The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ... ... ... ••• 6Q9
Females ... ... ... ... 674

Total ...

... 1,363

*ln this number are included 24 by Scarlatina, 27
by Typhus Fever, 139 by Diarrhoea, and 8 by Cholera.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NoßmEniv clncuir.—Liverpool, Aug 21.
CROWN COURT.—(R fore Mr. Justice WiGuT-

Max.)

William Threlfall, a respectable -looking man, and
formerly a large manufacturer in Yorkshire, was
placed at the bar, charged, on three indictmente, with
forgery—on the first, with forging a bill of exchange
Ryland, for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Charles Tyson ;
f exchange for 2,0001., with the manager of the Hull
r,ri the second, with having forged and uttered the
acceptance
,otfoaJosephbill o
in-
tent to defraud Thomas Whittaker and others; and
on the third, with forging the acceptance of another
bill of exchange for 1,0001., with intent to defraud
Whittaker and others.

The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Blair appeared for the
prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Hall,
and Mr. Aspinall for the defence.
The Counsel for the prosecution proposed to pro-
ceed with the first indictment; on which the Learned
Counsel for the prisoner moved, on affidavit of the pri-
soner and his attorney, to postpone the trial on the
first indictment, on the ground that the charge had
only been preferred on the first day of the assizes, and
that from the shortness of time prisoner was not pre-
pared with his defence, nor acquainted with the parti-
culars of the case.
His LORDSHIP thought that on so serious a charge
the application of the prisoner was reasonable. He
was, however, ready to try the other charges against
the prisoner on which he bad been committed, if the
Learned Counsel for the prosecution thought it desir-
able to proceed.
Mr. Buss thought it would be more desirable
that all the charges should be tried together, and the
other charges also had therefore better be postponed.
This was assented to, and the prisoner was ordered
to be detained in custody to take his trial at the next
assizes.

His LORDSHIP. having got through the criminal
business, then tried a short civil cause, and no
other case being ready, his Lordship left about twelve
o'clock.
NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
CRESSWELL.)
EASTIIAM V. WHITEHEAD.
In this case Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Cowling
appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin, Q.O , and
Mr. Atherton for the defendant.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is
an attorney at Kirkby Lonsdale, to recover back 631.
paid by him as a deposit on 30 shares allotted to him
in the North Union and Trent Valley Railway Com-
pany, of the provisional committee of which company
the defendant was a very active member. It ap-
peared that a prospectus of the proposed company was
issued, a deposit of two guineas per share to be made
to pay the preliminary expenses. The plaintiff ap-
plied for forty shares, and had thirty allotted to him,
the deposit on which he paid to a banker by direc-
tion of the secretary of the provisional committee.
This was in the autumn of 1845. The railway panic
came, and 3001. only having been subscribed towards
the undertaking, no further steps were taken in it,
and the plaintiff now brought his action to recover
back his deposit against the defendant as the most
active member of the provisional committee.
These facts having been proved, his LORDSHIP ruled
that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the amount
claimed.
Mr. MARTIN then tendered
a bill of exceptions
to this ruling, and also because his Lordship had not
directed the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to
recover.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Dainageg, 631.
In the course of the day a number of eauses were
settled ; and it is expected that the assizes will termi-
nate to-morrow.

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like to see this important subject taken up by. judicious
fasted solely
confirmed. That there is a disea
ciation with it &spelled. Alas! how many hundreds are
annually. sacrificed at the shrine a intemperance, whose
and prejudice in asso-
lives might have been spared had efficient means been re-
s irteil to at an early period, before the habit became fixed
des.ted solely in an uncontrollable desire for stimulating
rinks, we have not a doul,t the more wa see of the insane,
the stronger is this ie of the mind ma.ni-
conviction fastened on our minds. There
is ordinary intoxication, and this may, to a certain extent,
become a habit ; but there is, apart Wool this, a forma
morbi of n:d
1-
sanity, exhibiting itself almost exclusively- in
yearning fur intoxicating drinks. We have often seen cases
of this kind, and as often have lamented our inability seri-
ously to grapple with them until the disease ha s
into positive delirium, and it is only at this stage that dl
d e
extende
law allows us to interpose.—Dr.' Forbes Ilrinslovis Psycho-
logical Journal.