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a child which was buried some time before she Married
.pri-
stoner.
By the JunOt.—i-Does not recollect how the prisoner and' his
Second wife were described in the marriage certilictiie.
Dr. Bro*ri tailed several witnesses to speak to the pristister's
good character.
The JUDGIi I'riefly summed up the evidence, and the jury
found the-prisener Guilty.
The Judge inquired who the prosecutor was. It was replied
that she was the
,prisoner's first Wife, with whom, it appeared;
he hild,not lived on very good terms.—Sentenced to be itripri-
Sened and kept to hard, labour in .Kirkdale one calendar month.

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These assiies comMenced yesterday. morning. The judges,
Lord Chief Justice Denman and Sir James Parlie, made their
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entrance into the town on Wednesday aftertioon at a Utile after
three o'clock. They were met dt the boundary by the Mayor,
the Rectors, and a large number of constables. The judges
bowed to his worship and prfweeded rapidly into the town, the
Mayor's carriage following. At about half-past three o'clock
the judges opened the commission In the Crown Court, with the
usual formalities, and adjourned until ten o'clock the next
morning., Their lordships then proceeded to St. George's
Church for the purpose of hearing divine service; from H hence
they proceeded with their usual escort to their lodgings in St.
Anne-street.

CUTTING AND MAIMING.

,Jzinies Heywood, 53. was charged with having at Manchester
feloniously, Maliciously; and unlawftillY cut and wounded Tho
naas Yates, with intent to do him grievous bodi:y hartn.
Mr. Green appeared fur the prosecution, and Dr. Brown de-
fended the prisoner.
Thomai Yates eXanlined.—l am a dyer, and live in Manehes-
ter.. On the 16th of Oct. last I went to bed about si* in the even-
ing. 1 fell asleep. I was awoke about nine o'clock bya tickling
oildoed in my breast. slided my feet out of bed and, got a
basin. I found I was wounded in my thigh and other parti of
my body. There was a wound across my left t high. [The evidence
here becaine of so delicate a nature that we cannot report it.)
Two-children were in the room, and I SdW James Heyrioott
sitting on the bedside, With a lighted -candle in one hand, and
a razor in the other. He tried to escape and extinguish the
candle. I said, " Jeni Heywood, you have done this; you have
done me my job." He (prisoner) lodged in the next loom.
C3ess-examined.--1-Went to bed at six in the evening. Went
to bid because he was fatigued, in consequence of having had
some drink. Had not been at work that day. One of the chil-
d en in the room was six, and the other ten years of age. Nei-
ther of the children are here. He might have had four or five
pints of beer on that day. Had not had any spirits. He was
not intoxicated, but was not quite sober; He could have given
an answer orrectly.
Ite-examined.—is quite certain the prisoner is the person he
saw in the bed-room with the candle.

CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY.
(Before LoRD CHIEF JUSTICE DENMAN.)

The court opened this morning at ten o'clock. The follow-
ing magistrates answered to their names Thos. Brancker,
Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Sir Gerard Graham, James Aspinall,
Esq., Thomas B. Bartlett, Esq., John Bentley; Esq., William
Blundell, Esc., Peter Bourne, Esq., William Wallace Currie
Esq. the Mayor, William Earl, jun., Esq., William GAe, Esq.:
Samuel Hocker Haslem. Esq., Benjamin Heywood, Esq.,
Adain Hodgson, Esq., Samuel Hope, Esq., Joseph Jones, Esq.,
Richard Leyland, Esq., Robert Lomax, Esq., R. J. J. Norris,
Esq., Thomas Potter, Esq., Clement Roydes, Esq., Miles Lt.-
max, jun.; Esq., Samuel Stanifotth, Esq., Ralph Thicknesse,
Esq., Wm. Gerard Walmsley, Esq., G. W. Wood, Esq., and
John Shear, Esq.

The following gentlemen were then sworn on the grand j ury
LI on. Charles Wm. Molvneux, foreman,
Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Bart.,
Sir John Gerard, Bart.,
James Aspinall, Esq.,
William Blundell, Esq.,
William Browne, Esq.,
William Wallace Currie, Esq.,
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William Emir, jun., Esq.,
Gale, Esq.,
John Spencer Heron, Esq..
Thomas Henry Hesketh, Esq.,
Benjamin Heywood, Esq.,
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• - ."CharltStaw..ente, Esq.,
John MiVicar, Esq.,
R. J. Norris, Esq.•,
Charlts Orrell, Esq.,
Robert Pennington, Esq.,
Thomas Potter, Esq.,
Samuel Stanifrth, Esq.,
Ralph Thicknesse, Esq.,
Ralph Thicknesse, jun., Esq.,
John Woodcock, Esq.
The proclamation against vice and immorality having been
read, _ _ _

Margaret Scholefield.—ls niece to James &heletleld; lives
in Back Queen-street, Manchester; was living there on 16th
October. Knows Thomas Yates; he lodged at inv mother's
house; and boarded with her. She then lived with her mother.
The prisoner had a back room in the same. house. Salt a light
in Yates's room between eight and nine: in the evening men
timed. Knew Yates was in bed ;.saw him go there at six.
The light was in Yates's room between two or three inintitis;
then went into her mother's house. When she saw the light in
Yates's room she was on the other side of the street. Wheel
-she opened her mother's door, prisoner, who is her uncle, came
tzati-7.,ahe sty irapf the house lead down> directly into the pia.
The Prisoner was coming out of the yatd; he blew a candle out.
She asked him what he did it for. She blew it in again. She
said she had seen a light is the garret, anti she wondered who
was iir. Prisoner replied; Thomas, he believed." No one
was in the house but her mother in the front room. They went
up stairs to Yates's room, and there saw him sat on the bed-side
bleeding. I asked him what was to do with him. He said no-
thing ailed him, and she must go down stairs. I did-so, and
went iutrirthe front room of the house; I there found the pri-
soner sat in the arm chair. He said nothing to me. I went
to the front d6or, and Ann Elenthorn was standing at the other
Side of the street, midi ~...sked her to come and see Yates, for
he was bleeding to death. She said she durst not, but she would
gu and feto"Yates's diughter,
Crosi-examined.—Yateki daughter is going of 18. Yates is
married. 'Yates's daughter lived with hint. It was about five
minutes past nine whewshe saw Yates. Yates is n, reiatiOn
of her's.

