The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1833.

THOS. RODICK, Esq., of Gateacre, and John Rosson,
Esq., of Moor-hall, hare been appointed deputy-lieu-
tenants of the county.

ROBBERY.--On Saturday, at noon, two men entered the
house of Mr. Newing, at Fairfield, and stole a gold watch,
chain, and seal, value £2O.

PIPING BULLFINCHES.—Those who delight in culti-
vated nature should pay a visit to Mr. Trieschmann, in
Cases-street, who has a great variety of these extraordi-
nary birds.

THOMAS LOWNDES, of 60, Bispham-street, was, on
Saturday morning, found dead in a court in Wright-
street, where he had been placed to keep watch over an
empty sewer,
HERR STAUDIGL.—It will be seen by an announce-
ment in our advertising columns that this renowned basso
will appear this evening at the Philharmonic-ball, where
a:,,rand selection of music will be performed, including
the " Finale to Loreley," by Mendelssohn.
THE CHINESE Jusx.—On Saturday, the Chinese war
junk Keying, which attracted so much attention on the
Thames during the three years it was exhibited there,
arrived in the Mersey in tow of the steam-tug Shannon,
which had brought her all the way from the metropolis.
As she passed the stage she looked like the wreck of a ship
which had sustained considerable damage by fire. The
masts are formed of one piece of teak, and are very heavy,
the mainmast alone weighing seventeen tons. She was
moored off Rock Ferry, where she will rlmain for
exhibition.

A FLEET or STEAMERS.—There is now lying in the
Coburg Dock a larger fleet of steamers than ever before
floated on so small a given space. These are the Arabia,
Niagara, America, Alps, Melita, Balbec, Teneriffe, British
Queen, and Margaret ; in all nine steamers, five of which
are first-class screw-boats, and four large transatlantic
paddle-ships. They form part of Messrs. Maclver and
Co.'s unrivalled fleet of steam-ships, and are worth at
least half-a-million sterling. The port of Southampton
could not show so many steamers altogether as are collected
in the Coburg Dock belonging to one company.

MAIL PACKETS TO ArSTRALIA.—The Post. office autho-
rities have given notice that provision will be made for the
conveyance of mails to Australia early in the months of
June, August, October, and December of the present year
respectively ; and due notice will be given of the days ap-
pointed for the departure of such mails. In the alternate
months of May, July, September, and November, mails
for Australia will continue to be forwarded by the route of
Singapore, according to the present arrangements, on the
4th of the month rid Southampton, and on the Bth rid
Marseilles.. Postmasters will, for the present. send to
London all letters and newspapers addressed to Australia.

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THE LIVERPOOL CHESS CLUE, taking advantage of the
attendance at the late great chess gathering in Manchester,
were favoured on Monday, last week, with a visit from
the 'English champion, Mr. Howard Staunton, and Henren
Horwitz and Lowenthal. Mr. H. Harden, president,
and Mr. T. L. -Morecroft, -secretary of the Rock Ferry
Chess Club, were present by invitation, besides whom
there was a large attendance of members. Play com-
menced early in the evening, when Messrs. Staunton,
Horwitz, and Lowenthal, each engaged in a contest with
three opponents in consultation, and giving the odds of
the pawn and two moves. Mr. Staunton succeeded in
winning his game; but those of the two foreigners were not
finished, supper time having arrived before it teas possible
to conclude. The proceedings were terminated with a
supper, presided cver by the president of the club, Mr.
G. C. Seuwwabe.

TRANSATLANTIC STEAII-SRIPS.—Tho British and
North American Mail steam-ship Europa,'Capt. Shannon,
took her departure hence, for Boston, on Saturday, at one,
p.m., with 145 passengers and a fair cargo, besides the
usual mails on board.—On Tuesday, shortly before mid-
night, the _united States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain
Luce, arrived in the Mersey, after z.very quick passage,
with mails and passengers. She left New York on the
30th ult. On Tuesday, at midnight,The screw steam-ship
City of Manchester, Captain Leitch, arrived in the
river, with 50 passengers and 41'7,000 in specie. She left
Philadelphia on the 23rd ult.—On Wednesday night, the
British and North American screw steam-ship Alps,
Capt. Wickman, arrived in the Mersey from New York,
from which port she sailed on the 28th ult., with a large
cargo, but no passengers or spetie.

