The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-25 00:00:00

CHEAP BARGAINS !

COCHRAN'S WRITING INKS.,
I)ETER COCHRAN, (for TWENTY-TWO 'EARS THE
PRACTICAL MANUFACTURER OF MO 'ON'S INKS,)
begs leave to come now before the Publi respectfully to
solicit for himself a share of their patronage Having, during
his long practice, made many well-nurture and sgfe Improve-
menu: in the process of INK-MAKIN , his Stock consists
of Inks of such superior quality, as will, e trusts, meet with
general approbation.
*** COCHRAN'S INNS, namely—Copying, Office, Red,
Blue, and other colours, in bottles sealed and labelled, are
sold by all respectable Stationers in Liverpool and elsewhere.
Manufactory, 2, Brooks-street, Oldhall-street.

•
FINE PICKLING MALT VINEGAR,/
®N SALE, at COLLINS'S VINEGAR,, WORKS,
Riehmond-row, near Soho-street, and utay be had in
any quantity, at ls. CRI. to 2s. per Gallon; White Wine at
per Gallon.

NT.B.—Nlereliants and.llealers supplied on must advan-
tageous terms.

NEWSPAPER ON SALE.
MO' be SOLD; PRIVATE Tatvir, all that th
ROPY-
RIGHT or other right.of Mr. Rollicirr .ALE NDE, a
Bankrupt, in or to the Liverpool Newspap • called the
" LIVERPOOL MAIL," which is publislt three times.
a-week. Arid also all that the STOCK-IN RADE of the
said ROBERT ALEXANDER, on the Premises, in Liver-court,
South Castle-street, Liverpool, consisting of excellent Print-
ing Presses or Machines, Types, Books, Stationery, and
Fixtures, well adapted to carry on the said Newspaper, as
also the business of a General Printer on an extensive scale.
Further particulars may be .had on application to Mr.
Tnos. in
WNNznAn, North Crescent ambers, Lord-
street, Accountant to the Estate ; or to Mr. EDWARD G.
DEANE, Solicitor, Harrington Chambers, North John-
street, Liverpool.. .

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEA WATER BATHS,
GEORGE'S PIER, LIVERPOOL.
TIENRY PENN begs to intimate to the Profcssio nd
1.1: Visitors to Liverpool, during the Assizes, that e wiil
devote himself assiduously to pay every attentio o their
comfort and convenience.

TERMS FOR BATHING.
COLD BATH.
Subsciibers for Six Months to the Public B £1 10 0
Children under twelve years of age ...... 1 0
Non-Subscribers, for each time of Bathing 0 1 0
0
Detached Private
Shower 0 1 6
•
Children under Twelve years of age 0 1 0
0 0 6
WARM lIATII.-NO SUBSCRIPTION.
Warm, Medicated Vapour, or Tepid Baths •
Plunge Tepid Bath, with Douche, or Invalid Chair 0 3 0
Warm Shower
0 1 6
Bathing Hours from Six in the Morning to Nine in the
Evening.
London and Liverpool Daily Papers for the accommodation
of Visitors to the Warm Baths.

