The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

On Friday night week, the grand stand on Sutton
Coldfield race-course was set on fire, and wholly destroyed.
Mr. Rich, a reformer, has been returned unopposed fur
the borouah of Richmond, Yorkshire.
tier Majesty's royal charities to the aged and poor were
distributed on Monday and Tuesday last, to upwards of
250 persons, ss. each.
On WQdoee.day. the election committee of tlxr-Ifoart--13f
Commons decided that the Hon. Mr. Lindsay had been
duly elected for Wigan.
Five hundred distress warrants to recover poor-rates
have been issued during the past week in the parish of
St. Clement Danes.
Measures are now in active progress for the erection of
two out of the four public baths contemplated in Bir-
mingham.
Oa Tuesday the extensive ropework and sailcloth weav
ing premises of the Gourock Ropework Company, at
Glasgow, were destroyed by fire.
On Friday an awful fire occurred in Limehouse. Six
houses were destroyed, and thirty poor persons rendered
homeless. The majority were uninsured.
The Anniversary of Shakspere's birthday will be cele-
brated at Stratford-on-Avon on the 23rd instant. It is
expected that several eminent literary characters will at-
tend.

Russell, so well known in the sporting circles as the
plaintiff in the numerous qui tarn actions which excited
so much attention last year. has been before the Insolvent
Court, London.
On Saturday week, a woman and a little boy were found
buried in the snow, in the pass of Glenlyon, Scotland. she
died soon after the discovery, but the boy was taken to a
cottage and cared for.
A few dos since, a poor fellow met his death at Hud-
dersfield, through the brutal practice of kicking. His
opponent has been committed for trial on a charge of
manslaughter.

ECLIPSE.—There will be an annular eclipee of the sun
on Saturday, the 25th instant, partially visible at Green-
wich. It will commence at 5h.32 m. afternoon ; middle,
6h. 14 m. afternoon ; and end 6 h. 4 m. afternoon.

On " all-fool's day," a poor Irishman inquired at the
office of the Glasgow Citizen for a copy of the paper con-
taining the account of the passing of the repeal act, and
the triumphant entry of O'Connell into Dublin
Yesterday week, the freedom of the city of London was
voted unanimously, in gold boxes worth 100 guineas each,
to Sir H. Hardinge, Sir H. Gough, and Sir H. Smith,
the heroes of the war in the Sutlej, and also to Major-
General Pollock.

Mr. S. R. Brooking, of St. John's Wood, having died
of injuries received by a fall from his horse, his wife was
inconsolable,--insisted on bleeping in the same bed with
the corpse of her husband, and in the morning was found
dead by his side.
Mr. Edward Lawes Pym (who was removed from the
list of lieutenants of the Royal Marines, and who was ac-
quitted, at the last Winchester assizes, for being con-
cerned in the duel at Gosport, in which Mr. Seton lost
his life), has been restored to his former rank in that corps.
At Bodmin assizes, Mary Pearce, post-mistress at
Stratton, was sentenced to seven years _transportation.
She had taken postage stamps off letters which passed
through her hands, and these stamps she had placed on
letters for which the people paid her postage.
Mr. Hudson, painter, of Douglas, Isle of Man, lost hi:
life last week by jumping from the paddle-box of the
King Orry steamer, and missing his footing, as she was
leaving the pier at Douglas. The brother of Mr. Hudson
committed suicide the same week by cutting his throat.
BRADFORD.—Great ex?rtions are making at Bradford
by the free traders to induce Mr. Hardy, who has long
laboured under indisposition, to retire from the rerre-
sentat ion of the borough, in order that. Lord Ashley may
step in.

When the progress which foreigners are making in the
textile, hardware, and other manufactures is considered,
it would not be at all surprising were the Anti-Protectionist
manufacturers in some few years hence to rend the air
with shouts of Protection.

GREAT TROTTING M ATCli.—On Thursday, Mr. Tay-
lor's grey mare, and Mr. Eldridge's brown horse, per-
formed their five miles trotting match at New Cross, and
the match was won by the grey, who went over the five
miles in twenty minutes. The stakes were £lO.

Last week the meadows, and lands adjoining the river
Trent, north and south, for many miles, were la'd under
water owing to the excessive rains. Several newly-built
bridges, portions of works in the course of erection, hay-
stacks, hewn timber, cattle, and property of a moveable
character, were swept away.
A convict, named Howard, who was sentenced to seven
years' transportation at the Central Criminal Court, made
his escape from the Penitentiary at Milbank, by setting
through an aperture in the roof of the building. He be-
longed to a most notorious gang in Westminster, by whom
it is supposed he is secreted.
Three sailors belonging to an Austrian ship bound from
Newcastle to Venice, having been sent ashore at Falmouth
the other day, for water, picked some plants in a marsh,
wilh which they made a salad. One of the roots was
water-hemlock, and all the men were poisoned; two were
recovered by medical aid, but the third died.
It is stated that the Leeds Botanic Gardens, though of
larger extent than those of Sheffield, Manchester, Liver-
pool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Belfast, and Dublin, are
conducted at a considerably less annual expense than any
of these. The annual cost of the Leeds gardens (20 acres)
is £547.

A meeting of the electors of the Tower Hamlets was
held on Tuesday, when resolutions were passed agreeing
to support Mr. Lawrence lieyworth of Liverpool, and
Mr. George Thompson of London, at the next election,
as candidates " upon the principles of commercial, reli-
gious, and political freedom."
The Waterwitch towing-steamer, belonging to Leith,
was run down a few days since by the Vintage schooner.
from London, at the entrance of the Fifth, abreast of
Ofsear rocks. After they had struck. it was thought she
had got clear without damage, when she almost immedi-
ately sunk with her crew, six in number.

It is said that an additional wing is to be added to the
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Chad, Birmingham. A
new chapel also, upon a smaller scale, is to be commenced
almost immedia ely at Edgbaston, so that there will be
three Roman Catholic chapels in Bis mingham. A new
chapel is also to be erected at Shrewsbury, at the expense
of the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Sir Henry Hardinge is the son of the Rev. H. Har-
dinge, rector of Stanhope, Durham. He highly distin-
guished himself in the Peninsular war. He was present
at the battles of Busaco, Albuera, Badajos, Salamanca,
Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes ; he lost
his left arm at the battle of Ligny, and was one of the Wa-
terloo heroes.