WATERLOO...- On Wednesday, a numerous meeting'
took place in the National School-room attached to Christ
Chr.rch, Waterloo. The chair was occupied by the in-
cumbent, the Rev. J. Jones, M.A., rural dean, who deli-
vered a highly interesting address, stating the great
pleasure it gave him to see the evident interest attached
to that the first missionary meeting in Waterloo, and inti-
mating that he hoped to renew such a beginning as that
he then witnessed. The Rev. W. Rawson, incumbent of
Seaforth, then addressed the meeting, and was followed
by the Rev. P. Percival, a missionary from India,-7.-ho
gave highly interesting eccounts of his labours in India
and Ceylon, showing the state of civilization, literature,
character, and dialects ; the difficulty of the missionary in
his attempts with the wealthier classes to spread that
knowledge which alone is sufficient to make them wise
unto salvation. The meeting separated about 20 minutes
to ten.

SALE OF A CHI :RM.—On Friday, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Mr. Winstanley offered for sale by public auction,
the church of St. John the Evangelist, in Hope-street.
This church, which has for many years been used as a
Church of England, was originally founded by the cele-
brated Aikin ; and it has a local history worthy of being
written. The pulpit was at one time the scene•of a con.
flict between two opposing ministers, the circumstances of
which are recorded in the police annals. Mr. Winstanley
having read the conditions of sale, put up the property at
£1,200, and stated that in 1842 the late possessor had
given £3,000 for it. The present one was a widow, living
far from Liverpool, and that was the reason it was sold.
The church is licensed by the bishop of the diocese, and
held on lease for seventy-five years (of which fifty-eight
will be unexpired in June, 1853), from the Corporation of
Liverpool, a: a peppercorn rent. It is let at £125 to a
yearly tenant, whose tenancy will be determined in
November. It will accommodate nearly ,200 persons.
There is no restriction in the lease from the Corporation
that the building should be continued as a church, nor
against its being converted into a place of worship for any
religious sect. A considerable number of persons were
present ; but the only bid, after the upset price, was one
from Mr. R. A. Mccfie, sugar refiner. He bid £lO above
that, and then Mr. Winstanley declared the reserved price
to be £1,500, one-half of its original cost. No other bid
being made, the attempted sale came to a close; but Mr.
Macfie, under private arrangement, agreed-ft give £1,500
for the property, which has consequently passed into his
hands.

WEST DERRY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the
weekly meeting, Mr. Harrison presided. From the go-
vernor's report it appeared that there were 675 paupers in
the workhouse. -A letter was read from Mr. Latham, one
of the relieving-officers for Toxteth-park, soliciting com-
pensation for extra duties he had performed during the
illness of Mr. Tomkins, late relieving officer. A motion
to give him £5 was lost by a large majority.=-Mr. Gough,
the governor of the workhouse, intimated to the board
that a lady was in attendance who wished to adopt a pauper
boy. She had fixed upon one whose mother was dead and
his father was abroad. A deputation was appointed to
have an interview with her before the request could be
complied with.—The law-clerk read a letter from Mr.
M'Govern, enclosing a copy of account for lawyers' ex-
penses, &c., amounting to £lB Is. sd. (on account of the
recent inquiry into the charge of breach of contract,)
which he hoped the hoard would pay him. -No serious
notice was taken of- the communication.—The visiting
committee recommended that Mr. Olney should be ap-
pointed assistant to the governor of the workhouse. at his
present salary; and that a bookkeeper be appointed, with
a salary of £4O a year and rations. The committee also
recommended that the salary of the chaplain, the Rev.
Mr. Moore, be increased from £l2O to £lBO a year. One
proposition was that Mr: Olney should shave the.paupers,
which would be a saving of £4O a year. After some dis-
cussion the report was adopted.
SHOCKING SCICIDE.—On Wednesday night, a-yeeng
lady committed suicide •under circumstances which have
-created a painful sensation. The deceased, Fanny'Crosby,
.was daughter of the proprietor of an extensive drapery
establishment in Fishergate, Preston, and was about 21
years of age. She was a clever and accomplished girl,
and excessive study is believed to have affected her
intellect. She has latterly- been in the habit of putting
•hpr- feet in water several times a-day, apparently with the
view of relieving her head, of which she frequently com-
plained. About six o'clock on Wednesday evening she
left home, attired for a walk. At about half-past eighta
young man named Holliday Aces proceeding along the
bank of ,the Ribble (a favourite promenade close to the
town). when he observed a woman, which proved to be
Miss- Crosby, sitting on some stones which projected into'
the river, with her legs in the water. Some other persons
came up, „and Holliday directed -their attention to the
singular position of the deceased, and they all went
towards her. A woman who was passing exclaimed,
" Let's go down to see what she's about." Immediately
upon this the deceased plunged into the water, which is
of considerable depth at that spot, and was carried away
by the strength of the stream. Half an hour elapsed
before the body was recovered, by which time life was
extinct.. The deceased had her boots on when first seen
with her feet in-the water, but had taken f)11 her mantle,
bonnet, and veil. .On Thursday an inquest .was held over
the body by Mr. Myers, when the jury returned a verdict
of " Temporary insanity."
CONSPIRAXY AND FORGERY.—At the Police-office,
on Friday, Mathew Mudd, boardinghouse-keeper, was
charged with conspiring with another person, named
John Brown, to defraud the North and South Wales
Bank of £3OO, by means of a forged signature to a deposit
note. In September, 1852, William Simpson came from
Australia and deposited £3OO with the North and :South
Wales Bank, for which he received a deposit note. As
an additional security he also signed his name in a book
kept for that purpose at the bank. About the 23d he
married the present Mrs. Simpson, and shortly afterwiFda
went to sea, leaving the deposit-note in her possession,
with instructions to use it if in want of money. About five
weeks since John Brown alias Crown, took lodgings near
Mrs. Simpson, and claimed acquaintance on the ground
of being an old friend of her husband's. They soon
became very friendly, and on Friday week went to the
bank together to draw the sum of £2O; but, as the bank
was closed, she left the note in his possession until the
the following morning. On the Saturday he went to the
bank to get the note cashed, but, a material difference in
the signature exciting their suspicion, payment was re-
fused. He again obtained possession of the note, and on
Wednesday appeared again at the bank, this time with
the prisoner Mudd, who stated that he knew the person
present to be William Simpson. However, as Mudd was
personally unknowu to them, as a further precaution
they required his references, when he named three very
respectable tradesmen. On making inquiries the charac-
ter of Mudd appeared sat!sfsctory, and on his represen-
tation the money was paid to Brown, who signed the
W i receipt Wm. Simpson. It s supposed, in making this
charge, that Mudd knew Brown was not Simpson, as he
had lodged with him in Hull four years since, and he had
received £lO for making this representation, and one of
the £5O notes paid to Brown was found in the prisoner's
possession. Mr. Mansfield stated that at present the
case was involved in some mystery, and, under the cir-
cumstances, he should remand the prisoner for seven
days, in the meantime admitting him to bail in his own
recognisances of £lOO and two sureties of £lOO each.
Since thiiinvestigationl3rown hap been captured in London.

