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SOUTH LANCASHII CROW was cha Ist Nny, The Re the tin which ti nd three in t placed his finl ever, accid parted in t eircum the iur the prisor After a col ict of Dot FIELDEF Saddle . worth, Yorkshi ;owerby-b rid upon the mills by Messrs. Riley, I field, the mortgagees. An array business should . be permitted to c this which. gainst Mr. Wm..! meeting of ti ton Hotel, M ds of Messrs. certain fr and it v OLDFIF defendant, a shipn 11PCC 11/Ifl .nchester and in th ALL ANC and 10, Clare-street , pass to Fanny Bari•ett,--I.)Ut-1;e-lOi construc CROWI FUSAL OF A CHIJR( tw•o per given n( to soler or chn On the 14th of May, last ye superintendent -registrar fc that, on t that he wished to be tnarried t - -- had be then asked him if he had been confir point to which the question at last w•o no,•be had not; and then Mr. Janie hinF to do wiih him ; a ardians, the Board of ( 'e the r very well knew had mentioned ', prove doubt Mr. Jam Attorney-Gener immediate Eole st, Mr. Reyes, .ator to the defendant; they'producedi ,quested that a day, not later then the I be appointed for the marriage. will marry you when you have ext firmed, not before ." Th.f generally adopted before tl would have had the effect of htened Mr the law of the land, which he, WcZ, jects, was bound to obey. Mr. John Heyes, superintendent-regist that, on the 14th May last, Henry Fishes rage, which was entered in the book. Th under the act of parliament. His LORDSHIP thought the notice was b the length of time the parties resided in Li After some observations from Mr. Cron might proceed. The in and read Hen lific4te of the vant, in 1, and that v come. Fish aid he wouli e certificate, and th , th of August, thou , ndant then said, a desire to be co by remarl 1 of t 3 s county efendant had be, pct was passed; rut a judici at rest, ar , n with• all other ; rar of Lc le notice Was correc ticl, as it did not giv eigli. t the case gistrar was then pu Fisher then p m to the facts of te case, wich were substantially the de sae osed ► as opened by the co h unsel for the prosecution. In reply to a question by the Judge, Fisher said they did not gtt married because he wanted the case to be tried as a question of law. The Judge thought such a course very foolish. Ann Hardman, a young woman about twenty, of interesting opearante, said she was not yet married. She was confirmed bout six years ago IE.-Why don't they marry you now? Arc yol 's from any body not to be married until this case yVitness.—Yes • I w this was tried. under orders not to I The JUDGE se may be tried so you live in a state of sin in order that this The JUDGE.- I ,§o that you have been kept in a state of sin in order to try this cause. Very well ; if that is not sin I don't know what sin is. At the present day there seems to be a de, termination to push every thing to extremities on both sides. The young woman declined to give a reason as to why was not married, upon which Fisher was re-called, and, in answer to a question relative to the notice, said he thought the Itev. Mr. James ought to marry them, and he had received - ;tig from the superintendont-registrar's office to remr.in until the affair was settled. duss then addressed the jury for the defence, contend that, according to the law and discipline of the church, the defendant was quite right in refusing to marry these people ; the man nev er h av i ng been confirmed, and not being desirous to be confirmed, he argued that the defendant had obeyed the law and the canons. This was a case for the Ecclesiastical Court; • they had no jurisdiction here. The defendant had been guilty of no offence within the statute. First of all, the 'ause alleged by the defendant was a just cause; secondly, the 'se did not come within the words of the statute ; and, 'rdly, it was a case for ecclesiastical consideration. The • point was, that the notice did not maintain the descrip , the notice in the indictment, and it did not state the the district. reason as to why st The Learned .Toocm,lrisumming up, thought that most of the objections raised by Mr. Bliss would fall to the ground. If he were called upon for the first time to absolutely decide the question whether the rev. gentleman was right in refusing to marry people oft the ground of their not being confirmed, and who declined to state that they were ready to be confirmed, it appeared to him, as at_ present_ advised, th a t h e was wrong. After recommending that the objections of Mr. Bliss should not be considere.l, he expressed an opinion that the construc tion of the first section nf the Marriage Act, and all the sections, meant merely to put banns and certificates in exactly the same position that banns previously were; and all the effect pro duced by this certificate of the registrar being, in point of fact, that the clergyman to whom it was produced must deal and take the banns to be duly published in the manner in which they had to be published by the ecclesiastical forms. But when these banns had been published according to law, he could not be indicted for refusing to marry according to the banns. There should be a remedy for it, and this re , edy would be that the clergVman who disobeyed the rubric in this respect, by not numving the persons whose banns had been published, must answer to the Ecclesiastical Court for having committed an ecclesiastical offence, and so construi ng th e act wou ld ma k e t h e whole act perfectly consistent, and just, and free, and would leave tke consciences of all free and unembarrassed by restric tions of any description whatever. So that if a Roman Catholic priest refused to calebrate a marriage, he had to answer to his superiors for his conduct for so doing, and if it was a Wesleyan clergyman, he had to ans wer to the Conference, and the minis ters of other churches to those who governed in their respective congregations, and all would b e su b ject to the same discipline I PRI I,E SPRING ASSIZES. to which they were subject before. ciple to the Church of England, it RI'.—TUES DAY . Church of England should be place g with a natior then i Winsley ad not refu;ed saaore' :ted her ,y zuc7iptii Ell In! SUCII as 011 The facts were not disputed. Be would ad defendant guilty. He would reserve the n Lae rer Lry had he entire Lis own rec NISI PRIUS COURT. TORNEII V.BARNL;H e 2 to attend to the ho; le rest of t i' or .el 5. The ques ur works v Riley, ier for this same prig nd the only way to construe the church will not take the certinc ation of the banns according to the rubric, / !siastical court. This made the act perfec do, and, therefore, he was of opinion, if c !fendant might to he au:or:Ate/1 nn that ertilligS in a civil court, or punishment, b himself liable to be proceeded against in t. If they were advised by him (his lords' More a hicher tribunal for the purpose of DNESDAY arne4 ..... u.J.21 injury done to the horse, which was to be meant le value of the animal now, and what it was at the tim accident. At the time of the accident it was said ti 3t fetch evidince that the injury was occasi ient . of the driver of the omnibus. 9 ed by the! jury red; _ _ __..... .cagic‘fl • consultation, returned into court wit verdict for the defendant. N. —The plaintiff had leased ghtenede, on tt premises c understand ms, in price paid in Bury, Bolton, and Blackburn. - cue inju !ding, which the plaintiff had to complain occurred between the xi ought Nov., 1848, and the 18th Jan., 1849, in which i n t erva l s t by the work s were frequently at a standstill for want of gas.—T irried case had frequently been tried in the County Court, the amou aving then claimed being under '_o;. the damages were now laid made hgum slightly above that amount. The case was not fully go. Iders- into, but was settled between the parties, on the understan at the ing that the defendant should be released from his understan d Son iug to supply gas. ^^— that in the spring of 1848, the dofendants thought proper to extend a branch of their London business to Liverpool, and that in order to establish themselves here, and to attract public attention and patronage, they advertised a series of public sales of wines, at the Portico, a public room in Newington (near Bold-street). They employed a gentleman named Forrester, of the firm of (Miley and Co., as their spokesman on occasion of these sales. and he made persuasive speeches to induce parties to purchase, setting forth, (in accordance with the heads of the adver tisements,) that any buyer would have the option of re turning the wine purchased within three years, if he did not like to keep it, and that he would receive hack the money, together with 6 per cent. interest of money on the reserved prices of the sale, and also all dock charges. The plaintiff accordingly purchased four pipes and two hogsheads of wine, for which he paid £134 15s. These facts having been proved, Mr. MARTIN addressed the court for the defence, impugning the contract, and the evidence produced in its support, He denied in tote that such a stipulation as " to be returned in t'aree years" was ever made. Verdict for the defendants. JAIIL V. BARCLAY. The defend an t i n this action was the owner of the ship . Abeilard, which was chartered by the laintiff, for ti•-• ..ae conveyance of passe ngers between here and Staten Island, at New York, and the action was brought to recover com pensation for the violation or non_r.,l,-;l—___, ,iiartin and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defend. ant, who put in 19 pleas in justification. Mr. MARTIN having stated the case the following wit nesses were examined— William Cuthbert, shipbroker, called.