The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-11 00:00:00

PRISICH STA •fITErti'APEL vitss HAWKINS lvi Liverpool and it which are Indw being ma pleted in a few days, w a^ ntire new St FRENCH STAYS a Flux( 015 THE Busii WOOLL AND T. MORRI Y GOOD BROADCLOTHS per Yard FANCY TROWSE INGS, of' , The f.._ k of Fr, and Spita STINGS, of s 1 -ices much Reduced BU Y 1 N.B.—Carrif 1843 s for rap° TO THE PUBLI Annual Circular 1 of qua advantage and cred o ourselves as se Already the effe, ening n ated to vators of Stock, and the M Ere we issue this Circular, and other aorta, and )wer than then esta e benefi Tea (Souchong fla;our ye said, we can now do way to tl lore. IN 0 per cent. redu, :tion 0 workmanship R feel that it e comtnu- saving been so liberally supported b e now more n in tbe and We jllAt so as to mired resources, actueu aid us in securi - - to ts ecure :: .7 ; n v o u r e ti is in China bas ope ;Who have be Haut been ourselves to London ade from '2 ticipated this d ; and having __ d 'c_; and superior Co IlilU profession—vet-or others ades of Tea have )f "Free Trade" ,u coma., when more d East India Compa and 12s. Green Teas ' " 'own rATAti )PENED nake a AL ON THE PREY ND S eld SATI\ as and SHIPP VV HOLISA supplied. MORRISS'S WOOLLEN WAREHOUSE 80. LORD-S7'REET. IEM OVA L EORGE HOPKINSON '-I Manufacturer, most res] MOVAL from Lime-street, t mines of Mess Bold-street ; a Liverpool, Mm• ssuing our o address on: all: The principle on which we first sought encouragement was Intended to be fundamental, and on the same we now confi- To supply a now necessary article in ever 'owest possibir dently rest advance on first cost, we con- ) be the t of our ab to recur that sys iespo n - dence a market unknown to us, we w t we no enabled, b s as cannot -; 0 Finest Jamaica `iF all particular atti necessary to adopt, to prey msop * h of Armagh have found it Birch NTars h kIR, WOOL TO %1 ied, and B, part sold at 3s. S per lb.. duty pain. —•— - a will perceive that, with the extent of ou in a uosit; t Teas .t wholesale to dea C strong►: mended rile Orange flavour .1 can page at what price s are for — BLACK 3s. T Ed. AS. O per lb. recommended. i This forms the greater part of the "1. consumption In this country. TCCOM- 3ularly recom• mended. f particularly re- :ommended 1 curious small close twisted leaf maid : C urges to 4s. 7d we are and, fr ab good qualit hea Tea moron Congo Fine Ditto Superior Congon Tea (S( ehong flavon Black-leaf full flavoured 4 4 nest Congott imported - 4 0 nest Lapsang Sonch Finest scented Orange Pek This Tea possesses GREEN TES Common Green Tea r Twanka: 4s, 6d. t Fine COwslip Hyson st Ouchain, or Yot G o all -leaf tivapow In COFFEE the world is now open —ever y port may send and does send its produce, the maximum duty of Bd. per lb. few years since, was Finest Gunpowder icr g 25 per cent. lower than what, a lc,. , Privileged bonus of ls. per lb• We refer you to our quo tations. as follows — Good Triage Coffee.. Is. Od. per lb Fine Old East India .1 4 Finest Forcign e descriptionipeßded recem This is to° d soug - 1 3 ht a f ter by -, au in such Genuine Mocha consumption on ioreigners, tshe"-C- ontinen DIAn we es being imposea upm. r Teas. In several in ,nt back, we h a ve found the -0, on the papers being prices obliterated, and a higher one substituted, to our injury in every respect, many, from this circumstance, being itn rec dated to suppose our professions of no valir-- To preven a urrence of this practice, we shall mark wrapper that contains the Tea, wh ere it always x„11 1 —p r . that a ll cases in , ersons whom tt stances the price on th he found seuer and ,ection t o both written order is the best buyer that the proper article is 0 ...•-. - We are your obedient ser vants, n d COMPA NY • HOLLIS, WALFORD. a 2, Bold-street, corner of Hanover - Liverpool, March, 1843. * * *Terms, Cash, on delivery in the Country are informed t• .siding accompa- ds. Facilities Orders .r 1-not be re- nied with a respectable reference, the KnoneY quired until the Goods are received. MR. COCKLE'S ANTIBIL lOU S PATRONISED BY THE Duke of Grafton Bishop of Ely Duke of Manchester Bishop of Gloy Duke of Bedford Bishop of Cl) Duke of Argyll Bishop of Worcestk Duke of Beaufort Bishop of Hereford Duke of Rutland Duke of Marlborc Duke of Buccleuc Duke of Devonshire Duke of Sutherland Marquis of Lansdowne Marquis of Normanby Marquis of Ailesbury Marquis of Winchester Marquis of Abercorn Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl of Minto hester Earl of Carnarvon A.saPn f Kinnoul Earl of E Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Rt. Hon. J. A. M Advocate of Scotland Rt. Hon. Re C. Ferzusson, M.P. Judg Advocate Ge- Earl of Mountcashel Earl of Darlington Earl of Guildford Earl of Scarborough Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanet neral Hon. Sir E4grard Cust,K. C.H H o n. Colonel Anson, M.P. Hon. Fox Mettle, M. P. Admiral Sir D. Gould, G.C.B Wheatley, G.C.H• Macdonald, Earl of Athlone Earl of Roscommon Sir Henr Sir J. i Earl Cowper Earl Amherst Earl of Leices sborough Adj. G en eral Sir Thomas Dyer, Bart. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., 1 r p, - Sir Robert Grant, Bart Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Sir Samuel. Fludyer, I3art. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes, Bart. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Philip B.V. Broke, K..C.8 Sir John Tyrrell, Bart. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart, M.P. Sir Matthew Wood,Bart,M.P Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart. Sir Thomas B. Mash Sir Thos. Wilde,M .P.Sol.Gen Sir Frederick Pollock, NI.P. J. Wildman, - Esq., Chilham Castle Colonel Tynte, M.P. Colonel Stbthorp Col.llelap.Stoke Park, Surrey Col. Bence, Thorington Hall Colonel Cowell Captain Pechell, M.P. Matthias Attwood, Esq.,M.P Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Jr. Sergeant Ludlow_ _ leacon of Colchester -- • ieacon ofSt.Alba Dr. Fre Dr. Bei: Cambridge F , Dub pieasurr ABEItNETH Y sed to him in Pills in affec- lerang Conn , Earl of Ga Niscount Melbourne Viscount Palmerston Viscount /I owick Viscount Fordwich Yjscount Torrington inscount Acheson Viscount Alford Lord Arundel . Lord Hill Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord Kinnaird Lord Bentinck Lord NI I.nrd Fri k Gordon Lord Wi Lord Ha Lord Re( Lord Seymour Lord Hartland Lord Western Lord Sydenhan Lord Ari Bishop of Durham Bishop of Chester Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bis op of Peterborough And numerous Famili Mr. COCKLE, SURG before his friends and the public, Mr. ESTIMATION of his Antibilious Pills Letter which that gentleman ad 1824 " I have ordered the use of your A ,ons of the stomach, attended with neat o tions of that import torpic ate of the li r and bowels hiefly, may be attributed the various Cligeases of the body, I )oth local and constitutional,) and opportunities of witnessing their greatly influence the secretion of hi; And in the most effectual manner o the sympathies of our nature, as Englishmen and as one alimentar y ristians. In p articular, the case of the fertile and ation. I consider l a tely prosperous island of Antigua is one which is well nig excellent family aperient medicine, and may be taken at I calculated to awake that active zeal for the amelioration Drgans ithout occasioning pain or irr I times with perfect safet They are prepared by Mr .dinary to Her Serene Hi, Essic HoMMTAG, and ma. me Venders, boxes, at Is. lid NOTICE JAMES Co f of human DC/CLE, Surgeon Extra- diction, which so eminently distinguishes elate LANDGRAVINE , of all respectable Med the people of Great Britain. The morning of the stli of February dawned in peculiar beauty and freshness Let it be especially observed , that those Pills only are upon that fertile possession of the British Crown. equine which have the name "JAMES COCKLE, APOTRE- • Aay," in white letters, engraved on th e G overnment S tamp. Us mark of authenticity will protect the P u bli c aga i nst any a angerou au, oielateriona imitation. luxurious Cr I Thangtrmond-otreet, Bedford-row, London. 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d s waved irr the gentle trade wind. Not is sky, or a sound or a sign upon the and, or the surrounding ocean, to damp the hopes of Deck Was In N GOODS known ble advance -de 14s. - s. and 6s. Der lb.—the 10s. down to ss.—and tis s terms may be p roved—sa 838 ha paid, but the from 4,. 2d. ried, not im —each quality eupi argest Tea Sales 5 a Tea sold fro _ . you from 3s b. ; Souctiongs ith this statement before W nd VEST rtation STPREi". L FURNITI cEATHER BED, & FLOCK MATTRESS PAILLASS AREROOMS. 19, BOLD-STREET. RE ; FEATHEit, ttention of F sive STOCK of new anti fa no of Rosewood and Mahn and Pembroke Tables, Couches Cribs, Cots, Chest of Drawers, Bed Hatstands, Bidets, Music Stands, Cant Sofas. Children's.; steps, Night Commodes ary call s attention to his Stock of Purifi , Hair, Wool, and Flock Mattress( are fit mediate use. A large r-post, French, Nursery, and Camp Bed- RCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable circulation Mich the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL ST AND ARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im- portant market day of the Cotton Trade, wizen its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu- 1 . - facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased land increasing interest Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from Me mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver- sing farours liberally upon us, of our increased ability _ . to do justice to the interests committed to their care TO CORRESPONDENTS We have a large mass of communications before us, but all idents must have patience until after the assizes. OM Corr, SLIP Zibtrpool &tanNn. TUESDAY MO RAIN( T, APRIL 11, 1843 The result of the Nottingham election, which has terminated in the defeat of Mr. Walter, jun., and the League candidate, Mr. Thos. Gisborne, The result of return of the rcely have surprised the world a Nottingham election has rarely, indeed, decided any thing of greater importance than the question, on which side the practices, of bribery by the candidate and debauchery and political profligacy on the part of his venal supporters, have been the greatest. In the present case , however, there are a few circumstances are worthy of being remarked upon We have, in