Hundreds of acres on the low lands around Hull, says
the Hull Packet, are now under water. Between Hull and
Beverley and Selo}, and Brough, numbers of fields present
the appearance of one vast lake, and in many places the
drains and water courses are undistinguishable from the
land on either side. it is said that the land in the East
Riding of Yorkshire has not been so generally and heavily
flooded for thirty years.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—Two labourers, named Hart and
M'Clare, were killed on Friday, at Newcastle-on-Tyne,
by the falling of the gable end of a cottage, adjoining the
site of an intervening house, which had been removed.
The unfortunate occurrence took place while the deceased
were in the act of removing the soil adjacent to the foun-
dation of the fallen wall, which was built on a loose sandy
soil.

PROGRESS OF ART.—Mr. Barton, of Ulverstone, the
contractor of the mail gig from Milnthorpe to Whitehaven,
has at present a horse with an iron leg, and, most strange
to say, in that state it is a " first-rate galloper," a fact
which is known to many persons in Ulverstone. The
horse came to a misfortune about last Whitsuntide, and
the iron leg has been fitted up and fixed on by a blacksmith
of Ulverstone.—Kendal Mercury.
GREAT FLOOD.—The river Don last week overflowed
its banks to an unprecedented extent, and great damage
was done at Rotheram, Doncaster, and the neighbour-
hood. Several sheep and lambs have been washed away.
An immense quanttty of game has been destroyed, either
by being drowned, or captured by persons who traversed
the flooded fields in light boats, and took the hares. &c.
from the tops of the hedges where they had sought refuge
from the water.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Monday afternoon a fire of
a very destructive character broke out in an extensive
building at Elmbank, Glasgow, consisting of two stories
besides the ground flat, the lower portion of which was
!mown as " Elmbank Foundry," occupied by Mr. James
Allan, sen., whilst the two upper flats were used as a cot-
ton store by Messrs. Bryson and Miller. The latter
portion of the premises was completely filled with cotton,
amounting to about 1200 bales, as we have been informed,
and estimated at £lO.OOO value. The ptemises were to-
tally destroyed, but it is hoped that much of the cotton
will be saved, though, of course, in a damaged state.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS.—A few days since, a meeting
was held at Peckham, for the purpose of inducing mas-
ters and mistresses to unite with their servants in raising
a fund towards the erection of asylums for invalid and
aged servants, and also for providing means of support
and a refuge for servants out of place. There are in the
vicinity of London 125,000 servants, who by subscribing
4s. each would realise £25,000, which would allow £lO,OOO
for building almshouses. and £lO,OOO for a relief fund,
leaving a surplus of £5,000. Communications from seve-
ral noblemen, clergymen, and others, were read, promis-
ing support ; and resolutions were passed for forming a
Servants' Protection Society.
THE ELEPHANT AND THE LOCOMOTIVE. A few
days ago, there was a " monster meeting" at Morpeth,
Wombwell's elephant and a North British locomotive en-
gine having arrived in the course of the afternoon. The
engine was drawn by fifteen horses. Mr. King, the ma-
nager of the menagerie, made an offer of the services of
the elephant to surmount the bill in leaving the town.
His kindness was at once accepted ; and the ele-
phant, apparently proud of an opportunity of dis-
playing his strength, cheerfully and resolutely undertook
the task. When yoked to the load, he seemed to say to
the horses, as they tugged along with him, " see me do
it !" and he never once paused until he had reached the
summit of the hill. This, we should think, is the first in-
stance of an elephant trying his powers against an iron
horse.

Is CHALK MANURE ?—This question—one of great im-
portance to the agricultural body—was brought to an
issue before the Court of Quarter Sessions at Dorchester,
on Wednesday last, when was heard an appeal against the
decision of two magistrates who had convicted a toll-
keeper in the penalty of 455., f.,r charging toll on a wag-
gon-load of that article. Mr. Ffooks, in support of the
conviction, showed by two old agricultural works, pub-
lished in 1718 and 1727, that chalk was used as a manure
in those days, and that it was mentioned in that quality
so long ago as the time of Julius Caesar. As a manure it
would be exempted from toll by the 5 and 6 William IV.,
cap. 18. For the appellant, Mr. Stock quoted Johnson's
definition of manure, and contended that although chalk
might be classed as a component of manure, it was not
manure by itself, and had not been so contemplated by
the legislature. The court at once and unanimously con-
firmed the conviction, deciding that chalk is manure., and,
on the application of counsel, granted the respondent's
coats.

