The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

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Liverpool

ENGROSSING CLERK.
AATANTED, in the Office of a Solicitor of the first re-
. V V spectability, an ENGROSSING CLERK, who writes
a good hand, and can abstract with facility. The most un-
exceptionable references will be required.--Address C. C.,
at the Standard-office.

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ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCHSERMON,
PITT-STREET.'
fiN SUNDAY EVENING nest, the 23d instaat, a
kJ SERMON will be Preached, God willing, in the above
Church, by the Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST W. NOEL, A.M.;
Minister of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, London. A Col-
lection will be made after the Sermon in aid of the funds of
the Church Pastoral Aid Society. Service to begin at Half-
past Six.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Partnership
11 heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned
WILLIAM SEABROOK CHALLCLEY and SHAD-.
RAUL ROBERTS, carrying on business as Bread and
Biscuit Bakers and Grocers, in Vine-street, Liverpool, in the
county of Lancaster, was this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. W. S. CHALLCLEY.
19th August, 1840. S. ROBERTS.

All debts due to and owing by the concern of " Challeley
and Roberts," will be received and paid by Mr. elm!Hey,
35, Vine-street, who will in future carry on the business of
Bread and Biscuit Baker on the same Premises.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY.
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-
-11 YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Company,
will be held, in pursuance of the Act of Incorporation, at the
MERCHANT'S HALL, in Bristol, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d of
September, at Half-past Twelve o'clock. The Chair will be
taken at One o'clock precisely.

FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman.
The Transfer-Books will be closed on SATURDAY, the22d
of August, and not be reopened until after the said General
Meeting on the 2d of September.
By Clause 137 of the Act of Parliament, no Proprietor
whose Shares are in Arrear, is allowed to Vote at any Meeting
of the Proprietors. J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.
Railway Office, 30, Broad-street, Bristol,
August 12, 1840.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY
COM PANY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS.
THE DIRECTORS of this Railway will be prepared, on
and after the Ist day of Aupst next, to take up
LOANS of MONEY, on Mortgage of the tells arising there-
from, in sums of not less than £l,OOO, and to remain for
Three or Five Years as may be agreed upon, for which,
Interest, at 5 percent., will be paid half-yearly.
Tenders, stating the amount, to be addressed to Mr. J.
JAMES, the Treasurer, at the COmpany's Office, 24, FenWick-
street.- WM. DIXON, Chairman of the Board.
Liverpool, July 13,1840.

ELIGIBLE BUILDING LAND, situated between
Childwall Church and Gateacre, to be SOLD, in Lots.
Apply to Messrs. EDEN and STANISTREET, Royal Bank
Buildings, Dale-street.

TO be LET, for the Summer Months, a completely FUR-
NISHED RESIDENCE, situate at Woolton-hill, with
good Stables, &c ; well-stocked Garden and Green-house.
The situation is exceedingly healthy, commanding most
beautiful views in every direction ; and the Liverpool Om-
nibuses pass below the Garden about twelve times a day. _
For further particulars apply to Messrs: SAMUEL and
JAMES HOLME, Seel-street, or to Mr. GORE, Builder,
Woolton.

COLLIERY.
•
MO be LET, that well-known COAL FIELD, in the
-Lands of Sir George B. Prescott; Bart., in the township
of Ewloe, parish of Hawarden, county of Flint, called or
known by the names of Mount Pleasant Farm, Dingles, and
Wood.; Hollins' Farm, Old Hall Farm, Wood-lane Farm,
&c. ;. containing 120 Acres., or thereabouts. with a Tram
Railway from the Pit's Mouth to one on the Aston Estate,
which terminates at the Aston Wharf, on the River Dee.
This Coal has been proven, and worked in part by Messrs.
Leach and Co., and by Messrs. Smalley, but which is now
oat of lease. There is an Engine and Bye-plt down to that
very superior Coal that lies below the Main Coal.
Per further particulars apply to Capt. COLE, ASton Hall,
ar Hawarden. .
-.B.—There are good roads for carriage to Liverpool and
ster, independent of water conveyance to those places ;
when the railway to Holyhead is completed, further
Lities for conveyance will be obtained.

PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
OF FRANCE.

(From the Standard of Wedneedag.)
CALMS, Aug. 18.—The King, Madame Adelaide, their
Royal Highuesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the
Princess Clementine, the Dukes of Aumale and of Montpen-
sier, accompanied by the Minister of War, of the Marine,
and of the Interior, embarked at Eti, the 16th instant,-at 12
o'clock at night, their intention being to touch at Boulogne,
which her Majesty, the Queen, was to reach by land.
The weather having been very stormy, the Veloce, after
trying to enter the harbour of their destination, was obliged
to make for Calais. At two o'clock of the afternoon of 'the
17th, the royal steamer was in sight of the latter port, and
guns were fired to announce the arrival and to signal a pilot.
At half-past two the vessel was threading the channel, when
the violence of wind and waves bore her away on the works
of the new jetty, where she grounded in a situation of immi-
nent peril, after experiencing some damage in her hull.
As soon as it was possible to effect a debarkation, the King
ordered all on board to be landed, and determined to remain
the last on deck.

The inhabitants of the place, who thronged to the shore,
received the august travellers with an enthusiasm of devotion
proportioned to the imminence of the danger, and the in-
tense anxiety which they had experienced on beholding it.
The King declined entering his carriage, and traversed on
foot, and without escort, the assembled crowd, amidst the
most cordial acclamations.

At half-past three his Majesty, the Princes, and the Mi-
nisters passed the review of the National Guards, and of
the troops, and testified the pleasure he experienced at the
loyal manifestationi of the National Guard.
At five, the Queen was seen coming by land from liloulogne,
in the anxious hope of beholding her family, whicn was
known to be exposed to the dangers of the stormy elements.
Her interview with her family amidst thousands of specta-
tors was affecting in the extreme. An hour later the town
parted with its august guests, who left for Boulogne.

(From the Second Edition of the Standard.)
We had scarcely gone to press before we received the fol-
lowing letter from our Boulogne correspondent, which we
hasten to lay before our readers :
" BOuLOGNt, TUUSDAY NIGHT.—The city was alarmed
this morning by the sound of the rereiW, beaten to collect
the National Guard, so early as five o'clock. All unquiet
feeling was, however, soon dissipated by the information that
the military muster was intended merely to greet the arrival
of the King and Queen of the French, who were on their way
from Dieppe, the one by sea, the other by land. The parti-
culars of the King's unpropitious voyage are given in an ex-
cellent local journal, the Boulogne Gazette, to which I refer
you for all that transpired at Boulogne up to the hour of its
publication. I have to add, that his Majesty arrived at
about half-past eight p.m. He was received a few hundred
yards beyond the Calais gate by the Sub-Prefect, and about 70
national guards. The royal cortege; which consisted of seven
carriages, was welcomed by a great crowd (respect being had
to the bad weather) with considerable enthusiasm. .'heir
Majesties proceeded, on their arrival, to the theatre, where
they remained ebout.an hour; they were there received with
unabated warmth. I have heard that the Veloce shipped a
sea off Grisney, which disabled one of her paddles, and ren-
dered it necessary for the frigate in attendance to tow her
into Calais. The King suffered much from sea sickness, the
traces of which were still evident when he arrived here. An
incident of some interest occurred, upon the truth of which
you may rely: Mr. Romeo Coates, once so well known in
the fashionable world of London, occupied a handsome suite
of apartments at the Hotel du Nord ; these apartments he
politely surrendered to the use of the Royal Family. As the
King ascended the stairs of the hotel, he honoured Mr. Coates
with a bow and a smile of recognition, which the latter an-
swered by shouting " Vice le Roi ! Vivant la France et
l'Angleterre Soit entre elle* le paia• par for fours I" The
King hastily seized the opportunity, and replied to Mr.
Coates in English, somewhat better than that gentleman's
French—" Yes, eternal prosperity to England and to France
—eternal peace between them ; and I promise you that while
I live you shall have peace."

(From the Boulogne Gazette of Monday.)
HIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE'S VISIT TO BOULOGNE.
This morning, at half-past five, we were roused from our
slumberi by the rappel. Why, we exclaimed, Prince Louis
is not landing again ! We were soon in the streets, and, in
answer to our inquiries, found that the present bustle was a
joyful one,--not to summon to arms to repulse a pretender,
but to hail the arrival of that monarch for whom life had
been perilled, and who, so soon as important affairs would
allow him a command over his actions, had hastened to re-
turn thanks to the loyal people who had turned out in his
defence, and personally to reward all who had acted cou-
rageously in the moment of trial. On inquiry we learnt that
his Majesty had started from En last night at 11 o'clock, in
his yacht La Reine Amelie, accompanied by the Veloce and
Courrier steamers, and was now lying in the roadstead till
the tide would permit the yacht to enter the harbour, which
would not be before past 12. We 'hastened to the port to
be satisfied of the truth, and here unfortunately witnessed a sight that thrilled all assembled with horror. The two ves-
sels were lying a mile and a half from shore. A. boat was
seen to leave the steamer, and another to follow it from the
yacht; the word ran round, " The. King is coming! " but
p;•eaasrerdol;lianlgl in.wa s
anxiety;
ety boat;i
tr rose
rose
the joy was a little damped from the risk he ran in the heavy
andsea thatdis a
sea, when a cross ptoonthtehe topbi fw as wave struck it and overit went ! The sen-
sations of all may be imagined. The other boat instantly
rowed to the spot, they were seen to pick up four individuals.
We breathed free again, hoping that all were saved ; it was,
however, clear, after a time, they were searching for some
one that was lost; after a few minutes they continued their
course to land. We are happy to say that his Majesty was
not in either of the boats, but regret to add that this joyful
day was clouded by the death of the cockswain 'in the pilot
boat, who, it was supposed, was borne away by the rapid
current that sweeps over the bar. Capt. Pollet had boarded
the steamer; we soon'/earnt there would be no attempt to
laud before the flood tide enabled the vessels to enter the
harbour. During the morning the rain poured in torrents,
the wind blew a strong gale, and the vessels icere obliged to
put to sea. Crowds were on the port in anxious expectation;
but their curiosity was not gratified. The king landed at
Calais. Her majesty had arrived at eight a. m., expecting to
find the king; she drove to the establishment and remained
there till nearly two in expectation of his landing. The
Courier and the Reine Amelie entered the harbour at one
o'clock. The king was in the Veloce steamer ; he had not
entered the town from Calais at six o'clock.

THE LANDSLIP NEAR AXMOUTH.--A few days age, we,
for the second' time, visited this highly interesting phenome-
non ; and the more we examine its mighty and varied parts,
involving in their ample range the total ruin of about 500
acres of land and cliffs, the more are we struck with the
extent of the dilapidation, the wild magnificence of the spec-
tacle, and. the mysterious cause that has produced effects at
once so vast, complete, and sublime. The great chasm of
the slip, extending from the sea cliffs at the %rest- extremity
of this singularly interestin,g scene, inland, northward, for
nearly three-quarters of a mile, and then SWeeping eastward,
in the form of a crescent; is more than a mile in length, by
five hundred yards wide ; and this large portion of the sur-
face having sunk, throughout the whole of its course, full
two hundred feet, leaving naked perpendicular rocks, of the
ehalklormation, on either side : on the bottom of this yawn-
ing recess stands a succession of dissimilar pyramids of stra-
tified rock, crowned with their scanty depth of mould and
caps of green undisturbed. What is still more remarkable,
a considerable part of an adjoining wheat field, after falling
to so great a depth, remains in the deep' repose of its abase-
ment, with its crust unbroken, and now bearing a luxuriant
crop fast ripening into maturity ; and is to be reaped on the
25th inst. by.all visitors who may desire to join in the ope-
ration ; and it is to be sold in handfuls on the ground.—
Local paper.

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LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY

The assizes for the southern division of the county pala-
tine of Lancaster commenced in this town on Tuesday,
before the Honourable Mr. Justice Coltman, and the
Honourable Mr. Baron Rolfe, one of the Barons of the

Exchequer. Their lordships, whohad arrived from Lancaster

in the afternoon of the preCeding day, attended divine service
on Tuesday forenoon, in St. George's Church, where an:,p-

propriate sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Pedder, of
Churchtown, near Garstanv chaplain to the High Sheriff,

„ .
Thos. Fitzherbert Brockholes, Esq., of Claughtoti-hall.
About twelve o'clock, Mr. Justice COLTMAN took his seat

in the crown court ; and the court having been opened with
the customary forms, the following gentlemen were formed
Grand Jury
The Hon. R. BOOTLE WILBAMIAM, M.P., Blythe-hall,
Foreman.

Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., Claremont.
Peter Ainsworth, Esq., M.P., Smith Hill's-hall.
John Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P., Hale.
Hugh Hornby Birley, Esq., Swinton-house.
John Bourne, Esq., Halliwell-hall.
Henry Critchley, Esq., The Hayes.
Robert Garnett, Esq., Oak-hill.
William Gale, Esq., Lightbourne-house.
Alexander Halliburton, Esq., Wigan.
Robert Joetas Jackson Norreys, Esq., Davyhulme.
Robert Henry Norreys, Esq., Davyhulme.
Charles Orrell, Esq., Black-brook.
Shakspeare Phillips, Esq., Barlow-hall.
Jose* Ridgway, Esq., Ridgmount.
William Rathbone, Esq., Green-bank.
William Gillibrand Unsworth, Esq., Maghull.
George William Wood, Esq., M.P., Singleton lodge.
Francis Haywood, Esq., Liverpool.
Richard Walker, Esq., M.P., Woodhill.
Jos. C. Ewart, Esq., Liverpool.
Samuel Sandbach, Esq., Woodlands.
Sir George Drinkwater, Rnt., Liverpool.
The Queen's proclamation against vice, profaneness, and
immorality, having been read by the clerk of the crown, the
learned Judge proceeded to deliver the charge to the Grand
Jury. He spoke as follows : " Gentlemen of the Grand In-
quest,—The calendar presents to us a very long list indeed of
cases in which human life has been sacrificed. There are, I
believe, no less than fourteen cases in which the parties have
been killed. It appears, undoubtedly, from the depositions,
that the cases in general are not cases of excessive malignity ;
but a great many of them are cases which may probably, in
the result, be properly classed under the head of manslaughter
only. In some of them the coroner's jury have found verdicts

for murder, and in others for manslaughter only : however,
what they have done will be no guide for your discretion ; you
will, of course, exercise your own judgment upon them. Un-
doubtedly, the distinction and difference between murder and
manslaughter are, in many cases, very nice. It is matter of
considerable difficulty sometimes to say, whether an offence
ought to be classed under the head of murder, or be considered
only as a case of manslaughter. In order to constitute the
crime of murder, it is not necessary that the party should
have the intention of destroying life. If he intended to do a
very serious mischief,—such as waylaying a person with an
intent to beat him severely, and he carried the matter further
than his original intention, and destroyed life, the circum-
stances of the case may be indicative of a vicious and mali-
cious state of mind, and he ought to be convicted of murder.
These matters will undoubtedly require minute investigation ;
but, as far as I am aware, there does not appear any case in
which the parties who have inflicted the wounds have had a
previously concocted design of murder. But, if there are
circumstances of cruelty which show a malignant disposition
of mind, in that case the party will be liable to be found guilty
of murder, although his original intention was not to com-
mit that offence. Upon these cases, however, you will exer-
cise your own discretion and judgment, and if you find there
are in any case such marks of a cruel and wicked disposition,
that you think the party should be put upon his trial for sour-
der, you will find a bill for that great offence, if not, if a bill
is found at all, you will find it for the lesser offence. There
is, also, a case of a young woman who is charged with the mur-
der of her child. If there are grounds for finding the bill for
that offence, and it should afterwards turn out, there is some
doubt whether that charge is made out, a separate indictment
may be prepared and the party shall be convicted of conceal-
ment, as a substantive offence. There are in the calendar,
also, a number of cases of an offence which unfortunately
has become prevalent in England, that of stabbing. In some
of those cases you will find that life has fallen a sacrifice :

and, I think, independently of them, there are six cases of
wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm or mur-
der. Five of these are cases of stabbing. I have no re-
marks to make upon them ; they are simple matters of law.
There.can be no doubt whatever, if a wound is given by a
knife, it is within the statute ; but, if there should be circum-
stances that reduce it below a statutable offence, the party will
still be liable to be found guilty of an assault, and be punish-
able accordingly. There are, I perceive, two persons under
charges for violence to females. One of them is a case of
violence to a child under ten years old. With regard to this
case, it is hardly necessary to remind you, that the consent of
the child makes no difference in the offence ; it is a felony,
and the party is liable to be found guilty of it, even though
the child should consent, which in this case there may pro-
bably be some reason to suppose she did. The other case is a
charge of an injury upon a permit of adult years. I should
observe, that in cases of this sort, unless there is good ground
for putting the party upon his trial, the case ought not to
be brought before a jury. It will perhaps be necessary
for you to investigate the matter a little further than is
ordinarily the practice in grand juries, in order to see
whether there is sufficient ground for bringing forward the
charge. In this case, there are circumstances upon the depo-
sitions which make it advisable. It appears that the party
did not make a complaint of the injury she had sustained in
the way that would exactly be expected of her; so, perhaps,
you will investigate the case closely before you determine what
you will do. Of course it is a very great outrage ; and, if
there is reasonable ground to suppose it can be established
as laid, you will find a bill ; if there is no reasonable ground
to suppose that it can be sustained, it is but reasonable that
the pain of a public investigation should be spared.—Gentle-
men, there will be brought before you five cases of forgery.
They are for the most part cases of an ordinary and simple
description. One is fur uttering a forged bank note. The
only observation called for in this case is, that, generally
speaking, forgery is in common parlance supposed to he con.
stituted by the forgery of some individuals name. In one
or two of these cases fictitious names appear to have been
used. It is hardly necessary to state to you, that that may
produce all the mischief of forging a real name ; therefore
it falls equally within the charge, although no such person
may be in existence as the man whose name was forged. There
are some cases of uttering base coin, and one of them if made
out, is of a very bad description. It, is the case of a man who
appears to have gone before the police for the purpose of ob-
taining a reward by a false accusation against another person
in whose house he was charged with having deposited spuri-
ous money, in order to bring that person within the penalties
of the law. It is, if made out, a case of as wicked a nature as
can be conceived, and I am sorry to say it is not the first of
the kind within my recollection. When I was here last year,
some of the gentlemen on the grand jury may recollect a simi-
lar case, in which I passed the severest sentence the law allowed
me, because I conceived it was one of the most malignant
Offences that could be found in the calendar of crime. There
are a number of cases of burglary, but I am happy to say
they are not of a nature to call for any remark. We may
apply to them the term venal; that is to say, as far as regards
the disturbance of families, or the perpetration of violence,
they may properly be classed under the denomination of lar-
cenies. Among the cases of felony there are only a few I
would advert to. I believe there are two of persons hiring
horses and running away with them. In these cases the
owner had parted with his property, and it might strike us
at first that the offence did not amount to a felony; but it
has been held, that if a party hires a horse with an intention
of stealing it, the offence of larceny is committed. It would
be a different case if it should turn out he had not an inten-
tion of stealing the horse when he hired it. In that case the
crime would not be complete ; therefore it will be a question
upon the facts before you what his intention was. There are
two cases of this nature. These, gentlemen, are all the re-
marks that the calendar calls upon me to make, and you wi'l
how retire to your duties, forwarding bills into the court as
quickly as possible.
The grand jury then retired to their room.
MANSLAUGHTER.
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James Barnett was indicted for the manslaughter of James
Standring, at Rochdale, on the 25th of April. Mr. Hulton
appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins for the pri-
soner. It appeared, that on the evening of the day in ques-
tion, the deceased and the prisoner were drinking together
at a public-house, and a trifling dispute having arisen between
them, the prisoner proposed to settle it by a tight. The de-
ceased said he might fight if he liked, whereupon the pri-
soner hit him upon the eyes, and the unfortunate man died
the following ally. The evidence of two medical witnesses
who were examined, was to the effect that death was caused
by haemorrhage produced by the blow. The jury found the
prisoner guilty. He received an excellent character. After
a suitable address, the learned judge sentenced him to pay a
fine of and to be imprisoned till it be paid.
CUTTING AN MAIMING.

William Atherton, 21, was indicted for having unlawfully
and maliciously cut and wounded Michael Conner, a soldier
in the 86th regiment, at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, with intent
to maim, disable, and do him some grievous bodily harm.
Dr. Brown appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was
undefended. The case had been opened, and the first wit-
ness was under examination, when the mother of the prisoner
requested that the trial might be postponed until witnesses
for her son had arrived. She stated that sha understood the
assizes commenced on the 19th instant instead of 17th. After
some consideration, the learned Judge granted the applica-
tion, and the trial was postponed on the authority of deci-
sion by Mr. Baron Parke, in Stoke's case, C. and P., 151,
confirmed by Mr. Baron Rolfe, in a case at the late assizes
at York.
John Clarke, 2G, was indicted for a similar offence upon
the person of Peter Reynolds, on the 27th July last. The
prosecutor is a shoemaker, residing in Ben Jonsop-street.
On the evening of the day in question, he sent his wife to his
employer's shop in Fontenoy-street for some work. As she
was away longer than he deemed necessary, he went to seek
her, and found her engaged in an altercation with the pri-
soner. He seized the prisoner, in order to prevent him stab-
bing the woman, and during a struggle which succeeded, the
prisoner stabbed him in five different parts of the body. The
prisoner then ran away, but he was shortly afterwards appre-
hended by a policeman. In the course of the struggle, the
prisoner slso stabbed a sister-in-law of the prosecutor in the
throat. The jury found the prisoner guilty of a common as-
sault only. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment.