The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-07 00:00:00

April 7, 1846. Zara anb 0,035. ' Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson have left Hamilton 'Square for London. The Liverpool Sanatory Bill and the Liverpool Improve- Ment Bill were respectively read a second time in the House of Commons on Friday. The amateur performance at the Theatre Royal for the Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution realized £l7O. The Liverpool docks' bill was, on 'Wednesday, reported in the House of Commons, and ordered to be read a third time. The Herculaneum docks' bill was read a second time. ANOTHER CLERICAL CONVERT TO ROME.—The Rev. Mr. W e lls, curate of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Liver- Pool, who has been wavering for some time, last week conformed to the church of Rome. LIBERAL COLLECTION.—On Sunday week, the sum of £lO7 was collected at Christ Church, Salford, after a ser mon by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, for the Manchester Infirmary. SOUTH CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOLS.—EIias Ar naud, Esq., formerly belonging to the congregation of St. Michael's, has liberally given a donation of ten guineas in addition to his annual subscription of two guineas. Messrs. Whitworth and Co., the eminent machinists in Manchester, are now engaged in making a screw pro peller for one of her Majesty's steam frigates. It is to be - Made of brass, and will doubtless be the largest casting in that metal that ever took place in the country. On Tuesday evening the Health of Towns' Association held a meeting at the Free-school, Hunter-street, for the Purpose of enlightening the working classes on subjects connected with the public health. Mr. Littledale pre sided. Suitable addresses were made by the Rev. H. Higgins, Mr. T. Blackburn, Mr. Parker, and others. On Wednesday last, a new steamer, built by Messrs. Rigby and Hancock, for Messrs. Willoughby, of Birken . bead, was launched at Hawarden. She went from the stocks in beautiful style, and is expected to be ready for Plying on the Mersey early in May. She was christened the Birkenhead. A Hoax.—On Wednesday the hoax relative to the wonderful gyrations in the air of a " Don Edward Hew son" took amazingly, and Clayton-square was crowded. The serial voyager, however, never made his appearance ; and the crowd gradually diminished as the fact occurred to them that it was the'' first of April." ST. ANNE'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS, STANLEY.—These schools, near the Old Swan, were opened a few days since, and the festivities connected therewith were kept up for three days, during which a bazaar was held, and upwards of 800 persons took tea in the school-room. The contri butions on these occasions added £l3O to the funds of this very useful and praiseworthy undertaking. On Saturday week was launched from the building-yard of Joseph Steel, Esq., Baffin-street, a beautiful ship, of about 570 register tons, intended for the trade between t his Pert and Calcutta. She was named the Anna P. Henderson, in honour of the lady of Charles P. Hender- S on , Esq., of Manchester. After the launch, a highly re spectable party sat down in the mould-room to a sump tuous refection. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER.—On Tuesday after noon, about half-past five o'clock, an awful explosion of a steam-boiler occurred at the machine manufactory be longing to Mr. Samuel Rodgett, Blackburn, by which two persons were killed, several others seriously injured, the whole of the premises destroyed, and great part of a row of houses, running by the side of the factory, much damaged, BOTTLE CAST ASHORE.—On Thursday a stout round glass bottle was picked up on the beach at Society, near H opetoun-house, Linlitbgowshire. The bottle was sealed, and contained the following notice, dated March IC:— " Elizabeth, of Liverpool, bound to Newcastle, no great distance off the Bell Rock. We expect never to see land a gain, for we are driving fast to the northward. John 'Wilson, Liverpool." Under the head of Police, last week, we inserted a pa ragraph giving the result of an excise conviction against al • Plummer. Our reporter omitted to add, that the se was one of a peculiar character. Nr. Plummer was I n the habit of preparing perfumed tobacco for certain c ustomers, and sold it at 16s. per lb. He had no inten then of committing a fraud on the revenue, and virtually adulterating was none. What he did he did openly, and the tf te ! r ating or perfuming compound was only one in L u• The law, however, is imperative. ba te , "sit's TRICKS.—On Friday last, Mr. Martin, the .uister, when addressing the jury on a case in the Nisi s • Court, in replying to some severe remarks made by one of his learned brethren of the long robe, on the ap parent hesit at i on o f a w it ness, sa id : "M y f r i en d pu t t o 11 witness a question which was a mixture of truth and f alsehood, a isehood, and because he stopped a little before answer ing to separate the two, be accuses him of unfair hesita tion, and of a desire to keep back the truth. I know this was the case. Why, gentlemen, it is one of our com monest tricks !" The New Theatre Royal, Manchester, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Monday evening last. A gauze screen at the back part of the stage was acci dentally set on fire, and damage done to the amount of £23. The accident occurred after the play (" Richlieu") had been concluded, and before the farce (" Rob Roy") was to commence. There was some excitement amongst the audience, but nothing like alarm, and they all quietly retired on being informed of the nature of the calamity, • and that from the damage dcne to the scenery, &c., it was impossible to proceed with the performance that evening. HEROIC CONDUCT.—On Wednesday, a purse contain ing fourieen guineas was presented to Wm. Kane, a hand On board one of the Birkenhead boats, for having at the imminent risk of his own life, saved no less than six per sons from drowning; and, on Friday, strange to say, another was added to the number in the person of an elderly butcher named Edward Hughes. As the William Stanley steamer was leaving the ferry at Birkenhead, in the afternoon, Hughes fell into the river; he had charge ' 3 f a number of c a ttle, one of which was also precipitated Into the water. As the man was about to sink, Kane "lunged from the steamer, caught him, and held him up one arm until a boat was sent to their rescue. Such tin Paralleled bravery and success is really deserving of a More enduring expression of public admiration. WEST DERBY UNION.—At the usual weekly meeting 2 e n Tu es d ay, l etters were p ro d u ced from the Poor-Law Co mmissioners, accompanied by the requisite papers for Completing the appointment of Mr. Harbord, as medical °lficer of the southern division of Toxteth-park ; and for th ose ae of Mr. Tristram and Mr. Shearson, as relieving °s ucers under the new arrangement. A letter also an ri"need the acquiescence of the commissioners in the pro t°,Sed ad vance o f M r . T r i s t ram ' s sa l ar y, for the second or ~ , v e st Derby di s trict, to £l3O per annum. At the end of the Proceedings, Mr. Smith handed in a notice of motion, to the effect, that on Tuesday, the 14th of April, he should move that th e di n i ng o f gua rdians in the union house be 't hencef or th discontinued. This notice, which was so h orded as to reserve its import until its close, was read by the chairman, and listened to with inquisitive and un fu,sPecting gravity by all present. Its final words were its author, by a loud burst of laughter from all present, save author, who manifestly enjoyed the scene. Saatous ROBBER Y.—On Friday, at the police-court, ree respectable youths, named Stevens, Poulson, and D v rY, were committed for trial, charged with stealing a °Y of insurance. They were employed in the Liver- Fire and Life Insurance establishment. On Tuesday t , e y Went to a Mr. Hornby's with a policy, on which the vin ent w as £l4O, th e y received the money, and had "ma r's preparations to abscond, being taken on board the packet -ship Coronet, for New York. The money was in 4;113 () note and two £2O notes. They had changed the dotes at Mr. Durando's bullion-office, whither they were e s"dticted by one of •the servants of the Emigration 4 ci etY, who received from Mr. Durando a consideration D£s for taking them. Mr. Rushton said it was one of e most disgraceful things he had ever heard of. Mr. v urando had charged at an exorbitant rate for the money ; l ey bad had ; 225. Gil. for coins the proper charge of t he was 205., and 18s Gd. for those worth 16s. ; and te e confidential servant of a regular licensed society vra ceived £5 for taking these poor lads to such a place. It We. s_ e frightful to contemplate the extent to which emigrants co I . li ble to be imposed on if this practice were a minion one. HinnwAv BOARD.