INTERESTING TO SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. —We
have examined a little work that hvs lately fallen into our
bands, written by a lady, (generally the best expounders
of the wants of children.) entitled "Chamberlain's
Young Scholar's New English Dictionary," and to our
judement it. po extraordinary merit. The work
contains a dictionary of well selected words in general.
use, explained in language adapted to the capacities of
those for whom it is designed. The words are accented,
and the mute letters are printed in italics. The method
pursued of placing many nouns end adjectives immedi-
ately after the verb or noun to which they belong, and
showing their meaning by figures ingeniously contrived,
has given space without too much bulk, for a far greater
number of useful words under different beads, in one,
two, three, and more syllables; an advant tge that ob-
viates the necessity of separate meanings, and naturally
excites in learners more interest, from the variety it af-
fords. The book is indeed admirably adapted for teach-
ing the junior classes and for family use, and it enjoys an
advantage also, of no slight consideration in the present
times—it is remarkably cheap.
ECONOMICAL TRIP. —in a locality not more than fifty
miles from Hnddert.field, there lived not long ago a couple
of respectable individuals, apparently in the enjoyment
of every comfort. The husband was kind, but withal
rather of a saving turn of mind. Some months ago, the
wife was attacked with a serious illness, which, to the
grief of her family, terminated fatally. She had, how-
ever, one request to make of her loving husband, and that
was, that she might be buried in the beautiful churchyard
of W—, situated in one of our northern counties ; at
once he assented, and the poor creature died contented.
On the same evening, a man in his Sunday attire might
have been seen wending his way to the door of the vi-
carage. " Please, Sir, I've come for a license." " Li-
cense, John ! you don't require a license to bury your
poor wife." John was abashed for the moment. " How
long. my good man, have you lived together as man and
wife ?" " Please, Sir, twenty-five years. But, Sir, I
thought of marrying Jane —." " Marrying again, John,
before you have buried your late wife !" " Why—yes—
please—Sir,—you'll understand that she requested to be
buried at W—; and Jane and me thought it would he
most convenient to all parties, if we were to get married
at once, and make the same trip do for both purposes.
THE IRON TRADE.—The ironmasters of the district as-
sembled at Wolverhampton on Wednesday. The buyers
sought a reduction, but the masters would not yield, and
demanded the prices for last quarter,—namely, pig iron,
:rom £4 15s. to £5 10s. ; bar iron, £lO ; railway iron,
from £lO 10s. to £ll. After an ineffectual attempt to
reduce the prices, sales of pig iron were made at the above
quotation. It was stated by some extensive buyers, that
there were many railway companies would be purchasers
to a great extent if the prices were reduced. It was also
intimated, in the course of the day's transactions, that
there was a decided inability to purchase for want of
capital ; but strong hopes were entertained that the rnea-
states about to be introduced by government, relative to
the proposed new schemes, would have the effect of im-
proving the money market, and facilitating commercial
transactions. At Birmingham on Thursday there was a
very large attendance of masters, not only from the imme-
diate locality, but many of the large firms in Shropshire,
Wales, and London, wee represented. There were also
a great 'umber of buyers present, who tendered orders at
reduced prices, but the masters were firm, and refused to
accede to a reduction, however small, upon any descrip-
tion of iron. It is doubtful whether the present high
prices can he upheld throughout the present quarter.
RAISING THE WIND.—An ingenious fellow, calling
himself George Nettle, was on Monday brought to the
court at Bow-street for re-examination, charged with
uttering counterfeit silver coin. In five different cases ;t
was proved, that seeing a bill in the window announcing
" Apartments to Let," he went in, and offered himself as
a tenant; and saying he had rather leave something to
"hind the bargain." he tendered what appeared to be a
very nice crown piece, desiring them to take two shillings
or half-a-crown as a deposit, and give him the difference.
The difference was given to him in good money of course;
and when he was about to leave the house he suddenly
seemed to recollect something, and said his wife was by
business a laundress, and asked whether there would be
any objection to her,taking "in a little washing in a quirt
way." The answe4being that there would be a very great
objection, he said, Well, then, I must have my deposit
again;" the crown-piece was returned as a matter of course,
and he gave back a counterfeit half.crown. Thus acqui-
ring two shillings and sixpence good and lawful money by
the trick, and getting repossession of his counterfeit crown
to enable him to repeat the trick elsewhere. The police
d'scovered that this trick he repeated successfully at three
different places in the same street in the course of one
hour.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Friday the wife of Mr. W.
Tomlinson, employed on a railway near Goole, drowned herself
and her infant in the river. She had been suffering some time
from lowness of spirits.
Mr. Herapath, of Bristol, the analytical chemist, met with a
serious accident on Wednesday. While operating upon some
fulminating silver it suddenly exploded, and burnt his face so
severely, that for a time it was feared he would be deprived of
the sight of the left eye at least. He is progressing favourably.
A MELANCHOLY CASE.—At the Quarter Sessions of the peace
for Bolton, on Friday, a case of a curious nature occurred. Mary
Bird, alias Wilson, was arraigned on a charge of having stolen
£35 from John Waddielove, a butcher in that town. The robbery
need not be detailed—it may be well imagined—The prisoner,
an unfortunate female, lived—horrifying to relate—with her
own parents, in a common brothel, at the bottom of what is
called Twenty Steps, in Bank-street, and was permitted, and
encouraged by them, to endure a life of the most disreputable
nature. When she committed the theft, she handed the money
to her father, who went off with it to Manchester, and there him-
self got robbed of it in a house of ill-fame. He took this so much
to heart, that, in a fit of excitement and despair, he went out
and hung himself—an awful example of retributive justice,—
the prosecutor losing his money for his iniquity—the prisoner
receiving no benefit from it—and the author of her being, per-
haps of her misfortunes, meeting so awful an end. She had
been previously convicted, and was sentenced to transportation
for ten years.

April 14, IR4G.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY.
(Before Mr. Juttice Patieson.)
_ASSAULT IN A CHAPEL.

OLDHAM v. was an action to recover da-
mages for an assault. The declaration stated that the
defendant assaulted the plaintiff, and compelled him to go
out of a chapel. The defendant had pleaded, first, not
guilty ; and, secondly, that the plaintiff, with others, was
making a disturbance, laughing and. talking in a certain
chapel, and that in order to prevent the continuance of
the noise, the defendant, as servant of the trustees of the
chapel, removed the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins was
for the plaintiff, Mr. Joseph Oldham, estate agent, of
Jubilee Buildings, Lord-street, Liverpool. For the last
three years, he, with his mother and sisters, had at-
tended Brunswick Chapel, Moss-street, in that town. In
the evening of Sunday, January 11th, being later tbaa
usual, he went with a friend to this chapel. It was seven
o'clock when they reached the chapel, and in order that
he might not disturb the congregation, the plaintiff wept
the back way to get to his own pew. It was filled with
persons ; he did not wish to disturb them, and he stood
in the passage, intending to wait to the end of the service.
At this moment the defendant, Benjamin Pugh, who was
the chapel keeper, went up to him in a very abrupt matt.
ner, took him by the collar. and dragged him out of the'
chapel. The plaintiff asked him for an explanation, and
asked him to be allowed to go back and fetch his bat.
Still the defendant kept him by the collar, and having al-
lowed him to get his hat, he dragged him out of the cha-
pel, and held him for some minutes on the steps. The
plaintiff remonstrated with the defendant; who produced
a cap in which something very filthy hat'. been deposited,
and accused the plaintiff of being guilty of the offence.
The plaintiff indignantly denied the charge, and insisted
upon having an apology from the defendant,. wben the de-
fendant threatened to give him into the custody of the
police. The learned counsel said that all the plaintiff
wanted was to save the costs of the present action, and to
set himself right with those with whom he had been in the
habit of associating. It could not be said that the action
had been got up to put costs into the attorney's pocket,
for the defendant had had the opportunity of settling the
matter by paying two guineas to the Orphan Asylum,
and a guinea to Mr. Foabrook, the solicitor employed by
the plaintiff.—Two young men, named Springfellow and
Dowling, and Mrs. Oldham, mother of the plaintiff, were'''
examined in support of the plaintiff's case.—Mt. Ather.'l
ton addressed the jury for the defendant, and in mitiga-
tion of damages, on the ground that although the assault
was unjustifiable, the defendant, at the time was labouring
antler the belief that the plaintiff was the person who had
committed a wrong upon him. The jury found a verdict
for the plaintiff; damages, £lO.

