The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

- tom 0,0 TIIESDAI husbandman, and' t abundant harv..f many a ns of t tended to ra now be said to form the business of the se ursion trains, which have brought thousands from ti .e den _ - tricts, to view the Li rpool Docks, and recruit their lungs with broad Mers( )een d nd the pieturesqw tile rural beauties of Cheshire 6aul' tness of the ster, have had leir numerous admirers, while hundreds have visited the ron fre s h the] ritic hills of Wal s, and laid in a ,ock of health to resume their toils when I have faded awa .ast rose of summer shat' Liverpool, on. Th Iday, poured forth her thou- sands to witness the d steamship, Great Britain, and wish her good speed on her voyage to the Antipodes, freighted with f the mammot days in the year .h to stock a moderatel sized town This magnificent ssel, unsurpE called as a mod of nautical pe fection, having undergone every improvement and a liberal which scientific skill mild s outlay of capital perform, seem. to have lost none of the interest which her first appearanee in Liver- pool excited, and started on he r second trip to Australia, amidst the cheers of the many thousands who lined the banks of the Mersey, and crowded the many steamboats on her ;ame d the magnates of the land wit- nessed a more E the Isle of W )RIA, the Sovereign of the Seas, led th -an, and the never conqui 1 mimic combat earn-power had that the hich the show the advant awalc( which triumphed at Trafalg ,o dist urb that land has had for n ly forty years; but our na- t be maintained on hi torical traditions, nor the envy of our rivals propi tiated by for cotton. Wi Le stror g ann, and the skill to use it with of .xereises at Chobhan shown that, if the scene at Waterloo has -enacted., we ha rial; and the I zeant, on Ti day, in which our Queen occupied her nominal pvolvw., pern.aPS be su4 that, if NELSON was los behind him t to his country, he left The same day also witnessed the corn sizes, in which, not- of the . Liverpool Summer A withstanding all that h education, general employment, high wag _ _ .... . rnple supplies of the necessaries of life, the Learned Judge, who presided, had to comment, in I charge to the Grand Jury, on earful preva- lence of crime. It ought to convince the many, for what is falsely called Religious that no education can be beneficial which who stickle Liberti is not strictly and essentially Christian instruction, Secular knowledge is but a delusion and a snare. and its results the mere change in the nature of crimes from those prompted by poverty to oche which originate in intemi .ance and vi The trial at Gloucester in which an impostor, until lie underwant tlafa ordeal of IN. vsev.rtitiaing- cross - examination, presented a plausible claim to a baronetcy, and an estate of Learly £30,000 was one of those singular romances of real life which go to prove that " truth is strange, strange' than fiction." Not the least extraordinary circum stance, as it proved the final hair which broke the _ _ camel's back, was the receipt of a telegraphic despatch, in the midst of the examination, which presented - the most damning proof of turpitude on the part of the claimant, and at once put an end to the trial, which resulted in the committal of the plaintifl'for forgery and perjury of its features, bears a strong resemblance to that of the claimant to the Earldom of Cranford and Lindsay, so graphically described in Blackwood' s Magazine some time since. The cas in some The report of the Medical Officer, presented at the meeting of the Health Committee, shows the sanitary condition of Liverpool to be in a very satisfactory state, the rate of mortality having con- siderably diminished from previous years. This is the more gratifying, as the increase of population, Owing to the great increase of the commerce of the Port, would naturally have had a contrary tendency, unless the means for preserving the public health had been efficiently carried out. The clause in the Ministerial India Bill, for putting an end to the East India Company's Salt Monopoly, has, as we predicted was possible, been struck out in the House of Lords. There was a time when we looked to the Upper House as the surest safeguard for the privileges of Englishmen, when assailed by a factious majority in the Lower Chamber ; but their Lordships, during this session, have done little to maintain their former character. They seem to have been content to register the doings of the Commons at the bidding of the Ministers ; and as in the case we have referred to, to undo what little good may have been wrung from an unwilling party. FOREIGN INTBLLIGEivc.E. 4 FRANC'E.—Yesterday, being the fete-day of Napoleon, was to _be celebrated in Paris by the usual- processions, ilkimmations, &c. The keel of a new screw line-of-battle ship, of 120 guns to be called the Arcole, is about to be laid at the dock'yard at Cherbourg. The fitting out o f the Austerlitz, 100 guns, is going on with great activity. M. Dronyn de Lhuys is raised to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour for the eminent services he has rendered in his direction of diplomatic affairs. Extensive decorative improvements have taken place among the public buildings of Paris. The facade of the Palace of the Institute, on the side next the Louvre, the front of the beautiful Church of the Val de Grace, and that of the Invalides have been entirely restored. The French Emperor and ticfTEmpress have recently taken to shooting, at St. Cloud. On Wednesday their Majesties went out in a boat on the hangs of St. Cyr for the purpose of duck shooting. The Empress was provided With a light and elegant fowling-piece, with which she did such execution as showed her to be an accomplished sports nzan. She shot four wild ducks, and each bird which fell was not only received with hurrahs: by the courtiers, but satisfaction the Emperor an opportunity of expressing his 6 1 11 ., , faction in a more tender manner. The historian of e ir Araesties' exploits declar that " l'Empereur em rassa l'lmperatrice tendremen es t." b a ,Jumour was current in Paris, on Friday, of the the extent of a further reduction in the French army to the r i se el .lt of from 35,000 to 40,000 men. This had caused a 1„ 111 Government securities. Mme that province of Bologna is so overrun with r il laB, t,_llat many families, not feeling safe at their country f orty nave repaired to the city. At Faenza, upwards of crimi nal • l'ersons had been arrested, in consequence of the the gp uf Pernpts lately made on the lives of the governor, The 07niere, and the police inspector of that place. received ao ee authorities of Pavia, in Lombardy, having sumed, p a ir information of a startling kind, it is pre expectation visit by night to the town-hall, with the Galimberti, Maki a great discovery. The commissary, followers te / 4 finding any thing criminal, caused his Carlo Folperti:rte the walls, but without success. M. ac count of the n e Mayor of Pavia, despatched a detailed governor of MiZeedings of the police authorities to the 'once committed a t and demands satisfaction for the vio- RtrsSlALett ers h e town-hall. the Russian G overn from Tiflis, of July 15, state that a gainst Caucasus, to ptt is preparing a new expedition undertaken at the end of this mo nth. A fleet is the land operations. s ui . mg in the sea of Azof to support i ee the quarrel with Turkey there has been great agitatietonersit the Russo-Caucasian provinces. A letter from St. P the Ist orders were gi ven mg, of the sth, states that on p re , th snsPend all movements of the Russian troops in the th t c , l e:Rf the Danube, and on the 4th an order was sent h__ General-in-Chief to put an end to all demonstratims z r zt ()patio' havinga character of perma. he Fed 'JOT .100 St, act of Me A' the United Stab PurssiA,—A cc Lions between Pr glace. The Pruss: shnultaneo that the Er ismitted from Vier on the sth ins a of Both si stern question ninister at that court has received and to Whit It the foul; Power seems that t Lt; the very day of the reported Emperor in Pefersl outline of the arrant which were but a py le actual draft na till thp 9,-H1 end elicited some expressions of approval lion of the terms s . was on!the sam P tantamount to lay : forwarded to Conaautit Though theprecise terms the arrangement thus proposed are yet unknown, its lead 'mg features have transpired through the diplomatic cor- respondence received in Paris and Vi itiorning authoritative form, the foll The definitive project of settlemei from Vienna to Constantinople on the sam t to St. Petersburg, that is, on tl of the Czar will b This will, of corn w;11 The aceeptan, 2nd instant. d at Vienna despatched about the 14 will be ready then to start fc e understand that as soon a he Russian Government of the fact 01 the ambassador being on his road, the Emperor will tele graph his orders to Prince Gortschakoff to evacuate the Danubian provinces. These telegraphs, being for the most part old semaphores, will, of course, not work with the same speed as the electric; but they, and the course of to warrant us in expect• ussiau soldier hat by the 10t1 the Pruth. The mode of settlement will be this :—Redschid Pacha will address to Count Nesselrode a cote, in which he will enclose the firmans, in which are accorded to the Greek Christians, subjects of the Sultan, more privileges than even Russia had asked for them. He will say many civil things to the