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um n ks, ars, nise tints iced Al ce), aloe •n t. lib red t of ng Iti- He mrt se ,Ic er AUGUST is, 1835. LIVERPOOL. ASSIZES. ARRIVAL OF THE JUDGES, The arrival of the judges, for the purpose of holding the first eize ever held in the borough of Liverpool, forms an import ant era in the annals of the town, and excited an extraordinary degree of anxiety among every class of its inhabitants to wit neas their approach, and to receive them with all the respect due to their high office and distinguished personal character. A t five o'cleck on Saturday it might almost be said that all Liverpool was on the move towards the judges' house in St. Ann-street, and from thence to the end of Boundary-street where that street terminates in the north road. The crowd however, did not extend much beyond the end of Netherfield latle. At the open space at this point of the road several car riages were drawn up full of well dressed company, all anxious t° s ee the judges. A great number of gentlemen on horseback Proceeded on to Walton and other places beyond that village ; Indeed, from half-past four to half-past five o'clock, it appeared 4 " if all the saddle horses, gigs, cabriolets, and coaches of the t 0155 1, whether public or private, were on duty, from the immense number that were to be seen out at that time. Between four and five. o'clock the constables of the town, mounted on horseback, and clad in their full livery, assembled On each side of the Town-hall, from whence, headed by his wor ship the Mayor, and the other public" functionaries, they pro ceeded to the King's - Arms Hotel, which has been engaged for the Present residence of the High-sheriff, Thomas Clifton, Esq., 0. Lytham -bait. At about half-past five the latter, preceded by h i* trumpeters and javelin-men, and escorted by the Mayor and uttnerous train of carriages and gentlemen on horseback, set f orth on their mission to meet the judges at the extreme "urinary of the borough, in Scotland-road. On the way thither t he procession was swelled by numerous carriages and gentlemen 5151 hotsebac'k who joined it at different stations on the road. e arrangements for themeeting, for the speedy formation of the procession, and for the prevention of all confusion while it ' was gathering in array, and, subsequently, for its easy and Pleasant conduct through such a mass of persons, to the judges' lodgings in St. Ann-street, were admirably mana&d, under the immediate orders of the Mayor, and ably carried into effect by Mr. Parlour, the superintendent of police. The carriage of the sheriff took up a position immediately beyond the new Eo uedarY-street that. he Might meet the judges and lead them into like.toverr, s:oad on the town-side of the same street, immediately within tireli;aadiy, acid behind This extended a very-long line of carriages, containing nearly all t he borough and county magistrates, and an immense number the most respectable merchants and gentlemen of the town. • I tantediately following the . Mayor, were ,the reverend Rectors Broreki and Campbell, in his Worship's private Carriage. Ajout %/minutes past six o'clock some outriders who galloped Past the end of Netherfield-lane gave notice that the judges Were near at hand. The crowd at, this period was so dense as far as the eye could reach in the lineof Boundary-street it presented a continued solid rtaSS on either side of that road. A long this line parties of the dock and night police were sta aietted to preserve order; but the crowd, although anxious, were a° perfectly peaceable that not the slightest confusion took Prate, A few minutes before half-past six the judges, Sir Nicholas Convnghain Tytidal, Lord Chief Justice'of the Com- Inou Pleas, and Lord Abiuger, Lord Chief Baron of the Ex chequer, drove past the end of Netherfield-lane in a traveliing e • harlot and four at a rapid. pace, and were received at the boundary by the two under-sheriffs,— Rawsthorne and Wil- Esqrs., and invited to ascend the carriage of the former. T he procession then set forth to the residence provided for the judges, in St. Ann-street, marshalled in the following ordel* The two trumpeters of the high-sheriff, twelve yeomen, aimed 'with javelins, the carriage of the sheriff, that of the under eberitfv, the Mayar's state carriage, the Mayor's private car riage, and a very extensive train of private carriages, egoes triaus, When the cavalcade arrived at the termination of its•journey i n St. Atm street, an introduction took place of the judges, &c. tn his worship the Mayor, who, with the high and under-sheriffs,- s ' i on afterwards took his departure, leaving the former to that s ePoee,which they so much needed after the fatigue of the day. On Sunday morning the judges. sheriffs, the woschipful the Mayor, aldermen, and common council, with their attendants, l' e oeeeded—the former from St. Ann-street, and the latter from the Town-hall, to hear divine service at the Church of St. Georg[;, which was crowded to such an excess that hundreds of ' e ighty -respectable persons were under the necessity of turning b ack, being u n able to obtain admission. The Bev. Mr. Monk officiated at the reading-desk, and the Rev. Mr. Leigh at the • co mmunion-table. Te Deum jubilate Dee. and some other pieces 'were beautifully sung by the choir belonging to this church. 'The ern wai . preached by the sheriff's chaplain, the Rev. R. 11 . B. Robinson, of Lytham, from the following text, taken from the xvi. chapter of Deuteronomy, 18th, 19th, and 20th verses : "Judrs s and officers shalt thou snake thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judgment. " Thou shalt not wrest judgment;- thou shalt not respect per sons, neither take a gift : for a gift cloth blind. the eyes of the and pervert the words of the righteous. ". Th a t in iC;fzetiar just shidt - than fellow, Wet tbou inayest live, and inherit the land which the Lotd. thy God givoth asee ~ • The reverend preacher commenced his discourse by some ad , Mirithle and well-timed allusions to the appointment of judges nailer the Mosaic dispensation, and the emphatic manner in which that divine lawgiver had enforced the. necessity of exe tuting strict justice between man and man ; this was not ,only brie stoetrine of the bible, but of our Saviour himself and of his hPostles. Under these divine sanctions, judges were cora • "waded tosadminister strict andimpartialjustice, toaacrifiee all Parsonal regard and feeliugs, without being influenced by gifts, 'Sr awed by power. These being the duties of judges, those who • !Ire appointed to fill those high and dignified situations should "a men remarkable for their piety; men who would act for con !science sake ; •and a people committed to the charge of such Judges would be prosperous and happy. If judges were not to execute justice, the strsug would tyrannize over the weak, and nothing but contusion a.od misery would ensue. The duty of submission to these constituted authorities was as generally en- Joined in the scriptures as their appointment, and St. Paul had "id, "let all be subject to the higher powers, 'bleause they are of God." was necessary that he should say thus much of ho- ttlrjudicature to show its divine. origin and its °necessity. hile contemplating human tribunals he would urge them to raise their thoughts to that greater tribunal where everything te e be laid opens—the sins of omission and of commission; lee sins of thought, and the sins of action. When in au earthly court they sawa criminal brought to the bar of justice; when s t t l • 2 a saw his' secret offences laid bare and published to the world . h e)* should think of the great tribunal at the latter end. Here Judgment was liable to error,- . ---there, certain and free from ei•- " s3 r ;--there it will• he impossible for guilt to escape. or inno eetice to be punished wrongfully ; there all must be judged; t,riet account will be required alike from the poor and the r ich, embracing, the trifles of infancy, the follies of youth, and the vices of old age. 