The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. We beg respectfully to call the attention of Merchant. Broker. Auctioneers, and others, to the important fact that tke► LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, 'Which can he read on that day by the thousands of Manufacturers and others attending THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. The STANDARD is taken at an the Newsrooms and respectable Inns in that town and the surrounding manufacturing district. _A SECOND EDITION is pnblished at Half-past Two, in time for the North Mails, containing the MARKETS, and any news of importance that may arrive in the course .of the morning. 2GIP Eiberpool stanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11 , 1848 We should despair of Ireland, and be as anxious RS the loudest of her demagogues to separate our selves from any connexion with her, if we could believe that the atrocious sentiments which have recently been uttered by certain squalid individuals in this town, calling themselves Irishmen, were those which well constituted Irish minds could en tertain. We are to be bUrnt in our beds, it would seem, whenever our Government presumes so far to become a government as to repress treason and rebellion. The property of the merchants of Liver pool is to be destroyed, in revenge for any inter ference with the lawless will of the mob which the Mitchells and Meaghers of the sister country choose to muster. The town of Liverpool is the heart at which Irish treason is to strike, in the effort to in timidate or maim Great Britain; and we are thus to be taught how completely we are at all times in the hands and at the mercy of the Celtic popula tion, whom we have permitted to colonise in our back streets, and in our courts and cellars. Such, at least, are the threats which are launched against US by the spouters at their Sunday evening repeal gatherings, who call themselves Irishmen, but whom, we repeat, we cannot believe to be fair spe cimens, or to represent the feelings of the mass of our resident Irish population. For we cannot believe that ingratitude so base, and folly so utter, as are thus displayed, dwell in the hearts of any save the most worthless and idle of that population—the scum which is thrown up to the surface in periods of excitement like the present. When we reflect what has been the con duct of the community, thus threatened, towards Ireland and her children, we cannot think so ill of human nature as to imagine on their part a return so diabolical. In every branch of the commerce and industry of this great port the Irishman has always had fair scope and opportunity to advance Lis condition. Nay, we may even say that he has had more than his fair share. The labour em ployed about our docks and shipping is almost exclusively Irish. The bulk of the head warehouse men of our merchants are Irishmen; and employ ' their own fellow-countrymen in preference to native Lands. Our hospitals, our infirmaries, and dis pensaries are mainly supported for the relief of Irish. We are taxed more than any other com munity in the empire to provide for Irish destitu tion. Putting aside all memory of the fearful drain made upon us during the last two years by the immigration of pauperism from the sister country, which has almost paralysed the energies of our rate-paying population, the ordinary contributions, which Liverpool makes, in money,Fin charitable aid of every description, in remunerative employment, and in the ungrudging confidence displayed towards Irishmen, ought to be amply sufficient to protect her from incendiary language or conduct on their part. The natural anticipation would be, that instead of disturbers, we should find, in the mass of the Irish part of our population, protectors from outrage ; that those whom we have permitted to raise themselves in our town so much above the wretchedness which is to be found in their own country, and for whom and for whose children we have provided privileges, which are there unattain able, would be found the first to put down the efforts of the idle and unprincipled amongst their fellow• countrymen to promote disorder. We acquit, therefore, the mass of the Irish in Liverpool of such a disposition to return ingrati tude for favours shown them, as is imputed to them by the gentlemen to whose ravings we have referred. We cannot believe them to be either so base or so mad as to entertain the thought of being parties to the outrages described. But at the same time we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that our posi tion as a trading community is one of serious dif ficulty and danger ; and.that the safety of life and property in our town is to some extent jeopardised by the spread of disaffection in Ireland. We can not regard with equanimity the possible issue here of a collision between the authorities and the people in that country. We have a mass of pro perty scattered over a large area thoughout the town ; in our docks, on our quays, and in our warehouses, upon which a few desperate characters might inflict incalculable devastation at any mo ment that they might find our authorities unpre pared. Much of that property is exposed in loca lities which are most thickly peopled with the characters to be feared. Much of it is hourly within their reach. It is not an idle boast which was last week conveyed to the fountain head of sedition in Dublin, that " Liverpool could be made to feel how greatly the property of her merchants is in the power of the Irish portion of her population." It is too true, not only of Liverpool, but of our. large manufacturing towns, and of the metropolis itself; and the fact of our position ought to excite the serious and prompt attention of the authorities of the town. We have, perhaps, not acted altogether wisely in placing so large a portion of our property under Irish controul, in the preference which we have iven to cheap Irish labour over the labour of our -ntive population. It is too late, however, npossible at once, to retrace our steps; )ssible and most desirable that we should rigidly scrutinize the characters and conduct of those in whom we have thus placed confidence. With all our trust in the loyalty and honesty of the mass of the Irish employees of our mercantile body it is undeniable that there must exist cases of indi vidual dissaffection ; and when it is declared to us that such do exist, and that in them the hopes of axed,—when we , are publicly warned ess.—it is only common prudence to own n now, and but it ie pc archists ar of our tea resort to precautionary measures in time, It might be as well; also, to watch a little the proceedings of those gentry who call themselves the Repealers of Liverpool, and who weekly do their best to stir up the bad passions of their idle and ignorant auditories. These men choose for their meetings the evenings of the Sabbath, when they judge that their seditious appeals will escape re porting, and the publicity which they would other wise gain. They strive, as we find, to vie in the violence of their appeals with the incendiaries of the Dublin Confederation ; and it seems to be too much forgotten that the law, as to seditious Tan is not precisely the same in the two coun- We would not dignify such men by raising eminence of martyrs. Monster t r i a l s We have, fortu which we are happy to iout . to be extended to Ireland, a more are not n tine rang i law, s mode of meting out their proper punish ment to such offenders. Instead of the otium cum dignitate of a sojourn and levees in Kilmainham gaol, incitements held out to treason, to the use of pikes, rifles, broken bottles, and vitriol, or the firing of shops and bales of cotton, are rewarded on this side the Channel with the treadmill or transporta tion, total lleths. The Rev. Fielding Ould preached two sermons in Cam bridge, on Sunday last, in behalf of the Sunday School Society for Ireland. _ The Bishop (elect) of Chester has been pleased to ap point Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., of Abbey-square, Cheater, to be secretary for the diocese of Chester. We .understand Mr. Parry is brother to the respected incum bent of St. Clement's Church, Windsor. kwFEL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.--A man, named as taken to bridewell on Thursday night, in a stair A surge - on was hstanding hstanding the precautions taken, the 1 during the night. DXication WEST DERBY UNION.—At the usual weekly meeting, on Wednesday, the return for the election of Mr. Smith as a guardian was declared to be informal, and he was re quested to retire, as not being a member of the board. Mr. Smith refused to retire, and it was found necessary to call in a policeman to remove him from the room. NEW PATENTS.