The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

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The pHrs y ocrus.ystiv, xerlies,t its respret et , ..srsort, r; upo,irs.ess wish the srade. and isms the sz,,s d ssr t' e leapt, sable s 0,000 or the is.h , shtinnis nt It e S•iet• a li•.ese it witiiteti to the I y. it in r qnste. l ns an o. , t.ibu ,, ssasi. , o: uer, r u n apirtring t. , t um , net bee vill[l.l^Ca lit set is riu.rlt apart for Ilse nevi's) tmolintimi of vassPouer.. In .111. h A hou. it. crime mid &bail Awry unther ca , c of a similar character is an applira , ion for a I cruse fnr E him... in N. Whirls v rese.c PlVii , g mos fi red 1., c t x resp.ctsbir cotcetti the rro ises eatettlatsd for the busturas. N e sh , uld say that hsre a po . nt nhitt be stretenrd. sne to-rhaps hi a few r. let u. have (c to brgin upon COUR SPUN DEACE, THE NEW CHUL(H AT CABBAGE HALL To Tile EDIToR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 1 observe it, you' paper, of yesverci. y torn >t ecru-8p fet.t fig to the , roth of s re ,fiat Purr) ite in apt), hilted to the new clutch at we HAI. 's date. ar pot ('ahf•a 1 have the plea.nre to be intimately acquainted w;th the gentleman appointed, and am, therefore, ruby able to set y• ur rorrerpottdrnt's tt•ind at ease on that -core, by as unt g hit. that there i 4 no truth in the r• tn rt. 1 am. , tr. a. ors ( ) herb. n.ly, Ult 7 HODOX. Wynn, 19th Auytat , 1846. MERCURY S INCONSISTENCY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR.- -The- Editor of I hr Mei curt'. in his not ces 10 enr (ihv , stHtrs th.et hr olje-c , t , mu b to rrli rnd „r.v in a rirw,p, , pr. r. the same n-vi. as 11r. M'Neile's St ” Ecru Eye A o di-fend Wh more a work of Fnpererogatit n Nl'Ye 1 , t,i move the incolibitaenev of th Mt, chrp ? A CONSTANT READER 21st Avg. 184 CRTC KET.—A ....It be played, ( , n ThtirsdPv TTPxt, b.twreti Ihr I )I mpu4 Liv , rpoo1) and thr St. Iletert's on flee• Of lhr f. Wellington-mad e • s t o he t itt hf d .t elevt-n n't I. ck. roxt.-111-, ark NI tIHDF R C ASI•S AT Tli I?. ssizrs —ll P CH•e ot Clap ' , sin, r ►t.t' murder Ht the New Bailey, M.ttcheoer, i fixed to be taken 11.6 mernitte, Neat a. if n o ►ia' of NV htivinktec Toxioli.phi rsoi Iv I THE V. FA' aI. h r the bllevd murder f wife i u►hieh it is anticipated will also be cor ihe wear' er was very on tolrraly Inv a uu anti IA 1,,,rt of th- cosostlt . On Thu ell rim-where sev vii.e al papers Yestrrday to the bta'e of the harvust lay, a► noon + a fire broke out iq the e4bino. m»ke•a , f 111 r. 1 - S‘rei-t The top I , tnry ‘‘es sitiltud. but foitu-' 114.1 y, the roof was pteventea g ‘n. Th- vet and art 4 , i the stock, we.e paved, and con.e (turn; lv .1 ere- will he little tit lay easioned in prreeeding with w. rk on the pnen , ises. The worl.nlPri loer about el. vee. che.•.: of t ob: v. ht. h toe ;n•nred for otity a trifling by iro-nrimee. The fire trn k place during 'lie ahrience of the me n at dint'er. 'it'd they were snip r6ed on their re tut n 11 e deiitinoion w hich had taken place. Nli,srs. Iloltlen ailif Co. have their ahow-ri , nmA in Chnrch-strt et. HF A 1.114 OF THE TOWN ASSOCIATION.-011 Friday eves. .g, Dr. Guy, of Loodo , , di I vered a Itcture in the Neison-street Item.. on the " Sanitary Condition of Tun 1.., more t specially with reference to Liverpool." at 'he ri tineo of the merr,bi-r.t of the Health of the Town Ater she r•ble lecture, on this ,uf krt, d by ► any of t,u tovi n•nien. at the for nightly rneet;ng. 0' ihr iissPcia'inn, we fully expect-d iin this (le- c-t•ioh to I ave ITenrd, et 1. att, sott.eth,t Va~llaa ~r r y.l of .e f a p. r‘okal r praeried[. PRFSPNTATION To PRINCE. A LIIIIRT.—FIimIy print - t R }al v'sit aclindf•cca•ii r► to notice a mpenificent ...i (with great strirtic ta•ti-) a view of Liverp ool, c urea by talented towng - roan .rsi n r i tt tier ly for presentation to his Roya l o x h i a r i . c ha n d ae hat n t n a T t LO Pei- p r (Ittei it A ge, iii oi oet o ovo d thiWrrkhouse.!' Diglitie , s Prince A Ineet. he lelepco ve was h a nd ed We hny,., i him by our rnerrb•!_k. , rd Ssminn, and by a letter since 11 r.tootion with mi t ()pitmen's of the received by Mr. G. 1 . 1 I atYri-nce , we find the Prince is so poor Law, i..•alid all alt) , ,ir that its principle was to • iii giatifi.d with vs piiwers that he has tr i anTtitti-qt it reduce the loiter ' ac really " '"Y to the unfortuna t es, Who play." Mr. Chmdbartt has sine.. received %et intoap 'full io our isoattls of thiattlians fir temporary met t, th rough Lord Al emir)). Gloom of the 4t P 01: "It of e dhetnatical Iti , trunp-nt M a k er to h i s stagn film of trade or Optician and M m rases of siektips. . We can support you i n t h e Ri•yal Hishties., the warrant for which aptiears a gene -- -_... , Choose bet ween our di e- ral one — not being c o n fined to Liverpool . w hich is cer htlidnipvanic; h g i r m et..t a compliment as .3 1 1 r. Chadourn cou ld h ave of such wages as we offer ..f th« Pnnr Id (on r the law. f rn b., n 'h. - n wages Other effier workhouse for so mile! Cary acid the accepiatice THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE ASSIZES the murder. Cave information to the police on the Saturday night. His wife was not examined before the magistrates, as she was out of town from the day after the murder. ROWN COUNT.-I ESTHRDAY The court opened at nine o'clock, and an unusual num ber of people were in attendance to hear the trial of the two boys accused of the murder in Tuer-street, Manchester, On the Judge (Mr. Justice Wightman) taking his seat, Marian Dannett, Hannah Gee, Thomas Bond, Ann Bent, Edward Bond, and Thomas Croft, who had pleaded guilty of bigamy, were called up for sentence. The learned Judge remarked upon the frequency of these cases, which shewed that the marriage tie was almost disregarded. The sentence upon Thomas Bond and Edward Bond was 6 months' imprisonment, Hannah Gee and Ann Bent 4 months, and the other prisoner 2 months. With respect to Thomas Croft, whose ease was brought before the Court by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, the sentence was im prisonment for 12 calendar months. _ _ _ Thomas Lamb, policeman, deposed to his having been called by the preceding witness, and knocking at the sta ble door. Was on duty on that beat, and dispersed the people who were making a disturbance in a court in Burns-street. There were about forty or fifty of them. Had been twice up Jenkioson-street that night, but bad not continued any time. Was off his beat a part of the night at a fire. Elizabeth Bridge lives in Jenkinson-street, opposite Seddon's coal-yard. Saw the blacking-boy come out of the yard after she bad closed her father's shop, a little after eleven o'clock. He came over, and she lent him a candle to look at Seddon's dandy ben. When he got the candle, he went away in the direction of the coal yard. After some while Dean brought back the candle, saying it was that which the boy had borrowed. Matthew Mills, shopkeeper, Jenkinson-street, went, on the evening of the murder, to the Spread Eagle Inn, for ale. On returning, about a quarter to twelve, saw two boys come out of Seddon's stable, whom he identified as the prisoners. About ten minutes afterwards they came into witness's house, and Seddon asked his wife if they bad any cakes ; but they had none. Subsequently they were furnished with some bread and cheese, and some small beer. Seddon gave some of the cheese to Dean, but be said he was sick and could not eat, and put it on the table again. After leaving the shop they came back, and Seddon asked for the bread and cheese. The prisoner Dean appeared