The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-31 00:00:00

NEW BELGIAN RAILWAYS.

Belgian ironmasters have obtained. a large con-
tract for railway iron at Amsterdam against
English competitors. Their terms were 18f. 30c.
per 100 kilogrammes,

A FRAUDULENT SOLICITOR ItEFIJSED A

CERTIFICATE,

George Montagu.Evans, a bankrupt .solicitor,
of Farnhatia, was totally refused a certificate,
yesterday by Mr. Commissioner Gouldburn, for
shameful frauds in his professional .capacity, in
dealing with trust funds.

GE ANP TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.
A meeting of English shareholders in the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada was held, yesterday,
to receive tie report of the directors, recommend-
ing the raising of bonds, to the •amount of
£1,500,000, to pay off liabilities and provide
further rolling stock. A prolonged discussion
ensued, but the report'Was ultimately adopted.
Half-yearly meetings are to be held in future.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. GLASGOW.
CIuENSTOWN, March 30.
'The s.s. •Glatgow arrived here this 'evening
with dates 'frow !New York to the 17th instant.
e brings no specie or later news.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF AN AGED
GENTLEMAN.

Mr. Charles Forster, M.P. for Walsall, yesterday
•
afternoon precipitated himself frona the window
of the second floor, during the temporary absence
of tbe attendant in whose charge he had 'been
placed, on account of his mental state.. He was
picked up insensible, and his recovers is doubtful

'Fla' NEXT DRAWING. ROOM AND LEVEE.
The next draWhlg-room will be held April
th,and. May 18th; the next levee April 25th.

GAZETTE NOTICES.
The GA'zeite contains the following notifica-
tioLtsi—Gen. Sir F. Storin to be extra Groom-in-
Waiting to Her Majesty. Col. James, director
of the ordnance survey, and Edward Shepheil
Creasey, Esq., chief justice of COlon, have.
received the honour of knighthood. The Rev.
Mr. Gardnier is gazetted to the deanery of
Lincoln.

Major-General Pringle Taylor is appointed.
Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica..

Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the
following promotion :—General the Right Hon.
John, Lord Seaton, K.C.8., to be Field-Marshal.

A notice from the War-office states that, from`
and' affer. Ist July next, the minimum , age of
candidatel' to be examined for direct commissions
in the army, will be fixed at eighteen years.

CRYSTAL PAPLCE:-..t-i,iennet,thi "May Queen" will he
performed at to-day's (Saturday) concert, Madame
Catherine Hayes sustaining the, part of. the May;Queen,:
aud•Mips Palmer the Queen. Mr.,Wilbye Cooper,-will
takelke part of the Lover, and Mr. Santley, the Captain
of the yorester4. The, band will be considerably
strengthened for the occasion, besides a chorus of 150
perforniers, a, force:. amplf:Suflicipiit CO render the, piece
most effectively. ' The numerous plants now. in flower
round the fountain, basins, and throughout the palace,
make 'quite a display at, this. early period of the year,,
and; together with the new.arrangement of the statuary
and orange trees in the'nc'e and courts, produce ti. Very'
pleasing effect.
' PRIESTS AzsiD POinfes. A letter from
describes a. " row" which has taken place among the
monks established in convents round that town}.. , A
Minority of the friars' openly declared. their intentions
to vbt for the, annexation. An Irishman boldly took
the 'lead in the matter, and went with seven of his
brethren to the poll.. It is worthy of notice that.this
liberalifriarAs a nephew of Daniel O'Connell. Great
was the uproar. amongst the elder Dominicans ;.-hio
i4ords were exchanged, and at length there was a regular
fight aniong the Monks. The Irishman and his friends
-had, hoWaver„ so much the best of it, and So freely
puffin:jelled theircodini-brethren, that five, friars are now
in bed nndermedicil care. The hero of`the row is now
the'lion of Modena,
Tltn ASIIOO3IBE MURDER.—SENTENCE OF DEAFIL—
Serafih' Manzano, the Spaniard charged with the murder.
of Ahastasia Trowbridge, at. Ashcombe; on the 3rd of
November last, was again placed at the bar on Tuesday
mortrin. The case for the prosecution- closed late on
Wednesdayc night: The prisoner- manifested. the great-
est indifference
•tho,whole day, and frequently smiled at
the witnesses and spectators around him. . The pris,oner
made a statement to the effect that he met a. than and a
woman; the :former t.of whom asked him to exchange
clothes. He did so, and slept with them in a shed,: but
before he awoke in the morinng, they were-gone,' and he
did *ncit-knoW ih what direetion they went. The man
Was dressed. somewhat like. himself. He was a taller
man than himself. Mr. Cole addressed the jury for the
prisoner. His .Lordship slimmed up. ,The jury returned
with'a verdict of guilty. His Lordship then assumed
the black, cap, and sentenced the prisoner to death in the
usual forth, and held out no hope that his sentence would •
be commuted. •

