The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

TIE LIVERPOOL itlNhAtith.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL commented on the factious opposition
given to this measure by certain gentlemen oppos►te. The
most respectable members of their party, among whom he spe-
cially referred to Mr. Napier, had deliberately quitted the
house rather than join in it.
Captain ITYSIC observed that he had merely moved the ad-
journment to give Mr. Forbes an opportunity of addressing
the house.

Mr. FORBES then repeated the speech which he had made' in
the morning. Mr. SPOONER was rising, as Sir G. GREY ima-
gined, for the same purpose—an idea which led him to stand
up for the propriety of observing the long-established rules of
the house, which only permitted a member to make one speech
on the same subject, and to point out the inconvenience which
would arise from evading those rules by moving the question

of adjournment

Mr: SPOONER persisted in his intention of again addressing
the house, complained of the slur cast upon him by Lord J.
Russell, and declared that he should not flinch from his oppo-
sition to this bill, no matter what the house might think of it.
An animated discussion, paqaking rather of a personal cha-
racter, then took place, in which Lord J. Russell, Mr. Spooner,
Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Newdegate and some other members
joined. At the close of it Captain \yse withdrew his amend-
ment, and the house divided on the amendment of Mr. Anstey
on the original motion, when the numbers were—Ayes, 34 ;
noes, 113 ; majority against the amendment, 77.
The house then resolved into committee on the bill, and was
occupied during the remainder of the evening in deciding on
the manifold amendments proposed on it by Mr. C. Anstey
and two or three other members.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FnmAy.
On the motion for going into committee en the Diplomatic
Relations with Rome Bill, some discussion took place, in which
Mr. SPOONER' Sir J. TYRRELL, Mr. NEWDEOATE, Lord J.
RUSSELL, and Sir R. INoLts, took part; but eventually the
committee was resumed without a division, and the remaining
clauses of the bill were agreed to.

name of Thomas, alto was some time ago transported. Two
years after his transportation she married the prisoner, but this
marriage was null and void, because Thomas was still living,
and also because the prisoner was himself a married man at
the time he contracted marriage with the deceased. She (the
deceased) lived with the prisoner as his wife for some time, and
then certain disputes having occurred between them, she left
him and proceeaed to London. There, she visited her married
sister, but she shortly after returned to Manchester, in order
to pursue her own occupation, that of working at the Hanover
mills. She was frequently importuned by the prisoner to go
and live with him again, but she declined the offer. About half-
past five o'c ock on the morning of the 25th of June, she was
on her way to the mills, and when she had got to Stevenson_
square,. a witness named Murray saw her in company with the
prisoner. Some quarrelling was then taking place between
them. She was angry, but he was comparatively calm. They
went on until they got to the corner of Friday-street, and there
she was beard to say to the prisoner " If you don't leave me I
will alarm the neighbourhood." The prisoner said to her
" You mean to die, do you?" He then took a pistol from his
pocket. She ran, and he followed her. She screamed, and
several persons were attracted by the screams. He pulled the
trigger of the pistol, and snapped it at her, but it did net go off
the first time. He then caught her by the clothes, and turned
her head round towards him; he then fired the pistol; the
bullet passed through her brain, and in a very few minutes
afterwards she was a corpse. He was taken into• custody on
the instant. He appeared at the time perfectly cool, sober, and
collected, but the smell of drink was upon him. He put the
pistol quietly in his pocket,„and said, " I loved the woman and
I will die forher." To another person he said, " I am quite
satisfied with what I have done." He then took out another
loaded pistol, with which he said he intended to "exterminate"
himself, had he not been so suddenly apprehended. About
seventeen days before the murder, lie went to the Hanover-
mills, and asked to see the deceased, but she having declined to
leave her work, he said, "If ever man had woman's life, 1 will
have hers." He then pulled out a pistol, and said, "This is the
weapon that will do it. Two loaded pistols having been found
upon his person at that time, lie was taken before the magis-
trates, but he was shortly after discharged, and the pistols were
restored to him, and in about a fortnight afterwards he put his
many threats into execution, by shooting the unfortunate
female through the head.
prisoner was found guilty.

NISI PRIUS
RIGHT OF AGENTS TO DETAIN GOODS.
CASEY AND ANOTHER V. BLAIR AND ANOTHER.—t,
.Turd.)—The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. Francis
George Casey, and the defendants Messrs. Blair and Sumner,
all the parties carrying on business at Manchester. The action
was in trover to recover the value of 250 pieces of cloth, de-
tained by the defendants from the plaintiffs.—Messrs. Martin
and Aspland were for the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Baines and
Cross for the defendants.—The plaintiffs were merchants at
Manchester, who bought goods to a considerable extent, as
was customary, through commission agents. The defendants
were bleachers, carrying on business in the neighbourhood of
Manchester. In connexion with the case was the firm of
Messrs. Birts, Watson, and Co., commission agents, who
transacted business to a large extent in their line of business.
The practice at Manchester was to buy goods in the gray.
They were sent to the person acting as the agent or principal ;
a bleacher was employed, and his cart was sent round to the
warehouses to take them to the place where they were to be
bleached. In a few days afterwards the bleacher called at the
place where the goods were taken from, received directions as
to what should be done with them, and acted accordingly. .In
this case the 'nods were part of a quantity bought from Messrs.
W. and W. Sterling, manufacturers, in September, 1847 ; the
goods were sent to Birts, Watson, and Co., and thence to the
bleach-works of the defendants. who received directions from
ants in a sum of .el9OO. plaintirrs uemanueu
from the defendants, offering to pay the price of bleaching,
but the defendants refused to give them up, alleging
.that they
would hold them for the £l9OO due to them from Bats, Wat-
fseoandaaantial
had Co. a
Therighqt question t
hold
dwtohiei
goodsd be whether
lr9o 101 ot
owingthed to
a-
them by Birts and Co., or whether they were bound to give
them up, merely charging the price of bleaching. The question
was one of great importance, as it affected a number of bleach-
ers at Manchester. who were the real defendants.—Verdict for
the plaintiffs, damages £ll4 Ifs. Bd.
CLARK AND OTHERS V. LomAs.—This case was decided by
the previous one, and a verdict taken for the plaintiffs.
MORRIS AND ANOTHER V. LOMAX.—This case also went off
under similar circumstances.
HEATON (CLERK) V. MOORE AND OTHERS.—An action to
recover a debt of £ll7 17s. 5d., alleged to be due from defend-
ants to plaintiff. Verdict, by consent, for the plaintiff.
ALLEGED ILLEGAL DISTRAINT.

