The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-17 00:00:00

THE MONKS' FERRY.

(From the Chester Chronicle.)
Two successive special juries having declared the ltitonkli
Ferry over the Mersey set up by a " Wealthy joint stock cialttl
pany," an invasion of the franchise of ferry from the torus
ship of Birkenhead to the parish of Liverpool, befit 'on h'.
R. Price, Esq.,'under grant from the crown as Earls of Chen.
ter, that body have now applied to tha Corporation of :laser.
pool, to relieve them from their dilemma, by " grantinn Caeir
powerful aid in promoting and securing" what they call tbot:
just and laudable object, by such means and in suca- fee ao
it shall deem expedient ;" that is, to enable them to comp:ob.
their usurpation. What sort of aid is now required ar :21r4
be given, we know not ; but we do know that so fu Lao
access to the corpoiation deed chest hasbeen of any Ist., az
we rather think without the concurrence of the dorirovati"n
being even asked, every aid has been given; and thct Cut 4.11.
fendants on the last trial rested their case on the :ilia ci 4).4
Liverpool Corporation to every thing they enjoy 04 the rival
Mersey, and were beaten, as doubtless the corporation
be, if they venture also to raise the question late; .at Lew
between Mr. Price and the Monks' Ferry Company.
But by way of creating a prejudice on the legal quo e,
the Monks' Ferry proprietors, whose solicitor, by tae bye, la
a member of the Town Council, have also published Lair me-
morial in certain Liverpool papers, and as it is a curiaaitLia
its way, we have inserted it in another part of our paper. Tbn
perusal will lead the reader to suppose that the publit• bcAl
neither been properly served nor at a reasonable cost ay ?at.
Price's ferry, according to the obligation imposed wits. the
conferring of the-franchise, and that the company had ispenes2
their hotel and ferry out of sheer compassion to tho
competition being the only available remedy against inoonva-
nience and imposition. Now, the solicitor of the compan7
ought to know, that if the legal ferry vested in Mr. Priori
is not properly aud reasonably maintained, the legitinisita re-
medy is by writ of scire facias against him as the grantee a/
the crown, in order to annul his grant, and not by u Unudi
portion of the public taking the law into their own hands,
for their own benefit, and setting themselves up as judges
the inconvenience and impoSition. That would have Lazo ttas
propeneburse to have adopted. The day is gone past when
lands, titles and rights can.be usurped by main force on
any vain pretence.
The memorialists set themselves forth in their memorial
as diSinterested persons, and as having purchased lend in tho
manor of Birkenhead down to the shore at low water itnuak,
which possessed great natural advantages, and theroupea
they set up a ferry, which "theybelieved," but alhich they
never attempted to proye, " public Convenience required ;"
and their alleged grievance is, that Mr. Price, the Lord et
'the Manor, and his Lessees have attacked them in order is
pat down Monks' Ferry., It unfortunately for them ba”ens„
tliat they only purchased land, and no manorial or tarry
rights; and no obligation of serving the public with u ferry
was imposed upon them ; and if no ferry was maiatainell tar
the public no remedy existed against them, anything itarttar
than as their title from Mr. Price might be affected by any
default of his; and consequently that that purchase game ‘
them no title to set a ferry up. The plea of ' public eon.
venienee" IQ .11 cheer nioorishinia the last resort of defeated
cupidity. It means in this case " private benefit," and by
the invasion of the franchise of another. It is not tilt.. la
legal sense that the proceedings at law were " to put down
Monks' Ferry," us the position is invidiously put, but to
protect existing and legal rights ; and we have yet to learn,
-that this is an offence, the success of which against the
usurpation of a " wealthaajoint stock company," requires the
";powerful aid" of one of the most powerful corporations is
the kingdom. If corporations are thus used, to the owes-
sion of private individuals, (for the real plaintiff is Mr. Prim),
and not his lessees,) and'to defend usurpation, the *mast
they are put down the better.
The memorialists by way of 'exciting the corporation to
take up the cudgels for them, 'assume that they proved tlsa
existence of a more ancient ferry in the corporation, than
that in Mr. Price, and Outstanding in the hands of c subject
at the time of the grant under which he claims. This *a
will be bound to say is news to the Liverpool corporation.
which on the shelving of these memorialists possesses more
than ever it bought. We apprehend, however, the verdict of
a jury, under the direction of the Judge, is rather better au-
thority than the interested memorialists on that point. That
" more ancient ferry" was decided not to be from the Maser