GYMNASIUM ESTABLISHMENT,
OPPOSITE THE ROYAL INSTITUTION,
COLQITT-STREET.
MR. J. HARRISON,U Professor of the Small Sword,
Broad Sword, the Single Stick, and Gymnastics in
general, begs leave most respectfully to intimate to his Pu-
pils and the Public generally, that his ACADEMY will be
RE-OPENED on the Ist of September, and likewise to so-
licit a continuance of their kind support, which, by unremit-
ting attention to the improvement of his Pupils, will ever be
his study to deserve. Mr. H. earnestly solicits the attention
of the Proprietors of Boarding Schools and Public Semina-
ries to these Exercises, as being not only important to youth
of both sexes in the development of strength, both physical
and mental, but are of particular value to those who are en-
gaged in sedentary enjoyments. Gentlemen thus circum-
stanced, who can devote a short time each day to the acquire.
ment of these Exercises, will find them very conducive to
health, and may select from the many such as cannot fail to
be agreeable.
The terms may be known on application at the Gymnasium,
or at his Residence, 50, Great Newton-street.
P.S.—A Public Meeting of Amateur Fencers the first Mon-
day in every month.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.
MALLEABLE IRON RAILS.
THE DIRECTORS of this RAILWAY wi meet in their
Office here, on TUESDAY, the Ist of Se ember next, at
Twelve o'clock Neon, t o receive TEN S for supplying
FOUR THOUSAND TONS of MA EABLE IRON
RAILS.
• Specifications, stating the full particulars, will he received
on application here, or at the Railway Office, 4, Castle-street,
they may thinic nt.—n) °Luc, u.
H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Office,
7, North Queen-street, Glasgow, Aug. 17, 1840.

Just published, a new edition, with considerable Additions
and Improvements, of
LEIGH'S
NEW POCKET ROAD-BOOK
IRE-
LAND, containing an account of all the InEC and
CROSS-ROADS, together with a description of ery remark-
able Place, its Curiosities, Manufactures, CjAmercc, Popu-
lation, Inns, Mail Coach Routes, Fairs, a Market Days;
the whole forming a complete Guide to every Object worthy
of attention. Illustrated with a coloured Map of Ireland,
Plans of Dublin and its Curiosities, a Table of Relative Dis-
tances, and a Map of the Lakes of Killarney. 10s. 6d. bound.
London : printed for LEIGH and Co., 421, Strand ; sold
also by JOHN CUMMING, Dublin; and BA:IC][3 and Co.,
Manchester.

A List of the latest and most correct Guides to all parts
may be had of LEIGH and Co., 421, Strand.

IUESSRS. LACE and ADDISON beg to call the
IVA. attention of the Profession to the following List of
LAW FORMS, which are kept constantly on Sale, at their
Establishment :

IN BANKRUPTCY.
—Bond to the Chancellor, with Affidav* .
—Petition to Ditto for Fiat.
—Style and Title and Memoranda Comraissioner'i
Qualification.
—Deposition of Petitioning Creditor's Debt.
„ . of the Trading.
„ of the Act of Bankruptcy.
Memorandum of the Adjudication.
-Warrant of Seizure.
-Bankrupt's Summons with Protection.
-Witnesses Summons.
Advertisement of the Bankruptcy.
Appointment of Provisional Assignee.
Memorandum of Bankrupt's First Surrender.
Commissioner's Certificate of Choice of Assignees.
71 with Affidavit of Execution
Memorandum of the Choice of Assignees.
of Adjourned Ditto.

of Bankrupt's Examination, first and
second sheets.
Memorandum of Appointment of Audit Meeting.
Auditing Assignees' Accounts.
„ Adjourned Auditing Assignees' Accounts.
f f First Dividend.
Adjourned Dividend.
24.—8i1l of Costs against Petitioning Creditor.
25.-7-Costs in Bankrup4y.
- —List of Debts proved at each Meeting.
—List of Debts for Certificate.
—Affidavit of seeing Creditors sign Certificate.
—Memorandum of Commissioners Signing Certificate.
Affidavit of Conformity.
—Common Depositions.
Depositions on Bills.
Memorandum of a single Commissioners' Qualifica-
tion. '

19,
20,
21,
22

26
27
28
29
30.-

—Memorandum Final Dividend.
—Power of Attorney to vote in Choice of Assignees.
~ to sign Certificate.
Of to receive Dividend.
—Allowance for Maintenance.
-Assignees' Summons.
Affidavit of Debt for Proof at a Distance.
on Bills Ditto.
--Dividend Receipts.
Bankrupts' Certificates, on Parchment.
The above Forms have been revised and approved qf, on thi
Plan usually allowed by the Commissioners.

ss
39
40
41
42

Files for the Proceedings

- NEOpS.
Writ of Summons,MISCELL
SuperiorA Courts. w
Affidavit of Service of Writ. of Summons
Retainers, Debt and Case.
Serviceable Process, B. C.
Bailable Ditto,
Declarations, B. C., Debt and Case.
Notices of Declaration, Superior Courts.

f! C. P.L
B. C
Subpoenas,l Suvrior Courts
B. C.
Subpoenas, Duces

Tecum, Superior Courts

L
B. C.

Felo4 Subpcenas':B. C,
Fi. Fa.'s Debt and Case, B. C
LINED AND PLAIN DRAFT, BRIEF, AND OTHER PAPERS
NOTARIAL PRESSES AND WAFERS, &C.
The following FORMS of CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTRIES
are kept CONSTANTLY ON SALE, and may be procured at
the Standard-office :

•
BRITISH GOODS OUTWARDS.
1. Liable to Half per Cent. Duty.
2. Duty Free.
*2. For the Fisheries in Newfoundland and N. America
3. Coals, Wool, &c. liable to the rated Day.
BONDING INWARDS.

4. A General Form
PAYING DUTY FROM THR SHIP
5. Wine or Spirits.
6. Cotton Wool.
7. A General Form for all other Goods.
7. A General FormPREZ INWARDS., same as above
PAYING DUTY ON GOODS .IN BOND.
8. Sugar, whether B. P. Mauritius, or East India
9. Cotton Wool.
10. Wine in Casks, not Cape.
11. Ditto in Bottles, ditto.
12. Cape Wine.
13. Rum, B.P.
14. Brandy, Geneva, and other Spirits.
15. All Goods paying Duty per Cwt. except Cott,on Wool.
16. Tobacco.
17. Coffee, B.P.
18. A .Generat Form f i• all other Goods.
19. Tobacco Cigars.
20. Tea.-
GOASTING FORMS AND BILLS OF LADIN4I,

The following brief List will show a Scale of Prices as they
now stand :-
10 Guinea SHAW LS, for 6 Guineas.
8 If to 5 Guineas.

MM.
If
945.
r, 60s.
635. rr 455.
Together with upwards of Two Thousand good and
respectable Cachmere Shawls, from ]ss. 9d. to 40s.

KID GLOVES CLEANED,
At 6d. per Pair,
BY L. RATEAU AND CO., LONDON

AGENTS

JIVERPOOL—Mrs. B. LOMAX, Smallwarei4 Fancy
Berlin Warehouse, No. 3, CASES-STRF T, Claytoll-

square
lOCK FERRY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD—yis. J. LOMAX,
Dealer in Smallwares, Toys, and Fan y Stationery, New
Chester-road, (opposite the Postoffice,) New Ferry.
BLONDE, SATIN, VELVET, and every article in Embroi-
ery, CLEANED and DYED, so as to be equal to new, as
sun!.

A. Box despatched to London every Friday Evening

RICHIE'S
PATENT LETTER.T COPYING MACHINES,
SOLD, ON THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS, BY THE
SOLE AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL,
G. J. POORE and Co.,
WHOLESALE STATIONERS, PATENT ' DOER
MANUFACTURERS, AND BOOKSE !t RS,
43, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERP • 014.
N.B.—The Copying Paper and all the y terials used in
the Copying Press are supplied by G. J. OORE and Co.,
and are always in readiness both for the Home and Foreign
Market.
The TRADE

.rid EXPORTER,
ices, as AT THE MANUFACTORY.
G. J. POORE and Co. arc also Agents for Milner's Patent
re-proof Boxes.
Appointed Depository for the Religious Tract Society's
tblications, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

ied, at Wholesale

ST. GEORGE'S HALL.
THEErecCangm4titelet 16ejon&derssili":17 taco
...)artagrrtaongtehtme ednetssi,fno
sr
fixed upon, a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors
will be held, in the COTTON SALES' Room, in the Exchange
Buildings, on TUESDAY next, the aith instant, at Twelve
o'clock, when the attendance of the Subscribers is particu-
larly requested.
.-
The Committee also further request the attendance,oa all
persons friendly to the undertaking, and who may b esirous
may
to see erected in Liverpool a Public Hall, which •
its extent
and arrangements, shall afford the desired acco
modation to
the Inhabitants, and which, in its Architectural Design and
Embellishments, shall be an ornament to the town.
JONATHAN BROOKS, Chairman.
HARDMAN EARLE, Deputy-Chairman.

NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK.
THE Directors do hereby give Notice, that a HALF-
-1 YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate of Three pe ent.
per Annum, on the Capital Stock of the Company making
Five per Cent. on the past year) to the 30th Jun 840, will
be paid on and after the 14th of September n at the Head
Office of the Bank, in Liverpool, and the res tive Branches.
No Transfer of Shares can be made betweeh the 29th
August and the said 14th September, as the Books must be
closed during that period.

By order of the Board,
THOS. A. CORLETT,
General Manager

Liverpool, 21st Augural, 1840.
Each Proprietor will be expected on applying for his Divi-
dend, to produce (if required) his Certificate of Shares.

SIR WILLIAM BURNETT'S 'PATENT FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF TIMBER, CANVAS, CO •
DAGE, COTTON. WOOLLEN, &c. FROM DRY ' MILDEW, MOTH, AND PREMATURE D AY.
The value of r:
this discovery has been amply pro • in Her
Majesty's Dockyards and elsewhere. Official eports, and
Specimens of Wood, Canvas, and other Artie -, may be seen
at the Office. This process is simple, i .ensive, and per-
fectly innoxious in its use. As applie o Shipbuilding, it
purifies bilge water, and retards oxyd ion of metals. By
the process green wood may be rapidly seasoned. The Patent
Material may be purchased, or Licenses for Tanks granted
to Noblemen, Gentlemen, Builders, Upholsterers, Piano-
forte Makers, Sailmakers, and others : when for purposes of
trade, on very advantageous terms for the licensed. Timber
of all dimensions, Planking, Canvas, Cordage, Ships' Sails,
Awnings. Rick oths, Tents, and all other Articles of Linen
and Woollen Manufacture, are received for Preparation at the
Proprietors Waterside Premises, Copenhagen Wharf, Bri-
tannia Bridge, Limehouse.
Particulars and terms may be obtained on application at
the Office, 4, Castle-court, Birchin-/Itne, Cornhill.

SALE OP OLD CLO
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.THING.
mHE WATCH COMMITTEE HEREB IVE NO-
TICE, that they will be ready, on SA DAY, the sth
day of September next, to treat with par s willing to Pur-
chase a quantity of OLD CLOTHIN ately worn by the
Police in the Borough and Dock servi ,—to be disposed of
by ?ender, in Lots.

The Purchasers will have to take the Clothing with all
faults, pay Cash down before the delivery of any part thereof,
and remove the same within one week from the date of ac-
me .nee of the Tenders.

The Clothing maybeinspected any day betwep,, Tdnurs
of Nine and Twelve o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the Police
Station, east side of the George's Dock Passage, where
17int!d. f?rn,isr,of Te!ider.s,mly.be
uTre
on or before FRIDAY, the 4th day of September next, ad-
dressed to " The Chairman of the Watch Committee, and
marked, " Tender for Old Clothing."
By order,
CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary.
Watch-office, No. 1, Fenwick-street,
22d August 1840.

No. 29, BOLD-STREET.
DAILY ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
MONS. MALLAN, SURGEON DENTIST, of the firm
of Messrs. JAMES M. and S. MALLAN, No. 10, Lud-
gate-hill, London.

A NEW DISCOVERY IN ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
FIXED WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR LIG RES.
SCURVY IN THE GUMS EFFECTUALLY MOVED.
LOOSE TEETH FASTEN .
And Filling Decayed Teeth with Min Suceedanenm.
Mons. JAMES M. and S. MA LLA.' Surgeon Dentists,
respectfully inform the Nobility, Gen , and Inhabitants of
Liverpool and its vicinity, that the have opened an Esta-
blishment, permanently, at No. 23, BOLD-STREET, opposite
the Concert Room, where Mons. Malan may be consulted
DAILY throughout the year. They continue to fill up the
cavities of Decayed Teeth with their Mineral Succedaneutn,
without the least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into
the cavity in an almost liquid state, and id a few seconds gets
hard, ;preventing and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all
further progress of decay, and rendering the operation of
extraction unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a
mere shell into a sound and useful tooth. but by completely
stopping up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant
taint of the breath which invariably accompanie.
tooth.

a decayec:

Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums, thert
are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally
prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well-known that the loss
of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It
affects individuals of all ages and of all constit-
is the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay.
affected, Mons. JAMES M. and S. MALLAN have to inform
them, that they can effectually remove this destru,“--
plaint by a single application, with the slightest pain.
Mons. MALLAN begs to introduce to the notice of
Patients and the Public, an entire new description of IN-
CORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, and 'with con-
fidence guarantee them to answer. every purpose of Masticc..•
tion and Articulation, and defy detection from the closest
observer. They never change colour or break.
used, are fixed without wires or ligatures, o
pleasant odour or unnatural gloss. This mei
require the extraction of roots, or any painful o
will give support and preserve Teeth that -are loos,,
and moderate Charges.
Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or
mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectual!) remedied.
Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to tit the mouth,
and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original
state. Attendance from Nine till Six.
*** For the convenience of country patients, Messrs.
JAmits M. & S. MALLAN are enabled to fix a partial or
complete set of Teeth at one sitting, without the least pain or
inconvenience.

To those

ye C 0071•

as those now
I have no un-
liod does not

).9, Bold-street, next door to Mr. Hawke*, Furrier

FREAKS OF FORTUNR.—A correspondent informs us, that
a person, named William Inner, residing at Beverley, who
has hitherto been dependant on his honest endeavours, as a
bricklayer, for a livelihood, has suddenly fallen into posses-
sion of great wealth. By the death of a distant relative, in
Scotland, from whom he had no expectations, bp
property to the amount of £900,000, a
he obtains immediate possession of,
worthy bricklayer being congratulate.,, site saw,
only one thing at l'se tiaid on, and that is, that our Bill at
mak a
trust great feat
l of hissel, when he hes to vist great folks.'
and her husband ng live to enjoy their prosperity

great portion of which
3
On the wife of the
-1 • -

SEIZURE OF THE BRITISH QUEEN STXAM-SHlP.—Thts
ship was seized, in the course of the week, by the officers of
Customs, who detected two of the crew smuggling tobacco
on shore, and afterwards found nearly 10001bs more stowed
away about the vessel, the bulk of it in the engine-room.
The whole has been lodged in the Queen's warehourse. The
vessel remains under seizure, no decision having been yet
come to by the Board of CustoTs. According to the strict
letter of the law, the steamer is liable to forfeiture. Every
person on board at the time of the seizure is liable to a fine
of £lOO, or imprisonment till the fine is paid.
BLOCKADES.—The Sunday paper, which boasts of bein.
the " Queen's Own," has come ostentatiously out with a
article of demi-official pretensions to the following purport :-
The ratification of the quadruple (or quintuple) treaty
settling the eastern question is to arrive in about ten
and " says the hebdomadal paper under the especial pair;
angge
tohf
et hpeatrronynaal fgea inn
fi 1
tyn(wechoi
nc only a
mi
edelicate ‘iv,abynot fnanfit',
that the public should already have come to the cone'
that the blockade of the coast of Syria must be a '
in the enforcement of that European policy to ,-
btlionckansdseentwinagl
be 1.
We
the was
hit.necree
ever,
hersat elf
and ill in no respect interfere with the mercantile.
trading to the coast of Syria." Is this really to be.the Will Lord Palmerston venture in this way to broach a on
doctrine of blockade ? If he does he will be turned out of
office as a madman. As the principal marine power of Europe,
the great secret of our strength lies in the recognised princi-
ple of blockade. Lord Pahnerston laughed, in his last speech,
at allusions to such men as Grotius, Puffendorf, and Vattel ;
but in the event of war, it would make us laugh on the other
side of the mouth if the doctrine which all European powers
accept from those great men, as international law, was to be
set aside ;—that doctrine is, that a blockade must be com-
plete and effectual. A " military blockade, in no respect to
Interfere with mercantile marine," is no blockade at all. It
would be a farce ; and if we once make the privilege of block-
ade a farce, we shall in time have plenty of such " armed
neutralities of the north " as Nelson, venturing rather irre-
gularly upon his poyularity at home, blew out of the water at
Copenhagen. As Lord Palmerston takes such interest in a
certain class of newspapers, why does he not prevent them
front uttering such trash—for it would be mischief if it AiliS
not trash—as partial blockades ?---Morning Herald.

ell- a military one

SELLING OFF.
i•-tRIPPS and SCURFIELD have the honour of informing
X.) the Nobility, Gentry, and Strangers, that their extensive
alterations are now rapidly progressing, under the superin-
tendence of Messrs. Leader and Dooley, the talented Archi-
tects and Builders, of this town, and that the whole ofr
splendid STOCK of SILK and CACHMERE SH LS
and CLOAKS are now SELLING OFF, at a COT DER-
ABLE REDUCTION.
The character of everything connected with - s Establish-
ment will be a sufficient passport for the and excellence
of its arrangements, embracing an unli d choice of the
rarest productions in the Empires of stain, France, and
China.

LIVERPOOL SUMMER 'ASSIZES,

CROWN COURT.-7-FaiDAY.
aimed JUDGE (COLTMAN) entered the court precisely

o'clock

STABEINC

imas Unstrorth, aged 19, was indicted for feloniously
• and wounding John Cheetham, with intent to do him
-vously bodily harm. The prisoner who was in an
ill state of health, and apparently not long fc t this
.lependeut of his juridical danger, was accommo-
,u with a chair when placed in the dock.
)r. Brown appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Murphy
defence. The prosecutor, it appeared, had been
nn the night of Sunday, the 29th March, at a beer
nine or ten o'clock he came to the house of the
-in-law, Geo. Cooyer, in Moss-lane, Ne-
A dozen men, including the prisoner,
came ont and said that Cheetham had been listening at the
window. This gave

therton, near Sefton

_ _ 'eat offence to the party, and a iersonal
ltercation ensued. One of the men, named Bentham, was
struck by Cheetharn, and knocked down. The prisoner then

took a knife from his pocket, and declared that if any one
should strike him, he would be the death of him. He flour-
ished his knife about Cheethatn's head, and was knocked off.
He came up a second time and Cheetham knocked him down,
and fell upon him. While they were on the ground, the pri-
soner stabbed him four times, in various parts of the body.
The prosecutor bled for more than an hour that night, and on
the Tuesday was obliged to send to Dr. Formby for his
assistant

The prosecutor, John Cheetham, was examined to these
facts, and subsequently cross-examined by Mr. Murphy. He
-4 that he met the doctor accidentally at the Rev. Miles

state
Formby's

Thomas Rothwell gave similar evidence.
Dr. Formby, of Liverpool, stated that he was at his bro-
ther-in-law's, the Rev. Miles Formby, at Melling, on the
Tuesday after the occurrence, and saw Cheetham. He ex-
examined his wounds, and found a stab directly upon the
haunch bone. It was of slight depth, as the bone has a very
superficial covering, and was stopped by the bone. There
was a cut upon the wrist and another upon the thigh, and the
linger too was marked. None of the wounds were deep. They
were evidently inflicted with a knife. There was a cut in his
carter's frock, three or four inches long. It corresponded
with the stab on the hip. . . . .

Cheetham, on being recalled, stated that there were five
cuts on his frock after the affray. One, on the breast, one
about the hip, and one on the lower part of the skirt.
Mr. MURPHY addressed the jury for the defence, stating
that there were certain circumstances of palliation in the case,
which removed it from the ordinary charges of stabbing. Se-
veral other persons who were standing by and witnessed the
circumstance had not been called, because it was apprehended
that they would so have varied the case as to endanger the
conviction. He contended that the knife had only been used
as a last resort, when his life was placed in imminent peril,
and called the following witnesses :
Robert Unsworth stated that he saw Cheetham knock the
prisoner down and fall on him. Cheetham appeared to be
holding him down. John Rothwell came up at the time,
and stamped his foot upon the prisoner's head. Witness
saw no knife in his hand at the time he fell. He should have
seen it had there been such a thing. He heard him use no ex-
pression about stabbing. He was near enough, and should
have heard it if it had been said. He saw Mrs. Cooper pul-
ling Cheetham away from the prisoner.
Cross-examined.—He did not see his brother with a knife
that evening. Cheetham knocked him down without any-
been said. _ _

-examined.—Cheethain had previously knocked down

Bentham

the JUDGE.—The prisoner had no altercation with
Cheetham. He asked Cheetham what he had knocked
down Bentham for, and he said he would serve him the same,
and did so immediately.
Mrs. Anne Cooper, wife of George Cooper, and sister of
the prisoner, remembered the party leaving her house. She
heard the noise outside, and, on looking out, saw them all
squabbling in the lane. She afterwards saw the prisoner on
the ground, and Cheetham upon him, with his knees on the
prisoner's breast. He appeared to be pressing on him.
John Bothwell had his foot on the prisoner's head. She
tried to pull Cheetham away, but could not quite get him off.
Cross-examined.—She saw him after he was off, but did
not see that •he was cut. Her brother had been out of the
house about half an hour, during which time the disturbance
She did not see whether her brother had 'a knife
that night, or whether he had one at all.
'William Bentham corroborated the evidence of the other
witnesses. In answer to a question from Mr. Murphy, he
said that Chatham and Bothwell were very stout men ; the
prisoner was of slight stature and frame. Cheetham struck
some boys who were there before he struck Unsworth.
, Thomas Moss gave similar evidence, and added, that Cheet-
ham pulled_ his frock off before he struck the boys. He heard
no quarreling until the blows were struck. They were
t king for a quarter of an hour in a friendly manner. He
saw nothing of any knife, nor did he hear of any wounds.
"Witness did not see Cheetham put on his frock again. He
had it on when he went home.

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John AN Mosey, John Garner, Richard Moss, a farmer,
and Mr. Browne, a solicitor, in whose service the prisoner
bad been, gave him a character for being a mild, inoffensive

young man.
Dr. BROWN remarked on the contradictory nature of the
evidence, stating that, according to the testimony of the
witnesses for the defence, there had been no stabbing at all,
and no knife used, and that Cheetham had no frock on,
though the cuts were on the frock and the wounds had been
inflicted. It was impossible that the jury could give cre-
dence to the defendant's witnesses, without believing that
those for the prosecution had perjured themselves.
The learned JUDGE put it to the jury to say, whether the
prisoner had wounded the prosecutor, and whether he had
done so in necessary self-defence, his own life being in danger,
and having no means of retreating.
y, after a few moments' consideration, returned a
if not guilty generally—the prisoner having used the
knife ►n self-defence, conceiving his life to be in danger.
The JUDGE allowed the costs on application, and ordered
the prisoner to be discharged.

The jur