of Liverpool 500 South Lancashire Albion Liverpool Union lO Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. tiAS, WATER. WOttE t;, Exchange Buildings .e too paid L'pool and llarrington Water J Stock.... Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Comps ny, (Original Stock) 100 Ditto new Shares.... 100 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. 1:100 Ditto new shares arc now paid ui ASSURANCE COMPANIES M'chester Assurance Company. 10 Liverpool Fire and Life, Ocean Assurance BIRTHS On the 16th ultimo, her Most Faithful Majesty the QUEEN OF PORTUGAL. of a prince, under the most favourable circumstances with regard to the health of mother and child, both of whom are doing well. The happy event was immediately announced to the inhabitants of Lisbon by a discharge of rockets and ordinance. The usual rejoicings took place during three days, ringing of bells, discharges of artillery, and illuminations. On the 26th ultimo, at Wem, the lady of THOMAS IRELAND, Esq., of son and heir. On the 31st ultimo, at 5, Wesley-street, Mrs. THOMAS WYLDE GLADSTONE, of a daughter. On the ist instant, the lady of H. F. DIXON, of Chatham-street, Abercromby-square, of a son. MARRIED. • On the 27th ultimo, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev, Henry Carpenter, Mr. JAMES GRINDROD, stonemason, third son of Mr. Arthur Grindrod, to ELLEN, youngest daughter of Mr. WM. SIIARPLES, Kirkdale. On the 28th ultimo, at Christ Church, by the Rev. F. Ould, Mr. JOHN JONES to Miss ELLEN CLARKE, both of Wavertree. On the 29th ultimo, at St. John's Church, Chester, by the Rev. W. B. Marsden, vicar, Mr. RICHARD LEWIS, of this town, to ELIZABETH, daughter of THOS. MOLINEUX, Foregate-street, Chester. On the 31st ultimo, at Over Peover, by the Rev. Francis Talbot O'Donoghue, A. 8., LANDON THOMAS LENNON, Esq., of Bally keirin, county Westmeath, Ireland. to MARGARET, eldest daughter of the late THOMAS DRAKE, Esq., of Grote House, Over Peover, in the county of Chester Same day, at the Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead, by the Rev. Joseph Baylee, Mr. J OSEPH WILLIAMS, gimmaker, of this town, to Miss ELIZABETH WALLEY, sister to Mr. Walley, of the Adelphi Hotel, Woodside. Same day, Mr. PHILLIP lIITCHINGS, tailor, Brownlow-hill, to Miss LUCY MUNN, Moon-street. Yesterday, at St. George's Church, Everton, Mr. R LINDOP, bookseller, Northwich, to ESTHER, youngest daughter of the late Mr. PETER STRINGER, Middlewich, Cheshire. DIED Lately, aged 74; Baron JACQUES LEVAVASSEUR, of Rouen, He was one of its greatest manufacturers and shipowners, and has left a fortune estimated at 12,000,000 f. It is said, that, at the time of his death, there were 30 of his ships on the sea. On the sth of October, at Tuena, Peru, after an illness of a few days, deeply lamented by a numerous circle of friends, aged 33, T. C. W. S. MUCHA LL, Esq., of the mercantile house of Messrs. Naylors, Boardman and Oxley. He has left a young widow to deplore his untimely end. On the 15th ultimo, at Wavertree, ELIZA, second daughter of JOHN BUItY, Esq., t, 4 alforcl, and Runcorn, Cheshire. On the 19th ultimo, aged 50. MARGARET, wile of Mr. JOHN BROWN, furniture-broker, Stanley-street. On the 25th ultimo, awfully sudden, at Wavertree, aged 32, SARAH, wife of Mr. WM. DON BAVAND, and only daughter of the late PETER ATHERTON, of Hawkshead. • On the 26th ultimo, at Knutsford, MARIANNE, wife of R. T. DEANE, Esq., of that place, surgeon. On the 27th ultimo, at his residence, Peover-street, after a short illness, aged 75, Mr. JAMES PASKIN COPE. Same day, aged 63, HI LL WILSON, for forty years a member of the Independent Church assembling at the Crescent Chapel, Everton, and twenty years master of the Bethesda Chapel Boys' School, beloved by all who knew his worth. On the 28th ultimo, at her residence, in Holland-street, Ken sington. in the ;Bth year of her age, Mrs. CATHERINE MATCH AM, relict of the late Mr. George Matcham, of Ashford-lodge, in the county of 'Sussex, daughter of the late Rev. Edward Nelson, rector of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk, and only surviving sister of the late Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, K.ll. The deceased lady, who had resided during the titter portion of her life at Kensington had been for some time In a declining state, and on Saturday last was, for the third time, seized with an attack of paralysis, under Whiclighe - game 'day, at his house, Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, after an illness of some week's duration, Sir WM. HUGH DILLON IsfASSEY, hart., of Doonas, county Dublin. On the 29th ultimo, at Windsor.cOttage, aged 92; GEORGE BLUNDELI., highly respected by all who knew him. same day, at 25, A bercromby-square, ANNA, infant daughter of Major THOMPSON, C.B. On the 30th ultimo, at Torquay,' Devon, aged 18, GEORGE, only son of DANIEL ASHLEY, Esq., solicitor, Frodsham. On the 31st ultimo, EDWARD SHARP, for fourteen years the faithful and respected domestic servant (valued by him as a friend) of Mr. George Holt, Rake -lane. Same day, after a severe and protracted illness, Miss JANE SCAM I3LE, of Deane -street. On the Ist instant, aged 40, ANN, the beloved wife of FRED. 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