time past, been accustomed to hear of such a thing as " Tory-Chartism," although it was never very clear to us of what it consisted A Thry- Chartist, however, was something very shocking, very disreputable, and very dangerous ; and we can only assume that he was such because he entertained the opinions or favoured the designs of the Chartist party. at all events, is our own conclusion as to the Such, gnification of the term; and if we.are in error, most likely the Manchester Guardian can set us right. Now at this election we observe that the successful who is also the favoured of the Anti-Corn- candidate law League) has gone a little further than any Con- servative has as yet been known to go. The utmost that could ever be alleged against a Tory-Chartist was that he entertained, in a somewhat mitigated form, some of the hostility directed by the Chartists against certain Malthusian doctrines of the Whig party. He held in no very good odour the new poor-law; had a leaning towards a ten hours' factory bill; suspected that the expansion of the productive power of British machinery had somethiug to do with th e i ncreas i ng dis- ss of the British hand-labourer ; and, as the climax to his audacity, denied altogether the existence of that vast regard for the interests and love for the persons of the working classes, which Whiggery ie in the habit of putting forth as its distinguishing characteristic as a political party. Further than this no Tory-Chartist has been accused of going; but at this Nottingham election we observe that the Anti-Corn-law League, by the mouth of their candidate, Mr. Gisborne, has not only coquetted with Feargus, the great apostle of the new constitution which is to be, but has bolted the charter itself (o—swallowed the six points, " uni versal suffrage," " annual parliaments," " vote by ballot," " electoral districts," " no property qualifica tion," and " paid members!" Chartist and anti-corn-. law agitation are, from henceforth, to go hand-in hand. The League fifty-thousand fund is to be made available to foist into Parliament only such gentlemen of character, or rather gentlemen of such character, as will submit to gulp down upon the hustings—a la Gisborne and Lord Rancliffe—the nauseous constitu tional drench which Mr. Feargus O'Connor carries about with him, to be swallowed as the price of his support This, then, is the first lesson taught us by the Not tingham contest; and from it we may deduce another, viz., that the fact of one political body denouncing another in the most bitter terms, and even putting in operation the strongest power of the law for its sup pression, is no guarantee that the most perfect good understanding does not exist between them. The League body denounced the Chartist body as the fo menters of the recent disturbances in the manufac turing districts. The League_ body and the Chartist body are perfect good friends at Nottingham ! Have they ever been otherwise?' Have the se comm i tta l s, these prosecutions, these protestations of mutual dis like, been, after all, anything more than a little bye-play or lover's quarrels, which, as every body knows, but lead to increased affection ? There is another trifling matter, however;'cannected with this League-Chartist victory. The fingers of the gentlemen are reported not to have been quite so clean as the fingers of such patriots ought to be ! This however, will h ave to b e decided by an elec tion committee; and if t h e verdict against the newly elected be, as with the example of a late verdict before us , we see not how it can be otherwise than " guilty of bribery," we do most fervently pray that a consti tuency, which appears only t o ex i st i n order to exh ibi t to thes i world an example of u n p ara ll e l e d pro fh gacy—a o n ency among whi c h an h onest candidate dare not presentttu himself d ur i ng t h e canvass w i thout a cer tainty taipt being tainted by th e contac t--will at onc e b e deprived of the opportunity of doing f ur th er o ff ence to t he British Constitution and to decency ! Notti ng h am must b e disfranchised, or Sudbury will have b een trea ted with injustice. If we live in a country, in which distress and priva on are occasionally rife; if our commercial and in . - gies at times fail us; if the productiveness dustrial tale of our soil is not always equal to the wants of our vast and g rowing population, and we are only permitted to _ _ reap the fruits of the earth " in their season," greater cost of labour and painstaking than in climes more favoured :—if no plains teeming with sponta neous vegetation surround us, and the rich fruits of the tropics re not ours to gather; we are, at the least. 'aced beyond the reach of those terrific convulsions of ature which, in an hour, or a minute of calamity, helm the hopes and fortunes of an entire corn and convert scenes of fertility and gorgeous on and death ! We nto vast wastes of devast to thank an all-seeing God that, in our periods of eatest national tribulation, the land in which we are placed is still as compared with other lands, for it , and its security of life and property 1 worthy of the name of " happy England." The arrival of the last West Indian mail has afforde rroundsi unfortunately too ample and indisputable: lot; 1 -. - at e same time, they appeal most powerfully f-congra ita lofty population 6f iwri hour of noon had cothe, homeless and hotzm ,cene of devast on and dismay in ruins `Out off berbtt the sand - 6 of that population and the entire island one —its churches, public mills, and private dwellings, either levelled :count be- n churc' fore us, "including the cathedral of St. John, and chapels belonging to the Established Church, only two remain unin jured : seven have been levellal to the ground, five are se verely shaken and damaged, the school houses have shared he sath4 stntt.i.ltoi~n>;ity l,-, attirdaYi Ili kilt Potiee•cotirt, a dissipated -looking woman as committed for trial on a charge of robbing a gentleman in Mount Pleasant of a sovereign. A NEVtt LIGHT.—This is the age of new lights ' • and we bear that the " Patent Pelletan Light," an nounce d in our v advertising columns, possess very strong c l a i ms t o pu bli c attention. STEALING COPPER.—Michael Clarke, an elderly man, was committed to the Borough Gaol, by Mr. Rushton, yes ter;lay, for having stolen a small quantity of copper from the Clarence Dock. DEAD INFANT FOUND.—On Friday morning last, the verAm who cleans the Stanhope-street chapel,, found a bux close to the outer gate, which on opening she found to con thin the body of a male infant. It was taken to the Southern Hospital and examined, when it was pronounced by the sur geon to be still born. STEALING BEEF.—An old woman, named Mary Jones, ' " . _ who had been previously several times committed and dis charged, was brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police court, yesterday, charged with having stolen a piece of beef from n stand in St. James's Market. She was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Borough Gaol. A DrstroscsT SHOPBOY. William Jones, shopboy to Mr. Dunsford, cutler and surgical instrument maker, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with having robbed his master of several knives, forks, and razors, and Catharine Garratty and William Garratty, brother and sister, who keep a marine store in Bevington-bush, were charged with having received the property. The prisoners were committed for trial, Mr. Rushton observing, that it was individuals like the Garrattys who encouraged and even made young thieves. BEGGING IN THE' STREET.—At the police. court, yester day, no less than 37 persons, many of them with families, were charged with this offence. Amongst them were many urgent cases of distress. Others, Mr. Rushton rec ogn i ze d (to use his o wn t erm ) a s " old friends of his." The truly distressed were relieved, many of them substantially ; oth ers were forwarded t o the parishes in which their settlement was proved,—while the more hardened, many of whom refused to be clothed and sent home, were severally committed to the Borough Gaol for times varying from seven days to one month. A CHILD RUN ovErt..—A car-driver was placed before Mr. Rushton. on Saturday, charged with having run over a child. It appeared that, op Friday last, the driver was con veying a gentleman and his servant along Lime -street, when he drove over a child which was crossing the road. None of the witnesses produced saw the accident, but they saw the child lying on the ground " like a heap of dirt," took it up, and, finding that it was seriously injured, carried it to one of the hospitals. The gentleman's servant who rode on the box, and who appeared for the prisoner, said they were going at a moderate pace, when the child ran under the head of the horse, and the wheel passed over it before the driver could pull up. According to the evidence of police-officer 553, the prisoner, having stopped for an instant, galloped away, and he had some difficulty in overtaking him to ascertain his number, which he did at the top of Mount Pleasant. The child is said to be in considerable danger. The prisoner was discharged on hail to appear when called on. Trig FUNDS: SATURDAY EVENING.—The English funds have maintained steadiness, but not much business was trarsacted. The stock-markets altogether were in a quies cent state. Consols for money and the account closed 964 buyers ; Bank Stock, 184 to 185 ex. div ; 3 per tents. Re dnced, 96 to 1 ex. div. ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 1084 to-lex. div. ; New 31 per Cents., 1024 to 1 ; Long Annuities, 121 to 9-16; India Clouds, 765. to 78s. pm. ; Exchequer-bills, 2d. issue, 675. to 695. pm. ; the 14d. issue, 68s. to 70s. pm. ; and India Stock, 269 to 270. There was almost a cessation of dealings in the foreign stocks, though on the whole prices at the close of the day ruled much the same us yesterday. Co. lombian left off extremely heavy at 241 to 23; Spanish Ac tives were last quoted 231 to R ; the New Stock. 314 to ; Poetuguese converted, 404 to 41 : Mexican, 291 to 4 ; the Deferred Stock, 81 to Dntch 21 per Cents., 564 to 4 ; the 5 per Cents., 994 to 100 ; Danish, 85 to 86 ; Brazillian, 73 to 76 ; and Belgian, 1044 to 1051. PUBLICANS FINED.