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that the policy of the party is identified with the attractive
word which is applied to it. There could not be a more dan-
gerous error, and all owing to carelessness in the use of names.
In matters of religion this unconcern as to the importance of
names is far more apparent, and, at the same time, morelikely
to prove injurious in its results. Take, for instance, the words

almost u
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applied. In ou
and yet by publ

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writers and speakers,

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on, we have the term almost exclusively devoted to the
Romish Church, which, perhaps, has the least claim to it of
any. It is part of the policy of Rome to have its claim to being

and in ordinary col

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Catholic believed in; and we have ❑nwittingly favoured the
deception, by conceding to them a name which it was the
object of the Reformation practically to deny. Had the Church
of Rome been what it professes, there had been no need of the
Reformation ; best it lost its claim to be called Catholic by
teaching distinctive doctrines, and overlaying the pure Catholic
faith of the primitive Church with vain deceits and gross fables.
The true meaning of the word, as applied to Christianity, is
comprised in those doctrines which were common to the whole
Church before it was divided and corrupted; and, as the Refor-
mation was the restoring of our own branch to the purity of
the primitive faith, the Church of England has a real claim to
the term Catholic which Rome has forfeited. It is, indeed, a
contradiction in terms, to speak of Rome, with her mariolatry,
idolatry, and other peculiar tenets, and use the word Catholic.
To say Roman Catholic, we may as well say particular general,
while the English Church may, with propriety, be termed so,
because she teaches nothing which was not taught and believed
by the Apostles and early Christians. Another error in ordi-
nary use is, to apply the term " the Pope" to the Bishop of
Rome. The believers in his infallibility style him so; lie claims
to be at the head of the Christian Church, and as such is the
Pope, as distinguished from all other Pores or Bishops; but
wllen our Church was reformed, we:denied his supremacy, and,
consequently, his right to the title, but by conceding the latter
we virtually admit the former, although we practically deny it.
Had we been as jealous for the honour of the King of Heaven
as for that of our temporal Sovereign, we should have repu-
diated the phrase; for, be it remembered, it was a political
offence to apply the term King to the banished Stuart, who was
better known as the Pretender. Again, there is the word
Papist, which, though intended to mean a believer in the supre-
macy of the Pope or Bishop of Rome, implies strictly a believer
in episcopacy, and would, therefore, apply to any Churchman.
As Englishmen, the word Romanist should alone be used when
speaking of members of the Church of Rome, and their bead
should be styled the Bishop of Rome. The advantage would
be that much of that prestige would be destroyed which too
often attaches in weak minds to the pompous pretensions of
that dangerous heresy.

In the minor affairs of life, perhaps, there is less conse-
quence from the disregard of what is in a name; yet, at the
same time, it tends to a slovenly style of language, and a cor-
ruption of our beautiful mother tongue. How often is it that
misconstruction arises through the speaker believing that his
hearers know what he means, instead of his really expressing
it. It is in effect a substitution of what may be termed slang
for graceful propriety ; and though, from its almost impercep-
tible growth, we cannot see all the mischief, we may forM some
idea of `•hat our language may become from the specimens
which are now and then brought to us from across the Atlantic.
Absurdities and quaint conceits may serve to point a jest and
excite a smile; but our youth should beware how they admit
many of our modern writers and speakers to form their models
for our language, or they may find the difficulties of unlearning
almost insuperable, and the rich storehouse of English litera-
ture almost a dead letter.

It would be tedious to particularise the many instances in
which words are misapplied ; but I 'my especially allude to
the assumption of titles by those who have no right to them.
As a loyal subject, I have always considered the Sovereign to
be the fountain of honour, and no distinctions to be valid but
those conferred by her or by her authority; yet how often are
degrees conferred by foreigners recognised here, and even the
mock dignities of voluntary societies. The use of initials after
a person's name often bespeak only his trade or profession,
though by the rules of etiquette they should only be borne as
a distinction. The word chapel is commonly applied to a Dis-
senters' meeting-house, though by law it only belongs to a
building consecrated or licensed by the Bishop for Divine
worship. I have, however, said enough to show that, despite
the authority of Will Shakspere, there should be something in
a name, though modern custom seems about to confound all
distinctions between the real and the pretended.—l am, Sir,
yours, &c., EPHRA.