'I here all sins might be forgiven ; this, 'udeed, was often the consolation that a Christian judge might offer to a criminal when passing upon him the a.wfui sentence of ' c ondemnation. The rev. gentleman, in conclusihn, addressed ' e xhortations to those in authority, and to those in a humble eta t.,ifio• To the former he Suid, if they failed in the discharge of "lair clotys—if,their buttibler brethren saw dip neglecting the Precepts of the gospel, the sins of nil those who followed their c 'xainpl e would be laid to then charge; he, therefore, exhorted •:hent to let their light so shine as to adorn their doctrine. The .utter he exhorted to watchfulness; to let the Scenes they would witness impress on their recollection the eternal judgment; to consider the certainty of that day; to meditate upon and dread t he Consequences of meeting their God in an unprepared state." At the conclusion or the - service, an immense crowd had as sembled in Lord-street and. Castle-street, to witness the egress ,of their lordships' and, suite, who returned to tae lodgings of the former in St. Ann-street, while thel Mayor proceeded to 111 * Town-ball, each in the same order as that in which they wens. . We are informed that the judges acid the sheriff have ex- Pressed tile - highest gratification at the reception which they have met with in this town. The excellent regulations made by the Mayor, and the very orderly conduct of the Liverpool populace 'have been subjects of their highest eulogium. Among the new roles end improvements carried into effect •")" his worship, for the regulation of the law courts , that which Provides for the admission and accommodation of the reporters `sr the press is not the sinallest,in point of importaeces nor will ' t stand least in the e s t imation of the publi c. isthe second time that we have taken necasion'to direct 'attention to this sub ject, ant we trust thecae excellent an example will not be lost uPon the succeeding o"enpants of the civic chair. • • At ten o'clock nit Monday morning, Chief Justice Tyndall ;?ntered the Crown Court, attended by T. Clifton, Esq., the high sheriff. The costontary forin of calling 'over the roll of !Magistrates, &c., having been gone, through, the following gen- Menten were sworn of the GRANT JURY. lion. R. B. 'Wilbraham, M-Pc, Foreman, Blythe Hall; Jas. s&spinall, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool; Jos. Ashton, Esq., Wool 't"n ; Peter stinsworth, Esq., ALP., Sinithells; Sir Thos. B. nisch, Bart., the Haziest J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P., "ale; Hugh Ilornby Birlev , Esq., Swinton ; Blun 'llell, Esq., Crosby • Thomas Case, Esq., Thingwell Hall; J. Rntwisle Esq. Foxholes; WM. Garnett. Esq. Lark Hill; 11. Bold , floghton; , Esq., Bold; R. Gregge Hopwood, Esq., 'lls,pwood; G. J. Gregg Hopwood, Esq., Ditto; Benjamin file wood Esq , e Claremont; Chas. Horsfal l, Es q ., Everton lC; has. Lawren, Esq. , Wavertree Hall; R. J. J. . Norre y s, "q.) Davyhulme; Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale; S. Sta. niforth, Est ~ Everton; Humphrey Trafford, Esq., of Trafford. The proc lamation against vice having been read, Chief Jus tice TYNDALL proceeded to address the Grand:Jury. He said t hat his Majesty having been pleased, by advice o f his PriV y rs ‘-euncil, to direct that the commission of assize and gaol de livery, which had usually been held in one place only, should !tl, future be held 'both in Lancaster and Liverpool, it became his duty on the present occasion to address the grand jury in that court. He should make no further observation on the alteration save this, that be thought, nay, indeed he most con fidently expected, that it would be productive of all the advan tages which its promoters had calculated from it. It was im possible not to foresee that the very great diminution in pri vate expense, in conducting suits through a tediou s p rocess of 'iligation, would be avoided, now that the necessity was taken away of carrying witnesses and other persons to distant parts o f the county; and at the same time there would be a very material reduction in point of expense in the prosecution of err mivata for the same reason be obtained. Before he quitted this subject. be felt bound to sa and he felt the greatett satisfacti on i n making the declaratio y, n, that the arrangements which had been made in Liverpool, in pursuance of the order which re qu i re d that proper courts should be prepared for the a dministration of justice, and proper lodgings be provided for his Majesty's judges, were of the moat commodious kind. The courts, as far as he could see, were admirably adapted for the due administration of public justice; and the accommodation for the jud ges and their attendants was conformable to the spirit of liberality' which might well have been expected in this ancient and opulent community. Although he ss as .addressing the gentlemen before him as now performing the duty of grand juror s in the southern division of.the county, yet they had pro bably observed, in the form of the oath which had b een admix g 4 itt'?Tsl to them, that they were sitting as jurors for the 1)040f the county. It had been foreseen that many cases would occur in which the commitment of offenders, although the offence had taken place in the other division of the county, was better suited for this; or again, circumstances of an unusual nature occur ring after the persons had been committed, might render it more convenient to take them for trial to this rather than the other division. If, therefore, the jury had not been sworn for the body of the county—for the north as well as for the south— they would have failed in jurisdiction over offences committed in the other division. He could not but express his sincere regret that, though the calendar was small in point of number, there was a large proportion of serious and heavy cases, and he should proceed now to single out a few of them in which alone, so far as he could perceive, it would be necessary for him to make any observation to aid the conclusions of the jury. There , were three cases of wilful murder upon the list. The first was that in which a person, named James Barlow, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, and upon this it was unnecessary to offer auy observation. The second was that of Jane Board man, indicted for the murder of an infant, James Boardman, and in this it would perhaps be well to point out a few circum stances which might arise in evidence, in order to see whether the testimony was such as would render it compulsory on the jury to bring in a bill for the greater offence of murder, or for manslaughter only. In the first place, lie should state that the person charged as the, victim of this atrocious offence was a child just born, and much of the evidence related to the death of the mother, which took place very nearly at the same period of time. He called their attention to that fact at once, in order that they might discharge it from their minds, the death of the mother having no connexion with that of the child, that having occurred, as it appeared, from the want of proper medi cal care and attention. l'he party charged with the death of the child was the grandmother. It was alleged that the child was illegitimate, and this fact, of course, was calculated to excite a great degree of jealousy as to the sudden death of the party. It further appeared, that the grandmother, being in a state of intoxication took the child from its enother, and very shortly afterwards some person coining into the room, found - it dead, There were no great marks of violence upon the body, and the point for the jury to inquire into would be whether there were.' any antecedent circumstatices ffroin which a jury would feel bound to say that malice had been engendered in the mind of the person charged with the crime, and to induce the belief that this was• a malicious act. A person might, from carelessness or negligence, produce the same effect as from' malice, and the jury must therefore bear in mind the possibility that this might have arisen from another cause than the one which was im puted. If the jury were satisfied that the death had been occa sioned by malice on the part of the prisoner, then the fact of her being drunk at the time would make noolifference in her guilt. The third case of murder was one in which a person, named Elijah Mayers, was indicted for the murder of Mary Eastwood, and there was some singularity about this case from the Mngth of the time which had occurred before it was brought forward for judicial investigation. The alleged offence took piece seven yeeos s oigo, in ,1825. and the principal witness was e a person, whileatalest hi cif to hive en epic the•Lipot at the time, and to have seen the offence committed. This was a singular circumstance; 'and nt the same time it ap peared that the prisoner had been living much in the neigh bourhood where he was before that time. Undoubtedly evi dence which had been so long concealed would require some con firmation, for the jury would look with caution upon testimony brought forward or kept, back to suit the purposes of a party. Some consideration was also due as to who the person was or what occurred at the time.' The cause of death was a blew not with any instrument likely to cause death but with the hand, and, therefore, it was for the jury to say under all the circum stances—after the parties had become intoxicated