T►IURSDAY

In reply to questions put by Mr. ROBINSON, respecting the
treatment of the convict Mitchel on his passage to Bermuda,
and since his arrival there,
Sir G. GREY said that instructions had been given to the
officers of the vessel he was sent out in that every precaution
should be taken to prevent the prisoner from escaping. He
was to be placed in a cabin by himself, a sentinel was to be
placed at his door, and his meals were to be sent in to him.
He was also to have proper exercise while at sea. On the
arrival of Mitchel at Spike Island he was examined by a medical
officer, who reported that he was labouring under a chronic
affection of the lungs. In consequence of this report he had
been removed to a convict ship, where he had been treated in
every respect like other convicts in a delicate state of health,
but that since his arrival he had not been put to the hard labour
that convicts are usually put to.

The Judge passed sentence of death upon him in solemn
terms, and said that he could not hold out to the prisoner the
slightest hopes of mercy being extended to him.
William Travers, 26, was indicted for having, at Liverpool,
feloniously uttered two certain forged undertakings for the
payment of .t 1 each, with intent to defraud John Pearson.
The prisoner, who was the steward of a ship called the Chusan,
in May last, lodged with the prosecutor; and on the vessel's
being ready for sea, he produced two shippine, notes, which
prosecutor cashed for him. The notes were found to be forge-
ries, and on the discovery the prisoner was given into custody
Guilty of uttering -

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER then moved that the

Mr. P. SCROPE moved, as an amendment, that no future ap-
propriation of monies taken from general taxation be made in
the poor-rate of Irish unions, except on conditions—first, that
it be expended in the productive employment of the able-bodied

..,.—Sentence deferred.
TREASONABLE CONSPIRACY.
During the day the Grand Jury found a true bill for a trea-
sonable conspiracy against T. B. I\l'Alanus, Lawrence Reynolds,
ct noanell. Joseph ' Many

-new
nopper, Edward Murphy, James Laffan, Mar-
elNlVrle 'lNirgritEcitifa-MARrseuswAti.Y.Atrick WHanlos .
for misdemeanor against a great number of other Chartists,
from the neighbourhood of Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne, &c.

le., on I Ao—m—es",;:ituoigi
ho',inn

RiiiirefiiMiiitiirriaertne no ffse at co Mu aera 0 ,
which he impugned the conduct of the poor law commissioneis
of Ireland.
After some observations from Lord G. BENTINCK, Mr.
H LIME, Lord J. RUSSELL, and other hon. members, the amend-
ment was negatived without a division, and the house went into
a committee of ways and means.

PRESENTMENT OF THE

The Grand Jury, before being discharged, handed to Mr.
Justice Cresswell the following presentment against seditious
and treasonable clubs : . . _

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then proceeded to
make the financial statement of which notice had been given by
Lord John Russell on a former evening. He recapitulated the
main points of the budget of the noble lord at the commence-
ment of the session relative to the revenue and expenditure of
the country, and then proceeded to show how the government
had reduced the deficiency that appeared when the house re-
fused to sanction the increase of the income tax from three to
five per cent. He had felt it to be his duty to call the attention
of all the departments of the public service to the necessity of
diminishing their expenses as much as possible, and the conse-
quence had been a series of estimates much reduced in amount
holnur shot which had lippri cnntomnlntpd_ in nr.

" The Grand Jury cannot separate without expressing their
conviction that the law, as it at present exists, is inadequate to
cope with sufficient promptitude and effect with these clubs
and associations, which, in connexion with Ireland and other
parts of the United Kingdom, have for some time endangered
the tranquillity of these realms.
" That from the difficulty of repressing in their earlier stages
the mischievous attempts of these clubs to establish an exten-
sive system of organization and arming, sedition and treason
have been encouraged, the ignorant and unwary have been
seduced by apparent immunity into the designs of the disaffect-
ed; and formidable preparations have been matured for out-
break and rebellion, which, with some modification of the law,

e been ci .0 toe outset, by toe energy atm ttect-
iose who are charged with the preservation of the

the course to w

Ile result was

the navy estimates were reouc• Q by tne sum ot &208,1100, tne
army estimates by .4'150,000, the ordnance by .e 123,000, the
miscellaneous by .t'23s,ooo—making, together with the saving
of £150,000 by not calling out the militia, a total reduction of
£828.000. The total expenditure would be £52,422,335. while

Grand Jury, therefore, express the hope that such mea-
sures may be adopted by the Legislature for the vindication of
the law with respect to these clubs, as to its wisdom shall ap-
pear most conducive to the security of the Throne, the liberty
of the subject, and the stability of those national institutions
which the country at large is determined to maintain."

sum'of liecame available. From the barley Crop of
last year, which was very good, he anticipated an increase to
the excise of £340,000, and £BO,OOO, being the last instalment

NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY
JENKINS V. BROWN AND OTHERS.

- , , of London, was
the plaintiff, and Messrs. Brown, Shipley, am! Co., merchants,
of Liverpool were the defendants. The action was one of
trover, to recover the value of a quantity of Indian corn,
which, it was alleged, belonged to the plaintiff',
-and had been
illegally sold by the defendants.

acis Jenkins

of China money

corn-merchant

would be onl

The reduciiona wliich had taken

place he hoped to be able to carry to a still further extent next
year. The deficiency for the present year would be still
to be added

ne expenses

together with the sum advanced for the relief of the distress in
Ireland and for the Canadian emigrants. This deficiency he
proposed to meet by a loan rather than resort to a permanent
tax to meet what he hoped would be only a temporary emer-
gency. The house would remember that he had no ordinary
difficulties to deal with. They had a famine in Ireland, great
commercial distress, revolutions abroad severely affecti n g trade,
and insurrections at home. It was, therefore, not to be won
dered at that there should be a considerable falling off in the in-
come and revenue of the country. Ile believed it was the pa-
ramount interest of that country to promote the peace and
tranquillity of the rest of Europe, and the best exertions of the
government would be devoted to that object. With respect to
the harvest, he believed the crop was only partially damaged,
and he believed that the extent of the potato disease was not so