—WiIIiam Beckett Johnson, of Liver pool, engineer, for certain improvements which are appli cable to locomotive, stationary, and marine steam-engine!. —John M'Conochie. of Liverpool, engineer, and Louis James Claude, of Bootle, civil engineer, for certain im provements in locomotive engines. The Panic, an iron ship, of 400 tons measurement, built by Messrs. Cato and Miller, for Thomas Ripley, Esq., was launched on Thursday at noon. The vessel, which was named by the lady of Mr. Ripley, has a characteristic figure head, emblematical of Sir Robert Peel and his Bank Act of 1814. At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Saturday, John Dobbin was indicted for forging a will of William , Musgrove Bowen. We so recently gave the particulars o the case that it is not necessary to repeat them now. The, prisoner was a clerk at the Edge-hill station. A number of respectable persons gave him a high character for ho nour and integrity, and he was acquitted. A meeting of the Repealers of this town was held on the morning of Thursday last, at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, for the purpose of adopting a petition to the imperial legislature, urging the necessity of an imme diate repeal of the act of legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland. Upwards of two thousand persons were present. _ A meeting of the Irish Confederation was held on Wednesday. It was more numerously attended and more enthusiastic than any preceding one, and the various allu sions made to the necessity for an immediate resort to arms, and the destruction of Saxon power in this island, elicited vociferous cheers. The several repeal clubs marched in procession a la mililaire, three abreast, to the meeting, and mustered strongly on the occasion. PRESENTATION TO HARMOOD BANNER, ESQ.—There is now on view at Mr. Mayer's, silversmith, Lord-street, a very beautiful and richly ornamented silver service of plate, on which is engraved the following inscription : " Presented to Ilarmood Banner, Esq., chairman of the Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks, by a unanimous vote of the proprietors, at their last annual meeting, in acknowledgment of his services for a period of more than thirty years, and of his recent efforts to protect the inter ests of the company. Liverpool, January 26, 1848." A PERSON FOUND DROWNED.—On Saturday, an in quest was held before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of a man unknown, found on Friday afternoon floating in the Mersey near Tranmere. The body had been long in the water, and was much dis figured. A silver watch and silver guard were found upon him ; the maker of the watch, as engraved within it, " Joseph Griffiths, Liverpool," and the number 6119. Two keys were attached. He had on half-boots, blue pilot-cloth trousers and a flannel singlet. His height was about five feet nine inches. The jury, as a matter of course, returned a verdict of found drowned, RECOVERY OF STOLEN PLATE.—OUr readers will re member that, at the late assizes, a boy named Markey was convicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing a quantity of plate from the house of Mr. Imrie, of Bootle. He had been arrested in attempting to pledge one of the articles at the shop of Mr. Cohan, in South- Castle-street. At the time, and on his trial, he obstinately refused to tell how the remainder of the plate had been disposed of. Last week, however, smitten with penitence, he sent for Mr. Imrie to the prison, and stated that the remainder of the plate would be found concealed in a brick field at Bootle. On a search at the place indicated, the remainder of the stolen articles were accordingly found. THE NEW CHURCH AT AINTREE.—We beg to enlist the liberal sympathy of our readers with a view of supply ing funds for the conversion of the cock-pit, nearAintree, into a place of worship in co ,nc ten with the established church. Surely, the promoters of such an object as this will not be left without the necassary funds, even in times when distress is so severe and widespread. The building has been already suitably fitted up, and is one of the neatest erections of the kind in this neighbourhood. If proper means are supplied by the friends of religion and morality, it is intended to erect at the west end a suitable tower, and to add a chancel to the east end, both of which will be great improvements to the building, and are indeed almost indispensable to give a proper ecclesiastical cha racter to the structure. A list of donors to the excellent object appears elsewhere; and we hope that, before long, numerous additions will be made to it. BIRKENHEAD CHURCH.—On Sunday, the 2nd instant, the Rev. Andrew Knox, the highly respected incumbent of St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, preached his twentieth anniversary sermon beforea crowded andattentive audience. Mr. Knox's appointment, as incumbent of St. Mary's, took place in 1828, and his first sermon was preached within its walls on the 29th of March that year. There was then but one church in the township ; but soon after Mr. Knox's appointment the church was enlarged ; and this additional accommodation not proving adequate to the wants of an increasing congregation, a further enlargement was made in a few years afterwards. This tried and valu able servant of the cross has effected, during his long career of usefulness in the ministry, the greatest good, both as a Christian minister, and as a benevolent man--ever sym pathizing and consoling the sick and the distressed. His valuable services were warmly appreciated by the late Bishop of Chester, who never failed to bear testimony to the benefits which the parish has so long derived from those services. A GRATIFYING EXAMPLE.—We have heard sufficient lately from various quarters of sympathy with the Revo lutionary party in France, but we hear little of any sympa thy towards the unfortunate English and Irish work people, who have been driven penniless from their employ-' ments in that country, at the dictation of the mob. An example, however, is about to be set to liberalism, which we trust will be followed ; and it is the more gratifying, inasmuch as it comes from Foreigners, and may be re garded as a tribute of acknowledgment for the hospitality and encouragement which they have themselves received at the hands of the British public. We refer to an an nouncement that M. Jullien, the lessee, and M. Dejean, the proprietor of the equestrian troupe recently in this town, are about to give a performance, at Drury Lane Theatre, under distinguished patronage, the proceeds of which are to be distributed amongst the poor workmen so robbed of their employment and earnings by their fellow-countrymen. We recommend the conduct of Jullien and Dejean to the imitation of the numerous. French professors and tradesmen settled in Liverpool and other towns, who owe such a tribute to a country which has received and fostered him. NEW SCHOOLS AT AINTREE.—On Monday last, the ceremony of the laying of the foundation-stone of the in tended new schools in Aintree took place,—Lord Sefton, the lord of the manor (and who has not only given the land, but has undertaken to erect the schools, at his own indivi dual expense), was present to lay the stone. The scholars of the neighbourhood sang a hymn at the commencement, and his Lordship was presented with a silver trowel by the Rev. F. Formby, of Melling, who addressed his Lerdship in a feeling and appropriate manner. In the course of his speech, his Lordship said that, with regard to the many advantages which resulted from education, he need not say much, as Mr. Formby had before spoken so fully on the point, and he entirely concurred on what had been said on that subject. He had not been an idle spectator of the oc currences in the neighbourhood : he had witnessed, with pain, the evil consequences resulting from neglect and ig norance. That want of training was followed by heedless ness—heedlessness by drunkenness—drunkenness by po verty, and poverty by misery. From what he had lately. observed, he looked forward to better times. There was a decided improvement in the manners and the order of the younger portion of the village, since the school, now in ex istence, bad been under the management of the present master ; and he felt it only due to him to remove the ob structions to further usefulness. He hoped that the building, when completed, would answer that purpose, and promote both the temporal and eternal happiness of the inhabitants of Aintree. He then gave a hymn out of the collection used at the Blue Coat Hospital. After a hymn and the national anthem were sung, the meeting, which was kindly and unanimous throughout, dispersed, highly pleased with the proceedings of the day. LOCAL MEETINGS. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS On Wednesday, the usual monthly meeting of the Council was held at the Town-hall. The:Mayor presided. The Finance Committee reported, with reference to the coroner's department, that it was advisible to cease to. provide an office for the coroner, to abolish fees .to co roner's juries, and to alter the scale of allowances to wit nesses, and to pay the latter only in proportion to the time occupied in their attendance at the coroner's court. This report will be taken into consideration at the. next. quarterly meeting of the Council. Mr. G. H. Lawrence moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and said the Finance Committee had decided against the making of the improvement in Burlington-street, which had been suggested at a former Council by Mr. Thompson. He now called upon the Council to appropriate a sum of £lOOO out of the residue of the surplus income of the present year for the meking of an improvement in Matthew street. He was bound to say that the present recommen dation was not only an advantageous, but a satisfactory one. The committee also recommended that a new cor porate officer be created in the person of an auditor, and that a salary of £3OO per annum be attached to that ap pointment ; and it would be apparent to the Council that such an appointment was now absolutely necessary, be cause of the increased an increasing accounts of the Health, Lighting, and Cleansing Committee. (Hear.) •He did not think the coroner was overpaid in what he now re ceived, but certainly the propriety of reducing the expen diture in that officer's department had been constantly pressed upon the attention of the Finance Committee. In future, the duties of the jurymen would be discharged by the burgesses at . large gratuitously ; and by this means some £-100 or £5OO a-year would be saved to the borough fund. It was now proposed to abandon the Coroner's Court altogether, and in future the coroner should hold his inuuests as near as possible to the localities where casualties might occur, and also in immediate contiguity to the residences of the jurymen. Mr. Lawrence con cluded by informing the Council that the plans of the new gaol, remodelled with the assistance of Mr. Newlands, were then on the table. Upon the motion of Mr. Thomp son, seconded by Mr. Woodruff, that part of the proceed ings which referred to the impolicy of improving Burling ton-street, was referred back for further consideration. The proceedings were confirmed. The Watch Committee, in their report, recommended that two additional fire police stations should be estab lished in the borough, and that some of the fire brigade, which consists of sixty-four men, be elevated to the rank of serjeants, at a small increase of salary. The procedings of the Dock Committee having been read, Mr. Danson expressed a hope that an additional entrance opposite Bath - street, would be made into the Prince's Dock. Mr. G. IL Lawrence asked whether it THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. was at the instance of the Board of Works that the erec of the fort at the north extremity of the town bad been sus, ended. At such times as the present the commerce of the town ought not to be left in a defenceless condition, The fort was now wanted, not merely as a defence to the port, but as a barrack for troops. Mr. Molyneux said the matter was entirely in the hands of the government. The Proceedings were confirmed. It was agreed that the practical superintendence of the work at the George's Hall be confided to the corporation architect as surveyor, and that he be authorised to consult with some eminent architect, on such points as may require consideration. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. The mayor next rose and said : Gentlemen, I am sure you will excuse a little irregularity upon my part, when you are made acquainted with the circumstances which have induced me to address you—it is to submit to you, for your approval and signatures, an address to our gra cious and beloved Queen, expressive of the undeviating loyalty of the inhabitants of Liverpool.—(Hear.) It has Oeen usual, upon occasions like the present. that the mayor's signature should alone suffice for any document emanating from this council ; but I am anxious, on the present occasion, that every individual of this council should have the opportunity of affixing his signature to it, affording him, as it will, the opportunity of repudiat ing, not only on his own behalf, but on behalf of his constituents, any participation in the late discreditable proceedings by parties in this town—parties who are nearly altogether strangers in the town.—(Hear, hear.) The mayor then read the address, which was followed by loud cheers and clapping of hands. It was, of course, unanimously adopted, and signed by every member present. Mr. — LACE brought under the notice of the Council the report of the Water Committee, the purport of which we gave last week. Some discussion arose respecting a report made by Mr. M`Donald as to the quantity of water furnished by the Harrington Water Works, which differed from Mr. llawkesley's statement. Mr. JOSIAS BOOKER contended that there was an abundant supply of water to be obtained from the ex isting Water Works. He moved as an amendment that the consideration of the report be postponed for a month. A vote was taken, and there appeared—For the amend ment, 8 ; for Mr. Lace's proposition, 27. Mr. Lace's motion was accordingly declared carried, and the effect is, that the Water Works are now entirely under the cdntroul of the Corporation, and that the recommenda tipns of the Water Committee, with the exception of that relative to proceeding at once with the Rivington Pike scheme, are all adopted. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY William Ratcliffe, corresponding secretary of the Man chester Unity of Odd Fellows, was indicted for that he had obtained £5O in August, 1847, under pretence that there was a sum of £lOOO then in the bank to the credit of a fund for the relief of the Irish and Scotch poor, there being at the time no such fund in existence, and that of that £5O he had only remitted £25 for the relief of the poor. Mr. Baines said, that in the course of last year in consequence of the distressed state of Ireland and Scotland, subscriptions were raised by the Odd Fellows to the amount of £lOOO, which were handed over to the prisoner for the purpose of being paid by him into Hey wood's Bank at Manchester. He had never paid the money. In August last he obtained cheques to the amount of £650 to be remitted to different towns in Ire land and Scotland for the relief of the distressed poor of these countries, and of that sum he kept back £425. It was not until the Ist of January of the present year that the circumstance was disco+ ered, and he was then indicted for the £25 withheld from the relief of the poor of Bel fast. At the close of the examination of the first witness, the Judge intimated that it was not a case of obt'iining money under false pretences. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins said the money was all right ; that it would be paid over in due time ; that the prisoner was only acting under the order of others in keeping it back ; and that the Odd Fellows reposed great confidence in his client. Mr. Baines then withdrew the indictment, and the prisoner was discharged. Elizabeth P►ing was found guilty of the concealment of her illegitimate child, and sentenced to one months imprisonment with solitary confinement. James Greenhall, Thomas Hamer, and William Cal derbank, were charged with having, at Little Bolton, on the 12th of March last, assaulted James Bromily, putting him in bodily fear, and danger of his life, and stealing from his person three half-crowns, five shillings, and a tobacco box. The learned judge in summing up stated that there was no evidence against the prisoners Hamers and Greenhall, and directed the jury to acquit them. The jury found Calderbank guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. This finished the criminal list. NISI PRIUS COURT.- -TUESDAY, SYERS v. JONAS AND OTHERS.