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BARON LIEBIG'S OPINION of " PALE
ALES."
The prominence given to the name of Baron Liebig in plamrds and
advertisements will have created the impression that he coveted a
celebrity inconsistent with the dignity of his station in the scientific
world. Having learned that he had attained such undesirable no-
toriety, Baron Liebig has requested the publication of the following
letter, with the view of 'worming toe public of the motives which
dictated his communication to Mr. .Allspp :.
‘, The question of adulteration by strychnine, which has been
taken up seriously- in England, seemed to me of great importance,
and I thought to do some good by a ding to demonstrate the error.
If I wished is associate with any individual brewery my remarks on
the alleged adulteration of bitter beer with strychnine, it would have
!mit only natural to lt,ve mentioned ano her brewery, in which
alone, awl not in Mr. Allsopp's, I was engaged in investigating the
Burton mode of brewing : and it was also in that brewery, and not
in Mr. Allsopp's, that the Bavarian brewers acquired all the instruc
tion they obtained at Burton. The admiration I express .:d of this
beverage ia my letter to Mr. Allsopp is advertised in such a manner
as to lead to the inference that my praise was exclusively confined
to Mr. Allsopp's beer; this was not the case, my remarks referred
to that class of beer.

" JUSTUS LIEBIG.

" Giessen, July 24, 1852."

TO YOUNG MEN OUC of a SITUATION.
The Person who on Saturday, the 7th instant, presented a
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August 9, 1852.

AUSTRALIAN CORDILLERA GOLD and
COPPER MINING COMPANY.
Offices, 124, Bishopsgate-street Within, London ; 4, Frankfort-street,
Plymouth.

In consequence of the announcement in the City article of the
Times of the 29th July, an answer to which was given by the Soli-
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August 9, 1852

By order,
W. A. HUNT, Secretary and Purser.

tHE NATIONAL PATEN f STEAM FUEL
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The Shareholders are informed that the scrip Certificates, payable
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for his paper entitled "'rho History, Theory, and Prac-
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Boutigny (41'Erreux), for h;g " Description of a new
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The Council invite communications on the following
as well as ocher subjects for premiums:-
1. On the principles upon which the works for the
improvement of river navigation should be conducted,
and the effects of the works upon the drainage anti irri-
gation of the district.
2. The construction, improvement, and maintenance
of natural or artificial harbours and docks, with the
forms and action of large sluices for clearing away de-
p ,site by the use of backwater, or by directing the natu-
ral currents.
3. The selection of sites for the construction of docks
on the comae of tidal streams, with reference to com-
munication with railways, and wall inland navigation.
4. The selection of sites for, and the principles of, the
construction of breakwaters end of harbours of re: uge ;
illustrazed by exaaaples of existing works.
5. The forms and construction of piers, moles, or
break waters (whether soliti, or on arches), seawalls,
and shore defences; illu. treted by examples of known
comitructions, such as the Cobb-wall at Lyme Regis, &c.
6. Toe best system of forming artificial foundations,
s; owing the ration of pressure to surface, nod the soil
le st calculated to sustain heavy structures: illustrated
by the best txamples in modern practice, and by accounts
on the failures uf large works.
7. The relative value of ' various kinds of natural
stone available in Great Britain for the purposes of con-
struction; with experiments on the law of increase of
the crushing force, of short blocks of stone, with their
diameters.
8. On brick and tile making, and: the capability of
introducing new forms for engineering and architectural
nurpo;es, with the processes most useful to emigrants
and settlers.
9. The laws of the strength of cast and wrought iron,
under the various conditions of tensile, compressive,
transverse, torsional, impulsive, and other strains; with
examples illustrative of the co-efficients employed by
eminent practical authorities in the construction of works.
10. The Construction of girder bridges, whether of
trussed timber or wooden lattice; of cast iron, trussed
or combined with wrought iron, in simple or
coormpaln
plouni triangulation; of wrought-iron lattice work;
or of plate iron rivetted sides, with cellular top and
bottom.
11. The construction of suspension bridges with
rigid platforms, and the modes of anchoring the stay-
chains.
12. The comparative advantages of iron and wool,
or of both materials combined, for the construction of
steam-vessels, with drawings and descriptions, the me-
thods for preventing corrosion, and details of the ar-
rangements for the compasses in iron ships.
13. On the changes that have been introduced within
the last fifteen years in the lines of stops and
steam.
vt
he e s s
newel s l
; ean:
14. An examination of the circumstances which appear
earn measurementexamination
for of thenn
ag to effectse.
to limit the maintenance of higher speeds than
are now
attained by steam-ships in deep sea navigation; and
an
inquiry into the causes which have hitherto preveuted
the asserted high speeds of steam navigation
on the
American rivers, from being arrived at in England.
15. The best method of external condensation, so as
to permit the employment of salt 07 hard water, and
furnishing pure water for the boiler; with a description
of various systems of evaporating, refrigerating, &c.
16. Thu results of the use of tubu,".ar boilers and of
steam at an increased pressure, for tsarina and other
engines, noticing particularly the difference in weight
and speed in proportion to the horse! power and
the l7.
enginel o ethe
tonnage, with details of the most successful means for
avoiding smoke in furnaces of all descriptions.
abneds t
boilermethods
room
oomf reducingbf ste am .
vthe
sel
s. temperatureeeci o.
pre_
venting
-
venting the danger arising from the over-heating of
base of the funnel. the
18. Tae relativeci ffi '
e ency of the screw propeller and
paddle wheels,
,when applied to vessels of identical f
tonnage, and steam power, independent of the use orns
of
19. The results of the application of steamsails.,
Po
screw propellers to the conveyance of coal, a power and
with the system of sailing vessels.s compared
20. The arrangement and distribution
shops at the principal repairing station of a rail —.
the repairs and maintenance of the locomotives,way, for
senger, and other carriages, &c. pa-
s-21. The construction of locomotive engines
adapted for steep inclines, with accoun is of eepsaa, `Doc.—°/"Y
demonstrating the comparative value o f large "nts
ceeines, under various circumstances, and small
22. Improvements in the constructio t of railway ~.
riages and waggons, with a view to th a reduction.' of -5.... the
gross weight of passenger trains; also , af railway %vile
axles, bearings, and breaks, treating pa rticularly a els,
0
startained duration and their relative friction, their
a 23. Tha results of a series of obsery ations on the flow
of water from the ground in an 7 I. age districts, with
accurately recorded rain gauge regi.stries
in the same
locality, for a period of not less than tt valve months.
24. The conveyance and distribution, of water for the
supply of towns, the sources from wh, arse it
may
be
de-
rived, noticing the relative permeabilit y of different rocks
and soils and their actual capacity for retaining
and
de-
livering water. A description of the different modes t)
collecting and filtering; and an acco ant of
the adven
tags or disadvantages of the higll net 'vice constant cetagspl ply system, with notices of the belt to rm. s of large valve;
and of the best method of jointing I ?Tee of 14r,.._
dia-
meter, to resist considerable presto: le and the
precau-
tions to he observed in laying the mat es through
mining
districts, where the ground is liable to sink.
25. The comparative duty performed by the various
descriptions of steam-en!;ines for rai:, ieg water, for the f
supply of towns, or for the drainage 0 minas; notiain
the depth and length of the underground workiues, the
of the surface above the sea, th a geological for-
metion, the contiguity of streams, &c.
26. The drainage and sewerage of Liege towns, czera.
pliaed by accounts of the systems at :present pursued,
with regard to the level and position ot the °Walt, the
form and dimensions of the sewers, the prevention of
ernanetione from them, the disposal of the sewaee,
whether in a liquid or solid form, peed of the arrange-
ments for connecting the houseAraine with the public
Sewers.
27. On warming tied ventilating buildings.