—The usual eing of h t a y Board w as held on Thursday, m w et hen a portre from "e Parli amentary c , mns itt ee on t h e su bj ec t o f th e Li ve r- Po ol l , l dock bill was read. It stated the result of the coin - l tees labours, whi c h was s i m il a r to that effected by the , S elect Vestry, which we have reported in the proceedings th e • the latter body. A clause was however, inserted in ' bill, making the remainder oi the warehouses to be er ected , on the Albert Dock quays expressly liable to such e s „ i"es- The committee also reported that the commis -°-lers' bills had passed through committee on standing er s , and would be read a first time on Wednesday. e l aw-clerk having received a note from London, stating ofthe intention of Mr. Shuttleworth to group the two bills th t he Corporation, the two bills of the commissioners, oex arrin g ton Water-works Company's bill, and the to t e th-Paik bill,—the committee strongly recommended 7 , 6 board the adoption of a resolution to that tffect. that C ommilttee had resolved, in order to avoid the expense at 4 ).muste arise from a contest between the Corporation se ets " commissioners, to ascertain without delay the to men's of government as to which bill was most likely uethe; u - ith their approval. They also reported that, D are ,: e instructions of the board, the law-clerk had pre- W ee " a petition against the Liverpool and llarrington wate r - works bill.—The report was adopted. Lp ELE CT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday Mr. to ' ,o des stated the result of the visit of the deputation able to nd ." respecting the dock bill. They had been un matain insertion of the clause making the new dock 1 14 s il e ° 0 us f e liable to taxation, as the Speaker of the , ommons considered that notice of application I.: °f ox e th e e s e r ating ought to have been given, though Mr. ee s' a retied that the standing order applied to parties Ar e ; t l)l Ylng for leave to bring in a bill," whilst the Select kr, r e,,, were opposing a bill. "The deputation," said p osed rides, " were surprised to find themselves op- LiveY the hon. member for Salford, who told the coin- L ive e r that the docks of Liverpool were not the docks of a P° ol but of Manchester—(a laugh)—and that it was thi n at error that local taxation should interfere with any affetirT re commerce of the country. Everything -4 glit to b e l and f rom done to facilitate the transmission of goods to ;etittieiotiniaT anchester ; and oe means was to keep down Liverpool, and so t to reduce the expense. One for th e observed, that it would be equally reasonable learehoume.rchants of Liverpool to object to the taxing of setting goods Menchester. which, doubtless, prevented tollern er goods from Manchester so cheaply as they on e Wise would do. (Hear, hear.) This, however, was tend e c 'f the absurdities which people fell into, who con tope that free -trade should be carried to the utmost!, se" counsel against the bill then said, that if the case of th e pPre_ti_tisoners was not to b e h ear d, th e c l au se u po n which era s e ':'o was based must be withdrawn. A discussion d raw el and the committee decided in favour of the with foe A them vote e of thanks was p asse d t o th e d e p u t a ti on 'evir v eluaservices. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.-TIIESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Patteson.) The trial of Currie, for the murder of Ann Ellison, was continued. We gave a copious report of the first day's proceedings in the STANDARD of Tuesday last. The rest of the evidence went principally to show that an intimacy evisted between the prisoner and deceased, and that they had been seen together on various occasions retiring to a private room in the factory, and he (prisoner) had set a little girl to watch, and tell him when the overlooker was coming. Two persons were called as witnesses from the gaol at Kirkdale, who detailed conversations that had taken place with the prisoner. One of them said that the prisoner stated to him, " Being a married man, and she in the family way, I put her away to cover my shame." The witness said he had not mentioned this before because he had promised the prisoner not to divulge it. There were forty witnesses for the prosecution. For the defence, Mr. Joseph Pollock addressed the jury for nearly three hours and a half, but called no witnesses, and the learned Judge occupied two hours and a half in summing up the evidence. The jury were absent an hour and a half, and returned with a verdict of " Not guilty." CROWN COURT.-WEDNESDAY. Mr. Thomas Kitts,manufacturer of Bolton, was charged with having occasioned the deaths of Peter Greenough, Thomas Mort, and Mark Windrop, by feloniously, wil fully,'and negligently suffering the safety-valve of his en gine to be in an improper condition, whereby anexplo sion was caused. The hearing of the case occupied the entire day. After the plaintiffs case had closed, and Mr. Dundas had addressed the jury for the defendant, the Judge summed up the evidence, observing that the whole question would resolve into this, whether the prisoner had the management of the boiler, and by his negligence a quantity of steam was generated and had no means of es cape, and in consequence it burst. That was the whole of the charge. The prisoner could not be found guilty un less he ought himself to have examined the boiler, and, as owner, it was not his duty to have done so, but he relied on his men to represent it to him. If they did make a representation to him, and he insisted things should go on, and, ;n consequence, if the bursting took place, he was answerable.—the case hinged merely on the point whether the safety-valve was in such a state that it would not work, and whether that could be brought home Co the pri soner. The Jury did not trouble his lordship to go through the whole of the evidence, but expressed themselves satis fied, and immediately returned a verdict of acquittal. There were fifteen inquisitions against the prisoner, upon all of which verdicts of acquittal were taken. H is Lord ship observed, that he believed the whole matter had arisen from accident, the owner being in ignorance of any thing wrong as regarded the safety valve ; and the other man, the engineer, (although he would not acknowledge it,) being ignorant of the fact that the safety valve would not work. CROWN COURT.-TITURSD AY. Isabella Pilkington, charged with the wilful murder of Ann Pilkington, was discharged, no bill being found. Henry Pearson and Robert M . ' Connell were charged with aiding and abetting George Taylor, who had ab sconded, in maliciously stabbing and wouneing James Barlow, at Ileaton-lane, Heaton Norris, near Stockport. On the 30th December a supper was given by the land lord at the Crown Inn, Heaton-lane, at which the pri soners, together with Taylor and other persons were pre sent ; while there an altercation took place, which led to a scuffle, and ended in several very serious wounds being inflicted on the left arm and neck of Barlow. The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Tames Carrigan was indicted for the manslaughter of Henry Sherlock, at Liverpool, on the 9th of March. On the 9th of March, the parties were drinking together at Mr. Hughes's beer-house, Kensington, Low-hill, when a dispute arose in consequence of the deceased's brother drinking a glass of ale belonging to one of the party, which led to a fight, and during which the deceased re ceived such injuries as to cause his death. The Jury found a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was dis charged. CROWN COURT.-FRIDAY. Sarah Swift, 19, was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth at Liverpool. The circumstances of this case will be rife in recollection. The prisoner is a prostitute, and also was the deceased. On the 19th De cember, deceased and prisoner, with other persons of de praved habits, were drinking together at a public. house in Wapping, when a quarrel ensued amongst them. The prisoner was heard to make use of threatening language to the effect that when she got her (deceased) into a dark corner, she " would do her business for her." In about four or five minutes after the dispute, the prisoner went to the house where deceased was residing, in Mason street, where she took out a clasp knife, and stabbed de ceased in the neck, from the injuries of which she died. Very many witnesses were called for the prosecution, and a more deplorable case of human depravity, perhaps, was never heard in a court of justice. After an inquiry of some five hours, the jury returned a verlict of guilty of manslaughter. The prisoner was sentenced to transporta for life. John Crossley and John Wild were indicted for having forged a promissory note, with intent to defraud Mary Crossley. The case went off on a point of law, and the prisoners were discharged. GRAND JURY ROOM.—FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Dundas, Q. C.) James Shackleton was indicted for having committed wilful and corrupt perjury, at Todmorden, on the 13th January last. It appeared that, on the day in question, the prisoner was living at Swinebead, near Todmorden, and that he went before the magistrates and made a charge against certain persons of having assaulted and robbed him, as he was leaving the-Wesleyan Association Meeting House. The persons charged were taken into custody, but the prisoner's ststement appearing to the magistrates inconsistent, they remanded the parties, and required him to fi , d some corroborative proof. He then subptcned a man named Butterworth to swear that he saw him at the Wesleyan Association Meeting House. Notwithstanding this, however, the falsehood was detected, and the prison er, after he had twice sworn to the truth of the accusation he had made, was committed for perjury. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to two years' imprison ment in Lancaster Castle. CROWN COURT.-SATURDAY. The criminal business having been got through, Mr. Justice Patterson proceeded to the trial of civil cases. DERE Z 7. SCHOLES AND ANOTDER The plaintiff and defendants in this case are brokers, and the transactions forming the subject of action arose out of an alleged debt of .'372, due from the defendants to plaintiff for certain railway shares. It appeared from a statement made by counsel on both sides that the matter of dispute had arisen out of some unfortunate misapprehension, and it was agreed that a verdict for .*'3oo, less than the amount claimed, should be taken. PILKINGTON AND OTHERS V. SCOTT AND OTHERS. The plaintiffs are glass - Manufacturers at St. He en's, a. d the defendants are engaged in the same business at South Shields, and the action was brought to recover compensation against the defendants for having retained in their services persons who were legally bound to be servants of the plaintiffs, they ;the de fendants) knowing at ti , e time they so engaged them that they were under legal contract to the plaintiffs. In the stormier of last year, in consequence of the impetus given to the gtr.ss trade by reason of the duties being taken off, there was a great demand for workmen, and the masters entered into stringent terms with their workmen, and it was alleged, on the part of the rlaintiffs, that the defendants had harly.ured the men, knowing that they were under a seven year's contract to the plaintiffs. Hi, ship said the plaintiff's were certainly entitled to damages; hut, under the circumstances, not to excessive ones, and the jury gave them POSNETT AND ANOTHER V. SERVICE AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover the amount of £23 is., balance of an account due for work done and goods de:ivered. The defendants pleaded that they were not indebted, and. secnndly, that the amount claimed was excessive. The plaintiffs, Messrs. James Posnett and Joseph Thomas, arc stone-masons, at Tran mere, and the defendants, Messrs. Thomas and David Service, are builders, at Birkenhead, and the action had been brought to recover the amount stated as a balance of an account due for building materials furnished by the plaintiffs to the defendants. The cause of action had been upon a prior occasion brought into court, when it was submitted to arbitration ; but, in come. quencc cf some technical matters, the award made by that arbi tration could not be enforced. The jury gave the plaintiffs the amount claimed. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) LONGROTTOM V. JONES. In this case the plaintiff, who is a druggist in this town, sought to recover compensation from the defendant, who is a publican and omnibus owner, for injury done to his horse and vehicle, in consequence of the negligence of one of the defendant's servants. It was stated, that, on the let of January last, plaintiff went to Formby, on a shoot ing excursion, in a phaeton, accompanied by Mr. Samuel Mills, publican, of Eldon-place, and Mr. Wade, painter and plumber. In the course of the day they were joined by Mr. Gregson, an auctioneer, and father-in-law of the plaintiff. When coming out of Crosby, on their return, an omnibus belonging to defendant approached them on the wrong side of the road. It was about half-past eleven o'clock, and the night was not particularly dark. The plaintiff and his party stopped the phaeton and called out to the driver, but he heeded them not, and ran right into their vehicle, lacerating the horse very much, and dragging the phwton twenty or thirty yards. The driver of the omnibus was afterwards found on the box helplessly drunk. This statement was denied by the witnesses for the de fendant, who alleged that the plaintiff and his witnesses were in a state .of intoxication, and that the phaeton ran into the omnibus and broke the pole. The witnesses con tradicted each other in almost every particular. The jury interrupted his Lordship as he was summing up, and said they were agreed there should be a verdict for the plain tiff. The damages were estimated at £9, and the verdict was entered for that sum. _ DOVER AND ANOTHER V. FENTON (clerk.) This was an undefended action on a prOmissory note. Verdict for the plaintiffs. Damages, £215 ss. UN - WIN V. lIORNER AND BELL. This was an action brought by Henry Unwin, iron and steel merchant at Sheffield, against Messrs Horner and BEM, shipping agents, of Liverpool, to recover the value of In dozens of scythes. The scythes were sent from Shef field to Liverpool, for the purpose of being forwarded by defendants to Messrs. Maguire and Welsh, of Dublin. On the receipt of the invoice at Dublin, Messrs. Maguire and Welsh wrote to the plaintiff to say that they were on the eve of bankruptcy, and requesting him to stop the goods at Liverpool. Mr. Unwin accordingly came to Li verpool, and applied to the defendants for the goods, but they refused to surrender them, on the ground that Ma guire and Welsh were their debtors, and they fancied they had a right to keep the scythes in satisfaction for the debt, believing that they were the property of Maguire and Welsh, and not the property of the plaintiff. The action was to try the right of stopping the goods in trunsilit. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for the full amount, with liberty to move for a verdict for the defendant, if the court above should be of opinion that upon the Nets a verdict ought to be given for defendant. NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY. HALM V. DALTON. _ _ This was an action for the recovery of the sum of £925, the loss occasioned by the refusal of the defendant to ac cept certain shares in the Leeds and Thirsk Railway. On the 6th September last the defendant, who is a ca lico merchant in Manchester, gave instructions to Mr. Robinson, sharebroker, of that town, to purchase for him fifty shares in the Leeds and Thirsk Railway. That gen tleman, accordingly, made inquiry, and succeeded in pur chasing from the plaintiff thirty at £23 10s., and twenty at £2.1. The scrip was afterwards called by the company for the purpose of registration. On the 10th November word was sent to the defendant that the scrip had been registered, and were ready for him. He then expressed his intention of paying for them. Up to the 19th Novem ber he continued to acknowledge the debt, but after that, on application being made for payment, he refused, on the ground that they should have been delivered to him in the month of September. The shares were afterwards sold, and the present action was brought to recover the loss which had been incurred by that sale, the shares having, meanwhile, depreciated in value. Mr. KNOWLES contended that the transfer could not be considered legal, as, on the 20th November, Mr. Ro binson had presented it without having the name of the proprietor or purchaser on, and that the consideration had been written upon that transfer after the purchase had been effected. He cited two cases in which the Court bad decided the point, that without the transfer being com pletely filled up at the time of exchange it could not be considered legal. His LORDSHIP considered the objection raised by Mr. Knowles to be good, and recommended a verdict for the defendant, subject to Mr. Baines having power to move for a new trial. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CHESTER ASSIZES. CHAMBERLAINE V. THE CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover compensation in damages, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff is a gentleman who owns considerable property at Tranmere, near Birkenhead, together with a ferry, called the Tran mere Ferry, on the Cheshire shore of the river Mersey. When the promoters of the bill for making a railway from Chester to Birkenhead were before parliament, they were opposed by the plaintiff, who proposed to carry a line to Tranmere Ferry. In order to get rid of the opposition, it was proposed to carry the railway no nearer the shores of the Mersey than Grange-lane, in Birkenhead, and the promoters submitted to the insertion of a clause, enacting that the company should not carry on their line to Wood side Ferry without, at the same time, carrying branch lines to Tranmere and Birkenhead Ferries. They had, however, carried the line to Monk's Ferry, and, as Mr. Jervis contended that the Monk's and Vs oodside Fen ies were one and the same, the company had violated the clause of their act, for which he called on the jury to give exemplary damages. It was proved that the plaintiff had expended about £12,000 on improvements at Tranmere Ferry; that he bad two steam-boats which cost about £5,000, now lying idle, and that the hotel near the ferry had been unprofitable to the plaintiff, having been for some time unoccupied. . _ M r. „ CROMPTON addressed the jury for the defendants, contending that they had done nothing which their act forbid, and that the action was an attempt to obtain money very improperly. The only question for the jury was, whether the defendants bad done any thing which was contrary to law, and he would demonstrate to them that they had not ; but if they had, it was not a question for more than nominal damages, for if the plaintiff was right in his claim, the line must be made, and then, if be got damages now, be would be paid twice over. llis Lordship said he certainly understood that the con struction of the act was for the court above. A considerable discussion then took place between the parties, and it was ultimately agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff for the damages in the declaration (X 20,000), subject to the opinion of the court above on the construc tion of the act, and should the court be of opinion that the plaintiff is right in his claim, then the amount of da mages to be ascertained by reference to some gentlemen. Henry Turner, 34, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging him with breaking into the dwelling-house of William Hesketh, at Tranmere, and stealing therefrom various articles. Samuel Johnson Charlesworth, 22, was convicted for stealing two saws, at Birkenhead, the property of Mr. Fowler, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. George Potter, 38, indicted for arson at Nether Knuts ford, was acquitted. John Jones, 17, and James MR - Enna, 18, were indicted for a burglary at Birkenhead, on the 10th of August last, in the house of Mrs. Jane Bailey. The jury found Jones guilty, and acquitted the other prisoner. Mary Evans was indicted for administering a certain deadly poison called red oxyde of mercury to her male child, with intent to kill and murder it. It would appear that the prisoner had a bastard child in September last, which she gave to a person named Mary Cheetham to nurse for her. On the 3rd of December she called upon Cheetham to see the child, and told her if she would go out with her she would give her some gin, and a little of something for the child. They went, and when they were together at the house where prisoner lived, the latter said she would give the child a little new milk. She took the child out, and Cheetham saw her administering some thing which she thought was milk, but she called out, " Don't give the child cold milk." The prisoner replied, " A little cold milk will do it no harm." Cheetham then took the child home, but it soon began to vomit, and be came very ill. It was then taken to a druggist, who im mediately perceived that poison had been given to it, and sent for a constable. The vomit was subsequently exa mined, and red oxyde of mercury was found in it. She had also been seen concealing something when apprehend ed by the constable, which proved to be poison. The Judge, on summing up, said there were two questions for their consideration—first, had there been an administra tion of poison to the child? and, secondly, had the poison been administered by the prisoner at the bar, with intent to murder it? There was also for their serious considera tion and investigation a subordinate point, viz., as to whether or not the child had obtained any name by repu tation ; inasmuch as the prisoner was charged, in several counts, with administering poison to a child named James. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the felonious adrni ni! tering, stating their opinion that the child had required no name by reputation. Judgment of death was then or dered to be recorded against her. THE MURDER OF MR. PEA COP.—On Tuesday, the three men, Lynch, Nowlan, and Tallent, who had been committed to Chester Castle to take their trial for the murder of Mr. Thomas Peacop, arrived at Birkenhead by the nine o'clock train, the bill against them having been in the afternoon ignored by the grand jury. Thousands of persons from Birkenhead and the neighbourhood as sembled at the railway station to give them welcome upon their arrival, and the train which conveyed them was hailed by tremendous cheering. Michael Burns, 33, was indicted for a highway robbery, with violence, upon the person of Thomas Peacop, at Higher Bebbington. The Attorney-General stated the case to the effect, that the prisoner was charged with highway robbery upon the person cf Mr. Thomas Pea.- cop, on the 31st day of December, 1844. The grand jury had thrown the bill for murder against three of the pri soner's companions, and he had determined upon pro ceeding against the prisoner for highway robbery only, with violence. It would be remembered that Mr. Peacop was murdered at Bebington, and that a number of per sons were concerned in it. The question for them would be whether he was of the party consenting to Mr. Peacop's robbery, the murder as he before stated not being charged. When the robbery was committed, Mr. Peacop had some sovereigns and some silver upon him, the silver only being taken. For a long time afterwards no it - donna:ion was obtained as to who were the offenders ; but at length the prisoner went over to Dublin. Information was about that time obtained respecting his connexion with the robbery, and a constable went to the city of Dublin, and apprehended him. The prisoner then made a statement implicating himself, and upon that statement, corroborated as it would be by other evidence, he thought they would have no doubt he had been a party to the highway robbery. Evidence of the murder and robbery was then produced. The Judge—Prisoner, if you have anything to say, now is the time to say it. Prisoner—l have said all I had to say before ;it was paid no attention to, and I have now no more to say. His lordship then summed up. The jury brought in a verdict of " guilty," and the Judge sentenced the prisoner to transportation for life. GALLOWAY V. WANDINGTON. This was a case similar to the previous one. The plaintiff was a sharebroker, and the defendant a commission agent in Manchester. The action was br oug ht to recover the sum of £406 and interest, the loss sus tained by plaintiff on the resale of certain railway shares. On the 30th September, the plaintiff sold to Messrs. Hope and Roston, the defendant's brokers, twenty-five shares in the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway. At the time of the sale the defendant's brokers did not discover the name of the principal for whom they acted, bargains being made in the names of the brokers. The scrip had been called in at that time, an Act of Parliament having passed, in obedience to which they were about to issue sealed certificates. As the scrip was in the hands of the company. it was uncertain when a re-issue would take place. When, however, the scrip had been registered, the defendant's brokers refused to take the shares up ; they were afterwards sold for £5 17s. 6d. per share, the price when sold to the defendant being nearly £3O, and the present action was for the recovery of that loss upon those sales. Mr. KNOWLES, for the defendant, contended that as between the 30th of October and 7th of November was the first time the transfer was taken to be tendered, the transfer must then be void. It was usual in such actions for the broker to be brought forward, in order to prove what authority they had for acting on behalf of the party whom they represe , ited. In this case nothing of the kind had been done. Hope and Roston bad no authority for purchasing on behalf of the defendant, and it was not un til the evening of the day on which the purchases bad been made, that the defendant had spoken about the' shares in question at all. The learned counsel argued at considerable length on the point; called Hope and Ros ton, the sharebrokers, who proved that the shares had been purchased by themselves on their own account, and Mr. Waddington had not spoken to them respecting shares previously. Mr. Roston stated that he had told Mr. Galloway and his attorney the real facts of the case previous to the action being brought. Mr. BAINES replied on behalf of the plaintiff, and the jury found for the defendant. NISI PRIUS.—TH uRsn,A7.. The attention of the ;;Crt was occupied the whole day in a special jury case—Toulmin and others v. liedley, for an alleged breach of contract. The case was tried during the last assizes, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, when a ver dict for the plaintiffs was taken, with power for the defen dai,t to move for another trial. The plaintiffs are mer chants in London, and the defendant is a barrister-at law, member of this circuit, and residing in Durham. It was set up that the defendant had entered into an agree ment with plaintiffs for procuring a cargo of guano; a vessel was accordingly sent out, and on returning, by de fendant's orders, proceeded to Glasgow : and there com menced discharging. One of the conditions of the con tract was, that upcn a certain quantity of the article being landed, the defendant was to pay £750 on accouNt. He had not done so, and had altogether failed to comply with the arrangements, his defence being that the guano was not of an average quality.