-The hearing of this case was resumed this morning, and occupied tie court until nearly two o'clock. Mr. Watson addressed the jury for the defendants, and examined a number of witnesses. The jury retired, and, after a brief absence from court, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £222—costs 40s. M'ANDREW AND OTHERS V. Mun.GATßoyn.—This was an action brought by Wm. Peter M'Andrew and others against Squire Murgatroyd. The declaration was in tro ver for the value of some currants and other fruit. The defendant pleaded not guilty ; that the plaintiffs were not lawfully possessed of the property ; and that the defen dant bad committed the trespass by leave and license.— It appeared that the plaintiffs were fruit-merchants in Liverpool, and that the defendant was a carrier by water, conducting business for a company called " The Mer chants' Company" ; and this action was brought to reco ver a butt of currants which the defendant converted to his own use. In the May of last year, the plaintiffs sent a traveller to Ashton to obtain orders; and having visited a Mr. Symes, a grocer, in that town, he obtained an order from him for one butt of currants and some nuts. The traveller made a mistake in the matter, and reported to his employers that two butts had been ordered. Accord ingly two butts were sent to Ashton by the defendant, and when they got there Mr. Symes refused to take the second butt. The defendant thereupon took possession of it, and put it into his warehouse; and though repeated promises had been made that it would be surrendered, defendant had held possession of it to the present hour.— A verdict was returned for the plaintiffs for £4O. CROWN COURT.—WEDNESDAY. PEACOCK v. HATTON.—The plaintiff, Andrew Peacock, is a corn merchant, carrying on business in this town, and the defendant, Mrs. Jane Hatton, a flour dealer, residing in Wigan, and the present action was brought to recover the sum of £340 7s. lid., money owing by the defendant to plaintiff for goods had and delivered. On the Bth of June last, a son of the defendant's, who manages the busi ness for her, called at the stall (in the Corn Exchange) of Mr. Mooney, the plaintiff's broker, and bargained for 70 barrels of flour, partially sour, for which he agreed to pay 425. 6d. per barrel. the price of sweet flour being at that time about 455. While the bargain was going on, a flour dealer, named Nash, having purchased some before, wished to make another purchase, but the broker gave the preference to Mr. Hatton, as he was there first. The goods were sent by the Union Canal to Wigan. When it arrived, Hatton wrote to say part of the flour sent was not equal to sample. The plaintiff and his broker went over to Wigan and examined the flour, and found it quite equal to sample. Several witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiff, who stated that the flour was quite equal to the sample. Mr. COWLING, for the defence, said that the contract being for goods above the value of £lO, the plaintiff must prove the accepting of the con tract entered into by the defendant. This was a sale by sample, and in a sale by sample words expressive of that fact ought to be in the contract. That the contract was made between the plaintiff and defendant as principals, and, consequently, the broker's note would be no evi dence in such a case, as in the case of Pitt v. Peckett, in the Coure of Exchequer. That there was no proof as to when this note, urporting to be a broker's note was ma d e out. A broker's note, to be binding at r.ll, must be signed by the broker himself, and not, as in this case, by his clerk. His LORDSHIP overruled the last objection, and said that he would reserve, for further consideration, the other points until he consulted with his brother (Rolfe) upon them. Mr. Hatton, on being examined, stated that, on the Gth of June last, he called on plaintiff, who said he had a remnant of flour, which he wisned to dispose of, and that he showed him a sample of very good flour, which he agreed to buy at 425. 6d. A witness was called to prove that 425. 6d. was about the average price of flour on the Bth of June. Mr. JAMES replied, con tending that the flour had been sold as sour, and that the price of flour having considerably deteriorated before the flour arrived, the defendant wished to run off his bargain. His LORDSHIP summed up, when the jury returned a verdict that the flour was sold by a partially sound sam ple. The plaintiff was then non-suited on the points of law. NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY CLARKE AND ANOTHER V. BROWN AND ANOTHER. — The plaintiffs are shipowners in Liverpool, and the defen dants, Messrs. Brown, Hunter, and Co., are brokers, or rather factors, as they made advances upon goods, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £328 for the freight of 1200 bags of rice which were brought in one of the defendants' ships from Calcutta to Liverpool. After the 'case had gone on for some time it was stopped on some points of law, and a verdict taken for the plaintiffs, with liberty for the defendants to move for a nonsuit, or tender a bill of exceptions. WEBBER AND OTHERS V. COLTON AND ANOTHER. — This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who are wine mer c h an t s i n L on d on , aga i n st the defendants, who are wine merchants in Liverpool, to recover the value of a quantity of wine which the defendants, as agents for the plaintiffs, had neglected to cause to be transferred to them as security for a debt due to the plaintiffs by Messrs. Buckmaster and Co., of this town. It appeared from the evidence that the defendants agreed with Buck master that he should transfer a quantity of wine then in one of Mr. Harbord's bonded warehouses in South John street, to them as security for his debt to the plaintiffs. The defendants, however, did not give notice of the transfer to Mr. Harbord, the warehouse-keeper, and in the course of a short time Buckmaster transferred the wines in question to a person named Bickham. Upon this fact corning to the knowledge of the plaintiffs they brought this action. It was contended that the defen dants had, out of kindness to the plaintiffs, gratuitously complied with their wish to get a settlement, and got a written transfer and sent it to the plaintiffs. The jury seemed to take this view of the caae, and returned a ver dict for the defendants. KER R ANT) OTHERS V. PICRERING.—The plaintiffs in this action are the gentlemen forming the firm of Messrs. Pitcairn, Symes, and Co., who have various establish ments in the East, and the defendant, Captain John Pick ering, of the ship Java, was the nominal defendant in the action, the real defendants being the trustees of the estate of Messrs. T. and W. H. Murray, of Liverpool, and the answer to the action was in non anumpsit. Early in 1847 Messrs. Murray sent an order to the plaintiffs, at Batavia, to load the ships Bangalore and Java. This was done, and bills against the cargoes were drawn upon Messrs. T., W., and 11. Murray, of Liverpool. Upon the bills being presentad to those gentlemen, they were not in a condition to, nor did they. accept them, And the bills were accepted, super a protest, by Messrs. Murray, Symes, and Co., for honour of the drawers, and ultimately the bill of lading was assigned to Messrs. Scholfield, one of the partners in the house of Murray, Symes, and Co., who, of course, ex pected to receive the cargoes of the vessels to cover the amount for which his house had rendered themselves lia ble on the bills. Some time after the defendants con sulted Mr. Deane, of this town, their solicitor, who thought that they ought to be paid the freights, inasmuch as the cargoes had been brought in their own ships. On the arrival of the Java at Bristol, Captain Pickering refused to deliver the cargo to Mr. Scholfield until he had heard from Liverpool, and upon the receipt of an answer from them, he positively refused to deliver the cargoe. Mr. KNOWLES suggested that as there was little dispute about the facts, this and another action arising out of the same transaction, might be made into a special case. The only question to dispute was whether Pickering and Co. were not the agents merely of Thomas, William, and Henry Murray, which he contended they were. Verdict, by consent, for the plaintiffs for £20,000, the the court to say what the damages ought to be in case they think the plaintiffs entitled to a verdict. CROWN COURT.-THURSDAY Britsn V. STURK.—The plaintiff is a sailmaker, and the defendant was alleged to be part owner of a vessel called the Frederica, and the action brought was to re cover a sum of money for sails supplied to the ship. On the part of the defendant it was attempted to be shown that he was only a mortgagee. The jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff. Damages, £lO9 13s. 9d. FORSTER V. WIGNALL AND OTHERS.