AN OLD SOLDIER, at the birth of a child at the dig-
gings, instantly seeing his chance, went round with his
hat for the little stranger--the first child born at the dig-
gings ! The value of the hatful was found to amount to
about £3,000.

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PlLLS.—Extract of a
letter, written by John Molard Wheeler, Esq., Collector
of Customs, Jamaica, having been handed by his brother,
at Swindon, to Mr. Prout, for publication :—" I know
you have never had occasion to take Blair's Pills, but let
me emphatically tell you, in mercy to any friend who may
suffer from gout, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, rheu-
matism, or any branch of that widely-allied family, to
recommend their using them. In this country they are
of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally aware of
their powers, but I see my friends and acquaintances re-
ceiving unfailing benefit from their use. I would not be
without them on any account. If taken in the early stage
of disease they dissipate it altogether: if in a later, they
alleviate pain, and effect a much speedier cure than by any
other means within my knowledge." Sold by Thomas
Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by all respectable Me-
dicine Vendors throughout the kingdom.

lAUSTRALIA;---POLITICAL AND SOCIAL.

We extract the following particulars from a letter, which
has just been received by the Great Britain. It has been
forwarded to us " for the benefit of those who have not
maturely considered the risk of encountering the hardships
which the gold digger must endure.' As the letter was
not written for publication, the apparent flippancy of the
style may be excused, yet the genuine feeling and honesty
of expression, added to the importance of the subject, will,

to many persons, in some measure be interesting.'

last week
settled in

Melbourne :

sea sickness."
To his mother he writes :
" I know not what change may have taken place since
I left you ; but I trust in God that you are well ; that
you are still in your situation ; and that my dear little
George is with you. Keep him, if possible, and see that
he is sent to a good school and regular to church. With
God's blessing, I will be able to send some money in a
week or two, which will enable my dear Kate to en-
joy a little more comfort than she has done lately, and
also to repay you in a short time for what you have
lately done for us. I have got as good a situation as I
could expect at the present time ; it is about three miles
out of Melbourne, in a country place. lam out of all
temptations of the town, and I shall not need to spend
sixpence a month. Pray for me ; learn George to do the
same ; and, please God, we shall not be long separated.
Remember me to J ; I hope he looks to my little
Willy, as he promised me : I shall not forget him. I
will send a full account of the state of things here in my
next letter. But one thing is sure, that all women can
do well here. Excuse my writing, for lam writing this
on my knee, sitting in Mr. Williams' tent, who occupied
the next berth to us in the ship."

THE REVENUE

An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great
Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the sth of
April, 1852 and 1853, showing the Increase or De-
crease thereof.

Customs

Excise

Stamps

Taxes

Property Tax
Post Office..

YEARS ENDED APRIL 5.

11852. 1 1853

X £
18,827,828 18,513,189
13,182,69 S 13,385,493 202,800
5,910,526 6,429,025 527,499
3,691,226 3,194,271
5,283,800 5,593,043 309,243
1,051,000 1,045,000

Crown Lands..
Miscellaneous .
Imprest, &c...
Repayments of
Advances .

190,000
192,000
522,686

252,000
271,514
714,718

62,000
79,514
192,632

749.643 1,114,548

364,905

Total Income .149,591,807 150,512,806 1,738,593
Deduct decrease. 817,594

Increase on the Year

Customs

Excise

Stamps

Taxes

Property Tax
Post Office..

Crown Lands.
Miscellaneous
Imprest, Stc..
Repayments .

Sale of Stores

920,999

QUARTERS ENDED APRIL 5

1852. 1 1853. I Incr. 1

28,517
241, 141,764
2056:175583::092148768517 241,:6141055!17:,347243736918
2,068,827 2,152,233 83,406
259,000 282,000 23,000
80,000 72,000 ....
41,733 19,518
18,631 113,558 276,687
88,608 171,859 83,251
121,810 107,538 80,655

Total 1nc0me.111,201,080 111,244,500 440,593
Deduct Decrease

Increase on the Quarter

.1 44,613

314,639

496,955

817,594

X
182,193

183,572

8,000
22,215
395,980

395,980

A WRITER in the Athenceum remarks :—" We may
mistrust teetotalism, as an empirical mode of manufac-
turing a virtue, tending to warp and corrupt the victim
into superstitions as deleterious as the sin abandoned,—
but we have learned to look more coldly than our ances-
tors did on bottle-wit and philosophy, the sequel to which
is hypochondriacal nausea, and maudlin penitence. The
set bids as fair to become an obsolete animal in English
society as the amateur prize-fighter."

LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.
•
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL

TUESDAY, APRIL 5.
MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.—CharIes Williams (aged Pi):
indicted upon the coroner's inquisition for the
murder of John Maskell, at Liverpool, on the 23rd of
March, was found guilty, and sentenced to the capital
punishment. The prisoner, who went by the name 1
" Taff," in consequence of a mistaken idea that Alasifei:
who was a sailor, had insulted him in Ford's singing"
room, went to Stewart's public-house in Denison-street,
between the hours of eleven and twelve on the following
night, and, after sharpening his knife upon a gutter-stone
in the entry, said to a boy who was standing closest ham';
" You'll see some fun just now." The boy asked, '
sort of fun ?" and the prisoner answered, " Why,
going to knife a Dutchman inside." The prisoner,
person who was with him, then called out the decease'',
and the man who was with the prisoner said to the den;
ceased, " What did you insult me in that concert-r°9 ,
last night for?" The deceased answered, " I did not
suit you." The man then struck him between the eye.,
and in the fight which ensued, Williams deliberately 1111-
sheated his knife, and stabbed him in the thigh, saying'
" Take that for a lick." The prisoner ran off, but was
apprehended by Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, a washerwomen'
The unfortunate Maskell was conveyed to the Northern
hospital, where he died. While the Judge was Passlo
sentence upon Williams, the latter wept bitterly, adcluti
ting that he did not know who was the person aglas
whom his vengeance was to be directed.
STABBING IN LIVERPOOL.—WiIIiam Redrnariet,La
negro, was charged with having stabbed Margaret S .
at Liverpool. It appeared that the prisoner was into'
cated, and had struck the woman with a sword cane; tbje
' cane breaking with the blow, and the point of the slo, t'.
being exposed, the woman was slightly wounded with 9'`
second blow.—Guilty. To be imprisoned until the
of the court.--This was the last case on the calendar.
SENTENCES.—Jonathan Barber, for the manslaugl?Ler
of his wife, at Chorlton-on-Medlock : six months' inif
prisonment, with hard labour.—William Christy, ;°'
manslaughter : 18 months' imprisonment, with hard
bour.—James Myerscough, for the manslaughter of
father-in-law : 18 months' imprisonment.--Lawresct
Kennah, for wounding with intent to do bodily harm
15 years' transportation.—Edward Riley and James Riley'
for a street robbery : ten years' transportation each."
Simeon Lord, for forging a cheque : 15 years' till/Isparta'
tion.—James Ward, for forging a request for The deliver!
of goods : 12 months' imprisonment.—John Witleock'
for larceny : three months' imprisonment.-- Geofge
Hampson, for perjury : 12 months' imprisonment, wit'
hard labour.

