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

TO CORRESPO::DENTS. A Cri-r snortlent h.s kist 3r tit tile qg " Ever its side, when the v ow s r to E'rkd .le lie ti,a no lice!' prier4 , t Ike I e d of Boot! Ebt EturpJoi the •ricer repied th er. We hope the pro. complaint, as they are TUESDAY M ~~~~=~D~ltb. We I►elt to d ThIVG, AUG. 25, 1846 appalling ter. all►ltts nt attention of our ►niained in the following 1 an fully conversant ible dis Al - though Ino,t r a•!i , i. , e (itvelling4 1 A fearful amount of disjast nongst us, sparing awl venti the tv,-dlihy, it is the lower classe stringent to les Of comfort, cleanliness, ih of the better housed and !Atkin, wilt shortly I Hitherto Fel What is and if not arrested neasure , : of sanitary regu its etll.cts felt in quarters first sop to he taken ? Have we Agatiog the evil ready at band ? ons, as tire first aid to health rid daily supply of water to the the means of even ►n 1 1 / 4 1r. Harh u ►il n►<nti it (wired, I►l the metropolis, a few y threatened, applied to o, when similar! feet this ? The public estate of the borough ought to pay for the remedy, it any obstacle stands in the way. There should he no hesitwion in this matter ; nu countio‘r of the curt ;no delay. It should be dme at once. Every o: her possible purifying pro cess should he put in operwon. The proper s-a trenging of the town, anti the emptying of ash-pits and ni 2 ht, sinil , must he insisted upon, even it don- Cie or trt Me the present force should he employed. It is had parsimony to be sparing in the Cost to the public of the charge for st.vh necessary condocives to Health. Every shillir lobs some poor family eat!, perhaps ( or a untie, taker, saved h such parsimony the weekly eat nings of it,: itKeli. A broom spared, Oh owes work for the of a fuser. i. and s cart It ad elves the the loss to Aiv community arising from widowhood of good policy on this It is a riving evil, re- and orphanage. The war bead tottm. he attenth-d to. goring a desperate remedy Mr. Ilarbord's sog.esrn everything. I Is must htlio diemselves own, and asplst in their make their req them to do so. It is a duty which they owe to themselves, to their fatoi fieg, and to fight of the r. *hall rece Carring ou. It is one which calls for anti ,erging Its importance SA NI l'A RN STATE OF THE TOWN. r the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. To the E lilToll of and d•stase at pse-ru.t preva cot. 1 won (1 ad•i•e %,,,u that 1.1101 hr an alArn for r 1 dm. While 1 wr in Lverp 0 ; if I would Xi•et)t tip rrowdy the caus Draiti g on some ciold or Ir at• r hang. br4 r Father c r • r )vr r ,be town, hourly strikiru route you Iron a Iwnit Unit can ter! tor Imo I er, in this Help the flying-- ger elfm t t mad,, Alhelp lllime 11(.91 C4ll %CU then 11,1( the pen i diour heart what should be dune st-s svl.l( ere p111i190 , 4 y ud other ff.-ctioo,. C.f ih- ootr ovirls includ (.1 by ihr igriormit uudrr inrrra•re• the t incipall i w - 4.f.,1(1—at least Imo' . . tho poorer tlds,es, among al rev.ill , Firq IL AS YET i.r ticipal y 0 itw to a et y among the nightmen. it is Hilt the 1.1,11 re-moved from thr t) , ,chitiv the a r in every ng noel the hearth of 'Art ot the to the rug: ,nt.n. lb- pu re...action of the filthy m'9-+s, and rbeh (”oe of Sre,lt *icknes. , adds iti• quota ad eon , agii Us rxt alati tt to hit ha- already then .oficirti. to kenera , e direape. Then She n+ at rut, th.- ti a aides decal .—par ly tr.Nnt it e Lest. 1,41, ly from po he aatc r the I,ttte tub s he -I nor t en.) - I s Curt of di-. I have just h ti rellAr ki ehe., Beta torrid in . re aistiti the circle t.t repro- h the T. , wn clerk, who lbat4 kincly onsi-ed that br will ituniediat,lv a'retid 10 this high , ltil jig that 81'H~Y to tl:c pl('s tttt i c'-ter cowl, thrpievalrhre 0 1 the Should I worthy T. have 'host awl of the tii , ir hu,+dr• Vfil Side, r I iffil,t cu. Ori.lir, Asvtut 4, Upper Parliarnent-streel ok the liberty of sug d inviting too tie. to t‘OUld AT ONCE C ,o ruggrstrd that the d to, to furnish water s of the town dorm th,,ly. by the advice of their buck immed toe freps. they will i the viatn tale at the pour—a%e, hie they had each puh,erthed i.al " ti the latitmar), the Dii- 11. t;..IIARBORD lon flay Afternoon. The most infamous engine of oppression of the roor ever eseeud in a el - nisi:in la n d is bt. length Ginn is (loomed la d betore (.ur rem Nlanv of ns a nortnities have bee n but woi e than all there is na within ifs own howela Ap.si-dant- each other ; and there is a ptovet h uhich assures os that, when s cer.ain class of 1 eople fall out honest irnett get their own. Another session of Parliament in all probability, st e the Aegean stable of i4omerset House cleared out ; mid its dietaries, Qrders, epis•olatory cos respondence, tninutus of pro- nil oilier formal rul.lnt.h, gntd to the beate.t uunknakers or marine ecluircissement made by e feature of II e Itport of (11 t t:onintitteJ avpotryeti to enqttire irro tbe A ntloyer Union ;,tfair is the fact, that What all the m odd ittia t zir;e4l to be a t•ystem It - merlin': in reol'artiy,uith checks of all imaginable ts..rts with 110 of ctt or 4,r malpractice in workin ,, , torn out to be no system at all. 