—Mr. Attorney- General Knowles stated the case. In 1847 the Messrs. Rigby, railway contractors, entered into a contract with the defendant for the supply of railway sleepers. The Messrs. Rigby having become bankrupts, the defendant took possession of the sleepers, hence arose the present action. The jury found for the plaintiff. Damages, £414. BIRD V. EGLINTON.—The plaintiff is one of the official assignees of Messrs. Carter and Byrne, lately carryinn• on business in this town as ship-brokers, the defendants merchants in London. The action was brought to reco ver £144 7s. 6d., commission on freight. The jury re turned a verdict for the defendant. BIRD AND OTHERS v. LODGE.—Th 6 plaintiffs in this case were the assignees of a person named Hume, a rope maker, and the defendant is a lawyer, and owner of a rope walk and other property in Lodge-lane, which he let to Hulme in 1846, at a yearly rental of £2lO. In August, 1847, Hume became a bankrupt, when the defendant put in a distraint, and sold his goods. The matter resolved itself into a point of law, as to whether the landlord could distrain for lent until it was due, and, in this case, it ap peared it was not. According to the statute of William and Mary a verdict double the amount of goods seized must be given. The goods seized were proved to be worth £7O, and a verdict for £l4O was returned, subject to a re duction. JONES AND OTHERS V. JONES.-Mr. Attorney-Ge neral Knowles stated the case. The plaintiffs are the official assignees of Owen Roberts : the defendant is Grif fith Jones, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £l6B, alleged to have been fraudulently received. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. NISI PR lUS COURT—TiIuRsDAT BARTON, IRLA 3i, Atr D —oo7B AFFAIR S. — ALLEGED FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE. VAN CASTEELE AND ANOTHER V. BOOKER AND OTHERS. — Mr. Watson, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Webster, for the defendants.—Mr. WATSON stated the case. The plaintiffs were commission merchants in Rotterdam. and the action was brought to recover £ll,OOO for coffee sent to this port by the ship Vigilant. The defendants were the assignees of Barton, Irlam, and Co., who had become bankrupts. A gentleman named Lyon, of this town, who was also a partner in the house of Lyon and Schwinde, at Rio de Janeiro, last autumn told a Mr. Rabus that he would have some cargoes of coffee arriving, for which he wanted a market and consignees. In a short time Mr. Rabus wrote to the plaintiffs to know if they were willing to take a cargo of coffee, and upon their replying in the affirmative, Mr. Lyon wrote to them, forwarding the bill of lading, upon which they advanced £5504 I6s. Bd. The bill of lading stated that the cargo was deliverable to order or assigns, and freight free on board the Vigilant. The vessel arrived in the Mersey on the 3d Decemt er, and on the next morning the defendants took possession of the vessel and her cargo, and the plaintiffs were consequently obliged to bring this action. He explained the law rela tive to bills of lading.—After some evidence had been heard, his LORDSHIP said that the only question at issue was, to whom did the cargoes belong, whether to one creditor or to the general body.—lt was agreed that the opinion of the Court should he taken as to the amount which the plaintiffs were entitled, viz., the value of the amount of coffee on the 28th of November, or whether they were entitled to more than the amount of advances. — Mr. MARTIN then addressed the jury for the defendants, observing that the real question for the consideration of the jury was, whether the transactions between Mr. Jona than Higginson and Mr. Lyon did not constitute that which the law viewed as a voluntary and fraudulent pre ference, and which could not stand against an act of bankruptcy. The fact was, that the day after the docu ment which had been adverted to was delivered, Mr. Higginson having had 21 days' notice, had committed an act of bankruptcy, at the time owing a million of money, and not one scrap of merchandise of any description to go to his creditors. This was, indeed, a startling fact. The learned counsel next stated that Mr. Higginson was in debted to the Royal Bank of Liverpool to the extent of £463,000, and it was not till after repeated applications had been made to him for a liquidation of the debt, and the service of the notice in question, that he had transferred the bills of lading in question, and this was done for the purpose of favouring Mr. Lyon to the prejudice of the other creditors.—A number of witnesses were examined as to the facts stated in behalf of the defendants.--Mr. WATSON replied, stating that if the verdict were not for the plaintiff, it would be one of the greatest discourage ments that could be inflicted upon commerce, for, in fu ture, no one would make advances upon bills of lading.— His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury retired at half-past five, and after an hour's deliberation returned a verdict for the defendants. [By this decision, it appears a bill of lading is no security to a third party, if improperly obtained by a second party ; whereas by the Factors' Act, a third party was supposed to be held secure in any case, as with a bill of exchange.] GROTE V. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Grote, corn merchant, Liverpool, to recover damages for injuries he had sustained, on the 24th of May last, in the accident caused by the giving way of the Dee bridge, by which so many persons were unhappily killed. Da mages were laid at £2OOO. Several witnesses were called to prove the extent and nature of the accident, the par ticulars r.h 7 e f which nry w Robertson,ill bei n civilthe gi recollection neerw a o s f our called, readers. and --M deposed that the span of this bridge was the longest in England, and in his opinion the girders were not of suffi cient strength for the weight of the trains which had to pass over it.—Captain Simmons, the engineer who was sent down by government to report on the cause of the accident, said he was of opinion that tension rods do not add any strength to girder bridges. It ;s generally con sidered that cast-iron girders ought not to be subjected to the passing over of trains to more than one-third the breaking weight. My own opinion, however, is that they should not be subjected to more than one-fourth. When I went to examine the bridge I caused a train to pass ever the line of rails which was standing. I stood upon one of the girders to examine their action whilst the train was passing, and such was the vibration that I could not see the other end of the girder.—Mr. James Kennedy, engineer, gave similar evidence, after which many wit nesses were called to prove the extent of the injury the plaintiff had sustained in consequence of the accident. It was proved that Mr. Grote had been injured in the thigh, and that he had been a month under medical treatment and eight days away from business, during which time many commissions had been lost by the firm of which the plaintiff was the senior partner. The jury found a ver dict for the plaintiff—damages £250. [The company before trial had offered the plaintiff £3OO, which was refused.] NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY Upon Mr. Baron Rolfe taking his seat upon the bench, verdicts were taken by consent on the remaining special jury cases. MERCER V. FonsTEß.—This was a trumpery action for the recovery of £99 155., but after hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. HOLDEN V. CAMPBELL.—This was an action upon a disputed account, in which a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, damages £l5O. ALLEGED EXCESSIVE DISTRESS.—ELLISON V. FAZA KERLEY.