—OnIy nine informations were heard on Friday, which included publicans and beer-sellers. Wil liam Henry Morris, London-road, was fined 10s. and costs for having served liquor at ten minutes to four on the Sunday afternoon. We believe it is not generally known that all houses dispensing liquors on the Sabbath afternoon, before the clock has struck four, are equally as liable to the penal ties of the law as those infringing the new act, Mr. Rushton rernark;ng that it made no difference, afternocn or i rrenoon, in this r espect. George Carrick, Mersey-street, bUs., Robert Roberts, Wellington-road, 405., Henry Pearce, Princes street, postponed ; John Rowland, Lawton.streeet, post. p )ned. Beer-houses :—James Topkinson, Potteries, GUs., John Carr, Albion-street, GUs., Archibald M`Millan, Peach street, acquitted ; Edward Hughes, (cellar,) Chaucer-street, acquitted. The cases postponed for further evidence were iesumed on Saturday. The defendants were acquitted in both instances. THE LIVER THEATRE TRIALS.—We understand that the actions for trial at the present assizes warding this theatre have been adjourned to August next, by an arrangement be tween the attorneys and counsel for the plaintiffs and defend ants, with the consent of Mr. Justice Coltman. They were entered in the cause list as follows :—" Bridge v. Honey," and " Bridge v. Buckstone." The first-named was brought in the name of Mr. Bridge, on his own behalf and that of his co-proprietors of the Theatre-Royal to recover seven penal ties, amounting to £350, under the act of the 10 George 11, from Mrs. Honey, in addition to the convictions recently obtained at Kirkdale, but against which she has appealed, for performing in the drama at the Royal Liver Theatre. The second was brought by the same party against Mr. John Baldwin Buckstone to recover four additional penalties amounting to £2OO. There is a second action pending against him fur twenty other penalties amounting to £lOO, which will, most probably, be decided at the same time. The con ditions of the postponement, we believe, are, that Mr. Buck. stone is not to play in the drama at the Liver until after the next assizes ; that the theatre shall not be opened for thea trical purposes from this date until after that period ; and that the appeals against the convictions lately obtained at Kirkdale shall not be gone into until the October sessions. THE THEATRE ROYAL V. THE MINOR THEATRES.—At the police-court yesterday, the solicitors of the Theatre Royal again renewed their application to Mr. Rushton, in relation to the minor theatres of the town. On the solicitor rising, Mr. Rushton asked what is the nature of your appli ca ti on to-day ? The Solicitor.—The application is rather prema turely• made, but understanding that on the result of the re cent decisions he (Mr. Rushton) had made, the parties con nected with a minor theatre, to which the mayor had give his sanction—the Amphitheatre—were actually preparing for the representation of dramatic e ntertainments we have made this application. Mr. Rushton. —They have no right to enact anything that is prohibited by law, and the mayor's autho rity especially specifies that. The best way, would be to p ro . ceed against the proprietors under that section of the new improvement act that relates to persons knowingly letting. kc.. and not against the spectators. The Solicitor. —This would be difficult to prove. Mr. Rushton. —Let the parties be served with notice of your intention, and lay befor e th em the evidence y ou h ave that such entertainments are about to be produced. If, then, they do not comply, I wil grant you a summons. The Solicitor. —What will then be done? Mr. Rushton.—l won't say what I will do. I will grant a sum mons 'against the proprietors. The course I h ave recom mended is the l eas t h ar d, a nd decidedly the most convenient way of proceeding. The solicitor thanked Mr. Rushton, and left the court. WEST DERBY UNION.—At the first meeting of the newly elected Board of Guardians of the West Derby Union, the following members were re-elected to the several offices held by them during the past year,—viz., John Sheppard, Esq., Chairman, and Alderman Ryan, and Thomas Roberts, Esq., Vice-Chairmen ; the unanimous thanks of the Board having been awarded to them for their very valuable and efficient cervices to the Union.—The sixth annual dinner, which took place at the Rainbow Hotel, and which was in every•respect highly satifactory, was very numerously at tended. The chair was most ably filled by Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. Roberts contributed largely to the pleasure of the company by his very excellent conduct as Vice-chairman, After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts (which were intro el:need in a very efficient manner by the Chairman,) had been duly responded to, Mr. Parker proposed "The health of the Poor Law Commissioners" in a most effective speech, and highly eulog ized the character of those gentlemen with re spect to th courtesy and kindness which they had at all times exhibited towards the Guardians of the West Derby Union. Several other gentlemen supported the proposition of Mr. Parker, and repudiated the attempts which were fre quently made with much virulence, but with as little truth, as affect to attach odium to those hon. gentlemen in the dis charge of their very arduous and responsible duties. Several other excellent speeches were made by John Formby, Esq., magistrate, the Rev. Thomas Dwyer, and other gentlemen, on the subject of the Union and the Loor-laws ; and on every topic the utmost unanimity and satisfaction prevailed. THE GREAT WESTERN.—The passengers, before their arrival, presented the following address to Captain Hosken, expressive of their admiration of the manner in which he managed his ship during the recent voyage, and of their ob ligation to him for his uniform politeness and attention to their wants : " On board the steam-ship Great Western, 31st March, 1843. " Sir,—As the time draws near when our voyage on board this ship is to terminate, we have great pleasure in expressing to you our sense of the attention manifested by yourself and the officers and crew under your command, in the perform ance of your respective duties, and which has throughout inspired the most implicit confidence among those whose safety has, under Providence, been placed in your charge. The passage has been, for this ship, one of unusual length, arising from a succession of contrary winds and tempestuous weather ; but it has served at the same time to exhibit, in stronger relief, the high qualities of this noble sea-boat, and the vigilance and talents of her officers. We separate with the best wishes for the success of her enterprising owners, and for the welfare of yourself and the officers anti men under your charge. __ _ - • " 'ro Captain James Hosken, R.N., &c. &c. Signed, C. Macrae, Scotland. John Tapan, Boston, U.S. James Murray, New York. Richard Trask, Boston. J. Converse, London. William Denny, Major 71st .. Regt. V. Fanche, New York. Geo. H. Bo o th, B oston. James Fe rguson, Natchez. A. P. G or d on C umming. Capt. 71st Regt, John William Pounden, Montreal. Otto Wesindonck, New York. yan chapel in St. John's is very seriously in jured : the two chapels belonging to th . at persuasion in the The Wes! country are totally in ruins : of the remaining six, one only has escaped without extensive damage " With one exception, the Moravian churches, which are principally built of wood, have been less injured. " In the city of St. John, the destruction of property, both in buildings and goods, has been general and extensive One-third'of the houses and stores, and those the most valu able, having been the most substantially built, are strewed upon the ground. A large portion of the remaining houses are so shattered as to be uninhabitable ; and every building has sustained more or' less injury. _ _ Not one public building has escaped. The Cathedral, the Jail, the House of Correction, the Customhouse, the Luna tic Asylum, the Fort which protected the harbour, and the Barracks, are masses of ruins. The walls of the Court house are so rent and shattered that it cannot, until re paired, be used for any public purpose. These were all buildings of strong masonry, and most of them have resisted the hurricanes and tempests of the last century. The Go vernment House alone (built of wood) has escaped, with partial injury to its foundations and offices. " To these may be added the Barracks and Cantonments on Shirley Heights' and the Ridge, so much injured as to be uninhabitable by the troops, who, like those near St. John's, are obliged to be encamped. Dow's Hill, the property of the Ordnance Department and the country residence of the Governor-in-Chief, is nearly destroyed; the dock-yard and other buildings at English Harbour most seriously damaged, and the village of English Harbour and the small town of Falmouth almost entirely in ruins. On the morning of the eventful day which witnessed this great calamity, one hundred and seventy-two sugar mills stood ready to grind the luxuriant crop then nearly ripe for the harvest. Of these, thirty five are entirely overthrown; eighty-two are rent from top to bottom, or otherwise se verely, and, it is to be feared, irreparably damaged ; fifty five are partially injured, but almost all of them require ex- !ensive repairs to render them .servieeable in saving the pre- The works, dwelling-houses, and labourers' cot tages attached to these mills, have shared their fate in equal proportion. The numerous free villages are heaps of ruins, and many a head, which rose from its pillow that morning, elated by hope and the expectation of future prosperity, at night was either houseless and homeless, or obliged to take such temporary shelter as could be erected at the moment from the fragments of the shattered buildings ; and it is much to be feared that more than one respectable family still remains in the same destitute condition and without the means of repairing their dwelling, so utter and overwhelming has been the ruin with which they have been so unexpect edly overtaken." sent crop Nor is this fearful devastation all which the unfortu nate proprietors and labourers of Antigua have to mourn over, for years of uninterrupted prosperity will not suffice to repair the damage; and how much of it must to the unfortunate sufferers be altogether irreparable ! The luxuriant crops of the island still stand, we are told, in the midst of the ruin, " unscathed and vigourous, as if smiling in derision at the perish able