and quarrelled —whether the case would be one of the slighter form or whether it would range as one of deliberate murder. There were three other charges of an, aggravated kind, two of which he should leave entirely to the consideration of the jury, who would judge from the appearance and the mode of the evidence of the par ties bringing the accusation whether their evidence was of a . nature to which they could give their confidence; with respect to the one which stood first, that of Richard Lord, who stood charged with the same_ offence, they would judge when it came before them whether itwas supported by that species of evidence which the statute prescribed as necessary. The statute to which he referred was 9th Geo. IV., cap. 31. sec. 18., and so far as he could see from the depositions there was considerable difficulty about bringing forward such evidence. It was always matter of regret that charges of this nature were brought under the eye of the court : unless they could be Carried to some certain con clusion it was much better that they should be withdrawn from public notice. In this case the party was charged not only with rape but also with the robbery of the person. If, therefore, the bill for the greater offence was ignored the court would direct a bill for robbery to be prefei red. There were also four cases of malicious wounding, three of which were of the ordinary kind, and upon them, therefore, he should not trouble the jury with any observation; but in the case of a woman named Murrow, charged with throwing vitriol upon the face of a person, there might possibly be some doubt whether a wound inflicted after this particular mode was in the contemplation of the legislature which framed the act. The statute passed in the reign of George IV. repeated the words of the old statute, and there seemed to be some doubt whether the liquid was intended to burn the clothes of the prosecutor merely or to wound hie person also. The proper course, therefore, for the jury would be to inquire whether the vitriol was levelled at the person of the prosecutor with a knowledge at the time of the nature of the liquid, and if they were satisfied of that fact he should recommend them to find a bill. If afterwards any arguments should arise upon the construction of the statute, this court could hear and determine upon ahem. With these remarks, which were heard with dim= tpoke, hislty,an lordshipd the low tone of voice in which the learned judge dismissed the jury. A sheet time afterwards they returned into court with a true bill against John li'dker, 17, charged with burglary. Mr. BRANDT conducted the case, which was destitute .of in terest. The prisoner was charged with having secreted himself in the house of a shopkeeper, named Charles Dane, at Staley bridge, and In the course of the night stealing a large quantity of copper and some other property, with which he broke out of the douse. He was found Guilty of larceny but not of burglary. Sentenced to seven years' transportation. HORSE STEALING. Thomas Carr was indicteefurstealing a mare, the property of Edward Lewis, and.Johti ,Evans with receiving it, knowing it to have been stelen....On the inclining of the 4th of June, a mare liettinginglo Mr.,Lewis was stolen fiom a field adioining his house, at Northop, im Fliatoltirei a pursuit was uninediatel v instiuted, and it appearing that it man riding such a mare ha d 'passed through a neighbouring turnpike towards Chester, Lewis followed and traced her on to Manchester. Ou the morning of the sth of June he found his mare at the latter town in the custody of Bewley, the police-officer, who had seized her in Granby-row, und er t h e suspic i on th a t she was stolen, whilst Evans, one of the p r i soner' , was ,riding ber. The mare was a valuable animal.. Th e j ury f oun Carr Guilty but Acquitted Evans. Carr was.sentenced to transportation for life.. BIANSLAUGHTER. • • • Jax. Robintopt, Peter Afo r p an , Robert Clarkson,-Thos.&an, and Jacob Beresford, were indicted for killing and slaying Jas. Bather Hope, at Manchester. Bleaze lives in Bradford, near Manchester, and is an engineer by trade. _ .On Sunday, the 19th April, he saw a crowd of persons assembled. i n . a' little meadow, about 130 yards from his house. There were 41) or 50 people at first. - He went towards them, and bad them not begin to fight, or he should send for a constable. This was betweeh four and five o'clock. Two men were then stripping, Robinson and the deceased. Some •of the crowd said they should not be more than five began making a ring. - Before they began t m o i fi n g uitiets, , Robinson and the deceased shook hands; at the same time Robinson hit the deceased on the side of thehead. They had four or five rounds—a fair stand-up fight. Robinson then hit the deceased on the side of the head; he fell, and seemed to have no help of himself at all. Ile never spoke afterwards. Blood issued from his mouth. They got a handkerchief and some water, and bathed his face with it. He was quite dead. Witness went for assistance to Mr. Hyatt's, and returned in Ave or ten minutes, when he found the deceased lying where he had left him; Robinson was not there. They took the body to a beer-shop, and removed it afterwards to the Gi ay Mare. Morgan was the man who made the ring with his stick. Clark son was there toov he had his coat off; and was aside of the de began to fight. 111‘Kran bathed the breasts ( a •e n a d se h d ea w ( h i s e n they o ftlie men between the rounds. There were not above a dozen or fourteen people on the ground when the wit ness came back from Mr. Hyatt's, and some of the prisoners were - a mong them. , The next witness, a boy, who saw:the fight, said Robinson seemed very sorry. and sa i d, "Oh d ear , I've done his job now. I'll go and - fetch him a glass of brandy and water." Other witnesses were called to state the share which each prisoner had in the affair.—Guilty—two months' imprison ment. NISI PRIUS COURT. The court for the trial of civil causes commenced yesterday morning, at 'ten o'clock, before Lord Abinger, and a respect able jury. The court was crowded to excess in every part, and the gallery filled with elegantly dressed ladies. It looked ex ceedingly well, and, notwithstanding its crowded state, there nas no want of accommodation' for either barristers or attor nies---the number of the former attending this court might ex ceed eights. On the bench, during the day, we noticed James Aspinall, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, Peter. Bourne, Esq., John Bourne, Esq., 'Wallace Currie, Esq.,. John Bentley, Esq., end other county magistrates. _ DENsoN r. WiLLiAMSON. This was an action to recover from the administrators of the late Mr. Williainsou, an attorney in this town, the sum of ths. 9d., being a balance due Co the plaintiff, on the sale of his goods under a distress warrant, which it was alleged had been placed•into the baud.; of the late Mr. Williamson:, • Mr. ALEXANDER having stated the case, Mr. CROMPTON called Charlotte•O'Neil.—ln March, 18.33, I lived near the plaintiff; Benson, in Upper Beau-street. t was sent for to the house of Mr. Benson in March, 1833. When I gut there, I found Mr. Mpurr and another bailiff. They staid there from Saturday to onday, and an advertisement was printed advertising Mr. Benson's goods for sale on the Wednesday following. Mr. Spurr subsequently took the goods away in a . cart, and they were not sold upon the premises. The key of the house was taken away by Spurr, and the plaintiff anti his wife went away. By Mr. ALEXANDER.—The rent was - 128 per year. James Benson, son of the plaintiff, sworn.—l remember an y father entering the house in Upper Beau-street in August, 183`2. The rent was £2B per annum. I did not live in the same house with my father. I recollect the goods being taken from the house t o a sa l e - r o o m in Manchester -street, where I saw them sold. The produce of the sale was upwards of £3O. After the distress was put in, I weot to the late Mr. Williamson, an at torney in this town, and saw him. Mr. Williamson asked me what I wanted, and I told him it was about the distress. Mr. Williamson then said that he had received his orders from Mr. Howton, and I must go to him. I went to Mr. Ilowton, who refused to answer me any questions, and referred me to Mr. Williamson. On returning to Mr. Williamson, that gentleman asked me if I had a wife and family, and on answering yes, he said it would be better for me not to interfere between man and wife. I did not see the money paid over to any one. Charles Chester sworn.