—Mr. Crompton opened the pleadings, and Mr. Martin stated the case to the jury. —This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who had*been the occupier of a farm at Fazackerley, against the defendant, a gentleman residing at Gillibrand Hall, near Chorley, to recover da mages for an excessive distress for rent, which had been made on the premises of the plaintiff on the 2d of October last ; and also a further distress on the Bth of the same month. It would appear that the farm had been let to the plaintiff at a rent of £3OO per year, and the defendant claimed to have the privilege of claiming forehand rent ; but the plaintiff denied that he had agreed to such terms ; and from the entries in the book it would appear that the rent due on the 2d of October was £127. On that day, however, a sheriff's officer, named Day, from Liver pool, with two followers, entered the premises, and the seizure was made for £352 19s. 7d., plaintiff alleging that all the rent then due was £127. Ihe bailiffs remained in possession till the Bth of the same month, when they made a fresh demand of £175 for a further half-year's rent, making altogether a demand of £5OB 16s. 3d. The plain tiff and one of his daughters went to Mr. Fazackerley, at his residence, Gillibrand Hall, near Chorley. and asked him to withdraw his execution, and offering to pay £5O per week for three weeks, and the balance of rent really due, at Christmas. The defendant replied that he should deserve to be put into a lunatic asylum.—After evidence had been heard, his Lordship said that the questions for consideration were-Ist, was the distress for more than the rent due ? 2nd, was there more goods sold than ne cessary ? 3rd, was the sale conducted negligently ? 4th, was the £lO paid into court, properly paid to the plaintiff ? With regard to the first question, he thought the evidence was in favour of the defendant, and the principal matters for the jury to decide were the question of the expenses of the sale. The jury retired, and, after an absence of about half an hour, they returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, £l4 10s., on the ground that the expenses of the distraint were heavy. A juror remarked "we are all of us very sorry, my lord, that we could not give the far mer more." Baron Rolfe: lam glad to hear you say that, because it shows that you give a verdict according to the law of the case, and not according to your feelings. TRESPASS—HUNTER V. BIRCH . AND OTHERS:—This was an action for trespass, but the evidence did not bear out the allegations in the declaration, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. The Court then broke up, and two cases only remained for trial. MISCELLANEOUS The MAYOR moved that a committee be appointed to inquire into the present system of porterage, and any abuses which exist therein, and to report thereon to the Council. The motion was adopted, and the following committee were appointed :—Mr. Hugh Hornby, Air. Robinson, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Tyrer, and the Mayor. One or two other motions were likewise adopted by the Council. and several memorials were referred to their respective committees. The Council adjourned to Monday, the 24th instant, when a special meeting will be held. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The usual weekly meet ing of this board was held on Thursday, Henry Winch, Esq., presided. Upon the reading of the report of the special committee, appointed to consider the propriety of rescinding the bye-laws relative to bathing, Mr. Coul born moved that the proceedings of the special committee be confirmed. The voting was even—seven to seven. The Chairman gave his casting vote against the recom mendations of the committee. Mr. Goldsmith moved that a select committee be appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the cost, &c., and the capabilities of improve ment of Egremont Ferry, with the view of purchasing and leasing the same. The motion, on a show of hands, was lost. Attention was drawn by Mr. Tobin, Chairman of the Dispensary, to the filthy and unsanitary condition of Back King-street. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The usual meeting of this board was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. Bentham was in the chair. The report of the Market Committee contained a recommendation appointing Mr. Salter super intendent of the market in the room of Mr. Reed, at a salary of £l49.—Mr. Pike said, with the present large debt upon the market, he should decidedly object to the salary of Mr. Salter being fixed at £149. The late super intendent had only 125 ; and he having had £lOO lately, he thought £25 a handsome addition to his salary.—Mr. Nicholls said, by the present arrangement there would be a saving to the township of £lOO a year—Mr. Salter's pre sent salary, and £27, the difference of the salary of the late attendant at the weighing-machine. He moved the confirmation of the report. The voting for the amend ment and the original motion being equal, the chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the original motion. — The report of the Finance Committee exhibited serious defalcations on the part of two officers connected with the township, who were no longer in the service of the com missioners. This led to some discussion, and it was agreed to leave the matter in the hands of the Finance Committee. —The report of the Ferry Committee showed that the re ceipts for the week ending 31st March, in the year 1847 and 1848, had been as follows : _ From 23d April, 1847,1 _ e t 2 1 20 ,6 . 2 0 i:25i. Sd. £1,263 125. sd. to 31st March, 1848. 7s. 11d... £18,274 4s. 9d. Total expenditure during the same period, £14,202 lOs sd. Respecting the use of the promenade at Woodside Ferry, the following amendment, moved by Mr. Green, was carried :—" That the public be allowed to walk on the promenade, as heretofore, with the exception of nurses and children, unless they be accompanied by a member of the family, who is a contractor."—lt was stated by Mr. Hinde that the turn-styles were working well, through the able management of Mr. Rudd. The receipts corre sponded with the checks. They would be worked with the addition only of one collector, by which there would be a saving to the township, as two of the collectors had 14s. a week each, instead of one at 35s.—After some slight discussion respecting the present mode of running the boats, the committee adjourned. CHARTIST MEETING.-Another Chartist meeting was held at the Music Hall on Friday night. The placard calling it was headed with exciting poetical quotations, and stated the object to be the calling upon the members for Liverpool and South Lancashire to support the na tional petition for the People's Charter. The room was densely crowded. Mr. Platts, a working man, was called to the chair. He stated the object was to rouse the la tent energies of every man, and to tell the government that the people had a right to have a voice in the legisla ture.—Mr. Thomas Jones moved the first resolution. He addressed the audience as " brother slaves." He consi dered it useless longer to petition, and if they were wise they should prepare for action. Let the National Con vention be empowered to make laws, and should the go vernment declare war against it—declare war against the people—then let it be war to the knife. Their last peti tion would be presented on Monday.—Mr. M`Lean, an operative cabinet-maker, seconded the resolution, which was supported by Dr. Reynolds, a young Irelander.—Mr. Matthew Somers, in moving the second resolution, em ployed strong language against the government. He said, in conclusion—" No man deprecates the shedding of blood more than I do, or the burning of a warehouse ; but this I wish to be noted, that it may be carried on the wings of the press, and the government may know, that there is an organisation in Liverpool (loud cheers),—that there is an organisation in Manchester (loud cheers),—that there is an organisation at the foot of the throne itself (protracted cheering); and I tell the merchants of Liverpool, as I think I see Warsaw in flames, to take care that the spark of ignition may not reach to this town (tremendous cheers) ; and at the same time I tell them, that before the news has been four hours in Liverpool of an attempted massacre of my countrymen—(loud applause)—l care not, mind you, gentlemen, if there were 200,000 bayonets here. or 100,000 special constables, in spite of them—(A Voice : " We'll maul them")—the martyrs dying on the scaffold or on the plain will have the consolation in looking up to Heaven, to see the skies reddened with the blaze of the Babylons of England ! ! !"—Deafening applause.) Dr. Reynolds again addressed the meeting, stating that he purposed himself to supply the people with muskets, bayonets, and pikes, at a cheap rate. At the close of the meeting a person named Murphy said that he could sup ply Dr. Reynolds with 619 good steel blades, twenty-two inches long, with ash handles, at 6d. each. The meeting did not break up' till twenty minutes after ten o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Thursday, several of the fishmongers occupying stalls in St. Martin's Market were summoned for infrin ging the bye-law which requires every stall to be perfectly clean on a Saturday mormug. The parties, it appeared, had cleansed their stalls on the Friday evening, and Mr. Rushton rebuked the officer at whose instance the infor mations had been laid, for his over-zeal. ROBBERY FROM SCHOOL. CHILDREN.