—He identified the charter. party produced. A long argument here arose between the counsel, in consequence of a statement made for the behalf of the defendants, that there were various important stipulations in the charter-party and in its marginal notes, which were not set forth in the declara tion. His LORDSHIP carefully read all the documents, and stated that the declaration should be amended, so as to accord with the charter-party. Witness recalled—He effected the charter party on the 12th Feb. 1849. On the following day applied to James and Hazelden, for the certificate of seaworthiness. A few days after, Beckett, one of the plaintiffs, said he had received the certificate and 'all was right. The vessel went into the Victoria Dock. Beckett said he wished the vessel to be dispatched on the Bth of March. A master, mates, and even men were appointed, and all made ready according to the charter party. I told the defendants the ship was ready. I told both Beckett and Saul that if they did not let the ship go to sea they would have demurrage to pay. Beckett said he had got his share of passengers, but Saul had not got his. I told Saul that un!ess the freight was paid he would not allow the passengers to go on board. Saul did not give an answer. I asked Saul when Ile could get his complement of passengers. He said he could not tell. Witness asked him if he could get them in a week or a fortnight. Ho said he might or he might not. Witness said he (Saul) need not be stubborn, as he would meet him in any reasonable way. Saul spoke of law. Witness said the crew were grumbling as they had been detained so long. Afterwards met Saul and Beckett together. Beckett paid him his amount of the freight, £550. The vessel fi.. 1850 . -AAL ness, he remained with her till a late, jmaonnueayr,y,anlBd4Bre,qwuriestnedhelrierfatthoehruvy7i*lii, promises of immediate marriage , be _ lll r i s i' to his desires. He put off the in',u ker , time, but did not immediately desert,'ou t proved pregnant, and discovered , 3 % 1 . that he was paying his addresses to a wb. perty, the ow n e r of two of the farms . i b This distressed her greatly, and cau ' e lle: to be very painful and protracted. 0 „0 the widow, and afterwards refused f oti iij any redress, coolly saying that be sc bro g defending any action that might be A. found for the plaintiff, damages X 2 °' l'ol r sto ß onr ß eb i r L oo L vueg o rh r ta A asn T u nan:AtotofNnagainst I t 3st il :f e rp,;lo ,l s(o o turf,D a was for some time rather a successliPror;; various race horses. The defendeen never indebted, and also a set-off s ese l defendant, in 1847, lost heavily 0 ° o till finally, at Doncaster, he lost suu3sBo)°tii to £7,000; and not being able to m.e e to ei l whehelerefthteheretmurafineadndsosmhoerttliymaef,ter adr?, 01.' 1 ' o d di l a .tort country until 1849, when he came °ve cjiiii d £3,000 and £4,000 from Mr. RoberLiff that his first connex i on w ith the rd °l " bet, 1845, and that they continued oti,ntk be trained i ned Defendant m a t e fi n r t s o t r, sent ic ee th d e ful l: u l „ , ; : orts ( , :r t Wild, and :—viz.,Liberator ; but he subseq „,,,, rd sap: Camaxortnerh w hinnneoedace:A h ettdivldoaiveß i rwelcoe c peneetfEnpi i l hodxpepd l irlDterfeaa.eaee t uiuGianitdT h vcAanile:di e tiathedtni nie r irui dT e uyf w r 0 r Martin, others from the plaintiff, which also r f e l i'd, trained by the plaintiff for the d i e p e toV, amount claimed by the plaintiff as u *st 1847, amounted to the sum of £B,O-,f , 9 ,,, , finally closed. The amount ine° l 7,, of 1846, for training, amounted to the s°,7 o , which the plaintiff now brought his a t - t IIJ large training establishments. 10 evp ff gdtreo: Itcfsnao a tai wos g r:nea r gLtts e sehh: e xoeectn d nenr sdmioeta t oweT h emndtd a o,he t ebaohdti a daachbsoseo v ynfb e spse l ueg i ea c cioer al extraordinaryle i on, e irdts t oc oai otie!b,4 ! , e, d ! w s a e s t- a o t if ter o w f ard fi f 2 s t ki .cl7" balance his wife, by beatilig 18th ult., William Martin, of Bratoft, M. Alexander M oi r, aged 25, a master boo,. charm to cure his wife of A ioi , desr the magistrates' 06 ;0 age, and has long enjoyed the ref''' . " wise man." who is an oi;itipp : 11 kelt !) t°.l Is e I l i aanim a r k l ) ', tttntotaileiveents,yc anent ma r k , tero., : i t a i ttp )F e 'p th ese ' 7 . .get, th a Pecti„ `'e hat. "Z th e at f o stew tei 41. 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[FROM OUR SECOND EDITION Of 11;1' ; HOUSE OF LORDS Lts.,T;t! Their Lordships met at four o'clock , 1 1 , was given by commission to five bills: ‘. Bin the. nt,tllll u [9 , nny rne Marine x.";;;w1"; Metropolitan Carriages Bill, and then', n g? Bill. The commissioners were Lord ' 1 ;0' bury and the Earl of Carlisle.—On VILLE, the order f or ca lli ng to the IN _ r dba r ' f „ ^ , the committee of th e W ater f or d , Dublin Railway Comp an y, was di s charossti," ige' • Lord BROUGHAM, who explained the rile • s dic the Trurees' Bill and the Masters jiul he Iwere severally read th e secon d time.---iP a little befo re seven. the gr, HOUSE OF COMMONS — On the motion of Mr. TUFNELL, a ne,o,,;d the Borough of Totness in the room ef. i ` o v n er accepted the office of Chief Commisl i v ,l Woods and Forest.--On the motion of , se d t a short discussion, resolutions were Pa s , s o every Railway Bill a clause should be l u re the granting of preference or priority s' a pi the previous holders of preference sliarq,,,rel should have power to a l ter t h e terms °f:; of interest grant e d un d er prev i ous Ae t -01 these resolutions the South Eastern be Crediton Railway Bills were ordered t ° tie( Sir W. MO LESWORTH gave notice that 101 move that in the Colonies of Australia tion should consist of two chambers , n ip CHANCELLOR of the in rey his lord member c Fielder would be en agent, carrying ( wn, and the act works i s of two bject t v. Moors I Leigh prisonn. . _ ent, ......., ...,,,o , ,or tne mansiaughter of John Campbell, at ...,.. ~, ~ .3LuvereU, out on Liverpool, in February last. The prisoners were sailors, and its being found and examined, it was ascertained that theelection had not been in exact accor d ance w i th the mode therein directed, quarrelled, • and another election consequent l y b ecame necessary. In the in the groi when the prisone r s t ruc k t h e deceased with a knife , which proved fatal. meantime, all these slanders were set forth. However, a large NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY. majority stood firm to Dr. Nolan, and in the face of such NOLAN V. PETTIGREW. charges did not shrink from him. Dr. Nolan regretted that he This case was resumed at one o'clock. Mr. Martin put in a was compelled to come forward and repel such charges as letter from the plaintiff to Mrs. Bottomley, dated the 19th of these; but still, a man's spirit must rise within him against December, as follows :—"Dear Mrs. Bottomley: I shall be glad such accusations. In October he was again re-elected by a Don't large majority. Th ese s l an d ers having been propagated to an if you come up. I go t wet clothes yesterday, and am ill, Joseph mittee to investigat e th ernatter. They met, and then commu enormous extent, eight gen tl emen were appointed as a corn- be uneasy as to any con fli cts wh i ch may turn up. If should come against me, it i s not your fault, and if he do not. nicated to Dr. Nol an th at b efore they would enter on the in you will certainly h ave t h e merit of it. I shall be kind to him; quirt' it Was necessary he sh ou ld g i ve them a pledge that, under and in the meanti me I appreciate your kindness. I am sin no circumstances w ou ld h e (the Doctor) take l e g a l measures cerely and unchang ea bly your fr i end and pastor. " for the punishi ng o f any person who came forward to give Additional evidence was c a ll e d f or t h e i plaintiff. Mrs. Batty, evidence. Dr. N o l an t h ought this exceedingly hard. There wife of Mr. Batty, b u ild er, M anchester, stated that within the was, he believed, a f ou l conspiracy against him, and he asked last two years Eliz a b e th T ownley had frequently spoken in the highest terms of Dr. Nolan. Mr. Douglas, ch a p e l-k eeper pre to know who w ere th e persons that made the charges. This vious I.n Bottomley, said he h a d v i s i ted Townley as Christian was declined. Th e y were then asked to state the nature of the charges. That was also d ec li ned. The evidence itself would instruction agent, when s h e was i ll, in 1844, and she spoke highly of Dr. 