It appeared That the plaintiff vas largely engaged in corn
speculations, and that he imported a cargo of Indian corn from
New Orleans. Bills of Exchange were drawn upon the plain
tiff by Le Gendre and Co., the house that made the shipment.
Two of these bills, for a sum of £2,513, were drawn against
the cargo, and became due on the 17th of June, 1847, and these
bills were held by Denison and Co., bankers, of London, on
behalf of defendants. The plaintiff entered into a contract
for the sale of a cargo, and tendered the money in payment for
the bills at Messrs. Denison and: Co.'s, but the bills were not
produced. The plaintiff consequently was unable to deliver
the cargo of corn, and no sale could be effected. The plaintiff
subsequently became embarrassed in his affairs, and was
obliged to effect an arrangement with his creditors, and under
that arrangement a composition of 2s. in the pound was paid
on the bills in question. The plaintiff, it was alleged, had

out no hope of any general system of relief, such as had been
formerly resorted to: The right hon. gentleman concluded by

fendants, because it had been sold by them in October without
any intimation being given. The value of the corn was

court above, and it wai'thus brought on for triila second time.
Witnesses were called, who proved that theplaintiff's property

Mr. HUME considered the statement of the right hon. gentle-
man as most unsatisfactory.

wMr. MARTIN,
in the course of his speech for the defence,
stated that the 60intiff had been offered the bills on the 18th,
and that he would not take them up ; that, subsequently, he
offered to throw up the whole affair; that the defendants were

was sold off at a ruinous sacrifice, the auctioneer, in selling the
busts, being unacquainted even with the figures of Sir Robert
Peel and the Duke of Wellington. He put up John Wesley for
Voltaire, and a bust of Sir Charles Bell, author of the "Bridge-
water Treatises," he described as Deaf Burke, the celebrated

Lord GEORGE 13ENTINcii said the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer had taken erroneously into his estimates the continuance

After a few words from Mr. J..O'CoNNim.,
Sir H. WILLOUOH BY said he had arrived at the conc
that increased taxation was postponed only for one year.

losers by the transaction to the amount of £15,000 and that
they had a right to sell the corn, the plaintiff having no claim

pugilist.—(Laughter.) There was also a plaster cast of Chantry.
winch the said auctioneer designated "the bald-beaded chap;"

never been brought before a court. of justice

Iheaded show-tiny

The evidence extended to a' great II grea length,
••
, •

After some observations from -Alr.lkluNiz and Mi. H. DRUM-
MOND, -

Lord J. RUSSELL said that the reductions which would be
made in the various departments would bring their expenditure
. .

the plaintiff was not possessed of the corn, and that they had
the right to sell it under the authority obtained from Le Gendre

CROWN COURT.-FRIDAY

Benjamin Anderton, managing clerk to an attorney in Man-
chester, appeared to surrender on a charge of having forged
two several orders for the delivery of goods. He appeared to

The other cases to-day were unimportant,

SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT

have his trial postponed to the next nesi%es,which wa;
and he was bound over to appear, himself in "21)(

granted

-Tfl URSDAY

CROWN COURT

-TUESDAY

attreties in .'lOO each

(Before Mr. Justice Creswell.)
Henry Woodward, 28, was found guilty of having, at Brough-
ton, broken into the dwelling-house of John Ward, and stolen
one cream jug and other articles.
Thomas Case, 22

Ann Williams, for stealing a child at Salford, twelve months'
imprisoninent.

THE INDICTMENTS FOR CONSPIRACY.
wniito Macklin, Joseph Radcliffe, and William Bolton,
were arra:Vial UpOn ati indictment for a treasonable conspi-
racy at Ashton !tnder,,Lyne. They all pleaded not guilty, and
expressed their intention to traverse to the next assizes.
James Flinn, Daniel Don Gran, Michael Carrigan, Joseph
Spooner, Peter Feeny, Thomas Webb, Mark Hulme, William
Chadwick, Michael Itt‘Donnough, Henry Ellis, Thomas Whit-
taker, Thomas Edward Clarke Cropper, Thomas Rankin, Ro-
bert Ramsden, Thomas James Dolan, Joseph Leman, John
Joseph Finnigan, Henry Williams, George Rodgers, James
Hoyle, and James Downey, were next arraigned on an indict-
ment for conspiracy at Manchester. They all pleaded not
guilty, and several of them expressed a wish to traverse. The
following asked to be tried during the present commission :
E. C. Cropper, P. Feeny, Chadwick, Joseph Puwney, J. J. Fin-
nigan, H. Williams, George Rodgers, M. Carrigan, Joseph
Spooner, and James Dolan.

jfar. Haigh, for having, at Chadderton, attempted to con-
ceal the birth of her child, six months' imprisonment.
Ellen Grtylith, for having, at Liverpool, attempted to drown
her child, one months' imprisonment and bard labour.
Robert Walton, for bigamy, at Saddleworth, nine months'
imprisonment.

, ~,z, charged with having, on the night of the ith
of August, at the village of West Derby, cut and wounded a po-
liceman, named Christopher Coupland, with intent to do him

. .
some grievous bodily hiirm. The jury acquitted the prisoner
of the felonious intention, but found him guilty of an assault.

Joseph Thomion, 20, was found guilty of wounding a police-
officer named Oliver Petty, on the 7th of August, an officer in
the county constabulary.

John Smith and Thomas Smith, for burglary, at Liverpool,
each We've months' imprisonment.
Henry Woodward, for burglary, at Broughton, twelve
months' imprisonment.

sonment, with hard labour, for having, at Walton-on-the-1-W,
on the 16th of April last, feloniously killed, with intent to steal,
one ewe, the property of _John Cruickshank, a brewer, at

portation

Walker Ellwood, for stealing in a dwelling•house, at Rad-
cliffe, after previous conviction for felony, fifteen years' trans-

John Whittam was indicted for having, on the 3d of April
last, committed a violent assault on Richard Blee, a collector
of accounts, residing in Acton-street, in Manchester, with in-
tent to do him some grievous bodily injury. The jury found
the prisoner guilty of an assault. _ _ _

- John Sumner, for larceny, at Litherland, seven years' trans-
portation.

THE LIVERPOOL PRISONERS

AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD

Jane M'Lane, 33, was brought up, and pleaded not guilty to
a charge of having at Ashton-under-Lyne, wilfully murdered
William M`Lane, her illegitimate child. Mr. Monk appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson defended the prisoner.
On the 24th July last the prisoner, in company with a man
named William Johnson, with whom she cohabited, went to the
Old Cross Inn, kept by Mr. Hall, and had four quarts of ale.
About five o'clock prisoner was seen to leave the vaults and go
into the
_yard, with the child, about nine months old, in her

The prisoners Cuddy, O'Donnell, Somers, Murphy, and
O'Brien, were then placed at the bar, and arraigned on an in-
dictment for conspiracy. They severally pleaded not guilty,
and expressed a wish to traverse. About three o'clock in the
afternoon, however, they were again placed at the bar, and de-
sired to be allowed to withdraw their traverse, and to be tried
at the present assizes.
Thomas Lees, William Penny, William Morris, and James
West, were charged with conspiracy at Ashton. The prisoners
pleaded guilty, but wished to be tried at the present assizes.
Joseph Sandiford was sentenced to transportation for life for
a rape on a little girl only nine years of age, at Manchester, in
May last.

Simnel Worthington, 27. was sentenced to fifteen months
imprisonment, for having, at Pendleton, feloniously stolen one
coat, and other articles, the property of William Hesketh.
John Sumner, 39, was charged with having, at Litherland,
stolen three pigs the property of Henry Harrison. Guilty.
Sentence deferred.

John Richardson,

39, was charg

ed with having, at Warrin,

ton, feloniously forged ii bill, or receipt, with intent to defraud
Ann Clare. Not guilty. _

arms. Slie returned about half an hour afterwards, without
the child. She was in a state of intoxication, very noisy, and
was turned out of the vaults. Prisoner subsequently returned,
and, appearing in great trouble, requested to be allowed to go
to he necessary. On her being interrogated as to where she
had left the child, she replied, "At home." Shortly afterwards
the daughter of the landlord went to the privy and discovered
the infant in the soil, quite d,..ad. The jury found the prisoner
guilty of manslaughter, and recommended her to mercy.

Philip M'Cacide;, 26, was sentenced to one month's impri-
sonment, with hard labour, for stabbing Mary Taylor, at
Salford.

Jihn Goddard was acquitted of having used a certain instru-
ment to procure the miscarriage of Mary Bailey, at Heaton
Norris, in June last.

George William Knowles, 25, was charged with having, at
Liverpool, on the 15th of April last, stabbed and wounded J as.

NISI PRIUS COURT

FRIDAY

grand jury came into court with a true bill against Geo
eacon and forty-five others connected with the Manche&

ALLEGED. REVOLT ON THE HIGH SEAS,

ter confederate clubs

James Famell,,Thornas Coates, John illyLJ, James Bain,

The case of Clarke v. Holford, for illegal distraint, was re-
sumed, and after a very humourous examination of the auc-
tioneer by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, thejury founds verdict for the
plaintiff on the first count, for 'l7O for the value of the
goods, and .'l6 for the fixtures. For the defendant on the se-
cond and third counts; the fourth count was withdrawn; and
on the fifth count the verdict was also for the plaintiff. [The
verdict, according to the statute, which doubles the amount of
goods illegally distrained upon, is £530.]

NISI PMT.'S COURT.-
(Before Mr. Jurtice

TUESDAY

attempted to make, a revolt on the high seas. In November
last, whilst the ship Corn, belonging to Messrs. Harrison and
Rogerson, of Liverpool, was off the coast of Africa, the captain,
named Gillespie, died. The prisoner Farrell, being next in
command, then took charge of the vessel. Subsequently an
order was sent on board that Farrell should keep command
till the following day, when a person named Dawson would
supersede him. Farrell and the other prisoners said that
Dawson should not take charge; and, in addition, stated that
he (Dawson) had poisoned Captain Gillespie. They set sail in
the course of the following night, and were afterwards pur-
sued; but the Cora got off after a chase of three or four days.
The vessel was afterwards worked to Liverpool, and the pri-
soners were given into custody. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL re-
quested Mr. Bliss, the counsel for the prosecution, to state
whom the revolt was against; and the learned counsel having
acknowledged that there was some difficulty in the case, his
lordship retired to consult his brother judge, and shortly af-
terwards returned and directed thejury to acquit the pri-

After some undefelded causes in the second list had been
disposed of, the court proceeded to try a cause in which Messrs.
Gould and Davis were the plaintiffs, and Mr. William Stock
was the defendant. The action was brought to recover the sum
of £153 s. 2d., for stores supplied by the plaintiffs to the
ship Frederica. It appeared that the captain of the Frederica,
Mr. Waddington, went to the plaintiffs' place of business and
ordered the goods, which were accordingly supplied to the ship.
In the month of July the owner of the Frederica executed a bill
of sale from him to Mr. Stock, the defendant, on the Frederica;
and, by law, a party who became the owner of a ship, was bound
to go to the Custom-house and there make a declaration of
ownership. -0 knzust, Mr. Stock, th,

410
CROWN COURT—SATuRnme
SENTENCES.

The following prisoners were brought up and sentenced :
Jane 31' Lane' convicted of the manslaughter of her child, was
sentenced to transportation for seven years.—Parker Unsworth,
the butcher convicted of the manslaughter of a man named
Clarke. Three calendar months.—Cornelius Jones, a boy con-
victed of manslaughter through careless and furious driving.
Fourteen days imprisonment.—John Finneron, Michael Hogan,
and George Wm. Knowles, convicted of cutting and wounding,
&c., were severally sentenced to transportation for seven years. i
Elizabeth Wilson, convicted of stabbing. Six months' mpri-
sonment, wit.t hard labour.--Anthony 'Carroll, Nicholas Car-
ter,. John Smith, John Whitham, Joseph Thompson, Thomas
Case, Jahn Davies, severally convicted of assault, were next
put up. Thompson, Case, and Carroll were each sentenced to
twelve months, Whittle to nine months, Carter and Smith to
six months, and Davis to one month's imprisonment.—Ellen
Moss, convicted of concealing the birth of an illegitimate child,
was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months, with hard
labour,—Edivd. Parsons, convicted of forging a post-odice
order. Eighteen months.—Wm. Whillan, convicted of forgery,
by endorsing a bill of exchange. Eighteen months.—Elizabeth
Marrint, who had pleaded guilty to forging a signature to a
postotlice order. Six months.—John White, who had pleaded
guilty to•uttering a 'forged warrant. Three months.—Benjamin
Anderson, convicted of uttering a forced order for the delivery
of goods. Nine months.—Ed. Murphy anti Win. Travers,
respectiVely found guilty of uttering a forged seaman's note.
Twelve months.—His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence on the
two latter prisoners, said the crime was, unhappily, of frequent
occurrence in this borough. If he found the crime undimi-
nished, he wetild punish it with transportation.
The case of Dr. M`Donall, the Chartist leader, charged with
sedition' and conspiracy, was mentioned several times in the
course of the day. On his name being called he failed to appear,

Accordingly, on the
defendant, went to the Custom-house and inade a declaration,
that the ship Frederica, of which Mr. Waddington was master,
was his property. Messrs. M`Tear, Hadfield, and Thompson
. .