—The case was adjourned at half-past six. NISI PRIUS COURT.-PRIDAY. TOULMIN AND OTHERS V. HEDLEY. The case was resumed this morning. The case having been gone into, the Judge summed up. The jury retired at half-past one o'clock, and after an absence of six hours, came into court, stating that they found it impossible to agree upon their verdict! His lordship said they must try a little longer. At ►he termination of the court, his lordship sent for the jury, and as they still expressed their inability to come to a decision, discharged them. A ju ror asked if they were entitled to their remuneration ? (a laugh). His lordship—Certainly not. TRANSACTION IN RAILWAY SHARES. STEAD AND ANOTHER V. TAYLOR.—This case was also .tried before a special jury. Mr. Martin, on behalf of the plaintiff, stated the facts of the case. Messrs. Stead and Marscen were cotton spinners at Huddersfield, and the defendant, Joseph H. Taylor, was formerly a druggist in the same place, but in the course of last year he had acted as a sbarebroker ; and the action was brought to re cover X 155 for 20 shares in the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston railway, which his clients said the defendant was responsible for as purchaser. Mr. Baines, on the part of the defendant, entered at length into the circumstances of the case, and contended that the defendant was not re sponsible. The evidence having been gone through, Mr. Martin, in reply, contended that the defendant was, in a double sense, a broker, and liable for the amount. The learned Judge.—You say, I suppose, that it be comes a sale to the defendant the moment he sells to an other person ? Mr. Martin.—l do. His Lordship, after a short consideration, then di rected the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, leav ing to the plaintiffs power of trial in a higher court. RISDALE AND ANOTHER V. ACKROI D.—ln this case a verdict was taken, by consent, for the plaintiff. Dama ges, £1606 ss. HUTCHINSON V. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—( Before a special jury.)—The plaintiffin this case was Mr. W. H. Hutchinson, an owner of some land and property in Bury ; and the defendants the East Lan cashire Railway Company ; and the action was brought to recover the penalties which, it was contended, the de fendants had forfeited, under the terms of their act of parliament, by having taken possession, without due no tice or authority, of the land of the plaintiff. The penal ties sued for were £25 a day for 265 days, during which the land had been held in possession. Mr. Knowles, for the plaintiff, stated the facts of the case ; and the evidence having been gone through, Mr. Baines, on the part of the company, replied at considerable length, urging strongly that even if the strict legal forms had not been complied with, thete had yet been every intention to fulfil them. He then called se veral witnesses. - . At his Lordship's direction, the jury found a verdict for the defendants. NISI PIZIUS COURT.-SATURDAY. INDICTMENT FOR A NUISANCE AT THE DINGLE.—THE QUEEN V, BURY, CURTIS, AND KENNEDY. This indictment (which was trie I before a special jury) charged the defendants, the well known extensive founders, and locomotive engine builders, &c. with having set up an iron ship building yard near the Dingle, whereby an incessant noise and great smoke were caused, rendering the houses in the neighbourhood extremely un comfortable. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. Knowles, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Crompton appeared in support of the indict ment, and Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Atherton for the defence. Mr. Knowles state I the case :—the defendants in carrying on their busi- Less of iron ship builders, annoyed some of the first merchants, whose dwelling.houses were in the Immediate neighbourhood, near the banks of the river. The place was the Dingle, the nature]. beauties of which had been improved by art. The noise of 700 men constantly employed in hammering iron was a great annoy ance, and the smoke from the works scarcely less so. The comfort of the parties in the neighbourhood was consequently destroyed. He should perhaps be told that iron ship building was necessary at this port, but it insist be remembered that what was DO nuisance at Wapping would be a great nuisance in Grosvenor-square; and what was no nuisence on the North-shore in this town, would be a great one in Toxteth-park. Mr Joseph Brooks Yates was first celled, and stated that he lived at the Ding e, about a quarter of a mile from the works his bro ther and his sister were owners of villa houses in the neighbourhood and the grounds were beautifully ornamented. A number of respectable merchants occupied the houses. 13c fore the ship building yard was begun all was quietness, but since its establishment the noise of the hammers was such as if all the demons in the infernal re gions had been !et loose. In cross-examioation the witness sail that if he had anticipated that docks would have been erected so near to the Dingle, he would nor have chosen a site there for his house. The Ileculaneum Potteries were about half-a-mile from bis house. and had been sold to the Birkenhead Dock Company. The Mersey forge was also within half a mile, and there many huge hammers were kept going. Ms house and grounds Were worth £16,000 or £17,000, the land contiguous having been sold for £5OO the statute acre, but if the present nuisance were to continue, he should be glad to sell at a reduced price. Mr. Fresh, inspector of nuisances, was next called, and the Judge said •he wished he would go to the Judge's lodgings and cure the smoky chimneys there. (Laughter.) Witness slated that the corporation had declined to interfere in the present ease, although the smoke and noise were very great. Mr. John Campbell, of South Hill road, Mr. “eorge William Boyd, Mr. It. Vaughan Yates, and eight c Cher gentlemen were examined, and spoke generally of the nuisance, when the evidence in support of the indictment closed.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins then addressed the jury at great length, and with such eloquence and humour that we regret we cannot find room for the whole, and to abstract would mutilate. His argument was, the trade and business of this great town was taking gigantic strides in every direction, that iron ship-building was especially requisite to its prosperity, and that it was ridicule us to suppose that works which must be deemed national and of benefit to thous ends should not be allowed to extend, merely because a few gentlemen, who had seated themselves too near to the only spot where docks or yards could be further extended, felt a slight annoy ance from a noise which they might have anticipated would one day approach them. The learned Judge summed up, and the jury, after an absence from mutt of a quarter of au hour, returned a verdict of not guilty. NEILSON AND ANOTHER ?I. RANKIN. This was an action brought by Daniel and John It. Neilson, sharebrokers, of Liverpool, against the defendant, Daniel liankin, sharebroker, of London, for the recovery of the value of 100 shares in the York and Carlisle railway. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise. The jury was special. it appeared that, on the 15th September last, the defendant wrote a letter to the plaintiffs, authorizing them to purchase the 100 shares in the line in question, at a sum not exceeding £5 10s. each. On the following day they executed the order by buying 50 shares from Mr. Thomas Rad ord at £5 55., and 50 more at £5 7s. 0.1. They advised the purchase the same evening. On the following day the defendant acknowledged the receipt of the advice; but having ever since felled to. Supple the money, the plaintiffs were obliged to pay Mr. Radford., and now to bring their action. After the plaintiffs case had closed, a verdict rfAS returned for them for £531 ss. LAW INTELLIGENCE. From a case decided at the Surrey sessions, the other day, it appears that a soldi , r cannot be punished as a de setter, unless he has been absent twenty-one days with out leave. _ _ _ At the Warwick Assizes a verdict was given for the Crown, subject to a special case, as to the liability of the Birmingham News Room to be rated for parochial and other rates. It was argued that the society being formed for literary and scientific purposes, such building was ex empt from rates. INSURANCE CASE.