At twelve o'clock, the court rose; and, in the course
of the afternoon, Mr. Jus►ice Patteson left Liverpool for
London.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-TIIESDAY.

ALLEGED CRUELTY AND OPPRESSION BY AN AFRICAN
CAPTAIN.

HubsoY v. WARD.—lnis was an action of trespasi
brought by the plaintiff, Thomas Hudson, against the de-
fendant, John Ward. Mr. Knowles stated the case. The
plaintiff was by trade a cooper. lie sailed on the present
occasion on the 26th of July, 18-13. He bad been engaged
by the defendant, Captain Ward, who was the master of
the Bounty Hall, a vessel which belonged to Mr. Bold, 01
Liverpool. It was not until the 14th of November that
the occurrence took place which had given rise to the pre.
sent action. On the day in question the plaintiff and five
other coopers were engaged busily at work. The plaintiff
had his star es in a bundle ; and having placed them in the.
way of another man, named t'earce, Pearce threw thern.
down. A few angry words were in consequence exchanged
between the plaintiff arid Pearce; and then one of the.
mates, who was related to Pearce, told the-coopers to mindt
their work. Some one called out that they were minding
their work already; and the mate, having chosen to as• !
sume that the plaintiff had made the observation, although
'
he bad not opened his lips, came forward and seized the-
plaintiff by the shoulder. The plaintiff not having heard
the mate coming, turned suddenly round, and, in doing,
so, the hammer he held in his band accidentally touched:
the mate's ear. The mate then seized him, and, assisted
by the second mate, they both dragged the man towards
the vessel. However no great offence was taken. The .
mate spoke to him about going back to his work, and in
little time he went back to his work. The mate did not
appear to think that any act of mutiny bad been com—
menced ; but having found some blood on his ear in a lit-
tle time after, he then began to view the accidental touch
he bad received from the hammer in a very different light.
The captain was at that time on shore ; and the mate hay-
ing sent a messenger fur him, the captain came on board,
accompanied by the captains of other vessels then lying off
the coast. The plaintiff, who was at work when he heard
the captain cry out, went toward :him with his tools in
his hand. Now, then, what took place? The jury would
find that the captain had ,at that tim.., what be called a
walking-stick in his hand. The jury might be curious to
know what a walking-stick in the hands of an African cap.-
tain really was. It consisted of a gun-barrel, plugged
with wood ; and a most dangerous weapon it unquestiona-
bly was. The captain raised up the walking-stick—blud-
geun V 6 ouli be a more applicable name for it—and struck .
the plaintiff a violent blow with it,—so violent that the
man staggered under the weight of it: and he (Mr. K.)
dared ray that the mAn raised both arms to avert the blow
v, hen he saw it corning. The captain ordered him to be
stripped and tied up to the rigging, there having been no
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inquiry, no examination, no questions asked of anybody.
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captain was a very strong, powerful man, upwards
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tacntah
of six fret in height—that the plaintiff was the reverse, and
that the mate was just as powerful as the captain. Instead •
of nine, the mate put sixteen tails to the cat; and so sons
as it was ready, and the back of the plaintiff was laid barer
the captain would have the satisfaction of inflicting the
punishment. He therefore took the cat and gave the man
two dozen and two lashes, drawing at every stroke be
gate, not only blood, but particles of flesh from the back
of the poor wretch. But that was not enough. When 60
got tired the mate was called to his assistance, and thee
the latter brute took the cat and went on inflicting the
blows, until be had made up five dozen lashes. The plain- •
tiff could bear it no longer; the man's natural strength
was exhausted ; he was about to faint ; and it was necen
eery the captain and mate should give over, and they did
so. When the plaintiff had recovered from the faint, be •
was seized by the mate, and dragged through his blood to
tie wheel of the vessel. His hands were put round the
spindle at the vshrel, and tied there. Handcuffs were
brought. They were too small, and the man remonstrated
against them, but in vain. In that position he was mariaci
cled, with his naked back expcsed to the weather ; 9°,1
there he was kept from four o'clock in the afternoon
twelve o'clock on the following day—twenty hours. I"'
was then untied, and removed to the boatswain's lockeS
on deck—a place which was about four feet in height an, •
five in length; and there his hands were manacled.
chain was passed over both arms, and fastened to restayle,
the length of the chain being sufficient to allow him_n
walk about, and he was kept there for 90 days. 11'
plaintiff, at the end of that period, was sent ly.pme to Eno
land in another vessel. The torture was inflicted, as be
had stated, on the 14th of November, and yet the Pr'
wou:d find that in the following June he wes still suffering,
from the barbarity inflicted upon him. The learned gen;
tleman concluded by saying that it was altogether a ett°'.
brutal and savage case, and one which would call for eJv
emplary damages.
A number of witnesses were then examined, who Sab•
stantially bore out the learned counsel's statement. t,
Mr. Martin then addressed the jury for the: defender'
He said he perfectly agreed with his friend, the Attornel;
•General, that this was one of the most important eoeo
which had been tried during the present assizes ; for ef,
jury or persons of any kind could hear the details of Oct
tering of a min being flagged in the manner which
been represented, without having their feelings enlisted tn;
wards the suffering party ; but they (the jury) had bear;
but one side of the story, and he did trust and hope th,,es
would keep their minds open until they had heard t'.,
other side ; and when they had heard both, and after P_„,
had made a f w observations upon them, he did feel Ccwre
fident that his client would obtain a verdict. There Wetu
sonic facts spoken by the witnesses for the plaintiff,
which the two witnesses differed ; but he attached no cle,
sequenceoru to this.
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shouldwould
honw not
the plaintiff. He would call their attention to some °a
that go
what through
had minutebeset
tails;
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for, tos;
which were utterly inconsistent with the story ° twit
learned friend, but quite consistent with the case wo'ee
he was about to set up for the defence. The last wit,eelr
had sated that-Hudson, upon being taken from the wlitioa
was immediately tied up, and shit then the exernio to)
took place. If this bad been the fact, he (Mr.
would readily adu.it that it had been a farcical into-silt!
lion ; but if tbis should be false, and a full and fair i"cl(7011
should be shown to have taken place, and that one ',now
the captains engaged in the inquiry had agreed 0,0
went, what would they think of the agreement of IV ted
stories ? It had been said that the blow had been in 11:
upon Whittington's ear by. accident ; out if it shohil' see
shown, upon oath, that he was felled to the eart;', the
stunned by the blow, end that, in consequence of t':7ll,eie
captain had been immediately sent fir, he would Br' or
which was the most consistent story ? And did the
two
tain come back alone ? No ; he brought with him the°
other captains. Would this have been the case 01
had been merely a noisy quarrel amongst the cooP!'','ost
stated in the case for the plaintiff? He (Mr. M,rtiti)
te"ii to
protest against the prejudice which had been attelio tba
be raised in their minds against captains engegen..ortbf
African trade, who were, generally speaking, trusi",,,ser,
men ; and a better canducted man than his clientl .'"_e of
existed. The learned counsel, after giving an,i°d to call
the case which he was about to set up, proceeded them
thel
evidence to prove it; and observed, it would be ru`scble
to judge under all the circumstances of the ease' to 171,1
was the true account. After calling upon the jo.ril_ot,sol;
nish all prejudice from their minds towards hisa bad
commenting upon the unexceptionable character
borne, Mr. Martin proceeded to examine severea ola a
nesses for the deflice. It was stated by th lain
and some of the captains of the other vessels that the by :
tiff, on the mate coming on deck, felled Lemci 0:
blow of the hammer, which inflicted a severe 70„.
Oa
his ear, and had produced symptoms of loeli'la.ing,slol.
the captain cornirg on board with two other eathe boil;
calling the plaintiff aft, he refused to lay down to take
mer and driver, and on the captain attempting eaPthaec
them from him, he attempted to strike him.
roof then struck him with his fist, and they struggled
out of
until the captains present took the hammer ironse
to
hands. It was for this he was flogged and Pathed bY
and it was alleged that his condition. as detholf.pot_.,.
witnesses, was very much exaggerated.
Mashie to 5116"
o'clock th jury were locked up, but, being
they were discharged at twelve the same night
•
This closed the business of the assizes.