—On Tuesday, a boy, named Richard Newall, was sent to prison for seven days, for stealing from the children of Bent-street School. The complaint was preferred by the master, who stated that a number of boys had been in the habit of meeting children, and taking their wages and dinners from them, and insulting the female teachers. The pri soner had been at the infants' school, and robbed several children of their dinners. RINGING THE CHANGES.---ThiS stale trick' was suc cessfully played off on a poor Welshman on Thursday night. The victim was found in the streets drunk, and was taken to bridewell, when there 21 farthings were found in his pocket, wrapped up in brown paper. The poor fellow said his name was Robert Jones, and that he had left his home with £2l in sovereigns, with which he intended to embark for America, when he was entrapped by infamous characters and fleeced. As he could give no account of the parties who had robbed him, there is no hope of restitution. • MARINE STORE DEALER'S LICENSE REVORED.-011 Tuesday, the license of a woman, named Margaret Bird, keeping a marine store in - Lower Milk-street, was with drawn, and the woman sent tb gaol for two months for receiving stolen cotton. Two girlS were along with the prisoner, and were sent to gaol for the like period, for stealing the cotton. They had stolen the cotton, and in geniously concealed it in their dress. It would be diffi cult to give the names of the girls, as they have been entered six times in the bridewell books under different names. DISMISSAL OT A POLICEMAN—On Friday, a lad named M'lntyre was brought before Mr. Rushton charged with stealing a quantity of rope. Officer 86 stopped him car rying the rope in Waterloo-road, and, in consequence of his unsatisfactory statements as to the mode in which he became possessed of it, took him into custody. When before the magistrate, the lad stated that he brought the rope ashore from the prince's basin, and that lie gave the officer on duty three-pence to let him pass. This officer Freeney, 18) was called up, and acknowledged having incautiously accepted the bribe. ' Mr. Rushton discharged the boy, and ordered the man to be dismissed the force, NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATuan.ty WILKINSON V. ABBINETT.—The plaintiff in the action was Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, and the defendant Mr. Henry Abbinett, and the declaration was in debt for the hire of a flat, on account of materials furnished, and an account stated, to the whole of which the defendant pleaded that he was not liable. Mr. BAINES stated the case, the short particulars of which were, that a flat, called the Union, belonging to the plaintiff, in conse quence of an accident, had sunk in the river Mersey, and the plaintiff had made several fruitless attempts to raise the vessel, and ultimately, in consequence of complaints made to the Corporation, as conservators of the river, they engaged the celebrated Mr. Abbinett, the defendant, to raise the vessel, and he, as alleged by the plaintiff, en gaged one of his (plaintiff's) flats, and two men for the purpose, and the present action had been brought to recover the sum of £2O 145., the amount incurred in doing so. For the defendant it was contended that the case had been brought to extort money, and that the plaintiff, knowing that by the Mersey Conservation Act he could be compelled either to raise the flat, or pay the expense of it being raised, he had solicited the defendant to allow hint to use his flat and men in the discharge of the work, to lighten the burden which would otherwise be thrown upon his shoulders, and that Mr. Abbinett had not charged one farthing to the Corporation on account of the plaintiff's vessel. Mr. Askew, the harbour master, confirmed the statements of Sergeant Wilkins as to the circumstances under which the plaintiff's flat and men had been engaged, and stated that, although the Corporation had the power, by their Act of Parliament, to enforce parties to pay the expense for raising vessels which by any act of theirs had been sunk, vet this clause had never yet been tarried out. Mr. Abbinett, jun., son of the defendant, tnd a boatbuilder in this town, stated that, after the fla't was raised, he purchased it for £3l, and, after it b_ad been repaired, it sold for £230. Mr. BATHES rep'jed, and contended that unless iio sum sought to bis claimed by the plaintiff had been included in I Air. AblZi'Aett'a bill to the Corporation, it WEI 3 difficult to April 11,1845. conceive how the amount £llB 18s. for raising the flat had been incurred. His Lordship having directed the Jury, they retired from court, and after an absence o f an hour and three-quarters, returned a verdict for the defendant. BRADLEY V. GEE AND OTrtERS.-Mr. CROMPTON opened the pleadings. The plaintiff was Jane Bradley, and the defendants were Edward Gee, John Stamper, and Charles Fay, and the declaration stated a trespass 11 1)9 1 the house, fixtures, and goods of the plaintiff, in Fair clough-lane, London-road. The pleas put in upon record were, first, that the defendants were not guilty . ; second, that the house was not the house of the plaintiff , neither were the goods, chattels, or furniture; third, that one Staniford was seized in fee, and by indenture, dated 23d December, 1843, had demised the premises for sixty three years to Bradley, and that Bradley assigned tho premises to Atkin and Gee. The case occupied a considerable time, and at the close the jury found that the defendants had right of possession' The verdict does not therefore incur damages. This case closed the business at the Assizes. District prwo. The Manchester Guardian of Wednesday states, that in that city, 4,600 special constables have already been sworn in, and that the number will probably reach 11,000. The Lord Lieutenant of Manchester has appointed William Crouch Davies, g en tl eman , a li eutenant in do, 2d regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia, vice Shand, resigned. NEW MAGISTRATES.-At the sessions held at Preston , on Wednesday, Thomas Miller, Esq., Preston ; Robert Theakstone, Esq., Bootle, Liverpool ;. and Thos. Grim shawe, Esq., of Peersclough, Accrington, severally took the oaths and qualified as magistrates for this county. TRIAL OF A MANCHESTER TRADESMAN.-Mr. .10h , Howard, silversmith, of M anc h es t er , c h arge d w i t h having purchased stolen silver, was tried at Chester, on FridaY , and acquitted. He had purchased one parcel of old silver, for which he gave the usual price. The witnesses relied on by the police of Stockport, who to o k grea t pa i ns i n getting up a case against Mr. H owar d, were a coup l e o f convic ted felons, who told most improbable stories, and evidently' perjured themselves. STATE OF MANCRESTER.—A number of political nisi' contents are endeavouring to stir up a bad feeling amongst the distressed artizans. The speeches delivered at severs' meetings during the week have been of a most inflamma tory and licentious character. But in the exemplary con duct of the people hitherto, and in the prudent precau tionary measures adopted by the authorities—measures calculated to crush effectually all attempts at open yin lence—we repose a firm confidence in the continued peace and tranquility of the city. THE ADLINGTON MURDER.—At the Chester Assizes, on Saturday, William Bates and John Walmsley, were tried for the murder of William Wyatt, at Adlington on the 11th February, when the deceased was attempting . to apprehend them on a charge o f hi g h way robbery. The prisoners were both found guilty. Bates seemed pars' lysed for a moment, but soon resumed his indifference. Mawdsley said that poverty was the occasion of it; had he been paid his hard-earned wages he would not have been there. His Lordship sentenced both prisoners to death. Bates said—" Well, my Lord, I shall die veil cheerfully." EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—It appears from the usual reports of the condition of the working classes in Manchester, that of the cotton mills, there are three more working short time, one of which was previously working full time, and two more stopped altogether. Of the total number of hands in the cotton mills, 621 are novr working short time, of whom 251 were prey/. ously working full time, and 370 were out of employ"- ment. Of the total works included in the table, there are eight more working on short time, six of which were previously worki ng f u ll ti me , an d two were steppe(' altogether. There are 1,121 fewer operatives working en full time, and 193 fewer out of employment, all of whom are now working on short time. Upon the whole, there fore, the return is of a rather unfavourable character. At Chester, Samuel Shepley, 29, was convicted of set ting fire to a mill at Dukinfield, on the 29th of January , and sentenced to transportation for life.