'lite Commissioners, we understood, wei e a trio,— a ijoard—in. ho,e Proceedings each un ml,er bad a v:-ice, and npne au indepundent jurisdiction. W e ave been arcustott: Cot clave, contlibutir gme them ratting in conmiun stuck 1116 •ct !al t yi.erfials to mice adtqua)e rue firnbs upon a bon ceo ruining how many 0111 enable a man to break 'fli:ii d vigor to pauper deter- tint of diet f bread p►er diem would Bard how roar in! ject— throw I Iwo a tetra Irive him to knock down a governor or g►uel in the face of a nur►:e. We have that a t.ecretary sale daily at the foot .of iiiitimseti the BoPtd-toom tattle, reettiding the proceedings, egniog anthoritatively the tnissivvs despatched to E oar d s o f Guay (firms or Governors of Unions. We ere now awalisried. hovi ever, nom our romantic (beams. All tI e xressive ttgulatity is a fiction. 1 1 / 4 Board is merely i.n usurping the tur.e- Lions of three. Ait to e indix lanais with Mile y not nt action. A Sectelary is a person of so dan petotiA a charaeTer that be is not petmitted even to tie present at the meetings xvliose proetedin .8 he is *apposed to rerord ()le fabric of the tEret 1-1, use. with their laws like thost r d Persians. their tinalteralde theta. tinyit of Sum pt . the Medes •coon of the of Card,. irinciple of out- Yet we have ►aid to y wt II for !his trouh'e irrtsponsil►l i►:►ve lacer Mar y a Wr knot t is etim t ha: ohjt ct hears most .rceiwy adopted by th Guvernment of this country. In die tepolt of th -' is oated that— til on 1 leleet Commit lef I, iiirtr Aid. ver workhruse 1.1. the fel cttently übiisbet you," Free trade enables 113 fo reduce the cost of supporting an A d It from h a lf- a - cro wn a week to I eighteen pence. If there is anything, therefore, in the principle of the new Poor Law, as laid down above, any reduction in the price of fo.,d must be followed by a reduction 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 al►ernative offered will he proportionately reduced. There is no escape from this conclusion. kis inevitable. We are not, however, about to dwell upon this point, as proved by the Select Comtn,ttee's report. The hearing of the whole document is a theme from which we cannot afford to wander. It is now him, from the Assistant Commissioner and Secre tary downwards to the pauper, H • holds in his hands the power of sotronatily dismissing rvery 11 r. Assistant Conl in his conduct of the An.lover Poor Law stan►iar►i of j►astice lissioner Parker to throw the shield of office 0 er the delinquencies of a peccant governor. He allowed the light to find Its wt,y into the secrets of the workhouse prison, and was cashieted for his indiscretion. Mr. Day, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. Mori, and Mr. Cootie were condemned io a similar f te. They offended not by sinning against the inflexible system of Somerset House, but by sinning clumsily. Mott was too clever ; anti placed a H o rne secretary under an obligation by a timely report, which assisted him in having done Fo, and Into: 2 led it, Was no longer useful. Mr. Day was simply too honest —the worst possible fault in tin Assistant Poor law Commis sioner ; and the Secretary, Mr. Chadwick, was " dan , erous" for the same reason, aided to the . fact of h.a being the (ink' man connected with the cotnmi,sion whose sincerity could not lie called in gnestlOn. What is the conclusion to wh'ch we are impelled by these at di s closures Are we 10 white wash the Commismoners, or sirnply to discharge them We incline to sat, get rid of the commis sion itself. Wipe away the stain which is inflicted upon the character of a Christian land by the exist ence in it of a system confessedly designed to op press its unfortunate poor. Let us hear no more of workhouse ttsts, of lytne•crushing, of dietaries, even al hou g h, as the result, we are compelled to pay fair waues to the woikinq man, or to suhmit to a trifling increase in our poor rates. We shall never he enti:led to call otttselves Christian people until ! the whole fabric of iniquity is swept away. A stran 9114 the t Fict;i•g irrs i,f ihr ['nor 1,4 w . the LISV.Ve nf , en het n the n:( Hers, havi- carried 1.11 1 p• ri-dr,,,i w• A of intioriog Intxtver ge:, to 0, rfer , tt ay.) d the w. We hare, in comm o n rkhOU,e." 111 7 01)1 . Liall' i , slat, d all al o ng; with mo-t opponen's of the classes that its principle was to educe the lower lower standard of ales. Prac; ically we o t=is G • t t o i r l r? t h d etutfortunates, who 1E44 to our Boards irelief, in cases of 1-icknes,t, stain fir temporary of trade or 'Vher emergencies,—" We can rsuftrn you