works of man's hands ;" and the bulk of that valuable crop, reared with such pains, both planter and labourer are doomed to see rot upon the soil "for want of the means to convert it to the use of man." Surely, a calamity, so widely spread in its effects— so irremediable by the unaided energies of the popula tion of Antigua--should call forth the active sympa thies of a commercial community such as Liverpool, and especially of a community enjoying with that island, as we do, a large and valuable commerce. To every interest—to the merchant as well as the humblest trader—such an instance of the visiting of an inscru table Providence appeals. To men of every religious persuasion —to the churchman as well as to the dis senter—it appeals ; for the cathedral and churches of the former are equally in ruins with the chapels of the latter. To the friends of emancipation, too, it addresses itself powerfully ; for " the numerous free villages are heaps of , ruins," and their dispossessed population are driven houseless by the fate which has converted into desolation their lately smiling cottages and provision. The calamity, like death, has presented itself alike at the doors of the wealthy and of the poor; has prostrated equally the mansion and the hovel, the tem ple and the humble edifice " where two or three are met together" in God"s name. ground We do hope, then, to see in this town an effort made, worthy of the occasion, to relieve, and promptly too, the distress which is rife at present in Antigua. Already the legislatures of the neighbouring West Indian islands have come forward with all the aid to be expected from colonies far from being in that posi tion of prosperity which would permit their hands to be as liberal as their wishes. The Colonial Office at home has consented to aid the planters with tempo rary loans to meet their instant emergencies. The means accruing from these sources, however,:we ob serve with regret, are so fearfully deficient that aid can only be granted to " those persons who are in the most destitute condition." They are utterly unequal to ena ble a single individual in the island to provide for 'more than his daily and pressing wants of food or temporary shelter. From the private benevolence of the British people—so abundantly manifested when the sufferers from any calamity in foreign countries have appealed to us—we can alone look for any efficient measure of aid; and to that benevolence, so far as Liverpool at least is concerned—we trust that, the prostrated people of Antigua—a people sharing our own liberty, and wor shipping the same God in the same language with our selves—will not appeal in vain. Let the effort be promptly and energetically made ; and it cannot fail here to be as promptly and abundantly responded to, unless the people of our good old town have become more selfish and forgetful of that gratitude which they owe to the all-wise Disposer of human events—for the protecting care with which he has hitherto withheld from this land such awful visitings of his anger—than we have ever believed them to be ! Since the above was writteu we have received an advertisement, which appears elsewhere in our publi cation this day, by which it will be seen that all who have an inclination to come forward and lend a helping hand, can do so—a subscription having been com menced, and to which the public of Liverpool are invited to 'contribute. LOCAL NEWS. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster--Ilenry Lawrence, Esq., to be De puty LieutenariL—Gazette. THE MAGISTRACY.—At the sessions held at Lancaster on Monday week. George Edward Wilson, Esq., of ileversham, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, qualified as a magistrate for this county. • SAINT DAVID'S CHURCH, Ltarattroor..—We understand that the trustees will proceed to the election of a minister on Wednesday, the 3(1 of May nxxt ; end that it is their inten tion to make every effort to procure assistance for one or ' more of the services from the Pastoral Aid Society. Tule WEATHER.—Since our last the weather has been ex tremely variable. On Sunday morning rather a smart shower of snow foil; and, early on Monday morning the ground was slightly covered with snow. Yesterday the sun shone bril liantly at intervals, but the atmosphere was damp and cold. The Manchester Guardian of Saturday announces the deaths, of two persons, one a boy aged 14 years, and the other a domestic servant, in consequence of having fallen whilst THE New PACKET -SHIP engaged in the reprehensible practice of cleaning windows at beautiful vessel entered our harbour on Friday morning, the outside of the premises. MONTEEUMA.—This new and after a passage of 17 days and a few hours, from New York. FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—On Sunday last a sermon Her appearance as she came into port, with the English en was preached in Chri s t Ch urc h, b y t h e R ev . Fi e ldi ng O uld, sign floating in front, and the stripes breeze, and stars at the wizen, on behalf of that i n t eres ti ng institution—the LiverpOol under sail with a full a n d f a i r w as very imposi ng . o , Female Orphan Asylum. Th e children were pres en t i n th e i r While just entering the harbour, she nave a salute of 18 neat dress, and a sum of £44 was co ll ec t e d f or t h e Charity. guns from a piece of artill ery on bard We hope this example w ill h ave man y i m i ta t ors. the shore, produced a fine effect. In lat. 40. 55, long. 20. which, echoing from SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday - morning Stewart Slack. 25, ahe fell in with the di smasted wreck of the French brig a labourer, aged 30, left his home at five o'clock to proceed St. Barnard, of F6earnp, in a sinking state, on the eighth to his work. Shortly afterwards, as he was passing the Mo.. day after she had been disabled, and her officers and crew, nument, in London-road, be was observed to stagger and 16 in number, were, in a time of great peril, rescued from fall. He was lifted up by four persons who went to his as- the wreck, and brought by Captain Lowber to this port. sistance, and it was supposed that he was i n a fit. li e di ed Th e passengers, on their arrival, in testimony of their high in a few minutes.. He had complained the day before of a appreciation of his ability as a seaman, and his praiewortby palpitation of his heart. exertions in saving the above officers and crew, presented LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCI ETY .—It i s announce d, him with a silver pitcher. O n receiving it he was addressed, on behalf of the passen gers , b y A. Williams, E sq. , o f t h e that Mr. Williams will read a paper to this society thi s city of New York, one . of their number, in a neat and do ' " The Combustion of Coal Gas," in reply to one evening, on quent speech, to which he wade a feelingand appropriate re lately read by Mr. Smith, on "The Combustion of Smoke." ly• The Montezuma is, a •accounts, one according to all the she sailed _ The subject is an interesting one, the former gentleman ad ol'f the fastest vessels vocating the prevention of smoke by the complete combos- day no less then 291 miles. on another and two days in 280, lion of the gases genera • ted from coal, in furnaces; the latter,• succession at the rate of 274 per day, This has seldom been the combustion of the smoke after it has been formed. d e equalled, by of • steamers. The combustion say the Atlantic Both gentlemen allege, that nr sse if g on the distinction between the s— P B ' New York Courier says with reference to her—" Everything combustion of gas or smoke depends the correctness of the is all h t te and unstinted liberality of . means adopted for abating the nuisance. of it, and mat a single item that taste could devise, comfort call ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Yesterday, a woman for, or money purchase has been omitted. The captain and depraved habits was charged before Mr. Rushton, at the owners threw the Montezuma open to their friends and visi police-court, with having on the previous day stolen a ptirse tors gener any on Wednesday and Thursday last—the latter containing a five pound Bank of England note, several sove- being Lady- Day. and the hospitalities of a new packet were reigns, and a quantity of silver.- From the evidence of the never more. gracefully dispensed or more heautflully re prosecutor, a most respectably dressed young man, it are. ccived. The company both days was large, and the pleasure peered that he met the prisoner in Russell-street, and after of the visit mutually pleasant, we believe, to those who gave some conversation left her, when feeling in his pocket he and those w ho partook of the entertainment. Capt. Lowber missed his purse. He went in search .of the prisoner, and bore himself like a true sailor and gentleman, as we know he found her with the purse in her possession, which she agreed will always (.Ic, in port and on the ocean. Success to him and to give him for a sorvereign. She was committed to take her 1 his ship." trial at the sessions. bittVititt Saitikttly itat tZs otiptgitiebt the brig Isabel was summoned before Mr, Rtshton or quantity of iron t o rema i n on t h e quay o f hivingth allowed a eprince,spock a longer time than specified by Act of Parliament. The case was postponed until yesterday for the attendance of Messrs. Vincent Higgins and Son, who, the captain asserted, were alone liable, he having agreed that it should be "delivered free on hoard ;" on the other hand it was asserted, that they were delivered when placed on the quay. Mr. Rushton inquired of Mr. Robinson how that was? when the latter asked who would be liable if any were missing ? to which the answer was, Higgins and Son, when Mr. Rushton inflicted a penalty of 10s. and costs on Higgins and Son, thus settling a question of some importance to the mercantile community. APRIL NODDIES.—A practical joke was played upon many of our townsmen, of the lower order, on Saturday week. Mr. Sloan, of the Royal Amphitheatre, it will be remembered, by way of raising the wind to pay to the poor of the parish a moiety of the penalty in which he was mulcted by the bench at Kirkdale, on the recent informations instituted against him by the proprietors of the Theatre-Royal, for playing the drama in an unlicensed building, issued last week but one a number of orders for admission to the performances on pay ment of reduced nrices. The speculation, we hear, was a successful one. At all events Mr. Sloan assures us that it brought three hundred pounds into his exchequer, which otherwise would have fructified in the pockets of some less deserving parties. The practitioners of " All Fools' Day" seem to have taken their cue from this circumstances, for on Saturday evening the doors of the Liver Theatre were be sieged at an early hour, and manager, money and cheque takers were all alive with the hope of having a bumper house. The doors were no sooner opened than there was a tremendous rush towards the interior, especially at the pit entrance, and at the latter place upwards of sixty orders were presented to the following effect:--" Royal Liver Theatre. This order will admit two to the pit, if delivered at the pit door on Saturday evening, before a quarter past seven o'clock, on payment of sixpence ! ! March 29th, 1843. W. C." The order was printed and had every appearance of being genuine, but the lovers of fun, in their anxiety to have a laugh at the expense of their neighbours, had forged the initials of the manager, and the holders being one and all turned back were suddenly reminded that it was the first of April. The same thought at the same time struck the manager and his servants, but though there was much disappointment evinced by all parties, they speedily regained their wanted equanimity, and joined in one shout of laughter at the joke of which they were the victims. UTTERING BAD COIN AND NOTES.—In the crown court, on Thursday last during the trial of a shop-keeper and hawker named Royle, for uttering two £5 notes purporting to be of the Halifax and Huddesfield Bank, be knowing them to be forged, and who was eventually acquitted. Mr. Wilkins who defended the prisoner, in the course of his ad dress to the jury, related an anecdote relative to himself as i.lustrative of the frequent occurrence of parties in respec table life becoming possessed of base money, and offering it without knowing it to be so, by which their character and liberties were for a time jeopardized. After stating that in the case before them it had been proved that about the time of the transaction imputed to the prisoner, and while he was travelling in his vocation in Yorkshire, a vaat number of forged notes had got into circulation in that county, one delinquent put into circulation paper of that description purporting to be to the amount in all of £lOOO ; he said in effect :—On the very day I was admitted to the bar, I travel led on foot with a young fellow student from one town to another in the south. We became warm with walking, and aserving a small house of entertainment on the way side, at the window of which a welcome notice of " Prime Devon shire Cider sold here." we both entered and asked fora glass each of that cooling beverage, which was served to us by the landlord, and for which I handed him half-a-crown to be changed in payment. Bonnyface felt the coin, looked at it, and then gazing with a rather droll expression of vision at us, and again at the piece, said, with a knowing laugh, " It wont do, I'm too old a cock to be caught with this sort of chaff." My young friend, who had not much knowledge of the world, became surprised and indignant at the imputation' endeavou red to repel it, and with some warmth said to the landlord, " Sir, you dont know who you are speaking to. We are gentlemen belonging to the bar!" " I have no doubt what ever but what you have both of you beeri brought up to the bar before new !" I thought it wiser under the circumstances, to satisfy so ugly a custom, by paying him in good money, but on putting my hand into my pocket for that purpose I found that 1 had fewer than six other half-crowns equally base ! Here was an aggravation of our predicament, from which, however, we eventually escaped by explaining who we were, and how I had become possessed of the money, when within an ace of being committed to durance vile. The fact was that a man in the town we had left, had for some time been pestering me to assist him with a concert he was getting up, and I had received from him all the bad half crowns in change on giving him tt►y donation towards it. LIVERPOOL DOCK BILL. This bill, which has for its object to enable the dock trus ees to charge dues upon freight carried in the poops of ves sels, (which has, hitherto, from an oversight in previous acts' been exempt,) passed through a committee of the house of Commons on Thursday. We give below its only fimportant clause, describing the mode in future to be adopted for ascer taining tonnage for the leveying of dock rates : " And be it enacted, that from and after the p assing of this act, it shall be lawful for the said trustees and :for their collector of the said tonnage-rates, or his clerk, a gent, or servant, or any officer of the said trustees, for the tit ce being duly authorised, to measure and ascertain the tonne ge of all vessels liable to the payment of all or any of the •tonnage rates or duties imposed by the said recited acts, o r any of them, according to the following rules ; (that is to ss y) if the hold is clear; oivide the length of the upper deck, between the after part of the stem and the fore part of the stern-post, into six equal parts ; depths, at the foremost, the middle and the aftermost of those points of division, measure, in feet and decimal parts of a foot, the depths from the under side of the upper deck, to the ceiling at the limber strake : in, the case of a break in the upper deck, the depths are to be measured from a line stretched in a continuation of the deck ; breadths, divide each of those three depths into five equal parts, and measure the inside breadths at the following points, videlicet : at one-fifth and at four-fits from the upper deck of , the fore most and aftermost depths, and at two-fifths and four fifths from the upper deck of the midship depth ; length, at half the midship depth, measure the length of the ves sel from the after part of the stem to the fore part of the stern-poet ; then to twice the midship depth, add the fore most and aftermost depths; for the sum of the depths, add together the upper and lower breadths at the foremost division, three times the upper breadth and the lower breadth at the midship division and the upper, and twice the lower breadth at the after division for the sum of the breadths; then multiply the sum of the depths by the sum of the breadths, and this produ c t by t h e l ength, and divide the final product by three thousand five hundred, and the quotient shall be the amount of tonnage of such vessel. If the cargo is on board, measure first the length on the upper deck be tween the after part of the stem and the fore part of the stern-post ; secondly, the inside breadth on the under side of the upper deck, at the middle point of the length ; and,. thirdly, the depth from the under side of the upper deck down the pump-well to the skin ; multiply these three dimen sions together, and divide the product by one hundred and thirty, and the quotient shall be the amount of tonnage of such vessel. If such vessel shall have a poop, half deck or break in the upper deck, measure the inside, mean length, breadth, and height of such part thereof as may be included within the bulk-head ; multiply these three measure ments together, and dividing the product by 92.4, the quotient. shall be the amount of the tonnage, of such poop, half dee): or break, and shall be added to the amount of tonnage of the e same vessel as ascertained by either of the preceding rules : Provided always, That in ascertaining the tonnage of an y such vessel which shall be propel led by steam, the tonna; ,e due to the cubical contents of the engine -room shall be d. ducted from the total tonnage of 'the vessel as determined toy the rules aforesaid, and the remainder shall be considered as the amount of the tonnage of the said vessel, in respect of which the said rates and duties shall be paid; and the to a. nage due to the cubical contents of the engine -room shall be determined in the following manner ; (that is to say) meast :re the inside length of the engine -room in feet and decimal pa its of a foot from the foremost to the aftermost bulkhead. :en multiply the said length by the depth of the vessel at the midship division as aforesaid, and the product by the ins ide breadth at the same division at two-fifths of the depth frota the deck taken as aforesaid, and divide the last product by 92•4, and the quotient shall be the tonnage due to the cubical contents of the engine-room." MOCK HUMANITY, (For the Liverpool Standard.) Friends of " Humanity" (?) protect the " sweep er ; No more shall climbing-boys up chimneys creep,- No more shall " dogs," like donkeys, make a start, To carry burdens, or to " drag a cart." No more shall " wasps" be kill'd because they've stung ;* Because they root, no more shall " pigs" be " rang" t No more shall hunters chase the timid " hare" ; " Moles," " rats," and " mice," shall henceforth 'scape the snare; And he who dares to kill a " gnat" or " flea," With these philanthropists shall have no plea!— Still all the while they shield the selfish knave, Who'd work to death—his infant FACTORY SLAVE! HOMO. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. —We understand that the house will adjourn to-morrow, till Monday week, for the Easter recess. J. F. Sinzenick, for shooting at the Rev. Mr. Haydon, in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Saturday last, was on Friday com mitted for trial. On the 27th of February, two villages on the Tras-os- Montes, Portugal, were swept away, with part of their in habitants, by a sudden mountain torrent. A grand regatta, by women, is to take place at Venice, on the 25th of May. It is announced that it will be conducted in all the style of the time of the republic. We may state that Mr. Wordsworth, in consequence of communications from Sir Robert Peel and the Lord Cham berlain, has accepted the appointment of poet laureate.-- Standard. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last an accident, which terminated fatally, occurred to Mr. Simcox, the pro prietor of a cross-country coach from Brighton. Upon the arrival of the coach at Lewes Mr. Simcox was engaged fas tening the luggage to the roof when the strap broke, and he fell into the road and broke his back. The unfortunate man lingered in great agony until Saturday morning, when be ex pired. The deceased was a fine, healthy man, only thirty six years of age. COMBUSTION IN A COAL MINE.