A pra 14, 1846.

gAtpping intelligrntr.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7.—Wind North, moderate.
A'RRIVED —Laura. from•Alexandria—Pomerania, Brandt, and
Brandt, Gregorius from Danzic —Laurel, Duckett, from Mobile
"...Margaret Pollock, Pye, from New Orleans—and Priscilla,
from Paraiba.
SAlLED.—Antelope, Jones, for Prince Edward Island—Ro-
chester. Britton, and Sheridan, Corish, for New York—John
Clark, Disbrow, for Staten Island, &c.— Cartaretta, Prideaux,
for Newfoundland—Norma, Strarich, for Rio Janeiro—Princess
Royal, Lovett, for Pillau—Finland, Bourne, for New Orleai
Catharine Hodges, Lewis, for Husum—Mary & Jane, Osbo,
for Constantinople—and Letitia Heyne, Pearl, for Staten Isl
add Quebec.

Tay, from Dundee, at this port, leaky, having been on shore
on Hoyle Bank
'John O'Gaunt, and Devon, from China, at the Straits of
Unda 28th December
Flora, Muir, hence off Mossel Bay 2nd February, going in for
Water
Matilda, Ronal 'son, and Grasshopper, Rankin, from Rio de
Janeiro, at the Cape of Good Hope
Angeron a. hence at Santa Martha
Lady, Rallies, from Trinidad, at Savanilla
rauxh-a•Ballagh, Savage; Naiad. Rogers; Cheshire Witch,
and Eliza, Lonrie, hence at Syra
Meickle ; Intrepid, Gray; Maria, Pinkey ; and Ada,
wanstance, hence at Leghorn
Caroline, Ahrens, hone^ at Riga
Frederica, Maack s, and ida, M aria, hence at Swinemunde
,Try, Howes. hence at Helvoet
"InoY. Ocket, and Pigeon, De Mere, hence at Antwerp
Skiold. from Schiedam, at Deal
Alexander, Aspsay, from Ceylon for London, at the Cape o
Good Hope 2nd February
LlsuQarrA, March 21.—The Joseph Christall, Cloyd, hence for
e
v-rpool, grounded on the Shallows near St. James's Castle.
In this gulf, was floated off, without assistance, and apparently
Without damage

WEDNESDAY. APRIL S.—Wind N. to N.W. moderate.
ARRIVED.—Friends, Wheaten, from Lisbon—and iramilien-
Riad. from Norway.
SA
MED.—Exporter. Robertson, for Quebec—Atlas, Coffin, for
ir ',yr York—Tidy. Dorkin, for Dordt—Kingston. Dwr.sr, for
ellZe—Charles, Sim ns, for Bruges—Hesperus, Killey, for
I°2"'4BY arrd Hong Kong—Brothers. Lewis, for Syra—Eilzabeth
v'ne'aY, for Staten Island and Quebec—Aleit, Lauchl,n, for
.erften ls!and—Minalo, Tiegarthen, for Rio Janeiro—Highland
a'arY. Crossley, for Quebec—Espindola, Barst w, for New York
,;,-James Orr, Anderson. for Newfoundland and
Genoa—Victoria, Evans.
seacken, for Hamburg—Caroline Alice, Beynon; for
A.,"2,o4—Victoria, Evans. for Cadiz—Lady Bassett. Carthew, for
f."Lirua— Zealous, Champion, for Lisbon—Elizaheth, Wilson,
""r Newfoundland—Meg of Meldon, Rickerty, fr,r Calcutta—
pnaity Al en, for Montreal—Elbe, Gezzano, and Eroe, Laferla,
Malta—Dragos, Radimeri, for Tieste—Sofia AllKenzie,
Uat, for St. John, N.B.—and Wallace,r Main, for Lima.
X,'

