The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

oseph Hornby

No. 14.—WEST DERBY WARD.
f John Webb,
Richard Johnson

G. H. Lawrence.. James Moon

No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.
T. T. Glazebrook..Eyre Evans.... Peter Leather,
T. Thomas Rogerson

No. 16.—NORTH TOXTETH WARD.
Richard Harbord.. Thos. Chilton.. f Ed wd.Lawson, jun
1. John Payne.

Certified by me, pursuant to 5 and 6 William IV
c. 76, sec. 35,

ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Mayor.
Town•hal(. 3d November, 1843,

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WANTED, a steady, respectable Man, as GROOM
and GARDENER, having, in addition, the charge
of a Horse and Carriage. The most strict investigation
will be made as to sobriety and general character. Terms
liberal.
Apply for address at the Standard-office.

TO SURGEONS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND
OTHERS.
WANTED to PURCHASE, a respectable PRACTICE
in Liverpool; also Wanted, TWO ASSISTANTS,
and a MEDICAL GENTLEMAN who may wish to
proceed on a voyage to India; also, an APPRENTICE
(or a Surgeon Dentist and a Surgeon, on most advan-
tageous terms; also Wanted, a MIDSHIPMAN for an
Indiaman, and an APPRENTICE in a Merchant's
Office_

Apply to Messrs. WALDRON and LEA, Clerical, Me-
dical, Scholastic, and Estate Agents, Intelligence Office,
38, Church-street.

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON.
PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for supplying the
LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON with
BUTCHERS' MEAT,
BREAD, MEAL. and PEAS, and
POTATATOES,
from the Ist of December next to the 30th day of June
next, both inclusive, are requested to send Tenders, under
cover, to the Deputy Town Clerk, at the Town-hall, on
or before the 20th day of November instant.
The several Articles above specified must be delivered,
from time to time, in such quantities and manner as the
Governor of the Prison may direct, and subject to his
approval of the quality, &c.
Information as to the probable consumption of the re-
spective Articles, and further particulars, may be obtained
from the Governor, at the Prison.
Each Tender must specify the names of two Sureties
for the due performance of the Contract.
Town-hall, 6th November, 1843.

BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.
fIN SUNDAY MORNING next, the 12th instant, a
O
SERMON will be Preached, in ST. PETER'S
CHURCH, by the Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS, M.A.,
Rector, and a Collection made in aid of the Funds of the
above Institution.

ON SUNDAY next, the 12th instant, a SERMON
will (D.V.) be Preached, in ST. LUKE'S CHURCH,
in the Afternoon, by the Rev, HUGH M'NEILE, M.A.,
Incumbent of St. Jude's, in behalf of the Schools con-
nected with that Church. Divine Service will commence
at Three o'clock.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY.
AT a GENERAL MEETING of this Society, held by
adjournment in the COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION On
FRIDAY, the 3d November, 1843,
The Right Reverend the Lord BISHOP of CHESTER
in the Chair ;
Moved by the Rev. W. CONYBEARE, Principal of the
Collegiate Institution, seconded by A. HODGSON, Esq.,
Resolved,—
"l.—That the Report now read be adopted, and the
Treasurer's accounts passed, and that they be printed and
circulated amongst the Subscribers."
Moved by the Rev. 11. H. H(GGiNs, seconded by the
Rev. HUGH AVNEILE, and

Resolved,--
"2.—That the successful endeavours which this Society
has made to provide a religious education for the labour-
ing poor give it a very strong claim to the support of the
Clergy and Laity of Liverpool ; and that such support is
at this time much needed, and is earnestly requested, in
order that the Society may continue its course of useful-
ness."
Moved by the Rev. Dr. BYRTR, seconded by the Rev. W.
HESKETH, and

Resolved,—
"3.—That the following gentlemen form the Committee
for the present year:—

PRESIDENT.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester

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VIC
Rev. Jonathan Brooks,E
M.A-PRESIDENTS. .
1
Augustus Campbell, M.A., } Rectors of Liverpool
Adam Hodgson, Esq., I
William Jones, Esq.,
Charles Horsfall, Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker.
DIRECTORS.
Charles Groves, Esq.
R. W. Houghton, Esq.
Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq.
Samuel Holme, Esq.
John Howard, Esq.
Charles Inman, Esq.
E :mend Molyneux, Esq.
A. W. Powles, Esq.
John Rigby, Esq.