—At the Warwick assizes, the as sienees of John Scott recovered from the Imperial Life Office £2OOO, the amount of a policy effected on his life. The question was, whether at the time John Scott effected the insurance he had a spitting of blood, or consumptive symptoms. Mr. Scott, the insurer, was born in IS(9, and effected the insurance in question, in May, 1810, when he was thirty-one pars of age, and the premium was paid until 1843, when he died. Mr. Scott's affairs became deranged in 1842, and he was made a bankrupt. There was no doubt that after this he fell into consump tion, of which he died in the autumn of 1843. A great body of evidence was gone into pro and con, as to his having had spitting of blood before the effecting of the policy. THE C.URT (5• FASHIONABLE WORLD. There has been little variation in the ordinary routine of Court life. Her Majesty end the Prince have taken their accustomed exercise ; and the royal infants have been taken out airings. The Queen Dowager is in good health, and gave a banquet on Thursday evening at Marl borough House. Lord and Lady Cances Egerton and family, on Taws day, left town for their seat, near Hatchford, Surrey, during the recess. Sir Wm. Massey Stanley left Hooton on Wednesday for town, en route for Paris, where he joins a party of fashionables at the French steeple chase. The hon. baro net does not return to Hooton until July. The Marquis of Salisbury left town, on Friday, for Hat field House, Herts, where the Earl and Countess of Jer sey, and Lady Clernentina Villiers, Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazv, and a large party are to assemble. The Earl of Wihon, who has been at Belvoir Castle, with the distine.uished circle visiting the Duke of Rut land, arrived in London on Saturday. The countess and her youthful family are also expected to arrive from the Contin eat, after spending the winter at Nice. Six married females have been engaged to hold them selves in readiness to act, one or other; as wet nurse to the expected royal inf,nt. The wages are 1:75 per month. Mrs. Lily has been again engaged as monthly nurse, at £250. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion") Morning and walking toilettes undergo little change; black is always fashionable, as well as pearl gray, and gray shot with black ; mantelets the same as the dress are also much worn. All light and transparent materials are used for evening dress ; coloured organdys, particularly of pink or blue, ate embroidered in white, and all rich materials, hnt particularly satins, are very fashionable; lace flounces are put on plain, and are generally headed by a bonillon. Loose lace sleeves are again in favour, with silk dresses; deep blues, marine, light and dark greens, are favourite colours. Flats of satin frequently head deep fringes, and the high body has simi!ar plats on the seams; gimp trimmings in cerise and silver are much admired. The dress hats, so fashionable this season, are worn either forward on the head or not, at the taste of the wearer. Caps and coiffures of lace are very numerous, some with pendant flowers, ethers with wreaths. Caps of embroidered muslin are trimmed with Valenciennes lace and sarsnet ribbon of two colours; some are of pink and blue tulle, mixed with white. The new spring bonnets of silk are all with hamlets, as well as the capotes, but crapes and straw are with the bavolet forming contir nation of the front; they remain a little spread s.t the sides, but not open as last year. Crape bonnets of dark colours are again worn this season, with the interior ornaments of a bright contrasting colour— mara'muts of the same colour; some have lace velours t!pingle trimmings. The spiking rnavtetets are very pretty; the form is new, par. taking oT the visites d' hiver and the scarf ; they are mostly trimmed with lace; very elegant ones are of taffetas grace of light colours, with revers of satin ; more elegant ones are of black. lace, lined with violet or blue satin.. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. The Finance Committee reported, that the surveyor had inspected the Botanic Garden, and that he had given it as his opinion that the land was worth £B,lOO, or 3s. per square yard. The Town-Clerk was of opinion that the Council were unable to make the purchase out of the sur plus income of the Corporation, but that it was competent for them to raise money for the purpose, by levying a rate upon the inhabitants, under the provisions of a late act of parliament, authorising the erection of museums in the vicinity of large towns. The Council recommended that the purchase be made, and the rate levied under the Mu seum Act. A rate of a halfpenny in the pound would raise, it was said, £1,500 a-year. Mr. G. H. Lawrence ultimately agreed to postpone the matter for a month. The Finance Committee reported that they had received a letter from Mr. Booth, on behalf of the Grand Junction Company, requesting to know whether any part of the site of Islington Market could be had for the purpose of building an hotel upon it. The committee viewed the proposed erection of the hotel favourably, and Mr. Stew art was directed to confer on the subject with Mr. Booth. They recommended that the Council should offer a por tion of the site to the company, at the rate of £6 a-yard, for 75 years, subject to the usual conditions. It was re solved unanimously not to dispose of the property to the company for the present. It was resolved not to renew Mr. Gardner's lease of property in Lime-street, as it might be required for im provement purposes. The purchase of the Fish Hall, in Murray-street, for £3,650, was confirmed. The price, it was said, was large, but the building was wanted for improvement purposes. ' Mr. MANN inquired whether the Finance Committee intended to adopt measures to have a clause introduced into the Herculaneum Bill, to have a marine parade end street made for the use of the public of Toxteth-park, and also to afford facilities for landing at low water? Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the subject had not escaped attention. The Bill of the Herculaneum Company cer tainly aimed at withdrawing certain privileges from the public which were at one time promised, and the Finance Committee had a petition presented to Parliament against the bill. ' He was in hopes the Toxteth-park and Cheshire people would take up the subject, and that the Hotise of Commons would concede all that was required. In answer to a question from Alderman Horsfall, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said £3OO had been granted for the purpose of widening that part of Everton-road which runs by the side of the Necropolis ; and Mr. TURNER said the Everton gentlemen were subscribing liberally to have ex tensive improvements made, and that satisfactory results were anticipated. Mr. J. B. LLOYD informed the Council that a line of railway, to be called the Wavertree and Melling Branch Railway, was intended to be carried through the News ham-house property. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the Finance Committee were not aware at the time they made the purchase that a line of railway was to run through the estate, but they would make the best arrangements possible, and a railway passing through it might be of advantage to the property. Upon the proceedings of the Dock Committee hiving been read, the Council were drawn into another discus sion upon the question. so often raised before, as to whe ther the Dock Committee were or were not independent of the Council. The Town-Clerk said his decided opi nion, confirmed by that of the late town-clerk, was, that the council, as trustees of the docks, were the persons to originate all new bills. Mr. Moore asked whether the Town-clerk considered the Dock Committee a committee of the Council. The Town-clerk replied that he did not consider that they were. They Lad power to carry out existing acts; but when a bill was in progress to confer further powers on them, it was the bill of the council. Mr. Hugh Hornby moved that the proceedings of the Dock Committee, under existing acts of parliament, be confirmed ; but that those proceedings which had reference to the dock bill now before parliament be postponed for consideration until an adjourned meeting of the council. Mr. James Lawrence seconded the motion, which was carried by a majority of 32 to 11. The adjourned meeting took place on Friday, when the Mayor called on the Town. Clerk to state his opinion as to the relative position of the Council and the Dock Com mittee. The TOWN-CLERIC then repeated at some length his opinion that the Dock Committee were only appointed to carry out the existing acts of Parliament, and that, with respect to new matters, they were subject to the control and direction of the Council. When this subject was previously before the Council, the opinion of counsel was Wren upon it; and Mr. (now Justice) Maule, and Mr. (now Justice) Wightman, and Mr. Rushton agreed in the opinion which he now expressed. Since the meeting of yesterday, he bad consulted Mr. Crompton, and his opi nion was also the same upon the subject. Mr. BIRKETT asked the Town-Clerk whether the pro test ought not to be erased from the books. The TOWN-CLERK said they ought not to