The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-14 00:00:00

BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.

William Leach, 18, was indicted for having, on thelOth
May, broken and entered the dwelling-house of John
Hayes, in Manchester, with intent then and there feloni-
ously to carry away goods. The prosecutor is a publican
in Cook-street, Manchester. The prisoner was found
early in the morning in the kitchen with his shoes off.
Drawers, &c., were found broken open, but the prisoner
had not time to carry anything away before he was appre-'
hended. He had entered by forcing the trap door leading
to the cellar. The prisoner said he went in owing to see-
ing a man coming out of the coal grid, and that failing to
rouse the family by knocking at the door, he had entered

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by the trap-door to alarm them. He own,od ---„.. to`1
being his, stating that he took them Off De`7ct Oil
his feet were sore. The jury returned a verch
and the sentence was that the prisoner, sc,,°be
three times before convicted of felony, show.
ported beyond the seas for seven years.
The court rose at half-past five o clock.

NISI PRIUS COURT.
(Before MR. JUSTICE WIGHTDIAI4IOI`
The Court sat at twelve o'clock,- The dens.
tains 102 entries, of which eleven are set% the:
tried by special juries. There are 27 cases 1"
List, and 75 in that for West Derby hundred. the(
With the exception of two undefended c3'eS
ing was the only case disposed of during the
1.110,'f
HIGGINSON V. WATERHOUSE AND A7:),tilel9'
was an action for the recovery of £262, belnb fgv,
of £462, alleged to be due by the defendant' r
tity of cotton yarn purchased in the month eLhe,o'
It appeared that the parties resided in Mans
there carried on business as manufacturers 81?„tig
yarns. In the month of April last, the Pled a
from a person named Yates what sos
lot" of yarn and thread; this lot' Was the
sboelidn gto hteb
edge
ofeonddsa nwtesr, e tthoe
be t errmaisd eftfo „ith
exchange at four months' date. Part of Wit',
been delivered the defendants accepted bids
and afterwards, when the whole of the ge°the
delivered, a second bill was presented for
cor,
This the defendants refused to accept, and hellos e.;i
action. The defendants pleaded that there obtli'
tract, that if any contract ever did exist it sos„dg
fraud ; that there was a warranty for the gtifee°
and that there had been a mutual release 0:
parties. A
bi r• C
Mr. Watson, Q. C., with whom traL,
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Mal.""' I
Mr. Jos. Addison, for the defendants. , end!
The jury were locked up at half-past s.'f'dfirr'
past ten o'clock were taken to the Judos" 1ei:262,40
they returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for_„ cerdi'4o
The jury were anxious to have returee,.." tbe,PZ
less amount, or that the Judge should ertlis Poe'
to pay part of the defendants' costs; 'in", bao
refused to accede to such a verdict. e od,
intimated to the jury that the parties haernog.e"; for
rangement respecting the amount of el'aritie`
consequence, the jury found an absolute
the
plaintiff. •or.
We understand that, during the
locked up, some one supplied them with do di.
and cigars, which some of the jury h0i5te1,05,,,.0t
dow from the street. This, we are inforrehotro ju`tf+
proved of by the foreman,who is neets' si.?
a res,„ heo
of Liverpool, and it was done without 11,Ltile""
consent, by some of the jury who surrounaG"