Czar, and assure him of the excellent disposition of the Sultan to wards his own subjects, to whom he has accorded such and such rights. This note will be presented by a Turkish Ambassador, and the affair will be at an end." The latest advices announce that the Sultan had issued a manifesto to his subjects, calling upon them to place their entire confidence in the wisdom and sagacity of his Go vernment. It is also stated that a new ultimatum has been addressed by the Porte to Russia. But this dispatch - '::istantinople many days before the propositions of ne four powers would have been received there. Letters from Schumla give a • account of Turkish army on the fronti mder-in-ehief, had established a mil Leha, the co v, composed tending from entrenched ca bermg from forty to fifty guns heavy fended by 50,000 men, forming the CE The rig and was composed of 30,000 ir formed of a similar number TITE being "t lsnrge - its captured An sate about 450 miles north of C ) on the 18th of I men, was. encamped at Schumla has been rendered next to impreg This stronghold, which is well situated as a stiategetical point, and, on account of the climate, contains already provisions for 100,000 men and 40,000 horses for the term of two years. The fortress of Silistria has also been fully The celebra iddehly on ti ted Turkish fi ie 27th ult., leaving icier, Nafuz Pacha, died £600,000 to two son Russian authorities in the Principalities refuse to A letters through the postoffice, which they have of. The Russian flotilla of the Danube, atre of operations at Ismail, is Composed and 50 other light vessels, well armed. They command completely the inner part of the Danube which on the side of Turkey is not defendeci which has its c " - y vessel Yfater telegraphic despatch from Trieste, confirmatory of the preceding one, is to the effect that the Sublime Porte accepts, in all its parts, and " without any modifica tion;' the note which had been drawn up at Vienna by the representatives of the four Powers who signed the treaty of 1841; that that acceptance, couched in the most cour teous terms, is accompanied with assurance of a sincere friendship on the part of the Ottoman government; that, " owing to a delicacy of sentiment, easy to be understood," the Extraordinary Ambassador charged with conveying to the Czar the adhesion of the Sultan, will leave Constanti nople for St. Petersburg so soon as the Russian troops shall have received the order to evacuate the territory that has been invaded. THE RIVER PLATE.—A letter dated Buenos Ayres, July 2nd, says :—" On the 20th June the commander of the blockading squadron belonging to General Urquiza's party raised the blockade, and placed the whole force at the dis posal of the town's party. This unexpected event has re lieved the inhabitants of this place from great scarcity of provisions, and caused great rejoicings ; and they now hope that the besi 'reat boon, still our po- sition is most melancholy, and exports will not be allowed. On the 23rd ult. the Government gave notice to all the foreign agents that only four days would be given for ves sels to leave the Salado, Ensenada, Las Conchas, and other ports in possession of the besieging army. This will pre vent us shipping off our produce, even that purchased and in store. Produce in Monte Video is very scarce and very high ; prices with you must - improve ; the demand in the river for produce is great, particularly for American ac count. I fear these countries will not be in a settled state for many years." PERSIA. - There is a story current, that Mr. Thompson, the British chargé d'affaires, had succeeded in thwarting the Russian minister, Prince Dolgarouki, and had con vinced the Shah of the necessity of keeping up the Persian army. It would appear that the prince wished to engage the Shah in making a hostile demonstration against Turkey. On the other hand, the British minister and the Turkish ambassador urged the claims of the Porte. They succeeded so well that Prince Dolgarouki resolved to quit the court of Persia. It will be observed that Mirza Ahmed Khan has been at Constantinople for some time as minister extraordinary from Persia. INDlA.—lntelligence has been received by overland mail from Bombay to the 2nd July. The Arab ship Faze Kareem, on her passage from Aden to Bombay, with the Bombay portion of the India mail which left London on the 24th of June, foundered at sea, twenty miles from Aden. The mails, consisting of sixty-eight boxes, were lost, and 179 out of 190 Arabs and Lascars who were on board perished, with the officer in charge of the mails. A report is current that the Burmese field force is to be immediately broken up, and it is surmised that the Pegu division will be then divided into two commands, of which one will be alloted to the Bengal, and the other to the Madras arm y. Nothing is known regarding the intentions of the King of Ava. The Burmese still expect us t o advance on their capital, and as yet confine themselves to defensive measures. From the decks of the steamers new stockades are seen rising between Prome and Meeaday. A famine appears to be impending in Burmah. Owing to the disturbed state of the—lower provinces scarcely any seed was sown - last season, and at present rice bears a famine price even at Rangoon and Pegu, and Government is urged to lose no time in importing it in large quantities from Calcutta. AIISTBALIA.---Wre have intelligence from Sydney to the 30th of May. The Adelaide steamer arrived there on the 21st ; the incidents of her voyage have almost brought steam itself into discredit, and the condemnation of the Royal Mail Company, on all sides, Is deep and hearty. It is doubtful whether the Adelaide can attempt to make the voyage back to England in her present state ; the general impression is, she will be sent to Indi a for very extensive repairs, as there is no dock or slip at Sydney large enough for a vessel of her tonnage. The accounts from the goldfields are almost limited to the returns of the quantities of bullion brought down by the escorts, and the preparations made by the diggers for the winter ; many will quit the grounds to return in the spring ; the more steady and determined will cam out p and work on ; bark huts and log houses are bei ng b uilt, and in many places t he diggings present a more settled appearance. The following return gives the quantity of gold de livered from the Victoria fields at Melbourne, by the Government and private escorts, in the first four months of the present year : Ounces. January February 172,329 March 169,654 April Total In the corresponding months of 1852 the produce o f the same fields was as follows : Ounces. January ...... . ....................... ,108 ...... 64834 February ........... . ••• ........ 66 March ..... . ................... . ..... 51,865 April . ........ 67,550 The increase is 449,066 ounces above the pro- Total ............. ...... 24 0 , 363 duce of the same period last year, or 187 per cent. _ The ship Washington Irving, Jones , arrived off Ply mouth on Saturday. She has a cargo of wool, tallow, and hides from Moreton Bay, and 15,000 ounces of gold from Sydney, which she left on the 27th April. The Tamar, with some gold, left Sydney on the 22d of April ; the Cambodia, without gold, on the 24th. The Regina was to sail in three days ; the Alberton in a fortnight, and the Oriental in three weeks. The steam-ship Cleo patra was at Sydney. Her proprietors then proposed to send her one trip more to Port Philip, preparatory to her final departure from Sydney on the 28th July for Eng land, by Cape Horn, touching at New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. The Agricola was loading at Moreton Bay on the 12th of April. The Washington Irving ran from Sydney to Cape Horn in 334- days, having rounded the Cape on the 30th May ; spoke, on the sth August, the ship Kent, 130 days from Bombay, for Liverpool ; 6th August, the Yankee Blade, 14 days from Liverpool, and the barque Essex, nine days from Plymouth ; and, on the 9th, the barque Abigail, outward bound. CIIINA. — The Hong Kong papers contain some further particulars regarding Sir G. Bonham's trip up the Yang tse-Kiang. It appears that the unsuccessful attempt of the Susquehanna to get up the river to the assistance of the imperialists at Nankin, was thought at Shanghai to have irritated the insurgents greatly against the foreig n community in general, and it was, therefore, deemed ad visable to despatch the interpreter to the British consulate to the rebel head-quarters, to explain that the English were neutral. On arriving at Nankin, Sir G. Bonham at first Intended to meet the rebel leaders in person; but, oppixighig that pick 411 ilatcrlielir mightbe nagcmtrindi all the fora It is exp( Shang captu sumed, torei been full EGYPT, to the satisfat valley of deposit. M coinpletio —We have intellig river Nile w, n of all, was The very day aft nee from Alexandria ad only waited their -ery rapidly, and ; the whole of the ypt with its fertilising water and alluvial awhile the winds were blowing strongly the means of communt perfectly free and easy. the canals being filled, oughout the land were A supply of men has been provided to enable the railway gineers to go on with their work ; but a great check employed on the line, the now lies in mreal AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN. ilors who were period of the uncertainty. The Franklin arrived at Southampton on Thursday, with advices from New York to the 30th ult., and $850,000, of which $50,000 were for England: Advices from Havana state that a remarkable variation had been introduced into the slave traffic, for which that island enjoys such an un enviable notoriety. A well-known trader in hnmau flesh had lately engaged in the novel enterprize of shipping In dians from the coast of Yucatan, and a number of small craft were occupied in the trade ; but the Spanish agent was apprehended by the British authorities at the Belize, and as the papers found on his person fully established his guilt, there was no doubt that he would receive the punish ment he merited. General Santa Anna had also taken didus thus kidnapped and introduced into the island of Cuba.