'Olin. Marrnaduke Tomlinson, deacon of Dr. not have been given on oath, but he ultimately said he was Nolan s chapel, said he had heard Townley speak in high terms ready to give this pledge, that, in the event of a single indivi- of the Dr., up to 1846. William Cox Ford said that since the dual woman being the person who alone made statements against him, unconfirmed by any other, he would he at liberty defendant told him about Dr. Nolan seducing two young to test his inno cence i n a nlace where witnesses might be heard. women, Bottoml e y h a d stated to him positively that he never on oath. It wa s un d er t h ese circumstances that the present saw the Dr, co mm it a d ultery with any one. Thomas Dick, a action had been brought. The defendant was gardener to Mr. deacon at the chapel, corroborated this evidence, and a school- Loyd, the banker, an d a member of Mr. Nolan's congregation. master said Bottomley told him he was l eav i ng the chapel for He was one of the o pp onents of the Doctor, and on the day of fear of being kick e d out. M rs. Postlethwaite was recalled, and the fast, in October l as t, h e stated that Dr. Nolan had seduced denied statements m a d e b y B ottomley. She was seized with a a young woman, wh o was i n the family way by him, and that fit, and carried ou t o f court. he gave her a pres cr ipti on to procure abortion. What they Mr. Knowles replied, aft er w hi c h had to try was w h e th er t h e defendant uttered the words attn.- Mr. Martin repli e d upon t h e whole case. tinted to him, and wh e th er t h e plaintiff had seduced and de- His lordship havi ng summed up, the jury returned a verdict fur the def en d ant, on the ground that th e a ll ege d slander was benched Elizabeth Townl e y an d M ary Gilchrist. To vnley was a privileged Comm un i cat i on. a silk winder, an d b ecame a member of Dr. Nolan's congrega tion in the year 1838, and continued so till 1847. Down to the end of November or December last, he believed it never entered NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY. into the mind of man that she was any other but a virtuous, NoLAN v. MouLpixo. This case was another action of modest, well-conducted woman. However, it was now said, libel brought by the Rev. Dr. Nolan, of Manchester ; but on that six or seven years ago the plaintiff debauched that woman, the opening of the court it was announced that the record had Ind he believed she would be put into the witness-box to prove been withdrawn he statement, and to admit that, holding these religious pro• POWLES v. HARGREAVES AND ANOTHER.—The plaintiff is 7essions, she had committed a breach of one of God's COM- the public of the Bank of Liyerpool,, and the action was mandtnents. But he now came to the other case, and really brought to recover .5 , 19AQ nr......... 1.-I._ _. I was one of such a character that lie wa..1,,,,,.« --- vv , ZOb on tw of nge discounted _ ....... ..p.most ove rcome b y for the defendants by l the bank. o —A bills verdict excha was passed for the t. What would the jury - say to a statement on the record, to plaintiff. be effect that a young woman, twenty-two years of age, who HARTFORD V. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—This was an tad beer. married for three or four years, and had two chit- action brought by the plaintiff, a young man in the employ of lren, who never had an imputation cast on her from the hour. the defendants, for injuries sustained through being crushed ,f her birth to the present time—that she had been debauched between two waggons, at the Great Howard -street station."—A y the plaintiff, and afterwards to bring her into th a t place that verdict was given for the plaintiff for .i'l2o. he had been seduced? On charge beit2g made, the young wr--- -** P. •oman declarpfi thnt .1,. ..this_ . • ~---- r- IV HITE V. MASHER.—'The plaintiff is a . well-known land mother, ..... “,,zai cu MUG sue owed it to herself, her hUsband, her agent, and sought to recover .t 21 lOs for services rendered to and her friends, to declare on the gospel of God that the defendants in disposing of the goodwill, &c. of the Bay there was not one word of truth in the charg e , Th e question horse Inn, London-road.- The jury gave a verdict for the was not one of damages, but of character. If the jury believed plaintiff for the amount claimed. the charges, the. e would Le an end of the plaintiff's character. any persons A witness was th en ca ll e d who proved that thedefendant had e The other cases except the parties cotriedncerned. were of no intere s t t o charged the plaintiff w ith a d ultery and fornication. Mrs. Mary Postleth wa i te was the next witness examined, and _________ . denied in tato the imputation cast upon he r c h aracter. CROWN COURT.—S ATURDAY. Catherine Gorbutt, mother of the l as t w it ness, deposed that ' Tohn Sheridan an d Wi ll i am Pape, two police-officers in the Liverpool force, were indicted for maliciously wounding John no imputation had ever been cast upon her daughter's charac• Kilshaw, a respectable timber dealer at Bootle. The prisoners, ter until she had teen married four years--that is, not until the on the 21st January last, apprehended the prosecutor, and se past week, as far as she knew. verely maltreated him in doing so. We need not repeat the Mr. Knowles then, at some length, addressed the jury for the circumstances, as we reported them fully at the time. The defence, and called prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' Elizabeth Townley, wholive in Thornhill-street, Stretford New-road, Manchester, near my parents. lam a John Johnsen and William Johnson were indicted for single woman, wollan, and work as a silk-winder. Sonic ten years ago bezz,ing the funds of the St. Helen's Savings Bank. Several there was a chapel in Cable-street, Manchester. There I first Gentlemen on the jury belonging to St. Helen's, and connected became acquainted with Dr. Nolan. lie preached there a short lime, and then wen t to D ude -street chapel. I was a member with the bank, we re o bj ecte d to on the part of the prosecutors, of that chapel. I k new a person named Ann Buckley, who was and their plates were supp li ed II others. The prisone rs evi a scholar there. Ab out 1841 Ann Buckley made a statemenf, dently felt the extr eme ly aw k ward position in which they were which 1 mentioned t o a s i ster-in-law of one of the deacons. He placed, and indicati ons o f em b arrassment were occasionally afterwards came to our h ouse, and asked me to go to Ann. I very apparent. rifr. Sergeant Wilki ns, Mr. Hall, and Mr. did go, and bro ug ht h er to the vestry. When I got there, the Aspinall appeared _ i for ‘ the. pr. ? !iecution. The pri soner J o h n Doctor was standing at the top of th e sta i r ,... n,n,u— ~, ~,.. Joh ngn. ...•<,. A., c — -., - ....._-- *. - o tx""W" was "mimed by Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Pollock ; ......,sse miming to tne the prisoner William Johnson by Mr. Knowles, (the attorney vestry. He placed me in tfi - e - ch - a ' p — el. and took Ann into the general for the county palatine,) Mr. James, and Mr. Pashley. vestry, where she staved about ten or fifteen minutes. They The counsel for the prosecution announced that the prisoners then came out, and Dr. Nolan gave me 2s. 6d. I refused to wished to withdraw their plea of not guilty and to plead guilty take it, and he put it into my glove. He gave it to me for loss to the first and last counts of the indictment, which charged of time in fetching Ann. A man named Douglas was then the them with conspiracy, which comes under the head of a mis chapel-keeper. About two months after, Douglas brought to demeanor. Both prison , rs had expressed the utmost contri our house a letter and .e 2. That was a letter from the Doctor tion, and offere.l to make over the whole of their property, to me. My father burnt it when we lived in the country. which would more than cover the whole of the defalcations. Some time after there was a tea-party in tit. school-vestry The prisoners were found not guilty of the other counts in the under the chapel, and I thought he had taken offence at indictment. His Lordship, after saying that he did not think my not having named it. He beckoned a young female the prosecution would have ..,,,,wis,4 :—..... • - friend as he was going away, and I thought it was me. I went into the salon'. ,-,,,, „, ~.. - . . . , ........