Le'rd DENasAN proceeded to address the grand jury as follows :
—"Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, the new arrangements under
which I have the honour of meeting you this day have, I think,
given us general satisfaction; and I beg leave to express the
great pleasure I feel in addressing so large and important and
intelligent a portion of this great community, and acknowledg-
ing rile full attendance of magistrates I have witnessed both here
and at Lancaster, and the number of the grand jury who have an-
swered to their names. In looking over the calendar of prison-
ers whose cases will be brought before you, and on reading the
depositions of those cases, I do not find much to observe in re-
ference to offences against property, which I attribute to the
late improvement of the law, by which a milder punishment
than that of death has been substituted, which has had the effect
of preventing those crimes more completely than the terrors of
death, that punishment frequently preventing prosecutors from
proceeding. In this great town it is impossible that offences of
that description can be prevelted without in the first place the
magistrates be diligent and ready to apply their minds fur the
purpose of preventing them. It is with the utmost pain that I
have read several cases in calendar. lam sorry to say that
there are no less than sixteen cases which will come before you,
the consequence of the death of our fellow-subjects by violence,
some of a very serious nature ; and it may be proper that I
should make one or two observations with regard to them.
There is one case, which I used not particularize by name,
which you will immediately recognize. from' which it will ap-
pear that a female had been forming an improper connexion
with the prisoner, and had charged hint in her dying moments
with conduct the most revolting and disgusting ever heard.
The evidence on that subject could not, of course, be direct.
It must depend on evidence which the law regards quite
as much as the evidence of a witness given on oath.—
It is the declaration of a person labouring under mortal danger,
and in case of death that statement has all the weight in the eye
of the law of any evidence whatever. But, in order to receive
such evidence, it was quite necessary that they should be satis-
fied that the party who made that declaration was quite sure
she was: about to leave this world. But when there is any
other species of evidence, it is unnecessary for me to state that
nothing can affect any prisuner unless it is stated. on oath. I
do not think it necessary to observe further on that case. There
is also a rase in which a female is charged with the murder
of a child. There can be no doubt but that the party was deliver.
ed of a child, and that that child was found dead. But, before
you can. say that she was the. cause of„its ?death, yeti rattatAe
satisfied' that some act of violence was committed on the child
by her; and I am not satisfied of that on reacting over the de-
positions. The old law made it sufficient to prove the conceal-
tnent of the birth ; but the question in point of fact now was, if
they were satisfied that the child did come to, its death in conse-
quence of some violence by her. There..is a case of a very
serious description—a case of rape comtnittedon a girl of rather.
tender age. There are some circuMstaices,in this case which
would, he thought, lead to a conclusion that the offence had not
been ehtntoitted. Several of the cases hadurcurred from neg-
lect—from parties being run over in-consequence of neglect of
drivers.. lam extremely sorry to see so:little regard to human
life which snakes its 'sacr:fice: so easy. :If a driver is given
orse. ,
the charge of horses, and allows his h to cause the death of
a person, there can be no douht of the offence.' But there is
a case of a pecciliitr klad, in which a man appears to have
met his death in consequence of interfering. in :a part of the
gas works when there was fear of ignition. Ile took off the lid
ofa part of the srorkii..by the direction'of the manager. If the
persun,giving him that direction thoaght lie was doing right,
notwithstanding the misfortune of the death, let it would not
amount to manslaughter. There could be no doubt the accident
was the immediate cause of death. It would rather appear that
the deceased had done something that was unnecessary which
was not ordered by the manager. But if, on the other hand,
they should find that there was gross neglect in the party charg-
ed with that duty, or that he was intoxicated at the time, in that
case he would certainly be responsible for any damages which
might occur from no act directed by himself. There are several
cases, lain sorry to say, in which husband and wife stand helot e
you in strange relation—in which one has frequently been intoxi,
eated, and violence has ariseu bet Ween them: There iS a husband
charged with the death of his wife, but ther4 appears to'he some
doubt whether it was caused by falling or from violence ; in that
case, I believe, you will also find that the Wife made some state-
ment in the presence of her, husband, with regard to what had
been done; so that I have only to inyite'youratte'ntion to it as to
whether the conduct of the husband, was such aslo.lead you to be-
live that he had used that violence causiog hefdeath.' You will
see the witnesses, and hh.ve Opportunity of puttingnuestions teal'.
These are cases on which I have thought it necessary to make
some observations. I believe all the rest of the cases' will de-
pend on the evidence, mid not
,at all on the nature of the case
itself. The fact, in one case, of endeavouring to. procure abor-
tion would in itself he a felony; and, if it be followed by death,
that act would be wilful murder. I shall not, gentlemen, detain
you any longer."
The grand jury then retired, and returned a true bill against
John Halstead, aged 23, charged with having married two r.ives.
Mr. JONATHAN PEEL appeared for the prosecutor, and stated
the ease.

Ellen Yates.-L.ls Thinas-Yates's daughter. Recollects see-
ing pris;mer on the lOiliYbctober .about half-past five iu the
morning. Lodged in the'tiaMe house with her father. Prisoner
was sat by the .kitchen tire. He said he would run a knife
through the first that. came in, either he or she. She said her
father -andp-'4.(prisoner's) 'wife had been out. two nights and
two days. Saw prisoner again about seven in.the evening. He
was in the frout parlour Of the .same house. He said he. would
run a knife through her father when he came in. She said she
hoped he woulitgot run ber through, for her father. Prosecutor
had spent as much mOney upon-:his wife-as would buy witness a
ne* dress. Her father was4the house at that time—did not see
him. She then left the house; left it immediately afterwards.
Saw her father again boo after -nice the same night; he was'
sat on the bed, in his own
.reean, bleeding.
Cross.-.o44olleidvrriAnit the prisoner about half-past
five 0;00 Le- V, a s sober. Thought the threats
of the „Ptisimerewere• mere jokes. Saw her father in Deausgate,
Manchester, about three the same afternoon. She wanted him
to go' home. Saw by his manner that he had been drinking.
Wanted to get hint hone, but he. would not go. Did not see
him again till after the accident. He had been drinkin,, ever
since.the 14th of October and the whole of the Ilith and 16th:
Saw hint on the 1-Ith, about six in the evening in a public-
house ' • he was then in liquor. lie had had a good deal of money
and it hail all gene. Saw the prisoner's wife on the 14th with
Yates in a public-house.
Ann Hen thorn examined.—Recollects being in Seholetield's
house the night before the accident happened. -Saw the pri-
soner there. He said "Ann this is hard work." i replied "it can't
be helped." lie said " whichever comes in first I'll have their
lives," mentioning the names of Yates and his (prisoner's)
wife. Went up stairs and saw Yates ;. saw him bleechog.-Went
for a doctor. .

