The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

The COUNTY CUP a9s won by Mr. J. Day'a ch c The
ch c Brother to Millipede, Major: Yarburgli
hers. Won by a neck.

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FRIDAY.
STAKES were won by IYrri:

The GRFAT YORKSHI
Meiklani's b c Poynton by a bead, beatir

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Coronation is sold for 1,400 guineas, and Jereed for
800 guineas, to go to Russia. Green Pea is sold to go tO
France.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—The grand rowing
atch between Campb(-11 and Coornbes, for £2OO. and tile'

coaropionsnip or the 1 names, carte eff on WednesdaY•
The distance rowed was from Putney Bridge to ?Mortlake'
After a smart contest Coombes won.
MATCH AGAINST TlME.—Three months since, CaPt•
Price accepted a challenge for £lOO a side to ride a hors
100 miles on a turnpike road in 12 hours. The matEt,
,
came off on Wednesday last, at Abergavenny, when tP
Capt. won the match, having 23 minutes to spare. „
A great swimming match for £2O and the champion;ship, between Pewters (the London) and Roberstor (t'o
Oxford) champions, came off on Monday evening, betwed,
Blackfriars and Vauxhall Bridges, and after a very a 6
mirable contest the Londoner won. His opponent 85'
up at Westminster Bridge.
co
.RA NOVELTY IN SPORTlNG.—Yesterday a balloon
was to take place at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea--.N11;;
H. Green and his friends in the Albion, and Mr. Cher'i
Green, the veteran, and friends, in the Coronation u;
loon. The latest betting was 5 to 4 in favour of
latter.
GROUSE.—Grouse shnotie, commenced on We'"

week, and the account.: from the moors in the countie°.:g
Northumberland and Du► barn are not of a very
description as respects the number of birds, which are
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presented as being in rather small coveys, so strong rf
. ve
the wing That they will soon pack, and as becoming flatterr.,

nbe.
match between the Sesco- its
>s came off on WednesdaY:be,

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31 ; otal, 89. Birkel
to, 41; total. ea
mirably contest

Erni aub Vroinntiat Ptllls.

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To-day (Tuesday) is the last day for serving notices of
claim or objection for the parliamentary registration.
Another arrival of pine apples has taken place at Liver-
pool, by a vessel from Eleuthera and Nassau, New Pro-
vidence, having the large number of 16,200 on board.
Two thousand seven hundred and eighty-four baskets
of fruit have this week a►rived at this port by the steam-
ers from Hamburg') and Rotterdam.

The judges honoured Charles Lawrence, Esq., with
their company to dinner, at his seat, Mosley-hill, on
Sunday.

THE RURAL Pomer.—On Thursday, Mr. Sergeant
Wilkins, in the Crown Court, described the police as the
drainings of the mo►asses of Connaught.
On Thursday last, Messrs. Amos Bigland and Son sold
a quantity of Snea butter, being the first lot that ever
arrived from Africa. .

Messrs. Jackson Brothers, Castle-street, are appo:nted
tailors to H.R.H. Prince Albert, by special warrant from
the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole.
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.—On Wednesday, there were
three vessels, of celebrated names, laying next each other
in the Prince's Dock, viz., the Sir Henry Pottinger, 334
tons burthen ; Lord Hardinge, 424 • General Sale, 406.
Mr. Chadburn, of Lord-street, has been appointed op-
tician and mathematical instrument maker, and Mr. J.
R. Isaac, of Castle-street. lithographer and engraver, at
Liverpool, to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Several splendid pieces of plate, manufactured by Mr.
Wordley, have been presented by the merchants and ship.
owners of Liverpool to Chevalier da Silva, the Brazilian
Consul of this port. . -

WESLEYAN 'CONFERENCE.—The next Conference of
the Wesleyan Methodists will be held at Liverpool, to
commence on the 28th of July, 1847. It is probable that
the Conference in 1848 will be held at Hull.