in the workhouse for so much. Choose between it our die offer ffry,and the acceptance of such wages as we THE ANNUAL LICENsING SFSSIONS The it,irr se in extent of a tiptrn I.,:verpool. of Nti itier , ase or a r , -distribution of at.d lm.e " Wr h . v t• fit tisient:y • o u r n. iha. wi hin lie limits of ;he g.)0 1 1 old town" we had !tin nrerimui nH 1-ill lit simp'e quanrirv. and something to Pp,rr. We could dispt rt., with a host Of small taterns in our -back Et , ; and it is not ahso lioriv. ttee,ssary 11141 we shool,l h yr puhl•c-houses at o n•r door along our ducks and ii , Ern thi,rough- out,kir of t (ti nr, day by day rx theiviselve , . Strand street, Kith.t.treet, Old hall-v•re. t, Watetloo-itiad, Great lloAard•toreet, and other similar sw alto with taveriis. A stranger Pat , ing kloott th-to would imagine that ae live nit drink, and that rovat seareel, reeogi.h.ed ea aii artieie of our dietary. We have a pithlie hoase r tit ry r door : the buteher and the baker pet up their esi..bli,htuei.t• a few hooded %a , d, apart. With these tact.. kfluenrivg us, we have all along set nur Nees agaiiist the gra..ting u n w Fcenses It is pre. n er t f which is the 11-rpm-at! n for a public -house. It rem a mut of let ogtli?ett nt c. t•aity h. a t rum, gin, and hrAnil% are to he brought to every oody's do r; that the kilt/ t,uitder, who run. up a suer tot lath-and-tipster e wages, is to have their value et.hstired by the tavour of the breositig mag•straie . There is au-pic , on i f cre- selvis jots , el e grahting appraeb liabl to the impu'at•on of undu fav;,urtiistn With ail dire rtspret to the lirrn•tug n•Reishatrs, we would sac that we have licenses pleniy. lir Ile outskirts o' the town, however, there may bra few casts rf excep tion from the general pole. For , n•tance, in ti e list be fiire nr , Of patties api ling for w- fii.d ri party in requ ling a whieh, of tt , e I. , eal.ry. s a re son hie an , l proper appbcatioi. The.honbc itself b en bath for the pts. pose, h s every c n' eta. nee, and is hen IV lOW arils fro, arty other e-ta blishotent. The party orva, vine ia rebocet or charier. r ; at cpt.ititeo wt. h t l.e trade. and has the good ut ti e n oat respre able 1 onion or the inhabitants nt 11,e oir;alibourb 1. S-crh a I..qabe i t watitett Catty. 1t to (-wren as an omnibus atati.nr ; and ti.e per -1.011 jug f •I• tht liCt tree prowl eb to tel a room apart for the Bettor, rpodation or onititba4 passengerQ. Its -uch a am ie oowt r. of tl e wag iste ate,. may br A hour in such a oe , gl bonrhood obi E en, ployrd acroinnoideion to ihr.n-qwera le toliabttantN, and not Solver of crino. and debioh.hery. which we observe ter a [Tense for F. house in Ne hertield toad. The neighbourhood respeet4hte ; the pantie.: ar -001 Mos. fi tea to conduct a resprctirhie coticetti; and the premises calculated for tie bu.niess. e uld say that here a punt might he streictird, kne perhaps in a few As the prevailing rule, how• vet% let u. have We 11.ee A irlerei.t to begin upon. no Lew liernbe, SPOADEAC'E, THE NEW CHULCH AT CABBAGE HALL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—I ohser , e in your paper, of yr....t , erciav's date. an inquiry t. OM a eurritSpotoleitt ma to Ihe 'rotti 4.f s rue re- .e is app„iu hr hew (huich at Cabha2e H.II 1 tiave the pltasure to he intimately acquainted with the gentleman app.,inted, and am, therefore. fully able to set yr , ur correFpondeno's n ind at e , ,se i.n that •core, by as. rurmg him that 111.- tit, truth it. the r• ti• rt. 1 am, 1 / 4 1r, v. ins obrtit. n ly, UH7 HODUX Wipon, 19/h Augus/, 1846. . THE MERCURY S INCONSISTENCY TO THE, EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn.—The Editor 11 the Mercury. in tis out crs o cnr respondents tlik driy,•statts th.t hr °lke s n u h ti. reli- nd ytt ii. thr entitr vi-rsv in a rirw.g.i.,r imper he re-vi, ws DJ.. 111 6 1\rile's Straw' bhmll S.-, Evrty Eye nrerervgati, n— , o at fend ~r t.. i , ove the incoi.sit.tency of the it more n wor M•Ne 1 161 x► carp ? -1 am; uir, &c A CONSTANT READER 214 Aug. 184 11 UK F.T.-A he ',laved, it , n Thiirsti.v next . Vit twee'. the 11ltrnpu. rponl) and thr Si. Helen's rinns, on ti.e ni,d of tin- ti rmrr , Wellingto.-road, Toxt. lb-, ark. e stn d ele,e 11.% I. ck. MURDER CAPES AT THK IPcIZFR —'IFPPH•P tit Clap. m, f. r thy mtiristr HI :lir rw li.ilti,Al.m.lll-20er, is fixed to-be tnk-o !hip mrrr in lb tilur. if will hr fulb wrd by the Peed n.nritrr • f wife in ►o (C(U' tiny it. 0411 of Wig, a I, fi r th Tnxirtli.pmi I ahicit if is atiticipwed w 11 also be con- eluded Pp, I% t THE V. FAI HER I H-1 ueek ihe wear , er wawa very Is. s , t 1,41 of th- coontll. 0,. TI ur-,f ,, v it ,ain ed inve,•s4ntly the nhofe day. hut sine . e Friday i has been toltrAlv lav, , ,,rable for hirv,-t.t poloo.es Yesrrrday ens dull. IN eliave g'V . Ftl fkt w extrect,. from I , r , vie ii 1.1. 1 .,-rs as to the state of the harv,st. Szt htiP ontry FIRK.