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certain lands of the plaintiff's. The juri"returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff. on all issues except the fourth, which
was, that the railway was made by the authority of Wha-
ley and Co.

accaunt stated. The plaintiff in this case wa s thel
ber for Birminghhm, the patented of the lailich'eesi,
which were the goods in question# which ha u
nished ; the defendants were brokers in LiverP2%;ti,
dict for the plaintiff—Damages, £226 145., and
. I

ALLEGED CONVERSION OF RAILWAY SHARES.
COLEMAN v. Moss.—Mr. Benjamin Coleman, share-
broker, was the plaintiff, and Messrs. Moss and Co.,
bankers, of Liverpool, c'efendants. The action was one
of trover for the recovery of five scrip railway shares in
the Dover or South Western Railway. The defendant
pleaded two pleas—first, that he was not guilty of con-
verting, and second that, he was never possessed. Ver-
dict for the defendant.

CROWN COURT.—SATtfiIDAY•
After a long argument as to the validity of 11;1V,
merit in the case of Haslam and other's, wh°,"efiei
found guilty of a conspiracy at a late municipal ;Inter in,
Bolton, his lordship directed the defendants t°
their own recognizances to appear at the next asstereilour
he would submit the points. This finished the
business.

NISI PRIUS COURT.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT. ,tiff 1/
THE QUEEN V. COOPER.—This was an indictment LEIGH V. LINDSAY.—In this case the plan
the 0
4
against Philip Henry Cooper, upon the prosecution of the collier a
youth' not 21, and the defendant 1013greoli
Rev. Joshua King, rector of Woodchurch, in the county Colin Lindsay, son of Lord Balcarres. The
of Chester, for having published in the Liverpool Chront- was that the plaintiff had been wrongfully irePri",o Ile 0
de, a malicious libel. The defendant pleaded not guilty. twenty-five days by the defendant, a magistrati froto,.#
The defendant was Mr. P. H. Cooper, steward to Sipr W. charged by his employer with absenting hireseile of Pe
M. Stanley, Bart. The libel complained of a ub- employment ; and after lying in gaol for uproar gr.iii,l
lished in April last, and charged the prosecutor with hay- weeks, he was taken, by habeas carpus, before bia34l
ing poisoned the foxes of Sir William Stanley. The de- tice Wighttrian, at the Queen's Bend-, and biappeo:i
fendant was proceeded against as the author of the libel, charged, on the ground that, for anything Pp
though he has no connection with the newspaper in libel,
to the contrary, the evidence against him migh' 10°01
tion. The jury found him guilty.
BAGLEY V. SMITH.—The declaration in this case ctaoknetrnadansrhinogwhni,soarbsthenatceietehabtadthneoret hbaeednbaebeisl;tenw:fboa,le
charged that the defendant had debauched the plaintiff's consent of his employer. After the exarninat'a ords',l
daughter, in consequence of which she became pregnant, nesses for both the plaintiff and defendant, hie. .01,ril
whereby she had lost her services. The jury returned a in laying the case before the jury, instructed tv,,jo.!„d
verdict for the plaintiff—damages £5O ; but, it appeared, in point of law, the defendant had not proved :ril
they had been laid in the declaration for nineteen guineas cation ; and, in awarding damages, they 12311,-,,, pl#
only, consequently, the verdict was reduced to that what sum, independent of the law charges, 1' ,o 1
amount.
was entitled to for the imprisonment. an°
HUMPHREYS, ADMINISTRATOR, V. JONES.—An action The jury returned a verdict of £3O damage°, ,
to recover a sum of £4OO and interest upon a promissory expenses, after taxation, to be allowed. ' , iritiPA,
note, given by the defendant in June, 1833. The case BUCKLE V. CRAM AND OTIIERS.—The Pl•3__ broiti
principally turned upon a legal question.—whether the respectable baker at Bristol, and the action was
of of y,
statute of limitations, which the defendant had pleaded, to recover damages from the defendants.by teas of OPO
was admissible. After going through a variety of docu- stowage of wheat in a schooner called the Jane, led di
ments, a verdict was returned by consent for the plaintiff, the defendants were the owners. The case oc,eelfar
damages £516 13s 4d., with leave to move to enter a non- hours, and at the close the jury found a vet'
suit. plaintiff for £47.
, till
JACKSON V. WAKING.—This action was brought to re-
NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATunvAIr' 100,
cover a sum
oft money due upon an agreement entered
into by the pries to take the manor of Whitmore, for TAYLOR V. DAwsoN.—Miles Taylor was OF Pl°'
WO 0
and Pudsey Dawson, Esq High Sheriff of t- Adel-
the purpose of sporting thereon. After a partial hearing
the matter was arranged. was the dfendant. On the sth of July the,,yee.l.oo
entered property alleged to be the plaintiff's, Etil"toint
LOYSONS AND UXOR v. FENNELL.—This was an ac- entered
wall. The plaintiff claimed the property i° ?f, 11l
tion to recover damages for an assault, committed by the
part and parcel of the manor of Hornby. At °a i 4
defendant upon the female plaintiff, at Hollinwood, near
tion of his Lordship, after the case had proceedeA
Oldham, on the 27th August last. The circumstances