of Birkenhead to the Liverpool townside, which is the fran-
chise vested in Mr. Price. It did. not even appear to be
granted by the Earls of Cheater, in whom so far as the Pala-
tinate was concerned, th.g jure regalia was vested ; and a. the
Palatinate at the date in which the defendant set up'thet
" more ancient ferry," was out of the crown, and bad been
since the holding of Hugh Lupus, as shewn by Doomsdar
book, it is rather a Puzzling proposition, one that may weg
bother wiser heads than the Monks Ferry proprietory, and
even the corporate wisdom of Liverpool, to comprehend bow
that could invalidate the grant from the King as Earl of Ches-
ter, put in evidence Mr. Price. So much for the defence.
Whether it would fare better when set up as the corporation
title to the exclusion of Mr. Pricenfor that is what the cor-
poration must do, if it does anything, we will not take upon
ourselves to say. But it appeared by that very corporation
title, that the corporation bad never claimed or used the ferry
both ways ; but on the eontrary, that the Molyneux's from
whom they purchased, had hecl.a regular contract with the
Birkenhead proPrietor of that day; by. which they recognised
each other's ferry right one way only, and each accounted to
the other for-the back passage.
As for the " soft sawder" of the memorialists about the
munificence, Cc. &c. of the Liverpool corporation, it is juat
so much " leather and, prdnella." It is a legal proverb; that
" corporations have no souls." It is very questionable whe-
ther at the time that that body " threw their ferry open to
the public," they did not get rid, and not very legally, of an
onerous obligation. At all events they relinquished little or
no revenue... If they did, they. committed a breach of a pub-
lic trust, as it was with public money they bought the ferry.
In those days, as in these, they never gave up anything that
benefited themselves ' • and it is a most condemnatory reflec-
tion on that body, if by their default any body has been able
to set up a monopoly. But to impeach that Mr. Price has
done so, is not true. It is as far as these Monks Ferry
proprietors are concerned, and as far as the Liverpool corpo-
ration is implicated, for it has lent itself to the Monks ferry
proprietors, we say, it is wilfully untrue ; because they know
by painful experience, that twice has the law said, that Mr.
Price has usurped no franchise, deprived the public of ne
right,. and left unfulfilled no obligation. He enjoys that
franchise on the obligation that he maintains for the public a
passage from Birkenhead manor to the townside of Liver-
pool, according to 'the public demand, with convenience to
the public, and at a reasonable rate. Has he not done so ?
It has never been 'pretended much less proved that he has
not. But these Monks- Ferry proprietors make a charge
against him and in vindication of themselves, that he has set
up a monopoly, injurious to the public. What sort of wea-
pons -have they used towards Mr. Price ? One of their
exceptions" on which they anticipate to upset the last
verdict is, that admitting he does possess the exclusive fran-
chise, that he has lost it by using steam boats, and not main-
laining the ancient ferry by the old and dangerous system
of small sailing boats 1 And these are the men who go to
the Liverpool corporation for help, on public grounds !
These are the sort of legal quirks, on which an uninterrupted
and up to this moment, an unimpeached title of 500 years is
to be upset—a title acknowedged by the Molyneux's and
never impugned by the corporation ! It has come to a pretty
pass when mere " squatters" are thus to treat title and en-
joyment, because they have mistaken the quiddities of
crotchetty lawyers" for the law itself.
The first error of this company was in supposing that a
purchase of land included the purchase of a royal franchise.
They laid out their money on a speculation. Finding that
their own purchase gave them no title—they first stood upon
the supposed weakness of their adversary's case, and the jury
then decided they were wrong. They then set up the title of
the corporation as their defence, and they were also beaten
on that: Now they cry monopoly. They plead public
spirit. One would suppose from their bleating that the
Mersey was blockaded ; that no one could cross it without
submitting to the most exorbitant toll from Mr. Price. If
that gentleman had allowed-then to exist on sufferance—if
he now would let them ply as his tenants ; if he would even
take the concern off their hands, (for that point was mooted
before the dernier resort of exciting the sympathies of the
town council, a member of which is the company's solicitor)
the " public convenience," which has prompted these public
spirited men, would all be thrown to the winds, instead of
public appeals being made to the prejudice of Mr. Price be-
cause he had defended his own.

What we have already said not only applies to the leading
statements of the memorial, but also answers our contem-
porary of the Liverpool Journal ; but still there are one or
two points of his article in support of the views of the me-
morialists, on which we wish to bestow a word. He sett the
matter in its true light, as respects the public spirit of the
company and the question between them and Mr. Price. But
he-goes on to assume, that the claim of Mr. Price is " most
nnreasonable and adverse to public principle." Now our
contemporary knows something about public ferry rights,
and that originally they are in the crown, from whom they
pass both to corporations and-individuals. Mr. Price's claim
has twice been decided to be legal. That he fulfilled the ob-
ligation cast stpori him by the grantis presumed, because his
conduct is unimpeached, except by these memorialists,
(and even then not by form of law), whose attempted
usurpation gives them an adverse interest. But h
does he recommend the defeat of this " unreasonable
claim?" By the setting up a prior " unreasonable claim ;"
for according to his dictum one ferry franchise must be
equally unreasonable as another'. But then he says Mr.
Price has extorted.' That has not been shown. The fare
has certainly been lowered ; but by the competition of par-
ties who are usurpers and on whom no obligation rests, who
realise no profit, and against whom the public have no
remedy. Nor is the title anomalous. A similar one exists
on the Humber. The learned judge charged the jury, at the
last trial, that a ferry might in law exist only one way, and
if so, what so likely as that that anomaly should be found,
in respect to a ferry across a tidal river, or an arm of the
sea separating two palatinates in the same kingdom, the
Duke of Lancaster granting one way, and the Earl of Ches-
ter the other, which in reality is the title to each ferry. Mr.
Price sets up no menbpoly. He merely defends his own
franchise from and within the manor of Birkenhead, for
which his ancestors paid a larger price than the Molyneaux's
respected his titre; and so must the 'assigns of the Moly-
neaux's. The latter eased themselves of a public obligation
at the time it was profitless, but never pretended " to give
up " to the public, Mr: Price's ferry. Mr. Price continued
to fulfil the obligation upon him, and has aright to enjoy the.
franchise, until lawfully dispossessed of it upon proper
grounds. It is preposterous to say the Monk's Ferry pro-
prietors cannot pass to their own estate without paying him
toll. That is not so. The Charge is not, that they land on
their own estate or ferry people to it ; but that they ferry
passengers from the Manor of Birkenhead to the townside
of Liverpool, and thus invade Mr. Price's franchise.
If Mr. Price's right is not tasteful to our Liverpool neigh-
bours—if it would be to the advantage of the public that the
ferry should be vested in the corporation and thrown open
to the public, the way is easy, providing Mr. Price is a con-
curring party. They 'must act by Mr. Price as they did by
the Molyneaux's—purchase his interest, and if they do that,
we wish them as good a bargain in one case as the other.

Augustus William Gadsden, Esq., has been appointed his
Hanoverian Majesty's consul at the port of Hull, in the
room of Thomas Boyes, Esq., deceased.
LIVERPOOL ANNUITANT SOCIETY.-At the quarterly
meeting of. this society, held at the Clarendon-rooms, on
Friday evening last, a very pleasing compliment was paid to
Thomas Kaye, Esq., of Castle-street, who has sustained the
office of 'treasurer for-the last ten years, and has been in-
defatigable in promoting its interests in every possible man-
ner: After the regular business of the evening, Mr. Richd.
Widdows, the president, with a few feeling remarks on the
services which Mr. Kaye had rendered the society, presented
him, in the name 'of the subscribing members, with an
elegant silver cnn, manufactured by Messrs. Jones and Sons,
of Castle-street, bearing the following inscription :—" Pre-
sented to Thomas Kaye, Esq.; by the members of the Liver-
pool Annuitant Society, in'token of their esteem and regard
for the care and'-attention with which he has watched over
the interests of the institution, in the capacity of treasurer,
for a period of ten years. Sept. 13, 1839." Mr. Kaye, in
returning thanks, made some very interesting references to
the progress and prosperity of the institution, with which he
has been connected for thirty-one years, and with whose in-
terests he has so closely identified himself ; and, in particular,
remarked upon the pleasing circumstance, that, though the
society is compOsed of individuals of all sects and parties,
with views on general subjects widely differing, yet nothing
has occurred to mar the cordiality and good-feeling which
has ever prevailed, the demon of party-spirit having never,
in any instance, obtained a footing. The society has now
passed the ordeal of experience and the difficulties incident
to every infant institution ; and, at present, is the means of
diffusing comfOrt around the hearths of upwards of fifty an-
nuitants, widows and aged members. Its funds amount to
' nearly £lO,OOO, and there is every prospect of a 194 mg
tinuaube of i 4 usefulness and prosperity,

CONTRACT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE
MAILS BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND HALIFAX.