—The steam-ship Georgia arrived at New York on the 28th ult., from Aspinwall, with the California mails and nearly 52,000,000 of treasure on freight.—The ship National Eagle, of,lloston, from New Orleans for Liver pool, had put into New York, having the yellow fever on board. The captain was sick, and the mate, captain's wife, and several of the crew were reported to have died. The yellow fever had somewhat abated at New Orleans. There were 429 deaths by all diseases in one week. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA, By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam ship Europa, Captain Lang, which reached this port on Sunday, we have advices from New York to the d, and Boston to the 3d ult. The Europa sailed from Boston at 0 60. p.m., on the d ; and at 2 40, p.m., on the 4th, passed the steamer Nia hence for Boston. She arrived at Halifax on the 9, a.in., after a detention of 10 hours by fog. On , at 0 30, p.m., passed the steamer Africa, hence for t 3, p.m., passed the steamer New York. The Europa Erienced variable winds. In p.m., on the 13th ; and at ie Maidens Light, night signals for New New YOrk e ," north abOut," and exp rahull was passed at 7 10, ,m., on the 14th, off She arrived girt at 2 55, p.m. on been detained freight, and 105 passen tess of Ellesmere and C POOL a what w Lie English papers in China )r , " insurgents," the present STANDAI ,lie bar two ho'uis NV Sunday, h 252,000 in specie on 5, among whom are th am and Miss Egerton. at Washington had ,o the United States timated amount of postage erroneously credited to that office by the United States on newspapers sent from the United States, through England, to certain countries beyond. _The. yellow fever was raging with The British Postoffice authorities expressed their readiness to refund t the su great virulence at New Orleans. The anniversary of the landing of the pilgrim fathers at Plymouth had been celebrated with the usual demonstrations. The comet discovered by M. Klinkerfues, at Gothengen, on the 10th June last, had been seen at the Washington Observatory. Mr. Crampton, the British minister, had left Washing ushing, of the U.S. Cabinet, °roe from interruption, the ton with Messrs. Marcy and C for the country, to discuss, fishery and reciprocity questio Intelligence from the city of Mexico, to the 16th July, state the Mexican papers were bitterly opposing the pro ject of a Spanish protectorate, and all return, whether partial or complete, to the Spanish yoke. The• union of the Church and state was progressing. Crosses and) deco rations given by the Pope were publicly worn, add pre parations were making for the return of the Jesuits. The penalty of death had been decreed against public - defaulters. Advices from St. John's, N. 8., state that fires were raging in the woods near Shediac, and had already de stroyed a large quantity of valuable timber. The survey of the European and North American Railway was actively going on, with the prospect that in a few months the grading would be commenced. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Ava-tram 2. Moi*Ev.—Stocks are lower, with very tittle promise of a speedy recovery. Money was a little more in demand, but there is no difficulty in negotiating good paper at 7 per cent., although some long dates go as high as 8 per cent. Exchange on England, 1' moderate demam .O to 109 per cent.; in Bills on France,,f 5 15 to f 5 DI COTTON.—(From W. P. Wriyht's Circular, of Aug, 2.)—During Wednesday and Thursday of last week this market exhibited symptoms of weakness, and sales were made at a slight reduction from my quotations of 26th July. On Friday we had the Asia's accounts, which were generally construed here as more• in• favour of a pacific settlement of political. difficulties in Europe. We also at the same time received by telegraph, from Charleston and Savannah,. accounts of too much rain having fallen in Georgia and South Carolina. These circumstances gave new life to.our market, particularly as orders for cotton were received per Asia from Liverpaol and Havre, the decline was recovered, and prices clbsed yester day with much firmness and with only a limited supply offering at the quotations of last week. The sales since 26th July have been 8500 bales, of which the larger pro portion has been for Liverpool; about 1000 bales for Havre, and a similar amount for the north of Europe. Our own spinners continue to. purchase to a limited extent only. The export during the past week has been—to Li verpool, 1354 bales ; Bordeaux, 278 ; Gottenburg, 100. Total, 1732 bales. Caor.—This question continues to exercise an influence on this market, varying according to the reports from the cotton growing region. We have had, during the past few days, accounts of injury from too much rain in Georgia and South Carolina, which has caused some improvement in the markets of Savannah and Charleston. The greatest danger that could happen to the young crop, in its present condition, would be the prevalence of rain during this month of August; and the holders of eotton here are quite alive to the importance of unfavourable weather during this and next month ; hence the firmness with which they hold on to the present stock. The excess in receipts now amounts to 205,000 bales. The increase in exports to Great Britain is 62,000 ; de. crease to France, 1,000 • other foreign ports, 2,000. T o t a l increase in exports, 65,000 bales. BEEIDSTUFFS. — From Tuesday till Thursday last week, there were considerable transactions in flour at the rates previously current, the turn being in favour of the seller. On the receipt of letters by the Asia from Liverpool, to, the 16th July, the market again took a sudden turn upwards, and an extensive business has since been done at an advance of 12fc. per barrel on our quotations of the 26th ult. An advance of 4e. per bsl. on wheat has been realised since Friday, at which the article is still iridemand. PROVISIONS.—Pork is in good demand, at $l 5 87 *c. to $l6 for mess, and $l3- 1 for prime. Beef continues in request, and prices are well su stained. Ormige County butter is in demand at 20c. to 22c. Cheese, 7.1,0. to 9c. Lard r. in good request, and firm at 11c. to 114. c., • nEIG are, to e L r i e v i erp s, a oo fa l, amountir eotton, 3- o l ff 6 e d ri.u . to i offering for per orEurolb. ;. Europe.. The rates flour i 2s. 2d. to 2s. 6d. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 71d. to . Bd. per bushel. Ta London, 2s. 2d. to. 3s. per barrel; grain, in bulk, 80. to 9d. per bushel. To , Havre, cotton, ; flour, 60c. per barrel. NEW OELEA,NS, JULY 29.—Asia's news receive& this morning, and considered unsatisfactory. Cotton bas been sold since its receipt at ie. decline, placing middlings at 10 2 4 c. Sales for the week, 2,800 bales. Receipts for the week, 900 bales.. Stock in port, 25,000 bales. MOBILE, JULY 29.—Prices are without change; sales limited ; stock 7,000 bales. THE MyractrAn AUTHORITIES of Troyes, France, have just interdicted all young men and women who have not reached their twentieth year, from appearing at any of the public dancing places in the town. The police agents have been ordered to enforce strictly this regulation. FIVE Andalusian stallions and four small black Spanish ponies have arrived at the imperial stables at St. Cloud. The ponies are almost wild, and endeavour to bite any one who approaches them. They belong to the Empress, who, when in Madrid, frequently drove them herself, although they are vicious and unbroken. Her Majesty having expressed a wish to have them at St. Cloud, they have been sent by her sister. The five horses are a present to the Emperor from the Duke of Alba. A STIFF STORY.—The Monongahela Republican, of Pennsylvania, says that there is yet living near Cooks town, a slave of General Washington's. He is 124 years of age, and can walk six miles in a day. He is so old that his fingers and toes are nearly all white. He belonged to Washington when he owned what is now known as Wash ington's Bottom, on which Peryopelis now stands. The estate of Colonel Cook was, and still is, bound for his living. DISCOVERY OF AMBER.—In recently cutting a canal for d ra i n ing a lake near that of Anserche, on the eastern coast of Courland, between 57° 10' and 58° 20' of north latitude, and not far from the Gulf of Riga, pieces of amber were found, and, on the search being continued, more pieces wer e picked up on the banks of the Lake of Anserche itself. The quantity of amber already sold by the peasants to Jew dealers has brought them in no less than 4000 silver roubles (the rouble is 4f. 5c.) ; but that is consider ably less than its real value. The pieces of amber are for the most part transparent, and some of them are so large that they fetch from five to six roubles. In some of the pieces winged insects have been found. CURIOUS PHENOMENON.