—Y a" ',lay, at noen, A fire breke nut in the wiokshop- of Alez.ers. Holden and C e,thinet make's, o ths m Street. -The sop *tort as a utet,-.1, but fottu es.tt ly, tie roof wits pteven , e , t tal g .n. The vet sees, and y.in n td e tart of the stock, ace 'aced, ai,(l come quently t I ere a .tl i e little dt-ley rat,ni-ed in pr. erediog with w. rk .he i.aen-ses. The work nit n ahn u t el, vet, the-•t: of t ol• uht, h ate •n-sired fur oily a tritlmg '.mount. Mess,. llolorn pod C•.'s 1 0A.4 is tt,l y entered by insarat.er. The fiie Inuit place direr g the absence of the me n at dinner. and thr y a rty sm. rised on their re tut nto set tl e de,tr net it'll ta tilt lad taker , p'itt'a. 'Me s s r s. Iloltien anti Co. have their allow r nuts in 'Clinreh-strt et. ('F THE 1( WN AS , OCIAIION —Ou Friday Nvrnss g. Dr. Gov, of Loud ,d. I yered a I.eture in the Ne , st , n-stiert litorn.t. on the •• StniPnry Coloti;ion of Towns, mote t specially with Refer. ewe to Liverpool." at r. qne-t of tt.r men.h.r. t t the Health sit the Town Assort. , ion. A ter her bee lee, ores (-n this sul jt et. de live', d by a any ,11 toe mmen, at the tot-nightly meeting , '• o' the po•socia, ion, we fully (-xi ect-d on this oe e4-ion to have heard, nt 1 ass, sonethmg nea ; !or with the t xe. ptinti of much atilt eof the *own. and apt dof of tl e atmlition ol the (or , . laws and sugar dutie s , end much praise • f a p. ' , mad Mend sir te 0, titer.; .as little Valli:Ole Or prP.Ct•e4. PRFEIVNTAT . IGN TI) PRINCE A LBERT.—Fltertly nrinr to tie R y.I v sit vit• hart i cca•i. n to notice a magnificent tele!qi• Tie. ri ut , d .lieu., in a s.rpentit.e torte vas ena melled (with great ann ar c ot u b r l eE t i a• i t , e v ) ..i a ir r, , i . risv em r p or d Liverp o ol. n l. 'h :ri had been it t ; 'lr. Chadhoin. rx. re•aly for prtsent a ti on t i hi s Royal il.wl b m e e' r:Ur nn.ber Prii i i e reAlon i , rd .S t:Tha7 ifit:PCHi'e w as h anded to him ohni, and by a 'cu.,. since received by Mr. G. H. I aorp nee. we fi n d t h e P rince is so highlyviatifi,-.41 with i's power. that lie has tran. tv itted it to o,bori e 11 "u : e :a i r has e stc ii will lhe.• ipon g i t i nto f ul l received t h e nopo i nt- Pl.v." Mr. Ch d mei.t. through Lord Atercorn, Grown of th e Stol., of ,j ea l 10.trinwrit linker t o hi s Optician and Miolierna Regal Highnes4, the warrant for which spears a gene ral one—not bring confined to Liverpool. which is cer tainly as great a compliment as Mr. ChadOurn could have bad paid h.m. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE ASSIZES. CROWN COU RT.-YESTERDAY The court opened at nine o'clock, and an unusual num her of people were in attendance to hear the trial of the two boys accused of the murder in Tuer-st reet, Manchester, On the Judge '(Mt. 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 ca s es, which sheared 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 case was brought before the Court by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, the sentence was im prisonment for 12 calendar months 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. the murder. Gave 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. 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 Jenkinson-street that night, but had not c^ntinued 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 had 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 hen. When he got the candle, he went away in the direction of the coal yard. After some while Dean brought back the candle, saving 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 had 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 he 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. _ _ Margaret Allan, the younger, was next called, and de posed to being at the window of her father's house, after 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. He 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 Witicusts : 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 had never stated Seddon to be the party she had seen. Had never said to any of her neighbours, that she was glad she had neither seen nor heard anything stout the matter. Had been an hour the first time, and an hour and a half the second time, with Mr. Taylor, at the Town-hall, in Chorlion. Told him nothing the first time ; did not wisb 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 cf her neighbours. Elizabeth Jackson, wife of Thomas Jackson, already examined.—On the night of the murder heard 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 something 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 he 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 Spreld Eagle yard. She went in the morning and looked into Seddon's coal-yard, when she saw the prisoner Dean. Seddon's father she alto saw coming out of the place. She bad 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 Wzmurrs.