The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

DOMESTIC•

_on Monday evening, a
THREE PERSONS DROWN
or punt. The party con-
setting of a small pleasure b
o'f Preston, two of her daughters,
ma e
young
aonucnhgo l
gentleman,
e lnotsi
sisted of a Mrs. Bentley,
id
-„, to be the nephew of Mrs.
in Dover Bay, by the up-
setting
men who were in charge of the
Bentley, and the
and Lewisham. The young man and
boat, named Fox d
rowned, the remainder of the party
the two girls 1./ere
up
: d by a fishing smack.
having been picic .
cargo of pine apples has arrived in the Thames
Another
being 12,000, brought over by the Sophia.
the number
letters from the Bahamas state that the natives are
The
quite enthusiastic now the British have taken up the
trade, since the Americans, who were the sole purchasers
before, cannot beat them down in prices. The pine-
trees in the West Indies it appears only bear for three
years, and then the natives root them up to make room
for other plantations.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, July 19.—We have ex-
perienced a very good demand since our last report both
from the refiners and grocers, and which have been met
by the importers, a fair amount of business has been
transacted at rather improved rates on those current last
week. The sales comprise 650 hogsheads and tierces
West India, at from 555. to 655. for very dark brown to
good grocery ; 200 bags Bengal, at from 60s. to 665. for
yellow and low white, and 600 mats Mauritius at from
575. to 60s. for fine brown to middling grocery.—ln rum
setnofalintfl:)ccurorEai
the transactions amount to about 100 puncheons Jamaicas
as steady prices. Gazetted average price of sugar, July
18, is Ns, 24(1, per cwt.

July 23, 1848:

AWFUL FULFILMENT OF A BAD WISH..--OD Sue-
day week, Harriet Milwood, a middle-aged female, who
with her husband kept a large toy stall at Fairlop fair,
and who had been in the habit of going to different fairs
to follow the same occupation, drank to such excess as to
become much intoxicated. Her husband and herself had.
in consequence, some words, when the latter declared she
would stop on the ground no longer, and managed to get
into a light cart for the purpose of going home. Wherl
about to drive away, her husband, who had suffered mu'
from her conduct during the evening, exclaimed, with
much fervour, " I wish you may break your neck before
you get home." The wretched woman took no notice of
the observation, nor did she make acy reply, but she had
not driven more than 200 yards when she tumbled out of
the vehicle, and, falling with considerable force on her
head, actually broke her neck, and in a few minutes wss
a corpse.

PLATE GLASS.—There is perhaps no branch of moon;
facture in which the operatives are more fully employed
than are the workmen of the plate Blass establishments,
and in particular at St. Helen's. These concerns present
at the moment a most favourable and cheering contrast to
the state of things at that place some two years ago. At
that period some concerns were at a dead lock, what,'
others were only partially employed. At present a very
different scene indeed presents itself. All is bustle and
activity, orders, it is said, are pouring in much quicker,
than they can be executed; indeed, at some works,
report says truly, they have orders in store which will
take months to execute. It is impossible to convey tO
those who did not happen to witness it, an idea of the dis-
tress that pervaded the district during the depression of
trade in 1811-2, and it is equally difficult to convey an idea
of its present comparatively cheeringposition now that au,
the glass works are fully employed, and the late strike 01
the colliers at an end.

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A WEDDING SLIP.—A gentleman and lady, both of
Garstang, the former 74, and the latter nearly the same►
having made up their minds to take each other for better
and worse, upon going to the registrar's office, to tie the
astohi
fsoltiaoswk of repeating
upon hearingw ha what be
fatal knot, met with the following mishap :—The ma.nr
theha lady
ving finished w
called out by the registrar, she declared, that a mistake
had been made, and that this was not her real name.
The circumstance of having changed it twice before, un-
der similar circumstances, had led, we presume, to this
mistake. This blunder stopped the proceedings at once,
and a new entry had to be made and the usual time to
elapse; but the parties adjourned to the inn and enjoyed
themselves with the good things provided for them. A
heher was
name
told,
few days after, however, another offer was made by
farmer, upwards of eighty, and duly accepted ; and in-
stead of waiting two or three weeks for her old suitor, the
lady embraced the latest offer, and the new match ws6
duly confirmed by license, without further delay, at the
parish church, Garstang, last Monday.
THE BRADFORD POPISH MURDER.—At the York
assizes, on Friday, Thomas Rogan (25), John O'Brian
(23), Daniel Donovan (32), Wm. Quin (37), and Daniel
Power (35), were charged with the wilful murder of Ben-
jamin Gott, by casting and throwing him down upon the
ground, and striking and kicking him on the sides and
stomach, at Bradford, on the 27th of May last, inflicting
various bruises and wounds, whereof the said Benjamin
Gott died on the 29th of the same month. After a pa-
tient hearing of the case, which lasted the whole day, the
jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned with •
verdict of manslaughter against all the five prisoners.
Sentence was deferred. It may be remembered that the
unfortunate deceased was a member of a band cf musi-
cians engaged by an Orange Lodge at Bradford, who were
walking quietly along, playing the Battle of the Boyner
when they were set upon by the prisoners and othersr
who so shamefully abused them, that Gott died in cons&
quenae, and two or three of the other musicians were se-
riously injured, and their instruments were dashed to
atoms.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE BRISTOL DOCKS.—At a ape..
cial meeting of the Town Council of Bristol, on Mon-
day, a report from Mr. Brunel, relative to the contem-
plated enlargement of the south entrance lock of Cum-
berland Basin, was submitted. Mr. Brunel is of opinions
that to commence a thorough repair of the lock would be
the same thing as its re-construction. The expense of
widening it will only, he thinks, entail an extra cost of
about £5,000. The expense of a lock, 52 feet wide and
240 feet in length, will be £22,000, and this will be amplf
sufficient for all the ordinary steam-boats employed in the
Irish trade. It was stated that the masonry is in a ver9
defective state, both as to the backing and facing, and
also that the fronting had been separated from the bank-
ing nearly 18 inches, Some discussion occurred as to the,
impropriety of limiting the increase to 52 feet. Most of
the royal navy steamers, it was contended by the object-
ors, were 60, 61, or 62 feet wide, and all those were o°,l
thought to be rather too narrow. Fifty-two feet volll
not admit such a vessel as the Great Western in sea-going
trim. Ultimately, however, the recommendation of Mr.
Brunel was agreed to.
PEERAGE STATISTICS.—Within the last three years st
considerable decrease has occurred among the hereditarf
honours of the country. The dukedoms of Sussex and
Dorset ; the Irish marquisate of Wellesley ; the earldoms-
of Plymouth, Ludlow, and O'Neill; the English baroniell
of Rolle, 'Wellesley, Lynedoch, Wallace, Ludlow, Fits.
gerald, and Sydenham ; the baronetcies of Bruce, Cowan
Cromie, Hannay, Johnstone, Mackenzie, Macnaghteus
'
Mansfield of 1793 has merged into that of 1776. The
viscounty of Ferrand has united with that of Massareene ;
the English barony of Arden with Lovell and Holland;
the Irish barony of Arden with the earldom of Egmont;
the barony of Duncannon with the earldom ofA Besbo-
rough. During the same period the earldom of Aber-
gavenny, the viscounty of Hereford, the baronies of Rod-
ney, Berwick, Fitzgerald, and Congleton, have descended
to clerical possesors. The viscounty of Hill is the only
elevation ; the barony of Lowther, now merged in the
earldom of Lonsdale, the only addition to the ministerial
party in the upper house ; whilst Sir John Pirie is the
only baronet created since September, 1841. By the de-
mise, of the last Earl of Plymouth, the barony of Winn"
sor has fallen into abeyance between the sisters of the
sixth earl, the Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Il•
Clive, wife of the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P., for South
Salop.—Standard.
ELOPEMENT TO GRETNA-GREEN.—On Thursday last,
Lieutenant Leeson, nephew to Lord Milltown, and young-
est son of the late Hon. Mr. Leeson, of the Thorn, near
Penrith, Cumberland, who is on leave of absence from his