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

ROUSE OF
,LORDS
:ESTERDAY

Earl it.EY :moved for, an estimate of the cost of the

Chinese expedition to the close of the financial year
1860-61. .He: declaimed against the expense, " and
the r6sult of the war, and asked what, we 'were,
.to
get by burning Chinese citiesl and declared that every'
blow struckat China would. be felt by ourselves.
The Duke of SomEr.nET said that no one could read,

the account of • the transaction at the Peiho.witho•

feeling that the outiacre was premeditated, and it was
necessary to punish it. It was impossible t 6 franie a'
'correet'estimate.at present, but the cost for the present
year would not• exceed £850,000.

The
.Earl of MAL'ILESBURY defended the policy of the
late, Government in the matter, and accused' Mr. Bruce
of undue precipitation with regard to the 'ratification of
the treaty. •
The Earl. of' ELGIN defended the conduct of Mr.
Bruce, who would have. incurred grave responsibility if,
he had acted otherwise. He urged the necessity' of
4ilhering to that article of the treaty which gave .us the
privilege of an ambassador at Pekin ; and believed• that'
the probable expense of the expedition had .heenmuch•
exaggerated. He trusted that concessions on the part
of the. Chinese would• render hostilities needle's's.
The Earl of ELLENBOROirciIi, said that the new mis-
sion could not be in better hands than those of his noble
friend ; and trusted that by. his means peace would be
secured- without further bloodshed. He looked with
horror on a .new war, with China ; believing a war for
the purpose of making money utterly indefensible.
The motion was withdrawn.• .

Earl DE GREY, in reply to the Earl` o' Camperdown,
said that experiments would shortly be made to test the
merits of the Whitworth gun.

Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes to eigh

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY,
The Speaker took, the chair, at four o'clock.
In•reply to Mr. Egerton,
Lord J., :Russgia. ;said. that ; no, suppletental treaty
had been concluded with France with reference to the
duties on goods imported from this country into France.
In reply to Mr. Longfield,
Lord 'J. 'RUSSELL, said that the San Juan question
was
,approaehing a termination ; and , that meanwhile
the Amid ,Was occupied jointly by one hundred British
marines and one hundred American soldiers:
On the motion for adjournment till Monday,
Mr. WEITESIDE called the attention of the House to
the recent appointnient of Mr. Lyle, at present 'Receiver-
,Master of the Court of Chancery. in. Ireland, to the
dignity of Lord,Lieutenant: of the county of London-
derry,' and to" the' eirctinstancea- tinder *'Which such
appointment was made. This appointment was made
for political reasons' in connection with the pending dee-
tiou.s. It was most unprecedented to appoints, pensioner'
of•thaCrown to such a. Post. Mr. Lyle was not,, either
by ,fortune or positiont.natitled•to such a 'post.; and he
protested most vehetnently ag4inst the • appOintment,
which was further made. for, the purpose of creating a
vacancy, to, be,filled
,up by partisans of :the Government
at the Dublin election. He asked if these were the prin-
ciples on which Ireland was to be governed. If so, .good
government was impdisible.
Mr. CAnnwp...4 observed that there was no peer or son
• _ _ _