—Would 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. 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 cn the bridge, but two persons were walking quickly down Ormond•street, one of whom seemed taller than the other. Heard a falling of some thing into the brook instantly after the scuffling noise. Has heard similar noises on the bridge before and since. Cross-examined.—Cannot say a Nether the persons she saw in Ormond•street were men or boys. Mary Jackson, dauehter of Mr. Jackson, a preceding witness, went to, her lather's yard the morning after the murder. Saw the two prisoners, and said to Seddon. "Well, Jim, what became of that lad last night." A few minutes after saw Seddon driving some hens out of the stable. Dean was in the but lying on a bench. Had seen him with a dark coloured mackintosh. 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 his 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. _ Janice H rglles.—ls Hamer's cleaner at the Spread wifiates cu roar - mrtitrertabrning alter the murder opened the stable window, and saw the body of the deceased lying across the Brook, which at the time contained very little water. His bead 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 by the body. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS.—It wad thought at first that he had 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..treet, and found a box unlocked, and 2,4 i 1. in c•inio r in a sto k ing. Found also a blip. and Mute harn'k , rchirt. which Seddon said was his. The money I e said was co , l 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 seuffling noise mentioned in the evidence of the witness Williams. Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS : The witness said that the handkerchief was very like one worn by the pri soner Seddon, and that a boy, from whom Dean said he had received a marble found in the hut, said it resembled one which he bad 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 Rteves proved the apprehension of the pri soners, and their declaration that they had seen the blacking boy on the preceding night, and that they had left him at eleven o'clock 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 the prisoners were I•ke those in the possession of the boy Ray. The fidgeglet keys were the same as he had. He knew them because one was perfect and the other imperfect. The small tin box found he had seen nearly every night. Sarah Ray, mother oi the - deceased boy, deposed to the rexemblance of the handkerchief found in Dean's mackin tosh. It was discoloured as at present when she gave it him, on the morning Jf his death. In cross-examination the witness stated that she had identified a handkerchief, before the magistrates ha Man chester, as having been hemmed by herself. Sarah Lightbound, a washerwoman, had washed such 'handkerchief,: as tlioee produced for Kay's family. Wit- Ham Henry Balrn4ine, chemist, h,d examined the box and corn produced, and found that they were stained with blacking : on the keys be 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 shew the premises to parties w'shing to take it. He considered him a boy of industrious habits. Henry Bailey sells coals in behalf of Lord Vernon, and had supplied the prisoner Seddon up to within a month prior to the sixteenth of June, when he owed £1 14s. 2J. In consequence of its not being punctually paid, he de clined to give further credit. _ CrossExamined.—Prisoner has paid witness as much as seven rounds at a time. Mr. Walter Golland, surgeon, swore to having exa mined the body of the deceased, and de!cribed the inju ries found, whiel, t- • externally 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 eyes of the boy Sed don, and considered his vision very defective. e-examined. l -4 -- falltO - PrOiti r ce;:ch 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 ju►y, 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. 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 o ccu pi e d t wo hours and ten mi▪ nutes. The learned counsel, after an impressive warning to the jury against the d a n g e r , in a case where human li▪ fe was to be affected by their verdict, of depending upon eircum. CHARGE OF MURDER games Seddon, 17, and Joseph Dean, 12, were placed at the bar, charged with the murder of George Ray, in 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 price, 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 had 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 uron ; 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 Chorltott, 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. On the morning of the ]9th, the deceased left his home, with an ass, carrying tins of blacking, in which be dealt, accompanied by his brother, 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 tea 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 ceased 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 last 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 drink. 