-1 am an assistant to Mr. Spurr. On the first of March I received a warrant of distress from Mr. Spurr, and took possession of the plaintiff's property. I re moved the goods to Manchester-street by direction of Mr. Spurr. I paid to Mr. Williamson a balance of about L•I, but the receipt has been mislaid in consequence of Mr. Sperr's death. The warrant of distress and correspondence of the parties were then put in and read by the clerk. Mr. George Spurr sworn.—l am son of the late Mr. Spurr, a. bailiff. I remember a receipt having been given by Mr. Wil , liamson for £3. the. l ld., being the balance due from Mr. Benson's sale. The receipt has been since lost. The book produced contains an entry for that sum. Mr. Weighlman was about addressing the jury for the de- . fendant, when he was stopped by the Judge, who 'directed a nensait on the ground that the action should have been brought fur an excessive distress. Nonsuited accordingly. SUTTON V. BRAf!CICISR. This was an action brought by the . -plairititt, a vitriol Manu facturer in Liverpool, against Alderman Brancker, defendant, to recover darnagesatatained by the plaintiff from the defendant for injury done to a horse and gig. Mr. Botch, with whom was Mr. Alexander, stated the case, and Mr. Cressuell appeared for the defence. Mr..A.tr,..asvprt: stated that the present was an action that svigbt !►re 403 settled out of court, which would have beep's much more creditable course, considering the respectability of the parties concerned, had the defendant been agreeable to do so. The defendant, Mr. Brancker, was a gentlemen of high respectability, and, he believed, an alderman of the borough; • and the circumstance out of which the action arose occurred on the 26th of February last. At that time the plaintiff was pro ceeding towards home in a gig with his wife, when he observed on the road a cart and a pbaston. The carriage was going at full drive in the middle of the road on the paved part, there being a p ortion __ of the road paved, and another coveted with ashes. When the phaeton came up to the gig, from some inju dic.ons driving of the coachman, or probably from entertaining an idea that a phaeton had a greater right to the rood than a gig, instead of allowing room for the gig to pass, it came forci bly in contact with it, upset it, and threw Mr. and Mrs. Sutton into the road. Mrs. Sutton was injured, and the gig and horse trieterieliy so. Whether Mrs. Sutton was killed or not, it did not appear worth the while of the defendant to inquire, as he drave on without noticing. Mr. Sutton called to some persons to take care of the gig, and then ran after the phaeton, when he i discovered to whom t belonged. A conversation ensued be the plaintiff and defendant, but, as the plaintiff could not be a witness in his own cause, ho (the learned counsel) should re frain from alluding to it. Mrs. Sutton fortunately was not seriously injured ; but the horse was so much so, that the plain tiff, in consequence of the injury it sustained, was obliged to sell it for Len under the real value. The gig was also could ! derably damaged, and the action was brought to recover com pensation for such damage, which, had the defendant been wil ling to give, the action would never have been bfought. Having concluded stating the case, John Pennington was examined by Mr. ROTCII.-.4 am a la bourer in the fields, and live near Gateacre. On the 2fith Fe bruary last I wes in some fields, and saw Mr. Sutton's gig. I also saw a phaeton and a cart in the road. The gig and cart were going towards Wootton, the cart about twelve yards first. I saw the gig draw up behind the cart. Mr. Brancker's phieren with a pair of horses quickly passed towards Liverpool. I did nut see any one in the carriage. The phaeton was driving in the middle of the road, and did not give the least way. The pave ment was, in the middle, about six yards wide. There were two yards and a half of unpaved road at each side, and room for the phaeton to pass the gig without leaving the pavement. It was quite wide enough for both the phaeton and gig to have passed without either going off the pavement. The cart left the road three feet and the gig about oue foot off the pavement. Both the gig and cart were on their right side of the way. The phae ton then came up, overturnettthe gig, and went straightforward. Mr. Sutton and Mrs. Sutton were thrown out and the horse thrown down. Mr. Sutton immediately followed the phaeon ; and the phaeton came back, but did not hear the conversation between Mr. Sutton and the person in the phteton. The Junee (to the witness.)—Did Mr. Sutton leave Mrs. Sutton on the ground to run after the phaeton. (A. laugh.) Examination resutned.—The phaeton passed the cart with case previously. Mr. and Mrs. Bitten walked home, and I took the gig home. Cross exaneielei by . Ms. C e esS w e.—W are abont sixettards from the place where the accident happened. Looked at the wheelmarks of the gig to take particular uotice. This was after I took the gig home. The near wheel of the phaeton appeared 'o be about three yards from the edge of the causeway. The hind leg of the horse was cut. Could not tell from observation who was in the phaeton. The phaeton was an open one. By Mr. ROTCH.—I was eating bread and cheese at the time I observed the accident. By the Junna.—lf the gig had followed the cart there would have been no accident ? The learned JUDGE here said that from what he had heard it appeared to him, that by the slightest deviation in the road on the part of the plaintiff, the accident would have been avoided. At present the plaintiff had made out no case whatever in his (the Judge's) opinion. ' Mr. Aenxerenait differed in opinion, and after some further conversation the case proceeded. John Critchley, a carter.—l was driving on the way to , Woolton when the accident occurred. I lookel back and saw-i gig, and I drew the cart off the pavement, for the gig, I thought, could have got on before the phreten came up. The phaeton was driving in the middle of the road as safely as you and I stand here. (A laugh.) 1 cannot judge whose. fault it was that the gig was upset. By Mr. CRESSWELL.—If the had followed in the track there would have been no accident, but this coachman did not behave well—did he now ? [ro some one in the court.] (Loud laughter.) Mr. Robert Hector, a surgeon, examined by Mr. Roecii. a - On the 26th of February had occasion to go to"NVavertree. Mr. Sutton passed me at a steady pace, and afterwards a carriage. When I came up to the parties I found the gig lying on its right side on the road, and Mrs. Sutton cryin4, With her hand scratched. She appeared much distressed. The horse was in jured above the thigh. Mr. Chambers, a veterinary surgeon of Liverpool, examined by Mr. ALEXANDER.—I should think - the Vise received Ell) worth of injury by the accident. I examined the gig, and con sider that it received injury to the aliment of 12.4 or £5. One spoke of the gig was cut, and the splinter-bar damaged. The brass work was also injured. By Mr. Citaswsi.i..---One spoke of the gig was broke, and the body grazed. The body was not otherwise injured. This was the case for the plaintiff; and the counsel for the defendant being satisfied with the opinion of the judge, de clined addressing the jury. The learned JUDGE then a..lressed the jury. pointing out the law of the case.. He was of opinion, that where a road was large enough for two vehicles to pass, and one baying, the centre, and the other wishing fur it, and by endeavouring to obtain it met with injury, that he could not recover, as one in dividual was as much entitled to the road as the other. It en pPared from the evidence and the plan of the read, that the plaintiff might have passed the defendant had he chosen to do so. He complained that the phaeton did not make wa y for his gig, and the defendant might complain that the gig did not make way for thraplimton. Now, from the plan produced by the plaintiff's counsel, there was 251 feet of road vacant for the gig to have passed, had the plaintiff chosen. If two persons drove their carriages together, and one refused to make way for the other, they were each to blame, and neither entitled to compensation. Aeuryman here said that the carriages were first seen a hun dred yards asunder, and he thought that the phaeton ought to have made way for the gig. The LEARNED JUDGE again attempted to show that, accord. °vi t t nem arta pla44.),he gig could easily have passed tbs . pliretou ; but the jury, was> appeared to have a greater pcedile:3- tion for gigs than phattons, could not of would not see it. One jurymau incoited whether a gig was not entitled to one half the road ; and another said that had he been driving the gig he would not have gone one foot on the unpaved road in order to let the phaeton pass. Three or four othe, jurymen ex pressed similar opinions, and then retired to deliberate on their verdict. After an absence of half an hour they returned with a verdict Qf 1 4 1 for the plaintiff. KENYON v. LUCAS AND HEATON. This was an action for assault and battery, instituted by a young man, apprenticed to Mr. Lathan:, surgeon, of Waver tree, against Mr. Robert Lucas, proprietor of the celebrated Hoiee.Repository in this town. .Mr.