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

fibtrp oet taitVat-V. TUESDAI VIYG UGUST 16, 1853 THE IT is a grati n.t a con tinuance of opportunely for pations of the country with an abundant harvest led to rai spirits_ of the public , gen ally, and to give a zest to now be said to form the business of the season. The rails have been in ass requisition fo: exciu.sion trains, which have brought thousands tricts, to view the Liverpool Docks, and recruit their lungs with the fresh air of the broad Mersey - - the rural beauties of Cheshire, and the picturesque quaintn t )f the ar it city of Chester, have had their numerous admirers, while hundreds have 'visited the romantic hills of Wales, and laid in a fresh stock of health to resume their toils when faded away. the last rose of Liverpool, on Thursday, poured forth her thou- sands to- witness the depar of the mammoth steamship, Great Britain, and wish her good speed ° ll her voyage to th tlntipoth freighted with passengers to the number of the days in the year, h to stock a moderately- and a cargo a sized town. This ma,., enol nificent v sel, unsurpassed and. uneciunllea as a model of nautical per- feetion, having undergone every improvement ggest, and a liberal which scientific skill could si outlay of capital perform, seems to have lost none of the interest which her first appearanee in Live] pool excited, and started on her second trip to Australia, amidst the cheers of the many thousands who lined the banks of the Mersey, and crowded the many steamboats on her su On the same day, the magnates of the land wit- cene off the Isle of Wight, real when our beloved Queen VICTORIA, the Sovereign of the Seas, led the van, and the neve' conquered British fleet engaged in mimic combat to show the advantage which steam-power had given to our naval thund the spirit was awake which triumphed at Trafalgar. There nd tin is no dispOsition to disturb that rest which the land has had for nearly forty years ; but our na- tional independence will not be maintained on his torical traditions, nor the envy of our rivals propi tiated by their desire for cotton. We must retain the strong arm, and the skill to use it with effect. The exercises at Chobl n have shown that, if the scene at Waterloo has to be re-enacted, we have still the material ; and the naval p. at, on Thurs- day, in which our Queen occupied her nominal position, will perhaps be sufficient to demonstrate that, if NELSON w as l os t to hi s country, he left _ . _ _ his Agameranor The same day also witnes commencement of the Liverpool Summer of the H at the same t Prtmlrfnrf. , ss Maria 1 as several otner.s wnicn naa peen react The Archduchess Maria was expected loat. SWITZERLAND.—The differer cs with Austria, so far from approaching a solut.._ 4re becoming more compli cated. The Gazette of Berne announced, on the sth inst., that the Federal Council, after a sitting of several hours, resolved not to make further concessions. ' Both sides are waiting, evidently, for the rest It of the Eastern question, 21,P11 oreat nfrimnp conduct of 3lessrs. Narsh, Olney, and Ing,ra Smyrna affair, and has already applied to the of the United States for satisfaction. aham, in the government PRUSSIA -------- . —A complete suspensron of diplomatic rela • A Tits,ocs_ . nol^lTlc+nrlf 1 4.11..nr at that court Alice. The Prussian minist nstructions to retire to Frankfort TURK Telegraphic despatches London, Paris, and I las received Assizes, in which, not- withstanding all that has been done by gl ,tuitous education, general employment, high - wage: )1e supplies of the necessaries of life, the Learned who presided, had to comment, in his charge to the Grand Jury, on the fearful preva lence of crime. It ought to convince the many, who stickle for what is falsely called Religious Liberty, that no education can be beneficial which is not strictly and essentially Christian instruction. Secular knowledge is but a delusion and a snare, and its results the mere change in the nature of crimes from those prompted by poverty to others which originate in intemperance and vice. The trial at Cnoliceater in which_ an iraPostor , until he underwent the ordeal or a searebiug, cross examination, presented a plausible claim to a baronetcy, and an estate of nearly £30,000 a year, was one of those singular romances of real life which go to prove that " t ru th i s s t range, stranger than fiction Not the least extraordinary circum stance, as it proved the final hair which broke the camel's back, was the receipt of a telegraphic despatch, in the midst of the examination, which presented the most damning proof of turpitude on the part of the claimant, and at once put an end to the trial, which resulted in the committal of the plaintiff for forgery and perjury. The case, in some of its features, bears a strong resemblance to that of the claimant to the Earldom of Cranford and Lindsay, so graphically described in Blackwood's lfagazirte sometime ;ince. The report of the Medical Officer, presented at the meeting of the Health Committee, shows the sanitary condition of Liverpool to be in a very satisfactory state, the rate of mortality having con siderably diminished from previous years. This is the more gratifying, as the increase of population, Bing to the great increase of the commerce of the port, would naturally have had a contrary tendency, unless the means for preserving the public health had been efficiently carried out. The clause in the Ministerial India Bill, for putting an end to the East India Company's Salt Monopoly, has, as we predicted was possible, been struck out in the House of Lords. There was a time when we looked to the Upper House as the surest safeguard for the privileges of Englishmen, when assailed by a factious majority in the Lower Chamber ; but their Lordships, during this session, have done little to maintain their former character. They seem to have been content to register the doings of the Commons at the bidding of the Ministers ; and as in the case we have referred to, to undo what little good may have been wrung from an unwilling party. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FR lllClL — leSterday, being the fete-day of Napoleon, was to be celebrated in Paris by the usual processions, Muminations, Scc. Tne keel or a new screw line-of-battle ship, of 120 guns, to be called the Arcole, is about to be laid at the dockyard at Cherbourg. The fitting out of the Austerlitz, 100 guns, is going on with great activity. M. Drouyn de Lhuys is raised to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour for the eminent services he has rendered in his direction of diplomatic affairs. Extensive decorative improvements have taken place among the public buildings of Paris. The façade of the Palace of the Institute, on the side next the Louvre, the front of the beautiful Church of the Val de Grace, and that of the Invalides have been entirely restored. The French Emperor and the Empress have recently taken to shooting, at St. Cloud. On Wednesday their Majesties went out in a boat on the 6tangs of St. Cyr for the purpose of duck shooting. The Empress was provided with a light and elegant fowling-piece, with which she did such execution as showed her to be an accomplished sports man. She shot four wild ducks, and each bird which fell was not only received with hurrahs by the courtiers, but afforded the Emperor an opportunity of expressing his atisfaction hi a more tender manner. The historian of t heir Majesties' exploits declares that " l'Empereur em rusa rlmperatrice tendrement." b a t i rimour was current in Paris, on Friday, of the pro extenitY of a further reduction in the French army to the rise 1. . 4 of from 35,000 to 40,000 men. This had caused a 1 lal Government securities. er i TA Ir.--The province of Bologna is so overrun with vi a: , pat many families, not feeling safe at their country forty repaired to the city. At Faenza, upwards of mi n a:polls had been arrested, in consequence of the the gnufa rempts lately made on the lives of the governor, The p o iriere, and the police inspector of that place. received lice authorities authorities of Pavia, in Lombardy, having slimed, mid e information of a startling kind, it is pre expectation 4 visit by night to the town-hall, with the Gai m h ert i , king a great discovery : The commissary, followers to pe..,ofinding any thing criminal, caused his Carlo the Follierti: l ate the walls, but without success. M. account o the Mayor of Pavia, despatched a detailed governor' of NritZ e edings of the police authorities to the lence committed a :. T - ul demands satisfaction for the vio- RUSSlA.—Letter% the town-hall. the Russian Gov ern Tiflis, of July 15, state that be is preparing a new expedition against Caucasus, t o "A fleet is 4. l lldertaken at the end of this month. the land operations. Since in the sea of Azof to support has been great inettil:iie quarrel with Turkey there A letter from agitationPetesbure Russo-Caucasian provinces. the Ist orders were given to suspend of the sth, states that on he'pro • all movements of the Ittissian troops in't vinces of the Danube, and on the 4th an order was sent to the General-in-Chief to put an end to all demonstrations having a character of mina , awl 24;430439u, EEK It has t simultaneously received a] adhesion. It seems that the act of the propositions was not sent ti instant, the very day of the reported Emperor in Petersburg; but a pr outline of the arrangement therein suggeszeu in advance, and elicited some expressions of approval which were tantamount to an acceptation of the terms proposed. Another copy of the propositions:was on he same day forwarded to Constantinople._ Though theprecise terms Vienna till tY acceptance " gramme containing the of the arrangement thus proposed are yet unknown, its lead- I throe ing features have transi,— —,gn the diplomatic cor respondence received in Pans and Vienna. The Morning Post gives, in an authoritative form, the following par ticulars :—" The definitive project of settlement was sent was sent to St. Petersburg, that is, on the 2ndinstant. The acceptance of the Czar will be received at Vienna about the 14th. This will, of course, at once be despatched to