—A letter from Athens of the 17th contains the following :—" A very curious pheno menon, which the Greeks attribute to an interposition of Providence, has in a great measure removed the fears which were entertained of the failure of the crop of currants. For the last six weeks the disease with which they were last year attacked had reappeared, and in a short time all the fruit was covered with the white blight, the precursor of its complete destruction. Suddenly, myriads of small green insects, hitherto unknown, and whit h came no one knows from whence, settled on the vine ;, and whole vineyards were in a short space of time completely cleared of the white blight by those insects, which devoured the white substance with the greatest aYkli t Ys and 049 n Mt9rgd the Alit to it§ liatlirg wictur, I YJNERAL C:ishire, was opened in Liverpool. Wightman and Mr. Justice Erle The judgqs, Mr. Just rived 1.3;' railway from were met by the high lbot Clifton, Esq., his Worship the Mayor, and n Clerk, who accompanied the judges to their They afterwards proceeded to St. George's At the st here the commission having been opened the court was adjourned till twelve o'clock on Thursday. Their lordships on Thursday attended divine service in St. Peter's Church. The calendar contained the names of 117 prison- ers charged with various offences. In the Crown Court, after the usual preliminaries, the following gentlemen were sworn upon TUE GRAND JURY. Samuel Holme, Esq., Holmstead, foreman ; John Bentley, Esq., Mount Fallinge ; Reece Bevan, Esq„ Wigan ; Har rison Blair, Esq., Manchester; James Thomas Bourne, Esq., Liverpool; John Fenton, Esq., Rochdale ; Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., Walton Hall; James Holme, Esq., Liverpool; John Holmes, Esq., Everton ; David Hodgson, Esq., Tox teth-park ; William Ford Hulton, Esq., Bolton ; Joseph Pollock, Esq., Liverpool ; Christopher Rawdon, Esq., Liver pool ; Thomas Rodick, Esq., Liverpool ; Albert Hudson Royds, Esq., Rochdale ; Charles Turner, Esq., Liverpool ; Ralph J. T. Williamson, Esq., Liverpool ; William Rayner Wood, Esq., Manchester ; Robert Jill, Esq., Much Woolton ; Sir John Bent, Liverpool, Knight ; John Hayward Turner, Esq., Liverpool; John Blayds Molyneux, Esq., Liverpool; William Potter, Esq., Liverpool. CROWN COURT. Mr. Justice Wightman, who presided, in his charge to the grand jury, said,—l regret to find that the calendar is very heavy. It contains the names of 124 persons, whose cases will be brought before you, including seven brought in since the calendar was printed, making altogether 98 distinct and separate charges. Some of these you will probably dismiss when they are brought before you ; but there is little doubt that there will be not much less than 100 cases to be, investigated at these assizes. Amongst those there are ten charges of homicide, including five of wilful murder, 11 of felonious wounding, 11 of robbery with violence, 20 of burglary ; and without troubling you with a farther enumeration, there are charges, I believe, of every offence known to the law except high treason. However alarming at first sight such a number and such a catalogue of crime may appear, it becomes less in reality when the extent of the population of the commer cial towns of Liverpool and Manchester is considered, from which so great a proportion of the charges originate ; but it certainly does not appear by the present calendar that there has been any diminution in the amount of crime, although, as I am informed, there has been no waet of employment, and wages have been comparatively good. One of the most serious charges in the calendar is one of murder against Susan Campbell. It appears that the prisoner and the deceased were in a public-house in this town ; that she asked him for drink, that he refused, and , that she used ill language to him, when, according to the statement made, he slightly struck her with the back of his fingers ; that the prisoner then left the deceased, who remained in the same room; that she went away, and re turned in a. few minutes, when she stabbed him in the neck, giving him a wound which caused death instanta neously. From the evidence, as stated in the depositions, I can find no reason for reducing the charge to man slaughter. There is a charge of murder against Daniel Miller. The occurrence took place on the high seas, on a voyage between Demerara and England. No third person appears to have been present at the time ; but the captain states that the prisoner, who was mate of the ship, came to him voluntarily and stated that he had =ordered the carpenter. He added, that he had done so in self-defence, and that the carpenter had attacked him with a. knife. I do not find anything to warrant you in finding a. bill for less than murder, under the circumstances brought out. A woman, named Mary Hodgkinson, is charged with the murder of a child, a few weeks. old, of which she was the mother. There is no doubt that the case is one of wilful murder, if the prisoner was in a state of mind at the time to be responsible, which, from the depositions, thennfor tunate woman would hardly appear to be. The other two charges of murder are against women, cases of the murder of children of which they had just been delivered. There may be other cases which call for remark, and pre sent points which, in so great a mass, require comment or explanation. Should such be the case during the'process of your inquiry, and you require assistance from' me, I shall be happy to afford it. But, bef or e we p ar t, I w ish to mark an omission which I find. In all the depositions taken at Manchester, and some other places, it is not stated whether the prisoner was asked if he wished to make any statement, or whether he made any statement or not. I cannot suppose that the magistrates do not ask such a question ; but if any statement were made it ought to appear on the depositions, and if the prisoner declined. to make any, that fact ahould be given.. The omission is by no means conducive to the ends of justice, and I strongly recommend the magistrates to see that the practice is= altered for the. future, as it is most important that nothing which may legitimately occur at that , time should be kept back ;: and in many cases it is important to know for the sake of the public and the prisoner himself, what voluntary view of the transaction he gives when before the magistrates. And now, gentlemen, I will no longer detain you. The 'grand. jury then retired ; and shortly afterwards returned with several true bills into. court. SACRILEGE AND LADUENY.—CharIes Seddon, aged 24, remanded from the last assizes, was charged with sacrilege. On the 2nd or 3rd of March a chapel-of-ease, belonging to the Established Chnrch,,at Peel, in the township of Little Hutton, ; this county., was broken into, entry lowing been effected by the removal of several panes from one of the windows. Several chandeliers and five bronze candle sticks were stolen. A cover, which had been taken from the pew of Mr, Jacob Fletcher, was also found torn up iii the vestry, One portion of it had been torn off, and evi dently carried:off the premises. The night after that the prisoner was arrested and searched, when a piece of print was fotuidin his pocket with some bread in it, and which corresponded with the part taken from the cover of Mr. Fletcher's pew. The jury returned a. verdict of not guilty. There was a second indictment against the • prisoner, of having, on the 21rd of February, entered the Independent Chapel,. at Farnworth,, and stolen fourteen gas pendants and burners, and a piece of green baize from behind the pulpit. None of the pendants had been found ; but it ap peared that a woman named M`Manus, in Manchester, with whom the prisoner lodged, found a piece of green baize in the house, which the prisoner said was his, and which was found to-correspond with, that taken from the chapel at Farnworth. On this charge the-prisoner was found guilty. A previous conviction for felony, for steal ing gas pipes at Pendleton, was then proved against the prisoner, who was, sentenced to be-transported for seven years. MINT CASES.--William Jackson, alias James Patten, aged 36, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, feloniously in his possession. 18 counterfeit half-crowns, with intent to utter them, he having previously been convicted of a similar offence. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years.—John Lyons, aged 42, and Bridget Lyons, aged 30, were indicted for having,. at Liverpool, knowingly and feloniously in their possession a mould for the manufacture of base sixpences, and. also with having in their possession twelve counter feit sixpences, knowing them to be false and counterfeit. Verdict, " guiltY." John Lyons was sentenced to twerve months, and. Bridget Lyons to nine.months' imprisonment, with hard labour.—Thomas Gahan, aged 24, Thomas Edwards, 88, and Mary Bulger, 32, were indicted. for having, at- Li v erpool, knowingiy and feloniously inktheir possession, a mould for the manufacture of base shillings. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. Gahan and Ed wards were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment each, with hard labour ; and Mary Bulger, who had pre viously been convicted at the Liverpool assizes of passing base coin, to seven years' transportation.