James Aspinall, Esq
J. T. Alston, Esq.
N. D. Bold, Et.q.
John Campbell, Esq
Charles Cot2sworth, Esq
Thomas Dover, Esq.
John Fletcher, Esq:
Geo. Freckleton, Esq. 111. D
Edward Gibbon, Esq.

Rev. T. Bold, M.A. Rev. J. C. Prince, M.A.
' George Dover, M.A. „T. L. Pain, M.A. , Hugh M`Neile, M.A. Dr. Tattershall,
„ James North, M.A. I Rev. Cecil Wray, M.A.
„ Frederick Parry, B.D.
TREASURER.
R. L. Carr, Esq.
SECRETARIES.
Rev. Frederick Barker. I John A. Tinne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Richard Gibson, Esq. I William Houghton, Esq.
Moved by the Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL, seconded by
HARMOOD BANNER, Esq., and
Resolved,—
"4.—That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the
Lord Bishop of Chester for his kindness in presiding over
the meeting of this day."
Moved by the Rev. F. BARKER, seconded by JOHN A.
TINNE, Esq., and

Resolved,—
" s.—That the thanks of the Church of England School
Society be given to the Committee of the Collegiate Insti-
tion for the use of the Lecture Hall this day."
Contributions in aid of the Funds will be received at
the Bank of Liverpool; by Mr. FORSTER, at the Blue
Coat Hospital ; and, if placed in the Treasurer's letter-
box at the Depository of "The Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge," 93, Bold-street, they will be duly
acknowledged.

PROMOLI and HAUSBURG take the liberty of ap-
prising their Friends and Patrons that, in consequence
of the health of Mr. Promoli rendering it necessary for
him to reside permanently on the Continent, the Partner-
ship hitherto subsisting between them has been Dissolved
by mutual consent ; and that all accounts due to or from
the late co-partnership will be received and paid by Mr.
F. L. HAUSBURG, who, having had for several years
the entire management of the business, will continue to
conduct it as heretofore, but upon his own account solely.
P. and H., in returning their sincere and grateful thanks
for the extensive and distinguished patronage which has
marked their progress, venture to hope that the same
flattering confidence with which their Friends have hitherto
been pleased to honour the late Firm, will be extended to
Mr. Hausburg.

Old Postoffice Buildings, Liverpool
31st October, 1843.

FL. HAUSBURG, in presenting himself to his Pa-
• trons and Friends, AS THE SOLE PROPRIETOR OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT at 21, Church-street, begs to
tender his grateful acknowledgments for the numerous
favours conferred upon him, while a member of THE LATE
FIRM OF PROMOLI AND HAUSBURG, and encouraged by
their kind appreciation of his exertions, most respectfully
solicits the continuance of the confidence hitherto reposed
in him.
F. L. H. takes the liberty of stating that, notwithstand-
ing the withdrawal of MR. PROMOLI, F. L. H. will still
receive the same assistance from him in the selection of
Continental productions as before, and respectfully as-
suring his Friends that his exclusive and unremitting
attention will be devoted to the constant improvement of
the Stock, in extent, variety, and quality, and to the sale
of every article at the most moderate rate of profit, F. L.
H. flatters himself that he shall experience a continuance
of the kind patronage which has been conferred upon him,
and which it will ever be his aim to merit.
Old Postoffice Buildings, Liverpool,
31st October, 1843.

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quantity of wool shipped during that period was 6:d8,3761b.
the estimated value of which was £32,302. The total
value of exports is given as £85,634. of which
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represented £9,496.

INDIA.
EXPRESS FROM MARSEILLES.
(From the Times of Yesterday.)