of a peer qUalified for the post' A gentleman had been
selected of unblemished churacter _and,. he believed, of
considerable landed -property, -taking great interest in
the affairs of the connEY. He denied that any-gentle-
man was unfitted for the post.tbettause he held 'political
opinions. Mr. Lyle was not; he believed, a supporter of
the GoVernnient candidate at the present election. Mr.
Cardwell then defended himself from the charge of
_negligence in introdticing Irish measures, declaring that
he urged them for Ward with as much haste as possible.
Measures on the -Foor LaW and the. Registration of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages were in preparation.
Sir F. admitted the respectability of Mr. .
Lyle, but thought that manTwell qualified persons in
the county had been passed. over iii,favOur of one who
had fewer claims.
. t
Lord FERMOY said. the House, was greatly indebted
to Mr-Whiteside for bringing forward this question.
Mr. Lyle might.be an excellent officer of the Chancerf;
and if he had,donehia duty in his Office, .he could not
have acquired that thorough knowledge of local 'affairs
_ _

to qualify him for,
,the responsible post of Lord-Lieu
tenant.: He wordd not include
,politidal motives in such
an appointment, when the persons were otherwise
equally qualified If these Were to''be the' principles, of
government in Ireland, they would lose the confidence
of the independent party} without gaining the confidence
of then. extreme, party., .As to Irish business, only
these measures , had been introduced, and they had. as
yet only got through as far as the second reading.
There was' the Endowed Schools bill ; Education in
Ireland (a monstrous job); and yet the Government

abstained from dealing with it ; there was the Fairs and
lfurkets Bitt Had anything been: done with that
impediment to justice in the: country, the Ecclesiastical
Courts... Thile they were neglecting public interests in
Ireland, the country was slipping from them, and they
were losing. the support of the Independent party; and
then-some •foreign minister would be sending over a
despatch calling them to appeal to the opinion of the
country as to Whether' it should or should ;not preserve
its connection with England.
EipcE inquired what the intentions of the
AlO-einmen.t were with reference to the report of the
commissioners of inquiry as to the
.corrupt practices at
Wakefield ?

Sir G. GREY said that the course which the Govern-
ment intended to•adept was to recommend the. House to
suspend thp writs for Gloucester and Wakefield during
the
,present-Parliament:— • •- - •

Mr. ADDERLEY asked -what! were the intentions of
.Government as to a,hetter appointment-of -expenses for
the defence of ticie,„colonics between ,the Imperial and
Colonial,Treasurio..?? • lie contende4 the'pOlonies
did not, pay; ,tbeir 'clue share of the •leapeitse of the
g,arrisohs,.. which weakeired" the British force and
only injured the colonies, by preventing them taking
due ,measures% for our defence. Ire wished to know
if the report of the arm` commission on. 'the -sub-
ject would ,be reduced, and if any objection would be
J,••
made by the Crolexweentrto the appcittffient of a select
'orninittee ? • •
Mr. MAGuqtE ealldd-attention to a petition from
certain Polish refugees, who, after having served under
the British GOvernment in the Crimean war, had been
scandalously misused, never having reeeived their proper
pay. TTe :appealed earnestly to the Secretary at War to