— Thos. Crawley, aged 28, was indicted for , having, at last Aintree races, passed a base sixpence to Mr. Smith, publican, and, on being searched, six counterfeit shillings and a. sixpence were. found in his possession. Guilty. Imprisonment for four calendar months. BunoLAny A.T MANCHESTER. —John Jennings, aged 19„ and John Tongs, aged 20, were- indicted for halting, at Salford, burglariously entered the dwelling house of John Homcks, publican, in OMfield-road, Salford, and stolen. some plate and money. On the 19th of June, the, house was fastened up as usual, and, at half-past dew= o'clock, the inmates retired to rest. In the morning Mn. Horrocks got up and discovered that the house had been burglariously entered, by means of a window, the latch of which had been,loosened by a knife or other instrument. The money drawer had been pulled out, and was lying upon the counter„ minus a small quan tity of silver money which had been left in it the night before, whilst some copper which. it contained remained. untouched. The plate basket WA lying in the yard, and, he found that a quantity of spoons, &c., of Nickel silvei had also been stolen. Next morning the prisoners were apprehended at the Victoria-station, with the stolen spoons and some money in their possession. The prisoners were found guilty ; and a previous conviction for felony having been found against them, they were sentenced to be trans ported for seven years. ANOXIIRR BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. —Samuel White, aged 26, was indicted for having, at Sailor' d, felo niously entered the dwelling-house of Gilbert Yorston, and stolen 3s. 11.1 d. and - a cake. A verdict of guilty was returned against the prisoner, but in consevence of his expressing a wish to call a man, named Hugh Jones, to speak as to his character, his sentence was deferred. Mr. Jones, on Friday, gave the young man a good character and promised to take him into employment again. His lordship ordered him to be put down. At a quarter-past six o'clock the court adjourned, until nine o'clock the next morning. FRIDAY. The Court opened at nine o'clock. MANSLAI7GATER.—CharIes Crowther, aged 17, Imper fectly educated, was charged with manslaughter. It appeared that the prisoner , was a lorry-driver, at Man chester. On the 2nd of May his lorry was loaded with barrels, and while passing through a gateway into the yard of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, a barrel that overhung a few inches the side of the waggon came in collision with a gate-post, whereby it was thrown off along with another, and one of them fell upon the head of a boy, named William Swan, who was thrown off the waggon by the collision, whereby death immediately ensued. Verdict, guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy.—His Lordship commented favourably upon the accidental nature of the fatal casualty, and in consideration of the prisoner having been already three months in prison, sentenced him to only three days' imprisonment, inclusive of the two days already served. Ansort.—Mary Churchhouse, aged 23, could neither read nor write, and Hannah Greenhalgh, aged 55, who could read and write imperfectly, were charged with having maliciously set fire to the house of Mr. John Myerscough, pork-butcher, 43, Chapel-street, Salford. In November last, Mary Churchhouse and her husband, who is a tailor, with their two children, took two rooms from Mr. Myerscough. Mrs. Churchhouse's father had also a room in the same house, adjoining. They ran into arrears with their rent, to the extent of £5. 3s. 9td. They were frequently asked for rent, but continually deferred pay ment. On the 28th of March last, the husband Church house said he was going to get some money from a loan society. On this evening, Mrs. Myerscough put her three children to bed, about a quarter past eight, and left all safe. A little after nine o'clock, a Mr. Spencer, brother -0 ar, Arcrocoshi lyhQalsg wooed A nona in COMIVIERCIAI to his room he the bed, when decam r filled with smol together, a q the circumstances led to the crimi The j cry, after some deliberation not guilty, in each cas, A second cha ae corner was ton i immediately, and le prison, a ierd For-lareem then preferred against Mary Churchhou.se, she stolen, on the night of the fire, several articles, such as table-cloths, candlesticks, &c., which she pledged. A verdict of guilty was returned in this case. Sentence to be imprisoned, and put to hard labour, for 18 months. DEFICAL - DING TICE REVENUE.—Mr. Digby Seymour made application on behalf of the Crown, to discharge the recognizances of Thomas Fletcher, Albert Firth, and William Kerfoot, out on bail, who had been remanded from the last assizes, on a• charge of defrauding the Customs, by giving in false returns respecting some fruit they imported. The Commissioners of Customs had, since the last assizes, instituted inquiries, which have resulted in leading them to believe that Fletcher and Firth had been misled by Kerfoot, and, as they were now willing to pay the amount sought to be evaded, with all costs, the commissioners re commended that the recognizances should be discharged, as they did not wish further to prosecute. His lordship agreed to the application. _ _ _ _ CUTTING ANI; WC perfectly educated) was charg. ..nd wouna ing Thomas Grundy, at Farnworth, on the 28th of April last. On the night in question, Grundy went to a beer house, called the Queen's Inn, where he met with several other colliers. About ten o'clock three navvies entered, of whom the prisoner was one. Quarrelling ensued, and the prisoner is said to have been challenging all round. When Grundy was leaving the house, he was attacked by the prisoner, and received several atabs in the hand, which he had put forth in protection. A pocket-knife was found the next morning about 18 yards from the house, but no knife was found ou the prisoner. When taken into custody the prisoner admitted that he had used a piece of glass in at tacking Grundy, because he " collared " him, to keep him quiet. Found guilty.—Sir George Stephen begged leave to submit to. his lordship a high certificate of character. — His lordship said he would consider his verdict. BURGLARY. , --JaMeS Kean, aged 19, who could neither read nor write; pleaded guilty to having; at Levenshulme, near Manchester, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Dr. R. Slater, and stolen therein several trifling articles, in May, being discovered in the act. He pleaded not guilty to another charge of entering the house of Mr. Mason, also in Levenshulme, on the Ist of May, from which.three brushes, &c., were taken being disturbed, while in the house, by the inmates getting up. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, upon which his lordship sentenced him, for the burglary to winch he pleaded guilty, ten years' transportation ; for the one to which he pleaded not guilty, three months' imprisonment. BURGLARY AT OPENSITAW.—John Thompson, aged 20, who could only read, was indicted for burglary and stealing a watch. A verdict of guilty was returned, and his, lord ship' sentenced him to seven years' transportation. BURGLARY AT BUTLY.—Mary Gough, aged 22, who could only read, was indicted for having feloniously and burglariously entered the house of Mr. John Taylor, carter, t' OUNDIN( —Daniel Lee, aged 2 ed with stabbin of Hornby-street, Bury, on the- morning of the . 2.6t1r of May last,. and stolen therefrom a blanket, sheet, and other articles. A policeman met the prisoner about five o'clock, with a large bundle of clothes, and when he questioned her, she said that she had come from Liverpool, where she had been to fetch them out of pawn. The jury found the prisoner guilty of burglary. His lordship said it appeared that it was not the only case in which she had been con victed of ferony ; this was the third time. She pleaded that necessity had driven her to it. Sentenced to seven years' transportation. 31ANsLA GU'rEl3.. William Sellers, aged 52, who could neither read nor write, hawker and broker, was indicted for having at Prestwich-cum-Oldham, near Manchester, caused the death of Jonathan Booth, aged. 44, a grocer. On Whit-Friday, the deceased went into a public-house kept by one Joseph Taylor, where he met the prisoner Sellers. The conversationtmaied on domino-playing - , when the two agreed to have a game for half-a-crown and' a quart of ale. They first, preparatory to the wager game, had one to decide who should have first chance. The deceased lost, whereupon, he refused to play the wager game. Alterca tion ensued, which was closed by a fight, and when the deceased turned round to talk to the landlord', the prisoner struck him on the side of the head, which caused him to reel a little, and thenihe followed up this by zu blow on the face, about the lips, which caused a flow of blood, and sent him stunned lying on the floor, as if dead. Being taken up, he complained of being sick, and, after remaining two or three hours, he got home about ten o'clock.. At home, he became subject to vomiting, and pains in the head, which increased so that a medical man had to be called in ; he died on Tuesday, the .16th of May, a fortnight after the affray. A post mortem, examination took plaee, when congestion of the brain ; . and hemorrhage were found to have taken place. After a short consultation; the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AT MANCEZESTER:—JOhII