Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-06 00:00:00

AUGUST 6, .1859. LIVERPOOL STOCK E 'Ches. The following were the elosi' & B'head .. 731 74 'Caledonia Stock .. 83 83 E • Counties .ll N 11'3- L. Stock 95 951 ` - 'r• N. Stock : lOO 102 Great Westerns ... 59 59! Lan. and York. .. 95+ 951 'Lon. & Nor. West. 931 94 --s -it-shares 1 5-16 1(d and Lincoln 35A id 35 . ;4- And - Stock ... 104+ 104 , Jr. British Stock 51 58 BANK OF ENGL. ISSUE DEP . . 31,201,740 R 31,201 BANKING DI sDri etor " ;Capital. 14,553,000 blie . 3,345,135 • icepp . jig . 5323254 12r sits . 14 , 351 , 004 I • R 38,392,145 1 (Prom Lest .2V abilit(ea:per P Rate of int Alam e in, Prankf ...rieste, do Pe tersburg: Madrid, a No change XCH.LNGE.—AugusT 5 ing prices to-day : North Staffordsh. 41 4P N. E. Ber. c. Stck 91* 92 Yorkcapital Stock 74 743 Leeds Stock .... 44 45 South-Eastern.. 221 ; 22 3-16 Dutch Rhenish 5,4 5Ad Gt. Luxem 6K 61 G. T. Canada . . 8 7-16 81 G. W. of Canada 141 141 new shares 6 51d Lomb.-Venetian 2 :4 22 *-',l) new shares ~ all day, and closes 4 per cent &ND RETURNS, A.RTMENT CREDIT. Government Debt . 11,015,100 Other Securities . . 3,459,900 Gold Coin and other 16,726,740 Bullion . . £31,201,740 M. s Mi irns f the auove sho w o s the following results : p revious week, )mpared with the retu 22,311,820—Increase 470,005 132,264 26,127 3,846,13.5—1ncrca5a 815,747—Increase Increaw 304,803 Increas 339,661 582,760 )20--Decrease 43—Increase FOREIGN EXCIIANGES a•+ three months. 'dam, do., • • '9, do., 11 121 to 11 13 /1 16 to 11 15. 11 151 to 11 15/ 25 171 to 25 30 25 171 to 25 30 13 5 to 13 5f 25 5 to 25 15 25 32/ to 25 37. 25 35 to 25 37. 1161 to 1171 5 to 12 5 to 12 15 34 to 34i 49a to 49g THE FRENCH FUNDS 1 2.12 PARIS, Friday. 69!._ 60e. Pal.—The Bourse opens firm. Rentes. —An improvement of -1 has taken place 4.33 mate at 69f. 95( —ltentes leave off very firm and inani above yesterday's prices. --~- YestTer he following. appeared in a p ar t o f our i m p r ession of day FRANCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PA RIS, Friday Morning. —The Moniteur of this morning tontains the following :—The Emperor, who never leaves services unrewarded, has appointed-Lieut. Feuville Debaulian to the Post of Director of the Factory of Arms de Precision, ou account of the principal part he has taken in the formation of the new system of rifled cannon since 1842. 31 The Bank of France has lowered its rate of discount to Per cent., and has, moreover, passed a resolution to make advance s t o the owners of the new loan of the three next Payments against the deposits of the securities. AUSTRALIA Aa.tgiu4une mails have re ac h e d L on d on Melbourne,. June 18, Ale in bulk slight decline tied improved. Butter and Candles higher. Hams, Bacon, and Cheese lower. "Wines and Spirits without animation, 'and no early prospect of a favourable change. News from gold fields somewhat discouraging. The S ydney report of June 13th, speaks of business having been active, and the markets wearing an improved aspect, i n Consequence of decline of shipments to the colony. The gold received by escort up to date 31 per_:cent. in favour of the present year. INDIA The 1 auiv 15t1 News has received the Bombay Times, of Market for cotton piece goods dull. Yarns Cotton advancing, owing to continued de-, China. Scarcely any transactions on European Freights rather better, and 15s to 17s quoted for DISAFFECTION OF TROOPS ay at Berampore has led to Lord Canning himself the responsibility of the crisis. An day, had been issued, depriving the men of all grounds of complaint. .iovernor General's order ant es that every —tutor who enlisted for the East India Company's forces, filiall, if he desire it, be allowed to take his discharge under the provisions of the act for limiting the time of service in th e shall bey'which di rects that soldiers taking their discharge conveyed to E ng l an d an d t h ere fi na ll y di sc h arge d, so the M and that in the m eanwhile, they shall continue to be subject Act and the Articles of War. )lA N CILINCELLORSHIP OF THE EXCHEQUER. announces the Right Hon. James Wilson has to go to India as a member of council, and also tenor of the Indian Exchequer. Mr. Wilson's towards the Governor-General and the Cabinet in r capacity will be similar to that which the Chan- Exchequer bears at home to the Government COL. GREVILLE, M.P. he Speaker has received a telegraphic message, dated from Col. Gossett, the Deputy-Sergeant-at-Arms, rll ling him that he has Colonel Gleville in custody, and h( member will be brought up to-morrow at 12 v as ) ,‘, !) to epin the ause of his absence when his name Ded axon e e of the members appointed to try the Hull 4 ° Conference of Zurich opens:on Monday. charged with the Ledbury murder, has been On. Robert Windsor Clive, M.P.: for South Shrop '~hir, died ves t er d a • at his town residence. The ), gas strike in the Metropolis has come to an end. 1 411 :2eenas no prospect of averting the strike among the tontr , g Freight Circular says, "that the Government variou aets for th e su pply o f nearly 20,000 tons of coals to Ports, are at figures very disadvantageous to ship- The Daily News publishes for the first time a translation of the convention concluded between the Papal Government 1 ; 14 th e . Austrian General commanding the army of occupa ;ll at Bologna, in. 1856. The armed 'maintenance of the ° Pe's authority was not only , committed to the Austrian i e aeral, b u t th e hi g h est j u di c i a l p owers were a tt r ib u t e d to rn. tri To th e t en d er merc i es o f the H a y na u s was left the al and sentence of men charged with political offences of %rere, t • degree , from high treason down to party demonstra 10n, and members of secret societies. RI JN i s a , OVER A ND KlLLED.—Yesterday a boy, whose name Present unknown, was run over by a spring cart in Vra_te-Street. He was at once removed' to the Northern - (ospital, but died very soon after being admitted. 4 - VIRAGO AND HER. PUNISHMENT.