very sick, and hung down his head. It struck twelve o'clock when they were in the shop. A number of mint cases were next disposed of, and the prisoners sentenced. The jury list was then called over, and the absentees fined five pounds. CHARGE OF MURDER 'James Seddon, 17, and Joseph Dean, 12, were placed at the bar, charged with the murder of George Ray, i n Manchester. The elder prisoner is a heavy looking lad, with rather a forbidding countenance, one of his eyes being apparently distorted, and both sunk in his head. The younger boy has nothing decidedly bad in his ap pearance, except a smirking look—rather out of place, considering the serious position he occupied. Neither appeared affected. The mother of Seddon, who was in court, and cried much at the appearance of her son, was advised by his counsel, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, who was retained for the defence, with Mr. Taylor, to withdraw. On the jury being sworn, three were objected to, on the ground of their residence in the locality of the murder. The witnesses were ordered out of court. Mr. Pol lock was for the prosecution, with Mr. Owen, and stated the charge, that, on the 19th of June, they bad murdered George Ray, a boy of about thirteen years of age. The case, the learned counsel remarked, was one depending for proof upon circumstantial evidence, which was not all times to be depended upon ; but in the pre sent instance, the crime was established by so strong a chain of circumstances as sufficed to fix it upon the pri soners. The younger boy, Dean, would be proved to be in the habit of tending cows in Chorlton, in the suburbs of Manchester. The prisoner Seddon had for some period before the murder supported himself by keeping a coal yard in Jenkinson-street, where his parents keep a small provision shop in a cellar in the same street. The learned counsel handed over to the jury plans of the locality for their guidance. Margaret Allan, the younger, was next called, and de posed to being at the window of her father's house, atter twelve o'clock, on the night of the murder, and seeing the prisoners enter Seddon's hut. Margaret Allan, the elder, recollects her daughter (the preceding witness) looking out of the window, and making some remark to her. She herself looked out, and saw Seddon coming out with something on his shoulder. H e crossed the street, and went towards Tuer-street. Thought it was coal he carried. A little boy pulled the door to after him. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS : Was not examined before the magistrates in Manchester, or the coroner. Only gave information to the police a fortnight ago. Saw Seddon come out with the sack on his shoul der, and the little boy followed him about half a minute afterwards. When first asked about the subject, said that she bad never stated Seddon to be the party sbe had seen. Had never said to any of her neighbours, that she was glad she had neither seen nor heard anything about the matter. Had been an hour the first time, and an hour and a hall the second time, with Mr. Taylor, at the Town-ball, in Chorhon. Told him nothing the first time ; did not wish to have any hand in it at all. Told him for the first time on Sunday week. Re-examined : Had mentioned what she had seen to some of her neighbours. On the morning of the 19th, the deceased left his home, with an ass, carrying tins of blacking, in which he dealt, accompanied by his brotner, who generally assisted him in carrying on his business. About eight o'clock in the evening they first met the prisoners; and the deceased in tended to call upon Seddon's father to sell some of his blacking. He had at the time received about four teen shillings. At about a quarter past ten o'clock, the two prisoners were seen again in company with de ceased ; and they were proved to have offered a bet to the deceased as to the amount of money he had in his possession. At about twenty minutes to eleven a witness saw the prisoners with the deceased again, who on that occasion had been joined by his little brother ; and the deceased had in his hands a knob stick, which was afterwards found near his body. A little after eleven the deceased was seen in search of his little brother, who had again left him. and the three persons (said to be the two prisoners and the deceased) went in the direction of the coal yard of the boy Seddon, which they were seen to enter, Seddon himself stating that the object of the visit of the deceased was to see a Bantam hen. About a quarter of an hour after entering a noise was heard in the stable, and shortly afterwards the deceased came out and went to a house in the neighbourhood for a candle to look at the hen. This was the lest occasion on which he was seen alive, and about a half an hour afterwards the candle was returned by the young prisoner Dean. About a quarter to twelve o'clock the prisoners went into a provision shop in the neighbourhood and Seddon asked for something to drink ; but Dean was apparently very ill and could not tlrink. He seemed "down-hearted," and shortly both went to the coal-yard. At nearly one o'clock a witness saw two persons come out of the coal yard, one of them car rying a burden covered with a wrappering, end went down Tuer• street, in the direction of the Black Brook, where the b Elizabeth Jackson, wife of Thomas Jackson, already examined.—On the night of the murder beard a noise of a cow, and woke her husband, and sent him out. Got up herself afterwards, and stood beside the window, and heard the clock strike one. Afterwards looked out in the direction of the coal-yard, and saw two persons enter. They came out at the side-door, and afterwards went in again. They next came out, carrying ts-;mething with them, and laid it down on the flags in Jenkinson-street, and then dragged it in again: Afterwards she saw one of them come out, carrying something, cross the street, and walk down the channel on the opposite side, in the direc tion of Tuer-street. It was something dark-coloured which he carried. A boy subsequently followed Seddon in the same direction, with something like a basket in his left hand and a stick in the other. When he was turning the corner of the street be hit it with something which gave a sound like a can. Her husband came in shortly afterwards, and she told him what she had seen. In the morning she saw the deceased boy Ray brought into the Spresd Eagle yard. She went in the morning and looked into Seddon's coal-yard, when she saw the prisoner Dean. Seddon's father she also saw coming out of the place. She had mentioned the matter previous to going to Burn ley, but did not give information to the police until a week ago. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILICINS.—WouId not say how long she had been a married woman, or how she knew that her former husband was dead. Did not say to Mr. Taylor that she could not swear it was Seddon she had seen. of the deceased was subsequently found. The ynunger prisoner carried a box and a stick, both of which were subsequently found near the body ; and a witness deposed to a noise being heard, as of some rubbish being thrown into the brook, and two persons answering the description of the prisoners, were seen leaving the spot in the direction of Ormond-street. About four o'clock the body was discovered, laid in such a position as gave reason to believe that it had been carefully deposited, and the circumstances forbid the idea being entertained that the deceased had fallen in. A contusion was found on his temple, which accounted for his death. Several arti cles, identified by the mother of the deceased, were found in Seddon's stable, some of which were claimed by Dean. The box in which the deceased carried his money was found carefully secreted in the stable, and in various parts of the stable money was found hidden, and some in the box of Seddon. Jane Williams.—Resides at 28, Tuer-street. On the morning of the murder, between twelve and one o'clock, heard a scuffle in the neighbourhood of the bridge over the brook and saw no one on the bridge, but two persons were walking quickly down Ormond-street, one of whom seemed taller than the other. Heard a falling cf some thing int,. the brook instantly after the scuffling noise. Has heard similar noises on the bridge before and since. Cross-examined.—Cannot say whether the persons she saw in Ormond-street were men or boys. Mary Jackson, daughter of Mr. Jackson, a preceding witness, went to her lather's yard the morning after the murder. Saw the two prisoners, and said t'.) Seddon. "Well, Jim. what became of that lad last night." A few minutes after saw Seddon driving some hens ont of the stable. Dean was in the hut lying on a bench. Had seen him with a dark coloured mackintosh. Mr. B. Booth, the first witness called, deposed to the correctness of the plans of the locality of the alleged murder furnished to the Court and Jury ; but on cross examination by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, it appeared that there was some error in the plan, not showing accurately in w. Ann Haslam.—Lodges, with her husband, at Mr. Gregory's, in Jenkinson-street. Seddon occasionally slept there ; did not sleep there on the 19th, the night of the murder. Saw bis father go to the stable at eight o'clock on the following morning. The prisoners came out of the stable that morning. The witness deposed to having gone to Seddon's coal-yard for coals the week before, and he had none._ laces the Black BrOok is covered or built over. The witness admitted that nearly fifteen windows over looked the bridge over the Black Brook, some of them being those of the Eagle Tavern, where a number of flys were kept for hire. There are also many courts in the neighbourhood. The cabin of the elder prisoner is only boarded on the side of Jrnkinson-street. -Th.p.r.•41.-Peffervtb, ft.t t. of witness called, and deposed to seeing his child alive for the last time at eleven o'clock in the morning of the 19th James Hughes.—ls Hamer's cleaner at the Spread Eagle. About five minutes to four on the morning after itlie-mora or -ere i be--,rtatrt,- -- lvturttuvr, an a saw the body of the deceased lying across the Brook, which at the time contained very little water. His head was out of the water, and other portions of his person quite dry. Got a policeman, who assisted in taking him out. Observed two marks on the right side of the neck. A tin can (produced) was found bilithe body: Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS.—It wag thought at first that he bad fallen into the brook in a fit. His trousers were unfastened, and his head was upon a stone. There are many stones in the brook. A club was held at the Spread Eagle that night. Joseph Bayley, police-constable, deposed to having as sisted to take the body out of the brook, and confirmed the evidence generally of the preceding witness. John Taylor, superintendent of police in Manchester, on the morning of the murder went to the spot, and as sisted Dr. Golland in examining the body. Produced a cap and jacket found on the boy. Directed two officers to apprehend the prisoners, who were brought to the police.office in Chorlton-on-Medlock. Both of them said they had left the deceased about eleven o'clock at the corner of Burns-street, and had not seen him since. Went afterwards to the cabin in Jenkinson-street, and found a box unl - ckeil. and 2s. 411. in capper in a stock ing. Fi'und alSti a blue and white handkerchief, which Seddon said was his. The money he raid was coal money. There were no coals in the yard. Prisoners said they had slept in the stable on the preceding night. Described the bridge over the brook, the construction of which accounted for the scuffling noise mentioned in the evidence of the witness Williams. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS : The witness said Y I of J ulv, when be sent him out with goods for sale (black ing and blacklead). He had with him a boy, Charles Holehouse, eleven years old, and a donkey carrying his goods in two square boxes and two other boxes. He had also a round box for his money, which witness gave him that morning. When the boys didnot return at the usual hour went in search of them and found the little boy cry ing in Jenkinson-street with the ass. After searching in vain for the deceased, returned home. Only founa two of the boxes with the ass. Went out again and found his son's body at about four o'clock, a crowd being round it. (The witness was here considerably affected.) Nothing material was elicited on cross-examination. Chas. Holehouse Ray, brother of the deceased boy, was next called, and deposed to his accompanying his brother during his day's round, and to the latter counting his money about eight o'clock at, night, in Green Heys field, when he had fourteen shillings. The younger prisoner, Dean saw him count the money. Both were beside de ceased and saw the money. Dean offered to pay for a glass of rum if the two boys would drink it. They after wards played a game at cricket, the prisoners looking on, and the deceased then sent witness away with the ass, telling him to wait for him in Jenkinson•street. Deceased put his money in his box, which be carried on his back. Ilia silver was in a small box placed in the large one where he put his copper. It was never taken out until he left him. Witness met his brotber again when he was going to serve Seddon's shop. No one was with him at that time. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS. The de ceased was a head taller than witness—about the size of the elder prisoner, but stouter. Richard Melling, examined by Mr. Owens, deposed to meeting deceased and the prisoners, in Coupland-street, Greenheys, about 8 o'clock in the evening of the alleg d murder, when Dean gave witness a challenge to fight Sed don. Prisoners were sitting together on the flags, and de ceased was getting something out of his panniers. All three went together to Greenheys field. that the handkerchief was very like one worn by the pri soner Seddon, and that boy, from whom Dean said he had received a marble found in the hut, said it resembled one which he had given him. John Leigh, policeman, in company with Inspector Reeves, apprehended the prisoners on the morning after the murder. Seddon was in his father's house, and Dean at the door. Found upon them four keys, two flageolet keys, and twopence in copper. Afterwards went into the cabin, and on the chimney-piece found a key which un locked the stable door, where he found a box, (produced,) which both denied to be theirs. Seddon claimed the flageolet-keys as his own. Inspector Reeves proved the apprehension of the pl:i- George Gillespie, examined by Mr. Pollock : met the prisoner and the blacking boy at a quarter past ten on the night of the murder, at they corner of Chatbam-street. Heard Dean ask the blacking boy how much money he had, when the latter replied that he had more than Dean, who offered to bet a penny it was not so. Seddon and Dean afterwards walked down Booth street, to the cor ner of Jenkinson•street, where Seddon's coal-yard was. When prisoners went away, deceased said something to witness. Seddon and Dean came back in five minutes, and the latter whispered to witness to know if the blacking boy had been saying anything to him, and be gave no an swer. Left them all together. . . . . 1 goners, and their declaration that they had seen the blacking boy on the preceding night, and that they had left him at eleven o'elock in Jenkinson-street. Produced a marble, a mackintosh, and two handkerchiefs, taken from the prisoners. The witness deposed to finding some money secreted in various parts of the cabin. John Holehouse, half-brother to the deceased, swore that the articles found upon tie prisom rs were like those in the possession of the boy Ray. The flageolet keys were the same as he had. He knew them because one was perfect and the other imperfect. Th e sma ll ti n box found he had seen nearly every night. Sarah Ray, mother of the deceased boy, deposed to the resemblance of the handkerchief found in Dean's mackin tosh. It was discoloured as at present when she gave it him, on the morning of bis death. In cross•examination the witness stated that she had identified a handkerchief, before the magistrates is Man chester, as having been hemmed by herself. Sarah Lightbound, a washerwoman, had washed such handkerchiefs as those produced for Kay's family. Wil liam Henry Balmaine, chemist, had examined the box and corn produced, and found that they were stained with blacking: on the keys he could not detect its presence. Peter Tuer proved the letting of the coal yard to the prisoner, Seddon, and leaving with him the key of the stable to spew the premises to parties wishing to take it. He considered him a boy of industrious habits. Joseph Green examined: saw the prisoners and de emed, at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, going towards Bootle-street. lbey stopped opposite him in John-street, and deceased went down an entry on the right hand of the street. When he came out, they all went on towards Bootle-street. Deceased had a stick in his hand. Elizabeth Cooper lives in Burns-street, and at past eleven o'clock on the night of the murder, saw three boys, one of whom came to her and asked if she had seen a little blacking boy with an ass. The other two stood in Jenkinson•street, near the cellar of Seddon's father. The boy who asked the question was the murdered boy. Could not see who the other two boys were. The mur dered boy joined them, and they went away. About half an hour after, the smaller of the blacking boys came up with the ass from Jenkinson-street. Cross-emanined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS. A person named Lambert lived next to the coal shed; was about to be confined. A great number of people were about their doors in the evening. There had been a row in one of the courts in the neighbourhood, which con. tinued from eleven till after one o'clock, and the police were obliged to disperse the people collected by it. Juo!ith Grimsbtrw, lives in Burn's-street, heard the pre ceding witness, asked if she had seen the blacking boy. At the time it was a quarter to eleven by her clock. Heard the other boy inquire for his brother about half an-hour after. Saw Seddon about ten minutes past twelve opposite her door, and heard him call out Joe ; and Dean came out of the court in Burn s-street, where the row was. Seddon asked Dean what he stopped so long for ; and both went towards the coal-yard. About twenty. five minutes to one saw them again coming from the Bootle-street end of Jenkinson-street, and Dean went in to the court again, and was driven out with the rest of the people by the police. Seddon afterwards went into the court and sat on a step. He afterwards came across to witness's door, and whilst speaking to her All Saints' clock struck one. Told him to go home to bed, and he Henry Bailey sells coals in behalf of Lord Vernon, had supplied the prisoner Seddon up to within a month prior to the sixteenth of June, when he owed £i 14x. 2d. • In consequence of its not being punctually paid, he de clined to give further credit. Cross Examined.—Prisoner has paid witness as much as seven pounds at a time. Mr. Walter Golland, surgeon, swore to hiving exa- mined the body of the deceased, and demribed the inju ries found, which wrr • eternally slight. On removing the scalp, found a quantity of clotted blood between the scalp and the bone on the right temple ; and the brain was much injured. The cause of death was a violent blow on the right temple, which might have been inflicted by an oaken spindle or a poker produced. Cross-examined.—Had said that the injury might have resulted from a fall. Examined the eves of the boy Sed- don, and considered his vision very defective. Re-examined.--A fall to produce such injury must be from a considerable height. Thinks a fall from the bridge over the brook might be sufficient. A statement made by the prisoners, and signed before the magistrates, was read to the court and jury, giving their version of the proceedings of the day, Seddon and Dean both stating that they left the deceased at eleven o'clock, and attempting to account for the money and the articles found. went towards Tuer-street. Thomas Jackson.—Lives near Seddon's yard, and saw the prisoners and deceased go into the gate of the yard about a quarter of an hour before he heard All Saints' clock strike eleven. The blacking boy had a box and his stick. A short time after thought be heard a struggle inside the stable. A policeman came up, and he spoke to him. The policeman knocked several times at the stable door, but was not admitted, and went on his beat. Was past the stable door again between twelve and one, when all was quiet, and when he came home his wife told hi© something. Found a stick (produced) in the Brook This closed the case for the prosecution. At about five o'clock, Mr. Sergeant WILKINS com menced the delivery of a powerful address in defence of the prisoners, which occupied two hours and ten minutes. The learned counsel, after an impressive warning to the jury against the danger, in a case where human life was to be affected by their verdict, of depending upon dream next morning. Witness was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WiLittws as to what he had said to the policeman on the night of stantial evidence alone; and in a review of the testimony of the various witnesses who had been examined, showed many important discrepancies, and endeavoured to show that some of the witnesses were not to be credited, having only come forward at the last hour, he suspected in order to get up a case for the sake of getting to Liverpool. He commented also upon the inipraba bility that such a murder could have been deliberately committed by two such boys, and contended that there was nothing to shew that death had been caused by vio lence at all. The articles found upon the prisoners he shewed could all be accounted for, as belonging to them, except the box, which might have been accidentally left by the deceased himself when in the cabin. At ten minutes past seven, his Lordship commenced summing up, which occupied until about a quarter to nine, at which hour the jury retired ; and returned into court at ten minutes past nine with a verdict of not guilty as to both the prisoners. The elder boy, Seddon, maintained his appearance of stolid indifference to the last; and whilst the jury were absent eat heartily in the box. Dean's countenance be came agitated, and he cried bitterly. When the verdict was given, he brightened up a little, and bowed as he left the dock, Seddon showing no emotion. Dean was ordered to be given up to his friends. NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY. RUSSEI I, V. GEMMELL.