—A volcano Of a novel kind has broken out in the neighbourhood of Kcenigshutte, a town in Silesia. For twenty years past a slow fire, which occasioned no alarm, has burnt in the coal mines of that dis trict; but recently it has assumed an alarming character„ shooting out immense volumes of flame, which threaten de.. struction to the surrounding buildings, and to the vast forests, of the country. , A steam-engine has been established for the; purpose of discharging water into the mines ; but, at the latest; accounts, this machine had been in action fur seventy-two, hours without producing the slightest effect. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. --A poor man of the name of O'Briens, returned from Scotland on Sunday morning last,. and being fatigued he went to his bed, throwing his clothes,. in a pocket of which was a loaded pistol, on a box or chest-. His wife, a few minutes after, went to the box for some which was in it, and was in the act of lifting the clothes, when, melancholy to relate, the pistol went off, and. the ball entered the forehead and passed out at the back part. of the head of her daughter (a fine child of three years old),. who was standing at her side. Instant death was the con— sequence. —Derry Sentinel, MRS. N% 00D (FORMERLY MISS PATON).—A correspon— dent of the Oxford Herald says—," You will, I am quite sure, have no objection to my contradicting in lobo the state- • , meat in your paper of last Saturday relative to the conversion, of Mrs. Wood to , the Catholic religion. To my certain. knowledge the statement in question is an absurd hoax,. which can produce no other possible effect than inflicting- pain on rnore.parties than one. What may have been the- ' object of the author of this hoax I cannot say ; but, at aft ' events, every one must agree in the propriety of holding up. ' the perpetrator of this falseh oo d t o un i versa l d etestation. I: give you my name and address, from which, if I mistake not,. • you will at once perceive that I am in possession of means of as accurate information as can be derived on a subject liis.ei i this." disnet not/it/GE:cm LANCAM-TIRE SPRING ASSIZES CROWN COURT -FitlyAy, APRIL 7 Before Mr. Baro❑ PARKI THE POISONING CASE AT NI ANOFIESTER The trial of Mary Hunter was resumed this morning. The court was again crowded, and many ladies were present. On the motion of Mr. Wilkins, the medical witnesses to be examined, and whose evidence would be merely speculative, were ordered out of court. He then called Sarah Horsfield, a neighbour of the deceased, and the pri soner. She deposed nearly to the same effect as Mrs. Street, and the dreadful sufferings of the deceased. Mr. John Davies, lecturer on chemistry at the Royal Me dical Society and the Pharmaceutic Society in Manchester, deposed that he analysed the contents of the stomach and some porridge given to him by Mr. Beswick. the officer, and found no poison whatever. He thought it possible that the prescriptions administered to the deceased would have a ten dency to remove arsenic from the stomach and bowels. Cross-examined.—From the tests he applied he should have discovered the smallest fraction of a grain of arsenic had it been present. Re-examined,—The questions put to him in cross-exami nation are much more lit for a pathologist to decide than a chemist. • Mary Ann Jackson, wife of Thomas Jackson, and sister of the deceased, prOVed that when she asked the prisoner why they had not been sent for, she replied that she could not send, and that Mr: . Harrison's young man told her that her husband had the Hier complaint, and, if opened, his liver would be found no bigger than a nut ; and that when it was proposed to open his body, she objected to it; that they had no quarrel about the money ; that about six weeks before the death of her husband, she had asked witness to lend her £5, saying that her husband had drawn £lO out of the building society, £5 for herself and £5 for a widow lady ; that he had given her the latter to take care of,. and somebody had picked her pocket of four sovereigns, in the market. Witness lent her £2. Cross-examined.—The deceased and his wife had been married ten years, and had always lived comfortably together for anything she knew. The prisoner was a little given to drink. Her husband was of rather a hasty temper. By the JUDGE.—Witness had quarrelled with the prisoner about seven years ago, but they were on speaking terms. Thomas Jackson gave somewhat similar evidence. They had never laid claim to the money of the deceased, but he and another person offered to advance money for the mourn ing. Cross.examined.--It was a common thing for persons in her line of life to object to have a body opened. Re-examined.—Had his wife died so suddenly, he should not have objected to her being opened. Ann Whittaker, of Walter -street, Manchester, next door neighbour to the deceased, and whose husband worked with him, proved that the prisoner had told her that her husband was struck with death when he began to be ill, and that he would be black when he was first struck, and those who laid him out would see it. She said they were troubled with witchclocks some months previous to this. Martha Ankers, a silk-winder, neighbour to the deceased, spoke to his regular habits. The prisoner, who was not a sober woman, told her that her husband allowed her £1 a week to keep house. She was in the habit of pawning a good, deal, and said if he found it out he would kill her. Some time previously she had kept a cat.--Cross-examined : She was a good wife, and very fond of her husband, and had often expressed to witness her intention to act better. It was three years since they kept a cat. Martha Ankers, sen., said the prisoner had told her, 12 months ago, that her husband was going to draw some money from a building-club ; that s h e owe d money, and, as she was much involved unknown to him, she thought she would take it, as the only chance of redeeming herself, .and would never do anything unknown to him again; and that it would be a greater a shock to him to find she had deceived him than to lose the money. Caroline Bedford, living near to the prisoner, had charred for her, but beard nothing of her having witchclocks. The prisoner had sent her to borrow sheets to lay her husband out shortly before he died. Hugh M`Gillon, who formerly lodged with the deceased, spoke to his being a robust, healthy man. After a number of witnesses had been examined, whose testimony did not throw much light on the investigation, Mr. Beswick, the chief superintendent of police at Manchester, proved that he apprehended the prisoner, and cautioned her not to say anything that might commit herself, whet) she de nied that she had bought arsenic from Mr. Davies or any other person; and that she then said she had bought it to kill witchclocks with, but had lost it, and observed, " you think I gave it to my husband, but you are mistaken." He afterwards, with policeofficer Green, searched the house, but found no oatmeal balls. Mrs. Whittaker gave him a basin with some water porridge, which he handed to Mr. D'avies, together with some paper containing a white powder that had been found in the prisoner's house. Mr. John Carson, surgeon, who beard the evidence of the medical men the previous day, arrived at the conclusion that the symptoms described could not be farmed by any disease coming on suddenly in a person in perfect health. He be lieved the deceased had died from acute inflammation of the stomach. Mr. Thomas Blackburn was then called. He had been ih practice as a surgeon in Liverpool for upwards of 30 years. Heard the evidence of the medical men yesterday as to the death of the deceased, and his illness, and the appearances of the body, and I think it within the range of possibility that arsenic could be detected. I, however, think the probability rather the other way. The learned JUDGE here stopped the case, and asked the Jury whether they were of opinion that the case should go on. The Jury said they had heard quite enough, and under the direction of his Lordship, a verdict of acquittal was taken, and the prisoner was discharged. Mr. Pot. Lock said, in justice to Mr. Dyson, one of the medical gentlemen who was examined yesterday, he wished to withdraw the observation he had made respecting him'. The gentleman who instructed him had been misinformed, and the moment he found it was without foundation he wished to do justice to the gentleman. The learned JUDGE observed, that the manner in which Mr. Dyson denied the observation showed him there was no foundation for it. [We understood there were about a dozen witnesses in attendance for the prisoner, all differing in opinion from the medical and chemical testimony given on behalf of the prose cution.] Mr. Herford was solicitor to the prosecution ; and Mr. Bent, solicitor, of Manchester, for the prisoner. Two or three cases of burglary of no interest occupied the court until it adjourned at half-past six. NISI PRIUS COURT. —FRIDAY. FARRAR v. DEFLINNE.