28. Tho precautions adopted for guarding against ac-
cidents by fire damps in mines.
29. The results of contrivances for facilitating the
driving of tunnels, or drifts in rock.
30. Descriptions of the various kinds of machinery in
use in the principal shipping ports, for the shipment of
coal; noticing particularly those in which the greatest
expedition is combined with the least amount of breakage
of the coal; and also accounts of the means of unship-
ping anti Die isuring or weighing the coal on its arrival in
port.
31. Descriptions of the ovens, and of the best pro-
cesses used in Great Britain and on the Continent, in the
manufz.cturo of coke for railway and other purposes,
with
the comparative value of the products.
32. Improvements in the system of lighting by gas;
the results of the ttse of clay retorts—of large ovens (for
producing a batter quality of coke)—of exhausters, con-
densers, and the modes of purifying, and the precautions
for the economical distribution of
gas.
33. A mathematical or geometrical demonstration of
the advantages of flat sails for ships, over those of diffe-
rent degrees of curvator, when exposed to direct or
n
slanting3l
o thein d ; wi th
application
p practicalolafn t examples.emplmachinery,oyed.
combined
with
mechanical power, and the means of transporting manure
and produce, on largo farms and agricultural establish-
ments; and on improvements in the plan of the works
nedffetchteive arrangement and form of cen-
trifugal tarni3dfnsgb. auTilhadneindmgrescatiprocating blowing
36. The chemical analysis, and the application to eco-
nomic purposes, of the gases generated in iron blast fur-
naces.

37. An investigation of the causes of " red" and of
characteristics which affect the physical properties of
"cold-shortness' in malleable
cast or of wrought iron. icon, and other chemical
38. Description of cast or wrought iron cranes, scaf-
folding, and machinery, Employed in large works; in
stone quarries, hoists, or lifts on quays; in ware-
houses, 84c., especially where either steam or water is
used as a motive power.