regiment, which is in the East Indies, eloped to Gretna-
green, with Miss Laura Bristow, a daughter of John
Charles Bristow, Esq., of Ensemere-hill, Ullswater,
Westmoreland, and over whose head sixteen summers
have scarcely flown. It appears that this young officer,
had laid his plans for the accomplishment of the siege,°l
Ensemere-hill with great skill. Wednesday last was the
day in which he intended to have stormed the works, but
the garrison having doubtless been apprised of his into,'
Lions, manned the walls so well all that day and night+
that the besieger thought it right not to commence opera'
tions at that time. Next morning, however, the besieged?
thinking all safe, made a sortie, and set sail up the lake
of Ullswater to Paterdale, taking the young 'lady with
them. The besieger was not aware of this, and the be-
sieged had nearly made a safe retreat into the garrison
again ; but one of the gallant officer s sharpshooters la/
concealed among the brushwood, who seized the fair prize?
and away she was taken to her betrothed, who was waiting
at a short distance with coach and four, and off the youn%
officer went with his booty. Pursuit was in vain ; the
fugitives soon passed over the six-and-twenty miles to
Gretna-green, were married.
BRITISH SHIPPING.—The East India and China
sociation have published their comparative statement of
the number of British ships, with tonnage, entered in'
wards and cleared outwards from and to places within the
limits of the East India Company's charter, from the 161
of January to the 30th of June, in the years 1843 se',
1814. The statement of vessels entered inwards shoals
that the number arriving at the port of London duriel
that period was an increase of ten vessels, with 6,013"
tonnage, compared with 1843, there being 280 vesselol
with 116,632 tonnage, in the former six months, and 27:
vessels, with 110'5-18 tonnage, in the latter six mon%
In the case of Liverpool, the increase was only t"
vessels, with 710 tonnage, the number of vessels arriving
in the first six months of 1843 being 85, with 36,321 tong
nage, and in the same period of 1844, 87, with 37,06
tonnage. The ports of Bristol and Hull show an incl.! 843
of five vessels, with 1,915 tonnage, the number in
having been 9, with 2,982 tonnage; and in 1844, 14, sc,':
4,197 tonnage. The Clyde and other ports show a ~le..
crease of two vessels, with 2,046 tonnage. 27, with q,6°'
25ntarriensvrni:
entries
of
withtwoan rndaf,sesh,2o2hwatsvoinnang
totalarrivedge.
A increase
gine
nleBr4a3il
n, r Nsret'vhhi iselieonniof
the.rst x
1844 over • si
6,663 tonnage. The chief increase has been in the arrive'
of Islands;
the same period of 1843 of 15 vessels, with
,sePsal:te
ls, the same time
and NewSouthftrhoem p
port
Wales,
China,of Singapore,
wo nhdi
oentoh fe
r3e theBhaN
been a considerable decrease in the arrivals from C;
cutta. The clearances outwards show an increase in
tonnage, in 1844, compared with 1843, the respent,l4.9
numbers in the six months being 233 vessels, with 9217t0
tonnage, and 195 vessels, with 79,914 tonnage.
pool shows the large increase of 87 vessels, with 30.n"n
o f
arrivals vessels
at with 12,;e
tonnage, the numbers being 117 vessels, with 45,371 "-*;
nage in 1843, and 204 vessels, with 75,761 tonnage' ;Ith
1844. Bristol, also shows an increase of 17 vessels,'
;01
4,155 tonnage, only 1, with 367 tonnage, having el'F',2%
in the first six months of 1843, whereas 18, with 4,,ib0
tonnage, arrived in the first six months of 1844. eisr
Clyde and other ports show an increase of 10 les"Arot
with a decrease of 555 tonnage, the arrivals in the fi
ef
six months of 1844 being 89 vessels, with 28,947 tonneb'o%
and in the first six months of 1843 79 vessels, with 241,0 $
tonnage. A general review of the clearances 01": the".
total increase in the first six months of 1844 ovenige,
same period in 1843 of 153 vessels, with 46,902 terse if
The increase includes 44 vessels for Calcutta, 15 fof
for Bombay, 24 vessels for the Mauritius, 87 yes sea
the Cape of Good Hope, and 5 vessels for the .reoi
Seas. In the clearances for New South Wales the.
decrease of 20 vessels is to be noticed. its
°
THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds RlOfell one
to promote or reproduce the hair, few have survived s ray
in name, whilst ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL,IS
putation already unparallelled, is still on the iner:ll_4p
public estimation ; which fact, together with bum. %/6-
testimonials in the possession of the proprietorssole:reigt
dent to satisfy the most incredulous as to its 7; AO
virtues so repeatedly shown in restoring, pre
bail; Obi
beautifying the human hair. In dressing th Oh,
thing can equal the effects of " Rowland's Macassar awl;
on either natural or artificial hair, rendering Bu
roclucel
rably soft that it will lie in anyirection :
anL,P,lsts e
beautiful flowing curls, and, by the transcend
imparts, renders the head dress truly encbantrte bs:
preserves the coiffure in the heated atmosphere otal L.bcr 5
room, and neutralizes the effects of a damp a DDY
or violent exercipe.—See advt.