By our monthly courier from Marseilles we have re-
ceived the intelligence despatched from Bombay on the
2nd October, which reached Marseilles in the afternoon
2d inst., in the Alecto steamer, we have Bombay
tte of the departure of the mail; ad glees
o the 19th of September, and from China
;t. The latter, however, add nothing to
e news brouzht direct from Hong Kong to Suez by the
I which we oublishedin the early part

papers t(
from Ca

SPAIN.

latest French papers publish the following tele-
graphic despatches from Spain, by which it will be seen
that that country is still torn to pieces by contending
factions. The correseondent of the Times, however, says,
that the resistance to the Spanish Government is expected
to cease immediately:—

' PERPIGNAN, OCT. 28.—The firing continues at Ge-
rona. The tower of St. John has been demolished, and
the battery buried in the ruins. On tne 24th the batteries
of the insurgents of Barcelona threw 400 projectiles into
Gracia, Sanz, Clot, and Barcelona' Monjuich and the
citadel silenced them. Since the 25th, the tiring of artil-
lery ceased between the city and the forts ; but the fusil-
I lade
acked the murderer, but continued on different points. Two war steamers

pal item of intelligence from India is an in-
surrection at Lahore, and the murder of Shere Singh, his
Purtaub Singh, and all their families, on the 15th of
The Sirdar Ajeet Singh is the perpetrator
of this bloody tragedy.

September

General VI

.
were defeated. The Rajah's body was cut up by
Singh, and his head placed on a spear, the Ra,

ah's son

was killed at the entrance of the town.
The wives and children of the murdered victims fell a
ven a child who was born on the

The crime was
ation of Dhyan SinL,

afterwards avenged b

ctual murderer of

son of Runjeet, now ten
laced on the throne, under the pro-
, a son or brother of Dhyan Singh.
extracts from the Delhi Gazelle

ace at the north gate of Lahore

morning of t

lace, at half-past 9
The conspiracy was
een and Dhyan Singh, and
of of Sirdar Ajeet Singh to execute it ;
and Lena Singh (Majeeteea), and
so concerned ; Dhyan Singh made
the arrangement by proposing to the Maharajah to inspect
Ajeet Singh's troops, which the Maharajah said he would
do the following morning, and orders were accordingly
issued. On the Maharajah's arrival at the parade ground
he found fault with the appearance and condition of some
horsemen purposely placed to attract attention, when
Aieet Shingh became saucy, words ran high, and drawing
Aieet Shingh) shot Shere

r Azeez-ood

;h were al

bosom,

h the head, the ball liaving entered his right

temple

General Ventura and his party attacked the
murderer, but being opposed to a powerful body of troops,
were defeated. Ajeet Singh cut up the Rajah's body,
placed his head on a spear, and on entering the town met
Prince Purtaub Singh's suwarie, which was immediately
attacked, and the Prince killed ; the palace was taken,
and Dulleep Shingh, the only remaining son of Runjeet
Singh, a lad 10 years old, proclaimed to the throne. The
treasury was thrown open, and the troops paid up their
arrears of pay ; every child and all of Shere Singh's and
Prince Purtaub's Singh's wives were then brought and
murdered, amongst the rest one of Shere Singh's sons
wily born the previous evening. Troops were sent of to
guard all the ghauts, and all the opposite party (except
Ventura, who escaped) made prisoners."
" Ajeet Singh after having killed Shere Singh was re-
turning to the fort and met Dhyan Singh ; he told him he
had done the deed, and asked him to return ; he got into
Dvan Singh's carriage, and when they got near the gate

have been sent to Tarragona for a reinforcement of troops."
Serious disturbances are reported in the south of Spain,
consequent on the recent elections. At Xeres a reaction
had taken place. All such demonstrations have for the
present been suppressed by the agents of the Government.
Advices have been received from Cadlz to the 21st and
from Lisbon to the 25th ult. All was tranquil in the

latter capital

BUENOS AIRES

of the fort, Ajeet Singh stabbed Dbyan-Singh, and ient

Buenos Ayres papers of the 19th of August have come
to hand. According to these, Oribe was on the point of
joining Urquiza, with the view of consulting on the plan
of the eusuing campaign, and Riveira was reported to be
concentrating bis forces at a respectful distance in the
neighbourhood of Tala. News is stated to have been
received at Buenos Ayres of the imprisonment of the
commander of the French Basques, in consequence of a
discovery that he, with his chiefs, designed to go over to
Oribe. The troops of Riveira had evacuated Moldonado,
and all supply of cattle had been cut off at Santa Lucia.
The number of vessels in port at Buenos Ayres was 130,
of which 34 were British. The exchange on England was
firm at 3 1-32 d. per paper dollar. Wool was 22 to 26
dollars, and tallow, pure, 28 to 30 dollars.