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, and went down 'rue: , street, in the direction of the Black Brook, where the body of the deceased was subsequently found. The younger 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 geddon'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. 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 what places the Black Brook is covered or built over. The witness admitted that neatly fifteen windows over looked the I:midge 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 Atr.onavheml-srcia-kror-slal Thcmas Ray, the father of the deceased, was the next witness called, and deposed to seeing his child alive for the last time at eleven o'clock in the morning of the 19th of July, when he sent him out with goods for sale (black ing and blackleadj. He had with him a boy, Charles Holebouse; eleven years old, and a donkey carrying his goods in twalliquare boxes and two other boxes. He had also a round box for his money, which witness gave him that morning. When the boys did not 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 forthe deceased, returned home. Only foupa 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 witne s away with the ass. telling him to wait for him in Jenkinson- street. Deceased put his money in his box, which he carried on Lis back. Ilia silver was in a small box placed in the large cne where he put his copper. It was never taken out until he left him. Witness met his brother 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. 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 the corner of Chatham-street. Eleard Dean ask the blacking boy how much money he bad, 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. Joseph Green examined : saw the prisoners and de ceased, at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, going towards Bootle-street. They 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 hie 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 ocher two stood in Jenkinson-street, near the cellar of Seridon'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 nest 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. Judith Grimshaw, lives in Burn's- st. eet, 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 abort ten minutes pasE 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 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 beard All Saints' clock strike eleven. The blacking boy had a box and his stick. A abort time after thought he 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 be came home his wife told him something. Found a stick (produced) in the Brook next morning. Witness was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS 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 shaw 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 improba 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 spewed could all be accounted fur, 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. BUSSE: L V. GEMMELL.-RAILWAY SHARES 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 Russell. is i sharebroker in Liverpool, and the defendant, Mr. Juhn 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 Hereford 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 Ils. 6d. per shake, on which £1 only had been paid ; the premium, therefore, was £1 11s. 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 bad pain £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, as well as the actual payment of money for them, his Lordship 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 issued 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 sbe 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. Sbe 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 of 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 whic3 there was a summons in the house, and a sum of £2O to a creditor at Manchester, of the name of Dew. hurst. 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. Mr. MARTIN, for the defence, contended that having administered to her deceased husband's effects, Mrs. Bootle had rendered herself liable for hi■ debts, and had no power, while an ac tin for debt was pending agaihst her, to dispose of or transfer any portion of that property to any other person. His LORDS . HIP decided that it was not a disposal of pro perty, but merely a conversion of property of a certain description into property of another description, the same being afterwards applied to the benefit of the estate. Mr. MARTIN then characterised the transfer of the fur niture to the daughter as a fraudulent and utirral tran saction, for the purpose of defeating his clients, in their attempt to recovrr a debt due to them by her late hus band. Messrs. Major and Ratcliffe are sateen manu facturers at Manchester, 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 bad 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 carter named Wright, brother-in-law of the plaintiff, to satiey u hich he seized the two horses and cart, and bad 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, aiki would give him any sum of money which a person acquainted with their value might set upon them. A person, named Medhurst, 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' bad 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. 