.1

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THE LAW OF MARRIAGE.

It seems scarcely credible that in a country like this
"Sr doubts should be permitted to exist upon a question
So nearly affecting the happiness and domestic comfort of
-vbs all as the validity of marriages contracted abroad.
set
a•range as it may seem those doubts have been and
still are entertained by the highest legal and judicial au-
thorities in the kingdom. We have, says the Morning
Pf'it'latelY been favoured with a copy of a petition which
11,ras presented to the House of Lords by the noble presi-
?et of the council, Lord Wharncliffe, as long ago as
1841, corn 1
thisi P aming of the unceitain. state of the law in
tureParticular, and calling the attention of the Legisla-
ture
its necessary consequences in rendering titles in-
.3.3ecure and promoting litigation in families. This petition
so short and at the same time so much to the purpose,
and the names attached to it are so well known, as com-
11:handing almost all the first solicitors in the metropolis,
t w •
e give it with the signatures at full length :
To the Right Honourable the Lords Spirit al and
Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The humble petition of the undersigned attorneys
and solicitors—
bbeweth—That the effect of the existing law, which
prohibits marriage within certain degrees of affinity,
admits of serious doubts as applied to such marriages
solemnized abroad, some of our most eminent civilians
and lawyers being of opinion that it works a personal dis-
(po?fication between the parties which nothing can re-
Zothers considering that domicile in a foreign coun-
where such marriages are lawful removes the disability,
_thee..;tahrerirasgaegain conceiving that the mere celebration of
in such a country is sufficient. That your
PofttltiTsners have reason to believe that numerous marriages
ceased k,ind, especially between widowers and their de-
the Da..`ves' sisters, have been solemnized abroad since
Thai—CW.4g of the Act sth and 6th William IV. chap. 54.
the law ;the, °Pinion of your petitioners such a state of
4doubts a.ss; :athighlyhe inexpedient, being calculated to create
~ton - legitimacy of children, to promote litiga-
to .4e ung,t the nearest relatives, and to place the title
nnaerous estates upon an insecure footing. Your
petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your Lordships
will take the subject into your early consideration, and
optado such measures for the amelioration of the law in
particular as to your Lordships may seem meet.
And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. [Here follow
the signatures, which we omir.]
And it seems that this petition was followed by similar
appeals from the solicitors of many of our provincial
towns. There was one from Norwich, signed by sixty-
three; another from Hereford, with tweuty-one signa-
tures ; a third from Leicester, signed by forty-one ; an-
other from Worcester, by thirty-seven ; another from
Worcester. by thirty-Feven ; another from Bath by forty-
eight; another from Manchester, by fifty-three; another
from Cirencester, by one hundred and fifty-one;
from Da-
venport and its neighbourhood, by forty-seven. Lord
Wharncliffe, in presenting these petitions observed, that
it was impossible for any testimony to be stronger as to
the belief of the profession in the evil of the existing state
of the law ; and we have lately been struck with the con-
firmation afforded to that testimony by the very highest
judicial authority in the kingdom, that of the Lord Chan-
cello: himself. We refer to the dialogue between his lord-
ship and Mr. Erle (the counsel for Sir Augustus D'Este)
before the recent Committee of Privileges on the Sussex
Peerage in the House of Lords. In that case Mr. Erie
contended.
That the validity of all marriages must be dependent
thispnthe law of the place in which they were solemnized. If
might be
not admitted as a general rule, he added, what
contract consequence ? It would enable parties to
to
their marriages the
marriages in foreign countries, and then return
with own country and break these solemn contracts
anPunity.
Lord Chancellor.—" Might not some such case as
test
eoccur, ? A man in England cannot marry his wife's
,1:‘, bat he can go into a foreign country and there the
law would permit him to do so. In the event of his re-
tractentf be his own country, would not a marriage so con-
Ee deemed valid ?
to shoe 'le."' The whole line of my argument has been
.eracvt that a marriage was valid wherzver it might be
ed, if the law
place had been b of the country in which it took
The Lor served.
al an 0 • d Chancellor.—" Do not receive my remarks
is a en„l'nion• I give no opinion upon it. The question
vessatfoa:,ndportant one. I merely adverted to it in con-
Here w
elaborate e see the highest Judge in the realm, after an
this
sub argument of counsel, expressing an opinionion
Which °t, and then, as if fearful of the responsibLity
had said had incurred in doing so, desiring that what he
as eont7errniaht not be regarded as an opinion, but merely
Portant "li°n, " because the question was a most in:-
Judge-a re," and a few days afterwards we have the
errf°n'rri-v° whom this question was actually put for de-
whichcii.in an opinion in direct opposition to that ex-
o„r Yse Chancellor. We do not pretend to guess
question ni°n was the correct one, but we do say that no
of Such
_at all should be ermitted to exist upon a point
for this vital ;
.roportan e toPdomestic happiness, and
tition reas°n
we cordicall our.
ers that y join in the prayer of the earl' ' "'at Pa lest con . r lament may " take the subject into its
atneliorat. sideration, nd adopt snch measures for the
may seertli" of the lawsin this particular us to its wisdom
meet."

BEACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

At the Chelmsford .
was brought b
from Ste assizes, on, Wednesday last, an action
The d et',
marriage.
Mary Ann Spaull, to recover damages
Ph.en joster, for a breach of promise of
the
far— „ ridant pleaded that he did not promise in
reu'rier.eEedteacher of
musiein
.th_e declaration. The lady is a .
the gentlera,' .°4c., in her aunt s school at Witham ; and
An intimacy be-
tween thein s 4 a farmer at Tiptree.
gager" t,, Prang at a chapel in Witham, and "an en-
Year, -.owever det e.
ticatehd nthe s:': made,
d and comrnu-
enda.nt changed his min ~
Towards the
.end of the next
lowing curt noteei—t° his
quondam ladye-low in the fol-