-....,,,.....,a,e .oceeeuea in sustaining the charge of enThezzlement, Wrected she prisoners to be removed, and ... .....sa tn., uui or tne school-vestry, and asked hint how I said lie would pass sentence on Monday. we were to pay the .t 2 back again. He said that I must never mind ; for if I was in want of .410 he would give it me. He took hold of my hand, and said I was a faithful little friend of his. lam now thirty-live. He said I had a nice soft hand. I All criminal business being concluded, Beron Alderson pro ceeded to take civil causes. TURTON V. THE LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAIL wAy.-This was an action to recover damages for injuries done have been at his house at his request. Sometimes he invited the girls of the chapel and school, two and two—sometimes alone. His wife was sometimes at home when I went, and sometimes she was not. I recollect once going in; o the vestry; lie asked me ; he said he wanted to speak to me. This was on the night of the tea party before mentioned. I went in. There was no light. He took hold of my hand, and called Douglas to goods carried by the defendants, and it was pleaded that they were not liable, the articles being brittle; but a verdict was taken for the plaintiff by consent, some points being re. served. NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. Woon.---In this case an important question at law was raised, as to whether a passage through the Insolvent Court would free the insolvent for a light, but no one came. He got hold of my hand, pulled me into the vestry, and th en took both of my hands, and put from liability in re s pe c t t o ra il way calls.--Mr. Marti n sa id the them round him. I was th en standing before him. He took Act of Parliam en t ca ll e d t h e C ompany Clauses Consolidation other indecent liberties. Thi s was six or seven years ago. Act pointed out that th e r i g ht persons were to be sued for calls. This conduct was repeated every time I went into the vestry nit!' hiin. On one oc eas io n h e sa id he was not the only man The action was brought to recover four calls on five shares; and the defendant pleaded that, as he h a d passed through the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. a- who had been tempted ; I must recollect David. He also re spoke of the way in which Christ, when the woman was taken le in adultery, commended her. He ultimately succeeded in i- having connection with me—on one occasion only. That was it one Thursday night, in the vestry, about six years ago. He i- said I need not fear having a child, for he could preVent all r harm. I afterwards became ill with a severe cold, and unea :- siness of mind. He afterwards continued to take llberlies r, with me at different times, but he said it was only for fun. • When first I became ill I went to Dr. Radford ; then Dr. Nolan y came, and asked if he should send Dr. Potter. He did send - him. It is four years next May since I left Ducie chapel, and I ceased to be a member of the chapel in the following Sep I tember (1846.) Since then I have been unwell. I Cross-examined by Sergeant Wilkins.--When I left the r room, supposing that Dr. Nolan beckoned me, I left the other . teachers in the room. I don't think I was absent above five minutes. I returned to the room after the indecent liberties • had taken place. There were male and female teachers there; but Douglas had to prepare for the meeting, and we did not stay long. I lived with my mother when Dr. Nolan took liber ties with me. His connexion with me took place about two or th-ee months after that, in the vestry, after the service on Thursday evening. I had been joining in the service—singing and praying, and listening to the sermon. It is a common thing for members of the church to go into the vestry, after service, to speak to the minister. The event took place as soon as the chapel was shut up. The intercourse was against my consent. I resisted with all my might. I did not call for Douglas, because he said he would not harm me. I should think I was with the doctor in the vestry for half an hour, and all that time I knew that Douglas was up stairs. Dr. Nolan led me out of the vest.iy. The street door was not locked; it. was shut. I went home; my father, mother, and sisters were there. On the following Sunday I did not go to chapel. On the following Thursday I did. I first made this affair known about a fortnight before last Christmas. Re-examined. —After describing certain indecent conduct on the part of the plaintiff, Which, she said, was repeated on per haps a dozen occasions, she was asked why, after such an ex hibition, she went there again ? Her reply was—l was afraid to deny him, for he said h e cou ld d e S troy my character. I was afraid to tell my mother. 1 I than isoner, I when it for liable to be had izances of .i' Joseph Bottomley examined.—l am at present a shkeeer in Manchester. I was chapel keeper at Ducie Chapel. op I went there six years ago, and left on the Bth of January last. Dr. Nolan was the minister all the time that I was there. I knew Miss Gilchrist, now Mrs. PostletLwaite. On one occasion, about six months after I went, Miss Gilchrist came to my rooms. Dr. Nolan was with her. My wife, mother, and father, me. Dr. Nolan asked to have the rooms for a rew minutes, as the vestry was eng into the bed-room, and left the doc the sitting-room, alone. They re' minutes or half an hour served somethi , after service r; c, 'beret - ore, went Miss Gilchrist in there about twenty Lv,e,ve months since, I ob mig particular. It was one Sunday morning, c. As I went down the steps leading into the school from the chapel, the doors at the bottom were bolted, so that I could not get into the school. The door was bolted on the school tide. I went back through the chapel into the vestry, and down through the back stairs to the school. That door was locked on the inside, and I then knew that there was some one in the school. There are four doors into the school. I then climbed over the wall, and looked in at the window in the lobby of the girls' school. I there saw Dr. Nolan and Miss Gilchrist. 'The witness deposed to an act of adultery having been ob- CROWN COURT.-- __ - Jonathan Taylor, 2G, Edward M'Knight. ~ _ 10, as Whittle, 25, convicted on Wednesday of feloniously ent,..... i was the hou se o f M r. J o h n Marsh, at Rivington, and stealing there-_ ' lodes from a large quantity of money and other articles of value, served by him. Cross -examined.—On returning into the sitting-room, after on of were sentenced to twenty years' transportation. One of the the doctor and Miss Gilchrist had requested to be left alone, I iintiff prisoners (Whittle) made a very penitent appeal to the judge, and my wife saw what excited our suspicion. After all this I . and imploring mercy. joined the church as a member, and received the sacrament as 1 Son James Houghton, 46, could read and write imperfectly, and administered by Dr. Nolan. I was present at the marriage of r was George Cunliffe, 30, could read, were acquitted of having, at Miss Gilchrist. She was married by Dr. Nolan. firm Haydock, been engaged in the burglarious entry of the house By Mr. MARTIN.—A fter the doctor and Miss Gilchrist were 'dery of Richard Kenyon. at the chapel-house in the summer of 1848, was of opinion that des John Hart, 21, could neither read nor write, was sentenced improprieties had taken place. Knew that the doctor had •-, nment, for having, in company with committed adultery, but thought him only a weak man. -lted Peter Heret3r, and stolen from (Laughter.) Witness admitted writing a letter, (which was *--, ,--,4l.7arrhief. a pair handed to her for examination,) in which, writing to Dr. Nolan , she expressed a hope that he would, ere old twice purified in the fire, and with a Spirit resting on him." At that time, to r a different man, he having expressed 4 akeh place. `ke defendant, and the court adjourned at I p. that to six months' i m that others, at Manche s t ei • was sea. uiter nls resignation n the 18th long, "return as g hn Butter- d p u b l e portion of If 's"'".' I county, on the 4th of Feln o pay ; and inflicted such injury as resulted in tv that ______ ••• ry last, thrown a - stone at I but recommended hinifoMe;: Sir COCRT.