length, a verdict was taken for The tif by litr
plc,° ' lib
were destitute of interest. A verdict was returned for
for 40s. damages, subject to a referenc and wdiet• 0
the plaintiff. Damages, 40s.
--sm.—. to either of the parties to move for a special ye' .. specol
~,
CROWN COURT.—FRIDAY., DAWSON V. REDMAYNE.—This was n-noth-e1 0,,
PERSONATION OF VOTERS, AT BOLTON. jury action of trespass, in which the defendant i..`liist
James Haslam, William Lee, and John Adamson, all
ccase was the plaintiff here ; and by consent a sw
diet was taken and entered.
of the borough of Bolton, were indicted for having, at the
RI v. C entered. a
plaintiff was the Ert°
last Bolton municipal election, on the Ist of November,
NichoGlßar Rigbye,AloNrEmserly of. Harro k nag' of
conspired to elect John Slater and six other persons of h her v 4
county, and the defendant was one of t e obe .60
that borough, to be councillors, by false and fraudulent force, who arrested the defendant in Nove geri ir
means, and by procuring persons not burgesses, and hay-
under a warrant which had expired in the geol,,,
ing no right to vote, to personate burgesses legally enti-
tled to vote. April. The defendant was indemnified by a ep
the pi
man named Morris, formerly a solicitor for ally
the Wilkins, Mr. Monk, and Mr. Cross, appeared for
tiff's family, who took out the warrant for 0,124 ii,,el
the prosecution ; Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Jos. Pollock
Mr. Cromptony said the plaintiff must be nonse.ll`eserfel!,
were for the defence.
notice of action had been given. His LordsloPvlot
The defendants resided in Wigan, and, on the day be- the 't, and the ' found for the laintiffi -Jo
fore the last municipal election, one of them (Adamson) porn .
with jiry p a verdict
was farthing, liberty to move to enter " t 1
was foreman in Mr. Goodbrand's factory. The defendant
Haslam, on the day in question, came over from Bolton the defendant.
Ths 'f,,815 rei
actßioßnmosppYrovin.
iAseGsETbTrouAirt' Ay
the np•Fain-titiljigeytt°o;
to Wigan, and, in company with Adamson, went to Mr.
Goodbrand's factory, and told the men he could put them
Brinsle against the defendant, John Folds 01%0
in the way of raising money. They then told them of
ReabenY'Hemmingway, African merchants, to riste9
their scheme, which was, as they stated at that time, to
sum of £llB for work and labour done. The aset V/
go over to Bolton the next day and keep the course clear
pleaded that he did not promise ;. he also pleaded _O;4
while the voters were brought up. Several of them agreed
The money was said to have been owing for OP; plil;
to go, namely, Disley, Liptrot, and another, and met for
that purpose. The defendants, Adamson and Haslam o. n certain bartering transactions which bad telgereff,rf,
went with them, and they were treated on the way with in the Bonny river between the plaintiff a potentate who was described as an exceedingandK il Ro 'db,'?,E,dl
bread and cheese, beer, &c. When they got near Bolton
ful nerson in the place, and who usually exhihilL;t roo
the business was made known to them, which was that • -
in a cocked hat and without breeches. A yet"'"
they would be required to go and personate absent or dead
turned for the plaintiff for the sum claimed.
voters at the municipal election on the following morning.
They were safely lodged for the night, and next morning
met Adamson and Haslam, who, as they termed it, " put
them through their facings," which was to initiate them
into the various matters necessary to enable them to an-
swer questions at the poll booth, &c. Polling papers
were then given, and they went and tendered their votes
at two of the wards, West and East Wards, which were
received. They then repeated the offence at other wards.
A sign was used, which showed that other parties moving
in a high station must have been in the secret. This sig-
nal was given at the booths by placing one hand on the
chin and the other in a different position, to indicate who
they were, and the votes were then received. The three
defendants were engaged during the day in giving direc-
tions and going about with the fictitious voters. The
men who had been employed as voters made a third at-
tempt to get in their votes at a different ward to that
which they had formerly visited, when, owing to some
mismanagement on the part of Liptrot, in not answering
the questions put to him, suspicion was excited, and he
was taken into custody, but subsequently released. They
had then the sum of ten or twelve shillings divided
amongst them, with which they were not, hoNever, very
well satisfied, and they returned to Wigan owing to some
dissatisfaction on the part of Adamson. A letter was ad-
dressed by him to Mr. Knowles, a town councillor of
Bolton, complaining of the conduct of Haslam. This
letter, owing to there being two of that name in Bolton,
fell into the hands of the wrong party, and thus the cir-
cumstances were made public.
The jury found the defendants guilty, and they were
immediately ordered into custody, but were not sentenced,
Sergeant MURPHY intimating his intention of moving in
arrest of judgment in the morning, on the ground of a
technical objection to the indictment.

—Tav~gnAY

TOWN EDITION'

LONDON MARKETS OF YESTEII

CORN -
.. e
MARK-LANE CORN EXCHAN—,.,OOV,
In this day's market there was only a short supP;, of l.
Wheat, which met a foir sale at the currency of thls ,A 44
es 000
Free foreign steady in value, but only retail sal e
ported. re. 0,0110,
Malting Barley in poor request, and but little Prl Ode
be made in sales, even at a decline of Is. per quart!,'' OP'
unaltered. Malt the turn in favonr of buyers. I"'
in Peas or Beans. 044
Our arrivals of Oats during the past week are onlY:rlieVe
and with the exeeption of a few foreign cargoes fr..,%iike 1;1
ports we have none fresh up in addition this frla".4 Pop
article was held with more firmness, but this be) 0d 0
day of the largest portion of the lale heavy supply' :stati
vessels pressing on demurrage, no advance could be , ,
but we experienced a fair sale at our previous curreT.
,‘ ;
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASUI/
. •
Wheat, Essex and Kent. s
38 d 0 "-- 45 I
b‘ 0
Red 0 /0 1
White
4i
,
Norfolk and Lincoln, red 3B
40 CI
White /
____.--
Irish, red
___.- -- 0 I
White
s 3
27 5° o°
, - - --
- ' 95 60
1
Rye, old
New
Barley, Grinding 0 Of 1
Malting
33,1 563
Chevalier
58 ° 2 /
Malt, Suffolk
' and Norfolk 6 0 0. 1
1
Br ".
Kingston and Ware .
64 ° 555 Chevalier
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed ..... .. • 2' II •-•' 0
Potatoe
20 23 0 0
Youghall and Cork, black
21 II , 5865 I
Cork, white
Scotch, feed
34' -, '6'
Beans, tick
38 o„si 1
Pigeons
34. ° ~.- 5 I
Pease, Grey
35 0 0 I
Maple -. 0 1
White
36 0 , 0 1
Boilers
42 0 55 I
Flour, town made
33 0, 0
Suffolk
Stockton and Norfolk 33 -9. s6i
BO
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN --„ 0
30 //I
Wheat, Dantzic . 3, a „••• 0 1
Hamburg
~,i,
n e, oi i
lu , --'/1
24
19 „
-,
~- ")
14... /,
4 /
28 „,"
'0
/
19 ,'

William Holden, charged with personating, was ac-
quitted.
Richard Cardwell pleaded guilty to a similar indict-
ment, and was ordered to enter into his own recogni-
zances in £5O, to appear to receive judgment when called
upon.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY.

TILE QUEEN V. THE GUARDIANS OF THE ROCHDALE

POOR••LAW UNION

This case being fixed to come on first great interest was
excited, and the court was thronged soon after nine o'clock.
Mr. Justice Wightman took his seat at ten minutes after
nine, and the special jury was then empannelled. The
counsel for the prosecution were Messrs. Martin, Watson,
and Tomlinson ; for the defendants, Messrs. Cobbett and
Crompton. Two of the poor-law commissioners, Sir E.
W. Read and Mr. Lewis, had been subpcened as witnesses
for the defence, and they were accommodated with seats
on the left of the bench. [Some conversation took place
as to the fixing of the causes in which Mr. Gandy is the
defendant, Mr. Kelly wishing them to be taken on Thurs-
day next, if the business did not sooner terminate ; Mr.
Martin was anxious for an earlier day; but ultimately
Thursday was fixed, and Mr. Kelly then left the court, to
return to London.]
Mr. TbMLINSON read the pleadings, which set forth
that the poor-law commissioners for England and Wales
were the plaintiffs, and the guardians of the Rochdale
Union were defendants; and this proceeding arose out of
a return to a mandamus- which had been obtained against
them, and to which they had made a return to the effect
that they had not been duly elected guardians of the union,
and had not been directed to carry the law into effect.
Mr. MARTIN said he had the honour to appear on be-
half of the commissioners who at present regulate the
administration of the law for the relief of the poor in this
country, and the defendants were the guardians of the
poor for the Rochdale union, who were elected in the
month of March, 1844, under an order of the commis-
sioners issued in the year 1837. The poor-law commis-
sioners were desirous of carrying the act of parliament
into effect cautiously and quietly. Where great opposition
was made they were unwilling to do anything that would
raise discontent or dissatisfaction, and in no district did
there exist a greater excitement than in Rochdale and
Todmorden, consequently they refrained till the year 1844,
from calling on the persons who formed the Board of
Guardians of the Rochdale Union. Accordingly in
October, last year, they directed the guardians of the
Rochdale union to assume the administration of the relief
for the poor. The order in question was delivered in the
proper way to the various persons appointed by law to
receive it. There was a refusal to act upon it. A meeting
was called at which very strong language was used ; but
he (Mr. Martin) would not introduce that subject into the
present proceedings. Nay, he believed that the persons
who opposed the law did so honestly, and when the result
of this proceeding was known, he hoped that these parties
would carry the act of parliament into effect ; and, there-
fore, not one syllable should fall from him that should
cause any excitement, or raise any ill feeling. They
declined to act upon the order, and a mandamus was ap-
plied for. A mandamus was a proceeding by which the
Court of Queen's Bench enforced obedience to the law.
It was a command from the Queen's Beach, directing a
party to obey the law. The parties made a return to
court of any reasons they have for disobeying the order, and
in the event of their reasons being insufficient, the court
issue a peremptory mandamus ; but in the event of the
reasons being held to be sufficient, the mandamus is set
aside. By a statute of Queen Anne, a party might have
the facts investigated by a jury ; and it was in this way
that the present inquiry came before the jury, its object
being to ascertain whether the six formally matters alleged
in the mandamus were true or not.

Barley ...
Oats, new

Flour, American
Baltic ... ,

uwl.
SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA.--9-ifrotA
Although we had a full average number of bays tate, Vat'
ance, the beef trade was in a very sluggish s+,...tke,"
barely equal to those Obtained on Monday Ins" no
f t
Scots producing 2s 10d per 81b. At the close o
clearance was not effected.
The numbers of sheep were not to say extensilirA444:lsl°Pj
fiir
equal to the demand. On the whole, the In"7:,0000 ;4,
m, and the primest old Downs found ready hl";‘,
per 81h—other breeds in proportion—being extre1f,,,,,j,..1f;
From the Isle of Wight 140 lambs were recelo.a. yaoo
supplies from Essex, Hampshire, &c. werei g°,,000,4,
trade was somewhat active, at fatly last week's 1;plf oror
best quality being held at 6s per 81b. The su' ln,
was small, and met a heavy inquiry, at late rates We"
have very few sales to report, yet the quotation'
supported

. i
Per 81bs. to sink the offal. %/1
Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 &Second qu*lloY do' 3 l9/11
Second quality 16— 3 8 Southdowavvt"o 3 4 Coarse • ;s4 9/ ;
Prime large Oxen. 3 5 0/41
Prime Scots, &c 3 10— 4, 0 Do. out of the 0 -015
0/01?
Coarse Calves 3B— 4 2 Large 14,p •• ": 30;1
„ Small do. -4 8 Small Porkers 0
Suckling do. each.lB 0-30 olQr. old Pigs, ea9f)
Inferior Sheep 2 10— 3 2'Lambs fw

- SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts, 2,660.... Sheep, 24,130,... Calves. 61

It?
LONDON SHARE MARgg'i
ats ,r 0
Armagh and Coleraine have been last don? ..,..010 all?
Exeter 84i, Caledonian 13.1, Cambridge and lAL"i 14001/4
Valley 84, Chester and Holyhead rli, Pit„ec,,-00,4r,;/,1
ranged from 6/ to 6, Eastern Counties 91/,
9L Dublin and Galway s}, Ely and Bedford se,e,lloo.
and Western (Ireland) 17/, Great Western Hal £ll,
Selby gs, London and York 3, South Wester/104,8d
and Leeds 151, Midland 154, Newry and Ennisk„itil
Midland 54, Rugby 4/, Trent Valley 19, SP; fitfrol:72o,,l
South Wales 62, Waterford and KilkennY 4,,; 0, t.
Amiens 12/, Toulouse 2/, Toulouse and Cet.," P'
thern of France 6t, 'Orleans and Botudea.l.„, way"
Lyons, Laffite's 3/, Gannron's 2/, Paris and

of Spain 3i, Sambre and Meuse, 74.
ott
TATTERSALL;SLast Night, cro,-°to
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.-5 to 1 agst
to 1 agst Ma Mie, 10 to 1 agst Vol-au-vent, 4
Strathspey.
THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKEs:—.."S t°
OP'Id(1
I°l4l
3 to I agst Kedger, 5 to 1 agat Cobweb COI -t4 to 0„),,t4',5,
CHESTER CUP.-9 to 1 agst ObscuritY, ray. arvir
taract, 10 to 1 agst Semiser:a, 15 to 1 og't ,t
Winesour, 22 to 1 agst Portrait, 30 to I. ag,,,a,No6'
Kildare, 30 to I agst Pug 30 to 1 agst "
IfaligesottnFuintza.Ac Knannu.ck, 33 to, I agst Queeo°- t i‘eut:
oil 00 tit`
to to 1 agst Alarm, 15 to moil 'lO „it",
to 1 agst Clear-the-Way, IS to 1 agst "" l') if'
Cobweb colt, 20 to 1 agst Ncwsmonger, apt, pi
Weatherbit, 30 to 1 agst Mentor, 30 to it 01'1
35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen, 40 to 1 ag'
50 to 1 agst Fuzbos.

Frequent attempts were made to interrupt the tedium
of the inquiry by admissions and objections; but as there
was a difficulty in determining the legality of the mode in
which the order was signed and issued, at the suggestion
of the learned judge, a 'serdict, by consent, was taken for
the plaintiff, with leave for the defendants to move the
court above upon the law points.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages one shilling.—The
case occupied nearly the whole day.

At*
fOrtil I
d
THE BRITISH COLONIES.—For tiw
young historical students, it may be inte.1.egc01403,,4,
the manner in which, some ofthose Colonle,o 11'0
possession. The Canadas ca i t11:t
v,,beee
and were ceded by the Fre IclP overnmeP". r
coloiVed
Paris in 1763. The other IA
'egrican
otabliObaclote ;1
nally fisheries and settlements,m
their discovery in 1479. Antigua d
serrat, St. Nevis, St. Kitt's, Tortola", MI-derl,9-ft
mas, and Bermuda, are settlements r6"-jecll3'olo.
century ; Dominica and Grenada were 04.000, j,
1763 ; Jamaica capitulated to the nalslol3;,f,Srlo.ll%
well in 1635 ; St. Lucia capitulated ,63
and Tobago were ceded b France in lic'q !;P,Olll,
pitulated in 1797; British Guiana in 16.,1,404,0
obtained by the terms of treaty ma& .Irl4tly
tar capitulated by Sir G. Rooke Aties, ,M 4
in 1800, the Cape in 1806, Ceylon in
1810 ; St. Helena was ceded by Hollanu tbe,"e
kong, by the Chinese treat in 1842; stl'ooo,lsg;
New South Wales, Australi); and No:fiet:l,l3,fi'lo
stloeumtehnatstlf:trrmaieiaclibneltBw3e4en the years 1/1,,' 1110,44'
South Wales was made a settlement 'Ma I'
men's Land in 1803, Western Austrg.'

JOHNSON V. BLUNDELL.
In this case a verdict, by consent, was taken for the
plaintiff, subject to a reference—Damages, £2,000.

KENT V. 'TART.

In this case a verdict, by consent, was taken for the
plaintiff. This action was brought upon a charter party—
Damages, £io; costs, 405.

SCARISBRICK V. JONES

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a person of
of property, in this county, against the defendant, who
was his agent, resident in Liverpool, for the sale of coals.
The action was brought for the recovery of money on an
indenture for money had and received, and for goods de-
livered. The defendant had pleaded, but failed to appear,
and permitted judgment to go by default. Verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages, .L 5,034 4s 4d. ; costs, 40s.