Robinson, aged 24, was charged with having, along with two others, committed a robbery of jewellery tn the value of 2300. Mr. Howard is a jeweller and silversmith, at Manchester. On Wednesday, the 7th of. March, Mr. Howard, at half-past one, left his daughter, Miss Fanny Howard, to attend to tho shop_ while_he went to dinner- A young man came ha, whom Miss Howard had noticed pass the shop-door before, and he asked the price of a diamond ring in the window. Miss Howard, suspecting him, said the window was locked, and that he had better call when her father was in. She recollected the same person had called on the previous Thursday. He asked for a card. - nded +- ' he said it which, on being ham. .to min i izna not contain the name of the streets, and he requested her to write them upon it. Miss rloward turned away to get a pen, and having a bonnet on, she did not observe that she was followed until she found an arm had grasped her by the throat, and she , was forced into the little division at the end of the shop. She screamed out, but the man got his hand over her mouth. There being a mirror before her, which reflected what was being transacted in the shop, she saw a man busily ransacking the window, hastily packing up all the jewellery which he could get at. She was so dreadfully alarmed and injured,, that she was not even yet fully recovered. The prisoner was recognised as being one of the persons who assisted the two men in the shop, in taking away the jewellery, as he stood outside the shop, driving away any person whose curiosity might lead him to notice what, was going on in the window. The blind was pulled down during the operation. The police apprehended the prisoner some time. after. Numerous witnesses were examined, who substantiated the above facts. The prisoner cross-examined them upon thepoint of identity. After the evidence, the prisoner begged to say a few words. He said he would: state his case as well as he could. The:; act was, he was a poor, unfortunate wretch, taken up on suspicion, and committed, because he could not find out and point out those who had committed the robbery. His lordship carefully summed utr.---The jury, not being able to come to a decision, retired from court about twenty minutes past six, and returned about seven with a verdict of guilty. His lordship then sentenced him to ten years' transportation. The court adjourned at seven o'clock, until nine o'clock on Saturday morning. SATURDAY. (Before Mr. fustiee Wightman.), ATTE'.IrP7 TO POISON AT ASIITON-17X.DRR-LYNE.- Martha Walker, aged 41, was indicted with having, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on the 24th of May last, administered nitrate of lead, with intent to murder her husband, Philip Walker. It appeared that the prisoner is the wife of Philip Walker,u, cotton-spinner, at Ashton-under-Lyne. They had lived in quietness till within the last twelve mouths, when, in- consequence of the prisoner being found in the house of a neighbour, a dispute arose beetween them, and which, had been the cause of frequent unpleasantness since. They. bad three children. On the Zith of May Walker returned home at his usual hour of six. o'clock, when he asked his wife for some coffee, which he usually took on his return from work.. He noticed, that it tasted very disagreeable, rough and sticky. He, went to bed shortly after ten o'clock, awl awoke at one o'elock, when he felt very ill, and went down stairs, to wash, his mouth out. His wife asked him what he wits doing, and he told her, stating that his throat was very rough and sticky. She said that hers felt so too. He : awoke again about five o'clock, still feeling poorly. He , went down stairs and got, some coffee, which was always; ut in a canister for him to take to the faetory ; his portiOn and that of his children being kept separate. On, pouring it out, he noticed that there were white specks in it. On this he put it into a piece of paper, and took it to-a druggist named Steer, to whom he gave a description of the pains from which he had suffered, and requested him to analyze it, He continued, very ill both on Wednesday, Thursday,, and Friday ; and, by the advice of the prisoner, he took some castor-oil. He also took some further portions, of the coffee placed out for him by the prisoner to Mr. Steer on Friday; and he told the prisoner that he had done-so. He also told her that be had tbund some white specks in it, and he thought she had put it into his coffee-to poison hips. She said,. I have put nothing in it," In conse quence of this a quarrel arose, and Walker. struck the prisoner with a poker. On the Saturday morning he found his coffee left out for him as usual; this he also put in a paper and then into his pocket. He did, not take any of that coffee, but got some fresh off the mantel-piece. He still felt unwell all day, and left off work at two o'clock. He then spoke again to the prisoner, who said there was sugar of lead in the coffee, and that it had fallen out of a glass in the cupboard into the coffee. She said she bought a pennyworth about four months before to bathe her face with. He then told her that be had informed the con stable, Mr. Buckley, about the matter, and that she said it was sugar of lead, on which she replied that she had been cleaning the cupboard out, and that she had pulled over a glass containing the sugar of lead, which fell into the sugar. He gave information of the matter that night to the police-constable Buckley. The prosecutor, Philip Walker, deposed to the above facts, and also said that on the night of the 21st May he arrived at home late, and found his wife beating his so n John. He asked what was all this hubbub about. She said, " Hold your noise ; you haven't above three weeks to live." He said, " What, are you going to poison me, then ?" and she said, " No, thou may live as long as thou can." He had felt very unwell for a fortnight before this. He was a member of a burial society at Hyde, and at his death there would be £4 payable to his family. His wife payed the subscription fortnightly. He looked every night into the cupboard where his wife said the sugar of lead was kept. He never saw sugar of lead, and he did not know what it was like. He saw a glass in the cupboard, but it was empty. His wife had nothing to do with her face for twelve months before the time he was taken ill. - In cross-examination, he said that his wife had borne him eleven children, and that five years ago she had con sulted a Dr. Gibbons respecting her face, and she then took something for her throat. His wife is a member of the burial society at Hyde, and if she died he would get £4. Mr. Henry Steer, druggist at Ashton-under-Lyne, stated that Walker frequently bought laudanum of him, and about two years ago he cautioned him about the dons to Pe titliCUl Qn W§UVISCILV3 the 26th 9f May, he (Waco with I soldiers Salford. alked down I s with a k boys escaped, of age, was c prosecut p tile s v, at Salford, and robl The man who was I y down, and the wh roman, named Maria Morson, wa throat, while the ( from hit( hitt T two took his w almost immediate Sown Berry-strc Bolding :or's cry o: and they all went into Clowes- who had come up in the meantime them what she had se street, which is do Chai e m her n. The mas Rogers, it on Richard n, two there. men w en thre vet, and 7!" and n running The pro- She went and told -ho had stoo Lt one end, and found the prisor ratified by the prosecutor as one of the in front of him when he was robbed. The woman, who also saw the man run past, identified the prisoner as one of them. The jury found the prisoner guilty ! and, eleven previous convictions having been proved against him, he was sentenced to twelve years' transportation BUR( .ARY AT SALFOE 3;‘,..,.. ...veal 0.2 n., Taylor, at Saiford, 1 ingenious defence from J gainst Pier years' transportation, on v -Robert Jones, aged 33, ROBBEVY AND VIOLENCE AT for stew sentenced to seven Thank you, -Ellen olently aged 23, was indict assaulted and robbed Henry Dixon, at Mancheiter, on the Procter morning of the 27th of Felir convicted on the same ch night of Saturday, the who had been drinking f the prosecutor rids, found him Y with his f - ALincheste He was sensible of bei three men and six worn They attempted t( tent down stairs. door ; but he was irrounded by nine persons. DM his pocket silier in his hand id the, proseditor in his evidenee7t;a7l 'otmded also tai headed 1 last. The 31 28, indictec June, wa nsportation large, in the month of A STEALING A HORSE —Goorge Glen Wigan, on the found'gailfy, and sentenced to seven ye ROB3EItiWITH VIOLENCE A beth Fisher indicted Edward -Eliza AL.A.NCHES ), and Sarah Ann Kelshaw, were at Manchester:( is a pensioner of the I on the 3rd of May he had pension. On his way hon afternoon,-he met the prisoner Fisher, rt a public-house, where& he also He left them I In a street received a Llow in the face ft about foi went hem immediately . aiterwards Fish while Kelsilaw took from his The jury found Fisher guil Sentence deferred. 3rd of May la India Company o'clock in the )m he treated to h in the publie-hoii called. , Islington he mei zed him b. suited Kelshaw The court rose at ten minutes past six o'clock NISI PRIUS COURI rioN. ME. —Tat BEFOILE JUSTIC. In the Nisi Prius Court, which opened at welve o'clock, the list of civil cases is very heavy;including 82. JONES V. Bow x.