Cross-examined.--,Heard both Yates and the prisoner in' a
puhliOhouse quarrelling. • This was ou the night the accident
happened; between. six and seven o'clock. ates 'apparently
had had a hood deal of liquor.
By the .JUDGE.—Did not hear distinctly what they were
talking ahOut. She thought it was about prisoner's wife.
Margaret Schofield examined.—Keeps the house 16, Back
Queen-street ; both prisoner and prosecutor lodged with her.
On the :16th of -October went up „stairs ,and found prosecutor
swimming in blood. Looked through the window and saw the
prisoner going down the entry front the back door. Opened
the window and said Joseph you have killed the man." Did not
hear the, prisoner reply. In the course or the morning heard
prisoner threaten to take prosecutor's life. When she spoke to
prisoner he said " be was born to be hung and hung he should
be for Yates."

dohn.Lowe,--Was a police-officer in Oct. On 16111 searched
.the houie Where the. prisoner lodged. Soon atter nine at ni:.:10
found.tivvizors icva cupboard in. the,-.how, on the ground
floor.-One of -them was covered with blood; took the razors to
the Olive:office, where the prisoner was; shOwed hint the ra-
zors; asked hin► whose they were—he said they are mine:
asked him Where he kept them—he said in a cupboard in the
house. - '

Cross-examined by the Jonas.,--Prisoner might have been
halt an hour in custody before I searched his house.
Benjamin Cross.---Apprehended prisoner on 16th of October,
about a quarter to ten. Examined him ; found blood upon his
fingers; took him into custody; did not tell hint why. He
said " I have not done it, 1 have not done it." 1 said " done
;what ?" ."Cut Yates." I replied, "1 am taking you for cut-
ling him." Found prisoner in a tap.ruom a few yards from
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the house.
Charles Walker.*Knows both prosecutor and prisoner. The
accident happened on the 16th October. .Had seen the prisoner
that day. Had no conversation with him. • Had seen him the
day before; had no conversation about any particular person.
On the 14th heard prisoner'say "They are off again ; (mean-
ing his wife and prosecutor;) I'll take a knife and rip them up."
The prisoner at the time had had a good de,al.to drink.
Mr. Thomas.—ls deputy-constable of Manchester. Exa-
mined the prisoner on the 16th October;.and found blood on his
hands. Asked him what blood it was; he said it was not blond;
it was paint. pia some caiwo, and took. a print othis, hand,
and found it was blood. Is certain it was blood. ,•! •
Mr. H. 011ier.—Is a surgeon at Manchester.- Saw Yates on
16th October, lying on his hack in a room in Back Queetp;street,
weltering in blood. The bed was deluged. with blood,: [Here
the witness described the nature of the injury, which for the
reason we have before alluded to, we cannot report,) There
was also'an extensive wound on the thigh. The instrument'
which did it. must have been a very sharp one. Saw the pri-
soner in a public-house that night; went there for the purpose
of seeing him; examined his hands. Found a sprinkling of
1 upon his left hand, upon which I gave hint to the officer.
I'he cut in the thigh was six inches in length, and if half an
ineblower would 'have killed hint in five minutes.
Dr. Bitowm took an objection to the indictment as not being
sufficiently, explicit, and that the instrument with which the in-
,jury was done was not mentioned as one which would produce
the particular wound which was set forth in the indictment.
His lordship overruled both objections.
The prisoner said he was innocent. Ile had been in the ha-
bit of helping butchers; he was a butcher's assistant. Saw
Yates in a beer-house,—asked him tpiisoner) to drink with
him; he refused, upon which Yates used some provoking lan-
guage to him. .
Dr. b. uoivivcalled for the defence. •

James Mavor.—Had known the prisoner fifteen or six.-
teen years, and believed him to be an honest, upright, and hu-
mane man. He had frequently employed him, and should have
no objection to-do so again.

The prisoner, upon being asked if he had anything to say,
said he bad been in his Majesty's service twenty years, and had
been in seven general engagements before be was 18 yeara. of
age.
His lordship recapitulated the evidence, commenting upon it
as he went along ;• and the jury, after deliberating for a few mi-
nutes, returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Junct.• deferred passing sentence until he had time to
discover upon what terms the prisoner and his wife had pre-
viously lived, and the precise nature and extent of the provo-
cation he had received from the prosecutor.

Ellen Sunderland called, proved that the prisoner was mar-
ried to his first wife, her sisteri in 1831. Her sister was alive
on Monday last. • •
Mary Mares deposed to being married to the prisoner in June
Jast, 46d had• heard of his being married before. •
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The'JuDos,,in passing sentence, said it did not appear that
he had practited.any deceit. He was sentenced to be impri-
soned and kept to hard labour for one calendar month.
IVni. Goostree, aged 30, was indicted with having married two
wives, hisformer wife being yet alive, to which be pleaded not
guilty. 1 ,
Mr. dLAURENOC Parr. stated the case. It appeared from the
e-videnee of the witnesses that the prisoner had married his first
wife, Elizabeth Jones. about 14 years ago, at Manchester, who
was now alive. It did not appear in the evidence whether the
first wife's name was Jones or Johnson. The jury were ac-
cordingly directed to return a verdict of Not Guilty.
John Wright, aged 33, was indicted for bigamy. He pleaded
not guilty:
John Diggles is a constable. Took the prisoner into custody
on the 22d of Deeember.-1 told him 1 was taking him on a
c•ha.rge of getting married at Eccles Church, when he had a
wife living at Sheffield.
The second wife, Lydia Denton, on being called fir did not
appear.
Thomas Gorse, parish-clerk of Eccles Church, deposed to
prisoner being married to Sarah Roper on the 21st of last De•
eember,—sure the prisoner was flat man. Never saw prison-
er's first wife. Never heard him say he was married.
Lydia Denton not appearing her recognisances were for-
feited.

NISI PBIUS COURT.--YasTEnnAv.
Shortly aftet ten .o'clock Mr. BfutoN PARKA took his seat
upon the bench. - •
The causes Nos. 1 and .2 were called over, but none. of the
partjekaiTearing were postponed till Saturday.
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THORPE: V. HAMbIOND.