-RAILWAY 31IARES This was an action to recover the price of some railway shares. Mr. BAINES and Mr. JONES appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. CROMPTON for the defence. Mr. BAINES stated the case. The plaintiff, Mr. John Russrll. is a sharebroker in Liverpool, and the defendant, Mr. J hn Gemmel!, jun., is an agent for the sale of ale and beer in the same town. In September last the de fendant was disposed to have some shares in the Shrews bury and Herd, rd Railway, and instructed the plaintiff to buy 50 of them for him. In accordance with these in structions the plaintiff, on the 13th of Sept., bought from Mr. Croxton, another sharebroker, 50 of these shares, at £2 lls. 6d. per share, on which £1 only had been paid ; the premium, therefore, was £1 lls. 6d., and the total amount was £l2l 15s. This money was actually paid to Mr. Coxton by the plaintiff, early in October. The de fendant had been duly informed of the purchase of the shares prior to this, and at the time of the plaintiff's pay ing the money for them he obtained scrip, and sent it to the defendant. The defendant promised to pay the money in a day or two, and take up the shares ; he also sent a letter to the same effect. Immediately after this, the shares began to fall in the market, and might have been falling in price ever since, for he, the learned counsel, understood they were now very low but what his client said was this—that he had paid £l2B 15s. for these shares, which the defendant had commissioned him to procure, but which the defendant had never taken up nor paid for;' and there was also a sum for his commission of £3 15s. ; amounting altogether to £132 10s. The purchase of the shares by the plaintiff for the defendant having been proved, gs well as the actual payment of money for them, his Lortlhip directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages £132 10s. BOOTLE V. MAJOR AND ANOTHER This was an action for damages for an alleged illegal seizure and sale of property at Southport. Mr. Watson and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Atherton for the defence. Mr. Watson stated the case. The plaintiff in this action was Miss Ellen Ann Bootle, and the question to be decided was, whether certain goods or chattels which were taken at Southport, by the sheriff of Lancashire, on the 23rd of May last, on an execution issutd at the instance of the defendants, were or were not the property of the plaintiff. The plain tiff is a young person who has carried on for a length of time the business of a milliner and dress maker, and her mother lived, until lately, in St. Anne-street, in this town, where she carried on the business of her late hus band, who was a stay-maker; but being left in rather embarrassed circumstances she was soon compelled to give it up. The present plaintiff went, in the summer of 1842, to Nassau, New Brunswick, where she went into business, and by her industry was enabled to save a little money. She returned again to this country in the sum mer of 1845, but during the time she was absent she had sent home to her mother £lO 12s. She found that her mother was unable to carry on her business, and de termined to go again into business herself. She there fore took a house at Southport, and her mother being greatly embarrassed, she purchased from her furniture and other things to the amount of £62 125., in payment cf which she gave her mother £52, the £lO 12s. origi nally sent to her making up the amount. With this mo ney the mother paid off her rent, £4 arrears of taxes, for whic there was a summons in the house, and a sum of £2O to a creditor at Manchester, of the name of Dew burst. The plaintiff went to Southport in October, 1845, and carried on business there on her own account up to May, 1846; in which month the defendants, Messrs. Ma jor and Radcliffe, of Manchester, creditors of her mother, directed the officers to seize the goods in question, which goods, there was not the slightest doubt, were the pro perty of the plaintiff—she having purchased them from her mother in the month of August preceding. Witnesses were then called to prove that the house at Southport was taken and held in the daughter's name, that the sale of furniture by the mother to the daughter actually took, place, that, in addition to this, the daughter had purchased and paid for other household articles, with the view of commencing in business at Southport, the bills and receipts for which were produced in court; and that the daughter had previously carried on a prosperous business at Nassau. ~l9r. MARTIN, for the defence, contended that having administered to her deceased husband's effects, Mrs. Bootle had rendered herself liable for his debts, and had no power, while an ac: ion for debt was pending against her, to dispose of or transfer any portion of that property to any other person. _ _ . His LORDSHIP decided that it was not a disposal of pro perty, but merely a conversion of property of a certain being afterwards applied to the benefit of the estate. Mr. MARTIN then characterised the transfer of the fur niture to the dauclfer as a fiaudulent and woreal tran saction, for the Purpose of defeating his clients, in their dtt , rapt to recover a debt due to ihem by her late hus band. Messrs.. Major and Ratcliffe are sateen manu facturers at Manchest , .r, and not being able to obtain payment of an account for goods furnished to the hus band, brought an action in this court, in March last, against the widow, and judgment went by default. They then issued execution against this property at Southport, for the recovery of their damages and costs of suit, firmly believing that the property belonged to Mrs. Bootle, and that no real transfer of it to the daughter had ever taken place. _ Some witnesses were examined to show that from transactions and conversations they had with Mrs. Bootle, at Southport, they were led to believe that the house was held by her, and that the furniture also belonged to her. Mr. Watson replied, and the learned Judge went very minutely through the evidence, after which the jury, with out any hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. HATES V. PARSONS - ANOTHER ALLEGED ILLEGAL DISTRAINT The plaintiff is a licensed victualler of this town, and the defendant is an attorney who had a claim against a csrter named Wright, brother-in-law of the plaintiff, to satisfy which he seized the two horses and cart, and had them sold by auction, under the belief that they were still the property of Wright, but which, as he (the learned counsel) should be able to prove, were then the property of the plaintiff. The facts were briefly these. Wright. in May last, finding himself in difficulties, applied to his brother-in-law to purchase his horses and cart, and the plaintiff said he had no objection, and would give him any sum of money which a person acquainted with their value might set upon them. A person, named Aledhurst, a carter, was called in, and he valued them at £4O. At that price the plaintiff took them, and having handed over the money to Wright, he took immediate possession of the property. He had the horses removed to his own stable, and his name was affixed to the cart. In a few days afterwards, the defendant seized the goods as an execution creditor of Wright's. and had them sold. After the examination of Wright and Medhurst, who deposed to the facts stated, it was agreed between the counsel to withdraw a juror. - le,trtal aitiount. of di.ras Limbs ena►,le they (Ivy ho re I ar►d how :ma en , jec vanA fait row hi• g , to-I in ii the Bop! (1-1 ont 1) 111 ►t evaiis tei v. di., St ti', Aid, ver workhrt in its ravages no rank, no a.e, no sex, no con►lition rtonv,st the lower