4:dward Bcwstead, Arnold, fcr Shanghae, and sailed lgth
Peb. for this port : Pandora Co‘hay. from Shaughae, and sailed
allBtb Feb. for London and John O'Gaunt, Donald, from China,
Helena
Daniel Grant, Shalley, from Shnnghae; Countess of Dor-
ton), M 'Lai en. from Penang, and Theodosia, Irving, from Mau-
witius, in the Downs
Robert Moffat, Wade, hence at Alexandria
_Preak, from Denia, and Emma, from Palermo, off Cape St.
Vincent

Triton
'futon, sailed from Bilboa for this port 30th March-
-7 "011enfl, Parsons, hence at Kingstown
Y of the Isles, V‘heaton, from Terceira, at Holyhead
ribl,ert, Bruce. trom Cadiz, at Monte Video
kavE'sxts pox frcm Manilla for Cowes, lath
March;. Alexander Edmond, hence for St. John, N.B. 25th
do. in lat. 44, long.
4624 ; Un:corn, (steamer) hence for
, 2 Bth starch, in lat. , long. 22 ; Ann, supposed from Lon-
AlllderrY for Trinidad, pth March, in lat. 15 N, long. 41 W;
rro`e, hofneward Cork, April, in lat. 50, long. 14 ; Zoe,
Athens,
the Mauritius for '22nd Feb. in lat. 4 N, long. 21 W 4
ens, from Liverpool, 23rd March, in lat. 41, long 50.

THURSDAY, APRIL Q.—Wind N.W., moderate.
Ter,lTlvaD.—lndependetice, Allen, New York—Lady, —,
d-114--CynOSUre, Yabsley, Leghorn—Freak, Long, Salon—
y Collins. --, St. Michael.
i_sytt!..so Roberts, Bel ze—Litherland, Freeman, pooh Norfolk Nero, Holmes, Constantinople—Lady Constable,
Richibuct—England, Everard, New York—Argimou,
111,...0rd, St. John, N.B.—Eclipse. Barsa, Windsor, N.S.—True
vtr• Oliver Pictou— Helen Hamilton Nichol, Trinidad—Go-
Tallentyre, Curacoa and St. Dorningo.

Joh, --
the vtrrow. Thompson, from New Orleans at this port. On
tentl" Nov,, in lat. 44, lon. 34, passed a bale of cotton, appa-
,... Y not long in the water.
`-'dledonia Brander ; amazon; and Charlemagne, all fienee at
Orleans
ii 94 ester Markham, and Monticello, hence at Savannah.
oMpt, he, ce at Charieston.
rtii,7titguer, Bnrsley ; Ashburton, Howland; Europe, Farber,
acffic Ludham, hence at New York.
-alta'rr htantine, Voinovick, sailed from Trieste for this port 22nd
'CL.Colton, hence at Ancona.
n,_Samson. Butcher, hence at Malaga.
Pa PaYne. from Alexandria—Wilhelmina, Bokley, from
itoact;*-2 ana Messenger, Hacquvil. from Marseillesat Algesiras
Uzellaa7lteaell
a r,sa4inledd IBoorlitvhais, port on the 29th March.
Gibrai Vauteur, from Leghorn, both at
Mry. h •
ence for Malta, oft' Adra.
Queen, Cockle hence for Africa at Milford
Daniel Grant, Owens, from Sharighae. at London.
Cumberland, Power, hence at Apalachicola.
ciloodiac, Griffin, hence at Mobile.
y he 6 iP .101,n N. Gosser. Fairfield. of Philadelphia. from New
11: o!it for Loudon, put into Fayal previous to the 27th of Jan., in
'lnking' Condition having thrown over 7ou barrels of flour,
..-„-orrie cheese, clocks' &c. estimated in all 120 tons. Capt. Fair-
nela
would endeavour to get at the leak and repair as soon as
rossible. Whilst at this port she received a thorough overhaul.
13r new rigging, sails, &c , and was considered in good sailing
aer. The report published a few drys since, stating that she
had arrived at Loudon, is, of corn se, an error.
° 4
Vessels ~poken.—Planter, mße last, Ist instant, in lat. 43,
j, 23—Unicorn, (steamer,) 39th u limo, at 9 a In., in lat. 46,
40r,g.
y Pearl. outward bound. 31st nitimo, in lat. 4g, long. 21
Caledonia, hence for St. John, N. 8., 6th instant, oN the
saltem

Indiana, Bennett, hence at New York. with dead-lights stove
loss of head-rails. rigging damaged. &c., having experienced
Ileavv wea her. On tne 18th and 19th Feb., passed two casks
Of oil and large quantities 01 broken boards, apparently da-
b,ated, and piecei of wreck.
New YORE, MARCH 7.—The Catharine, Daly, from Halifax,
L?r I:Averpm I, ,as ah,ndoned Jan. 56 in lat. 46, lon. 37, in a
a'akine statet ; crew arrived at New YJrk. A brig went ashore,
°ll,Floii ee Feb. 19.
!_aIALAGA. March 26.—The D xvidson, of Bristol, from
Vat"thorn, drove on shore four miles to the eastward of this port
eidaY. but was got off alter discharging part of her cargo,
latently with little or no damage.
141: overt, April 7.—The Charles, Hoyt. from Charleston for
dittertssoli was passed 18th ult. near Baltimore, going in in

ARa FRIDAY, Aram 10.—Wind moderate.
Helen erald Jones, M uritius, sailed 26th December—
%ra, Thompson 'Stevens. New Orleans—St. Petersburg,
'etira". and Washington, Wilkie, Mobile—Hero, Foster, Ter-
kt,L4anc. Williams. Lishon.
tait,ch!n—Promise, Pines, Montreal—Liverpool, WKay, Mi-
"l--iteinittance, Prince, Boston.

Mallory, from Hong Kong, at the Cape of Good Hope.
It t'
o^" 11.lor •' Currency, Wainwright, and Blorenge, Banks,
iievalcutta at St. Helena.
GoZ°sia, Irving, from the N,auritius at London.
otn Algoa Bay at Deal.
Ifick a, hence at Genoa.
Pittt Plevy, hence at Helvoet.
Booth, hence at Browershavan.

Artftz:‘ATURDAY, I Ith S.S.E., fresh. •
Zare....p4H.--Madonna del Rosario, Cac co, from Castel a
Vri4 E4tone., Mitchell, from Charente Forager, from Alex-
tia4lLeb '„ilaKnificent, Verrill, Irom New Orleans.
W-Ner neis Effendi. Sutherland, for St. Lucia. &P.—Venus,
I,:aer4 ',or River Plate—Milo, Grace, for Baltimore—Great
biZt---I,fitstearrler,) Mathews, and Virginian, Parsons, for New
tOu'qrld tPria,-'Mahon. tor staten Island, &c—Shaw, Hewitt ;
4, 441 'ark ; Scipio, Greggs, and Jane, Mulcahy, for New.
,B,e• —Commerce. Crowell, for Halifax—Mearns,
taii!ace, 4; —Commerce.
of Bute, Harvey; Consbrook, M•6uire, and
heale.....,4lllMerson, lor Quebec—Hebe. Bi lingsley, for New
Lijer. to.nterprise, Cook, for Yatmouth, N.S.—Aurora, Les-
tk„"on...: Obrclt—Wyvern, Norris, and Sprightly, Jeffery, for
"(lit; nice,fl'p Clark, and Liberty, Mowatt, for Riga—Themis,
..r ete:g.

14°e•
from Mauritius, off Point Lynas, and proceeded
and Irlam. Morphew, hence at Barbadoes.
Mell;°n• Kirkness, and Meteor, Turner, hence at Tampico.
ttet,,Ur Ltiobb, hence ;.t Trinidad.
ll'a•blibar°onn,, enncdea h
at ence at Jamaica.
tae!llsur I'ence at Lagnira.
1,1 'eni, ii,..sYchell. hence at Vera Cruz.
1h1k,44, 40, Mord, hence at Mobile.
en.J.e, her.ce at Danzic. •
kinos, hence at Hamburg.
Lty,• "Ir, Williams, hence at Valparaiso, and sailed for Co-
lW• "enougall, hence for New Orleans, off Antigua 3d
4Ae:l4 MAW •
w,!n..sat!ed from St. Lucia for this port 26th Feb.
Itth t back ..,te. sailed from Jamaica for this port Ist March,
klr!tualeci same day, having sprung a leak; and Lancashire
Fies, ;i34 March, also for this port.
4,c411, ind. from London at St. Lucia.
),N ga ""llson, from the Mild as for England, with a
Npc;,,c4no. has peen condemned at VAparaiso.
DUO)) .I', eth April.—The Amsterdam, Jay, of Ipswich from
'or Lynn, has been tAved in here very leaky.

Oh, 41,
.DAY, 2th APRIL.—Wind S., moderate.
tr:,.----Isaae Newton, Lambert, and Broom. White, from
tis. Cxx, from Apalachicola—Niagara,
tt:, frolevr York—Georgina. —, from Smyrna—Balerta,
Leghorn—Messenger, Ilacquoil,
I,kAlu '''`e south, from Lisbon—Vaparaiso(Dixon, from Val-
bsdemona, Emeron. for Boston—Jane, Dixon, for
Blucher, castw, for Harbor Grace. f4ze
~,qtliPeribr'n. and Cambria, Lash, for Quebec Palmyre,
6°ttin tore. N, (let) ,rt. for Ghent—Eir.ma, Berke, for Hamburg—Gust iv
Stromberg, for St. Petersburg—Maria,Muttray,
4eve. itienrY Warburton, Petah', fur Ancona—Commerce,
or Ostend.

Elizt
4ble ' kavi ---
,tioi! n '-cia, Trial, Wm. Crow, and Mischief, hence at
t
ster retuagle. Krebs, hence at Nassau, and sailed sth March
I.le.lohaorn,,
Itivon, tir,"s, Mask, hence at Danzic
0441, kitii",!, hence at Ostend teliqn, kiln, hence at Grenada
z,t 4, tierter, hence at Port-an. Prince
1.4,:4'413 AZ,ket for Liverpool, put back to Danzic Seth March
tnbitti),a,,aii
_bite, sailed from Jama ca for Liverpool gth March
1,,,tit,,0ew Pearce Havana for Liverpool sth.sl arch
ntiesim '-siaiee,. white, sailed from Laguna 2nd March ;
411,,t4;th for Li: tjth, all for Puerto Cabello—and Champion,
, tql,u, MarcerP,ol
test
~ork.Vs, 12' The Bravo, Pain, of London, from Be-
Der the "ek. on the Riding Rocks 3rd instant ; but was
t leak._lth instant, by two wreckers, and brought into
Y She must discharge part of her cargo to repair

i..1,,11_%, Np.,__ --
14.444 kZTDAY, Aram 13.—Wind S.W moderate.
"A., tlKe, f.. ennessee. Pray, fiom New Orleens—Satellite,
114a.!"--ke "3111Mobile—Tha. P. Cope. Miercken, from Phila-
,4ca ahweit fro
~,t 11% Gti,t
~._ , m Odessa— Meanor Palmer, from Smyrna
)7;4Vtaitti_ 11,,,n.:..., dSamuel, from Tiieste—Wilhelmina,
, l'eni-41ermoTatirli, Henderson from Marseilles
ti11,14.--.A,,u, from Lisbon—and Fortuna afrom Danzc.
rp4lll4a,ciika. k..l,l,l;hreiori,ess of Clydesdale, ' Ferguson, for Sbediac
,1144 et. k.tter.
an.. , ior Miramiclo—Amlty, Fraser, for Riga-
-1%01114:7114k f u Robert, Fletcher, tor ewfoudland—Mark
44.,ba wi.,. r Slontreal Lndon, Michael, for Calcutta—
,7,llN.,,,,,;?arn. for Naples—Magnet, Murdoch, for Leg-
, fprltith i, Wood, Crosbie, for I3a badoe2—Nina, lor
NeW ywrlnss, Mather, for Quebec—and Jane, Milli-