THREE PERSONS DROWNED.—On Saturday.evening,
Mr. Powlesland, tiae-surveyor at Pile Foudrey, accompa-
nied by his son and a third person, called an extra man,
were returning from Barrow in a boat. under sail, when by
some accident the boat upset and all were unfortunately
ancaster paper.
Baboo Nogendentauth Tagore, the sun of the late much-
lamented Dwarkananth Tagore, the Eastern prince, who
died in London about the Ist instant, was in Liverpool
last week for the purpose of viewing the public buildings
and objects of interest in the town. His head quarters
have been the Adelphi Hotel.

Mr. William Billing, veterinary surgeon and livery
stable keeper, of Soho-street, at whose establishment the
royal horses were quartered, during Prince Albert's stay
in Liverpool, has received a warrant from the Duke of
Norfolk, as Hereditary Marshall of England, appointing
him livery stable keeper to her Majesty, at Liverpool.
Joseph Pye, who absconded with the cash belonging to
the Temperance Excursion Committee, at Preston, was
last week traced to Paris, where he was found at the Hotel
de Normandie. He had carried with him £153, of which
£132 was recovered, he having spent the rest on his jour-
neyC.
RICKET.—On Saturday last, a match was played be-
tween the Royal Rock and Birkenhead Park Clubs, in the
New Park, Birkenhead, the score of which was as follows :
Royal Rock—First innings, 37 ; second ditto, 35; total,
72. Birkenhead Park—First innings, 72. This is the
second victory which the Birkenhead Park Club has gained
during the past week.
We feel gratified to announce that the Council of the
Royal' Institution, Manchester, have awarded to Mr.
Richard Ansdell, of this town, as the artist of the best
oil painting in the exhibition there, the gold medal, one
of the " Heywood prizes," for his picture of " Return
from Deer Stalking. The prizes were this year limited to
artists resident in or within fifty miles of Manchester.
The Cohden tribute at present is about £61,662, of
which Manchester has contributed £24,000. The towns
in the district generally connected with Manchester have
contributed £16,000. So that Manchester and the sur-
rounding towns have contributed £4O 000; London,
£11,200. From Glasgow, the report was £2,500 ; Li-
verpool had subscribed £7,500 ; Bristol, £BOO. There
were a great many large towns that bad not contributed.
AIGBURTI4.—It is said that the unoccupied portion of
the Aigburth-hall estate, nearest to the town, called the
Riversdale estate, and situated in the most beautiful part
of that truly aristocratic locality, is about to be laid out
for building purposes, in a style of architectural taste
rarely attempted in the provinces; that it will be adorned
with terraces, communicating by graceful flights of steps
with exquisite pleasure-grounds, in which will be foun-
tains, conservatories, statuary, and villas in the Ihnan,
'Grecian, Gothic, Elizabethan, and other beautiful styles.
In consequence of the failure of the potato crop, it be-
comes a matter of prudence to adopt measures to mitigate
the evil. The time is not yet past for planting other kinds
of vegetables. Wherever there is a piece of vacant
ground, winter brocoli of all kinds should be planted, and
early cabbages ought to be put into the ground without
delay. Curled greens, Brussels sprouts, Savoy cabbages,
and brocoli, may all yet be successfully planted ; and
seeds of early cabbages may still be sown, so as to have
an abundant supply of cabbages in early spring.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE MANCHESTER
ROYAL INSTITUTION.—We are gratified to learn that
our talented young townsman, Mr. B. E. Spence, who is
still, we believe, studying at Rome, has proved the suc-
cessful competitor for the second Heywood prize, " for
the best model in clay after nature," (which entitles him
to a Ileywood silver medal and £5 in money,) at the
exh;bition of sculpture and paintings at the above insti-
tution. The group which obtained the above prize eli-
cited great praise, we understand, in an article on Eng-
lish sculpture, by a German critic, in the Frankfort
Journal.