39. The varion's systems of preserving timber from
decay, and from the attacks of marine insects and the
white ant.

40. On the improvements which may be effacted in
D2iegths,zicagnyry, and apparatus for producing
the,plantaticiuslrglaugat wad"
sotitlifiirldritisli colonies, and the comparison with beet-
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41. Description of the machinery adapted for the pre-
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n
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE'
way was held at the London Teern esterdaY,
LONDON, TILBURY. EX-
A special gene
.ral meet. • tors of share
in the London • h lug of the proprie . Rail-
TENSION.
SOUTHEND
, TiLury, and Southend Batension
purpose of taking into considerationYa proposed agree-
ment for the construction and leasing the abova railway.
Mr. J. N. Daniell, the chairman
the for the
Bleckwall Rail-
way Company, presided. of
The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was
expressed in the advertisement, It was to sanction an
agreement which had been made by the dirotors of the
joint board, and which he thought could not but be very
advantageous as well to them as to the gentlemen with
pital laid out in the
whom they had contracted. The great object of the
agreement was to insure a certain iaterest upon the "-
parties
per cent. for 25 years under the guarantee of
whose competence no one would question, but subse-
quently a moiety of such profits as might accrue from
the working of the line.
The solicitor then read the agreement, which was
between Messrs. Pelo, Betts, and Bras y,
of the one
Counties and of
part, and the directors of the Eastern
company, the sum of 425 0001. to bo
work, and not only an interest of 6
the Blackwell Railway Company, of the other part,
the conditions of which were as shortly, stated by the
paid to the con-
..s to be paid, and
tractors, on which the 6 'per cent.
out of the sum so paid to them the contractors are to
construct the line.
as the money
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the agreement.
aniMchro.us. ANDERSON seconded, and the
CHAIRMAN said in e'ghtenthe works were
A SHAREHOLDER, asked in what time .
motion passed
to be completed?
was paid in.
counts would commence froml the Ist of January, 1853,
months, and the ac-
The,. A 11 carriages?
SHAREHOLDER—Who is to find t"e ...
belongs to the Blackwell
The CHAIRMAN—They will
y work the line.
or the Eastern Counties, whichever m
They will be paid for working it, but that will not affect
the guarantee.
The meeting fed•
then sepai____________

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for herself and cf 203. for her children, as
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minor
ten
Tloi:ice
ilLoro ffeoLk:::::hpi
wightinaunnatrf. Justice
NORTHERN c
Yesterday their Lordships
CIRCUIT.—Lancaster,
INTELLIGENCE.
Lord —a- -
on Saturday, and opened the
The calendar contains tehlemribmeells of ASK
here
at the parish churc'lp
of whom are Charged
commission.
attended Divine Service
Iwith murder, 2 with man-
1d
m 6
prisoners,rll.lr
Cowling, Justice
2
The cause list contains
proceeded
slaughter, 3 with rape,with stabbing, the rest with
offences.
Chief Justice Campbell sitting in the
entry of nine CRUSES.
church,
e(1 to court this morning at
Lordships
sned a manufacturer, summoned
Crown Court.
attend the petit jury, andto
be-
cause he was not summonedt who refused to attend
lt/1. for his contempt. o attend the grand jury,
The cases tried during the earlier
were wholly uninteresting. part of the day
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
WIGATM
--......AN.)
ROBINSON V. HEATON AND ANOTHER.
This was an action for libel,
de-
fendant pleaded Not Guilty,
y, and, as to part, a justi-
fication.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. S
the plaintiff ; and Mr. Watson, Q.C.,egar appeared for
pay which there was a great
and Mr. Monk for the defendants.
It appeared that the plaintiff, in 1850, was appointed
surveyor for the town of Clitheroe under
of Towns Act, and also acted as
inspector er the Health
nui-
sances for the borough, and collector of rateof:
salary of 1501. To pay his salary a rate of 4d.smatthea
repugnance on the part of many of the ratepayers, it
being contended by them that the Health of Towns
ns
Act was impracticable as regarded Clitheroe. The
rate was also appealed against, and in consequence
pound was imposed, to
the plaintiff could not obtain his salary. These pro-
ceedings led to parish meetings, at which there were
hot debates, those on one side being called " Minis-
terialists," those on the other " the Opposition." At
one -of these meetings it eves proposed, as aim of
getting rid of the rate altogether, that the plaintiff
"be dismissed from his office forthwith." The de-
fendant, Mr. Heaton, a pawnbroker, professed to
give an account or report of this meeting, which
was printed in large placards and hung about
the town, and in this placard the plaintiff's
efficiency as a surveyor was called in question,
and terms such as " Water Pipes " and " Water
Ousel " were applied to him, calculated to bring him
into public ridicule and contempt. The libel com-
plained of was also published in a publication called
The Ratepayers' Advocate and Protector. This was
published by the other defendant, Whewell, and pro-
fessed to contain a report.of the pariah meeting alluded
to, furnished by the defendant Heaton. In that report
among other things, the defendant Heaton said of the
plaintiff, " As to his engineering qualities, he does not
know the difference between a verge and a lever
watch; and then went on to say that he had failed in
preventing a lane, called Waddington-lane, from
being flooded. There was then a great deal of local
matter throwing discredit upon the plaintiff.
For the defendants it was contended by the Learned
Counsel that the speech published did not amount to
a libel. Clitheroe was described to be divided into
two parties, three-fourths of the town being opposed
to putting in force the Health of Towns Act, and
that, in the heat of party strife occasioned thereby,
the defendants had a right to comment on the con-
duct of the public officer of the Board of Health.
His LORDSHIP Wing Summed up,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 40s.
HALLSWORTH V. LIVESEY.
This was an action for a breach of promise of mar-
riage, to which the defendant pleaded non assumpsit.
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Jones appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Overend for the defendant.
. The plaintiff, who was 22 years of age, resides
with her mother at Blackburn, and about four years
ago, on a trip to Blackpool, became acquainted with
the defendant, who eventually proposed marriage to
her, telling her mother he was going to set up a
shop iu the grocery line, and, if it succeeded, he
would marry her daughter. The plaintiff received
him afterwards as an accepted suitor, repairing his
shirts and acting as his intended wife. Suddenly,
ir. January last, the defendant ceased his attentions to
the plaintiff; and in March last he married the daughter
of a licensed victualler of some property. The pre-
sent action was in consequence brought.
Mr. OVEREND, for the defendant, contended that
the plaintiff bad not suffered any damage in her po-
sition by the change which had taken place in the
defendant's intentions towards her, as the defendant
was only a mechanic, earning 245. a week.
His LORDSHIP having
___. _ _

The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 501.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice
CAMPBELL.)
RAPE AT BURNLEY.—SHOCKING B aUTALIT Y.—
John Pollard, aged 40, John Crooke, aged 21, and
James Booth, aged 23, were charged with having, on
the 22d of May last, committed a rape upon the per-
son of Susannah Stewart, at Burnley.
Mr. Thompson and Mr. Page prosecuted; and Mr.
James, Q.C., defended Crooke; Mr. Monk, Pollard ;
and Mr. Legar, Booth.
Susannah Stewart stated that she had been a
widow for the last seven years, her husband having
been a soldier. She was the mother of nine children,
and had lived at Newcastle-on-Tyne till about 18
months ago. On Friday, the 2lst May, she went to
Burnley in a, state of destitution, and on applying
for
relief she was refused. On the following day she went
in search of lodgings, but could find none. She went
afterwards to a beerhouse to look after a Scotchwoman.
The Scotchwoman was not there, but there was a
man seated there drinking who heard what she
had to say, and gave her a glass of beer. He
heard her tell the landlady she wanted to see the
Scotch woman, to see if she could procure lodgings
for her, and he observed at the time that he could
find her lodgings. Thinking that he was laughing at
her, she left the house, followed by the man, who re-
peated that if she went with him he would find her
lodgings. She said she was afraid, and he said she
need not be. He took her up a dark and lonesome
lane, and she said to him, " I hope you are not taking
me astray, I would much sooner turn back." He re-
plied, "No ; don't be afraid, come on ; you'll soon
see the house I'm taking you to." She then went a
little further with him, when he suddenly took her
by the arms and threw her on the ground. As soon
as she was on the ground she was surrounded by a
number of other men • but she could identify none of
them. It was quite dark at the time. She screamed
" Murder," and found that her legs and shoulders
were held by some of the other men. Her clothes
were torn off her. (Witness here described the par-
ticulars of a rape committed upon her by five persons
in succession.)
The witness was cross-examined at considerable
length, but nothing transpired to shake her testimony.
Richard Mercer, joiner, of Burnley, deposed to
having been going home on the morning of the 23d
May, at about a quarter past twelve o'clock. He saw
a man and woman go through the lime kiln gate, and
four or five men following. After reaching home he
was alarmed by loud screams of " Murder,' and went
to the stone yard, from whence they seemed to issue,
where he saw six or seven men on the ground. He
did not see a woman, but he heard a woman's voice
say, " Don't take advantage of a poor Scotchwoman,
the mother of nine children." He procured assist-
ance, and going to the spot afterwards found Pollard
in custody, and the prosecutrix lying on the bank of
the canal, much exhausted and stripped nearly naked.
James Crooke and Thomas Smith deposed to hav-
ingfstperoktehe commis-
to having
found a number of men sur-
pportostehceuytrix 'sscreams of murder, and on
gsodi
en heard
her,
ror d t
wht hei et
hs
his arm around her neck, and Crooke
rounding her. Pollard was laid upon the ground be-
and Booth were present.
sion of the felonious assault upon her, and to the in-
Geothrgee
pSromseitohuwtraiixte,shsuorrgtleyona,
' juries she had sustained. She was much bruised and
examined Mr
was in a state of great

Moulding Walmsley, a police-constable at Burn-
ley, said he went to the spot on the morning of the
23d of May, in consequence of information received.
He heard the cries of a woman, apparently much ex-
baus!ed, and looking over a wall he saw six or seven
men, two of them kneelinr, down near the place
where he afterwards found the prosecutrix. He got
over the wall, and shortly afterwards saw the figur:
of a man, apparently rising from the ground. 11
took the man in custody, and it proved to be the
it
pri-
soner Pollard. Charged him with criminally
ing the woman, who was lying beside the
net
time, and he (Pollard) said to the wornan,r. As-
the - did you want here, you old ---
Qhe ,wo very
si,ted in helping the prosecutrix ul);
urone. Every
much exhausted and unable to stataae
b exception of a
particle of clothing upon her,
portion of her stays had been tworienthuufftiohne.r
This was the case for the pro_saccter
Evidence as to Crooke's r was called, and
back.
°hello:lined to prove that
a number of witnesses were
and that she had miscon-
the prosecutrix
ducted herself in varioll
was drusnx .
parts of the town.

For Booth witnesses were called to show that be
hnd only gone to the spot on hearing the cries of
" Murder" to render assistance.
Tne jury, after a short consultation, found Pollard
Guilty, and Acquitted the other two prisoners.
His LORDSHIP, in sentencing Pollard to 15 years'
transportation, said that in the annals of crime a more
atrocious case of rape than this had never been proved.
It had been attended by circumstances of brutality
that were quite appalling, and it was marvellous that
any person wearing the human form could concur in
such an abominable outrage.
The case occupied the attention of the Court for
eight hours.

SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Aug. 10.
CROW N CO U itT.—(Before iilr.JusticeCßomrroN.)
The Learned Judge took his seat upon the bench
shortly before nine o'clock, and was occupied nearly
the whole of the day in trying cases which were unfit
for publication.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
TALFOURD.)
P3RD, CLERK, V. WILBRAHAM.
The plaintiff in this case was the Rev. Frederick
Ford, a minister of the Established Church, and rec-
tor of St. Peter's-Church, Chester, and the defendant
was Mr. Randle Wilbraham, jun., the registered pro-
prietor of the Chester Courant, a Conservative news-
paper published in this city. The action was brought
to recover compensation in damages for an alleged
libel on the plaintiff, which appeared in the defendant's
paper during the late election for the city. The
damages were laid at 5001. The libel consisted of a
letter which appeared in the Courant, and certain
editorial observations on such letter in the same
paper, which the plaintiff alleged were defamatory
and libellous. The letter and articles were comments
upon the public conduct and speeches at election
meetings of Liberals in Chester during the late
election.

Mr. Welshy and Mr. M'lntyre appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Evans and Mr. Grove for the
defendant.

rre:
oul‘WirltENLttirTee
plaintiff in this case had beenease.
thatMM having_repa openedratie
n it.oh
re pal esaedriine gs sif
open
He Add that the
compelled to come into
libellous publications
which appeared in the against his public conduct,
of the 30th of June laseto columns of the Chester Courant
defendant, Mr. Wilbraham,and
of which newspaper the
while he said that the pl iwffas the proprietor. But,
come into court to vindicatesint hishad been compelled to
attacks which bad been made character from the
of his character was his sole upon it, the vindication
object, and he had no
desire whatever to put money
shape of damages. Oa the contrary,eyinto his pocket in the
first been willing to be satisfied with het had from the
payment of
the expenses already incurred, provided tehef
would have apologised in the newspaper for theeendant
libels
complained of; but this the defendant refused to
a•
cede to. The Learned Counsel having referred to thec
plaintiff as a clergyman resident in Chester, and who
was the rector of St. Peter's church, said they were
aware that recently a contested election took place in
Chester, in which two gentlemen of opposite political
opinions, the Honourable Mr. Owen Stanley, on the
Liberal or anti-Ministerial principles, and Mr.
Holme, a highly respectable merchant of Liverpool,
as the representative of the opposite interest. The
Reverend Mr. Ford, the plaintiff, as he had a per-
fect right to do, thought proper to support the Ho-
nourable Mr. Stanley, and in consequence of this the
defendant had thought proper to malign his client
and libel him in the Chester Courant, in the manner
complained of. Now, be admitted that great
latitude ought to be allowed during the excitement
of a general election, but he (Mr. Welsby) insisted
that, even during the saturnalia attendant upon a
contested election, the attacks which had been made
upon the plaintiff were altogether unjustifiable and
disgraceful to the newspaper in which they appeared,
as against a clergyman who was pursuing his sacred
calling in the very city in which the newspaper was
published. The Learned Counsel proceeded to quote
from the articles complained cf, commenting upon
them as he went along. The first attack he noticed
was from a leading article in this newspaper, in which
the plaintiff was spoken of as " a time-serving back-
slider," in the following choice terms :
" The mention of the Rev. F. Ford naturally suggests
a word of sympathy over the fall of that time-serving
backslider. . 'this same. Frederick Ford, rector
of St. Peter', Chester, casts in his lot with the abet-
tors of thoLo whom he knows to be the enemies of
Bible education, and the adversaries of all cur religious
institutions; condescends to play second buffoon to
Mr. Temple, fur the amusement of his Unitarian al-
lies, by reviling an honest man and a sincere Chris-
tian; and in his time' mly desire to enjoy the plauclitsof
tt cram, whose love, forsooth, he strove to win by pro
ri?ises of plenty of aie, forgot the irjunction of the Cute-
t keep the tongue from evil-speaking, lying,
et d shincleriug,' while preaching from a waggon his no-
tab;(. discourse on two f secs under one hat 1' We have
no affection icr blusteting political parsons' of any
class; but, when they ' thus' demean themselves, there is
no one word in the English language sufficiently strong
to mark our opinion of such surplicA agitators."
The Learned Counsel having quoted from the news-
paper other strictures of a severe character, main-
tained that the articles he had read were intemperate
comments, and such as no man ought to submit to.
Mr. EVANS, Q.C., addressed the jury on behalf of
the defendant, contending that the articles complained
of were nothing more than electioneering squibs. No
injury or damage had been sustained by tpntiff,
either as regarded his congregation or any other class
of the community.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, referred minutely,
to the different portions of the alleged libels, remark-
ing that some of the observations were certainly very
stron, especially such remarks " a time-serving
backslider,' which he (the Learned Judge) should
think would not be very pleasant for either Mr.
Ford or any member of his family to read. He
considered that many of the remarks were not justi-
fiable, even taking into consideration the excitement
of a contested election. It was not proved that the
plaintiff had made use of any remarks that justified
the articles in the newspaper. It was for the jury to
• comp
laiued of were calculated
say whether the articles.
to bring the plaintiff into odium and contempt. If i
so, they would find a verdict n his favour, and the
amount of damages would rest with themselves. He
thought it would be difficult for them to say"
hat such
t
terms as " time-serving backslider," and buffoon,"
were not calculated to bring him into contempt.
The jury, after a few moments' deliberation, re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, one
farthing.
The award of nominal damages seemed to cause
considerable astonishment in the court, which was
densely crowded during the whole of the trial.
The Learned Judge then proceeded to take crimi-
nal cases.
It is believed that the trials of the Stockport •
rioters
will come on to-morrow or Thursday.

.
indicted /o uc e
fsot err ,s t
eAaurgi
n.
:91.f
,rmosni. )
trying priso-
nersUanßaTzßseefoortleaMndr.cJoadsitcteeoWantihtu,
silver,
u d die satno
nd copper,andn
Mr. Sergeant Allen assisted to-day in
in the grand-jury room.
Mrs. A I OXFORD
aElizabethr
JordanGurney,CißC rjw laa
Tst
West Dan,
Mrs. Gurney was a widow, carrying on prose-
cution 1; 250n1.dini‘giro.ldH,
defence.
Pigotte.N C O
business
as a grocer, at Lidbrooke, in the r of Dean,
,90„d
sorest
the prisoner had been a servant in her employniel' "r
to the 2fit March last, when she left to go into July,
vice at Gloucester. On Saturday, the bait
ill
the prisoner came back to see her. On th:Llaplo-
the miners in the service of Mr. Harris,
blot!. She
prietor, were paid their wages at her
and on that
used to keep her money in the cash-
bc'l'he prisoner
evening it was left in the kitcbenne.st
times in the
assisted in the shop, and was alojefc in the cash-
kitchen. That evening there wersend
half-sovereigns,
box nearly 100/. in sovereitinksank_note of the Ross
and 10/. or 12/. in silver, 80,054; "
cheques on the Ross
and Archenfield Bank,
5-12 silver, and two penny-
Bank, a purse with gold was a coin of a very
st the h a% Mrs• Gurney
pieces. Among such as
ce
ppearac :
r before took the like of,
unusual a
said she never
say whether it was a half-
and could
hual)t-sovereign. Amongst the silver was
guinea or a
ith
the letters " 5.8." marked on it. The
a shilliol 'ys were one old and the other new. The
PennY-Pecfather lived about half-a-mile from Mrs.
prisoner
sad Mrs. Gurney and her citce walked %ith
Gurs'eY'
half-Wu
-y home that night at eleven o'clock, and
ber
~.d a large and deep horsepond, by the side of
Passed
"which the cash-box was found, empty and open, on
the tollowing Monday. The prisoner that night bad
only a light handkerchief upon her neck. Before
going home on the Saturday night, the prisoner gave
Mrs. Gurney a half-sovereign in order to get change
for it, but said she would call for the change in the
morning, as it might be an excuse for her asking
her father's leave to come back. She came back in
the morning, and breakfasted with Mrs. Gurney, got
the change, and went to church with her. That
night, about ten o'clock, the prisoner went to the
company, and complaining
house of a man named Sier, at West Dean, with
twhosethat
shseo
wasn she e
tired,w askeeping t e d
up
her pocket, and said
Powell
0 weh eel 6 thhe

no, ‘g Heft (heave tip) this." He did so, and
:0.; weighty, awl .aid she must have some cops
it, and she said, " yes." She that night gave
which she get hack the next day. She
d there on Monday and pert of
f, till she was arrested. The cash-
ox wes not missed till between twelve and one
o'clock on the Monday, when it was found near the
pond, and brought to Mrs. Gurney. Suspicion was
at once dirccled towards many persons, and at length
was fixed on the prisoner. A constable, who went rie
seach of her, found her at Sier's house. On seeing
him coming towards the door she ran to Mrs. Sier's
bed-room, and quietly dropped the purse behind Mrs.
Sier, who was lying in bed. The constable, however,
was too sharp for her, and saw what she bad done,
and on telling Mrs. Sier of it and desiring her to get
up, the purse was found behind the bed. On being
searched upwards of 401. in sovereigns. half- sovereigns,
half-crowns, and shillings, were found in her pocket,
and on being asked where or how she came by them,
she said they had been given to her by her father.
It was proved that her father was a small collier, in
a comfortable condition, who had recently bought a
small allotment of land, and was about to buv some
more, but the father himself was not called 'by the
Crown or tne prisoner to prove or disprove the truth
of her statement. Amongst the money found upon
her were the peculiar half-sovereign or half-guinea,
the shilling marked with the letters " S. B." and two
penny-pieces, which Mrs. Gurney believed to be the
two she lied last. When the constable was taking
the prisoner to the station, across the fields, she asked
him to say no more than he could help respecting
her attempt to conceal the money.
Before the case for the prosecution had closed, two
of the jurors expressed a wish that his Lordship would
prevent more evidence being given, as they were
quite prepared to find her guilty. The trial, how •
ever, proceeded. Being convicted, but recommended
to mercy on account of her youth, she was sentenced
to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour.
On hearing the sentence she was greatly affected, and
was overheard to say that she would be better pleased
to be transported for life.
It is proper to add that at the late quarter-sessions
for this county a pretty, interesting young girl, named
Wilks, was convicted of a theft similar to the above,
on the evidence of the prisoner. On leaving tne ser-
vice of Mrs. Gurney, Jordan went into that of a Mrs.
Sleed, the widow of a clergyman residing at Glouces-
ter, who soon after began to miss money; and one
evening coming home unexpectedly, found the young
man Sier in the house, and ordered both servants at
once to leave, but before they left, finding her escre-
toire forced open, and twenty sovereigns taken
out, sent for the police and instituted a search.
As the search proceeded, Jordan suggested
that they should search Wilks's box and
room, and on the search being made, the twenty sove-
reigns were found between the box and the wall.
Wilks was thereupon taken into custody, -and was
committed for trial by the magistrates. Jordan was
the chief witness against her, and stated so many and
such important facts against her that when she came
to be tried at the quarter-sessions, her friends thought
her guilt so clear and her case so hopeless, that they
advised her to plead guilty, but this she obstinately
refused to do, making the most solemn protestations of
her innocence. The case was called on. Jordan ap-
peared as a witness against her, :and repeated her
former statement with such Ekill and cleverness, that
notwithstanding there were many circumstances of
suspicion connected with the case for the prosecution,
the jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced to a
year's imprisonment with hard labour. Those who
heard the two trials entertain great doubts whether in
Wilks's case the jury did not come to an erroneous
conclusion.