Fh
•PtviKrqe
tie from Callao abo
poa~c~~'ut' ut 1
Ith Jan, and Caroline,
peb.
throboth for Li Falmouth ve;
4C124. p. 4
431 efm
at Pernambuco
%cc, ditto

Harmonic Jamieson, hence at Nubile

Sr. THOMAS, March I.l.—The Rammohun Roy, Cutts, from
Philadelphia to Liverpool, pUt into this port 3rd instant, leaky,
and with toss of rudder, and is discharging _

FREETOWN. SIERRA LEONE, Feb. i6.—The Friendship, of
Dublin, has been brought in here from Rio Nunez. by the Kroo-
men and a pilot; the master, (Lea,) and all hands, except two
sea,t,en, (Robson and King,) having died from fever- Another
captain and crew have been appointed to her, and she will sail
tor Liverpool in about a ;veek, alter completeing her cargo
here

Cove op CORE, April I I,—The Champlain, from Liverpool to
Philadelphia, that put in here leaky 3rd Feb. is now ready tor
sea. Damaged goods to the amount of £5035 have been sold.

LONDON UAZET7E.-TUESDAY, APRIL 7.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED

Merry, Phipson and Parker, Birmingham —W. Cope and J.
Wright, Nottingham, lace manufacturers—T. and W. Cooper
and G. Strongitharm, and G. Strongitharm and T. Cooper, Wal-
sall and elsewhere, lime masters—J. Plumtree and M. Gibbons,
Lincoln, grocers—W. Woodward and W. W. Waikyier, Minty-
street, Pimlico, tailors—F. Balkwill and C. Baldwin, Liverpool
—s. Snniforth and G. Hutton, Sheffield, grocers—H. and J.
Holme, Manchester, shoe makers—P. J. and E. Brooke, Man-
chester—Rye and Ti.omas. Old Brond-street, London, mine
agents—M. Thorpe and E. Holeywell, Spalding, brewers—
Wickens and Bird, 0:d-street, St. Luke's. stationers—T. F,r-
shall and 11. Davies, Kennington, surgeons—R. Butler, R. Lay-
court and W. Beldon, Witton.le. Wear, Darham, railway con-
tractors—W. Wa len, sen. and W. Wallet), jun. Finsbury Cir-
cus, King-street, London, and Greenwich, architects—Fitz-
maurice and Sage, Pleasant-row, Holloway, surgeons—J. C.
and W. R. Hudson, Blackheath, bakers—J. and G, Langman,
Hanley, pawnbrokers—Goodland, Gaunt and Goodlaud, Tiver-
ton, c„al merchants,

:BANKRUPTS.
Richard Arscott, Kingsland.road, London, grocer.
John Barwise, St. Martin's-lane, London, watchmaker.
John Bird, Chester-le-street, Durham, linendraper.
George Felthouse, Dorcas-terrace, Fulham, London, plumber.
Richard Gatehouse, Richard Darch, and Gastall Wilkins:
Upper Lissom-street, London, timber merchants.
William Gray, Salford, common brewer.
James Shepherd Gregson, Manchester, grocer.
James Hare, New- sti eet, Dorset-square, London, linendraper.
Robert Moir, West Cowes, Hampshire, stationer.
Jo-eph Quarton, Stamford. bridgo, Yorkshire, grocer.

Benjamin Rebi,eck, Dog-row,-Cambridge heath-road. and
Rose-place. Globe-road, Mile-end-road, oil and colour man.

William Tweddle, Liverpool, soap manufacturer, April 21, at
eleven, May 12, at two, Liverpool. Official Asigneo, Mr. Mor-
gan, Liverpool; Solicitor, Mr. Pemberton, Liverpool.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Edward Burman, High-street, V% hiteehapel, London,
hat maker.

CERTIFICATES

To be granted, unless cause be shown~. to the contrary on the

28th day of April

T. C. W. Pearce and G. Homan, Manchester, merchants—T.
Nash, Stourbridge, builder—J. Cleary, Church-road, De lieau-
voir•sgivare, Sheeter, Bristol, builder—A. Mac-
donald, Leadenhal-street, merchant—H. Hughes, Manchester,
diaper.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Sixsmith and E. Hodgkinson, Wigan, livery-stable keepers
—R. Beck and R. Mason, Liverpool, tallow refiners—E. Hart-
ley and J. Ileatd, Settle. Yorkshire, attorneys—R. Bevan and
H. Whittaker, .jun., Wigan, cotton-spinners—H. Watson and
M. W. Lambert, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. plumbers—J.. and B.
Bawling. Bradlord, Yorkshire, dyers —W. Irons, jun.. and G.,
Irons, Stopsley. Bedfordshire, tarmers—G. and E. Stevenson,
North Wingfield, Derbyshire, millers—A. Clarke and E. ClA-
yen, Manchester, milliners—T. Paine and T. Mander, Birming.
ham, linendrapers— R. and J. S. Skipper, Liverpool, •corn- rner-
chants—S. S. Morrison, J. and W. Booth, and J. Holt, Notting-
ham, lace manufacturers—F. Wan:). V. Wauostrocht, and J. S.
Kewley, Liverpool, general-brokers; as far as J. S. Kewley—
H. and J. Shaw, Duckinfield, Cheshire, woollen-manufacturers
—R, Leavens and .1. Barraclough, jun., Bradford, Yorkshire,
wood-turners—T. Carlisle and .1. Robson, and J. Culverwell,
Bristol, Haberdashers.