—Patrick Duggan , 23, and Alexander Duggan, 17, convicted of assaulting , John Armstrong, at Tranmere, and stealing various arti cles from him, were each sentenced to six months' imp sonment.—William Lowe, 19, and Thomas Evans, 17, convicted of breaking into the dwelling-house of William \\Talker, at Runcorn, and stealing therefrom a quantity of silver plate, were each sentenced to six months' imPri sonment.—John Anderson, 26, and Charles Bailey, 29, charged with assaulting Thomas Wood, at Sandbach, and stealing from his person two half-crowns, were convicted and sentenced to seven years' transportation.—Michae l Healey, 45. charged with stabbing Elizabeth Dunnegae , at Birkenhead, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. Guilty, seven years' transportation.—Thos. Nor bury, 25, George Oliver, 23, and Samuel Jackson, 22, charged with robbing and assaulting Mary Ellison, 1 4 Nether Knutsford, were convicted and sentenced to 1 5 years' transportation. WARRINGTON COUNTY COURT.—ASSAULT UPON AK OFFICER OF THE COURT.—This Court was holden on Thursday last, before J. W. Harden, Esq., the judge. f There a u l :ere A l b i o l plaints utoneo e ,c ri lo t c e k red 120 of which were an , occurreneetookp e l n ace tere d in Court which caused great sensation. Mr. John Websteeat, a pawnbroker, residing in the town, had occasion to sp_ c .l the Court. Mr. Harrison, after conversing with WebsterM r. fora short Harrison, hor t toneim time, of the returned assistants seat t t he Cler K w; witness box, in which a witness was then being examin ed the judge, and almost on the instant Mr. Webster 11. 11 * forth his arm in front of the witness, and seizing Ai r . * Harrison by the hair of the head, lugged him most severel. • His Honour, before whose eyes the assault was committed, directed Mr. Webster to be taken into custody, which wal l immediately done, and required from him an explanatio n of his conduct. This Mr. Webster gave in so unsatisfac tory a manner that his Honour, after commenting upo n the gross outrage he had committed in a Court of Justice in terms Mr. Webster will not readily forget, fined him' under the 113th section of the Act, 205., or in default payment, seven days imprisonment. The fine was lint s ,•- diately paid, and alter humbly apologizing to th e Con." Mr. Webster was suffered to depart. COUNTY Sassiows.—The sessions were held at Preston on Wednesday. The chairman (T. B. Addison) said that, for general purposes, the county treasurer had 9 iniosneitahth;ntl,l balance of £4483 19s. id., and required a sum of £lO,OOO for the exigencies of the quarter, which would be raised by a rate of Id. in the pound, which would give an amount of £7753 ss. Bd., which sum came as near the sum re quired as the treasurer can collect.—Agreed to. i ll chairman said that th e sum i n h an d , on account ° f l il i a • li d . , County Lunati c A s yl um, was £677 7 13s and sum of £6600 would be required. The treasurer ask for a rate of 4cl. in the pound, which would raise the e", of £3876 12s. 10d. Th e t reasurer as k e d f or an assess' ment of Id. in the pound f or Ki r kd a l e , Id. i n the poun d for Bolton, and Id. in the pound for Warrington, cn ,t; count of expenses incurred by an increase of the P".d t fo h r a c t ed i n e F tl i t n o a s n e ce di c st o r m ict m s. i — tte A e g h re a e d d ta to k . en county advertisements into their consideration, and th?y .. now begged leave to state what was their opinion (0 1 _ 8 1 . They recommended that advertisements of the ilnaW, o and intermediate sessions should be inserted once in following papers, viz. :—Law Times, London ; Gazell e and Guardian, Lancaster; Pilot and Guardian, Preston; Standard, Blackburn ; Chronicle and Times, Bolton Mr. the subject of f Guardian and Courier, Manchester ; Standard a n Mercury, Liverpool. In the same papers should be in" serted once the Adjourned Annual Session, and the It.'" vising Barristers Circuits. In the following papers once: viz. :—Mancheste r G uar di an , Li verpoo l St an d ar d, rq , ton Chronicle, and Blackburn Standard, should bel e ; For occasional the visitors of th e p r i va t e l unat i c asylums. r!„ occasional advertiseme n t s , suc h as A ss i stant P oo r-la" Commissioner's visits, &c., once in the Preston Chronicle' Any special advertisement to be under the direction of the court. He (Mr. Garnett) would move that the Fins , Committee's recom men d a ti on s h ou ld b e adopte d . Watts seconded the motion.—Agreed to. THE THUNDERSTORM.—The thunderstorm of Sundt/ week seems to have been felt throughout the entire Ong, - dom—At Oldham, a b ou t h a lf -past f our o ' cloc k , the elfliv; tric fluid desce n d e d a c hi mney i n G reaves-street, nea r Town.hall, when the house caught fire. A fire-ene,.. was on the spot im me di a t e l y , an d th e fl ames were extra" 'guished. A man was reading a newspaper in the ho es, at the time, and the pap er g ot o n fi re , b u t th e man W s , not seriously injured.—At Huddersfield, much injury 14 ; done. In Herefordshire the floods swept away bridg i e p : many large trees, and injured th e d we lli ngs o f rnanY, a r ` , habitants.—At Lancaster a barn and a quantity of st' . , was destroyed. At H e st Ba n k, near th at town, th e bo n of Mr. Willan was also struck, and the fluid went d° o f the chimney, tearing the plaster from the walls of one e a the bed-rooms, and cr as hi ng one o f the posts o f the uric; to splinters, tearin g th e b e d - h ang i ngs to shreds, ant blowing out nearly all th e g l ass i n t h e w i n d ow. A along the ceiling of this room points out one course iv"' the fluid took. It leads to a hole in the ceiling througo to the garret, along the wall of which the plaster is i r e j. away to a very l arge ex t ent. I n t h e secon d f ron t of 0 room, a piece of pl as t er a b ou t t h e s i ze o f t h e crown the hat, was found lying near the door, and on observing opposite side of th e room a correspon di ng h o l e is see n . the plaster, whence it is presumed that an electric 9 12 0 4 found its way through a crevice of the wall, and prePl o r. this piece of pl as t er f rom one en d o f t h e room to the nl' A es In the first front bed-room is.a hole of considerable roe made in the flo or b e hi n d th e b e d , an d i n the 1 ,2 0 , 1. 01 .1‘ underneath, the fl u id came d own smas hi ng t h e s tone- to of the fire-place, breaking a picture to pieces, one O' cle ep the opposite side o f the room (where it has made r t her indentation), and the other right through into the 1 ?, 5 10 , end of an adj o i n i ng f ron t par l our. N ear l y a ll the g l ' e ight this parlour window was also blown out. Altogathe r ,,,;bl 9 and twenty squares w ere smas h e d. Th e mos t reinal'ott thing is, that the heavy hearth-stone in the parle,nor'or> an iron fende r on it, was lift e d out o f i ts place. o f th e for the interior. On the outside, the terrible power .. c ioV, storm was equally evident. A portion of one of thu wori` vies is completely smashed, large pieces of stone„hole4 lying about, some on the roof, which has a f it, and some on the ground below. One piece .3 4 for 4 was propelled from the chimney top, a distance, `:, l o,rlc' or fifty yards, into the adjoining field. The most i :, / racy able part of the incident, perhaps, is the almost ,I l ,*_ to io; the ' l g o % Or; lous escape of the inmates. At the time to -a struck the house, Mr. Willan was sitting close side in the kitchen, and about a foot from the been so tom" where the ravages of the fluid appear to have ne _ er ed mendous. In a moment, he found himself rev tert 0 ,0 from instant death was never recorded. The l i i f en the t bsouottotahnedrwdiusestn, not t n a d t deprived of o A f h m ea o r r i e ng w o o n na t l i l , _ r e fe se e ee tes 9l7.o _ a was in the front room, regulating the clock, when the te's fragments o f th e man t e l- p i ece few by . 1 10. ' b i on.q . described. She was happily out of their rea' 4l few inches, AA R/ 41ar gto , banzig. 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