GENERAL TRADE HENfor.
Aortoir
goo— re to
; flon t
Trade operations here are still under the_,A-n f fej
week's holidays, and business has scarf
resumed, many parties remaining in Du_nl,l,-„sburr',ol'
having gone to meet her Majesty in 0":„, cse;firtY
may mention Cotton, however, as so great "„isce,'"o:4
that neither pause nor lull has taken ritieai,4
market. In addition to the advance obts 00?
the week, amounting to kel. per lb. uP te,"
business on Friday, an animated trade was ;iptio,t",
acted on Saturday; and as American desc,•litea,'
which the sales (12,000 bales) chietlYeer°,ll,ll-31,e7t0 'ffi°4o
brought forward rather more sparingly, e
obtained. To-day an active business has co 60
and prices of Americans are again rather jai2,ooo
seller. The sales amounted to nearly fie
(3000 to speculators and exporters.)
The Share market has been extremely de.lolgtllo
and towards the close of Saturday, and
~,,t,titers,o4!
sellers have much increased. The Great ,-,,cltyr
recommending a further reduction of diviae",wici
tent of two per cent., has created quite a r Pre o'
stocks, excepting perhaps Leeds and D0Ler3',050,,0
rienced a sudden and material decline. "reOV,
of the sales of the day :—Leeds fifths, 4i41; PCl'
land
Nort
to ck h-estern, 1274 ; Do new uirters, 2L..1/'
W,
; Dover No.. q f
4, 61; Berwick P 0,30004
Royal Assurance, 24- p; L'pool Corn Exchsa,golo,
Since the publication of the Broker's elal Ord;
has been rather a better feeling in the Col°ntors,d,
Sugar; the London market having taker' e ore,
induces more confidence here, and there is la.° let
for the article, although no actual advance 1'145' Of
place. 05' for
Iron is firm : the present prices are ICI fail
here ; X 5 in Wales. Scotch pig iron, in the,rsr
mixed numbers, net cash. Many of the niel"'
sell at present rates. 'llO4
The demand for Indian Corn is rather tnerejlijed!
and fully ls. per qr. advance is obtained on sTi'i
is SO ei/1
Stec
it appearing that a tolerable quantity
consumption in Ireland, owing to the loumess jip°oorty4
In other articles we have no alteration to 'lots
Friday. All the markets of the United Pgg
still further declined for Wheat and Flour dlstlej
week, and a correspondent writing from Nell 4
Tyne argues as follows: t0446,0A
"Our advices from the south represent the:oo 44
Wheat in the hands of growers to be much less 1,;00 1110.1
such being a generally received fact, a quel'isrPs,'o
arises,—having a late harvest in prospect, Dow, at 040 V,
justified in forcing their stocks upon the marke",,,t00‘..0,9/
Juncture, when in au probability so many OPPv.iperl
be afforded of realizing to better advantage betty eci„'etwi
the winning of the crop? It seems to be pre to
any quantity of old Wheat that we can receive fro
go t!'n
now that the blockade has been raised, will on"ibis lof
the deficiency held by our growers, and bearin,g„,tot!,',.o
we cannot see the necessity at present, at all
mitting to the recent unnatural decline, more esi;inen`A. , rj
prices seem comparatively lower than on the condeoy!,
Another correspondent, writing from Loaufijs°
that while the Wheat crop still promises to Y1`,,,,e54;01
average return, Oats will be, in some OP' er,,
light and late ; but while we give these we It!'
ftheirrom ptrhoep er
mostweight,
n or t
other from one of the most northern localities 0 J 4
hietrlmy uesotebnetystaintedEl7itintdio,frlfevoy,
From all other parts we hear that harcestuare..vill
are progressing favourably. A gentleman, tvt'sios:i
from Ireland this morning, has informed
Wheat fields looked beautiful, were in rne",ling,4
ripe and ready for the sickle, and that eei",ile4.lP.:4
commence to-day in the districts through wh',cv
He also spoke favourably of Oats and 8ar1f.304
while we give due deference to our Newces-:
for his knowledge of the quantity 1
filmy to bbepe
from the shores of the Baltic, we contend thet,b.A:ckr
lateness in one or two bleak localities cannot fr,f,
timate influence even over local markets, in4reP
abundant:prospective supply shortly from We vir
growing portions of the United Kingdom. ercr d°
We are also informed that Potatoes were
or more abundant in Ireland than at the prese'vot',e-
The Queen has performed the mission of ill.
Patrick ; and if, when his saintship " Put elf beli
out, he banished all the varmint," it is since
by the lower orders of her Majesty's dutiful 1 J then
that from the moment her royal foot toucheDif ter
the sister isle, the potato disease betook it!„'g9
with equal rapidity ; and, showering blessAlV
Majesty, they hope the time may be not far 6
she will go to see them again. .0% tbeorj
Our wool market has been rather quiet durl are
brii
and we have no change to report. Holdersscotc,led
higher rates than what staplers like to give' „ artileA,
are more inquired for, and good parcels eat' -,°hey'hit);
7s. 6d. per stone. English and Irish have se"-iltn,
in the demand. Imports for the week enditinglis'i
Jf
—Foreign, 491; Irish, 80; Scotch, 201 •
0
Total, 874 bales. Prt)ekC
We have had a fair business in Americeewoirllo
during the past week, and prices are fully sactt-tiraLi.
r.,
The market for Irish Butter closed oparie ,
dulness, but quotations to-day remain 11'01nrie,4
those of last Monday. A few hundred firkin!, 645,
therns are reported to have been sold a',ooe,:fir
board, and at a corresponding rate landed. 'cos.
middles, free from bone, new,) 483. to
Fine Keg Lard, 38s. to 40s. landed.
bity
STRIKE IN STAFFORDSHIRE,—The
respondent of a London paper states that dui; tfilif
a pretty general turn-out took place anoongslol
of Darlston, Wednesbury, West Bromwielh„.-0 :1,411
owing to the masters having given he- or 4
duction of 6d. per day for thick coal. These rtiod4))
have in some instances been attended with °id
v,yeil
amusementsm call p
ek.it
fnhoser
.oiAynfilnaharpse.etn
imn
gweooinengeeebyk,b:::
007 bi
teti:
frieo y 4
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—OwiII to the
FFPAroeboTsronethdiosveteuaenelr:ose eof Love,"
hLnGetoar‘ la, were postponed. They will gar
next week. In the mean time there is at ti'e terl
i 5
amply attractive bill of fare. „ eg
VENTILATING BRICKS.—Taere has been d o,
brick so shaped that, when two are placed ertrci°ll
circular space is left at the junction. This c' rof
connecting from course to course, a wall fool catcrici
is, to a certain extent, hollow, and admits Each of,ft
air through it, either heated or otherwise. siSe F./
nine inches square and three inches thick' tbewrolliel
common bricks, so that only half the usual'', pOY tbA
quired to do the rod of bricliwork, and as the4tioar•fic)
duty, and are laid with very little more 0051,1 y
common brick, work may be executed at °°ogle
saving. A common brick is used at the
course.—The Builder.

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On the 12th instant, aged CDIED.O, Mr. JOHN 1141
Bold-street.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14' sc6
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