—This was an -action brought by Mr. George Jones, of Leigh, near Boltcin, against John Brown, also of that neighbourhood, to recover a farm in the pos session of Brown. It appeared that in March, 1852, the draft of a lease of a 'farm, called Heatherston farm, con taini_ v no• between sixty and seventy acres, with house and drawn 011 r, lbr 14 yeare, ab rental of £220, to be paid in half yearly instalments, between Joues and Brown. When the draft was after n to Brown, in the solicitor's office, at Man- wards sh chester, denied the various items. ity forhis name to be gut to i Afterwards .bility to pay, but proposed a bill of exchange to be drawn of in-faw for £2OO, to be Paid two months aftei date. The bill was dishonoured; and, excepting £8 in cash, no rent had been paid. A six months' notice to quit had been served in September last, and Mr. Jones now sought for au action of ejectment. Verdict for plaintiff, with imme diate execution. BBNNETT AND. ANOTHER V. RIIIDSHAW.—MeSSVS. J. M. and H. A. Bennett, timber and slate merchants, of Manchester, sought to recover the sum of £57 ls. 11d. from Messrs. W. 0. Bradshaw and W. F. Higginson, joiners, &c., of Bolton. The partnership of Bradshaw and Higginson having been dissolved about the time of these transactions, Bradshaw himself stood as defendant. The defendant had paid into court £l9 19s. Id. In October, 1852, the defendants, who had a yard in Folds-road, Little Bolton, ordered sihtes from the plaintiffs to the amount of, £76 10s. In the month of March, 1853, a rumour (which was without foundation) of, the- anticipated insolvency of the defendant, came to the ears of Mr. Wood, a book keeper of the plaintiffs, who also ascertained that a bill of sale had been given to Messrs. Mackay and Co., of Liver pool, one of the chief creditors, upon their stock and effects, now and hereafter. Mr. Wood, anxious for the interests of his employmN itamediately went to Bolton! to get the plaintifth' account. The defendant could not-pay at that time, but expressed his intention to pay ultimately. Mr. Wood then suggested the returning of what slates might remain unsold. The defendant, Bradshaw i who was dissolving partnership with Higginson, consented, and here lie the two *ants of dispute : 7 -Mr. Wood, on,behalf of the plaintiffs, .wished the slates to be returned at the original price.; Mr. Bradshaw contended that they:were sold at the regular market price, (which was near 7.5 per cent. over the wholesale,)' to the value of £57 - 116. ; and again, the plaintiffs maintained that only tan numbers of " duchesses," " countesses," and " viscountesses," and other qualities of slates, were returned, and weights, and in certain. condition.. Whereas the defendant Bradshaw contended- that other and more numbers,,qualitie,s, and weights,.were returned, which, at market prices, in addi tion to. the £l9 195.. id. paid in court, would meet all the legitimate demands of the plaintiffs, £76.105. The case had been removed from the Manchester County Court. A great number of witnesses were examined.. The case pre sentod.considerable difficulty. as the defendant was at his home when Mr. Wood called privately to.urge his propo sition of returning- the slates, and had many witnesses in his: behalf. His Lordship very carsfully and pointedly stated the case to the jury, who, after•a.long consultation, gave. verdict for the defendant.—Tbis case, althou g h o nly inyolving a dispute as to about V.Z,, occupied the court nearly seven boors. FRIDAY. LowE AND ANOTHER V. BRLDSHAW.—This WAS an undefended action on a bill of exchange for £llO. Ver dict for the plaintiff. KELLY Alin ANOTIEER v. TA.Y,Lons—This, also, was an undefended action on a bill a exchange for £7B 19s, Gd. Verdict for the plaintiff. _ HILTON V. GANNETT AND °THUM—This action was. brought to recover damages for the destruction of certain: houses in Strangeways, in Manchester, which fell into the, river Irwell in the month of - February last, caused, accord ing to the allegation of the plaintiff, by the defendants overweighting the river wall, upon: which the houses in question were built. The-wall gave way, and the houses fell into the river. After the case had been opened, an ineffectual attempt was made to have the case arranged out of court. Several, w itnesses were called in support of the plaintiff's case, who stated that the giving way, of the wall, and the consequent fall of the houses was occasioned by overweighting the wall with rubbish, and stopping the surface-drain, which carried off the drainage into the river. The !toppage of this drain caused the saturation and ex pansion of the- rubbish, whieh pressed out the wall. For the defendants, it was attempted to be shown that the wall was badly constructed ; it was short of binders, and bad mortar was used. The wall was nob water-tight, and this was the cause of the fall, rather than any improper filling in of rubbi s h. Hi s l or d s hip, i summing up, put the following questions to the jury :—whether the defen dants had caused the wall to fall, and whether the plaintiff had himself contributed to bring about that result ? The question as to the amount of damages (Z 230) was reserved. The jury retired, and, after a short absence, came into Court with the following verdict :—" We find the defen dants caused the wall to fall, and that the plaintiff contri buted to that fall, and that the parties should bear the loss between them." His Lordship : " That I consider a verdict for the defendants." A verdict was then entered for the defendants, with leave to the plaintiff to move to have a verdict entered for £ll5. ACTION AGAINST AN OMNIBUS PROPRIBTOR.—Ro- DIMON ADMINISTRATOR, v. BOSWELL.—Mr. Knowles, Q.C., who appeared for the plaintiff, said this was an action in which the plaintiff sued as the administrator of his late wife to recover damages for the loss he had sus tained by being deprived of the society, the assistance, and comfort of his wife by the negligent act of the defen dant. By that negligent act plaintiff's wife was killed. The plaintiff also sued for the benefit of his infant daugh ter, three years of age, who was entitled to some compen sation for the loss sustained, the loss of a mother at the age he mentioned, and of her care, attention, and guid ance. The circumstances were these. The plaintiff was a stone-mason by trade, residing at Rusholme, in the out skirts of Manchester. On the night of the 4th of April, the plaintiff, his wife, and infant were returning from Manchester along Oxford-road, where omnibuses run. It was rather a Wet evening, and the plaintiff was desirous of taking an omnibus, and accordingly he and his wife and child remained in a shop opposite the IC/arendon Arms until an omnibus came up. The omnibus which next came up happened to be M`Ewen'!, which was driyou oppo§itim t 9 the clefeuclant'o 9nuubui iikeg the • T 1 A V ATT 1, the 1853. uo the bout three yards of ‘vith the child ..nibus belonging ..nd the plaintiff and not injured. The poor .Le was knocked down, and omnibus went over her heads Under , his action, and nether the death by the neglect of of room to have uc omnibus, which was his Instead of taking his own side nt's driver came up, and passed n M'Ewen's omnibus end s, and killed her on the spot those circumstances the plaintiff brou, the question the jury had to decide was of the plaintiff's wife 'had been cause( the defendant's servant, who had plea driven on the other side of t proper side of. V the de space left betrvee Luc pa, Witnesses were called, who proved the facts stated by counsel, and which were in the main admitted by clefen. that's counsel. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, for the defendant, submitted that the death of the plaintiff's wife was occasioned 11 want of care and caution on the part of the plaintiff Oa his wife, and that no blame could be attributable to the driver of the omnibus, n called to support the defendant! of the occurrence, and his lordship having sunanLn after some consultation, returned a verve„on he plaintiff, and xxv Witne up, the j fOr the pla Damages £2l 'or his infant child BARLOW AND °TREES. V. GLEDHILL.—This was all action for goods sold and delivered, and money found to be due on an account stated. The plaintiffs were merchant at Manchester, and the defendant was a draper at Cheste r " field, in Derbyshire, and an action was brought to recover a sum of £548. 6s. Bd., being the amount of goods sold and delivered to the defendant in the month of December, 1852. The question the jury would have to consider W' whether the goods were sold by the plaintiffs to the defeat dant, or to a person named Richardson, also a draper at Chesterfield, without whose order no goods would be sap' . plied to the defendant by the plaintiffs. The goods question were sent to Mr. Richardson, instead of to th e defendant, who refused to pay f or them, alleging thl were - ordered for Richardson, from whom defendant agw" purchased them. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's ease, the court minutes to seven o'clocl (BEFORE SATURDAY. 3 ME. JUSTICE EBLE.) defended actions, each for a bill of eltchancg°' were taken- first. In the one case, " Clavelly v. .Bonne' vialle," a verdict was returned for the plaintiff ; princilxd; £lOO, interest, '2l. 16s. In " Fauntleroy v. Murchison, the amount of the bill was £3OO, and though the defend' ant had at first denied his acceptance, he had subsequent through his attorney, admitted it. Verdict for the Awn; tiff; principal; £3OO, int e r es t £l. 13 s. Bd . Th e "D u ke Norfolk v. Loxley" was an undefended action for eject' ment, in whicfi,- however, under the advice of the learned judge, counsel for the plaintiff declined to take a verdict' (in consequence of the non-appearance of the defendant ,l choosing rather to, wait the proper day for undefende d " actions, when he could do so without risk. BARLOW AND ontEns GLADHILL.