Mr..Wtc rtrmaN appeared for the plaintiff, :and Mr: ALEX-
ANDER for the defendant. This was an action brought; by the
Managers of the Northern and Central Bank at Macclesfield,
to-recover the sum of £3b7, upon a guarantee given by the wife•
of the defendant, for a person of the name of Hanks, who had
subsequently become a bankrupt.
Mr. Alexander. Wilson examined.-4 am manager of the
Northern and Central Bank at Macclesfield. 1-have no persm,
nal interest in the issue of the present action. A person of the
name of Hanks, a brewer, near Macclesfield, formerly kept hit
account at our bank. On the 10th of February 1835, he male
au application for an advance of a sum of money ; witness told
him he could not grant it without a guarantee for its repayment.'
The next day Hanks called at the bank, and tendered a written
guarantee for £.lOO, which was signed by defendant's wife ou•
his behalf. Upon the strength of that guarantee, the bank at
once advanced Hanks a cheque fur ENO; and, subsequently,
money was lent to him amounting in the whole. to the sum
sought to be recovered, viz., £367. Upon examining the gua-
rantee witness suspecting all was not right, waited upon the (16.
fendant the day afterwards. Witness produced the guarantee
in his presence. He showed it to. him, and asked him if he-'
knew it. Defendant said he did; it was his wife's hand-writa
ing. The, witness then produced the banker's foi in of seeurity:'
and desired him to sign that instead of the guarantee signed on
his behalf by his (defendant's) wife. Witness read the form
carefully, over to him, and then handed it over to him, desiring
that he would peruse it at his leisure, and call again at the bank
on the next day in order that he might sign it. The defendant
promised to do so. That was all that passed upon that occa,
sten. Since then Hanks had been made, a bankrupt, and the
attorney for the banking company had commenced proceedings
agaius(the defendant for the amount ,advanced, in consequence
dale defendant's gnitrintee to Hanks. No part of the £367,.
had been repaid,by Hanks.
Upon his cross-examination, the witness said, the sum of £2OO
was advanced to Hanks on the 6th February, and the last check
was paid on the 13th of the same month.' ,
• Mr.- AWL% A N DEN briefly addressed the jury for the defendant.
Ile e,,ntended that there was not sufficient proof that. the de-
fendant was privy to the wife having given the plaintiff the gua.,
rantee in.question and, if that were the case, it was the duty
of the bank to have insisted upon the defendant signing a pro-
per security before they advanced the money to thinks. lie
should call witnesses who would satisfy the jury that the defend-'
ant knew nothing whatever of the transact ion.
Mr. Maydewexamined.-1 live at Macclesfield; I am apart
tics in qe firm or Bullock and Maydew, and am son-in-law of
the defendant ; in' Fehroaiy, 1f 5, f ele to Mr. W. thinks
upowthe subject of a guarantee t+hiuh he was':•desi 00 to I ye.
to the Northern and Central Banking Cumpaoy. Hanks desired

The JUDGE briefly' addressed the jury. He said there being
no evidence of the prisoner's first wife being alive, the charge
could not be proved, and they must discharge the prisoner.—
Acquitted.

me to ask defendant if he would gitie security for him to the
amountof £400; I replied I was sure he would not; this was on
• the 9th of February; on the following.. day Hanks came to de-
fendant's house; defendant was froin Kbe,. no one was there
but my mother, myself, and flanki; Flanks desired me to kisit
for the guarantee; I replied I Weald not; he then desired ore
to ask my mother, who was then' in an atljeining•rootn, if she
would' sign it; he went out of the,room to her,and asked her the
question; no one was preient besideS him and his mother ; she
infused to give the guarantee, alleging that she would have no-
thin.. at all to do with it without the knowledge of her husband
(the'defendant ;) afterwards she followed me out of the parlour
iiiio the room were Hanks was, who then asked her,personally
for the guarantee; she at first hesitated to give it, but upon
flanks promising that it should be returned in a few days, and
that her husband should know nothing of it, witness drew up the
note, and she signed it; it was signed by her,for the defendant;
I never saw it again till this morning.
Wm. Hanks examined.—l was formerly a brewer-at-Sutton,
near Madclestield; on the 10th February I 'applied to the last
witness, Mr. Maydew, to get him to persuade his father-in-law,
Mr. Hammond, the defendant, to give security for me. for a short
time, at the bank of the Northern and Central Banking Com-
pany. To the best of my knowledge the last witness has given
a correct account of what transpired at the time I made the ap-
plication to. hilt: Referring to a previous conversation he had
with Mr. Maydw; he asked him, on the 10th February, at his,
Mr. MaYdew's mother's house, if he had inquired of Mr. Ham-
mond, the defendant, whether he would consent to give the se-
curity, to which Mr. MaydeW replied that he had not, because
he knew it was or no use, as. he was sure he, defendant, would
not give it.' I then replied, ask yoUr mother, she will do as well.
I did so, and she refused at first, but at length gave me her gua-•
rantee, signed on behalf of defendant, for £4OO. This my brother
took to the bank the next morning,. I have received the various
sums of money mentioned from the hank for this consideration.
Shortly afterwards I was manic a bankrupt. .
Cross-examined.—Had been in business between three and
"four years prior to his becoming kt bankrupt. The guarantee
was signed by defendant's wife. Did not know that it was not
a legal instrument, nor that the husband was not liable for any.
pecuniary transaction of his wife unlesi he was a party-to it, or
was first made acquainted with it. Had no intention to de-
fraud either the bank or the defendant. His object :Was to re,
pay the, money into the bank as soon as he could, and to return
defendant his guarantee. This closed the evidence.
Mr. WierurstAN replied. He said the jury must clearly see,
that the defendants had coma-lilted an indictable offence in
combining together far the Purpose of procuring, in a fraudu-
lent manner, a certain ' mina of money from the bank of the
plaintiff. The leaped ounseLarguad at ciauSiderable length
on the iinpidbabillity of the wife of the defendant ex-
eeeting for him a guarantee for a large sum of money without
his consent or cognizance. He left it entirely in the hands of
the jury, feeling satisfiedthey would at once 'find a verdict for
the plaintiff.
111 r. Baron Pe arcs briefly simmed up the evidence.,
.lie said
it was for the jury to say Whether the defendant's wife was an-
I horizdtl, at the time she signed the guarantee, to do so by de-
fendant himself,. and whether he (defendant) had sithsequently
recd kited such guarantee as a valid security to the plaintiff for
the £400: If they thought the guarantee yva, given with the
cognizance and consent of the defendant, he, of course, was lia-
ble for the payment of the' money, and the verdict must he
accordingly. If; however, they were of opinion that the defen-
dant was in no respect privy to the engagement made for him
by his wife, he could not be made chargeable for the amount,
and the jury must consequently find a verdict in his-favour.
The jury, after a shuit consultation, found a verdict for' the
defendant. • • .

ASSAULT.

GEE V. WOODWItiri

Mr. CRItiSSWELL and Mr. TositiNgort appeared • for the
plaintiff.
• M r. BRANDT appeared for the defendant.
Mr. CaEsswiiia., in opening the case, said that Mr.- Gee.had
been twenty years in the employment of Messrs. Duckworth
and Bilkin, of Manchester, as a elerk... He was married. early
• in life, and had had three daugjaters. llis first wife had died
about three years ago,; and he.'had, since married again.. The
defendant, Woodward, who- was a person of some property,
took -apartments-in the plaintiff's house. After that time plain-
tiff was, as usual, much, from twine on business, and. he was,
from circumstances, induced to suppose that hit. -Woodward
had rathei too much affection for his wife: His wife-was an ill-
tempered woman, but Mr. Gee little supposed that her ill-tern,
pets were caused by Mr. Woodward having drawn her affections
from him. But at last .he suspected it, and made one of his.
daughters, who was still unmarried, remain at hoMe whilst he
went from home, and it appears that both Mr. Woodward and
'Mrs.Gee considered this young woman was a spy upon them,
'and ill-used her. Their object was by this to drive her out of
the house.. At the last Liverpool assizes the plaintiff came to
Liverpool, and- his daughter accoinpanied trim, and on his
daughter returning home her step-mother and Mr. Woodward
both abused her and ill-used her in a very scandalous manner,-
so much so that she would not stop in the house without some
one as a protection, and she obtained the leave of a neighbour.
to allow one of her daughters, a young girl, to stop with her.
On Mr. Gee returning home this was communicated,.to him,
'and he was of course vary indignant at this treatment 'of his
daughter; it confirmed all he had heard of his wife's infidelity.
He went to his wife's room, and said he must have some expla-
nation of this treatment his daughter had received, upon which
the wife called out to the defendant, Woodward, who was
sleeping in an adjoining room, .• here is Gee wants an expla-
nation." The defendant answered, "I will give him an ex-
planation," and inouediately came out with a constable's staff,
and struck Mr. Gee a violent blow on the head. His daughter
cried out murder, ant ran oat iuto the street for some person
to corne:and assist. While this; was' going on Mrs. Gee held
her husband while Mr. WoodWatd continued to belabour him
till the plaintiff was reduced• to state 'of insensibility. • Mr.
WOodward having perfornied this notable exploit said he would
stay no longer in the house, and Mrs. Gee said she would go
too; and she packed up her clothes, and she and Woodward
Went off together. Mr. Gee was coufined to his bed by the
injuries he had received. Mrs. Gee then went add swore
Wore the magistrates that she was in tear of her life from
!ter husband, and he was, 'in consequence of her statements,,.
tr'onad over to keep the peace, and there was an end of it. Mr,
eg,,Aaxo 1 t o jißciait ANOTT:t kree,.Tfr S, after, „V..tf!::
, sequence of the injuries he received, and he would be prevented
for the rest of his life from performing sonic of his duties in
consequence. The defendant had pleaded that he did not com-
mence the assault. The evidence would show that the assault
was clearly committed. would be for the jury to say what
compensation should he paid for so unjustifiable an injury.- '
• lie called Mary Ann Gee, who deposed to being the ;laugh-.
ter of the plaintiff. Her father was traveller for Messrs. Duck-
Worth and Bilken, spirit merchants, of Manchester, and: resided
at 21, Chatham-street. M'r. Woodward' was a lodger in het
father's house, and continued to lodge- Oleic till Angust last.
tier father came to the lust Liverpool assizes, and she accom-
panied him. The witness then deposed to the ill treatment she
received, and to tier father corning home and being told of it,.
and on her father asking for an explanatiou to Woodward,
saying he would give hint an explanation, and beating him with
a constable's staff; Her• mother thld hint to lay on, anti de-
fendant answered that he would give him plenty before he had
done. She thought ber father would have died in consequence
of the usage he rcc,,id. lie was obliged to keep his house for
16 days in consequence.
Cross-examined.--Her mother was between 50 and 60 years
of an.c. Mr. Woodward got his living try collecting rents for
anybody. Mr. Woodward was about 40. There .was never
any tenderness between her anddefendant. She never gave
him a, silk waistcoat., Her father was sober when he _came
home.

Mary Ann Davis, a child 13 years old,' was next examined'
and corroborated the• last witness as to the assault. My
Woodward's bed had not been slept iu that night. Mrs.
Gee got out of bed and helped to hold Mr. Gee, and to drag- 4)6n
into Mr. Vv'oodward's room, where he was beaten. Mrs. Got!
cried out, " Get a weapon," and Mr. Woodward got the
,staff.
Mr. Gee had a rule in his hand at that time.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EATE.PAYERSO
WEST DERBY.

EMIGRANTS FROM TiltS FOnr.—Nuinber of Etnikrauts gong
from Liverpool during the following peri6ds, viz :-
1833

1834
1835

Total
la 6 to 31st March

Total .'.. .
There are at the present tithe tie . less than 1561 emigrants dei
tamed by contrary winds, besides hundreds of others waiting
for ships. Many of the abOve 'have e! . been detained since th •
9th instant; and what is exceedingly wit...min:de, sortie of the
agents have contrived to draw up their ticket 4 so ingehlithslY. •
that these poor persons are unable 'to 'rerover the fine of one
shilling per day as awarded them by the passent.-teri.' act. Those
o aboard the I'hmebe, 326 in number, are in A diStressed slate/.
short of provisions, and their motley nearly all 6xpended. lid.
redress can be obtained for them • frinn the new stipendiary,
magistrate, and it is high 'Cale that their situation and. the; ...
defects in the act of parliatneut shrink' receive the attention,o( -
the Colonial Secretary.
~
•. ,
4 •
Mn. HOLDEN'S CONCERT.—Mr 4 Holden's concert, of Sacred
music,.'.at the Theatre•roval, on Tuesday evening, was numer.;' '
,Misty and respectably attended.. 'f he vocal and instrothentat•
performers acquitted themselves with considerable credit. The
music was judiciously selected from the works of the most cele-
brated composers. "Several of the parts were deservedly ett'.;
cored. We had prepared a lengthened notice' of it. but -reid'
compelled to omit it through a press of assizeinteiligepi.:e: • • '
VALUE OF A LOVEII IN AMERICA...m-411 •011 ii) a ,jury 'hivi.
lately given the enttrio.,us sum„,nf ,flfteel; thousand dollars td
Miss M'Coy, as. a remuneration : fUr' the , loss of .a lover. • In
.Massachussettsi.ltOweer, Iha price, is net. an high; probably be=.
cause the rnarket.iis.. better :siapplktA.• The Boston Court of
Common Pleas.: in ha ease:of.Alargaret Dintaime e. A. A.
Faster, decideethatthefaithlesti swain _was, crorth only 50 dol.:
tars. The ; discousOlatu,.damse.l,, not being satisfied with this;
appealed to the Supreine.Cottrt, ,Wliti alloWed her '250 dollars.
THE CIRCASSIANS AND THE RUSSIANS.—ToWartiS the end of ..
the month of November, a Russian •tiotilla, consisting of ond,
ship of the line. .m. frigate, iind'a.tutttr; apre:ired in Fight of the
coast of Cireassia, entered the pouts of Si•ja;: ;and Galenjeiek;
anctendeavonrockd effect a'deseetyt. ',The , eireasithitni speedily
assembled to oppose the. disentbarkutiOn, trot the north4vesi
-Wind' ObligM the -fialilla to ref-wain' at beaf 'During tale night thd
ship of the line .got on shore, and the-frigate And cutter sent
•thetr small boats to gel her off. The - wind became, liatrever,'
too strong, anti rhasinatler vessek Were obliged to stand out to'
Sea,' learing.the 101143'40We-line. of:fifth+ the CircaStlianA, now
in:.strong force; •tdoit posseSsioif,T.ittliti set oil tire. The crew
_were•seht priaob#rirsiata die interioriiitihe country. The frigate
and•cutter returned. but not perceiving any trace of the ship'
they withdrew. Ininiediotely afterwards a corvette under Ea'
-gliih colours, appeared off the coast, and haring crone to an:.
chor, the captain declared that he hail, Applies' on board; 1”.11,
conseqUently received authority tiiityltroaeti.- These r11,..1.7...,,
Consisted of guns with-their trainititins, powder, B.fe: I,"`.' cr'w.
having disembarked, were immediately made prisoners by the
Cireassians, who discoveteiliht: the; tit'ett'''iled .Erglish 'were
Russian spies. Ailinogst 4,bein,was .ati
nigh rank. .: -'. -, ~! - - (At:et of engipects .e
. ...
. , • • . - , , talite of the French cola-.
FauNcticeot...o.lleS.-4...statislica
at 114.260 individuals ,
•-n•it's rates.tl4 il(?Pui01" " Ithutu.eideloti e 2' ' ' 1
at 1 4.b i 9 ot all,
sexes of whim...are ilaves; that t
re
slaves;
sexes. and dgeti, 99,039 of whoal a. '
theal::l,Tiln:
Indians;
es
whom.ftl3heo ,11:
pri oil !ilea
end
In:d0r:
u 1,171.
hts
.1
rai.::e:::,. ritidhlnrt 1
i'
(1.11 i li)(-1,,,u;r16:wacjte;10.1v5._lefahr.
occupied
(e2n.t't)P,ll9:il':sipluiitiliciu:ietaelf:itirdietileit)e;s:)"a:4:tutilbuis(4:ol:,
1!i:1ulI:(:3:1
in2b‘11:51.13.161:::;v1:t:ilits:::el ji
r' '.
f:ii:edl,ll,f.4'::::o'.s)Ptir tBe:ui
11 j'alluanifl,i.;:tirotnil'lll4:l:ls,ll:loaatf:olee. theng
a:. islandist
sut''
f•
t.) if
. 1:9; EPuierrruPee. aann:•
..
habieam:rirti.i.4 • •Ai ig aei„„. The. mil Ito ty force, consistlitltig,goonisii:.flaithitersy; acrotlitlinleireys,:.
and gglid
is .2,053 Men at: Martinique; 2,0 a) at baado,,,pe; 571 at.
and only Woe in . lii,lia: The' last
ist Indies: i!escribe the amount of tha
-,,. • :-.'• will i the late. Illilie,:s)dulglelitte°bet;l.a::::i.Sttlileueue7a\4l4a:el2.4, W 2,717 francs; that of. Guadeloupo,
CHARLES MATIMWS THE COMM:MAN.-1 ne wot co - • at ..2,(131.e.41 r.:„ • . ..
Charles Mathews was proved on Friday, and probate' takenit)frte-.
I,Bamitrraillivutt..cs* al4 that of the island of Bourbon at
. fpr.stke y.nar 1835.. The English . East-. India
der £3.000. lie has :eft all he possessed to his wife Phil.
'Vuou'birxx-fi)v - I'd. Ys t.ll‘ P,nce, for the cession of • certain . riehts,,,
on condition that she supports her son ; but in ease se
and the other a to ~. , , . rant.; Per,itnnum (f,40,000 sterling). dirt .of ibis
again, half the property to her absolutely,
ith(,:tt,igihrtishli;ent;rap...,,,,,c,„ .
~.I•Arpal,licti• 5.1..
wP tore,
m - Si...httigar
Charles. The widow reuntweed, arid Charles proved the will. ', .iiitad Fketich Guiiiria,,,,r. tiiieive, b.s)-0.0 imam; itictieg,,,i 230.000.
ie its
d;.P”( ar , mous; tout. floaily, 00, • tines are,
nick Browne, who is about to be ratse. t
NEW IRISH PEREAGE.—The tiflo of
4,..., Y, ".' .; tavig'ation t. f L-PritnCe With her Moronity-em piqo one-filth pact of In be, it is understood, Lord Castle Garrett.
iA v. •anc.- '••Il 44'e. tun Vrtince - forithe home t;evirice: of the eolonice, Thor,
tue untnoer oo boaa Chet vesSels traic.e t:i toteign countriii; occur in the represent:thou of the county 11' ayo :I'm!
.eiess. •ii. .., ,
lion of 111 r. Browne.
• the ratio of teen: e-Isetween tile.t., twn hrunehes- to:. as 4.7 tir 8V...;
144,16 GRE,,,•__This ylotileman -has tornially''.witlidrawn ' kis rehe7itn,portatious frrim the Fieuth Cotouief,, ai.r.ountett .41:41:0;
name as ft member of 13rootcs's Clot), as he sonar not endure' 'to 61,38 fi•aucsi and die fitted.% thither. Iron, •Tratios‘ to' -
being /associated with some of the persons whO have teen ad- 14.3:114,95{7 francs ,• but iris to be observed that the last. carat-isi
milted into that mace respectable society. Should IhiSexample tilt the.. amount tit the seat V4ifitsofthe prodnee exported' to thek
he followed bt it, few alter noidemen and gentlemen, n en, tyie ex_ colonies, in cosequence 4 its, treing.the Rer.erS(pia'etitt'utir,
memher will be Forced upon the. pulsion of the o'ujcetionable,such occasions to deCtarythc freiflar at a tweet sate ttian I( ttt,
managers. city' ia'

Mr. Holt, surgeon, of Salford, deposed to being called in on
Saturday, the 2(1 of August last, at midnight, to the plaintiff, by
his dauAter. There were several persons outside the door at
the time. He found Mr. Gee bleeding profusely from a wound
in his forehead, which had divided two small arteries.* It ap-
,peared to be the blow of a bludgeon. He was also bruised on
the temples and cm Ate back of his head. They-were severe
wounds, but not dangerous. He had been prevented attending
to his business a fart night in consequence.
William Watsou deposed to livingthree,doors from Mr. Gee's
house, and hearing a cry of murder un the night in question. He
found Mr. Gee covered with blend, and found Mr. Woodward
beating Mr. Gee. He dragged Mr. Woodward from him.
Cross-examined.-JHe did anything for a living, and lived at
home. He knew the New Bailey very well; he had been once
there all night for milling a chap.
W. Walmsley, a wheelwright, deposed to having examined the
door of Mr. W's. room, and found it not broken open, and that it
had not been injured. He went alortnight after, at Mr. Gee's
request, to call on Woodward for some silver spoons which hq
had taken out of the house, and Woodward said he would deliver
them up as soon as Mrs. Gee's clothes were delivered up..
Woodward then asked if plaintiff was drunk yet in. bed; he re-
.plied that he (defendant) had given him as much as would keep
him sober for the next seven years. Mrs. Gee was present, and
said, "Come in, he is a spy;" and. pulled him into the house.
He (witness) then left. , •''
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Bita.N.o.r then addressed the jury. He had .been taken
by surpi by the mode in which his learned friend had opened
the case—a mode calculated to prejudice, their, minds. It was.
not, for him to show that a criminal intercourse did not
exist between . the defendant and. plaintiff's , wife; that was
not the point
.at_ issue. It had been' brought forward to
prejudice their minds. The simple fact • was, ' to• inquire'
'whether the assault was committed, and under what circum-
stances, and then, what damage- was -suffered- by that assault'.
He contended that' the evidence of -the witnesses for the plain-
tiff. was unworthy of credit; that the daughter had by her own
account had a' quarrel with her stepmother; and 'that Jt, was
evident the child had been tittered. One of the witnesses was
also " ready to do any thing." 'He called.
Mrs. Pritchard, of Salford, who deposed to entering the house'
on the night in qaestioo, And seeing Mr. nee with'a large ruler
in his hand. He was pushing Mr. Wood ward' up and down the'
lobby, saying he would have him out. Mr. flee was bleeding
at th'e time
Mr. Certswetr. replied.' He trusted that the jury would
return n fitting compensation fur so brutal an assault. •
The Jt. PG E. in stntningup, said there could be no doubt bUt
that the assault had been committed under very aggravating.
•circunistances, and that the plaintiff had received Avery severe
injury. They must consider what won'd be a'fair ;compensation'
for the damage the plaintiff had received, if they were satisfied
the assault bad been committed. •

The jury Wished to retire. The foreman inquired at to the
property of the defendant. The Judge replied that in cases of
assault it was not usual to give that statement. -
The jury returned after about Went', minutes,. and gave a
verdict—damages £400._

',The announcement of this verdict created quite a sensation
in court.

GASKELL AND ANOTHER V. TETLONN.

The defendant in this case consented to a verdict of 1:274
18a.. suhject to a reduction between themselves.
The court then at four o'clock adjourued till half•past .eleven,
o'clock next day, after divine service.

On Time&y wintning Nat the generel inueal meeting of the'
ratespnyeri of the township of %Vest Derby .was - held et rho •
public-olliceeLowe-hill; :a half-past nine e'clock, tor the purpose
Of passing the accounts, nominatuag the overteers fOiettie ettett-
ine year, and trans: eating the general busitiesis of the other.
There was else a fureker notice convening the meeting for the
purpose of tiominatittirveyora of the highways or the ensuing
yeet, for estamininge e:accoanta of the present surveyors, and
also for carrying intti ,iffect an. act of narliament, entitled.." au
act to amend the laws relating to highways." Mr. Falkeer wits
unanimously called tttiOn to take the chair. The chairman, in
opening the business df the. meeting, said that in consequence of
the act of parliament relating to highway s coining into operation,
they Would that day have.taAtre to do than was customary. •He .
should suggest that thislite4er should be disposed of first.
There were three modes of illtpointing the surveyors under the
act just come into operation.'!'.-The first was, that they should fix
upon one or two eesprinsiblePeesons in the township Who should
serge the office of surveyors for twelve Months, being a compul'-
sort' arid honorary office. •, The second was, that they should fix
on a competent personewhriunderstood the business, and recotne
mend Into to be appointed by' the magistrates, et a salary, no-
mutating the salary at that meeting. In both these cares the
chief managementof the roads would be vested in the magistrates .
at Betty sessions. There-was a third mode by which the matter
might be managed, which was, that that meeting sheuld appoint '
a committee, of not fewer than five or not exceeding twenty in -
number, which should be termed the surveyors of highways fur
the next year. They would have to make up the accounts, and
act in the same way as the 'surveyor. This board would have
exactly the same powers, appointed by their cute, as the sur-
veyor would have, as appointed by the magistrates. —Mr. God-
frey Barnsley expressed his surprise that any reforming govern-
ment should vest the management of the highways in the hands •
-of the magistrates of any particular district. (Mr. Barnsley was
met by considerable interruption, add questioned as to his being •
a rate-pager, which was at length decided in his favour, and he,
was allowed to proceed.) He should pro; ose three individuals
of independente, who had been in the habit of superintending
the work With a ttict and diligence very much to their credit. If
the other mode were &lowed, certain districts of the township
might be pet in repair et the expense of Others; taie s.systent- of •
patronage could be harieunderthe ticif firstenoileS pointed out to
them; which he should be very sorry to see carried into effect. ,
(great Confusion here ensued from sonta person 4uestioning
whether Mr. Barnsley were a rate-payer.,..-4. not:). Mr.-Barnsley
concluded With entei ang, leis protest.agaiest a-Petteenoties reitit-
.et' Wilnif the chairman, brit declined,Making any motion.—Mr.
Robert Wilson mover thata board' be'eseablished which was
seconded by Mr. Revile—Mr. R. NNT
Woodmoved as an :
amendment, that Mr. Robert Wilsen, Mr. Thomai Harrison,
and --Mr. Bradshaw be appointed surveyors for the ensuing •
Year, whieh was seconded by Mr.Preek Rocliff.—Mr. Lawrence
Ileyworth-theug,ht it was better to appoint a board themselves
than to delegate their authority to the' magistrates.—After a
lengthened and nuisy diseirssion, in which Mr. Holt, 1%,r. Cros;
• by, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Willett, and Mr. Thonias-Harrikin took
part, Mr. Willan and Mr. Harrison contending that they hail
reduced the debt on the reads, and materially unproved theni
the amendment was pot by the chainnam and about Polity hands •
held up for it ; on the motion being put, more their double that •
number were held imp.—The Chairman then declared the teiettrot
carried.—l'his decision was disputed, and there were !odd Cries
of divide, the act requiring two. thirds to-be in resew of the mo;
lion to carry it ; there were also loud tries of adjoitru, there
being numbers outside the ;teem who (amid not. get in:—Thei
chairman, however, with admirable tirinnese, persisted, and
would not alter hii tlecieion, and there was great confusion in
consequence for along time.--Mr. James Heiner proposed that
twenty should be the' itninber of the beard, and proceeded t,i
read the names:-111f. Barnsley objected tit their being read in
that way, and the coriftision was again 'renewed, amidst loud
cries of 'tOrder,'" '' Chair," "AiljOurn.,"&te Vie'lncitiort fnF
the board to consist of tWeirty .was then seconded by Mi. Barns-
ley, and canted be a great Inaftieitee—'.air. 'Heiner then read
over a list of twenty narhe§.. e liich:was'iiineled to the chirrian,.
and each name proposed seratenti eind pat to the meelitig.—The
following gentlemen were then finally, after much discussion;
nominated-on the board :—Messrs.. L. HeYWorth, T. C. Moly-
neux, John Wotratl. 'William Akritrstanley, Thoi. Rowlandson
Robinson, John Smith, Robert. Wilsois, Thomas Orrit, Thorned
Harrison, John Pendleton. John Bradshaw. Thotnas Clare,
Richard Sanders, Thomas Lengsddlee Samuel earth, Witliane
Kershaw, W. E. Ilall, Godfrey, Barnsley, Jelin Wright, and
Peter [dimmer. - The- report of.the overseers for the past year '
was then read, and concluded with stating that a rate of 9d. is
the pound would be amply snfficient for the eXpensei of the eta,
suing year.- The accounts of ihe township were then read over;
from which-it appeared that there was a balance of £49 155., in
the hands of the-overseers. After a -lengthened discussion mitt
one or two a-the items, which were explained; Mr. 4tifith moved
, that the accounts be passed,- which was Seetinded, and carried
unanimously. The report was also passed, after it lengthened
discussion, in which it was decided to expunge siime passage*
'reflecting on Mr. Penuell, relative to conduct whieti he in part:
explained, and in part apologised Ter, tOthe ii:iti.,:lVictien of the
tneeting.—Mr. Francis Grundy 'then moved that Mie' Homer,
and Mr. John Wilson Carter be else overseers forethe ensuing
year, which was seconded by Mr: Revile—Mr, Iles- Worth moved'
as an amendment 'that Mr.- R. W'. Wood and .Mr.-Cartet be the
overseers for the ensaingeyearevrhichavas seconded tit Mi.: flail:
A second ameetiment wee
then rneved, that Mr. Wrier.' itildMr:
Homer he the- overseees.On 'the several names being Put to
the meetine: Messrs. Wood and Carter were elected by adarge
majority.—fir. Cleineotsiin then moved that Air. Dollin b'e ap-
pointed as assistant•-overseer, with the same salary and dutieti
as last year, which was seconded'. and, after much discussion. .-
earried.—.Mr. Samuel Sands Cleineteson and Mr. Theme 4
Augustus Diilon were then a pnointed",assessure eee the ensuing
year, at a salary of ten gniueas each,—M r. William Fell wars.
unanimously appointed surgdim to the work hettse, at a salary of
£l5 Iss. per annul.—Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were reappointed as
governor and governess of the workhouse her the ensuing year.,
at a salary of:l4Lfor them bone—Mr. Jesse Witiward eel re-
i;appointed assistant town clerk for the ensuing year, at a salary..
ot. 1.30 pea; enutint, and that in additin t 4 his former duties he
shall weekly joist the rate-book from the Celleetor'e cash book:
-at the wor.lonouse.--Mr. Pelmet! was contitmed in his, ,office o'f,
collectors** Aresiiiiieetwaygracer, at the stailasLia.hesiese-ellite.-Reeldl4-sees-- - - .
'then proposed Oen Mr. peter Lythegoe be reappoiated assiatant-
overseer andecoestable. at the e me selary„as the Nit-Year, which
was seconded bilklr. Grulmdv and carried.—The following per-
sons were then appointed deput%-coustatsles t—Jeltu Welker;
for Broad Green and Knotty Ash;" William Callani, Er Derby.
'Chapel; John Vptoti, for the Dog and Gun; and -John Red
fern, for the Cattle Mai ket, at a salary of five guineas per annum:,
Mr. Dolliti was voted six guineas for having filled the office of
constable a month in addition to his whet. notice—The titaUki
of the meeting were moved to the Rev. Hugh M.Neile, the Reit.
Frederick Barker, "and the Rev. ThiArarts Gardner, fur their
gratuitous attention to the poor in the werkhonse,-.—The thanks
of the meeting were given to M. Thomas Brassey and Mr.,
Thomas Clare, the overseers for the past year, fur their unre'
witting attention to the township The thanks of the meeting
Were moved to the governor and govvritesti of the workhouse',
for their attention and kindness to- the poor.—The acconutS of
the surveyors for the past year were then read, and agmeed to ai
correct; after which the thanks of the ineetitne were voted to the
chairman, and the meeting separated at a quarter-past twd
o'clock. - . ~_