Ululer this title the House of Commons has printed the

agreement entered into by the government with Mr. Cunard
for the conveyance of the North American mail. It stipu-
lates that the mails shall be despatched twice every month
from. Liverpool to Halifax, and twice every month from Ha-
lifax Liverpool. For executing this service Mr. Cunard
is to provide and keep a sufficient number of good and effici-
ent steam-vessses, furnished with engines of not less than
300 horses' power. Mr. Cunard also undertakes to convey
the mails and despatches twice every calendar month to Bos-
ton from Halifax and to Halifax from Boston, and when the
St. Laivieuce is unobstructed by ice, from Pictou, in Nova
Scotia, to Quebec, and from Quebec to Pictou, by good and
substantial steam-vessels, provided with engines of not less
than 150 horses' power. The contract is very specific as to
"Those vesseli being properly found, and provided with a suffi-
cient crew of able seamen. The commissioners of the ad-
miralty are to appoint the two days in each month when the
steamers are to leave Liverpool and Halifax respectively, and
they are to proceed, without loss of tithe, direct to the end
of their voyage. The despatch of the mail from Halifax for
Boston is to take place as soon as possible after the arrival
of the mail at Halifax, which is likewise to be the case with
the 'Quebec mail after the, mail has reached Pictou. The
commissioners may also alter the days of sailing at their
pleasure, blit they mutt; give three months' notice. At
the same time they may always delay the departure of the
vessel for not more than twenty-four hours.
If at any time, from stress of weather, or other unavoid-
able circumstance, the vessel should be unable to reach the
Mersey,•the naval officer in charge of the mails or despatches
may order the mails to be landed at Bristol, Falmouth, Ply-
mouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, Dover, or Deal. For
the naval officer, who is to be sent in charge of the mails
and despatches, the contractor is to provide a suitable first-
rate cabin, and suitable accommodation for a servant, and is
'to victual the officer like a cabin-passenger. If the admiralty
please to entrust the mails to the captain of any of the 'ves-
sels, it is authorised to do so, and the captain will be bound
to take eharge of them. A boat of not less than four
oars is to be provided for landing the officer and the mails.
Any stoppage, delay, or putting back into port, not sanc-
tioned by the naval officer, will be subject to a fine of
£lOO, and a delay of twelve hours in not proceeding on a
voyage from either. Liverpool or Halifax after the appointed
time, subjects the contractor to a fine of £5OO, as well as
a further £5OO for every additional twelve hours' delay.
A similar delay in the smaller vessels carrying the mails
from Halifax to Boston, will be subject to a fine of £5OO.
Not less than four of the large steam-boats for the voyage
across the Atlantic are to be always kept sea-worthy and in
complete repair ; the number of the smaller ones is not sti-
pulated. The contractor binds himself to introduce and
adopt all improveirents directed by the Admiralty or sug-
gested by the progress of science. To secure the goodness
of the vessels, the iaval officer in charge of the mails, calling
other persons to his assistance, has fultpower and authority
survey and examine the vessel whenever he shall think
fit; and repairs, sthich lie shall direct in writing, must be
made as soon as possible, under a penalty of £lOO. The
Lords of the- Adthiralty, also, reserve to themselves a power
to survey the vessgls, and to order any improvements to be
made in them yliich they think expedient ; and the con-
tractor must carry these improvements into effect to the
satisfaction of the Admiralty, or forfeit £5OO. All these
fines and penalties may be stopped out of the money to be
paid to the contractor by the Admiralty.
In addition, the contractor is to carry, if required, two
chief cabin passengers, from Liverpool to Halifax, or Halifax
to Liverpool, for £3O each, and tstro fore cabin passengers at
the rate of £l5 each; and each seaman, soldier, or marine,
at £4. The price to be charged for such passengers from
Halifax to Boston, or from Pictou to Quebec, is to be, re-
spectively, £5, £3, and £2. Moreover, the contractor is to
bake on board, and carry, free of charge, all small packages,
directed by the commissioners, and naval stores not exceed-
ing five tons weight, on receiving two days' notice that such
stores are to be sent.