How TO MAKE A CLOCK Go !—On Tuesday, two
men, named Thomas and John M`Carthy, were brought
up at our Police-court, charged with stealing a clock, the
property of Mrs. Cruse, publican, John's-lane. One of
them had got upon the table, and reaching down the clock
from a height of nearly ten feet, quietly deposited it in c
sack. They were observed in the act by a c,tr-driver
named Crawford, and on the sack being searched, a ma-
hogany cannister was found, with some tea and a silver
spoon in it. The prisoners, on being asked in the usual
way what they had to say, one of them pleaded in defence
that he did not think his companion's watch was right,
and finding the clock in the room standing still, he had
taken it down to make it go! This excuse created a loud
and involuntary burst of laughter in court. They had,
as a pretence, when thee entered the roll" called for ink
and paper, and one of them pretende obe writing a
letter, but the sheet in their possession was found to con-
tain nothing but scribble. Notwithstanding their benevo-
I e cce in regard to the clock, the prisoners were committed
for trial.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—One of the most
striking features of the late conference is the fraterniza-
tion of the Weslevans with their New Connexion. These
two bodies of Christians Lave been disunited since the se-
cession of the New Connexion, in 1797. They are now
uniting, the New Connexion having made the first ad-
vance. They sent the Wesleyan Conference a fraternal
letter, which was received in a spirit of kindness. On
Tuesday lsst•Dr. Hannah submitted a letter, proposed to
be sent to the representatives of the New Connexion, re-
spectfully and affectionately acknowledging their commu-
nication in favour of fraternal union, approving of its spi-
rit, and expressing a desire that all acrimonious feeling
between the two bodies should be discountenanced. The
letter was approved by the conference. The following are
the appointments to the Liverpool district :—Liverpool,
North, (Brunswick Chapel, em.,) Edward Walker, Geo.
Osborne, Daniel West; John Davies, supernumerary.
Liverpool, South, (Pitt-street, 8(c.,) William Smith,
John C. Leppington, Edward Brice; Calverley Riley,
William France, John Aslin, supernumeraries. War-
rington: Joseph Burgess, John T. Yeates, Jas. Scholes.
St, Helens and Prescot : Abraham Watmough, William
Sherman. Southport and Ormskirk : William Coultas,
George Dickinson. Wigan : Leonard Posnett, Henry
L. Church. Preston and Chorley : Benjamin Firth,
Robert- M. Wilcox, William Csttle ; Joseph Meek, su-
pernumerary. N.B.—brother Wilcox shall reside at
Chorley. Garstang : Thomas Brown, George Scott, 2d,
James Faulkner. Lancaster: Thomas Armson, James
Findlay, Edward Walker, chairman of the district ; Geo.
Osborne, financial secretary.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Sub-committee
of Works reported that the tender of Mr. Cato for sup-
plying some buoys was accepted. The Albert Dock
Committee recommended the appointment of gatemen to
that dock, at a salary of 21s. per week, and the usual uni-
form ; and Evan Vaughan, William Henshaw, and J.
Welch, as foremen of the hold. They also .announced
that the charges about to be made at the Albert Dock
warehouses had been revised, according to Act of Parlia-
ment, and that 3,000 copies of them were about to be
printed and distributed throughout the town. Some con-
versation ensued on the subject, in the course of which
Mr. Aikin said he was satisfied that the rates were too
high, and thought they ought to be referred to the differ-
ent associations for their opinion upon them. Mr. Hors-
fall said that probably that would be the best course to
adopt, and as Mr. M yers, of the East India and China
Association was at present engaged in revising the differ-
rent rates, they would no doubt be enabled to obtain some
information on the subject from him. Mr. Aikin would
be sorry to see the rates too low, for that would have the
tendency to cause the warehouses to be choked up, and
prevent them being of that utility of which they were
capable ; in fact, that would be the case if they were not
higher than the general rates, and he would like to see
them a little higher. jt would, however, be better to
postpone the printing of the rates until some further con-