erase any thing from the books. The best course to adopt was to enter a resolution on the books to show that the Dock Committee, in the judgment of the Council, had no au thority to enter such a proceeding. Mr. Alderman Nicol asked the Town-Clerk if it were not usual in all public bodies, such as insurance compa nies, to appli for bills, and invest the property in trus tees, and on being answered in the affirmative, contended that the Council only acted in the same relation towards the Dock Committee. The TOWN-CLERK said they were not parallel cases at all,—the powers of the committee were limited to certain purposes. Mr. Nicol, contended that the corporation of Liver pool, having a veto on the proceedings of the Dock Com mittee, was one body, and the Corporation, as trustees, were a different body. The Towx-CLERK said the Corporation never were the trustees of the Liverpool docks, and were not now. The old Corporation were the trustees. In reply to Mr. Rath bone, the Town-clerk also said, that if the Council, who were trustees of the dock 3, disapproved of the bill, they had a right now to-withdraw it. Mr. Alderman MOORE denied that there was any desire on the part of the Dock Committee to entrench on tho rights and privileges of the Council. He, as chairman, had no feeling whatever on the subject. It was a legal question to be decided as a matter of law, and as such be hoped it would be treated. He thought the Council ought to remember that on this question they were acting as trustees, for the benefit of the dock estate, and not for the particular interests of the wards they represented. He was sorry to see that on many occasions there was a great disposition shown by some members of the Council to dip their fingers into the dock purse, and therefore it became necessary that the rate-payers should protect their own interest. Mr. Moore then 'quoted the various acts of Parliament, and contended that the plain meaning of them was, except by a majority of two-thirds, the council bad no contr 1 over the Dock Committee. In order to show that this had been acted upon hitherto, he said that all schemes for dock improvements had originated in the Dock Committee—the Council had initiated nothing. In reply to Mr. Evans's argument's for the supremacy of the Council, he (Mr. Moore) read a resolution proposed by that gentleman at the Dock Committee, calling upon the dock solicitor to take counsel's opinion as to the legality of the proceedings of the Council, in reference to dock plans for parliamentary purposes, which had not obtained the sanction of the Dock Committee, and generally, as to the separate jurisdiction of the Town Council in the affairs of the dock estate. He contended that this showed a very different feeling to that exhibited yesterday, and added, that the Dock Committee, in the course they had adopt. ed, had acted under the advice of the dock solicitor. He suggested that the best course to adopt was to have a ease, drawn up and approved of by the town-clerk and dock solicitor, submitted to counsel, in order that the matter might be settled. in conclusion, Mr. Moore read a very elaborate opinion of the dock solicitor, prepared some time back, in which it was stated, that in all matters, subject to the annulling or confirmation by two-thirds of the Council, the Dock Committee are a separate and distinct body. ' _ _ _ • _ _ _ . Mr. H. HORNBY thought the course adopted by the chairman and deputy-chairman of the Dock Committee a most unusual and very inconvenient one. All they had to deal with in that room was the opinion of the town clerk. He moved a resolution to the effect, " That the Dock Committee, except when acting under some resolu tion of this Council, as trustees of the Liverpool docks, have no authority with reference to any bill presented in parliament by the trustees, and not passed into law; and this Council, as such trustees, cannot, therefore, by law, recognize in the committee the power which, the com mittee appear to have assumed, of exercising a discretion with respect to clauses directed by the trustees to be in serted in the dock bill." Mr. EARLE, Mr. BIRKETT, Mr. J. B. LLOYD, MT. G. H. LAWRENCE, and Sir THOMAS BRANCKER supported the resolution. Mr. HORSFALL, Mr. MANN, and Mr. Nicol urged the taking'of counsel's opinion, as suggested by Mr. Al derman Moore. Mr. EVAN S, in reply to what Mr. Alderman Moore had stated, said his objection on the occasion alluded to was not to the supremacy of the Council, but to the informality of the course adopted at the time. He urged the Council not to enter into a compromise in the matter. Their course was clear, and they could neither part with nor arbitrate as to their rights. He concluded by suggesting that Mr. Hornby might improve his resolution by making it imperative on the Dock Committee to enter the resolu tion in their journal. Mr. Alderman MOORE proposed, as an amendment, that the Town-clerk and Dock-solicitor be instructed to draw up a case for the opinion of counsel, especially with reference to the relative powers of the two bodies. Mr. NicoL seconded the motion. Upon a division there appeared for the amendment'of Mr. Alderman Moore 13, against it 32 ; namely, for— Messrs. Hill, Middleton, Henderson, Royden, Wood, Glazebrook, Mann, Houghton, sen., liorsfall, Nicol, Moore, Molyneux, Chilton. Against—Messrs. Shaw,. Thornhill, Chalmer, Preston, Ratbbone, Evans, Little dale, Holmes, H. Hornby, Tinne, Aspinall, Robinson, G. G. Hornby, Birkett, Robertson, Kaye, Procter, Lloyd, Higgins, J. Hornby, Earle, G. H. Lawrence, Plumpton, Jones, Lace, T. Loyd, J. Lawrence, Turner, Sands, Swainson, Bushby, and the Mayor. The original motion was then put and carried. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE.-DR. WES f EY. The proceedings of this committee having been read. Mr. LLOYD entered into a long statement respecting the appointment of Dr. Wesley, as musical professor, to superintend the erection of the organ at St. George's Hall, and the selection of Messrs. Gray and Davidson as the builders. Mr. EARLE contended that the contract for the organ should be an open one, and in reference to Dr. Wesley said, that although that gentleman was one of the best of organists, he wa4 not calculated to superintend the erec tion of an organ. He knew nothing of the mechanical construction—had never seen any of the large Continental organs, and was altogether unfitted to direct the construc tion. He added, also, that the conduct of Dr. Wesley had been anything but straightforward, as he bad been endeavouring to get a double commission. Mr. Earle conekded by proposing an amendment, to the effect that the subject be referred back to the committee, w ith direc tions that they obt a i n pl ans an d specifications from Messrs Gray and Davidson, Mr. Hill, Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Bishop, and that these be submitted to the Council at a future day. Mr. PARKER seconded the amenndment. Upon a divisors, there appeared for Mr. Eqrle's amend ment, 16 ; against it, 20, namely, for—Messrs. Thornhill, Chalmer, Preston, Rathbone, Evans, Holmes, H. Horn by, G. Hornby, Royden, J. Hornby, Parker, Earle, Jones, T. Lloyd, J. Lawrence, Turner. Against—Messrs. Hill, Littledale, Thine, Stewart, Diikett, Robertson, Wood, Kaye. Procter, J. B. Lloyd, Hier , ins, Plumpton, Glazebrook, Lace, Horsfall. Swainson, Moly neux , Bush by, Chilton, and th e M ayor. Mr. HtooiNs proposed another amendment, that the subject should be referred back for further consideration. This was seconded by Mr. Horsfall, and carried without a division. It being now after three o'clock, and the Council not having disposed of half the business on the notice paper, the meeting was again adjourned. The further adjourned meeting was held on Friday, the proceedings at which commenced with the presentation of a petition from 200 tenants in the four markets, express ing their regret that the markets were to be closed at an earlier hour, and stating their conviction that their busi ness would go into the hands of the shopkeepers ; they thought that public houses and markets ought to be closed at the same hour, and that Sunday trading ought to be closed. The memorial was ordered to lie on the table, after Mr. Alderman Lawrence had said that he and Mr. Dowling were adopting the best means for preventing Sunday trading. The proceedings of the Health Committee having been read, Mr. LACE proposed the following motion :—" That the members of Council now constituting the joint sub committees of the Watch and Health Committees, on the bill of Lord Lincoln, and the proposed sanatory bill of the Council, be appointed a special committee on those bills, and any other bills which are or may be introduced into Parliament o❑ the several important subjects therein proposed to be provided for." He said that his principal object in submitting the motion was to enable the special committee to report at as early a period as possible, and when the taking of any important step was considered necessary. Communication, he observed, had been had with the Liverpool and Harrington Water Company; but, under present circumstances, it was advisable not to enter into any detail of what had transpired. He thought that as it was a private concern, discussion had better be avoided. Suffice it, however, to say, that the committee had had only one object in view—to act fairly towards the Harrington Company, and not to pay too dearly for ob taining a better supply of water.