Mi. KNOWLES addressed the jtiry, contending that the goods
were furnished upon the credit of Mr. Holmes, hut the proof of
this failing, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for the amount

Ethiard Murphy, 20, was indicted for having, on the 22nd of
May last, at Liverpool, uttered a sailor's forged shipping note.
On the day above mentioned, the note was offered to•a person
named Mary Bird, requesting that she would cash the same;
she at first refused, but subsequently did so, giving ss. in
exchange. The note purported to be from the ship Middleton,
with the captain's signature. The jury found the prisoner
guilty of having uttered the note, knowing it to have been
forged. Sentence deferred.

THE AFFAIRS OF BARTON, IRLAIVI, AND lIIOGINSON

TURNER AND OTHERS.'. DEANE AND' OTHERS.—Mr. 11iiirtin
and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiffs who were Chas.
Turner, Francis Shand, and other shareholders connected with
the Royal Bank, and Mr. Baines and Mr. Henderson were
coumel for the defendants, Mr. Edward Guy Deane and his

homers Davies, 29, was charged with having, at Liverpool,
feloniously killed and slain Sarah Ann Buchanan. It appeared
that the ; risoner, on the 12th July last, was driving a coach

r. MARTI x stated the case. The plaintiffs were the assignees
firin of Barton, lrlam, and Iligginson, who became hank-

and two horses ap Stanhope-street, at the rate of about eight
miles an hour; when About half way up, as the deceased was

rupts last year, and who had at the time a most enormous ac-
count with the Royal Bank. The defendants, Messrs. Deane
and Son, were most respectable attorneys in Liverpool ; and
the question in the case was this—whether the defendants had
what is called a lien upon some title deeds, belonging to Mr.
Jonathan Higginson, in respect of a debt due to them from
Barton and Co. _ _

received a fracture of the skull, ishick caused death. pri-
soner was acquitted.
John Davies, 29, was indicted for having, on the 15th of July
last, at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, feloniously attempted to dis-
charge a loaded pistol at Elias Woodcock, with intent to do him
some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner had previously
formed an acquaintance with a female named Jane Hilton;
they had lived together; and, subsequently, the parents of the
female interfered, and sent her to the house of Woodcock.
Some time afterwards the prisoner went to see her, and on
Woodcock meeting and refusing . him an interview, he pulled
out a pistol, and presented it at Woodcock ; lie pulled the trig.
ger, but it did not go off; he then said he would not hurt him,
and left. The jury found the prisoner guilty of a common as-
sault. Sentence deferred.
Ellen Moss pleaded guilty to the charge of having, at Liver-
pool, concealed the birth of her child. Sentence deferred.
Jane Jackson was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the
22d June last, uttered a forged shipping note. The prisoner,
together with a man named M'Connell, went on the above date
to the house of Mr. Little licensed victualler, Norfolk-street;
and requested him to cash the note for '2. He did so, and
on applying to the firm of Messrs. Brocklebank for the purpose
of getting it re-cashed, was told that they knew nothing of it,
and it was believed to be a forgery. The prisoner, on being
taken into custody, stated that her husband had given it to her.
The note bore the signature of Win. Whiteside, master of the
Valparaiso; the Christian name, however, of the captain was
incorrect. The jtillY returned a verdict of not guilty.

His LORDSHIP, in briefly summing up the case to the jury,
said that this was a question which must be decided at a higher
tribunal, but it appeared to him that the plaintiffs were entitled
to the deeds, they having paid to the defendants the 4'160 un-
der protest, and the lien being co-extensive with the contract.
But, in fact, his opinion was of no consequence; it was subject
to review, and the case would now be taken to the court above.
A verdict was returned for the plaintiff's with liberty to the
defendants to move a nonsuit if the court should be of opinion
that the defendants had a lien upon the deeds.

and the case was postponed for a short time, when the Mtor:.
ney; General again moved that the recognizances be estreated,
which was done accordingly. About half.past twelve, however,
the prisoner appeared, and on the application of his counsel,
the recognizances were restored. A long argument then took
place as to whether the prisoner should be allowed to traverse,
but ultimately his lordship ruled that the trial should proceed
on Monday morning.

The case of the Liverpool conspirators was fixed next in
order, after 141.`Doua11's case. Serjeant Wilkins advised Cuddy
to traverse, but this the prisoner positively refused to do.

The plaintiffs, Messrs. Castle and Jones, are extensive recti-
fiers and distillers at Bristol, and the defendant was for a con-

lon was brought
tnt to the plain-

In the case of the trial of Rogers, SpoOiler, Williams, and
Carragan, for seditious conspiracy, the case for the prosecution
not being i.eady, Carragan were discharged on
their onn reco.gnizances. A similar arrangement was come to
in the case of Healey and others, and also in that of Fliun and
others.

tiffs, and which accrued from business transactions,

Verdict for the plaintiff for xlOO,OOO, damages .WlOOO, sub-
ject to a reference. •
Counsel not being ready to proceed with any other causes,
the Court tried two criminal cases.

William Dawson, 39, of Oldham, was sentenced to trans-
portation for twenty years, for a rape on Charlotte Bradley, a
girl of 16, the daughter of a woman with wliom he cohabited.
This finished the criminal cases, except those charged with
political offences.