classes, dwellings have less of comfort, cleanliness, and ventilation than those of the better housed an d the wealthy, it is reaching all, and if not arrested by stringent and prompt measures of sanitary regu lation, will shortly make its etrec:s felt in quarters hitherto removed trr tor them. Althoup,ll rnwit r What is the first step to he taken ? Have we the means of even mitigaimu the evil ready at hand ? Mr. Hai-bold men inns, as the first aid to health ruiptred, ; n art ply and daily supply of water to the public. The inha.maats of the metropolis, a tew weeks a(2o, when simila. ly threatened, applied to the auth,,,ruies to Live the sewers cleansed by tieing flushud ivitf fect ? The po'dic estate of the borough might to pay for the remrdy, if any obstacle stands in the way. There should he no hesita'i•in in this matter; Do conn:ifl , of the cost ;nu di-tay. It should be dine at once. Every o her possible purity;ng pro cess hhould . he•put to.orera!lon 'The proper 8-a venging of the town, anti the emptying of ash-pits -and oi A nt soil, tnitst be toasted upon, even it dou ble or tr, ble the ',resent foice should he etrploytd. It is 11,,d parsimony to he sp,,ring in the cost to ihe public of tne charge for such necessary condocives to health. Every shi!lir, saved by such parsimony Tolls some poor family of the weeklv.eatnin.s of its lead, yet h-ips of his hie itself. A broom spared, Can th Weiler eOiripatiles et- !art linen) LOVE'S %%01 ctnde►taker, and involves the cost. 1)t a funer..i, and the lo„ to ;he community arisin g / from wido‘vhood and orphanage. The «•ant o : vim! policy on till head must he attend( d to. It is a (tying evil, re- qui , ina a desperate rett!e,ls' \lr. klatt).rd's Sn esiiims are those of a practi- Tl , e au ir town Cannot everything. Ir make their rtgliiretnen's known, and asstst in their earning mit. We implore thew to do so. It is a ditty wt lies, a... 0 hemst Ives iar_e. We s to tht•ir fault 'lll not lo e sight ot the sillject. It is nne which calls for anti recei‘e the best aid which we can alfurd in urging Its 'input tatx SANITARY SrATE (IF THE TOWN. To the EDI PM of the LlrEitl'ind, 1.0 cilia be aw dean. /111(1 i$ mot. I NMI va In g to L vrtr) o ; it Tot v% ob. for o ~ m rettiray t hr c.u. While- I vkrt is st •zit g flu Oil sots ite or r .i-ter 8110 I er, dor iirl help I tios lir.p the dying. or 11, ttr.)lt t n ad and at mire ri a pare:,is h ,pt HuW cA:t )()I1 he! 11,..md what I write, anti Frith the- N.n lit y The- dem-pee:l-s w are prliaetc..l y if of the siOnverte HI the hed.l of Fie_ h such ft arful rI d hy 'be igrwr tit , Him b ot th se ca,e the poorer ('I 11 AS YET Er y ng the nightmen. it fa Ed., 0., part ..t _tti 'wig rineh the hearth Y the rich , t %itn:i'rp),t- the in at rut,. in th. I (3 , ..e. e , egeishles tlre-q r _ _ fritm he iie.t. tartly t..‘n nfr.nned air,—the water 1.. the tittle thin in the i.oor m fi.'s eellnr ki el:est gets put rid ttt twen 44.1.1 f Z a.,J itt re Heaiti the circle .f repro duct nt iii..• es, is my,i. -p.r ly L trove jnst h t7tterta,e7 ....t‘tt the ''hero who has thst hr will it' lv n.trud my slug, this ig ges I tatt.t , d itivitmg paiile• to 1.1 AT ON CE cam.t SUCti nuai, , atictr , lo t whter con.woor. ,E the IA evalem Shiiuid The by the advice t.f their Worlisv Twa II haVr more ten iimbeti Hie sips. they w.ll hAd each .uhaertheci halt mar), the Di.- pvi:s+fir. H. H. lIARBORD eintiny Alternuon. 4, Upper Poriiarnerd-or.PI. 11 The most infamous poor e• er et eett d tottering to its tall. sion is (I, 1 Taal! naine of oppression of the (1)144 an land is at, length t►e !teaching against each other ; and time is a pole. which assures s tit I rople fall Out honest son of Parliament I he new Poor Law Comini titirtnities have been I►ut wo►se than all there is s own bowels. Arsi<tant- CorninisioLei Us that, tlt-4 !nen get their tmn 4). her s will, 'in all vtobability, e the Attgean stable of Somerset House eltareti out ; and its dietaries, orders, t-pis olatory cot resubmit 11 CP, minutes of pro wl oilier formal ru1.1,10), con.stgrud to the nearest tlubl•toakers or marine Ceedings e fea'nre of a kircissement made 1 the report of the Select Colninittee appointed to encpute in oil e tmlover Union affair is the fac that what all the %%told it, amii.ell to be a unenbi l z in le t _ u'arity, a ish cheeks of ill itnagn systelr sorts .with to po?,-tioloy of error or malprac torus out to be 111, 5\ slum at all. its wor k iti understood, wet e a trio,— a ri,eerthous ei,ch member hail a voice. and !woe kit todep ntient jurisdiction. We Lave Vert Commissioners Beat u COLCIi4I' I txi ur of it e( tie them sitting it (4,11111,1 n stock then - s and vigor to pauper moo of die bread per diem cvould Ired cveiglit of stones; down a governor or NVe have Iher of a nurse the proceeding are now at' rit (1. 110%, rye', item our romantic d re: , ti ,. All if , e ti gtilatity its a fiction. A liokrti "1 IVlallit I 11,111 ping tl a func tion. of hire. A t►.o is thr. r individuals with intle- gemtiA a et el that lie it rmt pel mitted even to 6 1 1 priosed to Of I of the NI, de proecedin • s he is I he whole fabric of the !bee with the-ir laws like those door r ,cans. 'heir unalterable theta own or the principle of out )1. Card.. its hr 4 .pi risible 11 ft Clfl r 4h;)• well for this trout) Lave I .acerarrri. W Mal y a he. rt these now, however, the ohieet imporratoly nlon tF Aye'. bears most tteeritly adopted by tht Go - vertimelit r ot it I n !he repot t c rd that— ho r.I of guard an., VIII - - I Ihr fri goently ; havr carried out f you." Free trade enables us to reduce the cost of supporting- an id It tram half-a-crown a week to the new Poor ,aw, as lair in i the price of fry ,d WUMt be by a red,►c; ion in !he money price of wages They will at prey nt accept this reduced price " in order to avoid the Workhouse" ; and when Work house keep is cheapened the alternative offered will he proportionately reduced. There is no escape from this conclusion. It is inevitable. We are not, however. about to d upon this point, as prove►l by the Felect Committee's rep irt. The hearing- of the 'hole document is a theme from which we cannot affu-d to wander. 1r is now MU, N one of tyranny and collusion. The irre sponsible Commissioner crushes at will all beneath him, from the Assistant Commissioner and Secre tary downwards to the pauper. H • holds in his hinds the power of sutrimaidy dismissing- every official whose conduct sgtt.►res not will he new Poor Law standard of justice Mr. Assistant ('orn ►ner Parker, in his conduct of the Andover inquiry, he raved that fact. He was not disposed to throw the shield of office o er the delinquencies of a peccant governor. He allowed the light to find its tv::y into the secrets of the win k house prison, and was cashiered for his indiscretion. Mr. Day, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. Mott, and NI r. Coode were condemned to a similar f te. They offended not by sinning a, 4 aitist the intf-xible system of Somerset House, but by sinning clumsily. Mott was too clever ; and placed a Home secretary tinder an ofiligai ton by a timely report, which assisted hitn in having dime en, and thuhlled it. was no longer useful. Nlr. Day was simply too honest - the worst possible fault in •:n Assistant. Poor law Cootmis sinner ; arid the Secretary, Mr. Chadwick, was " dan. , erons" for the sante reason, added to the tact of tr s tieing the only wan connected with the cotioni:sion whose sincerity could not he called in question, IVhat ix the conclusion to which we are impelled ley these auk "aid disclosures ? Are we to white wash Ow GiopoisNior i er., or simply to discharge them ? We iochne to sa v, get rid of the commis sioo itself. Wipe away the stain which is inflicted upon the ch.iracter of a Christian land by the exist- a •% stein colt kiotkltttuse tel ot b ine•cruihing, of thetart Et even al h AS the re-tilt, we are compelled to pay tatr ‘vaes to the wtokito4 roan, or to sohnitt to a tritim u inctea,e in our poor rates. %Ve shall never lie enti led to call mit:elves Christian people until the whole fabric or iniquity is ,we it aw•a TILE ANNUAL LICENsING SESSIONS The i:•cr• use in eVent of a town such a. Lverpoul. of v „i vi vli illerase or a r -di-eriuution of ff tied for oroVOiloe cutera hment for " h •v , frequent), Xpr,,:ril our rtrir.i , n. iha wt hin the limits of the g„ ( „1 o ld .1- I.li •tll, l l 111,1)fltn. (in 1 11 iii urnp e quaniity. and something to spare. We could (I;sp us.- with a M•st of riall tai us to our back s , reeus ; and it is to.t ahsr, ho,iv nee,ssarr Thai tAc shout.' t , vt- pull c-hoases at door .ioug our flocks and mall tier r u2la- ilir I riv,l We rth, ff ,td h, t ont.kitt:. of thr t.... 4 h rh at% day by day , x , e , itting Wavp , tig. tttantl -treet, re, t, Waterloo-road,artit.tie,t, and nit er krahres, sa“ni with tateni,s. \ iorringer ittut 2 i n t- th,,t a r live on think, teatrel, rrooviised at, art , eitt of our ,Ve h ivy a public t vt-r y rtl r dr., • Iha id tU In Select Cifittniiitee, ue find it OrSDENTS. ,e the pr, ~`~~a:tDarb. VivG, AUG. 25 the urgent attention of our contained in the mving le nportant stibj ct GOODE V. MELLING In this action Thomas Goode was the plaintiff, and John Melling the defendant. The defendant, together with another gentleman of the name of Kemp, were, in 1644, the owners of a steam vessel, called the John M'Adam, trading between this port and Carnarvon, with goods and passengers. There was an office taken in duty it was to see parties respecting matters connected with the vessel. The plaintiff was engaged by Mr. Kemp, in the absence of Mr. Melling, who in June, 1844, left Liverpool to take a situation in London. He was en gaged at a salary of £lOO per year, and after being with Mr. Kemp upwards of six months, during which he could obtain no salary, he left the employ of Messrs. Melling and Kemp. Mr. Kemp has since become a bankrupt, and this action was brought to recover the wages from Mr. Melling. Ir: the cross-ex-mination of the second witness. Mr. Martin elicited the fact that the defendant was not connected in any partnership with ~one to London, and was opposed to the longer working of the vessel by Kemp, but, though a part owner, had no means of preventing it without taking expensive pr•Teed ings in the Court of Admiralty. H is Lordship sad that ithout being. I persons might be part owners in a vessel partners in a trading transaction he plaintiff was non: SLEDDEN AND ANOTHER (ASSIGNEES) V CRUICKSHANK. I his was an action brought by Francis Sledden and assignees to Thomas Sledden, a bankrupt_ Ana A ug. 25, 117448. heavy, containing no fewer than one hundred and eighty four causes, of which seventeen were matked in the list as special juries. The Salford Hundred list contained sixty causes, of which five are special juries. The West Derby Hundred list contained one hundred and twenty four causes, of which twelve are special juries. All the sotcial juries still remain for trial. Two of them in the fio.t li,t, " .11 , 1353 n and others v. Garner and same v. Bird are fixed f.,r trial to-day. " Patterson v. Neilson and others," an action for libel against the com mittee of the Liverpool Stuck Exehanze, will be taken on Thursday next. All the other special juries in the first and second lists will be taken in the order in which they stand, on the same day. (Thursday next). One of them only, " Tomlinson v. Hedley," a guano case, will be tried by Mr. Justice Wighttnan. Two actions for breach of promise of marriage, one of them from Manchester, have been withdrawn. greatly to the annoyance of the lovers of gossip. The following were the results in both lists up to the closing of the courts ye,terlay evening :- SALFORD HUNDRED LIST. For Plainftf-1, 3. 4,5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 36. 37, 41, 44, 45, 56, 50. For Dofendant.-39, 48, 55. 56, 59. 60. li'ilhdrawn.-2, 10, 17, 23, 27. 28, 33, 40, 42; 47, 49, 52, 54, 57. Nonsuit.-6. 7. 23. 43. Referred.-9, 38, 51. Juror Wandrawn.-18 Remunet.-58. WEST DERBY HUNDRED LIST. For Plaintiff.-2. 3,6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, V, 23, 36, 37, 39, 47. 58, 71, 101, 102. Withdrairn.-1, 4,5, 7,8, 14, 15, 17, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 44, 48, 53, 51, 59, 68, 69, 70, 77, 79, 82. 83,. 8 91, 92, 95, 100, 103. 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 114, 116 W, 123. Referred.-24. Juror Wilhdraton.-21. It will be seen that fifty-five causes in the first list, and sixty-four in the second have now been disposed of.--ne inconsiderable share of business to have been transacted in seven days. It must, be remembered, however, that the withdrawals have been very numerous, no fewer, upon the whole, than fifty. 107 cases having now been cleared from the list, there remain seventy-seven still for trial, and arconest these, as we have said, are seventeen special juries. With such an amount of business still before the courts, it seems impossible that the assizet can terminate sooner than Tuesday or Wednesday in the ensuing week. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) HOUSE OF COM MONS.—YESTERDAY. In answer to Lord G. Bentinck, Lord PALMERSTON said that an offer of mediation had been made by her Majesty's Government between the United States and Mexico, but that then the question of the Oregon territory had not been settled. The offer, therefore, only amounted to this, that if the United States were disposed to ask the mediation of this country, it would be imme diately offered. The United States, however, in conse quence of the then state of affairs, had not thought proper to give any answer. As, however, the Oregon ques tion had been settled, and the treaty ratified, the British government had thought proper to give instructions to Mr. Pakenham to renew the offers of mediation on the part of this country between the United States and Mex ico. That offer had now been made, and in such a form as would require an answer from the government of the United States. Mr. DISRAELI considered the answer not at all satis factory, and was left speaking. LONDON CORN EXCII 4N3E.-YESTKADAY, At this day's market we had a fair supply of English Wheat. The factors began by asking extravagant rates, which checked the demand, but the market ultimately finished about 3s to 4s dearer than this day week. A similar improvement WWI firmly insisted on for bonded and free foreign, but the business trans.. acted was less extensive than on Friday. We have large arrivals of foreign oats, in which there are nearly 20,000 qrs. from the port of Archangel. The trade is nearly Is. dearer for most descriptions than this day se'nnight, but not so buoyant as last market day. Barley, malt, and beans fully Is., and peas 2s. to 3s. higher. a cotton broker of this town, to recov estate the value of certain fixtures, as a greenhouse and other Ciliatels, which the defendant h a d agreed to take for £49. • The facts were briefly these :—A few trionihs prior to his bankruptcy, in March last, Mr. Sledden was in the occupaticin of a house at Walton, of which he held an unexpired lease of seven years. He had erected a greenhouse, upon an understanding with the l e ssor that -hould b liberty 1,- ne to remove it at the expiration of his lease. Having a wish to leave the premises, he entered into an arrangement with the defendant and the lessor. whereby the defendant was admitted as tenant, anti aereed, upon the lease beine transferred to him, to pay to Mr. Sledden the sum of £49 for the fixtures. Mr. Cow ling, for the defence, submitted to his Lordship that, as the lease had never been transferred, the defendan t did not consider hi mse lf b oun d to pay t h e amoun t claimed, and that the greenhouse could not be considered a fixture. Mr. Knowles called the son of Mr. Sledden, the bank rupt, to describe the aware of the erection. His Lord- ship then decided that the greenhouse could not be considered as a fixture, and as this had been valued at £3O, the jury were directed to find a verdict for the plaintiffs, for the amount of valuation on he other chattels. Verdict fur the plaintiffs. Damages £l9. lane, London : Johnston and Co., Eden ' Quay, Dublin I Wheeler, Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewis, Market-gree t ' THE CAUSE LIST. Manchester ; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, Booksellers.Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston and Wright Ow The cause list for the present assizes was unusually D e i n, Herald-office, Birmingham. ; SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET.-YESTERDAY The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our grazing districts were tolerably good as to numbers, but very deficient as to quality. Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country buyers was numerous, the Beef trade was somewhat inactive, at barely, but at nothing quotable brneath, last week's prices, and a total clearance was with difficulty effected. The number of Sheep were again very extensive. Prime old Downs commanded a brisk sate, at a further improvement in value of 2d. per M.—the highest figure being 4s. Sd. per Sib. In all other breeds a good business was transacted, and in some instances the currencies had an upward tendency. Lambs, the supply of which was good, moved off steadily, at late rates. The Veal trade was in a slugg alteration in value. h state, yet we can notice no In Pigs very little was doing. at late figures Yesterday, 750 tons of ice arrived at this port from Boston, in the Sabbattis, being the largest cargo ever im ported into this country. On Saturday the committee of the Hons?. of Lords de clared the preamble of the Manchester and Southampton bill not proved. Her Majesty, it is said, will not prorogue her parlia ment this session in person. The prorogation will be by commission, and probably on the 2,1 or 3d September. Viscount Cantilupe and a party of noblemen and gen tlemen have joined Sir William Massey Stanley, Bast., and Mr. John Stanley, at their shooting quarters, at Glen shiero and Garviemore, in the Highlands. BUYING A PREACHER.—The coloured people of Wa , hington have held a fair to raise 300 dollars to buy their preacher, who is a slave. The price. for a good preacher, is very cheap indeed.—New nrk Morning POBt. PRESERVED MEAT.—LaSt week two vessels arrived e t e I London from Galatz. Moldavia, with the extraordinary large quantity of 53,347 cases of preserved meat, in addi tion to several packages of tongues, and other articles. The North of Englind JointStocl• Bank at Berwick-on- Tweed, wai robbed on Thursday nigh-. of £lOOO in Bank of England notes, £1443 in Scotch notes, £361 10s. in gold, and £l5 in silver. The perpetrators have not , been discovered. Accounts from the Red Sea announce that the cholera was making ravages along its coast. At Medina the deaths amounted to 300 per day, and at Gedda to '25- Fonr cases had manifested themselves st Sues, which, however, had not proved fatal. The Rev. Johannes Czerski, so famous as. one of the leaders of the German reformation, preached a sermon at Trinity Chapel, John-street, London, on Sunday. His discourse was interpreted, sentence by sentence, by the Rev. Mr. Herschell, minister of the chapel. The Marquis of Thomond died on Friday evening at Taplow House, near Maidenhead. The noble Marquis is succeeded in the title and estates by his brother, Lord James O'Bryen, G. C. H., a vice-admiral of the white, the same gallant nobleman who spoke in such an animated s train at the sailors' dinner, given at the Albert Dock, on occasion of the late visit of Prince Albert to this town: _ The Frankfort Journal Inserts a letter from Breslau of the 12sh inst., stating that the Abbe Ronge had been con demned to four months' imprisonment for baying cele brated divine service in the town of Lachu without the perm'ssion of the authorities. It was supposed that the Abbe would appeal against this decision to the Prus sian Ministry, and afterwards to the King. _ . A dreadful ex plosion took place on 'Tuesday at the pow der-mills at ;Hillhouse, the property of Mr. M'Cullurn, situate or, the Kerry side of the kyles of Bute, in Argyle shire, by which nearly the whole of the works, which were extensive, were destroyed, and melancholy to relate, nine persons lost their lives. The explosion was heard and felt at a distance of 20 miles. AMERICAN PROVISIONS.—In one day last week there arrived at this port from New Orleans, Montreal and Quebec, several vessels bringing, in addition to an im mense stock of cotton and wood goods of various de scriptions, the following large quantities of food and pro visions from America .-9433 barrels of flour, 3295 sacks of Indian corn. 6248 sacks of wheat, 8382 sacks of corn, 9160 bushels of wheat, and 202 tierces of beef. The dukedom of Tuscany was visited by a violent earth quake, on the 16th instant. At Leghorn it created the greatest confusion. The inhabitants fled in every direc tion, and all the shops were closed. In the Tuscan Ma remmes and the adjoining country it caused considerable damage. Several villages, and amongst others Orciana and Lorenzana, are half destroyed. In the latter the ground opened, and fro.n the fissure tkere issued a tor rent of dark fluid. The shocks lasted 'between nine and ten seconds. The houses in Leghorn sustained much injury, hut no lives were lost. _ SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, AUGUST 24.—Wind S.E. AR twirl) —Leander, Phelan, from Quebec—Triton, Flood. from Archangel—Great Britain. from St. Jahn. N.B.—Sarah Sheaf. Sands, from Apalachicola—and &abatis, Stevens, from Boston. SAILED.-Sophia Knudson, for Riga—Diana, Turpin, Nueva —Arethu.a. Kelly:for Quebec—Adelina, Bradfield. for 'shoo-- General Parkhill, \l'Kown, for Charleston— Rajah. Boyd, for Ca catra—Jenne Caroline, Eookarnp, for Brussels—Providence, Mere; Jeui e Leonie, De Vries; Catherine, Hansen, and Char lotte, Muys, for Antwerp—Tyrone, Butler, an Palmyra, Bars- . tow. for New Orleans—Aurora, Pe: Rude, for Bergen—and Courier, Grey and Chrisfienshabb, Calcutta from Path, On the 20th instant, at 14. Hamilton-square. Birkenhead, aged • FANNY HELEN, infant daughter of Mr. JAMES 17 months. KENNEDY On the 22nd Instant, aged 1 year and 8 months, WILLI/aft son of Mr. JO EPit WHITEHEAD, Hnnte On the 2.th instant.llt his house, at Eve SAMUEI. STANIFORTII,Esq., aged 71 DIARY, wife of • • . On the 24th inst nt, at her residence. 25, Sydney-place; Edge bill, mA kV MINITT. widow of the late Francis Arnitt, of Thirsk. I,nker, and one of the Society of Friends. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, AUG. 25, 1846. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED TUESDAY MORNING, EVERY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACZ z of 53. Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford.street. At No. 4. ST. 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