—FRIDAY. Patrick Hanlon, 19, could re a d an d wr i te well; John May, In consequen ß ce:of it OWN bei C ng Good Friday, the Court did not 18, could read and suite imperfectly; a n d J ames .Tackson,l9, open until hal-past one o'clock. the could read, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment, for Luke Speakman Ashworth, who pleaded guilty to an indict having, in this tow n , i n D ecem b er last, fe-onionsly stolen a ment charging him with forging, at Bolton, an order for .:e5O, 4.8 s drawer, containing copper money to the value of .413, from the with intent to defraud Thomas Cullen and others, was sea l°, publi c • h ouse o f M r. George Lumley, Great Crosshall-street tenced to ten yea rs ' t ransportation. by and afterward s h av i ng b urglariousiv broken (mi. ~v 44_ :a vc • - of ho vii vi tine said Joseph Pickicorth, who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment,--one month t Liverpool, felo- solitary. the payment of ~.., u niously uttered a forged shipping note to. , os. £2 10s., with intent to defraud Richard Williams, was sen ettmt, tenced to be imp r i sone d f or e i ghteen months, with hard labour thomas If amblel, John Miller, and Charles Calland were indicted for having, at Warrington, on the 24th of February, assaulted John Ward, and robbed him of the sum of 155., his watch, and several other articles. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the prisoners were sentenced to one year's im- HE REV, DR. NOLAN prisonment with hard labo ur . , THE LATE FATAL CASUALTY, AT MAGHULL. Michael Mason, 20, and James Morris, 23, the guard and - nine-driver of the luggage train which caused the great loss '--,1 SOllle inohtlis ago, were indicted for having , NISI PRIUS COURT. — TIIURaDAy 'RAORDINARY CH E AGAI INDEPENDENT PA which it e i . te4 was_ shown i ell 1, LL. 13., or Manchester, was reliresented by Mr. ta 51artin, fy ;erjeant Wilkins, and Mr. Aspland ; and the defendant, klex. Pettigrew, was represented by Mr. Knowles and Iverend. motive ei Mr. 111( 1g against him a certain loco tcashire Railway. .... ....... vi , CI CLILI. •- ,aoc, in - -- •-s tne publi c are a l rea d y acquainted. After explaining that winch the ...a a . passenger carriages, in one of which were sitting deceased and Mr. MARTIN, in opening the case, said that it was one which other persons, had been " shunted" off the proper line for •• would require the most serious attention of the jury ; for, goins• to Liverpool, in order to have attached to the train an although it was in the form of an action of slander, it was in additional carriage, there was suddenly raised a cry that a i! s , reality to try an indictment, he might say, against the plaintiff, train was coming from Ormsktrk, which caused such appre in which it was alleged that he seduced two young women, and hension to the passengers in the carriages on the other line as 'LL administered drugs to one of them, for the purpose of pro- to induce them to quit the carriages and cross the rails, and, ,le curing abortion—these two young women being at the time whilst doing so, the deceased was knocked down and killed by , g members of the church of which the plaintiff was minister. the luggage train, over which the prisoners had charge. The '''' The circumstances were these :—ln 1838, th e plaintiff, the Rev. train coming up was going at such speed as to have gained Dr. Nolan, came t , Manchester, and was appointed minister of fifty minutes in the distance from Blackburn. Mr. Monk I- the Independent congregation assembling at Ducie Chapel. having concluded his statement. ' v . In 1840, this chapel having been built, the property therein was Mr. Sergeant WILKINS submitted whether or not there was ''. vested in certain trustees, these man being generally those of any case against the prisoners, as what had induced the pas ',.," the greatest weight in the congregation. In this case it hap- sens•ers to leave the train was the cry raised by the bystanders, pered that there were in the congregation other equally re- and a net by any act of the prisoners. As, for instance, in the 1 spectable men, and most unfortunately for all parties, on the case of persons assembled in a public-house, and a cry should e opening of the new chapel, there arose a difference of opinion be raised of fire, which might exist in an upper room, hut B with respect to the apppintment of officers of the church, and which, had the persons below remained quiescent, would have ! I also with respect to the doctrines which Dr. Nolan preached been safe, and these persons'rushed to the door, and persons there. In 1840, the new chapel being built, Dr. Nolan began were trodden down and killed, surely the landlord would not to preach therein. In 1842, he married Miss Burd, daughter lie held responsible, or made liable to manslaughter. • of the late Alderman Burd, of Manchester, a man of high re- His LORDSHip, said, the act of going at great speed was not spectability, end with that lady he had continued to live to the in itself an incorrect or illegal one. As, for instance, a person present hour in the utmost harmony. In 1848, Alderman Burd on Salisbury Plain might ride a horse at great speed, and if a ' died, and soon after the eldest son of that gentleman. During person jumped from un d er a b ush and was killed, the rider • this time the feud in th e c h ape l continued. Various rumours could not be held to be guilty of manslaughter, although he ' of improprieties wereinvestigated and disproved, and the thing would have been indictably culpable for riding at the same ' died away. In 1849, Mrs.. Bard having lost her husband and speed in the streets of Liverpool. His Lordship thought there eldest son, became anxious to leave Manchester and reside in was not much in the points raised, but wished a witness to be the south of England. She desired the company of 1)r. Nolan I called. and his wife, for which p erpose she wished him to resign his One of the witnesses stated that the required signals had not office in the church. Accordingly, in May, 1849, Dr. Nolan been complied with bythe station master, who was drunk at the resigned, and on that occasion a testimonial of respect, and . in i ti me. acknowledgment of his valuable services. was nrpßoro..l ~ 11,. ~.....- - into custody ,ORDSHIP 6. .....•••.• ill, , aaV IT ilb WO U O i lbtrill to rocee •" upon. The statlon master appeared to be the person to blamed August, num"' which month a great majority of the congre- and, moreover, he entertained grave doubts whether persons gation apnlied to Dr. Nolan to recal his determination to resign. Mrs. Burd, h av i ng a l tered her views, was then willing who ran across the ra il s i n t h e way the passengers had donewere entitled to protecti on . to remain in M anc h ester. Dr. Nolan consulted his friends, and decided, if re-elected, to accent the ministerial office which The prisoners were discharged. he bad resigned. The result o f i bi s was that a violent o Philip Oales w as sen t enced to two years' imprisonment for pposi- wounding his wife with i n t en t t o d o h er some grievous bodily tion was set up to his re-el ec ti on , an d that led to the. present harm. the re-appointment of D r . N o l an , an d he mum ... inquiry. An immense ma j or i ty o f the congregation voted for i , / ,..... s- • • - ~n ..-- - -i ~ a ntes P 271110 1,1,19 ..,,+,.. a Insolvent Court, he was no longer liable. The question arose whether that passage would relieve him of his liability for fu ture calls.—A clerk was called to prove the making of the calls ; and it turned out that of the four calls three were made before the defendant was insolvent, and, as they were not included in the schedule, a verdict for them was taken ; and, with regard to the fourth, as it was only a question of .4'5, it was n o t consi dered worth while receiving rt. NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. WHITEHEAD.— This was an undefended action to recover £3lO, for railway calls. A verdict was given for the amount claimed, with .t 5 damages. CROWN COURT—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) The court sat yesterday morning at nine o'clock pre cisely. At the sitting of the court, Mr. ATTORNEY.GENERAL KNOWLES came from the other court and said—Will your Lordship allow me to make an observation relative to the case of the Johnsons. There is one fact which does not appear on the deposi tions, and it is material that your Lordships should be put in possession of it. As regards the younger prisoner, William Johnston, he went, as your lordship is aware, into the service of his brother at the age of 16 years, and remained so till 1843, when his brother resigned nagetnent to him. The defalcations occurred be& time. Your Lordship will find on inquiry that unques tionably in William's time irregularities had taken place, but that the defalcations in substance occurred tie ma- Ire that alter wan: The prisoners, John and ohnson, who, on Saturday, pleaded guilty to an indictment for defrauding the St. Helen's Savings' Bank, were than placed at the bar, when His LORDSHIP addressed them as follows :—John Johnson and William Johnson, you have pleaded guilty to two charges contained in one of the indictments charging you with a misdemeanour. It is my duty, and I regret it much, to pass the sentence of the court upon you. It is distressing to see two persons, who have here tofore borne excellent characters, and who moved in a high sphere of society, brought into a position to receive the sentence of the court; but, however, it is necessary for the ends of public justice that it should be so. I can not help regretting—and I witness it with sorrow —that many, very many, instances of the same species of fraud have recently occurred in this country. This arises, doubtlessly, from the desire which men manifest to acquire wealth too quickly; and which has been the Prevalent vice in this country for a length of time. This inordinate desire to acquire wealth verifies what the Scripture says—" He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent." I am afraid that you have been in this situation ; and it often turns out that transactions-- frauds of this kind—end in results the reverse, almost invariably, perhaps, of what you expect. When once you enter on a career of this kind, what you have done in the beginning you are obliged to do in the end, in order to cover your own delinquency and imprudence in specu lation. And this is the way in which numbers fall ; and I am fearful also that numbers rise who are not found out. And, perhaps, if you had not been found out you would have gone to your graves in the enjoyment of the highest possible good character. You have, however, been de tected, and it is as well, perhaps, for your everlasting sal vation that it should have been so, that you may repent, and obtain a better reward than wealth. You, John Johnson, are the elder, and began the imnrnn.;ot., . ...... ..Ipz upriety ; out 1 atter—the 23d March. He said when he paid -- you have already , been imprisoned for a long space of me he would give me the papers next day, so time, and that must be taken in mitigation. And you, that I might clear out. Witness remarked that be would William Johnson,:acting, no doubt, under that natural get the vessel into the river if he would get papers. influence whi c h i s exerc i se d b y an elder brother over'a When T got the money I gave an order to the the captain to younger to induce him to participate in his guilt ; but, receive the passengers on board. I got the papers from taking into consideration the circumstance I have named, Beckett on the 22nd. Witness passed the ship at the I will place you Loth in the same position in respect to Custom. house same afternoon. There were about 1501 punishment. The sentence of the court, then, is, that passengers then on board. According to our law, a half you be each imprisoned for six calendar months in Lan- passenger was any one under fourteen years of age. On caster Castle, and I will order that you be placed there as the morning of the 23 r d I t o ld B eckett and Saul I would first class mi s d emeanants. wait another day to enable them to get all the passengers Mr. Sergeant WILKINs.—My lord, I made a statement on board. Upwards of £4O demurrage (at £8 a day) was on Saturday, which I find is not quite clear, and which, then due. The money was paid through an attorney. if allowed to go forth unqualified, might mislead the de- Several days before the vessel proceeded to sea Beckett positors. I then said that there would be more than said Saul could not get up his number of s, and sufficient to cover th e d efalcations. I am since told that that they were beating up for them. When I ngers claimed this does not appear to be quite clear; but the directors the demurrage Be c k e tt sa id it was hard upon him, as he hope it may b e so . had his complement of passengers ready. The vessel Baron A LDERSON .—I h ope so too; but, however, they was ready for sea some days before the Bth of March. (the prisoners) have given up all they could to the di- On account of a fog the vessel was detained in dock rectors. a day and a night. The prisoners were th en removed, and the court pro. that time That was on the 22nd. Durin there was nothing to prevent Saul from bringing seeded with the cause list. A TALE OF A TUB ." up his passen gers . O n th e 23 r d , when the vessel left the _ . _ " dock, witness seen Be c k e tt' s c l er k (Piing., \ 4,_ _ The chief witness was Bingham. the nolice-officer, who verified the faith of the redoubtable Mickey Free, when he declared, " Blessed are the ignorant for they know nothing." He, it appeared, although the chief witness, knew nothing whatever of what had transpired, except that "he always took care to collar his prisoners." For the defense it was alleged that as a trespass had been committed, the, defendant was justified in giving the ASSIZE MISCELLANY, At the Oxford assizes, John Horne, a returned convict, was acquitted in consequence of the omission in the in dictment of the word " feloniously." At the Stafford assizes, in an action Wilbraham v. Sneyd, it was arranged that the public should have free access to the tower at the top of Mow Cop, one of the highest of the range of hills dividing Cheshire and Staffordshire. • John Carrington, who murdered his father and mother, about a fortnight since, at Little Eversden, in Cambridge shire, - by dashing their brains out with a spade, and who had been long known as a mischievous idiot, has been acquitted on the ground of insanity. CAUTION. TO FALSE WITNESSES.—At Leicester as sizes three parties were convicted of wilful perjury ; one in an alibi on a game case, and the other two in an abomi nable defence to a bastardy case. Two of the villains were sentenced to 7 years' transportation, and one to a year's imprisonment. SENTENCE OF DEATH ON A BURGLAR.—Richard Roberts, charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Macadam, post-master, in Douglas, has been, according to the Manx law, sentenced to be executed on the 10th of May next. He was recommended to mercy by the jury, and there is little doubt his sentence will be commuted to transportation for life. MR. JUSTICE TALFOURD.—The Times of Thursday contains a column and a-half of severe animadversion on the charge delivered by Mr. Justice Talfourd to the jury, in a trial for murder at Exeter, on Friday last, for indul gence in " that maudlin sympathy to criminals, which is one of the most unpromising features of our time." A verdict of not guilty was returned. At York assizes, on Monday, George Savage was in dicted for having, at Cottingham, on the 4th of February, attempted to drown his wife and infant daughter by pushing them int o a d eep pool of watar called Spring head. As it was thought that the woman might have ac cidentally fallen in, although the prisoner ran away after the occurrence instead of assisting, he was acquitted, At Bodmin Assizes, on Monday, sever a l Q ua k ers ap peared i* cou r t with heir hats on. Justice Erle said if they did not take off their hats they must leave the court. One of them said they kept on their hats from a religious scruple not to pay respect to man. Justice Erle said they must leave the court, or he would order them to be re moved. All the Quakers left the court. " THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY GOES." —On Monday, in the course of a trial at the Yorkshire assizes, it became a question as to what was a proper charge to be made by a railway engineer for his " professional" ser vi ces, and an eminent engineer in that county was asked how much he charged per day as consulting engineer. The reply was, " That varies from 10 guineas to 100 ac cording to cir cumstances. " (Laughter.) , George Kipps, a married man, fifty years old, who has a large family, was cons icted at Maidstone, on Monday last, of having unlawfully taken a girl under sixteen years old from her parents without their consent. The prisoner debauched the girl's mind, seduced her, and absconded with her. They were pursued, and the girl was taken from him after she had remained with him several nights. Sentence was deferred. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. —On Monday last, at Hereford, before Justice Patteson, Miss Adams, daughter of a clergyman of the parish of Much Cowarne, appeared as plaintiff against Mr. Yeend, a farmer,of Over bury. The defendant, it appeared, had courted her about twelve months, and had asked her parents consent to marry her. He suddenly deserted her without assigning any reason, and left all :ler letters unanswered. He now simply pleaded that he did not promise. -The promise was abundantly proved, and the jury found for the plain tiff, damages £5O. His LoausHlP having summed up the jury gave a ver dict for the plaintiff, damages, £6 and costs. SOUTHWORTH V. WOODCOCK AND OTHERS.