Constantinople, where it will arrive about the 20th. A Turkish ambassador will be ready then to start for St. Petersburgh ; and we understand that as soon as the telegraph informs the Russian Government of the fact of the ambassador being on his road, the Emperor will tele graph his orders to Prince Gortschakoff to evacuate the Danubian provinces. These telegraphs, being for the most part old semaphores, will, of course, not work with same speed as the t they, and the course events, will b, ectric ; bu ifficiently rapid to warrant us in expect ing that by the 10th of September the last Russian soldie: will have re-crossed the Pru th. The mode of settlement will be this :—Redschid Pacha will address to Count Nesselrode a note, in which he will enclose the firmans, in which are accorded to the Greek Christians, subjects of the Sultan, more privileges than even Russia had asked for them. He will say many civil things to the Czar, and assure him of the excellent disposition of the Sultan to wards his own subjects, to whom he has accorded suc h and such. rights. This note will be presented by a Turkish Ambassador, and the affair will be at an end." The latest advices announce that the Sultan had issued a manifesto to his subjects, calling upon them to place their entire confidence in the wisdom and sagacity of his Go vernment. It is also stated that a new ultimatum has been addressed by the Porte to Russia. But this dispatch left Constantinople many days before the propositions of the four powers would have been received there. Letters from Schumla give a flourishing account of the state of the Turkish army on the frontier. Omer Pacha, the commander-in-chief, had established a mili tary cordon of 70,000 men, extending from Babadagh to Schumla, and joining the entrenched camp formed there, composed of eighteen batteries, each llea artillery, and num beringde- from forty to fifty gu vy fended by 50,000 men, forming the centre of the army. The right wing of this army had its quarters at Silistria, and was composed of 30,000 men ; whilst the rearguard, formed' of a similar number of men, was encamped at gcliunllalnTs been rendered next to impregnable. This stronghold, which is well situated as a strategetical point, and, on account of the climate, contains already provisions for 100,000 men and 40,000 horses for the term of two years. The fortress of Silistria has also been fully placed on a war footing. The celebrated Turkish financier, Nafuz Pacha, died suddenly on the 27th ult., leaving £600,000 to two sons and one daughter. The Russian authorities in the Principalities refuse. to , forward letters through the postoffice, which they have taken possession of. The Russian flotilla of the Danube,. which has its centre of operations at Ismail, is composed of 150 gun-boats and 50 other light vessels, well armed, They command completely the inner part of the Danube; which on the side of Turkey is not defended by vessels of the same kind. _ A later telegraphic despatch from Trieste, confirmatory of the preceding one, is to the effect that the Sublime Porte accepts, in all its parts, and "without any modifica tion," the note which had been drawn up at Vienna by the representatives of the four Powers who signed the treaty of 1841; that that acceptance, couched in the most, e,our teou.s terms, is accompanied• with assurance of a sincere friendship on the part of the Ottoman government; that, " owing to a delicacy of sentiment, easy - to be understood," the Extraordinary Ambassador charged with conveying to the Czar the adhesion of the Sultan, will leave Constanti nople for St. Petersburg so soon as the Russian troops shall have received the order to evacuatethe territory that has been invaded. THE RIVER PLATE.--A letter dated Buenos Ayres, July 2nd, says :--" On the 20th June the commander of the to.o.Xedmg ac t ... Aron belonging to -Genera IJr q uiza's party raised the blockade, and placed the whole force at the' dis posal of the town's party. This unexpected event has re lieved the inhabitants of this pLce from great searcit of provisions, and caused great rejoicings; and they now hope that the besieng force will follbw the example. To get provisions at a moderate rate is a great boon, still our po sition is most melancholy, and exports will. not be allowed. On the 23rd' ult. the Government gave notice to all the foreign agents that only four days would'be given for ves sels to leave the Salado, Ensenada, Las Conchas,andother ports in possession of the besieging army. This will pre vent us shipping off our produce, even that, purchased' and: in store. Produce in Monte -Video is very scarce and very high; prices with you must improve; the demand in the river for produce is great, particularly for American ac-• count. I fear these countries will not be in a, settled' state for many years." PEusrs.—There is a story current, that 3lr. Thompson, the British charge d'affaires, had sueceede(Yin thwarting the Russian minister, Prince Dolgarouki, and had con vinced the Shah of the necessity of keeping. up the Persian army.. It would appear that the prince wished to engage the Shah in making a hostile demonstration against Turkey. On the other hand, the British minister and the Turkish ambassador urged the, claims of the Porte. They succeeded so well that Prince Dolgarouhi resolved to quit the court of Persia. It will be observed that i‘dirza Ahmed: Khan has been at Constantinople for some time as minister extraordinary from P ersia. Is-DlA.—lntelligence has been received by overland` mail from Bombay to the 2nd July. The Arab ship Faze. Kareem, on her p a ssage from Aden to Bombay, with the Bombay portion of the India mail which left London on, the 24th of Juno, foundered at sat; twenty miles from, Aden. The mails, consisting of sixty-eight boxes, wore. lost, and 179 out of 190 Arabs and Lascars who were on : board perished, with the officer in charge of the mails., A report is current that the Burmese field force is to immediately broken up, and it is surmised, that the.Pegu division will be then divided into two commands, of which one will be allowed to the Bengal, and the other to the Madras ma y, Nothing is known regarding the intentions of the King of Ava. The Burmese still expect us to advance on their capital, and. as yet confine themselves. to defensive measures. From the decks of the steamers new stockades are seen rising between Prome and Meeaday. A famine appears to be impending in Bunnell.. Owing to the disturbed state of the lower provinces scarcely any n i rg uan e seed was sown-last --seasorc dat present rice bears a famine price even at Rangoon and Pegu it acid G overnment quantities is urged to lose no time in import in g from Calcutta. AVSTRALIA.—We have intelligence from Sydney to the 30th of May. The Adelaide steamer arrived' there on the 21st ; the incidents of her voyage have almost brought steam itself into discredit, and the condemnation of the Royal Mail Company, o n all sides, is deep and hearty. It is doubtful whether the Adelaide can attempt to make the voyage back to England in her present state ; the general impression is, she will be sent to India for very ex t en sive repairs, as there is no dock or slip at Sydney large enough for a vessel of her tonnage. The accounts from the goldfields are almost limited to the returns of the quantities of bullion brought down by .„'l propsrations made by the diggers for the winter ; many will quit the grounds to return in the spring ; the more steady and determined will camp out and work on ; bark huts and log houses are being built, and in many places the diggings present a more settled appearance. The following return gives the quantity of gold de livered from the Victoria fields at Melbourne, by the Government and private escorts, in the first four months, of the present year : Ounces. January February 172,329 March 169,654 161,431 April ............. . Total In the corresponding months of 1852 the produce of the same fields was as follows : Ounces. January............ ............ ........ 034,834 February.................... ......... 56,108 March ................................. 51,865 April 67,556 Total 240,383 The increase is 449,066 ounces a bove the pro duce of the same period last year, or 187 per cent. The ship Washington Irving, Jones, arrived off Ply mouth on Saturday. She has a cargo of wool, tallow, and hides from Moreton Bay, and 15,000 ounces of gold from Sydney, which she left on the 27th April. The Tamar, with some gold, left Sydney on the 22d of April ; the Cambodia, without gold, on the 24th. The Regina was to sail in three days ; the Alberton in a fortnight, and the Oriental in three weeks. The steam-ship Cleo patra was at Sydney. Her proprietors then proposed to send her one trip more to Port Philip, preparatory to her final departure from Sydney on the 28th July for Eng land, by Cape Horn, touching at New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. The Agricola was loading at Moreton Bay on the 12th of April. The Washington Irving ran from Sydney to Cape Horn in 33 days, having rounded the Cape on the 30th May ; spoke, on the s th August , the ship Kent, 130 days from Bombay, for Liverpool ; 6th August, the Yankee Blade, 14 days from Liverpool, and the barque Essex, nine days from Plymouth ; and, on the 9th, the barque Abigail, outward bound. CHINA..