sideration had been given to the subject. The matter
then dropped. The Committee proceeded to elect some
of the members to act upon the sub-committees. Mr.
Sandbach and Mr. Rankin were appointed as members of
the Sub-committee of Works; Mr. Kendall on the Har-
bour, Mr. Lockett on the Marine Surveyors', and Mr.
Rankin on the Finance Sub-committee.
DUBLIN AND LIVERPOOL STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.—
On Wednesday, the second hell-yearly general meeting
of the shareholders was held at Dublin. The report
stated that the Directors, since the last meeting, in
February, had been actively engaged in completing the
arrangements necessary for carrying on the trade between
Dublin and Liverpool in the most economical and advan-
tageous manner. In a short time everything will be in
readiness, and they only wait for the delivery of the first
two vessels to commence operations. The building of
these has been something delayed by turns out, but the
" Dublin" will be launched on the 3rd of next month ;
and a third to be called the " Tullamore," on the same
plan as the " Dublin," and " Liverpool," has been con-
tracted for and will be delivered during the winter. The
board are proceeding with the preparation of their station
at the Ringsend Docks, which is spoken of as very advan-
tageous ; and other arrangements are mentioned. The
board have not considered it advisable to form a separate
establishment in Liverpool, deeming it more economical
and prudent to transact the company's business in that
port through the medium of agents, who will be paid in
proportion to the freights received. An agreement of this
kind has accordingly been entered into with Messrs.
Thomas Martin, Burns, and Co., of Water-street, Liver-
pool, and it is hoped that the connection with a house so
well known and respectable, at,d experienced in steam
navigation, will be a guarantee for the style and spirit of
the management there. The company's balance-sheet for
the past year showed the amount of their receipts to have
been £1,193 12s. and of their expenditure, £2,530 6d.
The report was unanimously alopted ; and several ques-
tions were asked by proprietors, and satisfactory replies
returned thereto.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—In consequence of the Great
Britain having touched the ground during a fog on her
outward passage to New York, the directors have felt it
their duty to the public not to permit rer to proceed
again to sea until her bottom be thoroughly examined in
the graving-dock. Her next day of sailing is, therefore,
postponed to the 22nd of September. We cannot suffi-
ciently admire the regard for the lives of the passengers,
which has thus been evinced by the directors of this
splendid vessel. It is in itself a magnificent proof that
no expense or sacrifice will be spared on their parts in
the discharge of their responsible duty.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening, two re-
spectable young men were drowned, while bathing near
New Brighton. They had not availed themselves of the
usual bathing-ground, where the machines are stationed,
but had undressed on the rock, and injudiciously plunged
into the water near the Fort, where, at the turn between
the river and the sea, there is generally a strong eddy, and
they perished, we understand, in si. ht of persons who had
no means of aiding them. The names of the young gen.
tlernen were Watkinsons and Dickens. Mr. Watkinsons
was an apprentice in the office of Messrs. Ewart, Myers,
and Co., and Mr. Dickens, a clerk with Messrs. Philps
Average of 53 weeks, from
James, and Co.
2nd Jan. to lath August 23,712
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION.—At a meeting of the
inclusive
Grand Officers of the various Loyal Orange Lodges of The above gives a value for the year of £2,755,324, which,
Liverpool and surrounding districts, held at the Standard at 50s. per head, would supply 1,102,129 of the population
Arms, Fox-street, on Thursday last, the worshipful D. G. with this all-important necessary of food. The parlia-
M. in the chair, it was unanimously resolved "That every mentary document gives the amount entered for home
exertion should be used to uphold the Protestant Institu- consumption during the first six months of the current
Lions of Church and State in Ireland, and every opposition year, as follows :—Wheat, 1,660,399 quarters ; flour,
given to the principle of granting any endowment to 2,109,371 cwt., which, at the average prices, would
'Popery." On a motion of Mr. Ffrench, D. M. of Bir- amount to £6,600,436, sufficient for 2,640,174 of the
mingham, it was suggested that an invitation be forwarded population. The foreign and colonial arrivals have this
to the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, to solicit his year been unprecedentedly large, and we believe that
attendance at a grand lodge meeting of the Orange Society there is yet a prodigious quantity now in the United
of England, to be held in Liverpool some time in Sep- States, which would soon find its way to England did not
temb-r, for the purpose of hearing his lordship's senti- our prospects of abundant crops keep down prices at too
runts on some proposed alterations in the institution. low an ebb for remuneration to shippers or importers.
INCENDTARISM IN KIRKDALE —On Wednesday, The corn markets have rallied recently, partly owing to
Samuel Greathead, a prisoner in Kirkdale Gaol, Liver- wet weather, and partly to the alleged deficiency in the
pool, was committed for. trial at the present Assizes at crops of that valuable esculent the potato, but any chance
Liverpool, charged with having wilfully and maliciously of prices rambling the new scale of duties will efficiently
set fire, the previous evening, to a part of the gaol known prohibit.
by the name of the Western Lodge, in which tl'e warders ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—This theatre has been en-
of the prison usually sleep. The lodge is situated on the gaged during the last week in the exhibition of two of
West side of the chapel, but does not communicate with Mr. Stirling's pieces—the " Sea-king's Vow" and the
any of the cells of the prisoners. The individual charged " Jew of Liverpool" ; the latter of which Mr. Stirling
With the offence is a young map who was tried for arson took for his benefit on Wednesday last, and played the
about two years since, and acquitted on the ground of in- part of Ishmael Lyons with immense effect. That Mr.
sanity. He has, since his acquittal, been confined in the Stirling is the author of upwards of ninety pieces, we
gaol, and he deported himselt latterly in such a way as to 'now to be true ; but still, famous as he is as a drama-
leave little doubt on the minds of the turnkeys that he is tist, we feel convinced, from the specimen of his acting
in full possession of his senses. His object in setting fire on Wednesday night, that he would rank higher in the
to the lodge was, according to his own confession, that be latter profession than the former ; for certainly, though
Might get transported, the part was in every way a most difficult one, nothing
PAVING AND SEWERAGE.-4t the meeting of the could be more powerful and thrilling than the whole de-
Commissioners, on Tuesday, a communication was read lineation. Mr. Stirling, we hear, opens the Royal Surrey
from Mr. Duncan, the engineer of the Green-lane Water next month with Macready. We wish him every success,
Works, who reported that, in consequence of the Dock and, at the same time, to experimentalise on the hint we
Committee's late act for dock extension, the laying of the have given—" Act a little more, even if you write a little
pipes in the neighbourhood of Wapping would have to be less." The following address was spoken on the occasion
stopped, and further that all those pipes *dread/ laid would of his benefit :
have to be taken up, thereby cutting off connexion with a Our Author's thanks to all—to ye who soar
number of streets in the vicinity. After a short conversa-
On high, and you on pit's less attic 11-or ;
And ye, who placed in midway box serene,
tion, it was agreed that a deputation, c ‘nsisting of the With beauty's smiles still greet the mimic scene.
chairman and the engineer, should wait upon the Dock Thanks to our friends, in these steam.piping times,
Committee, in order to ascertain how long it would he Who prize blank verse, nor are Pverse to rh3mes ;
before that portion of the works would be commenced. But measure sense, howe'er the metre goes,