—This was an action to recover a balance of £228 for money had and received. The case presented no feature of interest.— Left to a reference with power to examine both plaintiff and defendant. DEB UPON ARCHER a. BAINET S.—This was CONTRACT. an action for the re covery of £35 4s. 4d., being the price of thirty-five bar rels of flour, sold and delivered to the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hill and Mr. Milward for the de fendant. From the facts of the case, it appeared that the defend ant purchased thirty-three barrels of a lot of seventy-one barrels of Ohio flour, which, when delivered, he declared were not according to sample.—Nonsuit, with liberty to move to enter a verdict for the amount. DEBT. FLEETWOOD v. FoyLns.—This was an action to recover £32, being the balance of an account. The case was un defended.—Verdict for the plaintiff. MAGUIRE V. HIND.—In this case a verdict was re turned for the defendant, and there not being any other cases ready, the court adjourned at two o ' clock until nine this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY (Before Baron RoLF ) SMITHH RAS] iv. THE NORTHWI STERN RAILWAY COM PANY.—This was an action to recover damages from the defendants for the alleged negligent and wrong deliver y of certain bales of cotton waste, which had been sent by plaintiff to Birmingham by the North-western Railway last year. The case came bofore a special jury. Mr. MARTIN appeared for the plaintiff, and the ATTORNEY -GENERAL, Mr. KNOWLES, and Mr. CROMPTON, for the defendants. The declaration stated that plaintiff sent the goods to be kept by them, and that through their negligence they were lost. The plaintiff, Samuel Smithhurst, was a rope maker and cotton-waste dealer in Manchester, and the action was brought to recover £33 4s. 6d., the value of 23 bags of cotton waste, lost through careless delivery. On the 3rd July, 1849, the plaintiff being informed by a person named Withers, that a person named Walton, a cotton-waste dealer in Birmingham, would purchase the cotton, sent it to his address in that town. Shortly after the plaintiff received fiom the railway company a receipt, with the following notice appended, namely— " The consignee has refused to receive the goods, stating that he had not ordered them. Please to state how we shall dispose of them." Plaintiff went to the railway company's office and requested them to keep the goods for a time at Birmingham, and charge rent for them. In November plaintiff wishing to dispose of them, went to the station to enquire what had become of them. He received a note from one of the company's clerks to the effect that the consignee had taken a few bags away, and that the others had been delivered at the White Horse public-house, Bradford .street, Birmingham, and this was signed by Jarnes:Willoughby. Smithhurst from this con jectured that Withers had got the cotton, and wrote to him for the cash. He received an answer from Withers expressing his astonishment of the request made for pay ment, saying he had not received the goods at all. En quiry was made, and it appeared that a man:named Wil loughby, a hemp dresser, only occasionally employed by Mr. Withers, had, without any authority from the latter, gone to the railway station, and representing himself as foreman to Withers, obtained, in November last, three of the bales of waste, for which he signed a receipt book. Willoughby afterwards goe eight more of the bales, for which he paid the railway charges, and took them away. Some of them were carried to the White Horse public house, and they were afterwards sold, in separate parcels, to Withers, at 10s. a cwt. below the price charged him in the letter and invoice sent to him by the plaintiff. It appeared that a person named Walton, a rope maker of Manchester, and a friend of the plaintiff, had represented 'that he had sold the bales to Withers, who refused to re ceive them. The gravamen of the case as against ale de fendants was that they had delivered the cotton to Wil loughby, who produced no proper authority to receive it, and that it was thus lost. This view of the case was, after a long investigation, concurred in by his lordship and the jury. The railway company, it appeared, had been misled into the belief that the cotton was taken for Withers, to whom it was addressed, but as they had deli vered it to another party, who did not produce a prop er authority to recei ve it, th e jury, under ids lordship's di rection, found a verdict for the plaintiff to the full amount sought, namely £33 4s. 6d. THE CASTLE CAMPS MURDER. —This case. in which Elias Lucas, aged 24, was accused of having murdered his wife Susan, by poison, and Maria Reeder, aged 20, sister of the wife, was charged with being a participator in the crime, was tried on Monday last, at Cambridge, before Justice Wightman. It appeared that the poor woman, who was recovering from her confinement, was taken ill, after eating what is called " a bread and water mess," in the presence of her husband and sister, both of whom had similar messes, which they ate without any ill effects, and without complaining, as the deceased did, of the bad taste of the food. The husband of the unfortunate woman and her sister, it was pretty clear, carried on an illicit inter course together ; and he had been heard to say, more than once, that he wished his wife dead. The poor woman !uffered dreadful agony after she nad taken the mess above alluded to, but her sufferings excited no commisera tion in her husband and guilty sister, who appear to have acted with great levity. On the following day the young woman died. A large quantity of arsenic was found in the prisoner's house, and it was clearly ascertained that Mrs. Lucas died from the effects of that poison. After a long investigation, the jury found both prisoners guilty, and they were both sentenced to be hanged. The female prisoner has since confessed her guilt fully. SEDUCTION.—At Maidstone, on Tuesday, Mr. Bryant, an innkeeper, of Edenbridge, sued Mr. Leigh, a wealthy farmer, surveyor, and land agent, for compensation for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter. Mr. Leigh is upwards of fifty years old. The young woman is about twenty-four. 'l' he acquaintance commenced in 1847. The defendant frequented the plaintiff's, house, paid marked attention to Miss Bryant, and,, in short, sought her hand. in. marriage. He On. QllO occasion. gava her SALE OF WINE, TO BE OPTIONALLY RETURNED. RUMMENS, V. OFFLEY AND OTHERS.—This was an action instituted by the plaintiff, a zinc merchant, to recover from the defendants, wine merchants of London, the sum of 4:134 15s . being the amount paid by plaintiff for some wines bonE,it by him, on certain optional con ditions, and which (ielt,,dants refused to refund, as they stated they would do if the wines were returned. Mr. Martin was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Atherton for the defendants.—lt appeared from the opening of the case iwiI:HEQUEIt, •-4, - - ..,.....,. k ,, aiien) on tee quay, Licidir - Cro - s - venorannounced that the ~,,, JONES V. CALLAN.—This was an action arising out of and he complained that the captain would not let pas en- to a resolution to allow a drawback of 5°„5 p o p an alleged trespass by the plaintiff, and was for the reco- gers go on board, and that he had put some of them on of bricks now in the maker's yard, af 5 1 survey had been ordered. The amonn_! ° a lso very of compensation for false imprisonment, suffered by shore. He mentioned this to the captain, who said they certained without delay. It had be.er to obi the plaintiff at the hands of the defendant. had not certificates from Beckett or Saul, and it was his duce a clause into the BrickteDuty Bil tv ,t Mr. Sergeant WILKINS and Mr. MURPHY appeared for duty not to receive them, as their names were not in the made previously to the repeal of the de t t' the plaintiff, and Mr. SOWLER for the defendant. clearance list. Witness mentioned this to Cullen, and drawback or of the duty as the case migT o t, It appeared that the plaintiff is a butcher, and some asked him to get a list of the passengers, and he said he Sibthorpe, Lord JOHN RUSSELL statl l ,l: time ago resided in a house belonging to the defendant, had time to do so. Witness afterwards kept the ship office of Chief Commissioner of Itioc!