Mr. S. IfEnnawr, in, reply to Mr. Adderley, said that
though he had general objections.to produce the reportp
of such commissions, in this particular case he did riot
object to prod4ce it. In reply to Mr.: Maguire, he.
admitted the destitute condition of these Poles,,but they
had no claim whateVer on the. Government.
Sir R. PEEL' called attention to the position of Switzer-
land with reference to the„recent annexation of Savoy to
France. In the a4nal enibarrassed state of Europe, the
House ought not to lose any time in giving its opinion on
the actual position of affairs ; and be hoped that they
might, by their sympathy, save Switzerland from her
difficulty, in which, he firmly belieVed, she was greatly
menaced. ife declaimed against the un-English conduct
of Mr. Bright, whn did not; in this proceeding, represent
the feeling of the people of England. As regarded the
Government, his only wish was tb strengthen their hands
in the present emergency. The views expressed by Lord
.1 Fussell on a preyions evening had greatly increased
the confidence of the country in the Government. It
W-ai,said that a very 'spirited answer had been sent to
ThouVenel. Why were they not informed what that
spirited answer was? He called on the. (government to
let them know what their foreign policy NP'll.9.- We had
too long and too credulously listened to the Emperor of
the French.' He should be sorry if the Government
adopted a war policy.- Still it was the duty of the Hotiste
to strengthen their hands. Though appearances were
against themi, they had, he was assured, acted on good
faith, but had been groSSly deceived by France. Could
the EmPerOr, after having plunged his country into a
course of aggression and aggrandiseuient, keep back a
people who had nowfelt the lust and excitement of con-
pest. He denied that either England or Europe were
apathetic in the matter. Russia, it was true, was occu-
pied ''with her internal affairs ; but Prussia had shown
herself deeply, interested. Austria was hampered by
financial difficulties, but her sympathies were evidently
favout'of SWitzerland, as were those of Germany.
He deeply regretted that Fraot:,e, ,whieb 44 seemed so
disinterested in, the Italian war, had all ,along the
inteltion of demanding provinces, of which the inde-
pendence was absolutely necessary to the...rAndePendence
of SfritZerla.nd. lie protested against the conduct of
Prance in seizing Savoy in dehance of national, feeling,
and of .all her own declarations. He disproved from
history the assertion that the traditions of France were
in favour of .the annexation of Savoy. He contended that
the King of Sardinia had;no riglit-whatever to yield Saver
to France. Francchad bought all the newspapers in Savoy
and thus misrepresented the opinion of the 'country.
Wa.s it worth while to give liberty to Italy, an/ to take
it at the same time from SWitzerland and Savoy? The
Swiss question was totally different from:tlli:ecee, ,
cai
Saivoed,
y
question, and of more importance ;' it followed kises an
pe.
immediate consequence of the annexation.'iy Fa i
upoi Government to protest, in the most energetic
Manner, against the conduct pursued
cially in reference to the neutralised provinces.
The subject here dropPed, no minister' speaking in
reply,
.-On the motion' that -the inCome-tax, as amended, be
considered, .
Colonel DENSE moved that the tax be reduced' from
10d. to"od., contending that the prosperity of Ireland
had been greatly overrated, and that the' present year
was especially gloomy.. • • •

The CnAiictixon of the Ex.ciasuEn 'defended his
proposal on the ground of necessity.
The motion was nentived without a division.

Mr. WILLIA.ms moved that incomes under £l5O be
exempt from the tax.
Some discussion ensued upon this point, on which it

was recommended that a committee should be appointed
to inquire into the bearing or the tii:! '
The CHANCELLOR of. the ExcitEciumt admitted th,
inequalities of the tax, but said that he had.no intention,

of proposing any inquiry. If the House desired such
Inquiry, he should not object. A to the amendMent,
he eould.riot consent'to a Proposal that would tbrovi the
finance•Of the country jai° confusion.
Mr. DISIc LI 'pointed out the' indonsistent'y of Mr.
gladstone's past professions and :present conduct. ,
Of ail inen, who had'so often declared that the tax ought
to be abolished ; but, when the time arrived for redeem-'
big the pledge,! increased the tax, and applied to other
objects the money which might haye enabled 'thèth to
diminish it... ,

. .
The motion was•negative4 by 174 to 24—majority 150
The bill was,tben ordered for third reading.
The Stamp Duties Bill, as. amended,' ivai. considered.
Mr. BENTINCK moved the omission to clause 17,
legalising time bargains. . .

Mr. E. JAMES poWed out
.that the clause was tech-
nically inoperative,
,as it repealed the, wrong act:: The
act it repealed had AkeUtly expired.

The SOLICITOR-CT lERAL thought'the eta use sulEcient
Sir H. CAIRNS said that this was insulting the under.
standing of the House.

Mr. ITUBBA RD thought that time bargains should
have been legalised by a separate bill:
Mr, Burr observed that the bill was a, Money bill,
and that' if the House of Lords ,were .to strike out .the
clause the bill would be lost.

, . .. .
The CHANCELL6R or the EXCHEQUER said that the
clause had been proposed by the Stock Exchange. He
was' tleadY to, omit' it for the purpOse off' bringing in a
bill. .

After some emsrlcs from Mr. Henley,

Lord PALMERSTON said that acts rendering bets on
races illegal, had been repealed, and these transactions
stood in the same category,
After some further discussion, the clause was struck
out. ' . ,

Some formal business was transacted, and the How
adjourned at a quarter-pat twelve.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE

ASSIZES.

CROWN CO UTIT.--YESTERDAY
'(Before-MrJ.htstice Hilt.)

The court sat at 9 o'clock.
SEN'rENCES.-Ffis lordship . on taking his -seat pro-
ceeded t., sentence 'the following plisoners:—Peter
Pa pn, for forging a bill of exchange for.l3oo,francs at
Liverpool, —twelve monthW, impvisonment'; Caroline
Brocklebatik' for the man Slaughter of her mother
.iit
Liverpool, eighteen .months' iniprisorinient; Thomas
Bradley for, stealing ..i3 15s. from the house of Mr.
Jacob Brooks alt;; Bury, in which he was lodging, was
,sentenced to nine months' imprisonment ; Andrew
Guthrie for a burglary in the house of George Guest at,
West Derby, twelvemonths' imprisonment; Richard
Tattersall for a' burglary at Barton-upon-Irwell, six
years penal servitude; Charles BrOcklebank, for forg-
ing the names of several gentlemen to begging letters,
eight months' imprisonment ; Elizabeth Delaney for
concealment .of birth at Liverpool, twelve. months'
imprisoninent; Mary ,Ann Jones for forging a signa-
ture to a Post-office money order for 10s. at Liverpool,
nine months' imprisonment ; John Rooney for the man-
slaughter of James Carlisle,' penal servitude fur eight,
years.
Imounymr .ATTE,pr TO EXTORT MoNEY raw& A
C.Enril.-Ntax.—Jaines garrau was indicted for attempt-.
'lug to extort money from the Rev. N. Chester. of
Sheffield, by threatening. at Manchester, to eharre him
with having committed an indecent assault. len:Pope,
prosecuted,, and Mr. Hopwood defended the prisoner.
The Rev. Mr. Chester having been sworn,' said that he
Nyas in Deansg,ate, Manchester, .on Thursday night
'week,.and seeing_ the prisoner, asked him. the way to the
street in Salford' whore he wished to go. The prisoner
said he knew it, and offered to accompany him to the
•place,'lrisking for a glass of ale; which witness gave him
in neighbouring public-house. After that the prisoner
• took him down a narrow street, saying that was the
shortest way; and while they were in that street he
asked what.he (witness) would give him, to which the
latter replied he wouldigive him "a threepenny-piece.
The prisoner said that was not enough, and demanded
two shillings. Wltneas.refused to give it, and then the
prisoner accused him of having committed an indecent
assault: He still refused to give the two shillings, after
which the prisoner seized him violently, and tore open
hispciatt, ,thrusting his, hand into his waistcoat. He
thensaw:another man coining up from the corner of the
street, and immediately struck the prisoner on the leg
with 'a stick arid in the face with his band; awl, thus
disengaged laimelf.' He next rushed down the main
street, and the. prisoner ran after .iiim i but he met a
policeman who apprehended the prisoner. In ,cross-
examination witness said ;that be had • been once
or twice in Manchester, but knew nothing of the
city. At the time when the offerke mit' of .which the
present indictment arose was committed :he was living
I at Barnada's,Hotel, in the neighbourhood of the, Lahr-
mark-: A police officer proved the'ipprehension,of the
prisoner, and-his Lordship:having summed up, the jury]
!found a verdict of guilty. The pthoner, on being asked
what h. 'ladle say why the court should not proceed to'
!pass sentence upon him, entered into a' statement, in
which he Made •the most foul and disgusting charger
against the, prosecutor. His Lordship, in sentencing
the prisoner said : You have been most properly con-.
.victed by a jury upon the, evidence given in, the case
,that Ton by threats of !raking an abominable! charge
'against the prosecider, attempted :t9 extort money from