—The Hong Kong papers contain some further particulars regarding Sir G. Bonham's trip up the Yang tse-Kiang. It appears that the unsuccessful attempt of the Susquehanna to get up the river to the assistance of the imperialists at Nankin, was thought at Shanghai to have irritated the insurgent s grea tl y aga i ns t the foreign community in general, and it was, therefore, deemed ad visable to despatch the interpreter to the British consulate to the rebel head-quarters, to explain that the English were neutral. On arriving at Nankin, Sir G. Bonham at first intended to meet the rebel leaders in person; but, considering that such au lateryin Wight be ulAscoptrued, paying nightly visit One of the lat form an erroneous estimate, t army encamped at Nankin from what was xte of very proper outlyir scipline ; of g pickets, and observing It is expected that Canton will be the next attacked. Reports are current that, within a day's march of the city, large bodies of rebels are ready for attack at a given signal. It is a significant fact, that the English papers in China 7 . " insurgents, ' the present the patriot arm n •-•n1,4-msnil A Vctil 'bout 450 mil es north of Canton, and 706 south of Shanghai) on the 18th of May. The very day after the capture of Amoy, the shops were op, sumed, foreigners were unmoh 1, business was re d, and, indeed, more at been fully prepared for the arrival to tln:ow of a paint aid only waited their —We ha The river Nile was •om Aleiandria to the ng very rapidly, and, le whole of THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, 6th instant tilising water and alluvial Meanwhile the winds were blowing strongly he north, so as to prevent the water from flowing too rapidly into the sea, and, all the canals being filled, the_means of communication throughout the land were A supply of men has' been provided to enable the railway engineers to go on with their work ; but a c , reat check has been given to its onwa r d p rogress by th e removal of the sailors who were originally employed on the line, the period of the completion of which now lies in great uncertaint AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE FRANKLIN. The Franklin arrived at Southampton on Thursday, Iwit advices from New "ork to the 30thult., and $850,060, of which $50,000 were for England. Advices from Havana state that a remarkable variation had been introduced into the slave traffic, for which that island enjoys such an un enviable notoriety. A well-known trader in human flesh had lately engaged in the novel enterprize of shipping In dians from the coast of Yucatan, and a number of small craft were occupied in the trade; but the Spanish agent was apprehended by the British authorities at the Belize, and as the papers found on his person fully established his guilt, there was no doubt that he would receive the punish ment he merited. General Santa Anna had also taken steps in the matter, requiring the surrender of all the In dians thus kidnapped and introduced into , the island of Cuba.—The steam-ship Georgia arrived at New York on the 28th ult. ' from Aspinwall, with the California mails and nearly $2,000,000 of treasure on freight: —The ship National Eagle; of Boston, from New Orleans. for Liver pool,. had put into New York, having the yellow fever on board. The captain was sick, and the mate, captain's wife, and several of the crew were reported to have died. The yellow' fever had somewhat abated at New Orleans: There were deaths by all diseases in one week. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPet By the British and North American Royal Mail Stbain ship Europa, Captain Lang, which reached this port on Sunday, we have advices front New York to the 2d, and Boston to the 3d ult. The Europa sailed from Boston at 0 60. p.m., on the 3d ; and at 2' 40; p.m., on.the 4th, passed the steamer Nia. gara, hence roc Boston. She arrived at Halifax on the sth, at 9, a.m., after a detention cf 10 hours by fog. On the 7th, at 0 30 r p.m., passed the steamer 'Africa, hence for New York ; and on: the 12th, at 3,, p.m., passed the steamer Glasgow, from the Clyde for New York. The Europa came " north about," and experienced variable winds. In nistrahull was passed at 7 10, es the 13th ; and at 1, a.m., on the 14th, off the Maidens light, night signals were exchanged with the steamer' Arabia, hence for New York. She arrived ofrthe Rock Light' at 2 55, p.m. on Sunday, having been detained - at the bartwo hours wait ing for water. The Eiiropa brought $252 ! 000 in specie on freight, and 105 passengers, among whom; are the Coun tess of Ellesmere and Captain and - Miss Egerton. The British Postoffico authorities at 'Washington had expressed their readiness= to refund to the United States the sum of $6,496, being the estimatedamentit of postage erroneously credited to that office by the United States on newspapers sent from the United 'States, through England, to certain countries beyond; . The yellow fever was raging with great virulence at New Orleans; The anniversary of the landing of the pilgrim fathers at Plymouth had been celebrated with the usual demonstrations. The comet discovered by M. Klinkerfnes; at Gothengen, on the 10th June last, had been seen at the. Washington Observatory. Mr. Crampton, the British minister, had left-Washing ton with Messrs. Marcy and Cishing, of the U. . Cabinet, for the country, to discuss, free from interruption, the fishery and reciprocity questio. Intelligence from the city 013 - 'Mexico,:te the Itth July, state the Mexican papers were 'bitterly opposing;the pro ject; of a Spanish protectorate, and -all return, : whether Partial or complete to the Sionist Tlie‘union of the church and state was progressing. Crosses and deco rations given by the Pope were publicly worn, and, pre parations were making for the return of the Jesuits. The penalty of death had been decreed against public defiiilters. Adiices from St. John's, N.8'. 7 , state that flits' were raging in the woods near ShedNe', and had already de- stroyed a large quantity of valuable timber. Tim sinTey of the-European and North American Railway was.actively going on,. with the prospect that in • a few montb4 the grading' would be commenced. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NE - w - Youx, Aucsvint .2 t Monrux.—Stocks are lower, with very little promise of a speedy recovery. Money was,a little more in demand, but there is no difficulty in negotiating good paper at 7 per oent., although some long dates go as high as' 8. per cent. Exchange on England, 109; to 1094 per cent.; in moderate demand. Bills on FrEnce; r 615 to f COTTON —(Frans W. P. Wright's Circular, grAug. 2.)—During Wednesday and ninrsday of last week this market exhibited symptoms of weakness, and sales were made at a slight reductim-from my qu.otations, of 26th July. On Friday we hail the Asia's accounts, whieh were generally construed, 'here as more he favour of a. pacific settlement of political difficulties ia,Enrope. We-also at the same time received by telegraph' from Charleston and Savannah, accounts of too much rain having fallen in Georgia and, South Carolina.- These circumstances gave new life tnour market, parblindarly as orders for cotton were receivedper Asia from Lherpaol and Havre, the decline was recovered, and prices closed yester day with much firmness and with only a limited supply offering at the quotations of cast week. The sales since 26th July have been 8500 bares, of which the larger pro portien has been for Liverpool; about 1000 bales for Havre, and a similar amount for the north of Europe. Ottr own spinners continue ta purchase to a limited extent only. The export during the pest week has been--.-to Li verpool, 1354 bales ; Bordeaux, 278 ; Gottcnburg, 100. Total, 1732 bales. CROP.—This question tonthines to exercise.= influence on this market, varying according to the reports from the cotton growing region. We have had, during the past few days, accounts of injwfrom too much rain in Georgia and South Carolina, which ,has caused someeimprovement in the markets of Savannah and Charleston, The greatest danger that could happen to the young crop, in its present condition, would be the prevalence of rain during this month of August ; and; the holders of cotton here are quite alive to the importance of ,unfavourable weather during this and next month; hence the firmnesk with which they hold on to the presen f t stock. The excess in receipts now amounts to 205,000 bales. The increase in exports to Great Britain is 62,000 ; de crease to France, 14000 ; other foreign. ports, 2,000. Total increase in exports, 65,000 bales. BREADSTUFFS,—From Tuesday till Thursday last week, there were considerable transact pus in flour at the rates previously current, the turn beingiin favour of the seller. On the receipt- of letters by the4sia from Liverpool,, to the 16th July., the market again took a sudden turn upwards, and, an extensive• business has since been done, at an advanat,of 121 c. per barrel on our quotations of the 26th ult. An, advance of 4c,. per bsl. on wheat has:been realised sinee Friday, at which the article is still in demand. PRovlszoNs.—Pork is in good demand, at $l5 &711 c. to $l6 for mess, and $l3l. for prime. Beef continues in, request, and, prices are, well sustained. Orange County butter is in demand at 20c. to 22c. Cheese, 71c. to 9c. Lard in, good request, and firm at 11c. to Funaoutrs,—Thereis a fair amount offering for Europe. The rates are, to Liverpool, cotton, 3-16 d. to.id: per lb.; flour,2s. 2d. to 2s. 6& per barrel; grain, in bulk, 74d. to. Bd. , per bushel. To. London, 2s. 2d. to 3s, per barrel k gram, in bulk, 8-Id. to 9d. per bushel. To liavre, cotton,. flour, 60c. per barrel. NEW• ORLEANS, JULY 29.—Asia's news received, this morning, and consklered unsatisfactory. Cotton has been sold since its receipt at tc. decline, placing middlings at 10.1 c. Sales for the week, 2,800 bales.. Receipts for the week, 900 bales. Stock in port, 25,000 bales. MOBILE, Strxx 29.—Prices are without change; sales limited; stock 7,000 bales. TIM MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES of Troyes, France, have just interdicted all young men and women who have not reached their twentieth year, from appearing at any of the public dancing places in the town. The police agents have been ordered to enforce strictly this regulation. _ _ - FIvE Andalusian stallions and four small black Spanish ponies have arrived at the imperial stables at St. Cloud. The ponies are almost wild, and endeavour to bite any one who approaches them. They belong to the Empress, who, when in Madrid, frequently drove them herself, although they are vicious and unbroken. Her Majesty having expressed a wish to have them at St. Cloud, they have been sent by her sister. The five horses are a present to the Emperor from the Duke of Alba. A STIFF STORY.—The Monongahela Republican, of Pennsylvania, says that there is yet living near Cooks town, a slave of General Washington's. He is 124 years of age, and can walk six miles in a day. He is so old that his fingers and toes are nearly all white. He belonged to Washington when he owned what is now known as Wash ington's Bottom, on which Peryopelis now stands. The estate of Colonel Cook was, and still is, bound for his living. DISCOVERY OF AMBER.