-CnomPToN opened, and Mr. ALEXANDER stated the case, from which it appeared, that in April last, the defendant and a friend, was crossing one of Mr. Lucas's fields near Wavertree, when he was assaulted by Heaton, a man employed by Mr. Lucas as a labourer, (and encouraged to du so by Mr. Lucas, as the learned counsel observed), as will be seen by the evi dence. The defendants separately pleaded not guilty. Mr. Charlea Hand exammed by Mr. Cnompros.-1 was in company wills the plaintiff, who was an apprentice with Mr. Latham, surgeon, at Wavertree, in April last. We had been to Allerton together to see some patients ; as we were coming towards Wavertree, we passed through some fields belonging to Mr. Lucas's of the Horse Repository. We struck out of the public footpath into the grass, in order to shorten the distance. Whilst walking over the field, we observed two men and a dog running towards us. The names of the men were Robert Lucas and George Heaton. The dog immediately ran at Mr. Keny on . Ii and he kept it off by kicking it. I said to Lucas, "I know you . well, I have been at Kenyon Repository," and whilst saying this, Heaton struck Mr. Kenyon on the head and knocked him down. Mr. Kenyon had not said a word. He lay on the ground about a minute quite senseless. He then got up and attempted to articulate but could not. I asked Mr. Lucas the man's name, and Lucas replied, " Never mind the man's name, he's, my man, and I'll be responsible." Lucas then asked me my name... Mr. Kenyon wished to go to . Mr. Cleggs, a gentleman in the neighbourhood, to state she case. Lucas said we were both drunk, and we might go to h-11. When Mr. Kenyon got up he staggered, and Lucas said, " See how drunk he is." I said, " Do you call use drunk, and Lucas said, " No, but be is." Cross-examined by Mr. CestssweLt., for the defence.—This happened abort five in the afternoon. We crossed the fields instead of coming on the footpath. Heaton was close to me when the dog was kicked. Lucas was close by also, I was talking to Lucas at the time. By Mr. A sex Nnee.—We had frequently been in the habit of crossing the same way. There was no truth in the statement of Lucas that Kenyon was drunk. Mr. John Latham, a surgeon, of Wavertree, examined by Mr. ALEXANDHR.—Mr. Kenyon was my apprentice for five years; On the 6th of April last recollect hins•coming ho me with a black eve. Ile had a bruise on the side of the temple. At twelve. o'cl . Pcle at night it was deemed necessary to apply leeches to the wound. Medicines were administered, and, from the syrnptoms, I appretsended danger, and sent for his friends. After the three days I chnsidered bins out of danger. By the Junus.-s-I apprehended concussion of the brain. He had lott his recollection, which is one of,the symptoms. :.'By Mr. .41.11XANDILR.'—I made no charge for my surg Nil at •tendaneOso I saw Mr. Liieds subsequently, and, he complained of my young man having misbehaved:himself. , Lucas suet that Kenyon was in liquor at the time he met with th - obloWs, 1 men tioned in Mr. Lncas the danger the young man' vras'ln, and Lucas replied that there could not he any danger, because Kenyon had walked to town that evening. Lucas said that he was fearless of man and beast: , Mr. Clegg, the gentleman al luded to preciously, was ,s person of largo landed property.' • . By Mr. CaF.ssWELL..-1 3 1ainta was not able to attend to , business three dayi afterwards. He was not able to do so whets , Dr. O'Donnell called. The symptoms of the plaintiff were sleep and want A of recollection. By Mr.AsEx ti Noan.—Believes Dr. O'Donnell attends Mr. Lucas and fain t v professionally. Dr. O'Donnell called about three days after he accident: Mr. C nesse/ELL addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, with a view of showing that Mr. Lucas was not accountable for the conduct of his man, even supposing he had stated that he would be reponsible for him, us he was not present when the assault'svas alleged to have been committed. With respect to Heaton, he naturally resented the insult implied by the plaintiff kicking his dog, a dog which, instead 'Of 'being of the bull species, was Po thing more than a farmer's cur. John Iloldgrave was then called and sworn for the defence. — I am a labourer in the employ of the defendant. I recollect the day that Kenyon and Hands came through the field. Hea ton was on the cart helping me to load hay. Mr. Lucas was near the garden wall. I told Heaton that two men were cross ing the field. Heaton shouted to them to turn back, but they refused. M. Lucas then told Heaton to go and turn them back. Heaton then got off She, cart, and the dog ran after him. Th e d og got up to them bett y Heaton. The dog went barking round theme, hut, did not offer to bite. Kenyon began to kick the dog, and Hasefon gate him a box for it. I cannot tell how long . it was !afore Lucas got up to the men. Heaton and Lucas did not go together. The men were off the footpath. I did not hear what passed between Lucas, Heaton, and the men. CRESSIVELL.—Did not hear M Lucas tell Heaton to go and 0 pitch into those devils!" I did not hear him say atythilig of the kind. I have never spoken of the affair since. I told James,Mawdsley that I had beard that Heaton had said he would not have struck the gentleman if Lucas had not told bins. I cannot say exactly who told me of Heaton's expression, hilt suppose it was Heaton himself. I have said that I did not like to appear here, because it is unpleasant to do so against ones master.' . „. The JUDGE. Kto the Witness.)—What sized dog was be Witness.-He was a middling sort of a size. The J c 00.a.5--WaS he .a lap dog? Witness.—No, a lap dog's a little an. (Laughter.) Mr. Cnaiswatt, then called Mr. Heston, a turgerm,. Isho stated that he, met with Hand and Kenyon on the night the affair happened, his eye was black, and witness advised him to apply a lotion to it. Dr. O'Donnell, a physician, examined.---t Went to Mr. Latham's, to see Mt. Kenyon, by request of- Mr; "Limier I understood that I saw him forty-eight hours 4fter the blow was etruck. I did nut see any symptoms of diseask about the plain tiff. His eye was black, and 1 asked .him whether it was caused by leeches, and he told me that the blackness had preceded the bleeding. Mr. ALEXANDER then addressed the jury in reply, and the Judge having minutely summed up the evidence , . the jur y re turned a verdict of £5 against Lucas, and £2 10s. against Heaton. This the Judge informed them was not a legal mode ot . proceeding as they could not dividd the damages between the two defendants. ' The • jury again etiristilted and broug in a rmera.l verdict of £7 10s. • QUIO4IN v. Dom—This action was commenced by Mr. Quiggin, of. Douglas, Isle of Man, against Mr. James Duff, of this town, to recover the value of two boxes of type, forwarded by Mr. Figgins, a type founder in London, to him, to the care of the defciudent, in LiYerpoid. 'The gr;ais never reached their destination, having been supposed to have been stolen from the Duke's Wharf. ' Mr. ALEXANDER and Mr, Tont,tateow Appeared for the plain tiff and Mr. Citasswart, fOr the defendant. James Daish sworn.—l am warehouseman to Mr. Figgins, type-founder, of London. On the Gth of March.last I packed up two boxes of type of the value of about £36, and addressed' them to Mr. Craig Quiggin, Douglas, Isle of Man, care of Mr. James Duff,. Liyerpool, .I desired .the porter after packing the goods' to take them in the truck to Kenworthy's, the carrier. Thomas Brunette, sworn.-1 am porter to Mr. Figgins, of ' London. On the 6th of March last, .1 took a couple of boxes Of type to the Axe Inn, Alderma.nbury, which is the office of Messrs. Kenworthy and Co., and received* receipt for them. James Yates examined—l am porter at the Duke's Wharf, Liverpool. On the 12th of March last, I discharged from the' flat Finn, a quantity of goods which came from Kenworthy and: Co's, Amongst - the goods discharged, were packages from Figgius and C 0,,, of London. I put them in No. 4, on the wharf. 1 saw the goods three days after landing them. Cros-examined by Mr. Caessive.t.L.—The boxes were not covered with other goods when I saw them. The direction was upwards, so that any person might see it. Saw the goods. a day/01er when the rain had washed a portion of the direc tions 'off. Generally covered goods at night. These goods were covered, and the reason why the direction was effaced was,. that people who came for goods trode upon it. On the fourth. day after the arrival of the goods, I did not see them. No one came to ask for the goods on the 14th, but about the 6th day a person did come to ask for them. John Farebrotber, a boy of about 13 years of age; sworn, lam errand-boy. at Kenworthy's. I deliver notices of goods having a:rived. I left. a paper of notice of goods having ar rived at James Duff's. I have a copy of it. A person in Mr. Duff's office signed the hook produced. The receipt was read by the clerk, which was to the effect that two boxes of type had arrived from Figgins's, signed by Orford ; the defendant's clerk.. John Foster.,-.1 am carter to Kenworthy and Co. I remem ber th'. boxes eiimicig, and five or six days subsequeirtly some pepeau...galled for them. Tho goods were not thcxe. My masters had done business with Mr. Duff before, aird'we - thaye-oftrn had notice from Mr. Duff to let the goods remain on the wherfafter their arrival. The notices were generally in writing. the JUDGE,—The notices have been to the effect, that :Mr. Duff would send for the goods. Baamination resutned.—The cartage would be in a great measure saved by sending for them. Cross-exarnined by Mr. Cnesswer.t..—ls sure he saw the goods three or friar days afterwards, they were direCted to Quiggin, care of Duff. James May examined.-1 am a Custom-house officer in Liverpool, and all goods going to the Isle .of Man go through my hands. I produced the clearance at the Cuitom house of time 18th of March, signed by me, and made out by Duff's people. John Deakin.—l am agent for Kenworthy and Co. I know Mr. Duff by name. but not personally. I do not know the handwriting of Mi. Orford. Mri,Thomas Orford.—l am clerk to Mr. Duff. The sea rch er'akill is signed by me, and contains a list of part et the arti tidies sent by the Isle of Man steamer on the 12th of March last. It contains an account of two boxes of type to be for warded to Mr. Quiggins of Douglas, Isle of Alan. The mani fest of the cargo shipped on board that vessel was signed by me. The manifest was :Tao, and from that it appeared there was a memorandum affixed stating that the boxes were not sent, hav ing been lost. At this stage of the case the Jones stated that, as it did not appear the goods ever came into the possession of the defendant, the plaintiff must be nonsuited. The case would have been dif ferent bean contract heeti made that the defendant should have fetched the goods. The plaintiff was accordingly nunsaited COLE AND ANOTHER V. ACKERLEY. . . The plaintiffs in this case are architects and surveyors in this town, and the defendant a broker. The plaintiffs, it appears, claimed the sum of £23 for plans, drawings, and designs for a portico and bruise of the defendant at Bidston Hill, and super intending the building of the same, being five per cent. on the cost of the buildings. A verdict for the amount was returned. 'ME LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tr, be iLiberpool *tanbarb. TURSDAT MORNING, AUGUST IS, 1835. We have 'great pleasure in observing that the lords are doing their duty in an admirable and fearless manner by the municipal corporation bill. They have, preserved the rights of burgesses in perpetuity, which will remain exactly as they are at present. They have also restricted the limits of boroughs to their present boundaries, and have accordingly" lawn d JOST;PIr - PARKSS'vdrift s legion of new commissioners. Their work is- termi nated, and we hope that instead of depending upon pub lic bounty in.a wasteful and useless expenditure of the revenue; they will betake themselves to some more re- SPectable employment. The greatest difficulty in amending the bill has re ference to the qualification clause. Lord LYNDHURST propeses to divide rate-payers into six sections or clasSes, the highest class only to be eligible to the office of mayor and common councilmen. After considerable delibera tiob, we cannot see how this scheme can be reduced to practice. For instance, in a town of 1,200 rate-payers, some ten only will be found who inhabit sixty-pound houses, an hundred who occupy fifty-pound ones, three hundred who occult:) , twenty-pound ones, and the re mainder only ten-pound and tinder. How is it possible to divide these rate-payers into six classes ? Besides, the. qualification is of too arbitrary and exclusive a cha racter. It would produce dissatisfaction, without secur ing 'any : important or beneficial results. That some qualification is indispensable we admit. A thousand pound qualification would not be too high in Liverpool, but it would be so perhaps in Tiverton or Lancaster. In small boroughs many excellent men might be found competent in every respect to discharge the duties of a councilman, but who might not be able to swear that they are worth a thousand pounds. The qualification should be dependent upon the rates, but how is a scale to be framed which shall apply fairly to all towns ? There is one plan we think which would meet the ease. We, with due deference, beg to propose that thelualifieation should be the average of the rates paid in every distinct borough. For instance, after the regis tration it can easily be ascertained what each elector has paid. One man has paid upon a hundred pound house, a sicond on a fifty, a third on a twenty, and a fourth on a teu pound house. Strike the average, by dividing the payments by the number of rate-payers, and you have at once a qualification which will regulate itself, and adapt itself to all the peculiar circumstances of the various boroughs. In a tich town the average will be propor tionably high; in a poor town it will be comparatively lbw. Liverpool would thus be regulated by the, amount bf its assessments, and Tiverton, Wigan, Lancaster, and all other places in the same way. We throw 'out the sllggestiori as one calculated to remove objections, and siiliciently protective to insure responsibility. On the other clauses of the bill we have no doubt that Ville Lords will show the same caution and be actuated ,by the same spirit of equity. Lord MELBOURNE threat `ens the . Lords with the rejection of the bill by the Co mmons.. This is nothing but empty talk. Let the Com mons throw out the bill if they please, but let them remember that, the electors can return the compliment to,'them• An election in November would stipp7 l Y a remedy. The conduct of Lord BaovonAst throughout the whole of the inquiry has been of the most extraordinary nature, so much so that we cannot trust ourselves in at tempting to describe it. What he means no man •on earth can tell. What connexion there is between him and the administration we cannot conjecture, but Lord MELBOURNE does not gain any thing by his support. Thc.. Times very properly asks, " has Lord BaouanAm no friend to advise him ?" Right worthy and most excellent FUNDIIOLDER, we have a piece of intelligence to communicate which must considerably interest yout sensibilities and warm your heart. Open, therefore, your ears, and listen attentively. There is in LOndOn a dapper-looking personage, with hands of rather indifferent whiteness, whom you would take to be a sort of second-rate collecting clerk in a brew ery, and Who goes by the name of SPRING RICE. He is said to be an liishman, who once represented the popish priests of Limerick in the Imperial Parliarnent;bnt, for some reasons best known to himself, was several years ago discarded by the Said priests in order to make room for some nominee of a feliow called O'CONNELL. This curious per , SPRING RiCE,'who knows init as much of finance as the keeper of a turnpike knows of astronomy, is, per favour of Lord JOHN Rtif4SELL, Chancellor of the Exche- quer of Great Britain ; and in his place before the trea sury bench of the House of Commons, on Friday last, had the great candour to confess that the expenditure of the country, under whig governnienti exceeded its in come. In other words, this SPRING RICE detlaied Great Britain TO BE INSOLVENT ! "There, now," Mr. FUNDHOLDER, as ford BROUGHAM says, crack this nut if you can. SPRING RICE did not say that the nation had actually stopped payment. . . He did not intimate his intention of calling a meeting of you and others the creditors of the nation. On the contrary, he put the best face on the matter he possibly could, and smirked and prided himself on his ability to "go on," like a saddler or respectable tallow-chandlei, who, by showing that he can pay seventeen shilling!, in the pound, is saved by a miracle from the Gazette. He told you and us that not hard pushed he would pay all. He told us that his liabilities exceeded his assets, and that if his cre ditors demanded instant payment he would be deficient some two hundred thousand pounds. He threw himself, however, on the clemency and forbearance of his creditors. He owed a large sum to the West India proprietors, which he trusted they would not press for until it was con venient. He hoped that it would not be necessary to pay the whole twenty millions before this time two years. He acknowledged the money to be due, but he trusted that the parties entitled to receive it would consider the circumstances of the nation, and draw long bills for the balances they claimed. He said also that he had a large sum to pay to certain poor rogues of commissioners who had dunned him so incessantly that he could no longer keep them off. They were, he said, miserably poor— destitute of the means of sustenance, and that charity dictated an _immediate settlement of their demands. The house agreed that these needy people, who otred money to tailors and butchers who had trusted them on the,credit of the state, should be paid. Then again-the said SPILIKO Ilicr.c confessed that he owed several sMos to Danes 'find otherloreigners who would not trust liiin - :an hiitir longer, and who threatened to arrest him. These also were Or dered to be paid. He had, not dreaming that his re sources were exhausted, promised to lend certain sums to unfortunate speculators who were considerably under water, hut %vlia depended upon his word, such as the peo ple concerned in digging a hole under the Thames. He had pledged himself, and consequently the advance was held to be a debt of honour, no matter how seriously Jon Butt might suffer. In short, the Right Honorira • ble Chancellor of the Exchequer confessed that he was considerably embarrassed, and that he could only keep faith with his creditors by trusting to their liberality and forbearance. Gracious Powers l is this England we are writing about ? Is it to go forth to the world that this once proud and opulent nation, whose merchants are princes, whose rich men are as numerous as the stars in the firmament, whose wealth overflows, and who could buy all the estates, and mines, and manufactories of Europe and America— is it to go forth to the. world that the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain is so hampered, so purse pinched, so low in means, so " cleaned out," as they say at CROCKFOR WS, that he is two hundred thousand pounds deficient of the sum required to meet his just and lawful debts ? Such, however, we lament to say, is the fact. Yes, lords and gentlemen of England, this is the avowed con dition of your national credit. The kingdom, as SPRING RICE, third clerk in an Irish brewery, admitted on Friday last, on bringing forward what is called the " budget," is INSOLVENT! He did not say—he dared not say—that England is without the means of paying its just debts. The Irish financier did not go this extreme length. But he confessed enough to wound our pride and excite our indignation. He confessed that by a series of blunders, by large promises, 'by foolish remissions in the time of the stupid and, thank GOD, now silent Lord ALTHORP, the exchequer had been emptied, and that in a period of profound peace, when no subsidies were required, no ar mament to provide for, no foe to meet, no invader td op pose, no tyrant aggressor to punish, the income of the country is inadequate to its expenditure, acrd that our just debts cannot be satisfied without an increase of tax ation. SPRING RICE did not make this humiliating confession in these words; but his impoverished explanations au thorise quite as much as we have assumed. He threw the blame of his embarrassment upon his predecessor. He excused his inability at the expense of Lord At- THORP. He did not call him a blockhead, but he insinu ated as much. He did not say that Lord ALTilotte's cal culations were fallacious and absurd, but he pointed to the. treasury chest, as a beggarly heir does to his prede cessor's obligations, saying, "see what the extravagant old fellow has imposed upon me—rot him I" But come we to unlace the budget. We had a suspi cion from the first that SPRING Ilion was extremely re luctant to divulge it. He knew that it would be unfa vourable to the ministry, and would bring scandal upon the Whigs. Instead of opening it in April, the usual time, he postponed it to'August, when the session was near its close, and when Sir ROBERT PEEL and the lead- ing tories would be absent. He resorted to every kind of low subterfuge in order to put off the requited expla nation. He did not choose to tell the country, in the early part of the year, that he was not in a situation to meet the obligations of the country. Had the truikbeen told at the proper time it would have embarrassed Lord JOHN RUSSELL; we say Lord JOHN, for we look upon Lord MELBOURNE as nobody. The nominal prime mi nister has shown that he is equally devoid of intelligence and independence. He has no ideas which are not bor rowed, and he is the mere echo in the upper house of the opinions he receives from' the Common s . His arguments are as shallow as the sunbeams upon sand indicating wa ter. We have the illusive glare. but no fluid—the ap pearance, but not the reality—the hope which ends in disappointment and sorrow. And his temper too ! what is it but protests in angry fustian—furious but silly, at which the serious shut their eyes and the ,more volatile laugh ? It is impossible to consider Lord MELBOURNE in any other light than as the agent of Lord JOHN Itus 'SELL who himself can hardly be considered in any other light than the steward .or attorney of DANIEL O'CON NELL. But to the budget. The people who sell gin in small I quantities, and who were taxed most unsparingly by Lord ALTHORP, last year, are to be relieved from a,:por tion of the license duty. Those who only sell not ex ceeding-fifty gallons of gin annually are to have fifty per cent remitted from their license. Those who sell up wards of fifty gallons are to remain taxed as at present. This will, no doubt, be hailed as a great boon by the small publicans, and to the honest dealer it will be a re lief. But what will it be to the dishonest one ? We much fear that it will lead to' frau4:ski'smuggling. A license will be taken out for the smaller quantity, and double or treble the quantity Will be sold in defiance of the excise, and without the means of detection. Who is to decide bow many gallons of gin any publican sells? There are numerous gays in which he can procure and dispose of gin without the excise knowing any thing as to his resources. He need never' have more. tban,.five gallons in his house at one time, and yei may sell five hundred gallons in the course of a year. The second item in the budget is the reduction of the duty upon flint glass from sixpence to twopence per lb. We have no objection to this repeal inasmuch as it will encourage manufactures, and enable the trasiej,tg corn peie with foreigners in distant Markets.'''' It:.' wai l also have a tendency to prevent smuggling, - or whiAjiot a little has been of recent years.successfuli- 4 - we say not by whom. But as to this inaction in the duty upon glass being any boon to the public generally, . . we scout the idea as preposterous. Have the working classes been benefited by the repeal of the leather tax Not one penny in a pair of boots—not one farthing in a pair of shoes. So will it be with the reduction' of the glass tax: Not one tumbler. decanter, or wine glass, more or less, will be made or sold, saved or broker, filled or emptied, in consequence. The third ani last boon offered by SPRING RICE is the repeal of the stamp duty upon awards or arbitrations in Ireland. This is intended to encourage amicable settlenieuts amongst - O'CoNKELL's congtituents.. Wtillit hate this effect ? 'We doubt. gowever, this is the whole . 0f The httdf4, and-Use whole of the reductions contemplated by SHUNS; AWL • , • and which it has taken him six montlui to Mattiri. has been under the agoniei of gestation fur a longer . period than any other Chancellor; and lei hebas pro duced nothing. Lord BROUGHAM, joflßPu.Hua .a per .son of the name of BULLER, and that water-rat of a statesman, ItoEnucx, who certainly came out of some pump at. Bath, and ought to be returned to whence be came—these people made a great outcry .about the " taxes on knowledge," but not one farthing of reduction does SPRING RICE throw to them t 0 save them front starvation. The window taX, about which the radicals of iOndon set up a howl, remainsas before. Lord ALTIIORP was More liberal when he repealed the tax on shepherds dogs. The removal of the diity upon soda water was princely compared to any thing ddne by SPRING RICE, We therefore wish the people joy who support such* Ministry ! TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a copy of the first number of the Liverpool Weekly Magazine, published on Saturday, and augur favour taffy of the series from this specimen, which evinces consider ab!e talent. The crowded state of our columns with parlia mentary and provincial intelligence prevents us from noticing books, but we shall not forget this new publication. LANCASHIRE, SOUTHERN DIVISION. Cause List for the Lancaster Summer Assizes, holden, by ad journment, at Liverpool, Monday, the 17th day of Auguut, 1.35. Judges, Lord Chief Justice TiNDAL and the Chief Baron Lord ABINGER. sheriff, THOMAS CLIFTON, Esq. FIRST LIST.