Ellen Griffith, a married woman, was found guilty of misde-
meanour, in having attempted to drown her child in the Leeds
and Liverpool Canal. It appeared quite clear that the prisoner
was intoxicated at the time. The child, a fine little boy, was in
Court, and the prisoner, on seeing him, burst into a flood of
tears, and declared that she had no intention of drowning her
beautiful boy, and that she was really so much intoxicated as
to be quite unconscious of what she had done. In corrobora-
tion of her statement, a female neighbour was examined, and
she described the prisoner to be a woman remarkable for her
kindness to her offspring. Sentence was deferred.
Jane Parsons, 22, was indicted for the wilful murder of her
new-born infant child, at Liverpool, on the 11th of May last.
The jury acquitted the prisoner of murder and found her guilty
of concealing the birth only. His lordship sentenced her to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months.
Parker Unsworth was found guilty of having feloniously killed
and slain John Clarke, at Liverpool, on the 26th May last.

GRAND JURY ROOM.—THURSDAY.
(Before Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.)
In consequence of the great number of criminal cases, a third
court was opened, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy took his seat in
the above-named room, shortly after nine o'clock on Thursday
morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY.
HOBSON AND OTHERS v. MANRY.—The declaration was in
trover to recover the value of certain goods alleged to be ille-
gally held by the defendant from the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs
are the assignees of a person named Manby, an ironmonger, at
Burnley, in this county; and the defendant is his father, also
an ironmonger, residing at Skipton, in Yorkaire. In October
last, Manby, whose father had advanced him money to the
amount of thlso to commence business, by warrant of attorney
made over the property in consideration of the sum due, he,
Manby the younger, having at the time com nitted an act of
bankruptcy ; and the plaintiffs, the assignees under the fiat,
now brought their action for the recovery of the goods.—An
arrangement was come to between the parties, by a verdict for
£7OO being taken for the plaintiffs.
FARRELL v. HARnisoN.—The plaintiff, James Farrell, is one
of the parties who, the other day, were•tried before Mr. Justice
Cresswell, and acquitted, on a charge of piracy ; and the pre-
sent action was brought to recover the sum 01 .E 43 10s. for
labour performed for the defendant, Mr. Thomas Harrison.
The plaintiff was the mate of a vessel called the Corn, of which
easel the defendant is the owner, and he (the plaintiff) now

HORSE STEALING.
William Brownbill, 12, was arraigned for having stolen a
horse in Toxteth-park, the property of Mr. Thos. Derbyshire,
and John Stretch was charged wit_, having received the same,
knowing it to have been stolen. From the evidence it appeared
that, at the close of April last, Mr. Derbyshire had a horse
stolen from a field in Toxteth
.park. After due search, it was
found in the possession of Mr. Stretch, tanner. The horse,
which was lame, had been sold to him by two boys—the pri-
soner Brownbill and another unknown, who has escaped de-
tection. During the hearing of the trial Mr. Stretch was dis-
charged, it being the opinion of the jury that he was entirely
ignorant of the felony. The Judge said there was no ground
for the charge against Mr. Stretch. After a long consultation,
the prisoner Brownbill was found guilty, but in consequence
of the foreman of the jury (Mr. Longbottom) having heard a
statement of the transaction from one who had some know-

CROWN COURT. —WEDNESDAY. EDNESDAY.
MURDER AT MANCHESTER.
William Adams, a young, well-looking man, was indicted for
having, at Manchester, murdered his reputed wife, Diana
Adams, by shooting her thraugh the head with a pistol.
It appeared in the case that, the woman alleged to have been
murdered had married, about nine years since, a man of the

and Edward Birch, 44, weel:eateilnigargaedgrewaitthrihota
l ledge of the affair, the Learned Sergeant allowed him to state brought his action to recover €43 10s. wages for a voyage per-
far. Gunn, 23, RIOTOUS ASSEVFBLING.
.tio the
what lie had heard, which was to the effect that, on the day in formed hence to the coast of Africa and back, upon that vessel. John Flynn,.2B,4ames Downey, 3,• James 3fooney, 20, Orem
question, a boy, a perfect stranger to him, met the prisoner, The case setup for the defendant was, that the plaiat it!' had
and asked him to go with him to the tan-yard to self the horse feited his claim in consequenceof gross misconduct and &grant Newton, together with 500 and more, anlaWfully and tumultheaded by several of the
which he was leading, promising, at the same time, to remu.. ' breach of duty- The particulars relative to the dinatte whiela tuously assembled together, armed with pikes, swords, and
aerate him for his trouble. The prisoner went, and thus be. save rise to the present action were published at the time the other dangerous weapons, thereby
came implicated in the t ansaction. At the close or this state- Investigation OR the charge of piracy was heard before Mr. terror and alarm of her Majesty's subjects. k appeared that
ment, the counsel for the prisoner apologized, and said, that in Rushton, at the Peice-court. The Learned Judge said the Ties,- on the 31st of May, two processions, consequence of the short notice he had received, he was not tion was
this, whether, in their judgment, the plaintiff had a prisoners, one front Manchester and another from Olahain,
able to read the whole of his brief; but on referring to it he well-fOunded fear& great, and unlawful, and personal violence, marched ur), armed, as before stated, and carrying flags,
perceived that there was an important witness in the prisoner's and whether he slipped. the cable and anchor, which act was to Newton toll-bar. The prisoner Flynn headed the Old.
favour, whom, by permission of the Learned Sergeant, he the alleged gross dereliction of duty, from that well-founded ham: procession, and Downey was second in command near
would call. Accordingly a Mr. Thompson, joiner, came for- fear; iso, they must find for the plaintiff, but if they should be him'. Flynn demanded to pass the gate on the high road be_
ward, and deposed to seeing the transaction as stated by the of opinion that the defendant had established the case which he tween Manchester and Oldham. Mr. Keswick, head constable_ foreman of the jury. Mr. Sergeant Murphy complimented the had instructed his counsel to• set up, their verdict must be for WaS stationed with a number of police. He said peaceable per:
juryman, and said, if it had not been for this statement, he him. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for -t-'43 10s, sons might pass, but no one who was armed. Some of the foot
would have sentenced the prisoner to seven years; as it was, damages one shilling.
procession showed weapons. lie took one from the prisoner
he should consult with Mr. Justice Cresawell. 13efore the court ______...o„,___ Mooney—a walking-stick with a pike or dagger at the end.
rose the Learned Sergeant ordered the boy forward, and asked Others showed pikes in the ranks; also a musket with a fixed
him if he had ever been to school. He replied—" To Mr. CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY. bayonet. The prisoners were all sworn to as being present
TREASONABLE CONSPIRACY AT LIVERPOOL. . - • --
Cropper's." The Learned Sergeant then asked if the boy ''
On the opening of the Court, Joseph Cu.:dur, Matthew Somers,
could be put to school in the gaol, without the chance of con- James O'Brien,Franeis O'Donnell, and kelio' ard Murphy, al
tamination with the other prisoners. After being answered in confederates, were charged with treasonable conspiracy in thi
the affirmative lie ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned for town. O'Donnell and Somers applied for copies of the depr
filar months, during which time lie was to be kept in school, firma tob•nr. 1.r.,.... •1.-- •.. - . •
. _1 •• 1 .