MADEIRA.—From a letter received from Dr. KaHey, of
date 7th October, it appears he was still, after ten weeks'
imprisonment, in gaol. He gives in that letter some ac-
count of the attempts being made to prevent the circula-
tion of the Scriptures. Bail, it would appear, was still, at
the date of his letter, denied him. Some of Dr. Kalley's

his body to his brother, Soochet Singh, and his son,
Heera Singh. These two individuals surrounded the city
with their troops, the people inside continued plundering
all night.
" In the morning (16th) Heera Singh having entered
the fort, seized Ajeet Singh, Lena Singh, and others, and
having put them to death, exposed their heads in the
plain and threw their bodies into the bazaar. Dhulleep
Singh bas been put on the guddee, and Heera Singh
made Vuzeer. Six hundred men were slaughtered on
both sides."
This is a most important event, for it proves that the
empire founded with so much labour by Runjeet is on the
eve of dislocation. _ _ .

friends in Madeira deem it almost providential that he is
in gaol, as otherwise attempts might have been made to
assassinate him.—Scottish Guardian.

ROYAL AMOUR.—We find the following in the Na-
tional:—" There is much talk in the northern courts of
an affair which has sown dissention in a Royal family
hitherto strongly united. A young duke, who has become
the son-in-law of an absolute sovereign, by marrying, two
or three years ago, one of his daughters, has fallen vio-
lently in love with his sister-in-law. It appears certain
that his love is returned, for the august princess has re-
ceived orders not to leave her apartments for one month."

Runjeet died in June, 1839 ; his son Kurruck suc-
ceeded. He died, and was followed by Nao Nehal Singh,
who was killed at his father's faneral.

IRE LAND

THE TRIALS

Shore Singh succeeded, and he has been killed, and a
child placed in his room, to become a victim in his turn.
As if it were in anticipation of the events of Lahore, a
large army had been ordered by Lord Ellenborough to
prepare to assemble on the banks of the Jumna. Orders
were also issued to have a body of Bengal troops sent to
occupy Scinde, from whence the Bombay troops were to
be withdrawn ; but doubts are now formed of the feasi-
bility of that movement, as all the Bengal force will be
requisite to protect the frontiers against the Sikhs.
There are 16,000 men now in Scinde. Sir Charles Napier
is at Kurrachee ; the troops in Scinde are generally
healthy, except the newly arrived ones at Sukkur that
have come from Bengal.

Judge Burton delivered his charge on Wednesday. It
occupied forty-three minutes, and was listened to with
breathless attention by a crowded court

Shere Nlahommed is said to be in the hills near Canda-
har. Dost Nlahommed, who rules at Cabul, seems de-
sirous to be on friendly terms with the British Govern-
ment. It is thought he will attempt now to retake Pes-
hawur from the Sikhs, and he may therefore come into
collision with the British Government, who are bound to
protect Runjeet Singh's descendants.
The greatest interest is excited in India by the revolu-
tion in Lahore, which, it is expected, will terminate in
placing that country, with nearly 4,000,000 inhabitants,
and a revenue of upwards of £2,000,000 sterling, under
the dominion of Great Britain.

In the interior of India tranquility prevails. Gwalior
appears quiet for the moment, although there was great
alarm created there when the intention of the supreme
government to collect troops became known. Bundelkund
is also at rest. In the Nizam's territory a change has
taken place by the removal of the old Prime Minister
Chimdoo Lall, who has been succeeded by a relative.
There were some trials of great interest at Bombay,
such as that of Dharkjee Dudajee v. the East India Com-
pany, for trespass in forcibly entering his houses and seiz-
ing all his papers ; another trial is of a Parsee lady, who
has brought an action against her husband, on his marry-
ing a second wife, to claim restitution of conjugal rights.
An attempt was made to prove the British courts had no
right to interfere, but the supreme court has maintained
its jurisdiction.
Another trial of great interest has been that of two of
the principals and eight of the confederates of the Bunder
gang, who have for years been robbing, plundering, smug-
gling, and, as it is supposed, murdering in the harbour of
Bombay. The detection of this gang, after it had existed
twenty years, is looked upon with great satisfaction by
the friends of Indian civilization and justice.
Lord Ellenborough remains at Barrack pore, whence he
is expected to proceed soon to the north-western pro-
vinces. He is still abused by a part of the Indian press,
but another portion supports his actions as tending to
produce good results.