---A'WOMRE, named iTrgaret 111‘D ona 1a , w hil e ih a s tat e o f i ntox i cat i on yes dorda) in Crossha, sent her fist through some win ar:B7y and received ll-street some severe lacerations on her hand and IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. [BY BRITISH AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The Earl of CLANCARTY inquired if any change, was intended in the system of national education in Ireland, for the purpose of relieving those who objected' to avail them selves of it. Earl QIANVILLE admitted the imperfections of the existing system, and declared himself ready to listen to any suggestion that might be offered. Ire• could not, however, prothise to introduce a bill on the subject: Lord DUNGANNON, the Earl of LEITRIM, and other peers, made some remarks on the same subject. L'ARTMENT meat Securitiesll,2o3,s72 Securities . . 17,690,057 8.889,920 603,596 Gold and Silver Coin £38,392,145 s Gazette.) THE MILITIA The ➢iilitia Ballots Suspension Bill passed through com mittee ; and, the standing orders being:suspended, was ;read a third time and passed. Other bills were advanced a stage.. Their Lordships adjourned shortly before seven o'clock. YESTERDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS MORNING SITTING, -THE HULL ELECTION Colonel Greville, who had neglected to appear when called upon as a member 'of the h uh Election Committee, was said to be in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND explained that Colonel Greville was absent in Ireland on urgent business, and returned directly he heard he was nominated on the committee. After some debate, Colonel Greville was released, and was subsequently sworn in a member of the committee. SUPPLY. The report of the committee of supply was brought up and agreed to. On the order of the day for going into committee on the reserve volunteer force of, seamen, Lord' C. PAGET explained that the bill was founded on the report of the 'commission on manning the navy. It proposed to create a reserve body of seamen, holding a position analagous to that of the militia or the army. The proposition was, that 30,000 men should be enrolled for five years, receiving £5 a year in consequence ; that they should be called for twenty-eight days'. training in each year, receiving no continuance-service pay during that time. When the five years was expired they might either enrol themselves anew for another period of five.years, or retire. They would be entitled to a pension. In the event of war, they'would be liable to serve for three years ; and, if war continued for two years more, receiving in that case continuance-service pay of 2d. per day. .As the plan was merely experimental, a large discretion would be given to the Admiralty, which might be reduced hereafter. Mr. LINDSAY complained of the cost of the experiment, which he believed would utterly fail, unless the system of flogging in the navy was previously abolished, except under the sentence of court-martial, mid the whole naval code of punishment was mitigated. If they did this, , they might get men at half the expense. Ile urged that the position of officers to the reserve should be thrown open to the merchant service, which would make the reserve popular, and secure to it some of the finest youug men afloat. . Sir. C. NAPIER expressed his high gratification at the proposal of Lord C. Paget. He made some severe stric tures on the entire code of naval punishment, which was illegally carried out, and ought to be altered at once, before the session ended. Sir F. BARING approved of the plan as the best under the circumstances, and prophesied its success. Sir J. ELPIIINSTONE thought that, under present circum stances, no better plan could have been adopted. After some remarks from Mr. CARDWELL in favour of the bill, Mr. HENLEY objected to the measure, that it defeated the object of the commission on which it was founded. The House then went into committee on the bill, but no progress was made until the time arrived for the suspension of the sitting. EVENING SITTING.-IRISH TENANT-RIGHT Mr. V. SCILLY gave notice that, early next session, lie should move a resolution, to the effect that it is the duty of Government to legislate on the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, so as to afford due compensation to the tenant for his improveinents. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY, Mr. MAGUIRE asked the- Solicitor-General if he was aware out 'of what funds the laws of Trinity College, Dublin, founded two scholarships for the present year 1859 ; and, if out of the college or university funds, he was of opinion that the board had not the 'legal right to exclude Roman Catholics from competing; and whether, in fact. 'it was come to his knowledge that a Roman Catholic student of Trinity College, 'who had been previously distin guished by the highest honours, was actually excluded from competing, although he presented himself for examination, and although it had been known to the authorities for a considerable time that he Was preparing himself by study for the examination, and that his exclusion was stated to be solely on the ground of his being . a Roman Catholic. Mr. Sergeant DEASY explained the circumstances under which the examinations in question were founded. It arose out of the funds set apart from a suppressed fellowship, and given to those who would herewith have competed for the fellowship. THE BREACH OF PRIVILEGE On the order of the day for resuming the debate on , the reSolution respecting the election compromise, proposed by Mr. Roebuck, Mr. S. GRAY observed that Dr. Michell ought to know the precise nature of the charge againsthim, otherwise than by the public journals. Mr. Roebuck ought to repeat the charge he made on the previous evening. Mr. ROEBUCK having complied with the request, Dr. MICHEIi said that if Mr. Roebuck had applied to him previously, he could have shown that he had acted satisfactorily, without troubling the House with the matter. He could not afford to bring witnesses from so dis tant a place as Bodmin, and • would not run the risk of placing himself in difficulties for the rest of his life, • or perhaps ruining himself and his friends. As • for the charge of corruption, all petitions were so much alike, and made such general complaints, that he had at first thought the petition was a joke ; but finding that it was persevered in, he had resolved to abandon his' seat, and had never been in a division since. The only compromise was, that he consented to resign his seat, if the charges against him were withdrawn: If any one would pay the expense of defending his petition, he was quite ready to carry it on. The SPEAKER put the resolution of Mr. Roebuck as