rrw.rrao~

Flynn was

a pistol, and other weapons
ere prodnced. Pikes were exposed

days afterwards, and in his possession th
swords, a number of pike head
which they seized-. Thes

for sale in the wine

...• ... .... ..ussati aLca, vii um Fpuumi lIIIIL Lucy 010 to-pass in single tiles. To
-.-.. --. sct,llf (Ad rya al, wars bentessueu to ergmeen months' bard ii-O-i-kr-i-ciw the precise charge against them, so that they could merit& of police and so/
labour, for stabbing police-Officer Joseph Thompson, in June not prepare their defence.
named Henry, who ,--
last, in this town.
HIS Loans HIP said they might hear the indictment read at full way to Manches,
Daniel Davis was convicted of uttering, or forging, two notes length, and if they wished to postpone their trial until next into custod-
for the payment of .4'3 15s. upon Mr. Richard Williams. The
only remarkable feature in the case was the obtuseness of the assizes they might; but as they had changed their minds be- toll-bar.
fore. their election must now be final,
the toll-1
jury, which drew down a severe rebuke from the Learned Ser-
geant. Sentence deferred. After some parley with counsel, all the prisoners traversed to I the ' -
J next assizes, and were put down.
,Tames Barr was charged with having forged a shipping note TRIAL OF DR. M` DOUALL.
for -t'3 155., on Saturday, the 30th of May. The prisoner was
ATTENDING AN ILLEGAL MEETING, AND IT.' --
found guilty, and recommended to mercy. Sentence deferred.

s taken some'

ice found twenty

Peter Murray 3l'Donall,Wed 45, and known as Dr. lirDouall,
and was placed at the bar, charged with having, at Ashton-under-
fspecia
tLoytne, maliciously and seditiously, with divers other persons,
bled to disturb the public peace. One of the counts also charged
he number of 300, or more, unlawfully and riotously assem-
him with, on the same night, uttering certain seditious language
to the people assembled around him.
There appeared for the prosecution the Attorney-General,
with whom. was Mr. Crompton and Mr. Mathews; for the de-
fence, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Pollock.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case to the jury, re-
peating much that had been said in introducing similar cases
that have recently been before the public. Parties had a right
to Enjoy their. own opinions, but not to utter language tending
to subvert the constitution or law of the country. He did not
believe that the prisoner spoke from his sincere conviction, for
he should endeavour to show that he was a hired, paid lecturer.
He was, moreover, a person of good education and ability, and
therefore on both accounts he wasnot entitled to that sympathy
usually awarded to persons who are unpaid, disinterested, and
also uneducated. Letters and papers were found upon the pri-
soner which he should produce. He then ran over the whole
of the heads of the charges against the prisoner, (as they appear
at full in the evidence below.) He concluded by saying that he
should prove that the meetings referred to were illegal, and
that the prisoner there uttered language which was seditious.
The letters found would also prove that the prisoner had ap-
IlartAPleDtki,Y,..v.migni..towna....ther.e. t. an,y hict
Witness, in consequence, went to the Charlestown Meeting-
house. It was eight o'clock. A person named Millington
stopped me at the door. The prisoner was not then there.
When I was stopped a second time he was present. Millington
then said it was not me they refused to admit, but the deputy-
constable; 1 was then deputy-constable, and had been chief-
constable since. When the prisoner came up I was still refused
admittance: I could see no farther than the passage. I re-
mained some time, and left several of my men to watch the
proceedings. The town was next day quite alive, and I appre-
hended the prisoner on the 16th, telling him that I had a war-
rant against him, charging him with attending an unlawful
meeting and using seditious language. I read the warrant to
him I now produce. I found upon him this memorandum-
book amongst other papers; a paper, entitled "The Song of the
Soil," from the Irish. Felon ; a letter from Bradford ; also two
other letters, one of them containing depositions apparently
taken before the magistrates ; all dated the 14th of July.

CLARKE v. HOLFORD.—(Special Jury.)—Mr. George Clarke Cross-examined by Mr. WlLKlNS.—Millington said, on my
was the plaintiff, and Mr. John Holford the defendant. The applying to be admitted to the meeting, Dr. M'Donall has said
action was brought to recover compensation in damages for an that officers had before so misrepresented what had been said,
alleged illegal distraint. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Crompton ap- I that he was determined that he would not admit them, or
neared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Baines and Mr. Henderson something like this. I (lid not know if the Stockport news-
for the defendant. The facts of the case, as appeared from the paper employs a short-hand writer. I employed no short-band
statement of the plaintiff's counsel, were as follow:—The writer. I directed my officers to attend about the meeting, to
plaintiff was a sculptor, at Manchester, and the defendant a notice what took place, and give me a report of it. Dr. M`Douall
gentleman of property, residing at the same place. In October had spoken at several meetings at Ashton of late years. I
last, the plaintiff took a shop and cellar from the defendant, in know not how many. I was present at only two. There was
King-street, Manchester' at an annual rent of .ellO, payment a disturbance at one of these, four or five years since. There
to be made in advance if the landlord required it, In January was also a tea-party lately. at Town-hall, the proceeds to go
the defendant's collector called for a quarter's rent, but, as the for the defence of the prisoner on this trial. A Councillor of
ph intiff was absent, no decisive answer could he given. In a the borough had the letting of the Town-hall. (Mr. Wilkins
week or two afterwards, the plaintiff, while at Sheffield, was wished to infer from this that there could be no apprehension
much astonished to see in a Manchester paper that his effects of a disturbance in the town, when the Town-council let the
were advertised for sale by Mr. Fullalove, the auctioneer. He hall for his use.)