—This was a special jury case, in - which the plaintiff, James Farrar, sought to recover from the defendant, Francis Deflinne, the amount of three bills of ex change for £1,123. The counts were for goods sold and de livered, interest, and on an account stated. The defendant pleaded that he had not accepted, and denied his liability. Mr. BAINES, Mr. TOMLINSON, and Mr. COWLING ap peared for the plaintiff; and Mr. DUNDAS, Mr. BRANDT, and Mr. WATSON for the defendant. Mr. BAINES stated the case. He said the question to be decided on that occasion was one of very considerable im portance, not only as it affected the amount at issue, but also as it affected the character of the person whose conduct the Jury would have to inquire into; because, with respect to the defendant, be (Mr. Baines) would have to submit to them that his conduct, as regarded the present matter, had been utterly inconsistent with those principles of honesty and fair dealing by which every British merchant ought ever to be actuated. The plaintiff was a respectable manufactu rer, carrying on business in Manchester. The defendant was also carrying on business in Manchester; he was one of a firm called Deflinne and Colt ; and he was also, as he (Mr. Baines) contended, a partner in a firm called Thomas Todd, in which name the bills of exchange, the subject of the pre sent action. were drawn, and in which name they were ac cepted. Those bills had been drawn towards the latter part of last year. They were drawn by the plaintiff on Mr. Todd ,• they were accepted by Mr. Todd ; and what he (Mr. Baines) contended for was this, that the defendant was liable to the plaintiff, either as an actual member of that firm, or, at all events, as having held himself out in the character of a part ner. This was the short question which the jury would have to try. The evidence would necessarily run into much de tail; and he (Mr. Baines) would be best able to assist the Jury in; listening to it by giving them a short and general statement of the transections, entering as little as possible • into detail. They had already heard of a person of the name of Thomas Todd as that of the concern on which the bills had been drawn, and in which they were accepted. There was a young man of that name, who, in 1833, down to the latter part of that year, had been engaged in several situations in Manchester as warehouseman and buyer—first at Townsend and Co.'s, and then at Ainsworth and Co.'s. He seemed to have contracted an intimacy with Mr. De , filmic, the prese n t d e f en d ant; for, at the end of 1833, he I . was advised by Mr. Deflinne to go into business for himself, the latter saying that he was possessed of capital, with which he would render him assistance. Todd accordingly took a • warehouse in Marsden-place, Manchester, and, before three months had expired, an actual written agreement of part nership was entered into between him and Deflinne, which specified that the concern was to be carried on by Todd, and that Deflinne was to be a dormant partner. That an agree -ment of this kind had been entered into, there was no doubt. 'The 'instrument was dated in February, 1834. Very soon. :after, Deflinne interested himself greatly in the concern by 'coming to the place and acting in every way in which a pan nier could act; and it would be material for the jury to see in what light he exhibited himself to the persons coming to the warehouse, for he (Mr. Baines) would contend he knew, :and must have known, that, though his name did not appear sin the firm, the fact of his being a partner must have been notorious to great numbers of persons, and, among others, to the plaintiff, who, upon the credit of Deflinne, and not upon that of Todd, had gone on, from the year 1834 down to the final stoppage of Todd in July, 1842, supplying ds - at an aver age ra t e o f £4O O per month, and, all the time, goo on - the bona fide belief that he bad Deflinne for his debtor; . and it would be strange if he had come to any other conclu sion, for he had the statement of Deflinne's partner on the subject, and be also had an opportunity of seeing how the defendant conducted himself in the management of the con . cern. Some of elle things which the defendant did as a part . ner were these :—.he came three or four times a day to the -place, wrote in t,•te books of the concern, was seen by th e -clerks and o th ers to , d o so; examined the accounts, was con : stilted about raising the wages of th e servants, gave directions to the buy ers an d se hers fol i the concern as to what they were to . do, conducted hin nself in every way as a partner, and was - very urgent with the clerks and servants to make as much profit as possible ; an d, whether it was that he had an odd way of expressing him , self or not, it was difficult to say, but, -at all events, hi s usua l remar k appeared to be—" Take care Iyou rob the natives (a . laugh); get as much out of them as ;you can ; Mr. So-and. : . o is makin g so much, and you must . make as much as him. The bills of acceptances that became due of the concern were taken up by him ; parties were always referred to him and he s, qtled the accounts ; and it would be shown by the evidence of several employed in the concern that no other conclusion cote 'ld be drawn than this, that Mr. Deflinne was a partner, a nd that, though his name was not included in the firm, he Ras appearing p ersonally and taking an open and ostensible pa rt in the general business of the house. This state of thin gs continued till 1837. Todd had nothing. He had come of tt of a situation with a capital of only £2O or £3O i n t h e woi ; and it would b e seen from the evidence that lie was not to ,supply any capital, but that the capital was to be supplied by Deflinne. It would be con tended by the counsel on ti se o ther side that a dissolution of in the year '37, and that after the partnership l oo k plac s that dissolution the liabilitit aof L'eflinne ceased ; but Deflinne would find himself very tn- eel mistaken if . he had taken any or tothe dissolution had been such notion as this into his bead, human • any b eing ex _ servants of the concern of the most secret kind, n kuuni cept to Mr. Todd and him Reif: thr with the not the slightest know ledge of it, person s dealing with . the concern had not the sl; &test notton of it, an d the plain tiff and all others continue Stn .transact business with the con cern down to the time of ~ w eeg .eppage upon the supposition that Deflinn e con ti nue d to .he. what at the tim e h e unques tionably was, a mem ber 0 f the firm. After the J anuary of 1837:when the secret diss elu,tion took place, things went on, so far as the world was co ace' ned, exactly as th ey h ad done before. Th e d e f en d an t a!aslet the warehouse, b e was con suited about ever ythi ng , 1 se exa mined the bo o k s, took up the dishonoured acceptances, t act th e e the concern, bills which were falling due, provided for all th e em' wgencie, 01 ' rants as mu c h as was in con. the con sidered by the c us t omers , an d set ever t knowledge,the slightest 'until d the slig concern, and no one h: not one of th e fi rm . Th e time of the bankr u pt c y, th a t he wa s D trine ad colour of the dissolutio a appeared toe t : efr . . i t tij btittiid tilht thr<t; 016 toti.?,.t . a WaS En gri t dillicellies—that, in fact, it wilt , nearly insolvent, w hich _ actually was; and, therefore, the cunning of his scheme woa. apparent. What he intended, by means of the secret dissbe lution, was to get out of any liabilities which 'nigh t . incurred subsequent to the date of that dissoluttne"y, if things should happen to go wrong, but that , if t 9„, went right, he wound be entitled to keep the secret disse'l tion in his pocket and to take his share of the profits; an in this way, maned with this double scheme, Dellinne continued to pursue his course from '37 (in' . ha the time of the stoppage. The jury would find that a L s e, concern went on, doing a considerable quantity of hob', Deflinne hop e d. by means of the new debts which were bout contracted, to wipe off the old ones, and that this contienehue until the beginning of the year '4l, and, indeed, down tt? t he it was' t i time of the stoppage. Ii '4l, however, the exigencies of t firm became exceedingly pressing ; there was a great demo n , for money ; trade got bad; and then Deflinne manifesto!. the strongest apprehension and dislike to a commission of bankruptcy being taken out against Todd, lest au eSP° 3 should take place ; but, while be manifested this apprehen: sion, he, in the year '37, refused to comply with the sugg es . lion of his uncle, to have the concern wound up The difficulties of the concern grew thicker as the . year, an d stoell 2 drew near ; and, in the May of that year, Deflinne advi se . Todd to buy in goods to mend the estate, and to stop Or . ment on the Ist of August. On the 4th of June he wrote a letter from London, to Todd. Certain acceptances were then falling due ; and, before Deflinne went to London, it.waal: ranged that Todd should borrow money from the plai t .% The money was accordi n gly borrowed. In the letter vr"!;', had been written from London, Deflinne spoke of Todd 5 honesty, said he would withdraw his guarantee from ths bank and put an end to the financial embarrassments of the concern, and he enclosed a circular which be directed to be sent out to the creditors. Todd itrevedv; ately called his creditors together, executed an assignmet" for their benefit, and then a commission of bankruptcy °,35.0 taken out. Deflinne made every effort to carry the Of assignees, conscious as he must have been of the !IMO' of his participation in the concern. and canvassed ru ! creditors for that purpose. After that, he was afraid Todd would develop all he. knew about the concern', en' at one time, said—" If it had not been for me, the ere " ditorswould never have trusted von, Todd ; " and this wa s absolutely and truly the fact. The points of law which tb: case involved were few and simple. He (Mr. Baines) to it as a perfectly clear proposition of law that where a pe rson had been a dormant partner in a concern, that was to soli where his name appeared not in the concern, if he was I re known as a partner, he might retire at any time without ro. of liability for any subsequent engagements of partnership' but that if he was known as a part ner , an d ac t e d se as to be known, he never could defend himself against any obliLhs Lions which that partnership might contract, unless creditors had distinctly and individually received notice W a n he had departed from th e concern . Th e pr i nc i p l e bad be e ; laid down in Mr. Justi c e St orey ' s wor k on partnership,.ta -247, that where a partner was dormant and unknown, to creditors creditors was unnecessary; but that where he was know"' notice was necessary. The learned counsel referred to the case of " Carter v. Walley," in Barnwell and AdolPli u k s ; page 11, in which Mr. Justice Littled a l e s aid that if t"; plaintiff knew the defendant to have been a partner at s n a time, notice of retirement from the fi rm was n ecessary ; an then contended that Mr. Dellinne's liability continued , ev e l if he were not a partner after 1837, unless he sent n otice the dissolution to his creditors. But no such notice been sent to the plaintiff; not a servant about the e stablis h ' tnent had the slightest notion of the dissolution ; every 8 ite believed Mr. Deflinne to continue a mem b er o f the firm; 1 , the same books were u s ed a fter the a ll ege d di sso lution whi c ; bad been used before. If, th en , the jury we r e satisfied t hat Deflinne was either a member of th e fi rm down to the tir ne of the stoppage, or that he conducted himself in such c s manner as that the plaintiff m ust h ave kn own and belie ved him to be a member of the firm, the plaintiff would be en titled to a verdict ; and, in giving that verdict, the ju r y would give it strictly in consonance not only with the hiS' but the justice and necessity of the case. Par t The examination of witnesses to prove the case on the 0 - . of the plaintiff occupied the a tt en ti on o f th e cour t until it " rising, at seven o'clock. --...laim--- CROWN COURT.