William Giles was indicted for wilful and corrupt
perjury committed at Cheltenham oa the 4th of April
last.

Mr. Gray conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Cooke
defended the prisoner.
The perjury was alleged to have been committed in
an affidavit made by the prisoner
v. Causlins,” an action for adultery, on nannansme ontfio'n' Page
rgae
new trial. In order to show that after
thee the fact of the
adultery had come to the knowledge of
condoned or forgave it, the prisoner swore fhilaaBitnotinffthhee
subsequent
day—viz., the 9th of October, 5
saw the plaintiff and his wife together at the ohe
Saluta-
tion Inn, Cheltenham. The plaintiff himself, and 1
other witnesses swore, that on that day the plaintiff
o
went at an early hour from his house, at Cheltenham,
by the train, through Jessop's nursery grounds, to
London, and that from the time he left his house till
he reached the station she was not with him, and had
not been in his house for some weeks. It was elicited
in cross-examination that the plaintiff and his wife
were seen together at the Paddington station on
the 11th. _ _

For the defence it was contended that it was pos-
sible that the prisoner might have seen them near the
Salatation, and that that was what he meant by say-
ing he saw them at it. _

The jury, after considering for twenty minutes,
asked what was the shortest distance from the Salu-
tation Inn to the nearest part of the way which led
from the plaintiff's house through Jessop's garden to
the railway station, and on being told it was 100 yards
they expressed a wish to withdraw.
After an absence cf half an hour they returned
wiAi a wrdiut of G'uil'ty.
SmteLce, one year's imprisonment, with hard
labour.

WESTERN CißOULT.—iYells, Aug. 9.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Thomas Boarne, surgeon of Radstock, was indicted
for the manslaughter of Ann Noakes.

Ann Noakes, the woman whose death the prisoner
was accused of causing, was the wife of a man in
bumble circumstances, a miner living at Strascombe.
She was about 43 years of age. Soe had been mar-
ried several years, and had no fewer than eleven
children. On the 20th of June last her confinement
was approaching, and about half past three or four in
the afternoon she was taken in labour. Some fe-
male neighbours were called in, and on examination
it was found that a "false presentation" had oc-
curred. The prisoner, who had attended her be-
fore, was sent tor. He endeavoured to alter the pre-
sentation, but in vain. About four a messenger
arrived with the information that Mrs. Parker, the
wife of a respectable and wealthy farmer living two
miles from his house, was taken in labour, and that
he must proceed to her assistance. No sooner did he
hear this than the prisoner said he must go, saying
that he had been bespoken by Mrs. Parker. In this
state the prisoner left her against the wishes of the
women about her, who protested against it, and in
spite of the entreaties of the poor creature herself,
that he would stay for only a quarter of an hour.
He, however, desired the parties to send for Mr.
Marsh, the parish surgeon. A messenger was sent to
Mr. Marsh, who lived at a distance of some six miles
off, and he came with all possible expedition, but the
poor creature did not survive above an hour.
Several witnesses were then called to prove
.that
the confinements of Mrs. Parker were highly
dan-
gerous, and several medical and other witnesses
gavefor
the defendant a high character for
kindness to the poor, and justified
the case.
Not Guilty.
The jury found the prisoner haisbiltirtye; andtment of
AND OTHERS.
These prisoners
THE QUEEN T.
°icutton, at the late election
for the eastern division of this county, but the sen-
tence was postponed' now placed at the bar to re-
The prisoners were
were g:
ao°nEv
ceive judgment.
saent id, that he had taken som time
Mr. Baron PLAT
T
d wbe should pass with ae view
to consider the iniu h
mercy
as was consistent with
of extending.
aisstration of public justice. It seemed
the due
acillenction which had just taken place in this
that at the Liu
persons had been proposed as candi-
county
and that the prisoners had combined together
dates, Bu-
y others, who had not been taken, for the
with snlanf intimidating the voters, and the result had
b"they bad nearly demolished the house of the
that
eenßuie party. It was very painful to see industrious
fellows, as be had learned they were, brought up here
in such an outrage. Several of
as parties concerned .
them had received good characters. He also took
into consideration the topic which had been urged on
their behalf, the cry of cheap food, and it would be
well if those who excited such men would look before-
hand before they tried to excite the passions of an un-
governable mob. They had unfortunately been the
victims of those mob orators who ought to have come
forward with their money to have defended them ;
for he was ashamed of his country when he saw that
some of them were undefended by counsel ; it showed
that those persons had their own private ends to
gratify, and had then left the prisoners to their fate.
His Lordship then passed on the prisoners sentences
varying from six months' to one month's imprisonment,.