immediately notified to the defendant, thiougli his solicitor, bis His LORDSHIP entirely over-ruled this view of this part of
objection to the sale, but defendant proceeded, and sold off all I the evidence.
the effects of the shop at a great sacrifice. There was only a I Abel Swan, tailor and draper of Ashton, said he had the letting
quarter's rent due, amounting to .t,27 les., but the defendant of the Charlestown meeting house, which is let for a chapel on
sold off property valued at .e.lOO for .eOO, thereby oc- Sundays, and for meetings on other days. Ile (witness) was
casioning a loss to the plaintiff of £340. It was contended by present at the meeting there on the 10th of July. Most of the
the plaintiff's counsel that Mr. Fullalove had shown great ig- people who went were admitted. The public and reporters
norance in the sale of the goods, which consisted of the va- were excluded. The prisoner said something about excluding
rious pieces of sculpture, plaster, casts, models, &c. In proof the police. A person camed James Taylor' presided. Thos..
of the ignorance displayed on the occasion, it was stated, Storer, It. Fillan, and others were also with the chairman. The
amidst the laughter of the court, that a figure of Vesta was prisoner also spoke from the pulpit. He spoke about the land
sold for Madame Vestris, Lord Bacon for Bacchus, John Wes- which he said the people must look to for subsistence. He
ley for Voltaire, and Jenny Lind for Her Most Gracious Ma- alluded to the parks of the aristocracy, which he said ought to
jesty. The action was brought to recover compensation in da- be cultivated. What witness heard was isolated and uncon-
mages for the injury the plaintiff had sustained by the reckless fleeted. Prisoner announced a meeting for Friday night, and
sale of his goods, and the tyranny exercised by the defendant. i advised the young men to go to the Clirrtist meeting, and join
The case was tried at the last assizes before a common jury, the National Guard. At the close, prisoner spoke of an escort,
but the defendant being dissatisfied, made an application_to the , and said they should form in procession. He left the place to

a person named West.
Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS,

Mr. M‘Dotiall speaks

rapidly. It was not he who spoke about the young men drill-
ing, &c. The chapel will hold upwards of 1,000. The prisoner
said that in consequence of the great increase of machinery,
the people would be obliged to fall upon the land. I did
not hear him speak of th National Land Company.

Henry Taylor called.—l am a police-officei. I went to the
meeting-house on the 10th July, but did not go in _ The meeting

them, and «•es between two others,

A man threw up his cap

the route 4/1 tue pruumatvii Imuu6u aiivna
turned to the Oddfellows' Arms, where the

were 300 or 400 in the procession at first, and they afterwards
increased to about 800. The prisoner spoke to them from the
window,—saying, " I advise you to organise yourselves, and

/Bents Lye revolted

There is no fear &pill them, Th. ti

at Woolwich have an revolted in one night. There is a eolit-
-late° sitting at the Horse Guards to consider their grievances,
And jri a few days there would be a pamphlet issued stating to
dfflOcllb I wish they would call up the militia, but
is we should then have their guns, bayonets,
'la. and they would see what they could
000 disposable troops, and whai
.I_tell you that

T on horse

they dare not,
and cartridges and ba..
do. I tell you there arenot
would these be amongst five millions oL
by the time of the harvest, or sc
points of the charter and something more
saying, "Organise! Organise!"

➢looney was give

on after; we shall ;.2Y, the six
' lie concluded by

CrOSS-examined.-1 have been a police-officer since February,
1846. I was a marine twenty-one years and six months. (He
was here asked to write his name, which he did in a very shaky
manner.) He wrote his account next morning; handed it to
his inspector, and had not seen it since. (Here Mr. Wilkins
wished the witness to write—" form yourselves into sections
and divisions," &c., but his lordship overruled this mode of
examination.

Inspector Dalglish said he had mislaid the notes of the wit-
ness, but he had read them and they were perfectly legible.
Witness re-called (Taylor.)—The prisoner did at one time
warn the people against any acts of violence.
Dalglish re-called.—He was refused admission at the meet-
ing, which broke up about half-past ten o'clock. They formed
four deep. There was cheering as they started. They went
along Wellington-road, Oldham-road, and Old-road, passed
the Oddfellows. Henry-street, then Cavendish-street, to Old-
street, back to the Oddfellows' house. M`Dowall addressed
the people from the window. I took a note of it immediately
after. The note is here. (Witness read it, to the same effect
as stated by the last witness, with some little verbal alteration.)

ame up at the

tk witness, Leary, a sui:

on 31st of May : was joined by Beswick. He saw
lanchester procession. They had many of them pikes,
about their heads. Their conduct was calcu-
tarn). The constables drew their gwnra.

There was cheering after he had s
separated.
Cross-examined by Mr. POLLOCK
tiOwn Was part only of a longer speec
in the book, one of them written by n

id waved them

en, ant

What I have written
There are two copies

I was busy and he wrote it at home on the same night, at my
request, as he was a better penman. (Here Mr. Pollock wished
to read to the witness several sentences, which he, with his
lordship's leave, would ask the witness to report the heads
of; but his lordship thought this would not be a fair test. A
sentence was, however, permitted to be read, and a long, poli-
tical, and not easily comprehensible sentence it was, which
witness said he was unable to supply the heads of.) Witness
was questioned as to other meetings, attended by the prisoner
over some years, and which it did not appear were interfered
with by the police.
Matthew Marden, an Inspector of Police, at Asl►ton.—He
saw two sharp instruments project from the trousers of two
men present. They appeared to be pikes. One in the room
said if he went in he'd be killed. Another said the reporters
and police had so sworn in London, that they could not be
admitted. They said that had he been Matthew Marden they
would let me in; but hewas Inspector Marden. (Witness then
spoke as to the procession, corroborating the previous wit-
nesses. He also repeated nearly the same language spoken by
the prisoner at the Oddfe]lows Arms.)

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed to put in a small memo-
randum-book, found upon the prisoner, in which there is a list
of towns, and dates appended,—apparently appointments to
attend meetings at those places, also items as it of payments,
wages, &c.,—the object being to prove that the prisoner was a
hired and appointed agent of sedition,—and lecturer. His
lOrdship had some doubts of this being evidence, bearing on
the present case. Some letters also found on the prisoner
were brought forward. Mr. Wilkins objected to these being put
in in evidence, as they did not bear immediately upon the
Iran sacttons charged in the indictment—as also did Mr. Pollock.
His lordship considered the letters legitimate evidence, and
they were read:—