—Mr. Athert o Q.C., commenced the defence in this case, contendilli of 11, , h he admitted it NillS intended and ultimately the goods should form 1- of Gledhill, yet all the facts and ?laintiffs, who might hate declined by their conduct, language, to deal, with Gledhill. They took from Gledhill's mouth ; they s en t the ovou', upon that order ; but still they elected to make RicSitrA" son their debtor, declining to deal with Gledhill as 3 contemplated that p.rtion of the stc documents s had the option in th, if not •ed that t principal payme they we The jt of entitled to recels al For the plaintii9: MAI:TM - IAM v. JENNEg ErND ANOTTIZIL—Mr. Sergean 6 Wilkins said that both plaintiff and defendants were u'° ll and steel merchants, the one-in Sheffield, the other Manchester. The plaintiff had fbr some time carried el, his principal business in Manchester, but somew h er e abel l the year 1851 he made up hi.--mind-to confine the whole of' his business to Sheffield, and applied to the defendants to urchase a quantity of. goods which he had stored in ,1 at Manchester. It was agreedthat they shoal' portion of the stock, consisting of small and large bars of steel, and pay for them when they had sold thein; I, erportions, however, being- purchased out and out. - , me portions of the steel. they were to give 30s. Per -ons' tools 4-id. per lb., and for some tII -..ighed,and delivered, and two or _cds the plaintiff called upon the defend: -g heard, for the first time,. that there Nos ,cvuon as to the amount of the bill, a new r ii ; rangement was made, by which •it was agreed that to large bars should be returned, the plaintiff agree„ i-v o g o glz pay • the carriage. During twelve mo n ths, of the .plaintiff called repeated*, . and asked• the re„" -- au d the goods as a favour, they. were . not returneu , valve. the action was brought to recover their Watson, For the defence it was urged by 3fr.. not sold, - that the goods in- dispute were an: ttugmhertehley invoice left included l t u h d e e dm the tts ,ivvialorleehoousf the em goods, a mere formality as far as related to . those. w hi c h were retained in their capacity as warehousemen.. The defend. , ants also pleaded a set-off against the claim of the plain' ff. ti . of wareho , ..o r . r,,- moo ocro 4-1.77. 2 witICII l it tha was , t warehouse some n goods were wei ;firee dayS after ants, and havin some 01 they anegea to be due to them upon a - previous settlement. Mr. Justice Erle stated the.case to the jury; pointing out that the evidence of the witnesses was directly contra dictory, that one side must be stating what waa not cor rect, and it was for the jury to decide, according to their business experience and best judgment, which version of the case was the true one. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The next action, which was undefended,. was brought 'by the " Stourbridge Navigation Company v. Lewty an others," for non-payment of tonnage accounts, which i the defendants, who have works on the Sixteen Locks, had r not paid. Verdict for therplaintiff for the amount claimed' g.. 93 4s 3d ; costs 40s. • BROOKS AND ANOTHER V. KNOTT.—Tha William Joseph Brooks and Robert Fraser, at the 6 1118 , when the claim in disyde arose, were in partnership 11 1 Manchester as bill-brokers ; the defendant is a brewer ay" spirit-merchant in the same place. The action was P l recover £3B 16s. 10d., with interest, theamount of a due on the 10th Feb., which was drawn by a Mr. Johnson upon a Mr. William Lee, and accepted-by the latter. It was indorsed by Johnson to the defendant,. and by him t ° the plaintiff. The defence was, that virtually no notic 4 of dishonour had been served upon the defendant in CO"' sequence of an imperfbct address being placed upon a lette.r, to Mr. Knott. The address on the letter, h ow ever, 15 turned out, was only too correct, inasmuch as it gave Oil)addresses, addresses,instead of 'one merely, of 'the defendant, who occupied two houses, both of which , were described cor" rectly on the cover. Verdict for the plaintiff. SCOTT V. LONCINORE.—An action for a bill for £o2' drawn by George ,Longmore upon William Longmore, hI• 4 father, (since dead,) in favour of John. Stuart and anothert and indorsed by them to the plaintiff, Mr. Henry Soo At i The plaintiff was,u member of the firm of John Stuart an Co., who carried on business in. Manchester, and had! branch establishment at New York. The defendant 0" 9 :,,_ a wholesale provision-merchant,. in Manchester. In year 1847 the .defendant went to the United States, takinib with him a letter of credit from his .Manchester hones' and obtained from the house in New York money to extent of £2,000, which he covered by two acceptanc es '' each for £l,OOO. The first of these bills was duly honoured' the second the defendant wished to have renewed, and'' in consequence, the plaintiff's firm took t wo bat , ' of £2OO each, and another for £6OO. The LAO wa s still unpaid, and in the hands of Stuart and CA 9 , 4 at present. One of the- bjll s o f £2OO was honoarePi and it was for the remaining bill for £2OO that the action" was brought. The defame was, that the plaintiff hirnSe,t being the drawer of the bill, though in strict law would Da be• liable to au indorsee of that bill unless, T 4 ' . bill having arrived at maturity, it were presented to th e person upon whom it was drawn, and, being dishonour o t notice were promptly given to the drawer; or unless their drawer, previous to the maturity of the bill, disperser with, the necessity of that presentment. the bill 11 1 question undoubtedly was not presented to Mr, Longmore' the father, at maturity. The plaintiffs did not preWv" that such was the ease, but they said that they failed t° make that presentment because the defendaut himself %nested, through his brother James, that the persona usw hO held the bill should not present it. The pjamtins were uonsuited on, the ground that authority fro m Ge°r m i a ga Longmore to James to act in the way stated was not Provc7 The court rose about half-past five o'clock, THE EARL or DERBY has granted a site for a toil at Cheetham, on the condition that the plans areoPP — „ D ri• by him, and that the premises shall, be for ever al ) Ps" ated to public purposes- 4- run THE JACIIALL.—A little steamer, brought here 09 : as a tender to the Cunard vessel s , i s her stall patent o._ A fo t r steri ra n now on The boat is very pretty, and, though built in Scot a has adopted o Laird i? Gu s Royal Agricultural Society,, on Wednesday, Mr. -ran o . of Crosby, near Liverpool, and Mn. James Bell, of Vira l place, Edinburgh, gave some statements connected of the discovery of extensive excrementitious deposits 01 ., th e birds, on islands and caves along certain ra nges el 4 ., 0 . eastern coast of Africa. They also forwarded a coll ee itS of samples, showing the varying nature of the depe°l4 according to circumstances of situation and depth geeatinbg°t_hofe atull'et these was a deposit containing 80 per cent. of phog a - 03 of lime (without carbonate) and a crystallised subs t eal containing 91 per cent. of nitrate of soda, " found lo,s w e 7v , lakes, upwards of a yard and a half in diameter,' 1 1 ;ke‘o verns, and in valleys ; and surrounding these Kew, A s ble as crystallised incrustations, to an almost inew e b the amount." These gentlemen remark, in reference too, guano " The immense amount of deposited gua no not be calculated ; it is found in extensive eavr'ihea deep as could be pierced with two boarding pihe s, letelY together, about twelve feet. It is also found comp covering the side of the island least exposed to rains' of FACTION FIGHTB.—On Tuesday the neighboure of Marybone was in an uproar, from the recurrence of 0 ., to those disgraceful faction fights which are indigene, io that savoury locality. In the course of the " rowi„dl4 men, named &Laughlin, were severely stabbed, 3 " 11 'uhe the interposition of Superintendent Ride, who % ,..35 w ere spot as soon as possible with a body of police, the S ta ted conveyed to Bridewell. On being questioned, they tops that the man who stabbed them was a Patrick Levings,so who resided in Bispham-street. Superintenden t Bide 1. 3 7 0 , sent police-officer Carroll there, with orders to arrest but the officer soon returned, and stated that Levillgsffloer had threatened to stab him with a knife. On tit o ci e the 711 was sent with Carroll to assist him, and, 1 " -- ce llar• former kept watch at the door, Carroll entered th!coglY Here, while groping a b ou t i n the dark, he was s' closet, attacked by Levingston, who was concealed in .1-I,llo.the and who stabb e d hi m w ith a k n if e i n the face, facial artery. Ultimately the ruffian was taken _l4p Cody, and Carroll, who seemed to fear that he Ni - as 1 17. tv i i ere wounded, was conveyed to the Northern HosPluu, N ora e fox° rt he at present lies in a dangerous state. Thes o a detailed to the magistrates next day, at the P o-ston by Superintendent Ride, and the prisoner LeviLtbts renianded for a week, in consequenCe of 010 wrff t 9 ARM; 0.6"4.P#1t 114144 Max