Mr. Tinne complained of the brd paving of the streets Nor leave for abstruse cons. our simpler prose.
west of Park-lane, arid said it was impossible to keep Too many, now, there are, whose learned rage
Shews us " no favour", and would " clear the stage" ;
them in a clean and healthy state, so long as the pavement Who make " forched marches" on the march of mind,
allowed large quantities of stagnant water to r,- main. And think the Stage must " halt"—a stage behind.
MANCHESTER PARKS. —The three parks were opened Nor should we crumble that this age affords
on Saturday with great rejoicings. The Ph;lips Park, Some moral infinen• e stronger than " the boards"
Bradford, which is 31 acres in extent, and rather more No ; let us own to what exalted ends
than a mile and a half (Instant from the Exchange, as the This change, th t robs us of our patrons, tends.
crow flies ; the Queen's Park, Harpurhey, formerly the Far nobler pastimes Artizms have !mind,
And patent wisdom makes slim Clerks profound.
Ilendham-hall estate, containing about 30 acres of land, Now to some outhouse " Concert " both repair,
and just two miles from the Manchester Exchange, on To seek ameasement and instruction I!) there,
the Rochdale road ; the Peel Park, Lark-hill, Salford, 32 'With Bally Blockhead nightly in the chair.
acres in extent, and the principal entrance—the only one Tints of thin" stout" each " ardent spi it" drains,
for carriages—just one mile distant from the Manchester And .. blows a cloud" to char his misty brains;
Exchange. as the crow flies. This is well known, being There some free nymph his moral strength repairs,
opposite the Salford Crescent, on the turnpike road to With dainty ditties and indecent airs;
Bolton, Or some low ranter stamps the sanded floor,
This st leading also to Pendleton, Eccles, Swinton, &c. With vulgar jests provokes the drunken roar,
l park was to have been given to the Salford Town Whils,t rattling glasses jingle an " encore".
Council, but not having been done so, the Salford authori- How should the Dramatist presume to please
ties do not join in the ceremony—another instance of the New tastes, so moral, so refined as these?
Called to a •• Bar", where Thalia vainly sites,
absurdity of Placing Manchester and Sal ord under different And whistling cat calls shock our Tragic Mews ;
jurisdictions.
Where Shakspere's self would fail to draw the tear,
YANKEE BRUTALITY.—On Tuesday, at the. Police- Unless he were rehearsed, and drew the beer.
court, two American sailors, named Alonzo Lewis and But, to be grape:—whilst such pursuits as these
George Brookes, Lessen the number whom we strive to please,
were charged with brutally illtreating on
several occasions, a poor widow, wan was selling tracts, To you more grateful, with respect sincere.
Our Author thanks you for your presence here ;
Well pleased to toil, whilst your approval gives
an elderly negro sailor, and a poor Englishwoman who
was carrying a Mulatto child. The parties made no de- Those lionor'd smiles, wherein his fortune lives;
fence, and had no other motive for their brutality but the Turning the store from m hich his fancy draws,
colour of the pal-ties they injured. Mr. Rushton expressed To " Sterling pieces"—stamped with your applause.
the warmest indignation at the conduct of the prisoners, OYSTERS.—It will be seen by an advertisement in our
and
endured; that the laws admitted no difference between during the last ten years as the efficient and civil manager
White and black; and that the utmost punishment the of Marcroft's Oyster Rooms, Hanover-street, bas suc-
justices could award for the offence was much too light. ceded to that established business. His arrangements
After consulting with Mr. Christopher Rawdon, aho sat for a daily supply of well-fed London Native, as well as
on the bench, Mr. Rushton ordered each of the sailors to Irish and Scotch oysters, are most complete, and from
pay the sum of £5 for each assault and in default of pay- the reputation he has as a judge, there is no doubt his
went to be im-p...E.,:;"^ ned two months ;he also ordered them stock will equal, if it does not surpass any in the
to
ned find
four bail ttikns. Apithe peace, or, in default, to be impri- town. We may also notice that oysters this season are par-
smo
ticularly full and well flavoured.