follows :—" That i n the opinion of this Rouse anv minis ter would be guilty of a breach of the privileges of this House who should advise the Crown to confer the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, or of the Manor of Northstead, or of the Manor of Hempholm, or of Escheator of Munster, upon any person charged with corrupt practices Pt an election, and who, for the purpose of evading the jurisdic tion of this House, has entered into an agreement to vacate his seat upon the withdrawal of the petition charging him with such corrupt practices." - The resolution - on a division was negatived by 214 to 30 WAYS ANI) MEANS, On bringing up the report of ways and means, Mr. LINDSAY called the attention of the House to the present state of the shipping interest, and to enquire of the present Board of Trade if Government intended to adopt any measures to relieve shipowners of light dues, pas;i. tolls, and local charges , and to remove the burthens and restrictions which still fetter maritime enterprise. A miscellaneous discussion followed, on the subject of the Shipping Laws and Regulations, in which Mr. C:nwfi,rd and Mr. Digby Seymour, adverting to the relative increase of ,Foreign, in. comparison with time British shipping, did not object to the free trade, but complained that it had never been applied. Mr. M. GIBSON said that, in the present state of the revenue, they could not afford to place the' 'charge of the light-houses on the consolidatal fund, He should, howwer, be perfectly willing to adapt the local and pAs-ing toll: to the circumstances, so as to' render them more opera t:iVe, more just, and; equal ; at the Governinent wo ad probably introduce a bill on the subject next session ; but, with re gard to the light dues, he must refer the honourable mere:- ber to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, After slime further discussion, the subject dropped. . Mr. AUGUSTUS SMITH called the attention of the House to the- proceedino of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests; in respect to the fore-shores of the kingdom, and other public Property. A discussion followed, in the course of which the Attorney- General' explained the rights of the Crown over the fore shores, that these pieces of ground were more advantageous to the public under Government than under private arrange ment. . . _ Sir PE LACY TANS moved as annmendirrent, that 'under present circumstances it is not necessary. or expedient to T for desptrihir rn the deoats of re ,sscrving in xength , of t Mr. HORS Le, intended to kec tropean force in India was•beyond what was necessary, while we had an alarming deficiency at home. • He warned the House that at the pre sent time danger was more rapid than formerly. Mr-lianoEN said that no course could' be more calculated AN ;asserted that the to defeat the , India than by there fit an ine of gettin, wiete -state. he country would never bear a war estiblisiii adopt was to I readily extendei ; the proper course :to tbitshment as could he and this he contended was their ire seven infantry and, from - India, on whose me c'ivalry 65,000 effective tro( After some ohs, Gilpin, ations from Lord PA sidering th dental circi observed t brorce'ont, he was urged' to sema erer ship-of-war to India as transports, and nosy nothing was talked of but a Channel Fleet. The defences 'of th-.3country might be improved, but they were underated: - In case of invasion, we could brino• 200,000 fighting men into the . _ After some remarks from Colonel Dixon, the motion •of Sir De Lacy Evans was negatived without a division ; and the report of ways and means was agreed to. The East India General Rill - was read a second time. The Reserve Volunteer Force Seamen's Bill was passed through committee. • The Univer city and College Estates Act Amendment Act Bill was read a second time for the purpose of affirming its principles, it being understood that no further progress would be made with it at present. The Government of India Act Amendment Act Bill pas sed through committee. The Dublin Police Act, as amended, was considered. The Co'rrupt Practices Prevention Act Continuance Bill was read a second time. After a piotest from several members against the Continuance Bills, the Sale of Gas Bill was read a 'second time. After some discussion the MediCal Act Amendment Bill was considered. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at five minutes past two. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CARMEN'S STRIKE AT BI RK ENH E A.D. —A strike took place amongst the Birkenhea'l cabmen on Thursday, and not a single cab could be obtained in the township. The cause of this movement was the compulsory adoption of a 6d. fare in the new scale of rates issued by the local commissioners.. MELANCHOLY DEATH Di DROWNING OF TWO BROTHERS —An .nquest has been held on the bodies of Edmund Bed ford and Joshua- Bedford, one aged 'l4 and the other 11, the sons of John Bedford, bookkeeper, of Flockton, near Wake field.. Last Saturday, at noon, just before dinner, both the brothers went to Mr. Stansfield's reservoir to fetch water. Very soon afterwards one of the lads' caps was seen floating on the surface of the water, and the alarm'being given, the reservoir was dragged, 'and ! - loth bodies were recovered. There is asst 'of . ..stone steps that lead down to the water, but how the youths fell in is not known. A verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned. PATENT'S SEALED DURING TUE WEEK, ENDING AUGUST 2, 1850.—S B. Eveleigh, "An improved form or con strnetion 'of hats, or covering for the head."—S. Xll. Huntly, Improvements in cooking apparatus."—p. E. Traissinet, Al A new or im p roved structure of iron applicable for pav ing, flooring, bridges, gratings, girders, and other like pur poses."—P. A. J. Dujardin, " Improvementi in the print ing apparatus of railway telegraphs."—P.' E. Aimont, Im provements in the construction of waggons and other car nages for railwayS and ordinary roads, and of apparatuses connected therewith."—W. S. Booth, " A now or improved washing machine."—Cominunicated from the Patent Oftees, 4, Clayton-square, Liverpool. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—BEFORE MR. COM-. MISSI ON Elt PERRY. —IN ItE PATRICK 1114 PA RLTN. —This bankrupt, who carried on business in Scotland-road, as a milliner, came up on application for his certificate. Mr. Sandys appeared for the assignees, and urged various grounds of objection to the-allowance of certificate ; he particularly alluded to the bankrupt's conduct in having vexatiously de fended an action : also to the great discrepancy between the balance-sheet filed in that court and the schedule sworn to by him in the insolvent court. Mr. Chilton was heard for the bankrupt in opposition to the objections of the assigneei. His Honor afterwards said, in this case, he should suspend the certificate for three months, without protection ; the certificate to be of the third class when granted. CHEAP ExcuitsioNs.,—Many, of our readers will be aware that, during the present sum er, a new steamer, the Man chester, has been engaged in the excursion traffic upon the. Mersey, and to the various places of interest near to Liver pool. We believe this boat, which is of considerable power and capacity, is owned by one of the large companies in Liverpool, and that she was built for the-kind of traffic referred to. Knowing that there is a large excursion busi ness to and through Liverpool, and that, so far as the Mer sey was concerned, it had only been irregularly attended to, the owners of the steamer Manchester have been endeavour ing to give to such traffic regular and systematic attention ; in other words, to manage it as a branch of business, and we are glad to learn that it is answering their expectations. Those who have availed 'themselves of the trips offered by the Manchester will not have failed to notice that the order and care observed in carrying out the wishes of the proprietors present a new feature in steam-boat excursions. e The fares charged, t oo , are i n k eep i ng w ith th e ti mes , and in teTexLrepAseNtrsTiil.nocefnTtthEeLe.vEweGoritry u k As i p n i g ez classes more especially ; we wish --'We THE this A n Ve are glad to perceive from our advertising columns, that the Atlantic Telegraph Company are inviting from inventors and others a competi tion of ingenuity, with a view to secure; on the next occa. , sion, the most suitable cable. Persons having valuable ideas on the subject are requested to send to the secretary their suggestions and specimens of the cable they propose, in order that they may be subjected to examination and experi ment of the committee of eminent men, at the head of which are Mr. R. Stephenson and Professor Wheatstone, who have ,undertaken to conduct their scientific investigations for the directors of the Atlantic Company. The company are prepared to duly remunerate those. inventors whose plans wholly or partially. shall finally be adopted. We under stand further that the Atlantic Company are engaged jointly with her. Majesty's Government in prosecuting a series of the most important experiments upon the outer covering and internal composition of telegraph cables, and into the che mical composition and enduring qualities respectively of India rubber and gutta percha as insulators of submarine lines. These experiments are being carried out by the offi cers of the Atlantic Company, of the Board any,under of Trade.thesuperintendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson, Professor Whe a t s t o ne, D r . Mill er , and Captain . Galion, n - f DEATH OF TILE HON. ROBERT WINDSOR CLIVE ' M P We regret to lea rn the death of the Hon. Robert Windsor Clive, M.P. for South Shropshire, wh o exp i re d on Thurs day, at his residence, in John-street, . Berkeley-square, London. The hon. gentleman had been in indifferent h ea lth since the last ge neral election, arid was unable from illness to attend in the House of Commo ns on th e di v i s i on of the Marqu is of liartington s amendment to the Address, which few hours before his dissolution that fears were . ti; i c e !' 1 i e ll d a „ r i l ti of October, B rad fo r l d B , s h 2 y , which led to the overthrow of the . Earl of Derby's government' entertained tlevrastaitS of his ultimate recovery. The deceased was elde3t son of the late lion. R. Clive and the 11 troness 'Windsor, and i n January , 1854, he was returned as ter i . T o e f i e ar ieaves a youthful family. Oa the sudden death of ' w L l a l d o y m ll h l was born 25th youngest finsn daughter member for South Shropshire, having previously represented his 'venerated father, Ludlow from Jul e , 1852. The lato member was a Conser vative in polities, and a uniform , sapporter of Lo r d D er b y ' s policy, but was against. a re-enactment of the corn laws, an d Woul4 support an - extension of t he franchise, lxiso on a difffision of educaio '. Ile was a ,deputy-lieittenant . of Shropihire, and c.iptAin in the Worcester Ymilanry Cavali'y llv his iinlAnect (I aitl. early d.atli, the , of Pow's, t-e DucheA; (Dowager)" of Nc e earl a 4,1 other families. in E-r. of Brqd.ixt-1, Mr. ail batty --“ , sumery, r,elunt an,d Vivolmtei: Newport,. raukoa,re plated in mour NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. carry into• effect tit to. India f r+7 so many men to India, when the that country whom it was intende there was a: demand so urgent for men for-home defence. After some discussion, Sir C. Wool) striri that the men about tcrhe sent o up the ordinary CHANCERY REFORM to such matters which the Lord Justice Knight Bruec has always bestowed to the great benefit of the suitors and the Lepl'reform is now in the second stage of its progress.. At relief of their counsel. The public • are -more familiar with the evils of taking evidence before examiners who are not judges. we trust that we shall not have. to wait lonz for gnm. ;„ restrain h kind of f THE VERDICT SERIOUS AND UNFOUNDED CIIAItGES. AGAINST A CLERGIMA/4 At the Ipswich Assizes, the case of Rogers r. Rix was tried. The plaiutiff is a clergvmau, educated at 'St. Aidan's uoitege, Birkenhead, and was for six years and a half curate to Mr. Cunningham, the vicar of Lowestoft. The defendant is a pupil teacher in the National School 'at, Lowestoft, which was under the su p er i n t en d ence o f the plaintiff. On the 27th of July in last year a pic-nic party was arranged, at which the plaintiff and defendant were present. They went to a nlaea nallnd 1-Inrnti,b L. • Al evening some took boats, some carriages, and others walked. Te the plaintiff and defmdalt, In the month. of March, in rind fonr other persons, tne present year the plaintiff became, acquainted with. the fact that the defendant had stated, that on the occasion of the return from the pic-nic above referred to, on Jtween Mutfor Lowestoft, the plaintiff 'was ...utierenoant. The -present action was accordingly brought. A great deal of evidence was gone into, occupying the court two days, the greater portion Of it being unfit for publication.. The result proved that.. the charges against the Rev. Mr. _Rogers were without foundation, .and the jury. gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Keane said that, with the expression of his Lordship's opinion that the plaintiff's character was cleared, he would be satisfied with 40s. damages. The learned judge said that it was not a question. of.damages; the issue was whether the plaintiff had been guilty of the offence imputed to him, and, the verdict of the jury in his favour ; the question of the amount of damages was wholly unimportant. A verdict for the plaiutiff— damag,es 405., His Lordship certified fora special. jury, THE OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD. • On Thursday,. Richard Brown, of Lambert-street, twits( agent and _bailiff, was charged before the magistrates at Lewes Wolverhampton North Staffordshire Reading Plymouth Congleton York August Folkestone , Spilsby Barnsley ;.AND v. TWEN LIVERPOOL.— F B. Grindrod, Esq., b Reynold Sharpe run out 8. Bromfield, Esq., o Stephen! Tnrla War. no long-time since our courts.were encumbered with a mass of techniCal absurdity which shocked the practical mind. Lawyers: were schoolmen, developing the arbitrary dogmas Eent'urrn' work h a view to' realising the scale and monstrosity of tl recalling- the s”, t,i)shrdities. which he attacked, is like oils of a. troubled' sleep. A vigorous sense was ilia' one thing needful, 'and the inroad irf.coTr origs to t he past. Every Mn bas.l on perfecting 1311.;,1 letarß7 iii• a bu3ir )pe to,sec the a ;-like way When- miden action, so it will be in is perfection through the expediency, and proceed 'from an Issimiihtiim of methods to , a recognition of commoi we , app es. of pi actief A, sensible report lately issued by the Liver :iety-embodiesmany of the convictions of boa f Oral lb al profession on the aubjet of chancery pr. nd we •cot.rnend its suggestions to those who wish to'_ Low adhlinistratiye abuses. grow up when public discitssion absent. and how emy it ought to be to stop their growth a my!ern society. The cambroltsness of the °ld chancery procaine arose in nse working unaer were sought in the old common 'pima and simple issues which uld be who conducted in - writing a' ‘preliininarir and Torously logicataltercation in every case, and stopped when ey arrived at ai contradiction in point either of law or of et. in a simple case, nothing could be better,—but when .cts were numerous or uncertain, rights complicated; and to legal results of the facts doubtful, the seeming ccuraCy of the , system was very fallacious, and a slip iii lie logic . of the special pleader might lose a eases the stice - of which was evident When the facts were se forth at large, and when the requirement of si4le and single issues was dispensed with: The difficulty of' stating, according to the rules of special pleading, a case the justice of which depended on a great variety of entangled circum stances, no doubt had its share in producing the narrow'and technical body of judge-made law, from the rigours of which suitors sought - relief by an appeal to .the more liberal maxiMs of equity. Its effect in this way was probably in direct, because every question, however complicate with sufficient patience be unravelled into single issues, or at all events, into a choice of single issues; but it -is Much easier for both practitioner and judge to say—" 'We will have nothing to do with these ethiiplicated and out-of-the way rights. If you can stato a plain promise broken, a plaintrespass committed, or a plain fraud perpetrated, we will .help you. If not, we must refer you `to conscience, and wash our hands of the dispute as a matter of • Some thing of the same kind still happens when a court of any kind refuses to interfere with a mere •breach -of honour. But, however this may have been, the fact is that the Royal Chancery was invoked to redress the injustice Worked by the stiff and unyielding character of the common law re medics, and that the system of strict special pleading was disregarded by the new judicature, as it must have been by any which 'profesSed to administer discretionary justice in complex cases, unfettered by rules previously ascertained. The suitor told his story in his Bill pretty mach as he liked, and the defendant did the same in. his Answer, and then'the cause was heal d. Moreover, the Court of Chancery dis regarded to a certain limited extent the rule of common law, which did not allow eparty to be a witness in his' own case. The plaintiff could oblige the defendant to answer upon oath, and a written reply upon oath to written questions drawn up beforehand, often with an imperfect knowledge' of the facts, was necessarily fall of qualifications and exceptions, and gave rise (as it still does) to a vast amount of fencing and answering by the card. Technicality then came in, and did its work as diligently as ever it had done at com mon law. The verbiage and repetition of Bills and AnsWers became a public scandal, and great masses - of paper filed in the shape of answers, when no answer at all was needed, swelled the_ briefs of counsel and the bills of solicitors. 1, may This/ has all been retrenched, the simple expedient of printing.bills having proved a most effectual aid to other re forms. Nor man, for shame, can look his own verbiage in the face in print, as he used to do in stationer's round text ; and .a modern Bill in Chancery is perhaps as . good an ex ample of lucid, rigorous, and ccneise statement, in an apt and polished style, as can be found anywhere out of the highest class of historical literature. Bills, indeed, now sometimes show too much artistic compression to be easy reading Another less supe r fi c i a l d e f ec t h as o n ly been partially removed, and forms one of the chief subjects of the Liver pool report. When there were but one or two equity judges, they could not on isibly deal with all the complicated facts and issues raised. The original decree in a suit often con sisted of little else beside directions to subordinate assistants to w ,- ,rk o;:t all the facts. The assistants were " the Masters in Chancery," and this " working out the facts" was what took pla ce w h en " t h e suit' was in the Master's Office." The Masters became little judges ; the prolixity of the bill and answer was emulated and surpassed in their procedure; they took accounts in a lengthy way in which no human being ever took accounts before, and there was no mode of correcting their errors small or large, without. another solenin hearing, often resulting in re-references to the bottoinless.gulf of "the Master's Office." It has been attempted to meet this evil by abolishing the Masters, and (in appearance) by requiring the judgesto`do all the work with the assistance of clerks. Lord St. Leonards laid par- ticular stress on the importance of keeping th n,l-1 'AM. Le barrisiers' do not argue before them and provision is'made for referiiiig at once from the Clerk to the judge in chambers prolixity ; but its success has been but partial, owing to the inadequacy of the numbers of the judicial staff. • The' clerk is fast becoming an independent judge with much more work than he can do, and the judge has no time to check the clerk. The Liverpool Law Society confine their observations very much to the delay thus _engen dered:, and this is a matter of which they are peculiarly qualified to judge. . It is right, however, to say plainly thdt it is not the only evil. It is no disparagement to the very able and elnsciontions solicitors or former. masters' clerks, who arc now judges' clerks, to say that they are many of them quite unequal to tasks with which on their original Dointment they were not intended to cope. They have _ constantly to decide off-hand points of law and equity on which eminent judges might differ, without the aid of hearing any arguers more competent than solicitors' clerks ; and it is not wonderful that, under circumstances o f such difficulty, legal principles_ arc lost sight of in a manner certain to breed kreat Confu,ion in future We wi: instance one 'Clerks' practice, which to any of our readers who are con versant with real property law will be decisive of the dangers of t'lc system. We are told that some of the judges' clerks habitually authorise mere bailiffs of the court,(ealled receivers), who are not landlords in any sense legal or equitable, to grant leases of land. Our lay readers will appreciate the. effect of this, when. we tell them that if they buy land subject to such a lease they can neither distrain nor sue for their rent, but that they can immediately eject their tenant on. the ground that the lease is nnll and void- The court might feel bound to redress the mischief irs officer had caused, but in this way a chancery suit would gTow .out of every tenancy. _ _ _ . Tie repoA suggests that every court should have two judges, eac'i of whom should pass half his time in chambers. This is no doubt in accordance with. the spirit of the,new system. The quotations in the report conclusively show that parliament, intended the judge, and not the clerk, to supersede the master. Au economical objection may be taken on the grnmad that high judicial talent would some times be wasted on administrative details , that this disadvantage would be far more t by the avoidance or serious - blunders, and Pensated )y the opportu- nities which Would occur for adaptine• the roue' the thousand small , r exigencies which cannot be anticipated on the hearing of a complicated cause, when judge and _ nlinefinne nf 4-1,, course. pt on the strain litigation. Anothcr sing for an increase in the number of .„,ma of - We are disposed to - go still I ,rars (whose f ilie decrees and orders of the buSiness,it is to judges, to iTtei:lc put in all tile: (e` brief notes , tested at ( parties)i dice, in consent cases, and often to co nsequential directions, from the a with the form of the order eon the solicitors for the contending in the same intimate relation with 13 intended to he. The mode in the judg,'!; rouge tlieir difficult and delicate but every.practitioner knows and di-er . l:(ls v ,Dense isputeppon minutes,' from the n: i Alm an i pressure of business, would [e judges- te.Ove the same attention THE LEDBURY MURDER We have already ziyen close-of the sol summary . w of the trial don to tlu •ohnsel for the defence. On its summing up with 1 in their lives ha to, enfer upon such a momentous inquiry, in endbavourino; to come to a right conclusion. lie did not thirilc it r:O 4 -it for the interests :)f the prisoner o:• the public The>eviiienc °Me- prisoner's frldit, wOiTieOn;tiWa ' case. uponwliich juries might sa fely act. - There would be a hundred circum stances in a case fike this, which thn most clear-headednuan could not foresee, which would be all one way if the-man were guilty, and all the 'other way if he were innocent, like so many dumb witnesses standing •a6.iiiid mid pointinx,with 'silent finger to the culprit. They had no'comfection.with each other. ,They were p rove d b y w i tnesses who of-them selves proved very little, but if they all conspired to point to one result, it was a means of determining, without which great .crimes and great criminals could never be. brought to justice. Othe other hand, _ one f ac t po i nted dec i dedly the other way—many, the rest was all of no avail;. and if there were one or two facts pointing more al, Luaa Gue.mater way, the effect of the whole would be seriously diminished. The prbsecutiou Aid not pretend to offer. direct evidence, but cir cumstantial testimony, upon which, - if it all tended one way, they raightsafely convict. The defence said th: - „tthis was not an ordinary case of suspicion, but that all the circum- _ = , -- - ----- ---- ------ . nemeia with shooting James Linley, with i n t en t t o mur d e stances set up would be entirely dispelled by a careful investigation. They we r e t o ai spe l : f rcm t h e i r minds him. Iniwetor Linley applied f or a reman d, prodneing everything relating to the p r is o n er ' s f ormer lif e, b ecause certificate of the inability of the injured man to be present apLicsoodrTfr,hof could no objection M nothing of had been proved, and, as. far as they were that Mr. Branson, who, with Mr. Broadbent, appeared for the concerned, there was nothing against him but this terrible : Not to-day.to a remand. The prisoner charge. • Even if there were other charges against him, clerk ) Prisoner: r i - Smithamt i l e hi magistrate'sot'bo t it would be monstrous to bring them forward now without the man, sir. Mr. Smith :- I hope you sureare have not shot chief constable has some evidence to offer against you. notice. [Ms lordship then proceeded to comment upon the voluminous evidence, scanning!: the circumstances Mr. Branson said he had no doubt that he should be able with great clearness of observation, ,and making.remarks to establiSh the innocence of his client, .It would be urged upon them, telling. unfavourably upon- the prisoner, who that the offence was a trade outrage, but he wished it to be leaned his face upon his arms on the rails of the dock, understood that the prisoner had been a sheriff's bailiff for never once raisin g his head.] liiis lordship continued . ..-7-- many years, and had no connection w ith .th e t ra d e w h a t- The other clerks in the office .came out of the investi- ever. Mr. Smith said the evidence at present obtained did gation without a stain upon them, and it was painful for not bear against the trade at all. Mr. Branson : But there 'to give evidence upon a capital charge against general -report connects the trade with the outrage. The their former companion. - The life of the prisoner was in Mayor : 'The report is erroneous. Mr. Smith : At present their hands, and he thanked God it was not for . him, but there is no evidence against the trade. The prisoner was them, to decide. It was also true that the life of persons then removed in custody until Saturday. As previously in the condition of the deceased w a s also in their hands. stated, Linley, the injured man, has been in the habit of Lone women must no t, b e mur d ere d ; their protection visiting at frown's house, and there.are. reasons for be was the law of the land, which is a mere abstraction, lieving that Brown's jealousy had been excited - by fami and the law oil the land -he now saw bef or e him in the liarities bet Ween Linley and his wife. Brown and his persons of the - twelve jurymen in that box. The wife— the latter of whom, had sat next to "rind drunk law which • protected the lives of her Majesty's with Linley—left the Crown Inn three or four minutes subjects must be firmly administered by them. They before- the pistol was fired. Shortly afterwards, - Brown. .. .., • _ iron a solemn uuty to uiscuarge to tile prisoner, not 4 - allowed the injured man to the su r g er y of Mr. Booth, and to convict him upon suspicion ; but they had also procured a cab to convey him home, all the time talking in a solemn duty to discharge to the public, not to acquit a very excited manner about the occurrence. He is known him if they believed him to be guilty. Direct. evi- to have been in the habit of carrying a small pistol, and dence there was no m • b u t if j ur i es a l ways wa i te d f or such an instrument has been foundat his house, capable of direct evidence, ve r y iew criminals would ever be con- shooting a bullet of about the size of the one used. Prisoner victed. Having rapidly reviewed the principal points has also told the most contradictory stories as to his know in the ease, his lordship said he could see nothing upon ledge of the circumstances of the occurrence ; and he cor the notes and cheques upon which it would be safe to responds in appearance and dress with a man who was seen rely. It had been said by the counsel for the defence that to leave the passage immediately after the tiring At the evidence respecting those notes and cheques wa s f r i g ht- present, however, the evidence against the prisoner is . by ful. That depended entirely upon the credit they thouzl i t means of a conclusive character. they might repose in the witnesses Sims and Thomas. he could hardly think they had come to swear away a man's life on this occasion, by swearing that which they had never seen. If they believed those witnesses, the prisoner was proved to be in possession, not of the stolen cheques, but of a cheque Which was burnt in his room. That was what the evidence amounted to. The witnesses appeared to be competent to judge, and they swore positively. He had said, in the course of his remarks, all that he could say in favour of the prisoner, and he wished from the bottom of his heart that there were other obser vations presenting themselves to his mind in . the prisoner's favour. lf, from the bottom of their con sciences, they thought he was guilty, they must do their duty to their country, and find him so. If, on the other hand, they did not think it sufficient, they should joyfully acquit him. And if they entertained any doubt, not a capricious, ,but a reasonable and a substantial doubt, they would - give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. With the counsel on both sides, he wished that God might guide them to a right Conclusion HOUSEICEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliottstreet, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay ls. Bd. for at any other establishment. • • • a BANRRUPTS. Mary Kent, school-keeper, Kensington. Samuel Whitfield Morgan, share-broker, late of Throg morton-street, London. Francis Juvver Franklin, plumber, Bridge-street, South wark. Ellen Ruth Amoor, brewer, Hastings. Frederick Tapley, Commercial-road East. Thomas Hughes, cattle dealer, Aberllolwyne, Cardigan- Janies Shaw, cotton doubler and warp maker, Hudders field. William Eastwood, builder, Fnirfield, near Liverpool 29 . orting Anttitigtaa. The jury retired to consider their verdict. In about forty-five minutes the bailiff came back, and said the jury could not agree. There was no action taken upon this an nouncement, and the jury continued their deliberation.' BRIGHTON CLUB RACES.—FRIDAY Brighton Club Plate of £5O. Half a mile. At three o'clock his - lordship sent a message' to the jury that he would retire to his lodgings, and would return to court to receive their verdict. At ten minutes to four it was announced that the jury had agreed on their verdict, and a message to that effect was sent to the judge, who immediately returned to court. Katrine Plate of £lOO, given from the Race Fund, added to a Sweepstake; of 5 sous each. Fontagne ..... Colleen Bawn Eleven ran. Plate of £6O; to be ridden by Members of the Club. Onemile. Fadladeen 1 Motebello The jury having been conducted to their box, and their names having been called over, th e Cl er k of Arraigns u quired, amidst - the most profound silence, Gentlemen of the jury, have y ou agree d u verdict The Claret Handicap of 5 soya each, with £5O added; to be ridden by Members of the Club. T.Y.C. Theodora 9on yon The Foreman : We have. Clerk of Arraigns : How say you ; is the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty..? Cock-a- Whoop 2 Brighton Club Stakes of 10 sort; each, with £5O added.. Courier Rechab " ' • Maiden Plate Foreman : - Not - guilt v Weatherbound Pauline tion, wa ized with a fit, and Beaten Handicap of £5O, Kiss Blear This was on his which he fell when thi LATEST BETTING EBOR HANDICAP (YORK). 16 to 1 against Go-a-head (t). 20 „ 1 „ Longrange (t). procured repeated to him by Captain Glirin, the governor of the gaol, whom he clutched by the hand, and said, " God reward you for your kindness." lie was removed from the dock with difficulty, his f verdict, until it v IXTURES. UST. 1 Radcliffe Egham , 23 13ar»staple and North Devon 24 Oxford wearing an Canterbu r son was suddenly 16 17 17 1J 22 TILE SALE OF LORD NORTIJWICK'S COLLECTION.-"rni London correspondent of the Manchesfer Guardian writes : The sale of Lord Northwiek's pictures had been fcrtilc which beset in Illustration , e. picture-buying more than most businesses. The collection was a very motley one. It included meod deal of rubbish, with a great many real l y fine works. , The latter were the acquisiton of Lord N or thwick s maturer life ; made at a m c , own knowledge • and undoubted taste wore Lichfield Yarmouth 3O Totness and Bridgetown 3l Derby Summer 'IC-TWO OF LIVERPOOL, 'IRST INNINGS, I t i l is ily gn " i ' d — e A s ‘ in malting his purchases. As years grew on him, Lord Northwick fell more and more into the hands of the dealers, and was no doubt heavily , victimised by them. I ani told (on authority I am little inclined to p b Jackson that a certain dealer, Or certain dealers, were in leagtie with his servants, ,who received, a regular salary to tele graph' td hitn or them the appearance of any rival dealer in the field; and whose cue • it was to throw . 'all posiible obstacles in the way of such interloper's access to my lord, till the regular dealer arrived _to checkmate the intruder. I have heard, too, of the fortunate dealer of. -dealers goinff dOwn'with a bad picture and coming back'with a good one, which he or they had gamMonect the feeble witted and dim-eyed old connoisseur into exehangin , for his or their trumpery. The prices received at the sale are Considered by the trade to •ba've been very good ones on the average ; • but, as I have said, n o t -,a; few strange contrasts may be found betwee W. Clarke, Esq., b Jackson E.•W. Ilornby, Esq., b Reynolds Perry b Reynolds T. H. Chapman, Esq., b Reynolds ...... W. Birkett; Esq., b Jackson T. D. Hornby, Esq., b Reynolds J. L. Birkett, Esq., run out, C. 11. Bird, ESq., b Reynolds J. C. Fraser, Esq., b Reynolds F. Napier, Esq., b Reynolds A. F. Orridge, Esq., c Diver, b Jackson It. Gladstone, Esq., e Clarke, b Reynolds • C. E: Horuby, Esq., b Jackson Ilinkly b Jackson T.' H. StOlterfoht, Esq., not out 11. W. Todd, Esq., b Jackson - C. L. Huson, Esq., b Reynolds W. Langton, Esq., b Reynolds b 7, 1-b 5, w, n-b ALL ENGLAND, ..an seumg A.. Martin Schoen ? for example- 7 -a valuable and genuine example of this rare old German master for which Lord Northwick had given £5OO, was put up for sale at £5O. A well-known dealer - bid £5l. There WfIS /In -FIRST INNINCIS. It. Dalt C Perry, b W. Clarke T. Davis c Perry, b Ilinkly ..... . E. Stephenson c Bird, b Clarko T. Hayward c Napiez, b sharps ••• A. Diver c airindrod, b 'linkly. vance; ant he..picture was knocked dOwn to him at that Julius alnsar not out prim.; ' iuc seater of the picture to Lord Northwick was at the sale, ,but had accidentally quitted the room before this picture was put up. You may imagine his disgust when on W. I'. Locxuati., • ier h W. Clarke Alfred Clarl' e c-Na,Pnt the price he. liad got for it when it last changed hands. I could mention other instances as striking in the other dirPptinn of nirtnrne whirl) had been sold within the last George Andersen. J. Jackson. F. Reynolds. 101, 1-b 1, w 7, n-b five years, at Christie and Manson's, for eight axle Lea guineas, fetching their £2OO and £240. I should add that your Manchester dealers have not been the least con spicuous for the boldness of their bidding's, and their noble disregard of what is usually considered "market value" in the metropolitan picture-buying world. It is presumed that those gentlemen are buying for their own market, and ;4-cs r m.otion, by the way, that Lord ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST TWENTY-TWO OF J Northwick's will has,not been discovered. The pictures are not included in any entail, and were, therefore, disposable by will. 'What if a will were to be found niter the sale, lean- ing the pictures to Cheltenham ? lam informed that an y them was en agreed to by other posittg 01 was no •-,-,..—NRCONI). DAY. Finer play than that exhibited yesterday on both sides was cer tainly never witnessed on a n y ground in the World ; the weather (which drawback . was very. unfav ourable in the. morn i ng, ) b e i ng t h e on l y Although the " Twenty-two" did their utmost, the " Eleven" proved more than a match for them, and even money was laid at the finish that they won in one innilgs. This, h )Weyer, Islcaemd sthsecabreactltyinPkroobrabtliele, a ; , / i T er ;n oo g l a g »i e e n b tl e e i n n i g o t , he be T i o i most likely o re , s i n ie lt ; fielding, the " Eleven" would have found a very diff.rent game to. pla.y. It is almost invld ous to particularize; but Mr. Chapa:a as " long field, called forth rapturous applause, one of the " Eleven" quietly :remarking; " I don't care how few of that sort I lay against." The "Twenty-two" were unfortunately deprivA of the services of Atkinson, who had met with an accident, and which was greatly against them. The play will be resumed this monting at 11 o'clock, and should Caesar and Anderson then have the same command of the b a ll as they had last evening, it will appear to be " all over." magnanimously d tertained by the present lord, bl persons interested in the estate. RACING F AUG riven by tlton , the own; May' eight the h e re wor's etw k . of cog; r. of ti l er are