THE TENERIFFE, a new screw steamer belonging to
Messrs. M'lver, arrived in the river on Friday, from
Glasgow. She is intended for the Mediterranean trade.

A DRUNKEN JURYMAN.—During the progress of a
case at the coroner's office, on Tuesday, it was discovered
that one of the jurymen was drunk. He was turned out
of the box.

CHARLES CROWTHER, the driver of a lorry at Man-
chester, has been committed for trial at the next Liverpool
assizes, for the manslaughter of William Swann, seven
years of age.
THE STEAMER OCEAN, belonging to the Cork Steam
Company, has been purchased by the Chester and Holy.
bead Railway Company. to ply between Dublin and Holy-
head, for the conveyance of cattle and heavy goods.
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.-4 requisition to his worship
the Mayor, to call a general town meeting to consider of
the necessity of instituting improvements, is lying at the
Exchange Newsroom.
A SESSION for the transfer of publicans' licenses was
held in the old Nisi Prius Court on Thursday last. Mr.
John Holmes presided ; and there were also on the bench
Mr. J. H. Turner, Mr. Stitt, and others. The business
done was unimportant.

LIVERPOOL HOMOIOPATHIC DISPENSARY.—During
the last year 2,670 patients have been admitted as against
2,624 of the former year ; and the prescriptions dis-
pensed have been 13,088 for the last year, as against
12,904 for 1852. The receipts for the last year amounted
to £132 9s. 6d., and the balance now in hand is £2l 4s.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SoctErsr.—Dr.Sheridan Mus-
pratt has been admitted a member of this body, and is,
we understand, a competitor for the £lOOO prize, offered
by the Royal Society, for the discovery of a manure equal
to guano, and to cost £5 per ton. Mr. Littledale, of Lis-
card Farm, has received some of Dr. Muspratt's compost,
to be tried against guano on turnips.
THE MILITIA.--11c whole of the five regiments of
Lancashire Militia will meet for training on Monday next.
The Ist Regiment at Lancaster, under the command of
Colonel Clifton ; the 2d at Liverpool, under the command
of Sir T. G. Hesketh, Birt. ; the 31 at Preston, under
the command of Colonel Patten, M.P. ; the 4th at War-
rington, under the command of Colonel Blackburne ; and
the sth at Burnley, under the command of Colonel
Towneley, M.P.

THE ELECTRIC LlGHT.—During the week Mr. Staite's
electric light has been exhibited front the new tower lately
erected on the Prince's Pier, and, notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather, it has been viewed nightly by
crowds of spectators, though all the arrangements for its
perfect display are not yet completed. The apparatus of
Mr. Stevenson, the engineer of the Scottish lighthouses,
for the diffusion of the light over a quadrant of a circle,
will shortly be added.

LITERARY AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—On Wednesday,
about thirty gentlemen dined together at the Brunswick
Hotel, Hanover-street, on the occasion of a presentation
being made by the Liverpool Licensed Victuallers' Asso-
ciation to the members of the Literary and Dramatic
Society, as an acknowledgment of their generous services
in giving their annual performance, on the 25th of last
month, in aid of the funds for building the asylum and
schools of the association ; and on the occasion, also, of
the presentation of a testimonial to Mr. H. Loraine, of
the Theatre Royal, by whom the amateurs were assisted
in their efforts. Mr. John Allinson, president of the
Licensed Victuallers' Association, occupied the chair.
CASE OF SEOCTING.—On Monday, a lad, named John
Morgan, was taken into custody for shooting a gentleman
in Williamson-square. The lad is employed in a shooting
gallery, and was sent to a neighbouring gallery for two
rifles, which had been placed there for safety. He was
returning with them across the square, when he said to
another boy who accompanied him, " Could not I knock
that hen over ?" at the same time pointing one of the
guns at the hen and pulling the trigger. The rifle was
loaded and went off, the ball entering the thigh of a gen-
tleman who was walking along Marble-street. The gen-
tleman injured, Mr. Edward Simpson, of Grinfield-street,
Edge-bill, was conveyed home and attended by Dr. Wil-
son, who succeeded in extracting the ball. On Tuesday
the boy was discharged, the only object in giving him into
custody being to show to the magistrates the desirability
of some steps being taken for the safety of the public.

JrYEcILE DELINQUENCY.—On Tuesday, at a meeting
of the magistrates of the borough, a petition to the House
of Commons was agreed to, on the subject of juvenile
delinquency. The petition states that the petitioners
have long painfully felt the entire inefficiency of
their present powers to check the increase of juvenile
delinquency ; and they therefore pray for an act to enable
magistrates to commit to a reformatory institution,
sanctioned and inspected by Government, children
between the ages of eight and sixteen, belonging to-the
following classes :—" Ist, Children convicted before a
magistrate of felony•; 2ndly, Vagrants who are outcasts
from home, owing to the cruelty of one or both parents ;
3rdly, Vagrants, being outcasts, whose parents arc dead,
or not to be found ; 4thly, Vagrant children, whose
parents are unable to restrain them, and request their
admission. That such delinquents, or vagrant children,
be committed to remain a certain time upon pt-cbation,
not to extend beyond the age of twenty-one years, and
whenever practicable shall be placed out to some employ-
ment. All such committals to be reported to the Secre-
tary of State within seve❑ days. That such committal
shall not remove the liability for the child's maintenance
from the quarters where it has previously existed, namely,
the parents., if to be found ; the parish, in case of orphans:
and that means of enforcement and collection, similar to
those now found effectual in cases of affiliation, be pro-
vided." The petition further states that "The Ship-
owners' Association of Liverpool, by a unanimous resolu-
tion, have expressed themselves willing to -receive boys
recommended from such a reformatory school, if established
in a hulk on the river. And in the cessation of Irish
immigration, and in the extensive emigration now going
on, such schools would probably soon be found to be very
valuable, as furnishing a supply of sailors and labourers in
additionto theimportance of their more immediate object."

COURT OF PASSAGE--YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. JAMES, Q.C., Assessor.)
The court opened at nine o'clock, before gr. Edward
James, Q.C., the assessor, when there appeared upon the
cause list 29 cases, eight of which were withdrawn or
otherwise disposed of, and the first defended case which
was tried was that of _

MELLOR AND CO. V. JOHN BATH.—This was a dis-
puted account between the defendant, a publican, and
Messrs. Mellor and Co., distillers, of this town. Mr.
Blair appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Aspinall for the
defendant. John Butterfield, clerk to the plaintiffs,
stated that they had supplied the defendant with spirits
for a number of years, and on the 3rd of September, 1851,
Mr. Bath told the witness that he had taken a house (the
Globe Inn) in Simpson-street, and he wished to know if
Messrs. Mellor would pay the duty on a hogshead of rum
in bond, and supply the house in Simpson-street. This
they agreed to do on. Mr. Bath guaranteeing the duty and
interest. He received an order for £5O worth of goods
for the house in Simpson-street, which were delivered.
Spirits were supplied to the house in Simpson-street until
the 17th February last, when it was transferred to a Mr.
Wilkinson. Mr. Aspinall, for the defendant, cross-exa-
mined the witness, who admitted that Mr. Bath informed
him that he had taken the house in Simpson-street for
his son Frank and Mr. Gates, (who were also in partner-
ship as omnibus proprietors,) but that he received all
orders for the Simpson-street house at the house in War-
wick-street. Mr. Gates was called, and stated that when
the house in Simpson-street was taken by himself and
Mr. Francis Bath, Mr. John Bath joined them in
a note to Mr. Anderton (the proprietor of the house)
for £3OO, the amount given. for goodwill. The house
was managed by an assistant, named Price, who re-
gularly took the receipts to Mr. John Bath, at the
house in Warwick-street. Francis Bath left a power
of attorney with his father, and this was acted upon
when the license was transferred to Mr. Wilkinson.
—The main question in dispute appeared to be, whether
Mr. John Bath was liable for the amount of goods sup-
plied by Messrs. Mellor to the house in Simpson-street.—
Mr. Aspinall addressed the jury for the defendant, ob-
serving that, as the house in Warwick-street was the
terminus of the omnibuses. the payments were regularly
made at that house by Messrs. Francis Bath and Gates
for the house in Simpson-street, which was under the
care of Price, a servant ; but Mr. John Bath was not
liable for the amount owing on that account. Messrs.
Mellor were perfectly aware of these circumstances, and
the father had never made himself responsible to them
for payment of the goods supplied to the house of his son
in Simpson-street.—Mr. John Bath, the defendant, was
examined, and stated that previous to the house being
taken in Simpson-street, he called upon Messrs. Mellor,
and asked if they would advance £3OO for the goodwill,
and supply the house with spirits ; but they refused to
advance the £3OO. Mr. Bath afterwards became jointly
liable, with his son and Mr. Gates, to Mr. Anderton, the
landlord, for the £3OO. He never told Butterfield that
he would be responsible for the goods supplied to the
house in Simpson-street. Mr. Francis Bath has now
gone to Australia ; but left a power of attorney with his
father before he went there, under authority of which the
house was transferred to Mr. Wilkinson.—Miss Louisa
Bath was called to corroborate her father's testimony, as
was also her sister, Miss Emma Bath ; and Mr. Wilkin-
son, the present tenant of the Simpson-street house, was
also called for the same purpose. The license was in the
name of Francis Bath before it was transferred to Wil-
kinson.—The learned assessor, in summing up the case
told the jury that the two questions for their conside-
ration were, first, whether any partnership existed be-
tween the defendant and Messrs. Bath and Gates ; and,
secondly, whether he had ever rendered himself respon-
sible for the goods supplied to the house in Simpson-
street.—The jury retired for a short time, and returned a
verdict for the plaintiffs ; damages, £79 10s. 2d.

LIABILITY OF PROJECTED PUBLIC COMPANIES.
POOLE v. ELLIOTT AND OTHERS.—Mr. Tindal Atkin-
son stated that the plaintiff in this case was Mr. 'William
Poole, law stationer, and the defendants were Messrs.
Elliott and others ; and the action was for £94 175. for
work end labour done. The parties were sued as trustees
of a certain projected company, called the " Atlas Marine
Insurance Company." and it appeared that the plaintiff
was consulted by the defendants upon the subject, in
March, 1852, when it was agreed to start the above com-
pany, which, like many other similar speculations, had
not realised the golden expectations of its projectors. Mr.
Poole had been engaged at a certain salary, and he had
been appointed to proceed to London on two occasions to
transact the business of the society, for the expenses of
which, and his salary, the present action was brought.—
Mr. Poole, the plaintiff, was called, and stated that he was
engaged for a salary of £l3O a year, as secretary and
manager. He received directions from the chairman and
directors of the Company, and proceeded to London to
establish a separate board, as the Phoenix Society was
then acting for them. He went to London in October,
and remained till the end of December last. Had a long
correspondence with the manager and directors—about
forty letters. He came from London, and attended a
meeting of the directors at which there was a deal of
uproar, and he was dismissed ; but was subsequently re-ap-
pointed and again sent to London by Mr. Ritson, solicitor
to the company. He received £5, on account of £lO, on
that occasion, for.his week's expenses. He went and re-
mained in London till yesterday. Vas not dismissed,
nor had he sent in his resignation. On the first occasion
of his going to 'London he charged two guineas per week,
which would not cover his personal expenses. On the
233 of January last a balance was due to him of £59 Ss.
2d., and for his subsequent services he charged com-
mercial traveller's expenses, a guinea a day. Mr. Simon,
for the defendants, cross-examined the plaintiff, who
stated that he was preector of the company. He was not
told to remain only .a week in London on the last occa-
sion, nor was he told that £lO must cover all expenses.
No arrangement had been made with him to receive 30s.
a week for his personal expenses in London on the first
occasion, and £3 for railway fare. Could not say whether
the projected company was a losing affair, but had put
down his own name for fifty shares. The learned as-
sessor heard some arguments from Mr. Atkinson, for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Simon, for the defendants, upon several
items of the bill, at the conclusion of which, he suggested
that it would be much better for any-gentleman to take
the accounts, and ascertain what was the fair balance be-
tween the parties. Mr. Atkinson ultimately agreed to
take a verdict for the plaintiff, by consent, damages
£2O Os. dd.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.—SUMNEP. AND WIFE a.
GREEN.—Mr. Atkinson stated that, in this case, Miles
Sumner and Catherine, his wife, were plaintiffs, and Jane
Green was the defendant. The defendant was sister-in-
law to Mr. Miller, a railway contractor, of this town, who
owned several houses, and Mrs. Green collected his rents.
On the morning of Monday, the 14th of June last, a
dispute occurred between the plaintiff and defendant, who
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upon Mrs. Sumner; at the same time she broke Mrs.
Surnnet's arm, by striking her with a broom-stick. It
was for the surgeon's expenses and other losses occasioned
by this ill-usage that the present action was brought.
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between them, when Mrs. Green called Turk and Flora
to "worry the bitch," and struck Mrs. Sumner with a
knotted stick. Mrs. Sumner .said " Did you send for me
to use me in this way ?" Mrs. Green then threw a
broomstick at her. The only cause for this outrage was
Mrs. Sumner's neglecting to tell Mrs. Green's nephew to
go to his aunt's to dinner on the previous Sunday. Mrs.
Sumner had a child in her arms when she was assaulted.
Mr. Blair, for the defendant, cross-examined the witness,
who denied that Mrs. Sumner wanted Mrs. Green to
fight, nor did she resent the blow struck by Mrs.
Green.—Catherine Sumner, the plaintiff, was called,
and said that .Mrs. Green's nephew lodged with her,
and general!: rent to dine with his aunt on -Sun-
days. On the morning in question Mrs. Sumner
went across, having been sent for by Mrs. Green, who
asked her why she did not tell her nephew to come to
dinner on Sundey. Mrs. Sumner said she delivered the
message to him, upon which Mrs. ,Green flew in a pas-
sion, called her dogs Turk and Flora, and told them to
" worry the bitch," and struck her in the arm with a
stick. She gave no other provocation. Had been
attended by Mr. Evan Thomas, who set her arm, and had
a woman seven weeks to do her work.---A son of Mrs.
Roberts was called, who swore to the assault. Mrs.
Green was often " agate" with the neiehbours.—Mr.
Evan Thomas, who has had much experience in setting
bones, deposed that he set the bone in Mrs. Sumner's
arm. The large bone of the arm was fractured, and there
was considerable swelling, which must have been attended
with great pain.—The case was adjourned until nine
o'clock this (Theaday)moruing, and the court rose at five.

NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.—At
the meeting last week, a dividend of 6 per cent., with a
bonus of 2 per cent., was declared, and the report and
accounts were unanimously adopted.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS has ordered a return showing
the " fees" paid in the County Courts. In summonses
to recover £6,777,372, the fees alone paid by the suitors
amounted to no less than £1,206,901.
LORD SHAFTESBUry has laid on the table of the House
of Lords, a bill to amend the Chimney Sweeper's Act.
Persons under 16 are not to use the trade of a chimney
sweeper under a penalty of £lO. The law has been
evaded in this respect.
MR. WILLIAM ODELL, a master plumber, was en-
gaged superintending some works in the House of Lords,
on Monday, when he suddenly fell down. He was
instantly conveyed in an insensible state to the West-
minster Hospital, where he shortly expired.
EXCHEQUER BONDS.—Notice has been given that all
Exchequer Bonds, whether dated in June or March, may
be converted into Exchequer Bonds bearing 21 per cent.
interest from the Bth of June neat, until the Ist. of Sep-
tember, 1864 ; and 2 per cent. thereafter until September,
1694, upon application being made before the 25th inst.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT occurred at Corsham, on
Thursday morning, by which three men have been
momentarily deprived of life. It appears that they were
at work, with several others, in the extensive stone
quarries of Messrs. Randell and Saunders, when a large
bed of stone gave, way, and killed them on the spot.
Two DONKEYS.—We are informed, upon good au.
thority, that on Wednesday, the 27th ult., a duel took
place between Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Bernal Osborne,
the member for Middlesex, the origin of the meeting
being the speech which the hon. baronet delivered upon
the Jew Bill. The ball from Mr. Osborne's weapon
passed through his antagonist's coat sleeve, and the affair
hapily terminated without bloodshed.—Essex Herald.
IN THE EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, On Tuesday, Lord
Campbell delivered judgment upon the writ of error from
the Court of Exchequer, in the case of " Salomons v.
Miller." He said that, as the act of Parliament required
that no person is to be allowed to take the oath of abjura-
tion who could not or would not say that he did so " upon
the true faith of a Christian," he entertained no doubt
upon the point. They had nothing to do with what the
law ought to be, but were sitting there to declare the lass%
The judgment of the court below must be affirmed.
COMMITTAL OF A MAGISTRATE.--Dr. Banks, of
Louth, magistrate and consulting physician, was commit-
ted for trial on Tuesday last, at Spilsby sessions, for an
assault with intent to commit a rape. The injured girl,
aged 16, daughter of Mr. Lockwood, of Tetford, at the
time the offence was committed was alone with the doctor,
in his consulting-room, having been taken thither by her
mother, for professional treatment of a delicate nature,
though the ailment is said to have been merely imaginary.
She had been under his treatment about a year. The
accused drove to the petty sessions court in his carriage.
He declined, through his counsel, to make any defence or
statement, but stated that he wished for a thorough in-
vestigation. Bail to the extent of £lOOO was taken, and
the complainant's father was bound over to prosecute.
CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The sixth public
drawing for rights of choice amongst the uncompleted
shareholders took place on Saturday, at the offices, Nor-
folk-street, Strand, London, in presence of Viscount
Ranelagh, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Fector Lawrie,
Mr. Cribb, and other members of the executive committee
and society. Fifty-four rights were drawn in the following
counties :—Middlesex, Surrey, Herefordshire, Yorkshire,
Essex, Kent, Gloucester, and Herts. Twenty-five shares
were added to the list by seniority. It was announced
from the chair that the society had progressed and was
progressing in a way unequalled by any other society of a
similar nature ; that some additional purchases of estates
will shortly be made, and that the next drawing will take
place in the third week in June, at the Freemason's
Tavern, on the occasion of the third quarterly meeting of
the society.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN AN INSURANCE CASE.—
GLEN V. WEST OF ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY.—
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
£BOO on a fire policy. The plaintiff had his premises. in
Mason-street, Hull, burnt down on the 3rd of last May.
The company admitted the loss, but they objected paying.
on account of a small steam-engine being tried on the
premises for about two hours, on the day preceding the
fire. Judgment was given in Liverpool for the plaintiff ;
was afterwards carried by defendants into the Exchequer
Court, where it was tried by Lord Chief Baron Pollock
and a special jury ; and a verdict was given there for the
plaintiff for the £BOO claimed, and £3O interest, with
leave for the defendants to move the court above, to enter
a verdict for the defendants, upon the ground that the
temporary erection of the steam-engine was a breach of
the policy. Tile defendants again moved the court above,
and the argument came on on the 26th of April, 1853,
before the Barons of the Exchequer, when judgment was
deferred. On Saturday week the judges gave their ver-
dict for the defendants, with leave for the plaintiff to file
a bill of exceptions, which, we understand, he has done.

ASSAULT ON THE EDITOR OF THE " TIMES."—On
Saturday, at the Guildhall, London, Thos. Andrew Evans,
a dealer in curiosities, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Delane, a barrister, in Sergeants'-inn. Mr. Delane was
leaving his office, in Sergeants'-inn, when the defendant
ran up to him, and, producing a heavy, short-handled
whip, which he had concealed in an umbrella, struck him
with it twice across the face. He used a deal of incohe-
rent language, accusing Mr. Delane of bribing Lord Den-
man, of ruining him, (the defendant.) and also of having
retained possession of the " Nelson" sword. The prose-
cutor defended himself with his stick until a policeman
appeared, when he gave the defendant in charge. In
answer to the defendant's solicitor, Mr. Delane said he
had never seen the " Nelson" sword. In the course of
the examination, the defendant, turning abruptly to Mr.
Delane, said, " Are you not aware that I have memoria-
lized the authorities at Greenwich Hospital as to the
authenticity of the Nelson' sword ?" Mr. Delane " I
know nothing about it." Alderman Farebrother "Of
course not. How can Mr. Delane know what you have
done ?" The defendant: " I beg your pardon, sir, Mr.
Delane knows everything." He was convicted in the
penalty of .£2, in default of paying which he was commit-
ted for two months. He was also ordered to find bail to
keep the peace.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WILL.—In consequence
of the determination of the Earl of Derby, the Right
Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, and the Speaker of the House
of Commons to renounce the executorship of the late
Duke of Wellington's will. letters of administration have
been granted by the Prerogative Court to the present
duke. The will seems to have been written under very
peculiar circumstances, upwards of thirty-five years ago,
and with that promptitude and decision which marked
almost every act of his grace's life, but at the same time
displays evident traces of the agitation under which it
was drawn up. The will is dated February 17, 1818, and
was written in Paris by the Duke himself, who accounts
for that circumstance in the following remark, which
forms the preamble:—" An attempt having been made to
assassinate me on the night of the 10th inst. (Feb. 10,
1818), which may be repeated with success, and being
desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and there being
no professional person in Paris to whom I can entrust the
task of drawing my will, I now draw it myself in my
own handwriting." His grace directs that an annuity of
£l,OOO shall be paid to his second son, Lord Charles
Wellesley, who, however, has the option of claiming a
sum of £20,000 as an equivalent.. Apsley-house and the
furniture therein, money invested in the funds, and
Exchequer-bills, are thus to be disposed of :—" The
money is directed to be laid out in the purchase of an
estate, which, together with Apsley-house and its con-
tents, are given to the present duke for life, with
remainder over to his issue, and, in default of issue, to
Lord Charles Wellesley and his issue, in like manner. In
case of death of both (the present Duke and Lord Charles
Wellesley) without heirs male, the property passes over
to the descendants of the brothers of the late duke.
Certain personal estate, which his grace designates as
' money given to me by the nation,' or any estates which
may be purchased with such money, are directed to pass
under trusts similar to those of the foregoing property ;
Apsley-house first going to the children of the duke, and
on their deaths, leaving no issue, to the children of his
brothers." The wording of the will is very involved ;
and the residue, which, owing to the lapse of time, must
have greatly accumulated, is undisposed of.
SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.—On Wednesday morning the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, M.P., appeared at the Marlborough-
street Police-court to prefer a charge against William
Wilson, a commercial traveller, " of following and annoy-
ing him, and also attempting to extort money by threaten-
ing to charge him with immoral conduct." According to
the right hon. gentleman's statement, he was walking
with a young woman below Coventry-street and Oxenden-

- -
street, at a little before twelve o'clock on Tuesday ri igit,
when Wilson came up and began to use words which he
.could not well understand, upon which the girl expressed
alarm, took hold of his left arm, and he consoled her
with assurances that nothing should occur to her. Hav-
ing told him where she lived, he accompanied her home-
wards, end as they were proceeding on their way the
prisoner addressed him by name, saying he would expose
him. Mr. Gladstone took leave of his fair protege at
the door of a house in King-street, Soho, the prisoner
being close at hand. He then walked on, turning first
one way and then another, in the hopes of getting free
from the prisoner, but the man kept up to him, saying
that he admired his public character much, had long
observed him., but now he must expose him in the Morn-
ing Herald and thus annoy the whole Conservative party.
Mr. Gladstone continued his statement as follows :
" With these threats he mingled a statement that he did
not wish to do me any harm, and that if I would make it
right with him, or give him a government appointment
at Somerset House, or elsewhere, his lips should be
closed. In answer to this—being, I fear, angry—l
charged him with being a liar, and I used more than once
the expression that he should not have from me either a
sixpence or a situation, and that if he did not leave me I
must appeal to the police for protection. The prisoner
stated he would not do that, and that he would give me
in charge of the police. He then said- that he would be
contented if I would allow him to write me a letter, to
which I answered, ' Sir, do exactly as you please,' re-
peating my former words about not giving him either a
sixpence or a situation. I told him that any act of mine
I had no wish to conceal, and that he was not
justified in imputing to me the intention on which
he had founded his claim—an intention which, being
upon my oath, I most solemnly deny." At length
Mr. Gladstone encountered a policeman, and by his
advice he went to a police station and gave the pri-
soner in charge. The prisoner afterwards stated to the in-
spector on duty that he did not care what was the result
of his misconduct, even if it were transportation, so long
as his name was associated with so great a man as Alr.
Gladstone. He admitted to the magistrate
atthe
he was examined, that he was very before whom
much excited
time he met with Mr. Gladstone, and that he was sorry
he had beer's so rash. He was remanded until
order that full inquiries might be made into his character.
The Times of Thursday gives, on authority, a short expo.
sition of the circumstances under
twatiacohureAtlire..GlHadstone
was found engaged in an apparent
_ Coventp_drinen whoGarden,whenwas earnestly begged
un-
fortunate woman addressed. hi
While he, was walking on,
listen-
ing attention to her story.
ing with his accustomed benevolence to her appeal
became apparently alarmed at the approach of the
woman
prisoner, and clung to 111 r. Gladstone for protection.
The scene then ensued which we have already endeavoured
be was again brought and
to describe. On Friday
up,
committed for trial.