In return for all these services, and maintaining all these
vessels, the Admiralty agrees to pay, to Mr. Cunard £60,000
per annum, in quarterly payments. The contract is to com-
mence on June Ist, 1840, or an earlier day if agreed on, and
to continue in force for seven years from the commencement,
and thenceforward until 12 calendar months' notice in wri-
tini shall he given by either party.
No part of the contract is to be underlet, and no member
of parliament, agreeably to act of parliament, is to have a
share of it. t The whole concludes 'by Mr. Cunard binding
himself in a penalty of £15,000 to fulfil his part of the con-
tract.

When this contract comes to be acted on it will ensure a
certain, speedy, and constant intercourse between the mother
country and the colonies of Nbrth America, and between our
several North American colonies and the United States,
greatly to the advantage of them all. It seems, therefore, a
very wise plan, and as the provisions we have quoted secure
the adoption of every improvement on board the mail packets,
we cannot find any fault with the number of years it is to
last. The provisions fOr securing punctuality and avoiding
all kinds of delay, deserve notice and praise, as they will give
to ,this service regularity and certainty, and make every per-
son feel a just reliance on reaching the end of his voyage in a
specified time.

We pretend not to give en opinion whether the sum to be
paid be large or small, but we would rather that the con-
tractor should make his fortune by it than that such an en-
terprise should be nipped in the bud by the parsimony of the
government. We presume that the port of Liverpool has
been chosen because that combines, in itself, proximity and
trade to America beyond every other port. To carry out
goods and passengers must of course fOrm the principal
means by which Mr. Cunard will be remunerated. In con-
clusion, let us state that the outline of the agreement has al.
ready been published, but, nevertheless, we think an abstract
of the contract will be acceptable to our mercantile readers.

REPORT OF A ROBBERY & ATTEMPT AT MURDER
AT THE

SENIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB HOUSE.