IMPORT OF COLONIAL AND FOREIGN WHEAT AND
FLOUR INTO LIVERPOOL.—It may be useful and inte-
resting to know in how far we are indebted to other na-
tions for a supply of bread stuffs, and as particularly
appertaining to this vast and important district, of which
the port of Liverpool is the depot. We have made our
compilations from the prices current, both as regards the
average prices and weekly importations :

January
February
March ..
April....
May ....
June....
July ....

August (two weeks)

FLOUR. WHEAT. VALUE.
Br's of 1961 b. Quarters.
.. 109,400 48 351 325,563
.. 41,917 19,720 123,269
.. 65.752 10,710 116,262
• • 75,195 17,598 171,192
.. 92,3,4 21,940 2 5,147
.. 118 344 25,081 232,145
.. 190,705 64,434 396.244
.. 88 gss 21,646 150,745

228,580 1,748,569

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY..

Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN took his seat on the bench at
nine o'clock precisely.
Mr. Sergeant BAIN and Mr. COBBETT appeared to pro-
secute on behalf of the crown ; and Mr. E. S. PowELL,
inspector of her Majesty's Mint, was in attendance.
William Scott was indicted for having in his posses-
sion a mould and other materials for making counterfeit
coin. Guilty. Sentence deferred.

Eliza Grilfiths, alias Kennedy, 28, who had been re-
manded from the last assizes, was charged with having,
on three different occasions, uttered counterfeit shillings,
with a milky knowledge that they were false and counter.
feit. Guilty. _ _ _ . _

Patrick Roach, 45, was indicted for having in his pos-
session, at Liverpool, a mould far making the current
coin of the realm called a sixpence. Guilty. Sentence
deferred. _

William Burns, 22, was charged with having uttered,
to George Darwell, of Ashton.under-Lyne, a counterfeit
shilling, and having in his possession slit other pieces of
counterfeit coin. Acquitted.
John Holden, 28, was indicted for having in his posses-
sion, at Great Bolton, 17 pieces of counterfeit coin resem-
bling shillings. Guilty. Sentence deferred.
James Kelly, 23, was indicted for having, at Aintree,
uttered to Ann Smith three counterfeit shillings. Guilty.
Sentence deferred.

In the case of Betsey Gaynor, charged with uttering a
counterfeit shilling to Jane Holmes, no evidence was
offered, and the prisoner was accordingly discharged.
William Jefferson, 21, was charged with having, at
Warrington. feloniously killed Charles Vickers. 'William
Johnson, who saw the prisoner and deceased fighting, de-
posed to seeing deceased fall against the wall, when some
one said his neck was out, and they tried to pull it in, but
without effect. The jury, after a brief consultation, ac-
quitted the prisoner.
John Lythgoe, 15, and William Standish, 14, were in-
dicted for having entered the dwelling-house of Robert
Dugdale, at St. Helens, and stealing a quantity of cord,
&c. The jury found the prisoners guilty, but recom-
mended them to mercy.

John AV Allister, 24, was charged with having broken
into the dwelling-house of James Wright, at the Old
Swan, and stolen therefrom several articles of wearing
apparel, some silver coin, &c. Guilty, and sentenced to
seven years transportation.

In the case of William Fairhurst, charged with the
manslaughter of Jane Fairhurst, at Sutton, the grand jury
threw out the bill.

The bill against Charles Gent, charged with the man-
slaughter of John Magrath, at Liverpool, was also thrown

NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY,
(Before Mr. JuVice CRESSWELL.)
LITTLE V. POLLITT.

This was an action for slander,

The plaintiff, it appeared, was a plumber and glazier at
Manchester, and on the 24th of February last was, with
his workmen, engaged in the course of his occupation in
repairing some of the gas apparatus at the Spread Eagle,
a public-house at Hanging-bridge, Manchester. The de-
fendant, it appeared, is a calenderer, and carrying on a
somewhat extensive business. He is, it was said, a man
of somewhat hasty temper, and being in the Spread Eagle
on the occasion in question, came suddenly out to where
the plaintiff was employed with one of the gas-pipes, and
told him to brick it. The plaintiff said it was no use to
brick it, as it was done, and it would be necessary to have
a new one. He said Mr. Pollitt might try it. " Try it
be said Mr. Pollitt ; " there's no use trying it
while you are there, you are nothing but a thief ; you are
robbing Mr. Westall, (the landlord of the public-house,)
and if I were Mr. Westall, I would not have such a fellow
about the house." The plaintiff to this tirade made very
little reply, further than to ask Mr. Pollitt who he was
speaking to. Mr. Pollitt said, "1 am speaking to you,
you wastrel." Those observations were addressed to the
plaintiff in one of the principal thoroughfares in Man-
chester, in the presence of his own workmen, and in the
hearing of several passers-by, who were called as witnesses.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS addressed the jury for the de-
fence, contending that the observations of the defendant
were mere words of abuse, he having no intention to im-
pute a felony to the plaintiff, but merely to accuse him of
an unskilful and wasteful mode of making the repairs in
the gas-pipe in question. He was proceeding with these
observations when some conference took place between
the learned counsel, and the matter finally resulted in a
jurolbeing withdrawn, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins disclaiming,
on the part of the defendant, any intention to impute a
felony to the plaintiff.
LisTErt. v. THE ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was an action for work and labour as an engineer.
The plaintiff had, it appeared, been in the service of the
Sankey Canal Company since the year 1831, as engineer,
at a yearly salary, and continued in their employment itp
to the year 1815, when the Sankey Canal Company was
amalgamated with the St. Helen's Railway Company. By
the act of amalgamation, it was provided that the passing
of this act was not to invalidate any contract entered into
by the company under the former acts. It was now sought
to establish a liability on the part of the new company to
pay the defendant on account of his services with the old,
for work at extra hours, and on matters not included in
the retainer for which he received his yearly salary. The
plaintiff after the cause had proceeded some way submit-
ted to a nonsuit.

HILTON V \VHITEHEAD AND ANOTHER

This was an action of trespass.
The plaintiff, it appeared, was the owner of a house si-
tuate at Prestwich, the ground on which it was built hay-
ing been purchased by his father in 1834. The landlord
was a gentleman of the name of Starkie, who in the lease
still reserved the coals under the soil, with liberty of ac-
cess to win and get them, it being provided, however,
that sufficiant pillars to support the soil should be left to
prevent injury to the persons having property in the sur-
face. It appeared that the persons to whom the coal had
been leased bad taken it from the ground immediately
adjoining the plaintiff s premises. A very small portion,
however, of the works was under the house. They had,
however, driven a level under it, and the house had in
consequence of the workings been so cracked and damaged
as to be almost uninhabitable. The damage, too, still
continued to increase. It appeared, however, that this
damage arose, not from the removal of the soil underneath,
sufficient of which remained amply to support the surface,
but from the effect of the level driven across under the
plaintiff's ground, which drained off' the water and caused
the ground to sink.

The case was finally referred, with liberty to state a
case for the opinion of the court above.

SCHUSTER V. COOPER

This was an action on a guarantee.
It appeared that Mr. Schuster and his partnefs were
copper merchants, at Manchester. There was a firm in
that town of Wilson and Barton, copper-roller manufac-
turers, who some time ago fell into difficulties, and it was
finally arranged that their business should be carried on
under the superintendence of a committee of inspectors
for the benefit of the creditors. A large quantity of cop-
per was required to carry on the business, to the extent
of about £5OO per month, and at the desire of Mr. Bar-
ton, Mr. Cooper gave the document on which the present
action was brought, directed to Mr. Schuster, guarantee-
ing, "as chairman of the committee of creditors, the due
payment of any amount of purchase Mr. Barton may
make of you, not exceeding the total value of £500." It
appeared that subsequently to the presenting of the docu-
ment much more than £5OO worth had been received and
paid for. The question was whether this was a continu-
ing guarantee or no.

AV verdict was finally returned for the plaintiff, with
liberty to move fur a nunsuit.

CROWN COURT.-WEDNESDAY

Sarah Phillips, 22, was convicted for having, at Wigan,
feloniously received one piece of black cloth, three vest
pieces, and various other articles of cotton a:id woollen,
the property of John Fish.
Dominick Holan, 20, was convicted of having, at Orms-
kirk, feloniously stabbed William Fairhurst, with intent
to do him some grievous bodily harm, and sentenced to
eight months' imprisonment.
Charles Punka, 36, was convicted of having, at Salford,
feloniously attempted to strangle and suffocate, and with
having beat, wounded, and illtreated Sarah Pilling, his
wife, with intent to kill and murder her.

Robert Russell, 34, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with uttering a forged acceptance, with in-
tent to defraud Mr. Smith, of Salford. He was also
charged with uttering another forged acceptance with in-
tent to defraud Ralph Robinson. Several witnesses to
character were called and the sentence was deferred.
NISI PRIUS COURT.--WEDNESDAY.

WEARING V. ROBINSON

An action brought by a publican, keeping the Railway
Tavern, in Oldham, against the defendant, a tailor, in
Manchester, to recover £l5, the amount of a promissory
note. Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount.