The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

CHAPTER IV.

Three months have passed away ; and harrowing, ago-
nizing [months they have been to the Mansels. The old
man is bent as if three times that number of years had
passed over his head. His eye is dim and dull ; and his
features, once glowing with ruddy health and vivacity, are
haggard, and, at times, may almost be termed vacant.
Although long before this he has been satisfied of the
necessity of the prompt course of action adopted by his
son ; although he had long ago nerved himself to the
thought of becoming once more comparatively a poor
man; yet each successive sacrifice made had smitten him
deeply ; and as document after document came before him
daily—advices of ruinous sales in foreign markets, of
forced remittances under adverse exchanges, or of dis-
counts paid at home, which he had imagined could only
be submitted to by desperate arid needy profligates—he
would still for the moment ask of his young fellow-sufferer
—sometimes only with an appealing look—have we not yet
passed the worst ? Is not our position at length secured ?
Occasionally he felt an almost savage bitterness, as he
contemplated the strange and unnatural struggle in which
they were engaged. And what wonder? It was the
struggle of madmen. Staid sensible men,—reputed pru-
dent men—men, whose mere word a few months ago
would have commanded thousands,—were throwing from
them the accumulation of years of industry to get possession
of a few bandfulls of gold, which its holders were as eagerly
striving to send out of the country. Hundreds of thou-
sands of pounds of this yellow metal were weekly leaving
us ; and hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of British
skill and labour weekly sacrificed to bring it back again.
The country was rich in every commodity and every
means, by which greatness could by achieved and enjoyed.
We had labour in abundance, capital in abundance, mate-
rials, agriculture, science, and energy to employ these
successfully in competition against the whole world ; but
the foreigner had for a brief time extracted our gold ; and
suicidal legislation bad decreed that, without gold retained
in the country, we should have no money to carry on our
industrial and commercial pursuits ; that when this fickle
idol deserted us for a time, however brief, the whole social
fabric should be broken up in wreck to purchase back its
gracious presence. The old man mocked at himself,
mocked bitterly at the folly which could have fog years
tolerated such an insane system ; yet he knew that he was
in its meshes, and that its machinery was crushing him
and his.

William Mansel, too, was changed,' fearfully and
sadly, in body and in mind. But he struggled on man-
fully ; and the struggle was the more severe, because he
had to maintain others in the task. He saw that the vi-
sitation was striaing his revered parent to the earth ; that
it had already bowed his frame, and was rapidly paralizing
his faculties. When at home, amid that circle lately so
happy, he felt that 'strange and anxious looks watched
him. His fond mother, he was certain, suspected at least
that all was not well; and her tearful eyes tortured him
as they glanced from his father's face with a questioning
look to his own ; and it was a relief to him when he could
escape again to his hard contest with the world. He had
still hope that, in part. he might be successful ultimately ;
that he should be able to save those whom he loved from
utter wreck ; but that hope was dependent for its realiza-
tion upon many contingencies, which he knew that he
could not himself control.

It was now the early part of April, a period which will
be long and vainfully remembered in the commercial
world. Mr. Mansel and his son had walked that morning
together the greater portion of the way to town, and for
the first time for months something resembling cheerful-
ness had characterized their conversation, Spring had
begun to spread her garlands on the hedge-rows, and her
verdant green upon the fields. The air was musical with
birds, even in the very vicinity of the busy town. There
was an exhilarating freshness in the atmosphere, which
gave elasticity even to the toil-worn and the care-worn.
Yet it was not the freshness of the spring, the music of
happy birds, or the exhilarating effect of the morning air.
which had imparted spirit and vivacity to our merchants.
On the day preceding a heavy pressure had been removed,
An important financial operation had been effected, at a
heavy cost it is true; but it had lightened materially the
task before them, and was the more gratefully felt, because
its successful completion had not been confidently hoped
for.

For some weeks previously, commercial facilities had
been closed to all, except the most extensive houses.
Bankers feared to discount, not because they had not
confidence in the security of their customers, but because
they durst not part with money—such whose trade was
in money ! The Bank of England itself was was par-
alized ; and its hands were tied up by the necessity of
regulating its paper issues by the now greatly reduced
stock of bullion in its coffers. Strange inconsistency !
with millions of money in its possession, which the mer-
cantile community would have gladly accepted ; with the
spectacle presented around them of commerce and indus-
try, prostrate for the want of money to restore them to

Any

, 10,6
theirt wnootntteadkeacativstiteyp;
itnhitshegredairtecntaitoinonaolf el,ftarsiiol:ge
Like Prometheus, commercial Britain was o,ii
rock, by a rigorous and insensate tnonetari; crekil
either the legislature, nor the bank, Were fr
would stir to drive away the Vultures that the or
upon its vitals. Under these circumstancei,,_:ol',
tion made in Messrs. Mansel's favour by a '''betio#
italist, who bad long known and respected
ntl:e,,,ioo
to Cheerfully
ofuololyottilinegy.
the probity and general prudence of its tra
_tdo
a boon well calculated to infuse renewed e''''' il
hearts of Mr. Mansel and his son. w bilsf/
the 1110- b ,iO. 4
of the ,bg,-01t
gion of the town. Cheerfully they returned,' d irb‘'tt
of many an old friend and connexion. lon r 9
counting-house, inedththembueagrht
length they arrived there, it was a 0100 ktb° ,is
hearty pressure with which Mr. Mansel sh° 0 ..,)ti
of his old clerk, Mr. Williams, as he passed
thlneie
private office. Alas ! this little gleam Of su,n„ne!?
the fortunes of the house was only a transier;,6l+l
was sad turmoil and consternation in COn;ra:tbe V
on the afternoon of that fine April day, w`le"opel''.o
of a foreign mail brought the account of the '' ijoh,ilt
a leading house which had been in the habit,°,,,ent9
exchanges ? and happy were they who that da) uroies`r
business leterswithoutfindingsomeof its no.ss.„cog 00'201
remitted them, in payment of sales, or consiProcistvt,
tunate they, too, who bad not ahead,' Iti it ill 0
strong boxes. There was whispering it? t"Tied tbot,/
paper of the fallen house, or did not III:- otif;
on 'Change; surmises of evil results to this a h, ,ria,
ominous shakings of the head, and untlrte'verYl
dalous rumours. Panic and doubt precan`- ekoe" er
The beginning of the end had come, and lon- f the V°
that end would be. One of the lofty villars c't oo,flit,
mercial fabric had fallen, and time only s'.3s.,°,falh d
yfaii
i,msrlianatturnrrufloedaruisnthnett uendhd
dmoehhwbbiorylrmehe;,;ese
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soncinbmorning, Mmheaaaeineunodykstdiie not
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sa
PcB 11 i 3 1
that night. -

The past week has been marked by sug-tt,
tbsteus,t7
~ en- or
in this article. On Monday, the 20th instanbsd weft Ey
rican steamer brought further accounts en and °l
and consequent injury to the growing 62' coinrs4,
same day we received by " telegraph" 1'%1110'4
summary of the India markets, which, being -ne
ableqoahnue
adittvheypnesraoitelcueuetrpstepe,ar
supplies
favourable,icausedadvanced
dc
taolhrtitdssoiii dmanwegart
yifbdre
out,ol. empt
oar nt
ene. ationin )11Te
sections in manufactured goods had bedPet:aci'aernc:nblgf„n:Dttilblls Re
0:1111 ergt.l°4l:
parties had shewn a dispositiot to realig ":o,oo`o/
which had prevented their obtaining a oot°-'ol'6l,lt
vance with prices now ruling in Manchester. os
hear of the advance on goods in this Nenvt, c:O4
decided upward tendency of the cotton Insr.„01" it'
with an almost entire cessation in the sliir"weeV'oce,
has been the case for the last three or font.roctre
only natural to suppose that they will see lbrilted,,eiS4
clearly and demand an adequate advance-• a pt°W;
for the home trade is improving, and front "'sed io
appearance of an abundant harvest being hot... brotlet4
lent condition, there is every prospect of tro'boteiel
trade increasing. The last few days slniln-cons,i,
comparatively aloof from our market, and the,. ce
has been that a few weak and timid holders 'Le tocr
disposition to sell, and prices now rule Pre ti,
clIP'
par with what tonicsd a week ago. , e (1,4
Our stock of co now within a weeks 6104511
of what it was this time last year ; and 'sr, arnl,r;,ifi
sumption and extremely limited import, l'desenftrerr4
the past week being only 5,100 bales of al` .1. tie;
must very soon begin to grow beautifully less'oje9:4o'
that has been said regarding the late risehl,odev„ty
cotton, we repeat again that the article is Yei 'onel
comparison with former years. Last Yel)tibe
American crop was hurried forward in nianteocr
months and sold for what it would bring' „peas let,
holders being acted upon by the promising saroiti fer
an unusually bountiful crop for the °-
son ; and the anarchy and revolutions 'fee
at
taking place each week on the continenti
jet,1175
tend is no criterion to be guided by. p 164 jysfelloi
how the matter stood in the previous Sear Boa fr
find that at this period in that year middling 50,01'
worth 7d., whilst to-day they are only scathe hol
further, in the spring of the same year, tr,tbel
money panic, and were on the point of anOt"-ifith,ristol
severe which this country ever experience("xeren'
sions at almost famine prices. But bow di'to,l;.orr
position of this country now ! Wheat at 455-.001040
Indian corn at 265. to 28s. per quarter, Anifiri,,ofigef,
245. per barrel, and indeed every other art!' guns et!,
proportion, with every certainty of their bellen'd
bly cheaper—(by the bye, a bad look out f 0 o) to
but that is not the question)—money at re! dest,:e,,lll
cent., and large supplies of bullion and geir'uisteudtfr;
way from South America and California, ea'-ortafrerr
million sterling; and, what is of more ini,.P4000701,,
everything else, the present harvest, whicu,:itiefeatt!'4
fourths carried, perhaps the most abundant' ocl Pe„,.
of man, particularly as regards, wheat, oats, ere grayr,l,
We hear that our manufacturing friendsjoe ace febetr.,4
lustily that they cannot get an adequate arrub;...is trios,
goods and yarns with the rise of cotton• liefterA-eta'
gretted, but it is an evil which will right itse con,:otri
lapse of time. For them to suppose that theYejust-vie
price of the raw material after the facts we IT: no 51111, 10°,
coupled with the knowledge that tnere can ":hree 0(14
any moment from America for the nest 'huttbefrer
months, would be the height of infatuation,b"ointopf`;(
hitherto acted on their only safe course, by 0 res;•00.1
and keeping up their stocks, and we haveL nque'llow,
which
supposingohitcohn, wine
tthhheeayyperwepsilelalneteadsdtaobptetlairsnepyteheoeltlmilicarrfiryo
mc:1;;;..
tebtf:soo.!:toi&eectlni,
demand, and any of them who will examine
will very soon see how matters will stan;,solr,,
hence. It is stated that they hold ';„iesi,Aoo`,
Granted that they do ; but is it for their inVifelY;6l
back upon them now, when cotton is cornPern,het Inc,4C
rate, and prices lower here than in any ,vie
The pinching time for spinners will be towe,.onswps.,
and November next, when our stock will ste,,,tr„l
reduced ; and well will it he for them if they t''-tt It
with their loins girded, and plenty of cotton :eterld
The worst feature could happen to
the coll°,oo/;
the manfacturers, and throegh them to tUe of ooll)
large, would be a temporary fall in the ca:::, or iet
for they may depend upon it that the capita"ii ,itvoi
speculator, whichever they think proper toe!' ate
pick up the cheap cotton, and that their ultnecijellotitw
would be aggravated ten fold. It is quite flajth
that whatever trivial fall may happen in -orog";es't
market, the value of cotton must steadilUon, 'f
wards in the long run ; and with this itnntv'"oo!
furnish to our readers ,any information we,
from week to week on so important a subjee''3Whrrifig:
%1°
The Cambria steam-ship arrived last evenlif3;o'°,v
dates from Boston to the 15th instant, an° :O ,
;
the 17th. The weather had continued col,'' ote'
parts there had been heavy rain, and the
growing crop crop were generally unfavourable.
O 4
ry
MR.
AND
DWTLHANE Dsu'SRNREOWUNPDLIANNGS
DOIFX1C1:.
0
h hg,ty
We have before us two beautiful maps w"leh e'e
been compiled by Mr. Newlands. the borontoterotii,..
and published by Mr. Wareing Webb. The,,,o- 110 tw''
is a map of Liverpool, within the parliatnetT" lienftlye
drawn on a scale of ten chains to an feeliro4
map are laid down contour lines at every t°"„pet
tude, from an examination of which the prof be;01040
of the town is readily seen, and which anua,6:l
assistance in the perfecting of our sewereg`'
builders, in providing for their house drain 9. Oil ef
is a map of Liverpool and of the KownshiPst iech feettre
adjacent. It is drawn upon a scale of foe eig14,115 ao
mile, and has contour lines laid at every givi,°„vet,i;
altitude. This is a most interesting galijOrthr
whole of our neighbouring outskirts at ; --tibt•o;
plans for the first time of such rising Place'; d° fete io°
Wavertree, West Derby, &c., and we have;sessaj,
it will have an extensive sale. Both these.: Ore
tifully executed by Messrs. Maclure, •Ttbis
Macgregor, lithographers and engravers 0' cl,:et
, 14 if
THE FANCY FAIR MONSTER RA111::;eilOri„
sold by Mr. Warburton, master of the rAr ,
room, for ss. each, and they are now be l; sire° :
posed of. Upwards of 1,100 entries bac" uric''
made.
The ;At
THE COVENTRY GAOL CHAPLAIN...." he ce
State, Sir George Grey, has signified to t rev pen-
tices of the Coventry gaol his entire con„erte sesfle('
course pursued by them in the iminen'n'f the i:
with a view to the subsequent removal, " ter.er
Chapman, chaplain to the gaol. ho kept :11 'l:4
On Saturday evening, Mr. Allen, w, to so; the •
able seminary at Southsea, went out 'n ut of
with six of his pupils. When stepping ° tbe 00,11-.17
into a punt, about a hundred yards Cron., the P ,
latter upset. Boats ere put off, and an 0.00.
out alive, but Mr. Allen died shoal), after 0 it(
the/
left a widow and four girls. bleb ,
THE DIFFERENCE.—The mode bY 0 ,1‘
A Sell re a A
land is tried in parts of Hindostan is ue boles .116 the
tion in more civilized countries. Two ',inn faa
the disputed spot, in each of which the :pa reinstoi9
fendant's lawyers put one of their legs, being IrY
till one of them is tired, or complains °I tea. Po
•
the ants, in which case his client is defe
r,a 110
tej
country it is the client, and not the lawle
an
foot into it. t issm. 1)1, .1
ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENCE.---.,,,,01e •r 7
when the distribution of prizes was "' of it'otr.ll)
Highness Prince Albert at the Socictld
to
last, that the Society hoped to be enaloi in 11
great national exhibition of manufactur,_u;ire oclX
have reason to believe that since the has belic.ll,o"
tf
ewHighness,
neapdsreePvserei
devising
gdtehanetprloarfne
stehoneft Sancn: ineeuxt
ifi)ltiecbaltiutiproli tlon
eillitiootftistsl;o6lt,
this country. We hear that it is coo,' jotit r et
the first time in the annals of simile as fllectPeA
exposition shall be not national only' t 5,
ble universal, embracing the products,
zootervef
our color' P
manufactures of our own country, won!, 50 rife)
nations. It is proposed to give largetrihnn'' POP 4",(
medals, which shall be awarded britsion as to 0111151
above all the interests of con3Pe--- dertaiii°%t thljti
utmost confidence. The whole lin to it, " fel
way to have a national sanction gie; upon
to P
tion of the country is not to be calla' "r
funds.

THE COTTON TRADE'

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e followin
tour' to six motgYeshP'fontlis, joi
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11 Nes & • at
°war, nzth,
koti, m, at Roc.
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h,"e, or
appearKe
ordered t,
sfoii to receive
°,?terk Garcia A
aka- 20, we
niackwr,
tt,c2oh last. !I
*ere to to six motJ •
°44 quitted,4
ere damesin Jo,
cap aouicted for
1144 t
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tee, d
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pu„. Ortg
the havio"lng '
pri,Prisones.s stat
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iz2uretieasvo'fig4l
otO to a_ e
twoer prisonersPyar
40.stisetieof
tiat htli i
es!lienry
awn voPriso
401,, and ai
tyre wasr °f this
no suet

....._A mg. 281 1849.
..„,.._

THE ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY.
en,.e:°,loWing ni.isoners were sentenced :—W. R. Ait-
ictur ") six months' imprisonment; W. L. Davis, to
1.• in'oths'
imprisonment ; and Joseph Ward, to ten
7:mtransportation.
llow,!! &WM, 28, was indicted for having killed Wm.
kotiv"rui at Rochdle, by running over him with a loco-
"gine, on the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway.
tipp„.i ordered to give his own recognizance for .£lOO, to
joTto receive judgment when called upon.
Cor,te' Garcia Ayres, 24, Joseph Martin, 21, and. Bent
ar.!, 20, were indictd for having stabbed Richard
teintilehnialasctk.
wall and caused his death, at Liverpool,
Ayres was found guilty, and was sen-
*ere a to
.BiX months' imprisonment; the other prisoners
stoh4equitted.
wtre ink lnes Jones, Thomas Burton, and James
.oL_eo,
tap 30ted for felony under the 7th and Bth G.. •
t sae. 8, in having gone at the bead of 60 or V.,
'otieslsonie houses in the township of Hulcce, w
,tnted ad Mortgadand could not redeem, and corn-
i'),llclaPvii: down aand destroying the same. Mr.
"e 1)6 'ng stated the case, his Lordship reco.mmended
tjtisots°ners to withdraw their plea of not guilty. The
.
itk,)°;restihavio pleaded guilty, Jones was held to bail
,‘ut)4f-,ea of glOO each, and his own recognizance in
t'stdiet o;"isZPpear for judgment ent called.upon ; and the
. were held to bail upon similar.terms,
•40. -eties of
£4O each, and their own recognizances of
di ilient7/ Hughes 28 was sentenced to fifteen
;14/4 n'tnPrisonment f; f r'i an acceptance for £3O,
tL'41414",,11 and accepted bya one George Hornby, ship-
(4 this topwn. It afterwards turned out that
aa no such person.

RAND JURY ROOM.—TuEspAv.
forits, as ,
''''raent 48,arn was sentenced to twelve months' im-
4)rtistatiti, and John Randolph Avery to four months',
40,iven; and abusing Bryant Brady. The prosecu-
Lttlast,,4lOlself away in the ship Garrick, as stated in
iv!e'i by tOelog found by the prisoners, wasdreadfully
uern
Suter was sentenced to four months' impri-
110r, hrs 'iw!th hard labour, for having married pheebte
t iar,a ommer wife Hannah Kaye being still alive.
prysonet Maenamara was sentenced to fourteen days'
IZEnp.trekenett: for making a false declaration relative to
tioo „
!tell tI,G AN ODDFELLOWS' LODGE.—Caldwell
iilte of Vh, late secretary of the Loyal Rainbow
kwas trie"fellows, this town, who, on the previous.
fte for tiled and acquitted on the charge of forging an
Isaa PaYment of money upon the treasurer of the
It:trills, again placed on his trial for obtaining money
rorld Pretences, with intent to defraud Price Jones ;
ipoot charged the intent to defraud Thomas
defe aniel Macintosh, and others. Mr. Atkinson
4tt, ILded the prisoner, and raised the same objec-
lilayi„luo previous day to the counts in the indict-
ti,,,"g the property as that of Hunter and others,
t1,241,,;5s others being the prisoner himself. The ob-
hi,:ttte held to be good. The Judge said that upon
titt4thet)thot there was clearly evidence, because Price
tit4the e,llreasorer, the property was vested in him ; and
1110 both,lits laying the intent to defraud the members
tlitlabi,•':—not being trustees or treasurer—were not
Vright inasmuch as they had among themselves an
tt l, to the pro ert as copartners. It was right
l'tt:tks,viv,llll,4 be eenerpallyyknown that in all cases of such
Vest,tiere trustees were not appointed, the funds
the treasurer, and that by him all charges
itipl:itiso,,e"'llght as owner of the funds. The jury found
I:4llrat guiltY, and he was sentenced to six months'
kt2t
kileat, with hard labour.
111, _BURGL A RY AT BANK-HALL.—James Doyle
arely were indicted for having broken :nto
'`g-house of Michael Ashcroft, on the 3rd of
ViilLact'd stealing therein. The particulars of the
Ishefsoph•L'rosh in memory. Doyle, who is a sailor, by
litkiyil,:stsedhialtilTtled and open conduct on the trial, pre-
his favour, and the case being slight
t•t,,,e,,00:1, the jury returned a verdict of acquittal.
16NA ' Thtt bearing the sentence, said, with tears in his
40'8 tr,„44lt You gentlemen, you've done rightly ;
1115,.;!W ruuch you,
man in me for that business!'
efisl°llnd g itay.The learned Sergeant said
I'l4ll ivas".'uT courtmwitho t a stain on his character.
44141;11roguerred to be imprisonedu for twelve months,
haft% A Nis FRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY.
t"b OTHERS V. SOUTHERN.—This was an action
,I,,,tiaoofTver £l5O in consideration of a discovery
4?4,tileorstze,stiastiaend made by one Mr. Arney, a bankrupt,
the plaintiffs were the assignees,) to Mr.
40)001 the defendant, a ship-owner and merchant, of
itfFllaintMartin and Mr. Crompton appeared for
tilliti:tiltt,ta--B'ind Mr. James and Mr. Atherton for the
aPpeared that in 1843 Mr. Ainey, whose
kkt off the the captain of a ship, discovered a guano
VQatis„ e west coast of Africa, and agreed to give the
14i41.t0f Qf this discovery to the defendant in conside-
,,l4s;l4Rittid Accordingly information of the latitude
ItO Oetote of this island was given to Mr. Southern,
Itilkd to Wier, 1843, despatched a ship (the Bradshaw)
thre and 1.4 home a cargo of guano. The captain
.1, i 1,4 the latitude and longitude described he
140 of island called Angua Pennuina, where some
ou inferior description was fbound, and the cap-
4h, the e,n board about 250 tons. Hearing, however,
,htleto,tains of other vessels whom he met in that
lit kill 11 there was another island, called " Ichaboe,"
Ril4, he et! better guano was to be found in great quan-
lit rtiiielled there. Ichaboe was only four hours' sail,
111,iptahl)tail;',,frwri Anna Penguina, and on arriving there
„Nr,ftl 0„ only'sufficient of the guano which he had
uoard at the first island to ballast the vessel,
ittvto f quality of the article was much worse than
Nittf.thosr(d'llod at Ichaboe, he threw some thirty tons of
kaiff it and filled his vessel at Ichaboe. For the
„tlise was contended that Ichaboe was in fact the
Ne "ered to the defendant. It was about 15 miles
tipt. guir,
al I, Island, and in every respect answered the
fstt,,,,,given in the contract.—For the defendant it
+ld fl,,,iss,,,"qed that the bankrupt had been already paid a
,41; I'o4o for the guano which had been obtained by
who was engaged in the same venture with
„NikArt ; and that this was a stale action, only
,Vis 1,17 because the bankrupt had thought fit to
,N,14 it, ..Thee sheet look respectable, by putting this
„e,,t hough it was an aon which he himself had
tl4i4t,/„lP'ed to bring.—His Lordship having summed
'y found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
0418 th,„Ll• o• BRABNEIL—The plaintiff, Anna Shot-
kilo W. of Mr. James Shotwell, formerly
thrchitect, in this town ; the defendant, Eliza
V hetie executrix of the late Mr. Brabner, solicitor ;
4,1 4
i4'l was brought to recover £3lB for work done
, well for Mr. Brabner during their lives. Mr.
3/4tl wytly iti‘tioneared, had purchased land, and built ex-
dge-lane, and also at Egremont. Mr. Shot-
ti'Cled to draw up plans, and was also to have
apteelos, for
superintending the erection of each
, sup
1,„ hy° had been paid into court.—After some
t'o' :„;seee had been gone into, a verdict w.as taken. b_y
the for £9o,—this, of course, being in addi-
iNiWooZ2oo deposited.
kYB tPeie" ASSIGNEE, V. JORDAN.—This was an ae-
-011,1 tirid tO recover the value of a lorry, float, three
%'f'4l,%dettie"tr cows, once the property of James Kelly,
elsge:! Bcc., in Highfield-street, in this town, but
m•t1141°11 of
come Lawrence Jordan the defendant
ttitl,o,4okobad,bnsolvent and been taken.to
Lge litti! was stated, was. Kelly's brother-in-lav,
ti tt asrio'Ae time before the insolvency took place his
Pro„'Loo the floats, lorrys, &c. It was pleaded
trsth ilel;"rt3r.had been assigned to him in considera-
-46ty%0 owing for some building club shares ; and
vai had Purchased. them at the time of the execu-
-I,4,eleeA,,llation When Kelly became insolvent, his
'"4 70.0 •• 1 • t
1;, , whilst iis assets were no m9re. an
us. o Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for

1 ,
1)414 CROWN COURT.—WEDNESDAY.
'',,t)tiletli..-13:S DAMAGE AND WOUNDING. ..r e Town:
'IQ zntir,'"'se called Joseph Townend, George Townen
ads,
ci:fley't, James Crowther, James Hopl', PT.,
~,ti,:(,,,,), 77eiery Maden, John Pilling, David ivads-
Zit."` pinekteorth John Lumb, and If zi"mthe air-
,NO a coal guilty' to a felony in obstructing
nging
Llid'et•-`. Cf:; Mine Est the parish of Rochdale, bel
`vil' -In -t'es lit:igh There were other countsoiuthe
If tl tilt v • °--. ' Mr. Sergeant Wilkins
tali 1 stat ,erYing the charge.
4th Q,i,, . 1 '.1.t1 eq
the circumstances of the case to the court,
til Pl• kj said the prisoners had reason t(o be grateful
4tteN tn c'seoutor for his lenity ; but he the learned
'4l) t theYtlit irnPress it upon their minds that,
_if here-
tet° Peqnould violate the law, they would be btroeuvgehntt
4014161 e the sentence of the court, anti in
that
into,
l'44l4e4"'''rts of their conduct would be inquiredoont
of
:1`1011)e,?' them would receive such an amount "ita the as his conduct should seem to require.
tiiii!let'llegeilettletti tion against Margaret Cahill, charged
murder of her child, was abandone .
S ri': fo D.._,"teny indicted for having, at Ashton.-undeera-
Nt% two 'voting papers, for the election fns
Z114,1141111(1 having conspired with one of t:he guarsdsiean.
Itru tel egal means to secure the election, wa.
•ttiDnti tel_4o Months' imprisonment, the same time to
Ntgbie,
.11nch cf tile indictments. .
ht, kqttitte:dr.iBford, 34, charged with highway robbery,
(AL
OF
414)11, .1"• N GLEESON WILSON, alias MAURICE GLEED-
IPt I:(14 111 E MURDER OF MRS. HENRICHSON AN
45t. aki-Nt!Ly.
41.!htetti'ee PArrEsoN at half-past eleven o'clock,
$11,(1-7,too4':.1,43 coot ter an hour at which time it was
tit tit "at Gleeson Wilson's' trial would
.commence,
tNdlttbe?tl Thursda morning as was originally
.fixedr.
.4kltl bre„ecresy waYs observed relative to the prisone 4Q,,!ntitif,-",g"t uP and with the exception of the police
ths-14(1 it"' 4nd aifew members of the press, no one elle
tf 4ttran eY intimation that a change bad taken pl!ice. in
1)0 thkt• St!"lent made by his lordship on the application
~krt p
,rigeont Wilkins, and assented to by Mr. Pollock
t
"let hdlo411." " the prisoner. Immediately after the court
IttOon'zi t'''.ed, however it became bruited about that
totl'ety be vial was aboueto commence, and the greates :-iit:t,. 04 t. be shewn to obtain admittance to the
riit'Y serge crowds assembled at all the entrances, and
kt,:, tientig,t an ingress to the court, which was peremp-
ikhi r,,°ers . None were admitted but the jury, the.
itilLilti off known bar some of their friends, witnesses, and
ltli.'tter -reown respectability and standing in the town.
qt.! vi3O, fashionably dressed females occupied. seats
NIP, 41Y of the bench. The Mayor, Mr. William
At „'ernel,: •, the Rev. W. Pollock, and several other
Nit'lls 0,,,i3f
,the highest respectability, were in court.e
kV, tird.ock precisely his lordship took his seat on the
i bk.. unrnediately after Gleeson Wilson was
.placed
' n7iLson is not that repulsive person which has