hini. You haVe been allowed to say what you could
say in mitigation of the offence of which you have been
convicted, and yon .have made a bold and barefaced
statement of that which is untrue, , Yew are no stranger
to crime, ,having ,been already convicted of a highway
robbery in,Manchestero . and ,the public must be pro-
tected against persons who pursue such courses as• you
do for,,,thp;,offenee of which you have just been mostrigliteously,eonvicted is one that is most dangerous to
Society. The prisoner was then sentenced to eight
years' penal servitude: i
BARB. nous ILL-TREATMENT OF A ()num.—El4a-
-661-Whalley and her daughter, BridgetlPlntyre, were
indicted., for , having at Liverpool tat -various times
unlawfully and : maliciously, and with intent to, do
grievous bodily harm, assaulted a child six year of age,
named Elizabeth M`lntyre, stepdaughter of the latter
prisoner. The prosecution was conducted‘by Mr. Temple
and Mr. 'DeightOn, and the !'defence 1iy,,14r.‘ Simon.
This is the shocking case, the full details of which were
published in our police intelligence on Monday last.
The witnesses spoke to several' assualts on the child by
the prisoners between the 20th of December and up to
last week. The child was brought into court, and not:-
withstanding that'for a week past she, has been under
careful' treatment at the Toxteth-nark Workhouse, she
presented the appearance of extreme emaciation, and.
there was abundant evidence that she had sneered
dreadfully from the almost. incredible barbarity of the
prisoners ; indeed, ihe. was unable to walk, and had to
be
.carried into, court. • The jury found the prisoners
iguilty, and his lordship sentenced them each to two
:years' imprisonment with 'hard labour. ' ~ 1
A GAMEKEEPER' A I'sIONGST CURIOUS GAME.---Robert
Westwell, .George Forshaw, and John Roberts, Who had
been out on bail, surrendered to take their trial on a
charge of having, at Rainford, on the 17th of February
last, feloniously assaulted one William treenail, putting
him in bodily fear and danger of his life, and with
violence stealing from his person a knife, a powder flask,
and various other articles, together with £1 9s, his pro-
perty. Mr.: Simon • was' for the prosecution, and 11,1 r.
Leresche for the' defence. The prosecutor is a watcher
in the gamo..preserves of the. Earl of Derby, at Rainford,
and on the 17th of February, in the evening, was drink-
hie'/2 at the Wheat •Sheaf Inn, in company with the
prisoners; who are'colliers, at Rainford. At a late hour
the' parties left the lionse,' and 'had not proceeded' fir
when the priioners triiiped up the prosecutor, who,
thinking it was '" a lark," took no notice of the circum-
stance, and on regaining his feet walked on. ge had ,
walked about two roods when he was knocked down byJ
Weitwell: Forshaw' put his finger to his throat
and threatened. to cut his.windpipe if he stirred.
Westwell kicked him on the bead, and then the
three prisoners, it was alleged, 'robbed the unfortunate
1 gamekeeper after which they carried him to a pigstye,
. threw him in, and left him there. Here he remained
until five o'clock the next morning, when, in a shock-
inglyfilthy state, he left ids unsavoury companions, and
gave information', to the police. He admitted that he
was very drunk, and the Wseilm, whilst not denying
thqt they, had perpetrated a pra4ical joke, declared that
they:l4l, phi :robbed the prosecntor.—The jury acquitted
the prisoners, but desired that his lordship would
caution them against fiequenting public houses, as
being places at which they could derive nothing that
could be of benefit to them