—In recently cutting a canal for draining a lake near that of Anserche, on the eastern coast of Courland, between 57° 10' and 68° 20' of north latitude, and not far from the Gulf of Riga, pieces of amber were found, and, on the search being continued, more pieces were picked up on the banks of the Lake of Anserche itself. The quantity of amber already sold by the peasants to Jew dealers has brought them in no less than 4000 silver roubles (the rouble,is 4f. 5c.) ; but that is consider ably less than its real value. The pieces of amber are for the most part transparent, and some of them are so large that they fetch from five to six roubles. In some of the pieces winged insects have been found. Cumous PIIENOMENON.—A letter from Athens of the 17th contains the following :—" A very curious pheno menon, which-the Greeks attribute to an interposition of Providence, has in a great measure removed the fears which were entertained of the failure of the crop of currants. For the last six weeks the disease with which they were last year attacked had reappeared, and in a short time all the fruit was covered with the white blight, the precursor of its complete destruction. Suddenly, myriads of small green insects, hitherto unknown, and whip h came no one knows from whence, settled on the vine i, and whole vineyards were in a short space of time completely cleared of the white blight by those insects, which devoured the white substance with the greatest 69911 rotiml, the fa,it t 9 it§ mtural twliars iND GENERAL COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL SU3IMER ASSIZES aday last, the commission of the peace, and general gaol delivery of the southern division of Lan cashire, was opened in Liverpool. The judges, Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Erle, arrived b 3) railway from Lancaster. At the station they were met by the high sheriff, Talbot Clifton, Esq., his Worship the Mayor, and the Town Clerk, who accompanied the judges to their lodgings. They afterwards proceeded to St. George's Hall, where the commission having been opened the court was adjourned till twelve o'clock on Thursday. Their lordships on Thursday attended divine service in St. Peter's Church. The calendar contained the names of 117 prison ers charged with various offences. ON • We In the Crown Court, after the usual preliminaries, the following gentlemen were sworn upon THE GRAND JURY Samuel Holme, Esq., Holmstead, foreman ; John Bentley, Esq., Mount Fallinge ; Reece Bevan, Esq„ Wigan; Har rison Blair, Esq., Manchester; James Thomas Bourne, Esq., Liverpool ; John Fenton, Esq., Rochdale ; Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P., Walton Hall; James Holme, Esq., Liverpool; John Holmes, Esq., Everton ; David Hodgson, Esq., Tox teth-park ; William Ford Hulton, Esq., Bolton ; Joseph Pollock, Esq., Liverpool ; Christopher Rawdon, Esq., Liver pool ; Thomas Rollick, Esq., Liverpool ; Albert Hudson Royds, Esq., Rochdale ; Charles Turner, Esq., Liverpool ; Ralph J. T. Williamson, Esq., Liverpool; William Rayner Wood, Esq., Manchester ; Robert Jill, Esq., Much Woolton ; Sir John Bent, Liverpool, Knight ; John Hayward Turner, Esq., Liverpool; Jahn Blayds Molyneux, Esq.., Liverpool; William Potter, Esq, Liverpool._ OROWA' COURT Mr. Justice Wightman, who presided, in his &large to the grand jury, said,—l regret to find that the calendar is very heavy. It contains the' names of 124 persons, whose cases will be brought before yott, including seven brought in since the calendar was printed, making altogether 98 distinct and separate charges.. Some of these you w9l probably dismiss when they are brought before you ; but there is little doubt that there will be not much less than TOO cases to be investigated at these assizes. Amongst those there are ten charges of homicide, including five of wilful murder, 11 of felonious wounding, 11 of robbery with violence, n of burglary ; and without troubling you with a finiber enumeration, there are charges, I believe, of every offence known to the law except high treason. However alarming , at first sight such a mianber and such a catalogue of crime may appear, it becomes less in reality When the extent of the population of the commer cial towns- of Liverpool and Manchester is' considered, from which so'great a proportion of the charges originate; but it certainly does' net appear by the present - calendar that there bas-beeeanydltninution in the amottet of crime, although, as' I am informed, there has been no , want of employment, and , wages have been comparatively good. One of the most serious , clawges in the calendarit one of murder against' Sinan Campbell. It appears that the prisoner and the . deceased , were hi a public-house• :ii this town ;- that she asked him for drink, that he refused; and that she used ill language to 'him, when, according- ftethe statement made, he' slightly struck her with the back- of his fingers ; that the , prisoner then left the deceased, who remained in the saws room ,; that she went away, and' re turned in a few minutes, when she stabbed him in the neck, giving him a wianid'which caused death instanta;• neously. From the evidence, as stated in the depositions;" I can find no reason for reduchtge the charge to man rslaughter. There is a charge of m ur d er aga i ns t D an i e l , ,Miller. The occurrence took -place on the high seas, on a voyage between DemerarNand England. No third person appears to have been present at , the - time ; but the captain states that the prisoner, who was mate of the ship, came tb hint voluntarily and stated ' that he had murdered the carnenter. He added, that he had 'done so in self-defence, and-that the carpenter had attacked him with a knife. I do not find anything to warrant you in finding a bill for has than murder, under the circuinstances brought out. A woman, named Mary Hodg,klason, is charged with the murder of a 'child, a feW weeks 'old,: of Which she was the mother. There is no doubt that:thec,as - e is one of wilful murder,. if the prisoner was in a:state of mind at the time to be responsible, which, from CAA depositions, the unfor tunate ' woman would . hardly appear to be. . The other two charges of murder are against - women, cases of the murder of children of which they hal just been delivered. There may be other cases which calqor remark, and pre sent points-which, in so great a mass,.require comment or explanatiOn. Should such be the case during the process of your inquiry, said you require assistance from me, I shall be happy to afibrd it. But, before we part, I wish to mark ant omission which I find. Bnalt•the depositions taken atf Manchester, and some oWor places, it is not stated wUtlier the prisoner vas aslted If he wished to make any stAtement, or whether he nradeeny statement or not. I cannot suppose that the magistrate& do not ask such a questiOn ; but if any statement vem made it ought to appear on -the . depositions, and if the prisoner declined to make any; that fact should be given. The: omission is by no means ceatducire to the each of just ;.and I strongly recommendAhe- magistrates to 'see that-the practice is altered for the future; as it is most importantthat nothing which may -- legitimately occur at that time should be kept back ; and in many crises it is important to know for the sake of the-publie and the prisoner-Unser, What voluntary view- of • the transaction he gins- when before the magistrates:. And now, gentlemen, I will!! no longer detain you. The grandAjtAry - then retired, and shortiSi , afterwards returned with. several tree• bats into court. SACRILE6-a Airp , LAczNy..—Charles Setain, aged 24, remanded from the last assizes, was chargedwitlisarrilege. On the 2nd or , 3rd of March a chapel-of-ease; belonging to the Established 'Church, at Peel, in the townahip. of Little Hulton, in this -county,. was broken into, entry having been effected by the.removal of several panesfrom one of the windows - - Several: chaudidiers and five bronze candle sticks were stolen. A coveri, which had been taken from the pew of Mt, Jacob• Fletcher; was also found: torn up in the vestry, One portiein of it had been torn.off,. and evi dently carrieil?Olf . the , premiLvs. The night after that the prisoner was,arrested - and searched, when a piece. of print was found in - hia, pocket - with some bread in it,. and which corresponds '.with the part taken from the , cover- of Mr. Fletcher's Few:.. The Piny returned a verdict of not guilty. There was a- second indietment against thei.prisOner, of having, on the 23rd of Farina -5., entered thelnde.pendent Chapel, at Patnwortb, and stolen fourteen.gas. pendants and burnersi.and a pice6 of green baize • from.lehind the pulpit. None of the 'pendants had been found: lArt• it ap peared that a woman: named 31`Manus, in. Manchester, with whom. the prisoner lodged, found a piece of green baize in the house, which the prisoner salthwas his, and which was, found to correspond with that tal - Om. from the chapel atl Farnworth.. On fais charge thepris' oner was found guilty. A previous conviction for felony, for steal ing gas pipes at. Pendleton, was then proved against the prisoner, -..who was sentenced to be transpertedi for seven years. M1N7.% - o.4.l3BB. — Wflliam Jackson, alias Janie, Patten, aged 3(l was indicted for haying, at Liverpool, feloniously in his possession la counterfeit half-crowns, with ,intent to utter them, he, having previously been., convicted of a similazoffenee. He: pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years.—John Ls, aged 42, and Bridget Lyons, aged 30 were indicted - for having, at Livevool,,knowingly and feloniously itt,their possession a mild for, the manufacture of base sixpences, and also with having in. their possession twelve • counter + feiksixpences, knowing them to be fs2 and counterfeit,. Vepdict, "•guilty;' John Lyons was sentenced to tweive‘ months, and Bridget Lyons to nine mcathe imprisonment, with hard iffaevd la,bour.:--Thomes Gahan t, . aged 24, Thomas 31aryow Bulger, 3'4 . were indicted . ..fo r having, knowingly and. feloniously in their ar a s t , 2 1 1 y and erpool, kn possession a mould for the manufacture of base shilllngs.. ,The jury found all the pritoners gay, . Gahan Emit Ed wards were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment each, with hard labour ; sad Ma_7.Eulger, who had pre viously been convicted at the Liverpool assizes of passing base coin, to seven years' transportation.--Thaf- Qraurity, aged 28., was indicted for Navin, at , last. Aintree races, p a ssed a base sixpence to Mr... Smith, publican, and, on being searched, six counterhit shillings, and a sixpence were.. found in his possession. Guilty. Imprisonment for four calendar months. BINSOLARY AT MA.NCIIEETAZ. "—Jam 'tannings aged 19, and John Tonge, ied 20, were indicted for having, at Salford, burglwiously entered! the dwelling house. of John Horrocks, publican, in. Oldfield-road, Salford, and stolen some plate and money. On the 19th of June, the house was fastened up as usual, and, at half-past eleven o'.elpck, the immatearetired to rest. In the morning 31r. Horrors got up ; and discovered that the house had been but lsriously entered, by means of a window, the latch ciwhich had been loosened by a knife or other instrument. The money drawer had been pulled out, and was lying upon the counter, minus a small quan tity of silver money which had been left in it the night before, whilst some copper which it contained remained untouched. The plate. basket was lying in the yard, and he found that a quantity of spoons, &c., of Nickel silver, had also been stolen. Ners morning the prisoners, were apprehended at the Victoria-station, with the stolen spoons. and some money in their. possession. The prisoners were found guilty ; and a previous conviction for felony having been found against them, the; were sentenced to be•trans ported for seven years. ANOTHER 1317EGLART AI MANCHESTEA. Samuel White, aged 20, was indicted for having, at Salford,,fele niously entered the dwelling.house of Gilbert Yorsten,, and stolen 3s. 111 d. and a cats. A verdict of guilty was returned against the prisoner, but in consequence of his expressing a wish to call a man, named Hugh Jones, to speak, as to his character, his sentence was deferred. Mr. Jones, on Friday, gave the young man a good character and promised to take hin i n t o emp l oymen t aga i n . Hi s 1E41'414 ordered him to be put down. At a quarter-past six o'dock the court adjourned, until nine o'clock the next morning. Fl Il)AY. The Court opened at nine o'clock. MANSLAUGIITER. -- Charles Crowther, aged 17, imper fectly educated, was chaged with manslaughter. It appeared that the prisona was a lorry-driver, at Man chester. On the 2nd of May his lorry was loaded with barrels, and while passing through a gateway into the yard of the Lancashire ant Yorkshire Railway Company, a barrel that overhung a fev inches the side of the waggon came in collision with a gate-post, whereby it was thrown off along with another, and one of them fell upon the head of a boy, named William Swan, who was thrown off the waggon by the collision, whereby death immediately ensued. Verdict, guilty, vith a strong recommendation to mercy.—His Lordship commented favourably upon the accidental nature of the fa - al casualty, and in consideration of the prisoner having leen already three months in prison, sentenced him to only three days' imprisonment, inclusive of the two days already served. Ansort.—Mary Churthlouse, aged 23, could neither read nor write, and Haniah Greenhalgh, aged 55, who could read and write imperfectly, were charged with having maliciously set file to the house of Mr. John Myerscough, pork-butcher, 43, Chapel-street, Salford. In November last, Mary Chuivhhouse and her husband, who is a tailor, with their two children, took two rooms from Mr. Myerscough. Mrs. Clurchhouse's father had also a room in the same house, ac:joining. They ran into arrears with their rent, to the extmt of £5.35. 91d. They were frequently asked for rent, but continually deferred pay ment. On the 28th of Mach last, the husband Church house said he was going t„) get some money from a loan society. On this evening, Mrs. Myerscough put her three children to bed, about a quarter past eight, and left all safe. A little after nine o clock, a Mr. Spencer,. brother iu-QTYQf Nyermigts win 049 wcuml A 1119P4 in ADVERTISI the same house, returned home, and on getting up to his room he found the bed-clothes on fire, raging a the bed, when he gave an alarm. Mary Churchhousi her friend Hannah Greenbalgh, a frequent visiter, came running down stairs with the two children, and some clothes, part belonging to Myerscoughs, screaming out „ _ " fire, there's a man in the house," and soon after they decamped. Upon examining further, they found that the room lately occupied by Mrs. Churchhouse's father was filled with smoke, and in the corner was found, heaped together, a quantity of bed-clothes, which were smoulder ing in fire. The fires were extinguished immediately, and the circumstances led to the crimination of the prisoners. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty, in each case. A second charge for larceny was she hawing then prderred against Mary ChurchhOus( stolen, on the night of the fire, several articles, such a table-cloths, candlesticks, &c., which she pledged. A verdict of guilty was returned in this case. Sentence to be imprisoned, and put to hard labour, for 18 months. DEFRAUDING TIIE REVENUE. - -'311% Digby Seymour made application on behalf of the Crown, to discharge the recognizances of Thomas Fletcher, Albert Firth, and William Kerfoot, out on bail,who had been remanded from the last assizes, on a charge of defrauding the Customs, by giving in false returns respecting some fruit they imported. The Commissioners of Customs had, since the last assizes, instituted inquiries, which have resulted in leading them to believe that Fletcher and Firth had been misled by Eerfoot, and, as they were now willing to pay the amount sought to be evaded, with all costs, the commissioners re commended that the reeognizances should be discharged, as they did not wish further to prosecute. His lordship agreed to the' applieation. Currie G , Ail; WOUNDING. —Daniel Lee, aged-20;' (im perfectly educated,) was charged with stabbinc , and Isom/d -int- Thomas Grundy,' at Farnworth, on the 28th of April last. On the night in question,. Grundy went to a beer house, called the Queen's Inn, where he met with several other colliers. Abeut ten o'clock three navvies entered' of whom the prisoner was one: Quarrelling ensued, and the prisoner is said to have been challenging all round. When , Grundy was leaving' the house, he was attacked by the prisoner, and received several stabs in the hand, which he hod put forth in protectiOn. A pocket-knife was found the next morning about 18 yards from the house, but no knife was found on the prisoner When taken into custody the prisoner admitted that he had used a piece of glass in at tacking Grundy, because he "' collared' him, to keep him quiet. Found guilty.—Sir Geerge' Stephen begged leave to subruit to his lordship a high' certificate of character.— His lordship said he would consiilef his Verdict. _ BußGilitiy.—James Kean, aged 19,• who could neither read nor write, pleaded guilty to having, at Levenshulme, near Mane - Aster, btzglariously entered the dwelling-house of Dr. R. Slhter, and stolen therein several trifling articleS, in May, beieg discovered in the act. Hepleaded not guilty to another charge of entering the lays,c•oflir. Mason, also in Levenshuline, on the Ist of May,- from which three brushes, &e., were taken, being disdukbed,• while in the house, by the inmates getting up. The-jury returned a verdict of guilty, upon which his lordship sentenced him, for the burglari-' to which he pleaded inilty, ten years transportation ; for the one to which he pleaded not gmity, three months' imprisonment. BURGLARY AT OPIINSITAW. —John Thonvoh,, aged 20, who could only read was indicted for burglav and sthaling a watch. A verdict 'of guilty was returnekand his lord- ship sentenced him ta seven years' transport:Alen: BURGLARY AT Ili - Mc—Mary Gough, aged - . 22, • who could only read, was indicted for having feloniously and burglariously entered The house of Mr. John Taylor ; ' carter, of Hornby-street, Bury, on the morning of the 26th of :May last, and stolen therefrom a blanket, sheet, and other articles. A policeman met the prisoner about fire , o'clock, with a large bundle of clothes, and when he Tiestioned her, she said that she had come from Liverpool, irifore she had been to fetch them out of pawn. The jury found the prioner guilty of burglary. His lordship said it appeared• that it was not the only use in which she had beent,con victed of felony ; this w= 'the third time. She pleaded that necessity had driven her. to it. Sentenced to seven: years' transportation. atsnarl MITER.— William. Sellers, aged 52, who could' neither read nor write, hawker and broker, was indicted: for having at Prestwich-cum:Oldham, near Manchester?: caused the death of Jonathoroßeeth, aged 44, a grocer. On, Whit-Friday, the deceased went intoa public-house kept by one Joseph Taylor, where :le. met the prisoner Sellers. The conversation turned on dominu-playing, when the Ord They first, preparatory to the wager game, had one to decide who should have first chance. The deceased lost, whereupon, he refused to play the wager game. Alterca tion ensued, which was closaVby a fight, and when the deceased turned round to talk to the landlord, the prisoner struck Kim on the side of the head„ which Caused him to reel a Odle, and then he folio :we - dup. this by a blow on the face, about the lips, which caueed' a flow of blood, and sent him attained lying on the floor; as if dead. Being taken up, he complained of being sick, - and, after remaining two or three hours, he got home about ten o'clock. At home, he became subject to vomiting; and pains in the head, which increased so that a medical 'man had to be called in ; he died an. Tuesday, the 16th of May,. a fortnight after the affray. A post mortem examination took place, when congestibn of the brain, and hemorrhage were found to have taken place. After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.. ROICAbRY OF JEWELLERY - AT' IVIANCTIESTER.—John Robinson, aged 24, was charged..:with having, along with two others,. committed a robbery, of jewellery to the value a , x3oc7 Mr. Howard is•azjewelbv and silversmith, at Manchester. On Wednesdays • the. 7th of March, Mr. Howard; at half-past one, left his.. daughter, Miss Fanny Howard; to. attend: to the shop Whilehe went to dinner. A young man came in, whom .31iss-Howard had noticed pass the shop-door before, andlie asked the price of a diamond ring in the windoxvs. Miss Howard, suspecting him, said the window was kicked, and that he had better call when her father was in, „ She. recollected the same persoFraad: called on the previous Thatrsday. He asked for a card, which, on being handed to him., he said it did not contain the name of the-streets, and; he requested her to write them upon it. Mii.u.HOWard turned away to get a pen,. and having a bonnet on{• she' did: not observe that she erase followed until she found' an arm had grasped her by .the throat, and she was l'Oroed into , the little division at theend of the shop. She-.screamed out, but the man got his hand over her mouth, There being a mirror before her, which reflected what was: being; transacted in the shone , she saw a man busit- ransaeldng the window, hastily padding; up all the jewellery which l e could get at. She was,so dreadfully alarmed and - injured; that she was not even yet fully recovered. Tbe prisoner was recognised as being- one of the persons who assisted, the two men in the shop; in taking away the jewellery, as he stood outside the shop, driving away any person whose , curiosity might lead him to notice what was . going min the window. The blind was pulled down- ahring the operation. The police apprehended the prisoner some: time; after. Numerous witnesses were examined, who substantiated the above facts: The prisoner cross-examined; them upon the point of identity. After the evidence, the prisoner begged to .say a few words. He..-said he would state his case as well as, he could. The fact was,, he was a poor, unfortunate :wretch, taken up on suspicion ; and committed, because he 'could not find out and point out those who had committed the robbery. HiS,lordship carefully summed up.—The. jury, not being able to come- to a decision, retired frown court about twenty minutes past six, and returned about seven with a veritint of, guilty.. HSs lordship then sentenced'. him to ten yeare„transportation„ The court adi4urned,at Wien, o'clock, until nine o'clock.. on Saturday murning. SATURDAY. (Before,) r. Jftiotice Wightmand ATTEYCP.I.,, TO POISON, AT ASTON-UNDES-LamTA-7" Martha Walker, aged 41, was indicted with having, at Ashton-under-Lyre, on the 24th of May last, administered nitrate of lead, with intent to murder her husbandiMilip Walker. It appeared that the prisoner is the wife of • Philip Walker, a cotton-spinner, at Ashton-under-Lyne- They had lived in quietness. till within the last twelve .months, when,,in consequence of the prisoner being found in the house of a. neighbour, a dispute arose beetweenthem,And whicia had been tbe.cause of frequent unpleasantness since.. They had three, children. On the 24th of May Walker returned home at his usual hour of six o'clock, when he asked• his wife for some coffee, which he usually took on, his return from work. He noticed that it tasted very disagreeable rough and sticky. He went-to bed shortly after. ten o'Clock, and awoke at one o'clock, when he felt very ill, and went down stairs to wash, his mouth out. His wife asked him what he was doing ) and he tord her, stating that his throat was very rough and sticky. She said. that hers felt so too. He awoke. again about five o'clock, still feeling poorly. He went downstairs and got smile coffee which was always put in. Ucanister for him to take to, the factory ; his portion and that of his children being kept separate. On pouring it out,, he noticed that there wore white specks in it. On this he put it into a piece of paper, and took it to a_ druggist named Steer, to whom he gave a description of the pains from which he had suffered, and requested. him to analyze it. He eontinued very ill both on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday ; and, by the advice of the prisoner, he took some castor-oil. He also took some further portions of the coffee placed out for him by the prisoner to Mr. Steer on Friday ; and he told the prisoner that he had done so- He also told her that he had found some white specks in it, and he thought she bad put it into his coffee to poison him. She said, " I have put nothing in it In conse quence of this a quarrel arose, and Walker struck the prisoner with a poker. On the Saturday morning be found his coffee left out for him as usual; this he also put in a paper and then into his pocket. He did not take any of that coffee, but got ;some fresh off the mantel-piece. He still felt-unwell all day, and left off work at two o'clock. He then spoke again to the prisoner, who said there was sugar of lead in the coffee, and that it had fallen out of a glass in the eupboard into the coffee. She said she bought a pennyworth about four months before to bathe her face with. He then told her that he had informed the con stable, Mr. Buckley, about the matter, and that she said it was sugar of lead, on which she replied that she had been cleaning the cupboard out, and that she had pulled over a glass containing the sugar of lead, which fell into the sugar. He gave information of the matter that night to the police-constable Buckley. The prosecutor, Philip Walker, deposed to the above facts, and also said that on the night of the 21st May he arrived at home late, and found his wife beating his son John. He asked what was all this hubbub about. She said, " Hold your noise • you haven't above three weeks to live." He said, " What, are you going to poison me, then ?" and she said, " No, thou may live as long as thou can." He had felt very unwell for a fortnight before this. He was a member of a burial society at Hyde, and at his death there would be £4 payable to his family. His wife payed the subscription fortnightly. He looked every night into the cupboard where his wife said the sugar of lead was kept. He never saw sugar of lead, and he did not know what it was like. He saw a glass in the cupboard, but it was empty. His wife had nothing to do with her face for twelve months before the time he was taken ill. _ _ In cross-examination, he said that his wife had borne him eleven children, and that five years ago she had con sulted a Dr. Gibbons respecting her face, and she then took something for her throat. His wife is a member of the burial society at Hyde, and if she died he would get £4. Mr. Henry Steer, druggist at Ashton-under-Lyne, stated that Walker frequently bought laudanum of him, and about two years ago he cautioned him about the doses to be taken. PA Wecbleeday, the 25th of Nan be (Walker) the_ jur CUTTING- AND WOUNDING with having, at Salford, stabbed Max„ intent to do 1 er griev about nine o'clock on the soldiers were fighting After the fight was ( walked= down Essei-s' A number of I enraged he soner, who struck her twice in the anal with a knife. The jury found her guilty of unlawfully wounding, and his Lordship sentenced her to one mouth's hard labour, she having been already in prison for two months. GAROTTE ROBBEIIT AT SALFORD.—rhonas Rogers, aged 17, was indicted for a felonious assault on Richard Barlow, at golfing, and robbing him of I and key. On the night of the 26th of the pro- secutor was twelve o'cla when th two in ;hind. The c i seized h .oat, while the other two took his watcl aid. guard from him. The m him violently dm woman, named M ana Li ma' iSlorso: lye A t, and and heard the prover* almost immediate down Berry-street I into ( seeutor followed direct who ha d come up in the meantime. She chat she had seen, and they all u which is close at one end He was identified toy - the pi men who had stood iu front of him , when he was robbed. The. woman, who also saw the man run past, identified the prisoner as one of them. The jury found the prisoner guilty! and, eleven previous convictions having been proved against him, he was sentenced• to twelve years' transportation B bier...ANY AT SA.LFORD.—Ja6iiert Jon indicts& with hai : ing linrglariousfy Joseph Taylor, at Salford, on the ls against riorce and Dorgan, they we years' transportation, on which Jon my lord, get a free passage to th( sPiitericed• to sever said, .!` Thank you, . - ROBBERY AND VIOLENCE AT Procter, aged 23, was indicted assaulted =I-robbed Henry Dixoi nth of February 6th of February, thel with his friencis ieund use in Deansgate, Manchester. urrounded by nine 'person ine of whom w ,i) him; and he, ac rincipal cant's counsel. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, for the defendant, submitted that the death of the plaintiff's wife was occasioned by want of care and caution on the part of the plaintiff and his wife, and that no blame could be attributable to the ~.:.`rtes to I driver of the omnibus. Witnesses having been called to support the defends 'S view - of the occurrence, and his lordship having - sum ni.ed up, the jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages £2O for the plaintiff, and 0 0 for his infant child. BARLOW AND OTIXERS V. GLEDUILL.—This WON au action for goods sold and. delivered, and money found to' be due on an account stated- The plaintiffs were mercl►ants at Manchester, and the defendant was a draper at Chester" field, in Derbyshire, and an action was brought to recover, a sum of £548. 6s. 6d., being the amount of goods sold and' delivered to the defendant in the mouth of December , 1852. The question the jury would have to consider was , whether the goods were sold by the plaintiffs to the defend dant, or to a person named Richardson, also a draper at Chesterfield, without whose order no goods would be sal)" plied to the defendant by the plaintiffs. The goods in question were sent to Mr. Richardson, instead of to the defendant, who refused to pay fo' them, alle g i n g the3 l were ordeved for Richardson, fro m w h om defendant purchasedthem. At tile conclusion of the plaintiff's case, the court add ed,a,t 7 twe minutes to seven ecloek; TORE MR. JUST Two undefended actions, each for a. bill of e.vahange, were taken, first. In the one case, " Clavelly r. Bonne vialle," a verdict was returned for the pialutiff ; principal , £lOO, interest, £l. 16s. In " Fauntleros , e. - Murchison, the amount of bill was £3OO, and though the defend ant had at first denied his acceptance, he had subsequentlYo through his attorney, admitted it. Verdiet for the plain tiff ; princip4 -X3OO, interest £l. 13s. Bd. Tlie" - Dufte of Norfolk v. Loxiey" . was an undefended action. for ekct ment, in which; -however, under the advice of'the•learued judge, counsel kir the plaintiff declined to take- a•verdict (in consequence eft the non-appearance of the , defendant,/ choosing rather to wait the proper day for Inidefenad actions, when he maid do so without risk. BARLOW AND MILERS v. GLADRILL.—Mr.- Atherton: Q.C., commenced - the defence in this case, contending: that, although the order was given by the. mouth 0 1 ' Gledhill, and although he admitted it was intended and contemplated that ultimately the goods shordd -form 3 portion of the stocle- - of Gledhill, yet all the• fat/6-and documents showed that the plaintiffs, who might have had the option in the matter, declined by theirconduets if not their language, .to deal with Gledhill. They took• the order from Gledhill's mouth ; they sent the , goods upon that order ; but - still they elected to make Richard soil their debtor, declining to deal with Gledhill '=as 3 therefore, they were not entitled to.receive Anent from him. The jury found for the plaiatiffs , 2348. 6s. Bd. MAUGHAM V. JEICUEIV AND ANOTHEIL—MV. Sergeant Wilkins said that bothq)laintitf and defendants were iron and steel merchants, the one in Sheffield, the other' lo Manchester. The plairdiff had for some time carried on his principal business in. Manchester, but somewhere ribins, the year - 1851 he made up his mind to confine the whole 0 1 his business to Sheffiebt,: and applied to the defendants to purchase a quantity of goods which he had stored. in g It was agreed that they should arehouse at Manchester he a portion of the stool ~.eonsisting of small aid large Liars of steel, and pay for them when they had sold them; ther portions, however, - ..-being purchased out and out ie portions of the steel they were to give 30$. Per r some masons' tools 44d. per lb., and for some files The goods were weighed. and delivered, and two or hi'ee days afterwarclsllia•plaintiff called upon the defend , ants-, and having heard, for - the first time, that there wa s some objection as to the; amount of the bill, a new ar7 sal/gement was made, by, which it was agreed that the large bars should be returned, the plaintiff a greenig t o pay the carriage. Miring twelve months, tbo %Li the plaintiff called repeatedly, and asked the rei,a rn o ci: the goods as a favour;. they were not returpe a ' ca hte. the . action was brought to recover their siratsons For: the defence it was urged by Mr. ' t sold, R.A Q, that the goods , in dispute were an d that, but .merely left with them as warehousemen, though the invoice ineltuled the of the good?, it ""*" a mere formality as far as related to those which were retained in their capaeity as.warehomemen. The defold antaalso pleaded a set-off against the claim of the plain, tiffh .of. warehouse-rent;for 108 week* and £5 14,94 whieli they. alleged to be due to them upon a previous settlement Mr, Justice Erie stated- the case to the jury, pointing out that the evidence of - the - witnesses was directly contra,- aietory, _that one sidennist be stating what was not eor- red, and it was for the_ jury tw decide, according to their iitisiness experience and best judgment, which version of the ease was the true.. one: The jury returned a verdict fffr. the defendant. The next action,_ which> was undefended, was brought br the " Stourbridgc:.:Navigation Company v. Lewty and others," for non-payment of tonnage accounts which the defendants, wjio Lave• works on the Sixteen Locks, had not paid. Verdict far the plaintiff for the amount ohiiined , £93 4s 3d ; costs 40a4 BROOM; AND ANOTHER V. KNOTT.—The plaintiff William Joseph Brooks and Robert Fraser, at the time when the claim in dispute arose, were in partnezuhiP Manchester as bill-brokers : ; the defendant is a brewer and spirit-merchant ht. the same place. The action was to 'recover £3B lesl.l@d,, with interest, the amount of,a bill ,due on the 10th,. Feb., which was drawn by a Mr, Johnsen upon a Mr. William. Lee, and accepted by theJatter. Iti was indorsed bF. Johnson to the defendant, and by, him to the plaintiff. The defence was, that virtually no notice of dishonour had beea served upon the defendant in con` ,sequence of au. imperfect address being placed upon a letter to , Mr. Knott._.. The address on the letter,. however, it turned out, was only too correct, inasmuch as it gave two addresses, instead of' one merely, of the defendant, who occupied two, houses, both of which were described cor— rectly on thecover. Verdict for the plaintiff. SCOTT, v.. LONG)IORE.—An action for a d)ill for 220 ( : li. drawn by Gtorge Longmore upon William Longmore, 1 11 5 . father, (since deadj in favour of John Stuart and another,. and indorsed by them to the plaintiff, Mr. Henry Scott- The plaintiff teas a member of the firm of John Stuartand Co., who, carried on business in Manabiester, and hada branch, establishment at New York. The defendant wag a wholes,ale provision-merchant, in Manchester. In the year 184' the defendant went to the United States,,taking with him a letter of credit from his Manchester house , ' and obtained from the house in New York money to the extent of £2,000, which he covered by two acceptances. each. for £l,OOO. The first of these bills was duly hoooured; tbe.second the defendant wished! to have renewed ; an l in, consequence, the plaintiff's firm took two, biaff of £2OO each, and another for £6OO. The latte r was, still unpaid, and in the hands of Stuart and C 0. ., at present. One of the bills of £2OO was. honoitrelb and it was for the remaining bill for £2OO that the action. was. brought. The defence was, that the plaintiff lif , onse'l being the drawer of the MR though iu strict low he would not be liable to a n i n d o rsee of that bill unless, the bill having arrived at maturity, it were presented to the person upon whom it was drawn, and, being dishonoured, notice were promptly giveit to the drawer; or unless the drawer, previous to the e maturity of the bill, dispensed with the necessity of that presentment.. The bill in the qu father, at d a o t ub ma tedl turi y u oy 'a . s .n Th ot e pr p es laui ent; r d s t I not Longmore,e pretend that such was the case, but they said , that they failed to make that presentment because the defendant himself re quested, through his. brother James,, that the persons who held the bill should - not present it. The plaintiffs were nonsuited on the ground that authority from George Longmore to Jamos to act in the way stated was not provea• The court rosy about half-past five o'clock. hau THE EIRL,QF DERBY has granted a site for a torre A ", e d at Cheetham, s on the condition, that the plans are aPP r ",.,, r i by him, and that the premised shall be f or ever s PPr" - ated to public purPoses• Tim JAca.k.x.r..—A little• steamer, brought here to run as a tender to the Cunta, vessels, is now on her stat i e n .. • The boat is very pretty, and, though b u ilt i n Scotland' has adopted Mr. Laird'a patent for steering at both col s ,: DISCOVERIES OF GITA.NO. — At the meeting of the of Crosby, near Liverpool, an d M r . J ames B e ll, Royal Agricultural Society, on Wednesday, Mr., Faun" o f, york place, Edinburgh, gave some statements connected with the, discovery of extensive excrementitio us deposits of birds, on islands and caves along certain ranges of the eastern coast of Africa. They also forwarded a collecti??. of samples, showing the varying nature of the deposit* according to circumstances of situation and depth. Mil these was a deposit containing 80 per cent. of phosT"'""' of lime (without carbonate), and a crystallised substal containing 91 per cent. of nitrate of soda, found i n sin lakes, upwards of a yard and a half in diameter, in : verns, and in valleys ; and surrounding these smallLl e l d ij as crystallised incrustations, to an almost incalcul a , be amount." These gentlemen remark, in reference to v ti .. guano : "The immense amount of deposited guano not be calculated ; it is found iii extensive caverns deep as could be pierced with two boarding pikes, together, about twelve feet. It is also found comPle te covering the side of the island least exposed to rains. o f FACTION FIGIITS.