"Dear Miss 4.
aaY that " October 1, 1842.
I ,---in explanati n of yours to-day, I must
Bit - “ave made up mv mind to discontinue my vi-
a, as I find it, all things-Con-sidered,
tee to be •
You of impracticable for
united ; therefore I felt reluctance to inform
me
alteration of mind.
14 p.,,.
" I remain your sincere well-wisher.
n,
coq +.3 •.."...I have no unkind feelings, I can assure you,
arCla yourself.,,
It !DPeared that after this, in conseuence of corninu d
cations that took platcee with the defendant. he resume
the intercourse
and their intimacy con-
tinued
before.arsccu!sewittuth
in plaintiff,
January of the present year the
kid
e wooer once more
tiOn. The following evidence was given for the plaintiff:
aunt, proved that she
Mrs. Sarah Spaull, the plaintiff'se
in 1841, and spoke to
resided at Witham with her niece
the defendant having called
upon her and asked permis-
• to visit her niece as a suitor, wonand on her assenting
he continued to do so, with the knowledge of his friends,
and the plaintiff and the defendant appeared to be Bin-
eerely attached to each other. They corresponded with
each other, and the plaintiff
visited the defendant's father
and his family, and was received
by them as the intended
Wife of the defendant. The witness detailed the course
of the intimacy between the parties down to the month
Of January. 1844 and identified the letter produced as
th
' d f ndant. She also deared
a handwriting of the e e .
that ft
. a er the period she had m dthe defendsnt
entione , called upon to accept of a
f her, and wished the plaintiff .
811111
°' '2OO, that his father had offered to her, in order
that she might into the country and recruit her health.
The foilowi go
written sot) ng letters were then read. The first was
with Miss
,t.l after the defendant
had renewed his intimacy
1842, and
Is contents Pa 1.1114 It was dated December 9,
1 Were as follow :
(104.;h14,Y Ler!, dear Mary Anne,—l had intended to come
as Ch Witham, and had the pleasure of seeing you, but
t___ ,
_ave had something of the cold chills for a day or
w,.°. think it will not be wise : now to remedy this, we
fa`Teertp have the pleasure of seeing you at Totham (his
must
_saresidence) to tea. The governor says that you
if pobs6bp that night, and also to-morrow night as wFll.
Some oil* Would it be troubling you too much to
ing
Your pc, j°llr triusic, and a certain letter that haveryou
your
iadssession ? Please inform the bearer what time
Pleasure YshiP wrill b h White Hart. I have great
in being your ardent and devoted lover. ,
" STE PHEN. ' Another 1
followng
_etter, dated November 30, 1843, was to the
..21, irect,:---
this mluu) clearest Love ,—I received your pretty note
little_
out eertra?ic,g, for which I feel extremely obliged. 1. was,,
!gain imn'Y yesterday, just down to the Bank and back
corseh rriediatelY vvhil th n was out full, and on
have aek, did n t' e e su
e I should
caned , 9 perceive myself any wors .
4.14,,,,uut did not stop anywhere.
a fondest affection, your devoted lover,
of.n"reNts• re "STEPHEN."
WI haaristittel'r Mary Anne,—Having a spare moment
by xra.h pen
plea ia evening, 1 thought I could not employ
Appel; p„iaure tc myself than conversing
err thing feel it jUll "4 CY without your presence everyht itn,, an eviauld hotutearysotne. I long to see you,
out
of
lately tang, neithe"re Prudent at present to venture
time ,o.,light tnore‘Z,9cld you wish me I know. I have
tverv--en we hinorlgil of you than ever, longing for the
Berson day endeara-b6Pend many happy days together.
rndeZ.lll:ll33' mind ~V 3,11 to my affections, as I have your
pies 'n fact ever,l,Vnur tender looks and pleasant
befotereice is.
~ I must auieet appears lovely wheren yournow
heart • This last vicpnfess I never felt what lwdon
my ill too°Yer With more t appears to have quiteer
"pallid Insignificant an ardent affection. . T . are
words
faiut . fail, but , to describe to you my feelings
Tothklea of Whati hope when I see you to give you somet
,s arn, ,„ u tay
"P an ex .'"Y dearest'
feelings are. I wish you were. a
didb, ~ -ggerated girl' you would fancy I am drawing
the it is not.
~statement, but I can assure you can-
hut? on this
pointlnow that when I express my senti-
did We vc ully, you sometimes term it flattery,
e uch their bein llected, and can.
Pleas. as' ould it not gmy
calm co
Altt; Were it in my be my pleasure to constantly
bu ndearing tie vitpower, when you „are connected by
Now 8 Years ad " b d• solved,
ich I hope will not soon e is . .
b , the
vance be firmer and stronger, if possible e
:used t„ n,: inY dearest love you will say I have tres-
it) e.,_ , -0 long n„ . , you
l de hoping
--vetve . b. .. your tune. I must conc.u. ,
..
„..iyeeo e epistle from you, promising me mit you will
J.4orid tone else. I feel •
going to
~
„roe. bon,t
fallinlanxious now aboutlyceourear.
(34r more than ever
ovaettwaAhedanany oneeve , d
d devoted lover,
The folic " STEPHEN.-1000 kisses dear."
was
as letter was dated the 2d of January, 1844. It
ow •
eabefore. rear Love,-Ist, I must apologise for not writing
time, . 2d, I thank you
°lth, I for your letter. 3d, I have no hope you are still well. sth, I am glad

you are enjoying yourself. 6tb, I cannot come to town,
I am so busy.

" Yours, very truly,
" STEPHP.g."
The next letter had no date, but the post-mark It as
January, 1844:
" Mary Anne,—lst, You complain of my plan of
writing, which has greatly annoyed me. 2d, It is strange
for me to be dictated to by one so much my junior. 3d,
I hope if you see any one at the wedding that suits. you
won't let the opportunity Flip, but embrace it. 4th, 1
need not define, but you will take the full meaning of
this last particular. sth, I should advise you to keep
with your mother ; you are happy you say. 6th, 1 know
you will be more happy than at Witham, as it must be
many years before you can alter your situation.
•' Yours, very respectfully,
" AMICUS
" This is not an hasty conclusion."

The witness was then cross-examined by MY. Serjeant
Shee :—Witness kept a boarding-school at Witham, and
the plaintiff taught English; French, and music to the
pupils. Believed the intimacy first took place between
the plaintiff and defendant at a rehearsal of music at the
chapel at Witham, The plaintiff used to play the
seraphine at the chapel, as there was no organ. Arrange-
ments had been made for the wedding at the time the de-
fendant broke off the intimacy with Miss Spaull. She
did not recollect having heard the defendant say that his
circumstances were such as to render it improper for him
to marry. She was sure that the sum of 1:200 was men-
tioned by the defendant, and he did not say that his father
was to give it. He said that he had no fault to find with
her. but he could not marry her. I-I e did not add the
word " then." After this the defendant frequently sent
to inquire after the plaintiff.
Miss Eliza Atkinson, a boarder at Mrs. Spaull's, spoke
to the visits of the defendant to the plaintiff as her suitor.
Sh 3 remembered when the match was broken off, in De-
cember or January last ; and after plaintiff had received
defendant's letters, she returned home very ill, and hap-
pened to suffer so much that witness was frightened to
see her. She continued very ill for some time, and ap-
peared to suffer great distress of mind.
By Mr. Serjeant SURE :—The plaintiff said she bad
seen the defendant, and they had had some disagreement
about a letter she had sent her. Thinks she also told her
that he had denied engaging to marry her so soon, and
told her she was always in a hurry. (A laugh.)
Mr. Alfred May, a surveyor, was then called to prove
that he had valued the stock upon the defendant's farm
at £1,175.

Cross-examined.—The land held by defendant at Tip-
tree might not be the very worst in the county, but it was
very bad land.

This was the plaintiff's case.

Mr. Serjeant Shee then addressed the jury for the de-
fendant, but the jury did not seem to be moved by the
learned serjeant's eloquence, for they consoled the de-
serted one for the loss of a husband by awarding her
£4OO damages.

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.—Viscount Sandon and
Mr. Mark Phillips have introduced a bill into the House
of Commons, " to enable barristers appointed under the
act of the sth and 6th years of King William the Fourth,
to arbitrate between counties and municipal corporations,
to submit a special case to the superior courts, and to
amend an act of the sth and 6th years of her present
Majesty, for amending the law concerning prisons."
MR. RUSSELL AND THE POST.—Mt. Russell, the
plaintiff in the qui tarn actions, threatened an action for
libel against the Morning Post, for its report of Lord G.
Bentinck's attack on his character in the House of Com-
mons. In a letter from Mr. Russell, in Friday's Post,
he accepts the offer of publishing a counter-statement,
and promises to withdraw the action, as he should be
" very sorry to punish the editor of any newspaper for
merely discharging a duty fraught with so much public
benefit as the publication of a fair report of a debate in
parliament."
MR. DYCE SOMBRE.—On Thursday the counsel con-
cluded the arguments on the petition of Mr. Dyce Som-
bre to the Court of Chancery, to suspend the commission
of lunacy that was passed against him last year. At the
conclusion, the Lord Chancellor said he was glad they
had come to an end of these proceedings. It only re-
mained for him, before the decision of the case, to see
Mr. Sombre, and that he should take an opportunity of
doing at the earliest moment. The arguments in the case
have occupied forty-five hours.
CHAMBERS AND SON'S BANKRUPTCY.—A rather re-
markable case came on for audit on Thursday last, at
Basinghall-street, before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.
Messrs. Chambers and Son, it appeared, failed as bankers
as far back as 1824. Mr. Hamilton, who attended for
the assignees, objected to an item charged in the audit for
warehouse rent of the bankrupts' books. In the case of
Wright there were from 5,000 to 10,000 books ; in the
present a few less. Scarcely 100 of them were worth
preserving, and he thought the rest might be thrown into
the Thames. The official assignee, in reply to this sug-
gestion, said he had not courage to do so. " Then,"
said Mr. Hamilton, " I hope you will have courage to
pay the rent out of the allowance you get." The com-
missioner thought that while the assignees had custody of
the books, some place must be hired for them. Mr.
Hamilton said that in that case St. Paul's was the only
place. The commissioner admitted that something must
be done to prevent the accumulation of books under
bankrupts estates. Mr. Hamilton asked of what use it
was to keep books that had been in cellars ever since
1703 ? Be then proceeded to explain the bankrupt's ac-
counts,to show why a dividendhad notbeen paid for so many
years. It appeared that Mr. Chambers had in 1820 pur-
chased the Opera-house of Mr. Waters for £80,000; but
after Mr. Chambers failed and became bankrupt the as-
signees were obliged to file a bill against Mr. Waters for
a specific performance of the contract. A decree in
favour of the estate was obtained in 1829, against which
Mr. Waters appealed ; but the decree was eventually con-
firmed by the Chancellor in 1833. At that time and up
to his death Mr. Waters resided in France, and therefore
it was impossible to get at him. Mr. Waters died in
1839, and in 1840, in consequence of the demise of some
of the old assignees, three new assignees were chosen.
An offer having been made to purchase the property for
£lOO,OOO, and the assignees finding they could not establish
their title, the representative of Mr. Waters also residing
in France, a negotiation was entered into with that party,
whereby it was proposed, on the part of the assignees, to
give him £5,000, and the purchaser also £5,000 if he
would perfect the title. However, as the case wascar-
ried to the House of Lords, the negotiation was broken
first
off, and the appeal proceeded. The appeal wa
heard this session, and now the judgmentotniliyesreermedaiinwerds!
that they expected would be in favour of
out the sale. 'that was the present position
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judgment of the Lords. If it were brought in in favour
of the assignees, that account would be £30,000, in ad_
dition to the £lOO,OOO, considered the value of the Opera-
house. If the judgment were against them, Mr. Cham-
bers would stand as mortgagee since 1820, anti they
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the Opera-house at £lOO,OOO, the other estates,
with the balance due on Waters' account, would bring
the total amount to £186,000. He had no doubt but
that if the House of Lords gave judgment this session,
they would next year receive a dividend. The debts
proved, and to be proved, under the joint estate,
amounted to £230,000; and against the separate estate
of Mr. Chambers the elder, to £35,000. Such was the
state of the property at last, the management having
come into his (Mr. Hamilton's) hands two years ago,
and the prospect fur the creditors was that sufficient
remained to pay 15s. in the pound. Whether the fund
in the court was joint or separate estate was the great
question yet to be decided ; upon its decision would
depend whether they received 20s. in the pound, or no-
thing. After some further explanations the commis-
sioner said that from tha statement of accounts read,
there was reasonable hope that affairs would be wound
up by the payment of a large dividend to the creditors.
The result depended on the decision of the House of
Lords, relative to the Opera-house, and other matters.
The old assignees, it had been shown, were not in fault,
as circumstances had met them over which they had
no control. The proceedings were then adjourned.
According to the accounts the total supposed assets,
subject to a small claim, were £186,900; the debts
proved and to be proved against the joint and separate
estate to about £265,000.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.

STEWARDS.—The Right Hon. Lord STANLEY, the Hon.
E. M. LLOYD MOSTYN, and the Earl of SEFTON.
FIRST DAY—WEDNESDAY, JULY 17.
On Wednesday the Liverpool July Races commenced.
The morning was ushered in with calm and sunshine;
but, about twelve o'clock, rain fell in torrents, and pre-
vented many from proceeding to Aintree. The rain,
which lasted about an hour, made the course heavy, and
had the effect of throwing a gloom over the proceedings
of the day. The only noticeable incident was the ejection
of Mr. Ignatius Coyle, the gentleman who figured so con-
spicuously in the Running Rein affair. We subjoin a list
of the running :
The CKOXTETH STAKES of 15 sovs. 10 ft. with 30 added.
One mile and a quarter. 9 Subscribers.
Mr. Meiklam's br c Trueboy, 4 yrs. Templeman 1
Lord Sefton ns br h Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs.. Cotton 2
Lord Stanley ns ch h Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs .. Natt 3
4to 1 agst Extempore-6 started—won b 3 two lengths.
MATCH for 100 sovs hf ft. St. Leger Course.
Mr. Robinson's f April Noddy . .... Joy 1
Lord Glasgow's f Sister to Give-him-a-name .. Marson 2

6 o 4 on Sistr.
The SEFTON STAKES,t
of 30 so se each, bf ft. for 3 yrs
old fillies. One mile and a half. 6 subs.
Sir R. Bulkeley's bin Emma, by Picaroon.. Rogers 1
Mr. Irwin's ch The Pride of Kildare Murphy 2
2 started—the Pride came in first, but disqualified,
being 21bs. short in weight on coming to the scale Bet-
ting 6 to 4 on the Pride.
The PRODUCE SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sous. each, hf ft, for
3 yrs old. Two miles. 9 subs.
Mr. Mostyn's b c Brunel, by Velocipede.... walked over.
The MERSEY STAKES of 25 sous. each, with 50 added,
for 2 yrs old ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. T.Y.C.
The second to receive 50 sons. out of the stakes. 20
subs.

Mr. Mostyn's b c Pantasa, by Picaroon Marlow 1
Lord Eglinton's br f Bretwalda, sisterto Egidia Marson 2
12 started—Won by half a length.

The BICKERSTAFFE STAKES, Of 100 SOYA. each. h ft, for
foals of 1841 ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; untried
stallions or mares allowed 31b. One mile. 6 subs.
Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my-hat, by Bay Mid-
dleton (31b)
Sir R. W. _Mikeley's bl f Coal-black Rose (31b)
Templetna❑ 2
Two started. 5t04 on the Rose. Won easy.
A PLATE of 60 soya, for horses that never won £5O. The
second horse to have 10 sous out of the Plate. 8 subs.
Capt. Harcourt's br g Sir Abstrupus,4 yrs.W.Noble 0 1 1
Lord Eglinton's bl c Fitzjames, 3 yrs.. J. Howlett 1 4 3
Mr. Bowes' b c T'Auld Squire, 3 yrs.... Simpson 0 2 2
Seven started.

SECOND DAY.—THURSDAY, JeLY 18.
After a heavy shower, which lasted about twenty
minutes, at half-past eight o'clock the day brightened
up, and continued beautitully fine till six o'clock in the
ev, ning, when clouds gathered and rain again fell. The
attendance was very numerous, including a considerable
addition to the number of noblemen and gentry, and the
sport good. The following is the result of the running :
The FOAL STAKES of 100 SOPS. each, h ft; colts Bst fib,
fillies Bst 31b. Those got by untried stallions or out of
untriel mares allowed 31b. Once round and a distance.
(4 subs.)
Lord Westminster's Lancet, by Touchstone.. walked over
The CHESTERFIELD STAKES of 20 sot's. each, for foals of
1842; colts Bst 51b, fillies Bst 21b. The winner of the
Mersey Stakes to carry 71b extra ; the winner of any
other two-years old stakes to carry 31b extra. T.Y.C.
...(3 subs.)

Mr. Meiklam's br c Rodney
The DERBY HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each, p p, with 80
sovs. added by the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby.
One mile. (43 subs.)
Duke of Richmond's b c Pastoral 3 yrs.... Abdale 1
Lord Eglinton's bl f Brevity (late Egidia) 4 yrs.. Prince 2
Mr CI eagh's br c The Neill, by David, 4 yrs.. Murphy 3
Won by two lengths.—Eleven others started.
Betting :-10 to 1 agst Pastoral, 5 to 1 agst Celeste, 5
to 2 agst Philip. 3 to 1 agst Aristides.
The TRADESMEN'S CUP Or PLATE, value 200 sovs, given
by the Tradesmen of Liverpool, with 100 soya. given
from the Racing Fund, added to a Handicap Sweep-
stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on
or before the sth July, 1844, to Messrs. Weatherby,
London, or Mr. Etty, Liverpool. Two miles. The
winner to pay 30 sovs. to the Judge. The second to
receive 50 sovs. from the stakes. Any person taking a
nomination and not declaring forfeit on or before the
sth July, will have to pay the 25 sovs if his horse start
and 15 soya, if he do not. (118 subs.) ,
Mr W. Hope Johnstone's br c The Era, 4 yrs .... Lye 1
Cot Cradock's br h Pagan, 6 yrs Rogers 2
Mr D. Cook's br c Trueboy, 4 yrs

Fourteen others started.
Betting :-100 to 7 agst Pagan, 6 to 1 agst Era, 9 to 1
agst Trueboy, 14 to 1 agst Scatteen, 10 to 1 agst Caster.
10 to 1 agst Poor Soldier, 9 to 1 agst Pompey, and 4 to 1
agst Aristotle.

Severe race, won by half a length.
A FREE HANDICAP of 10 SOTS. each, with 25 SOTS. added,
for three years old and upwards. One mile and a quarter.
(17 subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's b f Emma, 3 yrs Abdale 1
Mr Thompson's b g Hudibras, 6 yrs Arthur 2
Three others started.

Her MAJESTY' PLATE, value 100 guineas. Three years
old ist 51b, four 9st 11b, five 9st 111 b, six and aged
10st 21b. Two mile heats. (18 subs.)
Mr Meiklam's b h Aristotle, 5 yrs. Templeman 1 1
Captain Vaughan's b f Extempore, 4 yrs .. Copeland 2 2