this HE LLINGT(7)NCATTLEMAT:RTT—on Monday
Perebrother, by
takitipgroNpvaerst
T
in the Lower-road, Islington, was
offered for s ;10
'ciraitrteaction of the mortgagees.,
public auction at Garraway's, by Messrs.
rk7'he u riler;
view to the
removal ''
of
e the late.
t tl Ilri.ethtn
froml
itirns' i twb. ii el d ,
and WaS established by Act oceaeii. Parliament in 1835, but on
being opened for business was not sufficiently patronised for
its confirm :nu as a market, and it has of late been used only
for the lairage of cattle, but the business of tno market can
at any time be recommenced under its present Act. The
property comprises the market, which stands on about 16
of fro- hold land, public-houses, private dwelling-
acreses, shop, and leasehold property, &c., and the whole
was offered to public competition in one lot. The first offer
for the whole property was 45,000/., and it was bought in at
52,0001., the sum offered not being sufficient to satisfy the
demands of the mortgagees. Several of the City committee
were pr s esent as well as a great number of capitalists and
interested; In
other gentlemen the removal of Smithfield-
market.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce and family, Viscount
Gornaanston, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. Preston and
family, Baron Von Bale, Mrs. Ormsby, Dr. Lathom, and
family, gm, embarked on Sunday last for
oy:,,b,,:ituate
the continent, on
board the Antwerp ateame . j cki v
ro Baron Osy, Captain a on.

k-,I2LEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITURATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal B'ghness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor sud Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
¶1 must successful and popular Theatre in London.
The Last Week o: Vie renowned artistes. the Messrs. S!egrist, from
the Champs Elysees, Paris, whose surprising and unrivalled perform-
ances on La Perch. created during the last season, in Paris, a sen-
saif i:na totally unprecedent:d in that metropolis.
THIS EVENING,
Will be produced, a grand Spectacle, written expressly for the Am-
phitheatre, by E. Fitzhall, Esq., entitled PUtTER THE GREAT,
hi which Mr. Ryder, from the Princess s, w 11 apoeor.
To be _olloweu by tia,ty's Iniuntab'e Scenes of the Arena, intro-
ducing the most numeroas cquesVian company In Earope.
, To conclude with a Laul-hable earce.
'Pickets to be had at the Boa-odice from Eleven till Four daily.

Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq.
Mr. Batty begs leave to announce to his patrons and the public in
general, that he i 3 now training Six Elephants to run in the Arena
as Horses.

"ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Open for the Season,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Exhibition c' Dansou's Colossal Daylight View or MOUNT
ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid
and interesting Mens-,e ie—Promenade Corcert by Godfrey's un-
rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding at
Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechr;c Exhiol,,on by Messrs. Southby,
representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pvidemorourn of the
Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of VCcan and hls Cyclops,
the whole terminating with the Eruption o: ?fount Etna and a
Grand Tahleau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereia•J.s receiving the
Armour of Achilles.
The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in-
eluding three elephants, two giraffs, four ostriches, two camels,
lions, &c.
Doors open from Nine a.m. Pc eding the Animals at Five. Con-
cert at Half-past six. Fireworks at Half-past Nine.
ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tz79 DIY --IlorninT 0 min. ant? 10 I Evening 37 min. after 10
TD.IIOI4ROW —Morning IS .in. after 11 j Evening 49 min. af‘ec 11

THE WEATHER—SErN OFFICE, AUGUST 11.
THERMOMETER, THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
54 —lowest this morning and during the night.
59—this day, at noon

BABAIIRTI3I4 29.32.
Wren—The Wind was South-East in the morning, with
heavy rain, but has since gone round to the South-West,
with heavy showers and stormy weather, with occasional
bursts of sunshine. Vivid flashes of lightning last evening.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o clock yesterday morning.—'fhe statione
are arranged in order of latitude.

Himmias—Wind W.S.W.,eriile breeze—partially cloudy.
SO 17TH AM:FrON Wind W.,strong
breeze—overcast.
e
breeze—cloudless.
Fo I.KESTONE —W ind S.W., gen
.._ e breeze -
TUNBRIDGE —; '/ins S.W., gentle
partially cloudy.
GREEN 'i,VlCH—Wind
artially cloudy.
cloudy. bW .1 gentle breeze—partially
Slit DOD —Wind W., gentle b-,...eze--p
Sri IND Off —Wind W.. gentle breeze—
CouThrEsTEß—Wind S.W., gentle breeze
breeze--partially cloudy.
CAM aktmGr—Wind (..: . gentle breeze-6—Partially cloudy.
ymmouTb—Wand W., calm— cloudless.
the returns from the following places indicate
the state of
the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine
o'c•cck :---
LLMMEICK—Wind W., calm—partially cloudy.
CAm,ow—Wind S.W., guide breeze—cloudy.
?omit—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
HoLyasen—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—very fine.
Liescismtn—Wind S., gentle breeze—beavy rain.
oDARtazitcyros Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless.
rAP—,,Vind S., gentle breeze - rain.
LisArrocx—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
—___ . -

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer last week was 29•;:;79 in, The mean
temperature of the week was 63.3°, which is PP hi her
r
than the average of the same week in ten years.
mean difference between the dew point temperature and air
temperature was 11.8°; although the air was dry about
1 inch of rain fell iz the same petiol ; and the direction of the
wind during the week was from the south and south-west,
with an average horizontal movement of rather more than
11b miles each day.

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