—On Tuesday the neighbourho od Marybone was in an uproar, from the recurrence of one°: those disgraceful faction fights which are indigencrtiro that savoury locality. In the course of the " row , b 3 r men, named M`Laughlin, were severely stabbed, a nd, „ the interposition of Superiutendent Ride, who was on t e i re '' spot as soon as possible with a body of police, they tore conveyed to Bridewell. On being questioned, they stated that the man who stabbed them was a Patrick Levings.V„„ who resided in Bispham-street. Superintendent Ride tP - , lash ist sent police-officer Carroll there, with orders to arrest e r a but the officer soon returned, and stated that Levinge_r had threatened to stab him with a knife. On thus, e ldl!L 711 was sent with Carroll to assist him, and, while former former kept watch at the door, Carroll entered the s!elS' Here, while groping about in the dark, he was sa e 'l e seL, attacked by Levingston, who was concealed in a .ir. the and who stabbed him with a knife in the face, facial artery. ' Ultimately the ruffian was taken Lilo! tody, and Carroll, who seemed to fear that he was , wounded, was conveyed to the Northern Hospitg, " ere facts w he at present lies in a dangerous state. These reec eurto detailed to the niagiStrates next day,. at the 41: "g is . t° a; j1 tir s a re by man Supe ded rin f t o e r nd:a w t eßield,e;nacondnsthecieuperisucoencl tiels!:l4lowhe Gil IV and Pgaia§t 1414. ,secretor by his wi was enervated by Rued sun the jtu son, lath ast, two aife in he she-would stick it into but the prosecutor, a gi no of them. The about twelve years d the pri- ree rau Murder men =lin Aicemau: nt and told into Clowes -1 found the prisoner Iseeutor as one of the he last the pavement I. The plaintiff 1 He went he omnibus, which iOl wife and the put. getting into the within about three yards : of -Lie plaintiff went forward with the chil d in his arms ; he heard nothing, saw nothing ; but at the time of his crossing. the road another omnibus belonging to Boswell, the defendant, drove up, and the plaintiff and his child were thrown down, but not injured. The poor wife was not so fortunate ; she was knocked down, and of the defendant's omnibus went over her head , and killed her on the spot. Under 'le plaintiff brought his action, and the question the jury had to decide was whether the death of the plaintiff's wife had been caused by the neglect of the defendant's servant, who had plenty of room to ha v:e driven on the other side of the omnibus, w hi c h was la proper side of the road. Instead. of taking his own sale of the road, the defendant's driver came up, and passed left between WEwen's omnibus and shed it to pieces those circumstances ti le narrow spac the pavement. Witnesses were called, who proved the facts stated by counsel, and which were in the main admitted by defen• morning of the convicted on=the same' ehargf night of Saturday,• the who had beet -drinking . self in the bethcom of a He was sensibl6 of beh three men and.six wome They attempted* doing, dropped twos sovereigns from his pocket inio• the lining of c0e,13, -and kept some silver in his hand:'• On this one womawtook a rau throat, and another threat, this, being much_frighten The prisoner said - the prosetu " active and passiva'' part in. tl ad said she would ed to cut his ham went down stair door; but he wa bring of his coat from him- Peron Le charge, in the mouth of 4/61.1 a verdict of not ma STEALING A His: , —George Glare, age for stealing a horse 23rd of June, was and sai!tenced to scverhyears' transportation ROB:BERT' WITH YIODENCE beth Fisher, aged 20, and Sarah indicted for felonicnaly assaultium iNCIIESTEFE—EIiza -4rin Kelshaw, were nd robbing mumaru..4,„ us Inancnester, on the ;irct or slay last. The prosecutor is a pensieher of the East India Company, and on: the 3rd of May lila had received. 305., a portion of his pension. On his way home, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he met the prisoner Fisher r whom he treated to at a public-hau.se,. where he also met the prisoner He left them both in the public-house and In a street called Islington he suddenly a blow in theofaee from a matt who ran away, and immediately afterwardi , Fisher sebed him by the throat, while Kelshaw took fibm• his pocket - 28s. and a penknife. The jury found Fishier guilty, and auquited Shntence deferred. The court rose at task minutes pastsir o'clock. went home reeeiv NISI PRR COURT. —Trru - ssiur. SPORE THE' HON: MR. JUSTICE EEL In trNe - Nisi PriuS Court, which oioeuedat twelve o'clock, tit& list of civil cases it very heavy, including 82. Joy v. BEOWN.—This was an action brought by Mr. Gebrge Jones, of Leigtr, near Bolton, against John Brown, aso+of that neighbourhood, to recover a farm in the pos session of Brown: 1l appeared thatiin March, 1852, the draft, of a lenge of a- ffirm, called Heakherston farm, con tuining between sixty and seventy acres, with house and outbuiLdings, was claim-ft out, for 14-years, at a yearly rental of 1;220, to be paid in half yearly instalments, between Jones and Brown. When the: draft was after- War& shown to Brown, in the solicitor's office, at Man citester, he denied the various items„ and that he had ever given , authority for .his - name to be patio it. Afterwards, when asked for Nat,. he stated his .inability to pay, but proposed a bill of exchange to be drawn out upon his son in-law for £2OO, tnbe paid two months after date. The dishonourekiand, excepti.,2B. in cash, no rent Irati been paid. Asia months' notice- to quit had been served in September last, and Mr.... Tones now sought for an action of ejectment. Verdict forrplaintiff, with imme diate execution. BENNETT AND,ANOTEEER V. BE4I)SICAW.—Messrs. J. M.-.and H. A. Bennett, timber and. slate merchants, of MAnchester, sought to recover the sum of £57 ls. 11d. from .Messrs. W. 0. Bradshaw and W. F. Higginson, reiners,&c., of Baton. The partnership of Bradshaw and Prigginson having been dissolved about the time of these transactions, Bradshaw himself stood as defendant. The defendant Il paid into court 219 . 195. ld. In October,. IBs2,_the defendants, who had a yard in Folds-road, Little. Belton, rdereitslates from the plitiutiffs to the amount of f:,(70 10s. In tile: month of March„lBs3, a rumour (which, was without foundation) of the anticipated insolvency of. the, defendaut r came to the ears, of Mr. Wood, a boob,t. keeper of the: plaintiffs, who aLso,ascertained that a bill of sale had beemgiven to Messrs. :lackey and Co., of Liver pool, one of - the chief creditors, upon their stock and effects, .now and hereafter. Mr. Wood, anxious - for the interests of iiis employer,. immediately went to Bolton : to get the:plaiatiffs' account. The, defendant could not pay at that time 4 but expressed his intention to pay ultimately.- -Mr. Wood, then suggested the returning of what slates might remain unsold. The . defendant, Bradshaw,_l.vho ,was dissolving partnership with Higginson, consented; and ,here lie the two points of dispute Wood, on behalf of the plaintiffs, wished the, slates to be returnedat the :original price ; Mr. Bradsbaw contended that they:wete • sold' at the regular market price, (which was near per cent, over the wholesale,).to the value of £57 lls. ; and again,, the plaintiffs maintained that only certainknumbers. of " - duchesses," " countesses," and " viscountesses," and other,qualities of slates, were returned, and weights, and in. certain condition. Whereas the defendant, Bradshaw contended that other and more numbers, qtudities, and weights, were returned; which, at market pries, in addi tiba to the £l9 19s. lcl. paid in court, would., meet all the legitimate demands of- the plaintiffs, £76 1013. The case had been removed front the Manchester Co - Auty Court. A great number of witnesses were examined._ The case pre-, sented considerable difficulty. as the defendant was at his home when Mr. Wool called privately to ;urge his propo, sition of returning.the slates, and had many witnesses in his behalf, liis Lordship very careUly, and pointedly stated the case to t the jury, who, after 4,leng consultatiou, gave a verdict for , the defendant: —This case, althougit only involving a dispute as to about occupied the, court nearly seven hears. FRIDAY, LOWE AXR ANOTHER V. BRADSIIA.W.-11.4 was an undefended,aation on a bill of egohange for £ll.O. Ver dict for the plaintiff. KELL•ARD ANOTIIER v. TA.Tl.oll.—This, • also,, was an undefended, action on a bill of exchange DR' £ZS 19e, 6d. Verdict for the plaintiff. Ilix7ox V. GARNETT AND. Onizus,—This action was brought to recover damages. ibr the destruction of certain houses in Strangeways, in Manchester, which fell into the river- Irwell in the month of February last, caused, accord ing• to the allegation of the- plaintiff, by the defendants overweighting the river wall, upon, which the houses in question were built. Themail gave way, and the houses fell into the river. After the case had been opened, an ineffectual attempt was made to have the case arranged out of court. Several witnesses, were called in support of the plaintiff's case, whn stated that the giving way of the wall, and the consequent fall of the houses, was occasioned by overweighting-the wall with rubbish, and stopping the surface-drain, which carried o ff th e d ra i nage i nto th e river. The stoppage of this drain caused the saturation and ex pansion of the rubbish, which pressed out the wall. For the defendants it was attempted to be shown that the wall was badly constructed ; it was short of binders, and bad mortar was used. The wall was not water-tight, and this was the cause of the fall, rather than any improper filling hl of rubbish. His lordship, in summing up, put the following questions to the jury :—whether the defen dants had caused the wall to fall, and whether the plaintiff had himself contributed to bring about that result ? The question as to the amount of damages (E 230) was reserved. The jury retired, and, after a short absence, c ame i n t o court with the following verdict :—" 'We find the defen dants caused the wall to fall, and that the plaintiff contri buted to that fall, and that the parties should bear the loss between them." His Lordship : " That I consider a verdict for the defendants! A verdict was then entered for the defendants, with leave to the plaintiff to move to have a verdict entered for £ll5. ACTION AGAINST AN OMNIBVS PROPRIETOR.—Ro- BINSON ADMINISTRATOR., a. BOSWELL.—Mr. Knowles, Q.C., who appeared for the plaintiff, said this was an action in which the plaintiff sued as the administrator of his late wife to recover damages for the loss he had sus- tained by being deprived of the society, the assistance, and comfort of his wife by the negligent act of the defen- dant. By that negligent act plaintiff's wife NZ,s; The plaintiff also sued for the benefit of his infant daugh ter, three years of age, who was entitled to some compen sation for the loss sustained, the loss of amother at the age he mentioned, and of her care, attention, and guid ance. The circumstanced were these. The plaintiff was a stone-mason by trade, residing at Rusholme, in the out skirts of Manchester. On the night of the 4th of April, the plaintiff, his wife, and infant were returning from Manchester along Oxford-road, where omnibuses run. It was rather a wet evening, and the plaintiff was desirous of taking an omnibus, and accordingly he and his wife and child remained in a shop opposite the 'Clarendon Arms until an omnibus came up. The omnibus which next came up happened to be MTwen's, which w as drinn in oPPOlititicrn to the clefvudant'o =gm§ along thB TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1853.