—Mr. JAMES LAW RENCE seconded the motion.—Mr. PROCTER wished an addition to be made to the resolution, for the purpose of appointing a deputation from the Health Committee and Highway Board to ascertain which of the hills is likely to meet with the approval of government.—Eventnaily, however, the resolution, as proposed, was carried without a division, and the following gentlemen were aprointed the committee—Messrs. J. Lawrence, H. Hornby, Tinne, Thornhill, Turner, Lace, R. Houghton, Rathbone, Chal mer, and Sotbern. A watch-rate of one-penny and 271-320 parts of a penny was laid upon the parish of Liverpool, the townships of Kirkdale and Everton, and those parts of the township of West Derby and the extra-parochial place of Toxteth. park, which are within the borough. A memorial from the houseowners' guatdian society, praying that the 148th clause of the sanatory bill, which proposes to rate the owners instead of the tenants, is to be considered when the sanatory bill is submitted to the Council. Mr. T. LLOYD withdrew his motion relative to the land ing stage at the new Harrington Dock, and the appoint ment of only person to fill up the register of dock rate payers. Mr. RATHBONE submitted the following motion, which he slightly altered from that of which be had given notice :—" That the delay in discussing the important commercial measures now under the consideration of Par liament is occasioning serious evils to the commercial community, and is adding greatly to the stagnation of trade arising from a combination of circumstances; and that the Council do represent this state of things, by pe tition, to the legislature." He assured the Council that in submitting this motion, be wished, neither directly nor indirectly, to introduce anything of a political character into their discussion. Mr. C. ROBERTSON seconded the motion. Mr. HORSFALL said, that while the resolution was in its original shape, it was impossible to discuss it without party considerations being mixed up in the debate. The alteration of the word " passing " to " discussing," had disarmed much of the opposition by which it would then have been met, but not all of it. He praised the moder ation which had marked the sueeches of the mover and seconder, and intended to imitate that moderation ; and still he thought the resolution objectionable. He did not think it was a question for discussion in that council. No one had ever been a greater advocate for full and free discussion than Mr. Rathbone ; but if his motion were now urged upon the government, while the question to which it related was under discussion, it would at least have the appearance of checking free discussion in parlia ment. If there were no other grounds of opposing it, he would offer an opposition on that alone. But he would go a little further. He was aware that he might be ac cused of inconsistency, as he was the man who had intro duced the subject of the Customhouse reform in that Council—(hear)—but on that qucetiun thcre wee no dif ference of opinion. It was a question entirely free from every party consideration whatever; and, what was more, it was a subject on which the government were not only not legislating at all, but on which they had refused to legislate. (Cheers.) The case was widely different from the one now before them. The present was a question which it was impossible to divest of some party consider at. ons. It was a question on which parliament would of themselves shortly come to a conclusion perfectly satis -I.ctory to the mover and the seconder. He objected to the foundation of the resolution, that the delay was caus ing a " total" stagnation of trade. Was not some stagna tion caused by the fearf u l specu l at i on in railways'? by certain parties taking credit to a much larger amount than they were entitled; and these were causes which de pended more upon themselves than the tardy legislation of government. He objected, therefore, first, because it was not a subject proper to be discussed in that room ; and, secondly, because its foundation was bad, inasmuch as they had evils enough at home to account for, whatever there might be of stagnation of trade, at least as far as that community might be concerned. He should, there fore, move as an amendment, that it is undesirable to adopt any petition on the subject of the commercial mea sures now before Parliament. Mr. PARKeR said that if Mr. Rathbone had said that he stood forward on the present occasion as the represen tative of the League, and called upon the Council to peti tion the House of Commons for a total and immediate re peal of the corn laws. he would have understood him much better than he did. If the motion was not a poli tical one, it was bordering so closely upon politics that it was impossible to separate it from them. The Council had already been occupied for three days in discussing their own affairs; and if now they went to discuss the affairs of government, they would be kept three days longer. Mr. RATIIIIONE briefly replied; and the Council di vided. There appeared—For the amendment. 25; against it, 10;—majority, 15. The amendment was consequently declared to have been carried. The following gentlemen voted in the division : For it :—Messrs. Atherton, Shaw, Hill, Middleton, T. Littledale, jun., Tinne, Henderson. G. G. Hornby, Roy den, Wo od, Procter, Parker, G. H. Lawrence, Plumpton, Glazebrook, Mann, Birkett, Horsfall, Griffith, James Lawrence, Turner, Swainson, Nicol, Molyneux, and the Mayor. Against it : Messrs. Chalmer, Rathbone, Evans, Holmes, H. Hornby. Robertson, Higgins, Earle, Lace, and Lloyd. Mr. TURNER gave notice for the next Council that he would call attention to the late glorious victory in India. He thought that, if they did not take an early opportunity of recording their views of the gallantry of the army and of the importance it was to Liverpool that the supremacy of British rule should be manifested in India, discredit would be reflected on them. A new court of record for the recovery of the smallest amount up to £5O, has been opened in Manchester. We are happy to see by Mr. Charles Smith's advertise ment, that he is again residing in Liverpool. We most heartily wish him continued success in his profession. NONE NEED BE SlCK.—Read the following case of cure by Holloway's Pills.—Mrs. Jessie Anderson, living near the Fountain Bridge, Edinburgh, suffered from lowness of spirits, sick head-aches . , dimness of sight,ismaber with a want of strength and appetite. 'T.,b,strev - tyroptoms were accompanied with a cough an 'pitting of phlegm, and likewise much windy spa . No medicines had been of any service to her, u a lady advised her to try " Hol loway's Pills," w • gave her immediate relief, and in a fortnight ma er as well as ever she was in her life. COMPRESSED AIR-ENGINE.—A model of Mr. Parsey's compressed air-engine, which has attracted so much at tention amongst scientific men in the metropolis, will be exhibited to-morrow and the following days, in Lancelot's hey in this town. The motive power used for thii engine is compressed air, and the advantages promised by its use are cheapness, durability, safety, and an avoidance of the noise, smoke, and vapour caused by the locomotives now in use. A company has been formed for the purpose of bringing the machine into operation. The deposit is £1 Is. per share, beyond which, it is announced, no further call will be made. It will be seen by the advertisement tha - some shares have been reserved. THE FLORENTINE MODELS.—Thesecelebrated models of the human frame are by far the most finished specimens of an art which has of late years attracted much attention from the votariies of science, the admirers of the beauti ful, and those general observers who desire to obtain in struction at little cost of intellectual labour, and, where it is practicable, in combination with amusement. The fi gures are most exquisitely modelled, the exterior propor tions being fashioned in the finest moulds of beauty, while the internal structure is displayed with wonderful force and correctness, the very texture of the fibres, vessels, ducts, and bones being imitated with the most extraordi nary precision. An inspection of these carious works of art is earnestly recommended to all who love to contem plate the works of nature and desire a closer and more correct illustration of the structure and mechanism of the human body than can be obtained by any other process short of actual dissection or attendance at the lecture room in presence.of the anatomical demonstrator.b The models will remain in Liverpool but a few days eyond the present. Separate days are appropriated exclusively for the attendance of ladies. I I