(From the Morning Herald, of Friday.)
A report was very generally prevalent yesterday morning,
that an occurrence similar in atrocity to the melancholy busi-
ness in Prince's-strreet, had occurred at the Senior United
Service Club House, Pall Mall. On making inquiries, it was
ascertained that the affair was undergoing an investigation by
the police, and as is usual with that constabulary body in their
proceedings, the most sedulous care was taken to exclude
thepublic from a correct knowledge of the facts of the case.
The following particulars have been collected from other
sources which may be relied on :
- About 7 o'clock yesterday morning the policeman on duty
in Pall Mall perceived marks of blood on the door of the
United Service Club House. While he was examining them
a servant came out, and in evident terror stated that the
steward, Mr Charles Fenn, was lying in his bedroom appar-
ently murdered. On entering the sleeping room of the stew-
ard. which was on the ground floor, the unfortunate man was
found lying on the floor, deluged in blood from wounds on
the head, but not dead, although in a state of insensibility.
it was immediately inferred that these appearances had been
produced; by some one whose object was plunder, and this
opinion was confirmed by finding, as reported, that the cash
box had been forced open and rifled of its contents. A me-
dical Man was sent for, and on examining the steward's per-
son, it appeared that one or two heavy blows had been inflicted
ou the head and several other blows on the arm. These blows
had seemingly been given with some blunt weapon, and were
such as would be produced by a knobbed stick or loaded
bludgeon. On examining the doors, which the perpetrator,
to make his escape, was obliged to open, five or six in num-
ber, they were all found to be marked with blood, as was the
outer door through which escape had been effected. From
all the circumstances an impression was strongly created that
the villain must have been well acquainted with the premises,
and likewise knew not only the situation of the property, but
the best mode by which he could get out of the club house
when his object was achieved. A small sliding box, in which
the key of the outer door was usually kept, was marked with
blood, and the key removed.
The surgeon, who was engaged to attend upon the wound-
ed man, gave directions that his patient should use as little
speech as possible, as.he was in considerable danger. It was
thought however, advisable, as soon as Mr. Fenn was able to
articulate, to take down his deposition, so that, in case an
unfavourable change should occur, that the police should be
in possession of all the information they could collect which
might assist in bringing the villain or villains to justice. The
amount supposed to have been taken away is reported to be
somewhere about £lOO.
We, think it but right just to allude to a rumour which, in
some degree, prevails, that the blows are by no means of the
dangerous Character hey were at first reported.
(From the Morning Herald of Saturday)
The alleged robbery and attempt at murder at the Senior
United Service Club House, in Pall-mall, was yesterday the
subject of much conversation at the west end of town, and
much excitement has been occasioned throughout the neigh-
bourhood of St. James's, by that mysterious occurrence.
During yesterday numerous inquiries were made at the club
house as to the state of Mr. Charles Fenn, the answers to
which were that he was better, and that the injuries were not
so severe as was at first supposed.
Ever since the first discovery of the affair Mr. Superin-
tendent Baker and Inspectors Covington and Jarvis, of the
C division, have been actively engaged in endeavouring to
elucidate the mystery in which the affair is enveloped, but with
what success had not transpired at a late hour last evening.
Mr. Fenn states that on retiring to rest he locked the door
of his bed-room ou the inside, and the result of the exami-
nation of the room by the police, since the occurrence, proves
that no violence had been used in opening it, nor had there
been any force used in the opening of any of the locks of the
other doors through which the prepetrators of the outrage
must have passed in their escape from the premises. It has
also been ascertained that nothing has been removed from the
room, except the cash and notes from the cash box, which
was not broken open, as was at first reported, but had been
opened by the proper key, which Mr. Fenn states, must have
been taken from the pocket of his trousers by the thieves.
Mr. Fenn also states, that on his being attacked by the
ruffians he instantly jumped out of bed and grappled with
his assailants, with whom he struggled for full ten minutes,
when, he was overcome by the repeated blows he received,
and loss of blood. It is, however remarkable, that neither the
struggle nor his cries were heard by any other of the inmates
of the establishment, who are numerous. Another singular
circumstance is, that the bell-rope, which hung by the side
of the head of Mr. Fenn's bed; was found to have been cut
off, and was lying on the floor.
The whole of the servants residing both in and out of the
house, between 30 and 40 in number, have been examined
before Mr. Superintendent Baker, but their answers have
been so plain and straightforward, that suspicion has been
removed from any of them, although the police are still con-
vinced that the outrage must have been committed by some
persons well acquainted with the premises.
The following is a copy of the official circular forwarded,
on Thursday evening, to each of the police station houses :
" C Division, Sept. 12, 1839.
", Stolen, between the hours of one and two o'clock this
morning, from the -United Service Club, Pall-mall, about
£127 in gold, silver, and notes. The numbers of the notes
are not known. At the same time the steward was attacked,
and received several blows about the head and arms, supposed
by a stick, which was left behind in the room. The above
was committed by two men, of whom no description can be
given.

(Signed)

" C. BERESFORD, Inspector.

(Additional Particulars, from the Sunday Papers.)
SATURDAY NIGHT.—The secrecy which has been main-
tained by the domestics of the establishment ever since this
alleged occurrence is still scrupulously persisted in, and the
only answer to all inquiries is, that ' Mr. Fenn is rather
better." The same secrecy is likewise manifested by the
police, who, on being questioned on this subject, reply,
that as yet no clue has been obtained to the elucidation of
the affair.

• baring Friday Mr. Fenn continued in a very excited state,
and two persons were directed to sit up with him during the
• night. In the early part hs slept comfortably; but about
rgiduight he started up in bed, speaking incoherently ; and it
is stated that about three o'clock he suddenly jumped out of
bed in a paroxysm of delirium, and assaulted one of his at-
tendants, believing him to be one of the persons by whom he
says he was attacked. He also at intervals pointed to a cor-
ner of the room, exclaiming in apparent alarm, " There--
there they are—don't you see them." Mr. Woolridge, of
Jerrayn-steret, the surgeon who is in attendance, visited him
saveral times yesterday.
Mr. Woolrldge has been enjoined to secrecy by the
committee of the club, and declines to give any information,
as it may frustrate the ends of justice. But if we understood
him rightly, there are marks of blows on the forehead, over
the lett eye, and on the arms. Mr. Woodridge also said
that, apart from thi excitement under which Fenn was
labouring, he was at that moment quite as well as himself.