" November 29, 1852.
" My last was dated from Moonlight Creek, or, as I
persist in calling it, "Moonshine Gully." We have been
most signally unsuccessful there; our loss not including
time, which here is worth at the lowest valtation 10s. per
diem) amounting to upwards of £l5O ; we are rapidly,
however, making up the loss, and, no doubt, will soon be
proportionately fortunate. Our post-office managers have
not, as yet, allowed me the happiness of receiving any
letters by the Great Britain, or any other vessels • the
former arrived about three weeks ago, and her mails are
not yet assorted, without they have accomplished the
Herculean task to-day. You will understand from this
that 1 have not heard from you yet, and,. to say the truth,
am beginning to be very anxious and very angry with all
post-office authorities.
" New diggings have broken out at Mount Korough
Krong, about 150 miles from Melbourne, and from here,
150 miles in the interior, whither I purpose transporting
myself as soon as the reports are confirmed. If Liverpool
papers deign to notice us little ones at the Antipodes, you
will most probably get a faint idea of the state of things
here ;—the government incapable, minus energy, the con-
fidence of the people must either change or vanish. The
other day they attempted to put on an extra 2s. 6d. per
ounce on gold ; the miners very coolly told his excellency
that if the said duty were levied, one man fully armed,
provisioned for fourteen days, out of each party, would
leave the diggings for Melbourne, for the express purpose
of knocking the said city about his ears. Of course, after
that, the bill stands ordered to be read again some six
months hence. The London Times may sneer at the
" vagabonds" of Mount Alexander, of which I happen to
be one ; but I tell the Times that England cannot plant a
physical force in Victoria sufficient to control us. A troop
of " lobsters," arrived about a month ago, have deserted for
the diggings,, or, as the diggers eloquently term it, have
" sloped,' and the " sloping" of the rest is momentarily
expected ; every soldier and sailor setting foot on this
colony becomes at once a digger ; now this will show a
rather queer state of things when taken into consideration
with the hourly murders, robberies, and libertinism.
" The infant colony is now grown up, and longs to act
like a man. God forgive the British government if,
through any of their supineness, bloodshed and ruin deso-
late our gold fields. Without a good stand is soon made NISI PRIUS COURT.
by an energetic government, holding the good will of the
people, " vagabonds" dire will be the result, and the [Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.]
colony of Victoria will be lost to the British Crown. I TUESDAY, APRIL 5.
have watched well, and cannot foresee any other termina- Eeentersrose v. LANCASHIRE AND Yonicsetief
tion ; every miner appesrs to be a better soldier than ever RAILWAY COMPANY.—The plaintiff, Mr. James Ander:,
was manufactured in England ; inured to hardship and son Elphinstone, was a native of Scotland, and was ber
toil, they would make a whole file of " lobsters" shudder. about 1811. In 1836 he met with an accident occasion?'
'
!
What care they for the threats of the government ? Our the loss of his left arm ; but with the exception of le'.
number is now somewhere about 350,000 able-bodied men, suffering immediately consequent, he had throughout
_l•S'
nearly all with a strong energy and fixed purpose • they life enjoyed uninterrupted good health. On the is..
laugh at hardships, they know the country, and despise October, he became a passenger in one of the defendant?
the London Times. You need not fear for my safety, for trains from Hull, and left Leeds by the evening ivalti
though I shall never shrink from what I consider my duty, train, and in consequence of a collision he was rendere,
yet I shall not take the trouble of interfering with what insensible. In a week paralysis set in. He was now 91'
does not concern me. I have long tried to hide this state enfeebled and shattered man ; he was deprived of the 11'0,
of things from myself, but feel I must tell you, lest it of his right arm and leg, his speech was impaired, and 13,1!
should come to yeti through any other channel, and create memory affected. The plaintiff's father was a respectable
any uncalled-for uneasiness. They may fight as long as banker in Inverness, and the plaintiff was intended NI
they like before I have anything to do with it, unless they the law. At the death of his father, in 1838, he succeeded
attempt to rob us of a trifle like 2s. 6d. per diem, which, to a small paternal estate of a few hundreds a year;
I can positively assure you, they will not get from me the creditors of the bank made claims upon the estate,
except by force. Eighteen pounds per annum is quite and the plaintiff gave it up rather than have litigation
enough to be taxed, without £2O or £3O more tacked He was thus thrown entirely upon his own resources:
to it." but his education was such that he obtained diffeeeli
" 18th December.—l wrote the above intending to send situations, and realised a respectable income. At the
the letter by the Great Britain, but as I discovered it time of the accident he was in expectation of a situatil
would not sail until the Ist of next month, I deferred it under government, in order to enable him to carry 0?
until now. The above words have turned out partially certain surveys connected with the junction of 01
prophetic, even so far ; the government officers have been Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, his information with regard
successfully resisted at the Ovens, one of the gold fields, to which was such that he would have been enabled r()
about 200 miles from Melbourne, and, as might have been earn a competence. He was now, however, left alroes',
expected, a demonstration was arranged to make them wholly destitute.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins said that if tits
remit the license for the current month ; happily no real company could have ascertained who the plaintiff Woes:
damage was done, barring, as Paddy says, a little ill usage. there would never have been any trouble in arranging tfi'
I intend leaving this gully on Monday for Campbell's matter. We consent to a verdict of £l,OOO. To thiss
Creek, this place being so uncomfortable. I have not £2OO was added, expenses to the plaintiff consequent
heard a word from any English person since I left, so you upon the accident.
may imagine the miserable state of suspense lam in. A QUINN t'. BIBEY.—The plaintiff in this case was s
journey to Melbourne would be to me ruinous for six poor girl, who had been injured very much by the firing
months, so I must bear it stoically ; but it is almost too of a gun on board a screw steamer, belonging to the del
mach, not a single consolation in all this hardship, fendant, when leaving dock at Liverpool. It was arranged
banishment, and half savageism. * * W. M. W. to pay the girl £2oo.—His Lordship thought some
.40. arrangement should be made to prevent such if guns accidents
LETTER FROM A LIVERPOOL OPERATIVE must be fired, care should be taken that the vessel
IN MELBOURNE.
was at a sufficient distance in the river to ensure safety
A
MUCRLOW v. WHITEHEAD.—The plaintiff, Mr.
ward Mucklow, is a manufacturing chemist and ertig
The following extracts are taken from a letter received grinder, and the defendant, Mr. John Whitehead, is
_se
by the wife of a Liverpool artisan, who is now bleacher and dyer, his works being about three miles frste
Bury. The action was to recover compensation for
damage to the plaintiff's works, caused by the bursting " South Australia, Melbourne, Jan. 1, 1853. the embankment of a reservoir, known
as the "
_, dear Kate,—l am just writing these few lines in lodge," at the defendant's works. A verdict was agree
a hurry, to send by the Great Britain, if possible. Thank to for £3,250.
God I have arrived safe at my journey's end, after a very OPENSHAW v. WHITEHEAD.—[SpeciaI Jury.:
pleasant passage ; and I am further thankful that you case, arising out of the same accident as the prece,
and my dear children are at home, for this place is. so verdict was taken for £5OO.
crowded with passengers, who are arriving daily, tnat GIBBS, BRIGHT, AND CO. V. THE MAYOR AND
lodging
lis are not to be had at any price ; the consequence ponArtow OF LIVERPOOL.—The action in this case t all the new corners are obliged to live in tents, to recover damages for injury sustained by the pinintt.''
which they bring with them, or make them out of their through the leakage of a water pipe, whereby inj
under the
by the government. There are 500 tents here at Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, in Key-street. The
, and I assure you it is a most miserable life ; for vaults were three or four feet below the level of the street,
ashen the hot winds blow they are smothered with dust.
and on the 2nd of April the plaintiffs' workmen discovered
All the women wish that they had remained at home, and 1 that the guano was wet. They therefore called upon eer
let their husbandsnds come out by themselves. We arrived ; Jones, the superintendent, of the Railway Company, ea
in the bon dnesday, December 22, and landed on examine into the matter, and he employed a mason name,
Friday the 24th, and our Chrismas Eve was spent in the Martin to trace the source of the water, which he
bush. About thirteen of us slept together. Everything and it was discovered that the water came from the ma'
here is very dear except meat, tea, coffee, and bread, in the street belonging to the corporation. Mr. Attorney'
which is 3d. per lb. Cheese is 2s. per lb.; ham, 2s. 6d. ; General Knowles, for the defendants, • contended that es
butter, 2s. 6d. • cabbage, 2s. for a single head : in fact, in 1850 the railway company, for purposes of their owns
money is no object here. They think no more of a pound
here than they do in England of a sixpence. As regards made a communication with the sewer, and excavated
underneath the pipes laid down by the corporation, taking
my trade, I have had no chance as yet; for there are a away the substantial clayey foundation upon which the)'
great many here of all trades at present, as there are not had been laid, and causing them so to decline as to weaker)
so many going to the diggings at present, in consequence the joints, the damage was to be attributed to that cause.
of it being the dry season ; but in about a month or six The learned counsel, however, relied mainly upon argil'
weeks the rainy season will commence, and there will be ment--that the corporation were not responsible if they
a great many going. As it is, a good many have come had employed competent persons. The jury returned
down to town to spend the Christmas, and the town being a verdict for the defendants, believing that
the pipes were
so throng, it makes situations rather bad to be got at properly laid.
present; but never mind your trade, you must turn your
hand to anything. I have got a situation in a soapery,
at a salary of £2 per week, with my board and lodgings,
which is equal to another £2, as I should have to pay
that in the town ; so my salary is £2OO a-year. I am
going to. day, and begin on Monday morning. So, my
dear girl, in a week or two I shall be able to forward you
a few pounds, together with a long description of the
country. I have an account of the voyage, which I will
also send you. Thank God, I have had the best of
health ; not an hour's sickness since I left you—not even

Mr. Justice Cresswell rose shortly after twelve o'clock'

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6.

FRASER AND OTHERS V. ALCOCK.—This action was in'
stituted in consequence of an alleged fraudulent preference
made after an act of bankruptcy. The plaintiffs in the
case were the assignees and trustees of a bankrupt named
Robert Johnson, carrying on business es a silk dyer and
draper, in Macclesfield, and the question at issue was 0
fraudulent preference. The jury brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff. Damages, £B5O.
SANDERSON V. HOLLINS.—This case, understood to
be an action for false imprisonment, was arranged.
STEELE V. PEARSON AND OTHERS.—The plaintiff svog
James Steele, and the defendants John Pearson, Edwd•
Jones, and John Rowlands, engineers in Liverpool. The
action was brought to recover compensation for an Null
which plaintiff alleged he had sustained by certain ma'
chinery used in the defendants' works, which accident
had arisen from a deficiency in the outer drum of a pulleff
of which the defendants were alleged to have been per'
fectly cognisant. It was agreed that the defendants
should present the plaintiff with a sum of £7 10s., aril
that he should be retained in their employ at the rate of
275. per week during all reasonable hours, at such woriC
as he was able to perform. His lordship considered the
arrangement a very creditable one.

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that the plaintiff drew a bill on a person named Rush'
worth which was endorsed by three persons, one of whorl
was the plaintiff. The amount of the bill was £35 3s. 6,1'
When the bill became due, £l9 was paid on account of it
by two of the endorsers, but plaintiff did not contribute
his share, and defendant, the holder of the bill, com-
menced an action for the recovery of the whole of the
amount. Plaintiff allowed judgment to go by default,
and in consequence was sent to Lancaster Castle. It was
alleged that, as the defendant had entered judgment for
the whole amount of the bill when only £l6 was actually
attheßtidtelaAfennddilai.:natiii:
due, the plaintiff had been improperly imprisoned. His
lordship gave it as his opinion that the defendant had a
right to do what he did in reference to the bill. The
interested in an undertaking for
plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.
ARCHIBALD V. MABON. —Charles D. ...retoca,u
t The
phlaeinptilffainitsiffa, agnednuMeniTaaltnerreA:iadbinogn
near
Milnthorpe, and largely
he ordered the defendant, 313
procuring.eioaolrnlliy.n gp _aTirr
hot
onoi iron r
nttnio:oubr
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charged
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thyhe,
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work
undertaking
rktaisn Scotia.gx iln7l2qn thee
engineer at Manchester, to supply a set of rollers for
L
When the machinery was put up at the works in Nova
Scotia it was found to be 'defective, and unfit for the re'
quired purpose. It was therefore alleged that the de-
fendant had been guilty of a breach of contract, and this
formed the ground of the present action. After the
plaintiff had been examined at great length, the cone"
adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 7.
In Archibald v. Mahon, a verdict was given for the
plaintiff; damages, £2oo.—The case South Yorkshire
Railway and River Company v. the Great Nortneo
Railway Company was an action arising out of a claims
made by the plaintiffs on the defendants for tolls. It %I
agreed that the damages be assessed by consent at X 355
16s. 2d., without prejudice to another action being
brought.—The case Smith v. the London and North'
western Railway Company, a patent case, was only part
heard when the court rose.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8

. _
DAY V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN 11:01;.:
WAY COMPANY.—The nominal plaintiff in this action
a millwright in London, but the real plaintiffs are the
assessors of the late firm of Messrs. Smith and Willelrt
engineers, of Liverpool, and the action was brought °I
recover compensation for the infringement of a patent
right for the manufacture of wrought-iron wheels f°l;
railway engines and tenders. Mr. Day had sold his patent
for the unexpired term of four years, and his rights under
the patent, to Messrs. Smith and Willey, of the Windsor
foundry, Liverpool, for £250. In May, 1852, the firm qr
Smith and Willey being in insolvent circumstances, their
assignees commenced the present action.—Mr. Baron
Martin having summed up, the jury returned a verdict 01'
the plaintiff, damages £1,250.
This case concluded the business of the nssizes, and the
learned Baron congratulated the jury upon the lessened
inconvenience to which special and other jurors were Pitt
by the new Law Procedure Act.

A HUNDRED MILL GIRLS selected by an American
speculator in Glasgow have sailed from the Clyde to cow;
mence a new cotton mill at New York. The party sale
in the Mary Morris from Greenock.