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 1844, the owners of a steam vessel, called the John M'Adam, trading between this port and Carner von , w i t h goods and passengers. There was an office taken in Water-street, where the plaintiff attended as clerk, whose 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 Uune, 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 lett the employ of Messrs. Melling and Kemp. Mr. Kemp has since become a bankrupt, and this action was brought to recover the wag,. from Mr. Melling. In the cross-ex.reination of the second witness, Mr. Martin elicited the fact that the defendant was not connected in any partnership with Kemp at the time the plaintiff was hired as clerk ; he had gone 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 proceed ings in the Court of Admiralty. fl is Lordship said that persons might be part owners in a vessel without being partners in a trading transaction suited. was non- SLEDDEN AND ANOTHER (ASSIGNEES) V CRUICKSHANK 1 his was an action' brought by yrancis Sledden ant another, assignees to Thomas Sledden, a bankrupt, end formerly a cotton broker of this town, to recover f or the estate the value of certain fixtures, as a greenhouse and other chattels, which the defendant had agreed to take for £49. The facts were briefly these :—A few months prior to his bankruptcy, in March last, Mr. Sledden was in the occupation 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 lessor that he should be at liberty to remove it a t t h e exp i rat i on o f his lease. flaying a wish to leave the premises, he entered into an arrangement with the defendant and the lessor, whereby the defendant was admitted as tenant, and agreed, upon the lease being' 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 defendant did r then to decidednot consider hi mse lf b ound to pay the amount c l a i me d, and that the green h ouse cou ld not be cons id ere d a fi xture . Mr. Kno w l es ca ll e d the son of M r. Sl e dd en , th e bank rupt, describe the thatnature h e o f greenhouse erection. nhn ti s ecouldHis no Lord_ t h shipe U t considered as a fi xture , an d as this had been valued at £3O, the j ur y were d irec ted to find a verdict fur the plaintiffs, for the amount of valuation on he other chattels. Verdict for the plaintiffs. Damages £l9. THE CAUSE LIST. The cause list for the present assizes was unusualy Aug. 25, IR4C. heavy, containing no fewer than one hundred and eighty four causes, of which seventeen were marked 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 special jot-if!, still remain for trial. Two of them in the first hq, " Hobson and other.; v. Garner and same v. Bird" are fixed for trial to-day. " Patterson v. Neilson and others," an action for libel against the com mittee of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, 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 Wightman. 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 pp to the closing of the courts yesterday evening :- SALFORD HUNDRED LIST. For Plaintiff.-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 Defendant.-39, 48, 55, 56, 59, 60. Withdrawn.-2, 10, 17, 23, 27. 28, 33, 40, 42, 47, 49, 52, 54, 57. Nonsuit.-6, 7. 23. 43. Referred.-9, 38, 51. Juror Withdrawn.-18 Remanet.-58. WEST DERBY HUNDRED LIST For Plaintiff.-2, 3,6, 9, 10. 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 36, 37, 39, 47. 58, 74, 101, 102. Withdrawn.-1, 4,5, 7,8, 14. 15, 17, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 44, 48, 53, 54. 59, 68, 69, 70. 77, 79, 82. 83, 86, 91, 92, 95, 100, 103. 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 114, 116, 123. Referred.-24. Juror Withdrawn.-21 It will be seen that fifty-five causes in the first list, and sixty-four in the second have now been disposed of.—no inconsiderable share of business to have been transacted in seven days. It must, he remembered, however, that the withdrawals have been very numerous, no fewer, upon the whole, than fifty. 107 c -ises hiving now been cleared from the list, there remain seventy-seven still for trial, and amonest these, as we have said, are seventeen special juries. With such an amount of business still before the courts, it seems impossible that the assize can terminate sooner than Tuesday or Wednesday in the ensuing week. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY EXPRESS.) HOUSE OF COMMONS..--YESTIERDAN In answer to Lord G. Bentinck, Lord PALMERSTON' said that an offer of mediation had been mane 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 bad now bee❑ made, and in such a form as would require an answer from the government of the United States. Mr. D'lsnitaLt considered the answer not at all satis factory, and was left speaking. LONDON CORN EXCH IN3E.-YESTERDAT At this day's market we had a fair supply of English Wheat. The factori began by asking extravagant rates, which checked the demand, but the market ultimately . finished about 3s to 48 dearer than this day week. A similar improvement was 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 ls. dearer for most descriptions than this day se'nnight, but not so buoyant as last market day. Barley, malt, and beans fully ls.,* and peas 2s. to 3s. higher. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAV The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our grazing distric's 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 wa4 mewhat inactive, at barely, but at nothing quotable b.'neeth, last wee►'s prices, and a total clearance was with d'fficulty effected. The number of Sheep were again very extensive. Prime old Downs commanded a brisk sale, at a further improvement in value of 2d. per 81b.—the highest figure being 4s. Bd. 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 alteration in value e was in a sluggish state, yet we can notice no I❑ Pigs very little was doing, at late fignres 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 Houss 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 prorqgation will be by commission, and probably on the 2d or 3d September. Viscount Caniiitipe and a party of noblemen and gee' tlemen have joined Sir William Massey Stanley, Bert, and Mr. John Stanley, at their shooting quarters, at Glee" shiero and Garviemore, in the Highlands. BUYING A PRE AC H F.R.—The coloured people of Washington have hell 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 York Morning Post. PRESERVED MEAT.—Last week tvo vessels arrived at 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 England Joint Stockl Bank at Berwick-on- Tweed, was robbed on Thursday nigh. of £lOOO in Bank of England notes, £1443 in Scotch notes, £361 10s. in gold, and £l5 in silver. The perpetratorsThave 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. Four cases had manifested themselves at Suez, which, however, had not proved fatal. The Rev. Johannes Czerski, so famous as one of the leaders of the German reformation, preached a s?rmon at Trinity Chapel, John -street, London, on Sunday. His discourse was interpreted, sentence by sentence, by the Rev. Me.tHerschell, 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 es'ates 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 strain 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 121 h inst., stating that the Abbe Rouge had been con demned to four months' imprisonment for baying cele brated divine service in the town of Lacbu without the permission of the authorities. It was supposed that the Abbe wr.uld appeal against this decision to the Prusl sian Ministry, and afterwards to the King. • A dreadful explosion took place on Tuesday at the pow der-mills at Msllhouse, the property of Mr. M'Cullum, situate ou the Kerry aide 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 varione de m62e4riScas•a—ck9s-1303f b w a h r e r a e t ls : 8 0 3 f 8 r sa r c , k 3 8 29 0 3 1. sac of scriptions, the following large quantities of food and pro ovfislionndsi,ifnr°cwornA. 9460 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 damsge. Several villages, and amongst others Orciana and Lorenzana, are half destroyed. IQ the latter the ground opened, and fro n the fissure thele issued a tor rent of dark fluid. The shocks lasted between nine and ten seconds. The houses in Leghorn sustained much injury, hut nq lives were lost. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MOND IY, AUGUST 24..—Wind S.E. ARRlVFD.—Leander, Phelan, from Quebec—Triton. Flood. from Archangel—Gre at Britain. from St. Jobn, Sheaf, sands, from Apalachicola—and Sabatis, Stevens, from Boston. SAlLLats.—Sophia, Knudson, for Riga—Diana, Turpio, Narra —Arethu-a, Kelly. for Quebec—Adelina, Bradfield. for taboo— cPharlims t y ie ra il , s i ß la a b r b s General Parkhill, m•Kown. for Charleston—Rajah, Boyd. fo r Ca catta—Jeune Caroline, Eookamp, for Brussel —Providence, Mere; Jeui.e Leor,ie, De Vries; Catherine, Hansen, a n d Char tlooiwte.,fiMruyNse,wfor Orleans—Aurora, Arierp—Y m n Pee Ruder, erse n : aannd ' Rude, for Bergen—and Courier, Grey, for Calcutta.- Stirling, from Patagonia. at Cove Stephens, from Calcutta, at Maranharn DIED On the 2 th instant, at 14. Hamilton-square. Birkenhead, aced ' mouths. 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