—SATURDAY. (Before Mr. Baron PAUL E.) THE ST. HELENS MURDER. Wilmot Buckley, aged 22. painter, was indicted for th e wilful murder of Elizabeth Buckley, his wife, at Ecclestq! near St. Helens, on the 27th November last. According t° the calendar he could read and write imperfectly. The occurrence created a great sensation at the time, w- l o did not appear to have abated, for at eight o'clock ell tatdi seats appropriated to the ladie s we re filled with elegs li dresSed females, and long before hi s l or d s hip t oo k his ° every avenue leading to the court was crowded. His Lordship took his seat at a quarter past nine. e ll The had a respe c table a pp earance , an d wag v' T ' dressed for his statio n i n lif e . H e h a d on a su it o f blacki and a black silk handk erc hi e f a b ou t hi s nec k. H e walk% up to the dock firmly, an d pl ea d e d no t gu il ty w ith rather - weak voice. Dr. Brown appea re d f or th e p rosecu ti on , an d Mr. Ja mei defended the prisoner. Dr. BROWN stated the particulars of the case with 0 311 , calmness and judgment, an d ca ll e d t h e f o ll ow i n g s'll3 nesses Jane Rigby.—l am the wife of John Rigby, of Green 131,,„ in Eccleston. Our house is j us t a t th e entrance o f St. len's, from Prescot. The prisoner and his wife lodged lo ng me on the 27th September l as t. Th ey h a d not b e en married. She on that day bad been at home the greater pa o r e of the day. He went to church that afternoon, and' e6: 00 home a little after four. They went out together a after that. I heard no difference between them all the tom they were with me. The deceased, on going out said, ' oe Rigby, will you please to leave' the key in the mug under.!ad door, as Wilmot and I are going out for a walk." They D , oo sometimes on Sunday gone out for a walk. I was in habit of leaving the key in that place. I went out naY 6 'd about six, and l e ft th e k ey w h en s h e d es i re d me. I return...„ e is ' a little past seven, an d f oun d th e k ey w h ere I l e f t it. I t `7 o , the key and op ene d th e door, and. put the key back agl e t About a quarter bef ore n i ne the prisoner came in. H e j. himself in through the front door, which was u nlocke ... „ When he came in he said, " Mrs. Rigby, has Elizabeth en ° home ?" and I said, " No." He then said, "We went. the Bird-in-hand to have each a glass of rum, and in cant ed , I stopped at a lane end near where Samuel Clough l iv to a (Clough lived near St. Helens, at a•place•hetween Mn r d House and the Bird-in-hand.) I told her to go on, ° te a would Overtake her ; I did not 'stop more than eight or . r, minutes before I walked after her, expecting to overtake but I did not, and I asked two or three people I Wet if : t " o f met a woman of that description. I could hear nothing her.' I thought she had, perhaps, gone to my sister Ma r Y no t who liv es i n t h e town, an d 1 have Leon, but she wa s or , there." I sa id s h e i s , per h aps , at M rs. B arker ' s nex t d? ... 0 He said, " I canno t t e ll ; I w ill ma k e a f i re at a ll e vents' He made a fi re i n hi s own room, where they 'usually sa,t,' se J went into Mrs. B ar k er ' s , an d sa id , " Sh e i s not t h ere ; he then went into the parlour to his brother-in-law, the band of M ar y, the prisoner's sister. He stopped in ter quarter-past nine. I was awo k e by th e pr i soner a t a quartette past eleven, wh o sa id , " M rs. Ri g b y, I cannot fin d Eliza ) - o to nowhere." I said, where have you been, and he went l io je tli his bedroom ; and he said, Why, Mrs. Rigby, her could not think of stopping, as she has left her keys 0 ' s he box." I said, no ' • bow could sh e i n t en d t o s t o p, when : br• told me to leave th e key. I heard no more of him that nt o ., I got up about half-past five next morning, and lighed dle, and went to his bedroom door. I called out, 1871 "; once, and he did not answer ; and I then called osi,.; a t . ", and he answered. I said, Elizabeth has not come. He -o'o " No.": I then told him to get up, and see if she had f oo t to Ashton. He got up soon after, and left the house 6 , 11 0 half-past six. Deceased had said that her mother 'll e I her to be confined at Ashton. She was near her titile' if s did not see the prisoner again until Wednesday. I,.. e ss 0 0 handkerchief, near where th e b o d y was lying in a stanws'el6 Monday, about eight in the morning. A man of the % o p of Glover was there. It was Eli zabeth Buckl ey'slian" chief, and was bloody. o n Crosssexamined.—l h a d not t h e handkerchief in my 4 4 on that morning, though I h a d when I put her into the enim," Wedneiday. He was in the habit of being away for th e els in search of work, an d returning on Saturday night. itbet ways appeared ki n d t o hi s wife. When they went out self. P' appeared on good t erms. She sometimes expressed ooa as being jealous of other young women, but generally in f a ir humour, and never appeared in a bad temper when corni' r ing of this. I t o ld h er never to mind unless she saw lead thing herself; f or, I said, jealousy damns many a 6°1)0.0 commits many a murder. She was at this time in Pe good humour. Peter Robi nson said,—l keep the Bird-in -the-Ha -11'4 A no r lic-house. I.know Green Bank. It is about a mile Ira; th e house. Th e pr i soner and his wife came to our hous?.., e t aer' 27th N6vernber, and had each a glass of ru m an a s - bed , ; They Were in a room by themselves. They remainen her a half an b out . T hey appeared quite comfortable toge ther the tirrio. t he ter Chadwi c k, a groom living at Eccleston, about 6 qthe ter of a mil e from the Bi;c1-in-the-Hand. I was rt es place where the body was found on the night of the 27 ;1 te lce venaber, abo u t half-past six, on my way home. It won' Ol e me a few m i nutes to get home. I heard a noise a sho rt re " ea' after I g o t home—like a great shout—like the shout of A I :cannot tell what direction it came for. e. • Cross-exami n ed.-,-I never heard such a noise bef ° , r d was startled by i t. I n consequence of the noise I t°' wife to s h u t t h e d oor. Its s h e Thom as Littler, of Windle, who deposed as foTar t ig t k "g was employed in sinking a coal-pit in a field adjoi n & turnpike-road at Cornbshop-brow, in Eccleston. or.; 28th Niosember, ab ou t somet hi ng past s even, I left 0'3'000; to go to George Morton's, who lives at one of the ne w , es 6 ? o at the flop of Combshop-brow, to borrow a spade. down stairs, and on looking through his pantry wi nd s h e l 'it • the direction of the place where I had been working , 7d, '` •" Thomas, what lies yonder ?" and, on looking, 1 , 48 5 i lt., f t is either a man or a woman ;" and I went to 100 k ' ter iej :found it was the body of a Woman, lying rather on ' istin s he side, with one side of her face covered with blood. that her throat. was cut deeply. There was a e„,i ( l t : e l sore h - e wound like a white pocket handkerchief torn. . 1 "`" was dressed in black, and blood was on her left sit e teed had her bonnet on. It was tied under her chin. d los!, gloves on, but they not bloody. I turned the body al l a under it a pair of s cis sors w i t h a c h a i n attached, 06'0000 ble. I we n t t o Gl over, t h e consta b le. I too k the oi l , found in my p oc k e t. I to ld Gl over to go to the bo dy ' 1 1 64 I afterward s saw at th e E cc l eston Arms public-hous e was on the handker c hi e f i n th e t h roat, an d part of it, whi ch the ground, I left there. Cross -examined.—There is a trodden path close 1)1 lib :: the body l a y. cel est s' James Glover.—l am a constable at • con e do I met the last witness on the 28th November, an d ifoil% quence of what he told me I went to the body-. s .„t 6, 6 o f thimble under the body. I searched, but coniaf;tabif e t. knife. I took the rag along with the body to the p oi the Eccleston Arms. I put the thimble 03 Y • the (The articles were produced.) 3 I well/ 811(1,.ere Cross-examined.—l know the path very .4•ol'.se body was five or six yards off. s b o os 0 is• William Storey, superintendent of police.- --1 d e d t s or Chadwick and Makin live, (A plan was here ban s. ) I witness,, and he marked upon it where they liveu ye ' ro br'4o. ceived information of the murder on the 28th NO tones went in search of Walmot Buckley ; I was g nin e'rn iljg /l c Ashton, and met with the prisoner about elesen ot ber. r wards St. Helens with his father and his wife's E n s o ut 6 .s e ? was nearly'two miles from St. Helens. I then go' ooe ssp e pe gig, and said to him, " What have you done with Y_ strs og I and he said he had lost her. I said it was rathe_r: &P o ri should lose his wife, and told him I would setiroc;ooe,iel p o t found in his pocket a large clasp knife, whic h , HO i l s• Q observed a little blood on the blade. I said, It s , ea' come to have this blood on the knife." He sa,',`-`lii, co st ars blood, but red paint." I then told him to PIT . be e o' s He did not do so, And I pulled it off. I founa ss ' s e ; - I de smeared with blood. I said, " This is enougtyni e 05 6 charge you with the murder of your wif(e.kbe wittrolllClsl,o reply. I convoyed him to the lock-ups. „ he fisi 'to f detailed the circumstances about going into s ~ettinfcg, his are given afterwards in the confession.) O n eoth. / tie d h o e lock-ups I told him the charge again. He said ss porn so t t he searched him, and found six half-crowns. h ie s , are ;; 01 trousers. Whilst I was doing so he said, `,. 1 " w e; Li§ b e .. o . trousers I had on yesterday • they are 81 ' . __ n t to l c black ones. I went to his lodgings, and av' toa st ! room. Mrs. Rigby was in the room with tia.eL b 0% 0 pr o 'f session of a coat, waistcoat, and trousers , vg,l_ l . ,' be : 0 0 4 , box (which was afterwards said by Mrs. Itigt, d e ft s' foods Boner's). There is blood at the inside of b t“ re e ee be ,_ s io i g " . . t or" the coats on the trousers also, on the le- she s its and visible still. I found a candlestick in