( d bei in Netherfield road. The offence charged was stated to about two hours at the pier-head, until the flood would Lord Seymour had been appointed, wtohuat der m - 0 1, 1 % afotrona iv a At e ly e s t s c E o Lgave e no to tic i e nquire j s s o have been committed on the evening of the 26th Dec., not serve, and the vessel then went to sea. Cullen had previous to which the plaintiff had rem ove d f rom th e tim e t o get the list at the Custom-house. Witness after- offices held by members nicePa ; ' eats house in question, and in doing so be forgot to take a tub wards saw Cullen, who wanted the passengers to be re- of tbe judges of the uied kingq o i i i ; e nr., or water butt with him. On the night of the 26th Dec. ceived on board without the papers. Ten or a dozen per- _ln croesptlyoftoouar gdoipealotimolaiticfroemstailbinrs.ho'cylei he returned to the yard of his former house, to bring sons (passengers) were sent ashore. Witness said he CELLOS of the EXCHEQUER stated v „,, N I away this barrel, when he was seized by the defendant, would wait another tide, or a day or two for them, if doe which he felt were deser “T t li v o and given in charge for a felony. The plaintiff was then murrage. live to the adulteration of coffee ro pio apprehended by a police constable named Bingham, who Cross-examined by Mr. MARTIN. — CuIIen stated sere_ was not his intention to propose this Ye a i4 during the trial was severely reprimanded for his stupidity ral times that he was only a clerk, but he was sure Beckett or to reduce the duty on coffee.-31r. 1 )7, ir.44 by the court. The plaintiff on being brought to the Head and Saul would do what was right, if the passengers were for a select committee to inquire into and trio Police-office was dismissed,- Mr. Clough very properly received on board. There were about 160 passengers on properties of the Duchies of Cornwall J c jo t s view of ascertaining the right of the pun of o il refusing to book the charge against him. The plaintiff board. The vessel could take 200 passengers. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on the Pa r tby complained that he had been dragged along the street, It being now five o'clock, and lengthy evidence be being intimated that he could not consent Tee and submitted to the annoyance of a temporary imprison- yet to be heard, his Lordship, on the suggestion of Mr. posed to inquire into what really was pr! th - / meet. Martin, adjourned the further investigation of the case that of the Duchy of Cornwall; and until nine o'clock this morning. that no grounds had been laid to juslifY ' O l committee.—Mr. llouvEam supported ~ ~ IREACTIONARY FEELING Moses cannotc,tahthnwelikettesitprioaeerni community bedoubted o f th itsli town w m n a h n n yZ l ib le d 0 , ,A bawo t un h fatd e stprh a drao c edi s t wse i pe v eil i va t tey y arpen w drdr i osa i tpw c nte h eeyrnit f ytml o ilyl r tun a gsmt p ihg e auh r et i : o nc d booen p ws e aii r set y tat a eg: u tel e t er t ) b le: s o r i 0 : i' ,, ~ ti h r ' went on swimming! ortbeatflse o fhohmiolomri f esrewtapiai p etenvttil rhhroe o idt eoksieay l t ngfr i snemat t hfpee i cgtuetixtot u.litni eno l ns ptiob;rinifiaeanci increasing i edaa p vps l wi e ili nte . Wigi w a rin,eai e fi F neni t u r dai l h e ee l s o e e ntsaa u heu,hgr t e g er ead r n h s a ido t ,bt d fuor it e s , la! fig w a.e d ,. , :i l e_ p t.oo.. s_g aiipop : r do} 0 :roro j i ~gir e t, sel ; 11, r5,,:0,:il i an appearance, p t p h e i a n r g a s n m ce ust th h a a ; e :l o B :, he finds that, for a fe te Y , n s dW rge a w . se i t he h aacvh i e r r bo e en s e i en s t ib i e b edg l e ti no s f i n o t r ao c k e 7 t : ° 17 1 :0 1: 0 P 0:01 1 ) g e n c e n toaeisbrtbro o ' rpeDuworbhl c poni oiEh e igetsc n aeiesl koirfothezteru, position,e ; have been turned off in a most m ercile s o tlie t t or any provision being made for them; i n ," lowance of two or three days has been •-••',.. l ite m s el ,e a e v ed y tsi c : a ga s ns e falling iinn mE inmate :ee Essex. )3 1 ' i m e ti .1 1 6,r t es b gi s ii : tio: i I st A warehouseman was killed yesteto°' , On Tuesday last a cuckoo was seep j° of Bangor. 0 „ 1/ 1 ; don, strangled herself on Sunday with , The Herald of yesterday contains ti e Two very destructive incendiary Or 0 Burnham, Bucks, on Tuesday. ga ll •ed' s l 't the Brazilian much a.ricultural produce were destrleeic, to o ) r b etetohe u nwhmse r rta y oisfEnn: P fiimih e nm: t ipes t deds y tir oohe S u2edriot rhossos.:ni house, ottßatnnnnrhsaoadezthet,:i i!t, t ::::.o:,fidifgsjjhe: i r oe 1 li erireoi 61i At t: :, ti . se few hours' illness. ot' .0 e On Saturday evening, the first locotinerd•ort B, se c ci TA . amid the plaudits of an immense coneveeli . t The Record says that Sir p ß il o w b e e s rt iiii % a sB , ls ro l Lifil wereo n T S h u de n es d st a ter y ao , ray b e e sda c because smfie saw-mills, 8 o r , . nl S T, e ou w t te e es l nd l la c: 1 I:_cocro i j a :e r l t it i o , edpi ! ~ 4.401. 1t1.,. estimated at £2,000. . fact P' ib / 4 R fk 0 4 A London paper says, "Itis a ,41 of 4 Nok ~,,, 4 , stood, that the families at the west e" nts ' 0. r 11 4,t0 f , : ' 5 . i s eommenced a reduction in their servn. ps in ip te ' 4 , lit i nitAt A. Such is the superabundance of tarn' be d , k,,Bio i ltlt,,,tie tits RI shAip, c L o i r n r c e o sp in o s n li d i e re n , t th o a f t t t h h e ey v ar u e n P lciug • e p, il l t''), i q,cb, L 4 .t"t 4ti Prit t s iii. Dundee cooed ~ , iiilt,laDiriOitlie I again as manure. 0 / 1111 54 1 V , ' t'l' ' ll ';'t l ' ) ' ( J'ta Highland soldier, states that there 41,9V0, 'k A; ' 1 1 1 1t I e l• 'W h t ywsne e e f erne e tea r t aiaeo h rhs ite ebn , vv m ft ai dhsfisiLo,noeefg:ktefieos: et andalhl naogvt te whaebl stoppageefi arceelhnicicuaeoi becomesn,fut entirelynirileitc;:ri .. e 0:: seo ; i 0:: c:ej:::„ r, te,,e:;l culty now in obtaining recruits for I ,?;°o4 t ifq 4. t tlita,qo 4 ,, e v.W Vi, on account of the uncomfortable dr,er, o lo,,,',o l ,' i i kOlb,,N There is some talk of reviving' tn' t te, by 2 ,4, ; 0 4 t '',.ti;'\..., ‘ 00 _ public testimonial to Sir Robert Pe e r ; o ge efcc , ,j 9, 4 t ll , jle t 4Prr beginning was made about three Ye ll , j oy , Il i .! l r ti ii ii k ;.,, ,, t l : l ;•N t lesc, ,,. ??J e has taken no tangible shape. ..., 11 ,11 1 ',.,0 ~i , . t a l t iti ;4 1 , ... i !'N ',P.- THE MATRICIDE AT BRIDG,'" OM° 11 , ,I t , 1-1.*„• , e1 ; 7 ; A was tried for the third time, on ti°? ~5 00 ,g f N.; 4 if, t 11 1 2 1 , .I.lnio. 1 1 her mother, at the Shrewsbury ass i°- •1 0 ", ti i tl te I tl '' , ll k, eit `' II a b c. ic , . 44‘ t i is t t , , kis , r h acquitted. rr Hopi n'' oa c `D ,4 11 q • tOu I • 11. The celebrated danseuse ...ag bor ic g i J . c) . 4" 1 1g, Prince Alexander Trubezkoi, have 4 . 10 , a , 01 , hes, i 6,400 livres to the Austrians at Dl' la 1, i b,, fines imposed on the Liberal nobill:_,01,00 „, Nlt, 1' 11, ,,. ° °' PRESENT TO A SCHOOLMISTRESS j og P o itty Aks'o o ol, ( f . B„ IA parochial school in this county, rel l „ r o ry)..,oY , tki Pt 'l lt4:• . 1 itjlo - ebelaednyp,srecsoemntpeadn(josany.s„a clovne te i t e r a P v u errtc h r e . :' ,o4, o l , ~.. , : t ti:4! t i : „......_,1' t ,, e . ..., 10f 1 : :: : . BT SV ph h eAe.e a (int marquis.l a h c a cH t i di m se nal lordship d b ass e t he . be.—Gateshead mountingGb e a f t e e i s t h h e e : g ill O aa r b c i ti : s i i j o i o f d; j ; be o: c . i !,k 1 , \1 1 ,., 4 (1 7 i . j es , o l iti re ( a ) s riri ir fi ne x gc e k d ohn h e i d ms a e g lf oo in d t r h id e e s r a , ddle, the h ° ow er 1 0 10 5 0 Ih'' , k 4P ) (l` ----° b... °- hav i ng no P ir o I t , i ~, . .,.4t6 . , • 111 w as thrown iety 0 Af,• .'.. ',. i vti . ;' • • 1 A N concussion.isA face,cT WORTHYand re receiving i n i, g m : A V T 8 : 0;0 . ...... 5 , i.,Aih i e r o . it,ioo 3 i, ;4,4,. .. ,(:4 :: :i • j: 1 i ,. 4.. .. :. ' iii:. eq :: , :. 11 ! .. t . t 1 (1) 1 1 1 occupier of the gardens at Flass . , 4 a ve a rgor k,• ' ,1 , )1. 0 , e Ni , 1 0 time been confined by sickness, d a r n l o , l u no igh 0 0 , 4, i 'Ar t .h,,:!;l l `4P. B his usual business, his friends apc; : „iogf et iodr i , ' !ti i ,NT4p i ,, last. gave him what is called a ' `"a; s tisul„ r oli A k,ll / 'l an ; I ? conclusion of their labours had the o f bi s ., i .e, i fi f e PA gull h p i n re g Np t ua h rN e es i d r s la i Nn c dk ccrop friend ße that di D. o E, o.the_uAwLthe,.o;rol f :Aaead y s evi a i t ei ti t iti o ,e f ili t t ? tk 1 cpy li i i),A 4 ii i i ! :;), Ql l: o /(2:1 „ .I.:t , o r) ; 300 years, nuns are again atn",'L v, the v ve!i i e v , 0.1, , ,,, ' 1 4, - 42; town of Cambridge !o n Mop , a. icitss ion 4 1 ' 14 ,0 4,l ? \p4t th i i schools of the Roman Catholiti..vv_ nun s e ) 4, 1 1\ 1; 1 0 1 k: k ii` , l‘ 9l- ri t ht T 4 at it „ under the superintendence of °.„.,t 0 1 ie „ , 4 1; lv, '{iii' I._?ew, li, the Infant Jesus, from the con; w ita-uollo' 1 4, .ti ). ,: 4 C';‘ rt •r n it, i , On the Wednesday following, nit,„ l o.lla ' h e ll ' . Po r i? , al 1 111 ) 1 e , a O , Rev. Thomas Quinlivan, after wa" , I?., s _ promaiPu .tc..thc. sal/Q(1 1 a- ..E.tl