His lordship, after some prefatory remarks, came to the
part of the informations in which it was alleged that the
union was declared to be unlawful. On this head he said
that the legislative union is not only practically, but law-
fully in force in Ireland ; and that jury, in exercising their
judgment upon that indictment—are bound so to consider
it. This is not to be supposed to amount to a denial of
the right to contest the political expediency of continuing
that legislative union, or of seeking by lawful means an
1 alteration of it. He then went on to say that to adopt
unlawful means for carrying a lawful object was in itself
highly criminal. Adverting to the peaceable declarations
of the repealers, it was for the jury to say if they considered
that the multitudes had assembled for the purpose of ) in-
timidating by their numbers. The offence charged was
I undoubtedly a misdemeanour; and that of tampering with
the army would be a still higher one in itself, and would
tend to confirm the other charge. It remained, he said,
for the jury to say whether they believed the moneys re-
ceived from different parts of the United Kingdom and
abroad were received for the purposes laid in the indict-
ments. He distinctly pronounced the Arbitration Courts
a misdemeanour. as attempting to usurp the prerogatives
of the crown, adding, however, that the effect of such as-
sumption was altogether inferential. He then came to
the case of Mr. Bond Hughes, on which so much of the
whole of the government proceedings depend ; and after
alluding to the well-known blunder of that gentleman as
regards Mr. Steel, he said :—lf it should appear that such
misrepresentation has been made wilfully and de-
liberately, such a misrepresentation justly disentitles him
to any credit at your hands ; and not wilfully, but through
any negligence or inadvertance—the fact may, under all
circumstances, be sufficient to materially affect his credit,
although not sufficient to deprive him of all credit as to
the truth of other portions of his testimony. His lord-
ship then very earnestly besought the jury to disabuse
their minds of all prejudice, and in conclusion said :
" At the present moment the parties are not even, legally
speaking, accused." On the whole, the charge is a very
mild and temperate one, and has given much satisfaction
to all.

HUGHES, THE INFORMER.—After the delivery of the
charge, his lordship received information against Hughes
on a charge of perjury, though they had been previously
refused by the clerk of thee crown.
On Friday morning bills of indictment were sent before
the city grand jury. An abstract of the indictment, as is
usual in such cases, was furnished to the grand jury, but
some of its members required that the whole document,
with all its tedious averments and tedious repetitions,
should be read. The informations upon which the parties
were held to bail were sworn to but by one person, viz.,
Mr. Bond Hughes ; whereas there is a long list of wit-
nesses (upwards of twenty) endorsed on the back of the
bills of indictment. At four o'clock the witnesses were
ordered to be in attendance on the following morning,
when they were again present, but the Grand Jury did
not find the bills on that day, and it was not expected that
the finding of the Jury would take place until Monday
(yesterday).

DUBLIN, Saturday, Nov. 4.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
In the course of the day the Chief Justice said, he un-
derstood that the city grand jury had signified to Mr.
Justice Burton that they had something to say to the court.
The Clerk of the Crown intimated that he had received
a communication to that effect from their secretary.
The Chief Justice.—lt would be right they should
come into court.

The jury were accordingly sent for, and appeared in
their box, when

The FOremaii said, there appeared to be a clerical error
in the fourth count of the indictment, in which the names
of two parties, Thomas Tierney and Peter James Tyrrell,
should be mentioned. Those names appeared in that
count as Thomas Tierney and Peter James Tierney, the
word Tierney being substituted for Tyrrell. Some of the
jury thought it was a clerical error, and wished to have
the word Tyrrell inserted in the proper place instead of
Tierney, and he begged to know if he should hand the
bill down to be altered ?

The Chief Justice.—You had better, if you please
Has Mr. Tyrrell any counsel i❑ court?

Mr. M`lionagh.-I am counsel for Mr. Tyrrell, my
lord.

The Chief Justice.—Do you make any objection ?
Mr. M`Donagh.—l object, on the part of Mr. Tyrrell,
to that bill being now meddled with. It is given in charge
to the grand jury, and it is for them to ignore or find it as
they think right. I have every objection to my client's
name (Tyrrell) being put into that indictment.
The Foreman observed that the mistake bad only oc-
curred in one count.

The Chief Justice.—All the other counts are right.
The Attorney-General.—l apprehend there can be no
doubt about the matter. The alteration will, of course,
be made.

Mr. Hatchell.—l submit there is no authority to amend
the bill.

The Attorney-General said the document was at present
nothing more than a bill ; it was not an indictment till
it was found, and the jury were quite at liberty, if they
thought proper, to hand it to the clerk of the crown,
from whom they received it, to have the alteration made
by him.

-Mr. M`Donagh submitted that the clerk of the crown
had no authority to alter the bill.
The Chief Justice.—He has the informations on which
the bill was founded, from which he can correct any mis-
take.

Mr. M`DoNwon said the bill was not the work of the
clerk of the crown ; it was prepared by the attorney-
general, who was prosecuting for the crown, and given
through the hands of the clerk of the crown to the grand
jury. The grand jury had been charged with that bill to
dispose of, and the attorney-general or any other party
had no right to withdraw or amend it.
The Attorney-General.—l believe Mr. M`Donagh is
acting as an amicus curia, in this case; he has not a li-
cense from the crown for defending Mr. Tyrrell.
Mr. Nl'Donagh said he had a license in Mr. Tyrrell's
case. He had been very guarded in all these cases, and
refused reta'ners until license in each of them had been
taken out.

Mr. Cantwell (solicitor in the case) stated that he had
taken out a licence for Mr. M'Donogh to act for Mr.
Tyrrell, and he called upon Mr. M(Donagh now to give
him every assistance in this matter.
The Attorney• General expressed himself satisfied, and
Mr. M`Donagh then requested that their lordships
would let the point stand for argument until Monday.
No case had occurred where such an alteration was per-
mitted to be made in a bill of indictment. It was im-
possible for the Clerk of the Crown to have any foundation
to amend ; be had no basis to change the name of Tierney
into Tyrrell in either information or indictment. If it
were wrong in both, therefore, be could not suppose the
officer would make any alteration. The court would leave
the bill with the grand jury to dispose of as they might
think right.
The Attorney-General said be was not aware upon any
occasion of counsel for a party charged being heard before
indictment was found. So far it was altogether an ex
parte matter. There was evidently a clerical error made
in writing one surname for another; and the grand jury
informed the court of this mistake, who had a right and
privilege at law to amend it and send it up again. It
should be remembered that that was not an application
after, but before the indictment was found—in fact, so
far there was no indictment, it was only a bill. He,
therefore, entirely objected to any counsel, on the part of
any individual, being heard in such a state of the proceed-

ings, or listened to upon a bill, as long as the proceedings
were ex parte. Until the accused were called upon to
answer the indictment, they should not appear; and, in-
stead of calling on him for an authority for the court, he
considered that the court should call upon the other side
for authority to object. The grand jury might have made
the alteration themselves, but as the bill came down he
considered that the court should order it to be done.
Mr. M`Donagh wished to explain. The Attorney-
General said he had no right to be heard, but he (Mr.
M`D.) had waited until the court asked if there were any
counsel for the Rev. Mr. Tyrrell present.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—I dare say the irregularity was
originally attributable to me. (Laughter.) After having
conferred with the other members of the court, the learned
Chief Justice said, that at the present stage of the pro-
ceedings the bill could not be considered or properly
called a bill of indictment; it was a mere bill sent up on
the part of the crown by the Attorney-General, through
the clerk of the crown, to the grand jury. So far no
third party had a right to be heard. If the Attorney-
General or the jury had pointed out a clerical error, the
court should give permission to have it altered ; but the
conrt were of opinion that the crown could remedy it
without any application.
The error was accordingly rectified.