HOUSEBREAKIN*O At BLACKLEY.--14111 &fifth (41)
was indicted fot bre.aking into the house of Mary Ann
Taylor,, 4 NE4ley on the aid of March, and Stealing._
a ham—an umbretla, and varioug*
Temple was for the prosecutian. The prisoner was
found in possession Qf the stole;} property a few hours
after the-'robbery i, and the police,-offieer who appre-
hended him, found that the boots he wore were in every
respect such as would account for certain footmarks near:
the ,wiiiclow; through 'which aecess to the house had
.heen gained.--Guilty.—A previous conviction against
the prisoner having been proved; ' the Counsel for. tie.
-prosecution stated that this .we„s th 9 wan who. in,the
flame of Brawn, 14nd 'Peaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with breaking out of 'the lock-up at
Birkenhead. Hii lordship said the prisoner had been
convicted of felony four times, and now sentenced him
to six years! Penalservitude.
The court then

I NISI 'PRIITS COIRT,—YESIERDAY.
(Before Aft'. Justice BlaCkburn)
TAYLOR V. TAYLOR AND OTHERs..--abis action,
which was commenced ou ,Wednesday, was resumed
again this morning. It was an action to recover com-
pensation for, damages sustained by the plaintiff, in con-
sequence of the break down of an engine in his mills,
which, it was alleged, was occasioned by the neglect of
a man named Buckley' one of the defendants' servants.
The circumstances of the case, so, far as they car} be
made of any! interest to the piOlic, have been already
doniiedk ehr eolittens. The ease was not concluded
tthtil about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the jury'
gave a weldict in favonr of the defendants:
EXTRAORDINARY CASE,—A CAUTION TO CALICO
PRINTERS.—THE QUEEN V. JoNns.--7(81?/cia/ fury);
—Mr, Pope, in opening the proceedings in this case,
stated that the Indio client charged genrylones with ,
having, oil the 11th January, 1859, solicited John
Greenwood to steaLeertainroller impressions, the pro-
perty of his employers, James Edmondson and others.
Mr:: 0 yens. Said the Affell'de charged against the defen-
dant 'that of attempting to induce a person
in, the employ of Messrs.- Edmortdson, to steal front
his blasters itepressioni from calico printing designs,
which had been eqtritsted: to. Messrs. , Edmondson
by -a very" large • hense,, hr the purpose of havirtg
them engraved. The. object of this prosecution was
to put a stop to a system which had been carried
.ort to a considerable • extent of late in Man-
chester and the neighbourhood--ii practice by second.
class, houses of surreptitiously obtaining 'impressions of
• calico designs by means of, tampering with servants,
and thereby' enabling themselves -to anticipate the
original designers in .the market. .The defetidant, had
expressed his contrition for what hid luiPpenef.E. He
had said-that' he erred' through igliorance of the law,
and he, bad agreed 'to pay a large aunt of money, £250,
to'the prosecutor, to be distributed by him amongst the
various publio.eharities, in condonation of the offence. Mr.
Wheeler (who appeared for the defendant): Not in con-
donation of the, offence. Mr. Ovens: Well, in consequence '
Phrase Would •of what the defendant had done, it' that
suit better. The defendant had put it to the prosecution
that,.; under the ciroumstanees, it would be hard to
proceed with the indictment. The prosecution had
taken the salve view; and in bringing forward the case
the, prosecution had, only been animated by a wish to
Put.a stop to this practice, and to show 'to the world at
largc;that it was contrary to law. He tho,u,ght 'that
the ends_of justice would now be' carried out by the
on, finder the circumstances, declining to offer ' proseenti
qny eVideireP against the defendant. Dr. 'Wheeler
thOught it important that' a distinction should be drawn
between anioral wrongrand a legal wrong, for they
-were very different things. His client, the defendant, was
'a person who would not be gnilty of a moral offence, and
'in the present: case he Ilqd dories. legal wrong in ignorance.
He: would venture to say, however, that the defendant
had received a ivarningin this case, 'and that he .would
talte. care not , again to offend.—His lordship, said it
might have been that in this case he should have con-
sidered it wrong to seneti"
any attempt to stop the
prosecution. Both legally and morally, the offence
charged was exceedingly wren g: When he read the
indictment, he determined, ;if the offence were 'provek
he would
t w a
ot
to show the world at large.that it was not only a, legal,
and, rather than fine the defendant,
voffeiemnpceii ;s.
onedlim for nine or twelve months.
To instigate a servant- to steal in this way was both a
moral.l have
crime legally p.unishable,, and also a most. iniquitous
proceeding. The defenUant had volunteered to pay a
fine of .4250, and the parties on the' other side thought
'the: ends of justice, had now'been answered. He (the
learned judge) .would opt, ,therefore, interfere to pre-
vent what was now proposed. Let 'it go forth to 'the
world- that, this was not only wicked hilt criminal, and,.
Inorecrer, a Crime which he; for one, was determined'
to punish pretty-severely, No evidence being offered,
the, jury returned a verdict of not gu,,'lt y.
%TER, BfulsraLi3,' M•tiGtirr.— (Special
This was a. elaiin for £340. against the Norwich Union
Fire Trisiirance Office. There was nothing of special
interest in the circumstances ; and indeed, as soon as it
had been opened by:Dr. Wheeler, the case was referred
to a legal gentleman, to he settled out of court, • •
POWELL V.
HALL.--(Special Jury)—This was an
action for the alleged non-fulfilment of the conditions of