--WEST DERBY. No. Pltfs. Attys. Plaratiffs. Defendants. Defdts. Anis. 1 Knapper Bonsor Williamson AI inshull 2 Same - Robitison Holmes 3 Booker Cole & anr. Acherley 4 Same Clarke " Culshaw M. Edge 5 Same Scott Plurnpton 6 Kave&Ankacte Bowden wthd. Cross and another 7 ' Holden Hutton Lyon and anr. Lowndes& Co. 8 Bettye & Co. Carter Ad. newt:lige 9 Gray Kay Robinson 10 Perrderton& Co. Atty.-Gen. Main wormy and another (S. J.) II Payne Quiggin Duff . 12 Same Pritchard & anr. Willey 13 Jas. Norris Sutton Brancker Shackleton &Co 14 Kaye and Co. Warry wthdn Cross and ano. 15 Kenyon Kenvon Lucas W. Waring 16 Perry . Sancton & anr. Gibson 17 Same - Sim andanr. Same 18 Trehearne ' Morris Ravenacroft Leigh 19 England Button - Buebtongranr. assignee's 20 Grimshaw and Doe. Dem. PerCeval CO. Eccles and another (S. J.) 21 P. Brown Noll Houldsworth Peacock 22 Byrum Smith Hoskins&anr. Boyd 23 Snowball Cairns &uxr. Firth & ant-. Barker 24 T.l-1. Davenport Wareing Walley and uxr. 25 Clententson Schlesinger llouldsworth Peacock 26 Pyne I. urnivaa Hatfield Itivingtou and (S. J.) Co. 27 Same Sante (S.J.) Sante Same 28 Johnson Doe. Dem. Fiddler Barnes Higglnson 29 W. Jones Cunningham Ainsworth& ors. T. Atkinson 30 Radcliff&Co. Platt & aur. Storke Barker 31 Yarker Harrison& ors. Richardson Maychell 32 Bartley &Co. Bartley King and, aur. 33 M. Edge Pa rr Eastnam T. Palmer 31 Rowliuson 4 Pierpoint - Lodge & ano. Crump Co. withdrawn 35 Same Lockerby Lomax& anr. Mawdsley • withdrawn .36 W. Jones O'Brien & uxr. TobinSranr. W. Eaton 37 J. Yates Johnson Hamilton Moss 38 James Hall & anr. Holcroft hart 39 S. Davenport Lunt Threlfall Bardswell 40 Bird and Co. Dumbell Watson Brabner &Co. 41 W. Jones Royston Whittaker Kaye and Co, 42 Topham & Son Do Beriot Armistead Crew & Son 43 Crew and Son Armistead De Beriot Topham 8,: Son 44 Brabner&Co. Johnson and Campbell Harvey ors. assignees 45 Inperson Toulmin Okell &ors. Barron 46 T.& T. Brown Jackson Armstrong W. C. Chew 47 Bardswell Samuel& anr. Clarke Miller& Peel 48 Topham & Son Scaife Arnaud Brook for J.G. Waiford,forSol.Customs 49 Gaskell Donaldson Turner 50 Same German Thompson Adtrix Leigh&Sandrs 51 Same Phythian White Firchett &W. 52 Finlow Knipe Hargreaves Avison an LISou 53 Same Waring torlie 54 Parker Greenvvoll and ano Nicholson&ors Wright 55 Bayley Tyrer Tyrer Sharpies 156 Bardswell Wood Taylor Leigh&Sandrs 57 W. Jones Salmon Fdden In person 58 Pass and Co. Hellerby Falkner&ano. E. Foulkes '59 Same Same Same Sauce 60 Same Derbyshire Same Same 61 Same Same Same Same 62 Rowlinson&Co. Bird, assig.. Ilubber,stey Parkinson 63 Same Pierpoint ' Lodge & ano.Crmp&.D&lrlnt 64 Same Lockerby Lomax & duo. Mawdsley 65 Watson Sillar Kave North 66 Holden Jones - WoCid 11.1 osi . , 67 Bardswell Duckworth ..Evrnes J .C. Thompson 68 Pritt Dalrvrnple, admr. Killer Iti iller and Peel 69 Moss Davis Wilmer&ano. Booker 70 T. Davenport Breed & ano. Senior Holden . 71 Knapper Gosling Mercer Kaye& Mirada 72 Lowe Taylor & ano. Ex. Holt ' 73 Frodsham Gorst & ano. Ex. Lockerley 74 Ford and Co. Ford (S. J.) Leeke Balker 75 Avison and Son Gill Littledale 76 Seine Grundy Holt Holden . • 77- same Gillibeend &en* AseigeLeethorvi-- - -1-Isevseis ,-- 78 G. Aspinall Drury Carter Lace,gon&Mrs 79 Worthington Townley, assig Crump & inn Crump , SU Crewe and Son Robinson Smith Patgrave , 81 Worthington Battersby&ano(S.J) Morris Ratleliffe &Da 82 Caesar Moore Anderton Marsh 83 Crewe and Son Johnson Ridgeway Lace,Son&Mrs" 84 Prancis&Dodge Pollat Edwards Walker 85 Holden Parry Fenby Evans 86 Leigh&Sandrs D. Leyland Leyland Lord 87 Hinde Vaughan&ano. Delaney Bardswell , 83 H olden Scott & ape. Marrow LOWnries&Timn. 89 Rodgees Read Vale " Radcliffe& Un ; 9(1 Bearnont Haddock Ackers -Croudson 91 Bradshaw D. Helsel. Greenwood Finiow 192 Grace Murphy Samter & ors. It adclifre &Dn Curry Barrett &Ca. SECOND LIST.—SALFORD. 1 Bagshaw &Co Oates Holt I 'olden 2 Bent • Welch& arm. Powell E. Foulkes 3 Chapman Duckworth &ano. Fogg 4 Same Same Watson Townshcnd 5 Barker Fletcher Christie 6 Lord Lord Nuttall and ann. "7 Hadfield Greavea Nabb Townshenit 8 In person Ferrand Mills & ors. lialsall 9 Sale Stoddard Bolton G. 0. Smith 10 T. Potter Dentith & ano. Willey 11 Briggs Wallwork Smith 12 Edge & Parker Fildes withd. Brood reth 13 Milne & Sons Poolev Goodwin Crouch 14 J. Taylor Riley Piston Holden 15 Todd Patrick Flanagan Townshend 16 Milne & Sons l'ooley Goodwill Crouch 17 Hart Holeroft&ors.Halland ann. Bardswell 18 Todd Pulman Tongtic&atio. Norris 19 Law Opeushaw Travis& ano. 20 In person Foulkes,one,&c Travis 21 Brindle Thornton&ano. Millington 22 Skelhorn Chadwick by proviso. Elliot Halsall 23 Skelhorn Chadwick Elliott lialsa:l 24 Clarkson Beal Wood Heaton 25 Kershaw Hutchinson Heyworth Pritt and Co. and ors. assig. 26 llalsall Booth Farrand &ano. Iloyle 27 Kaye, Barlow &Co.Townishend Gomersall 28 Same Downing & ano. Nott 29 Same Paulden Holt 30 Kay Clegg Nichols Robinson E. Foulkes -31 Wood and Co. Priestly Jackson Clarkson 32 'Same Same Same Same :33 E. Foulkes BardsterfS.J.)Barratt&ano Barratt 34 Atkinson &Co. Mayall & ors Mitfnrd & ors 35 Kay and Co. Mosley, Bart. Robinson Aspinall 36 Same Same Hall Greetihalph 37 Atkinson & Co. Gerard & ano.Nightingale Paiftersian •assig. • . 38 E. Foulkes • Smith Leyland Richards 39 J. Woods , -Dobson Leach 40 E. Chew Leigh Hardeastle Knowles 41 - Newstead Walker& ano Willey 42 T. Greenbalgh Harper Burrow &ors 43 G. Whitehead Boutflower Ashworth F.& A. Grundy 44 E. Foulkes Wisdom Craigh & ors - Tavlor&Co. 45 Whitehead &Co. Wrigley Clay . K. Thompson 46 J. Booth Heatley & ano Sinfth 47 E. Foulkes Mercer . Hatton &Ux Beaumont 48 A. Higginbottom Miller B,md E. Foulkes 49 J. Booth Ashworth Barnes &ano. Eclehew 50 Same Same Same Same 51 Law Leake Chappe H igson & Son 52 E: Foulkes Goodier Ellis Survg. partner Townshend 53 Hart Staddall Coleshill Harrop From the above lists it will be seen that 145 causes are en tered for trial. The following abstract will show the piopor finite in which these causes are divided among the courts where they were originated, viz::— . Tiv- Court. of King's Bench 26 The Court of Common Pleas ' 'The Court of Excheqber..i... ... 54 The Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster .6I - • . . . ONSIEIIVATIVE HALL, NEwToN.—This building is now in so forward a state that the roof is expected to b e comp l e t e d on Saturday next. 'I he whole will be finished in a.roosit.viilistun flat manner for the next annual meeting in October, when Lord Francis Egerton will preside. . , _ C AUT ION TO BOATMEN.— Yesterday up orgo Moody was brought up before Mr. Alderman Robinson, at th e b uc k Police office, at t h e i ns tance of Mr. B. Poole. for wing abusive lan guage t o C a ptain 11. T. Poole, of the - ship Denimin, when that vessel wax on the point of sailing for Calcutta, nom the Prince's Pierhead, on Thursday morning,,the (i.h instant, and tor en deavouring to extort untea.son'able boat-hire from a lady. The magistrate fined him IN. with—costs, .which, we trust, may operate as a vrarning to suet boatmen as are constantly on the alert (luting the hours of high „ : water to take advantage of per sons whom they imagine have no means of obtaining redress. CHURCH Costratssiciti.--Is not Mr... Lister, IlliaChurch.cern missioner, the gentleman sn distinguished for his histrionic paw ers, and who was a pi inal cip theatre it The p ay bili s announce performer ti,at at t p o L n a Lady the st l e s r t e s j a u private uar y 1831, he (Mr. Lister) - performed the part Mr. P.ustleby in her ladyship's comedy," Match or;p,o Match." and afterwards aston ished the audience as Sir Laurent Paragon in " Perfection or the. Lady of Mun s t er ." M r. florsinars,atiot her of these talented individuals, is more remaikahle for his •d - exterity as a cr icket player than for HD vthing elbe. The commiSsioners consequently need never be at a loss for amusement—cricket in the forenoon, and private theatricals in the evening, will enable them to pass their time pleasantly enough. How kind it was in the Lord Advocate thus to think of enlivening the dryness of the enquiry, and if he would so far unbend himself as treat them with a btt at backgammon—especially on the Sunday evenings—it wouhl add considerably to the general eutertainnient.--Edinkaigli Port.