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

TREASONABLE CONSPIRACY.

During the day the Grsnd Jury found a true big for a trea-
sonahle conspiracy against U. B. M'Manus, Lawrence Reynolds,
l'atriek Murphy, Francis O'Donnell, Joseph Cuddy, Matthew
Somers, Robert Hopper, Edward Murphy. James Laffan, Mar-
tin Bostull, Thomas O'Brien, Ueorgea,uith, Patrick o'lianlon,
James O'Brien, James Carnes Campbell, and several others.
There were several true bills returned in the course of the day
for misdemeanor against a great number of other Chartists,
from the neigh hourhood of Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne, Ste.

PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY.

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

" The Grand Jury cannot separate without expressing their
conviction that the law, as it at present exists, is inadequate to
cope with sufficient promptitude and effect with these clubs
and associations, which, in connexion with li eland and other
parts of the United Kingdom, have for some time endangered
the tranquillity of these realms.
" That troin the difficulty of repressing in their earlier stages
the mischievous attempts of these clubs to establish an exten-
sive system of organization and arming, sedition and treason
have been encouraged, the ignorant and unwary have been
seduced by apparent immunity into the designs of the disaffect-
ed ; and formidable preparations have been matured for out-
break and rebellion, which, with some modification of the law,
might have been checked in the outset, by the energy and deci-
sion of those who are charged with the preservat►on of the
peace.
"The Grand Jury, therefore, express the hope that such mea-
sures may be adopted by the Legislature for the vindication of
the law wall respect to these clubs, as to its wisdom shall ap-
pear most conducive to the security of the Throne, the liberty
of the subject, and the stability of those national institutions
which the country at large is determined to maintain."

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

In this case Francis Jenkins, corn-merchant, of London, was
the plaintiff, and Messrs. Brown, Shipley, an" Co., merchants,
of Liverpool were the defendants. The action was one of
trover, to recover the value of a quantity of Indian corn,
which, it was alleged, belonged to the plaintiff; and had been
illegally sold by the defendants.
It appeared that the plaintiff was largely engaged in corn
speculations, and that he imported a cargo of Indian corn from
New Orleans. Bills of Exchange were drawn upon the ',lain
tiff by Le Gendre and Co., the home that made the shipment.
Two of there bills, for a sum of .t 2,513, were drawn against
the cargo, and became due on the 17th of June, 1847, and these
bills were held by Denison and Co., hankers, of London, on
behalf of defendants. The plaintiff entered into u contract
for the sale of a cargo, and tendered the money in payment for
the bills at Messrs. Denison and. Co.'s, but the bills were not
produced. 7he plaintiff consequently was unable to deliver
the cargo of corn, and no sale could be effected. The plaintiff
subsequently became embarrassed in his affairs, and was
obliged to effect an arrangement with his creditors, and under
that arrangement a composition of 2s. in the pound was paid
on the bilis in question. The plaintiff, it was alleged, had
therefore a right to recover the value of the cargo from the de-
fendants, because it had been sold by them in October without
any intimation being given. The value of the corn was
.t 793 18s. 6d.
Mr. MARTIN, in the course of his speech for the defence,
stated that the ciLtintiff had been offered the bids on the 18th,
and that he wou,u not take them up; that, subsequently, he
offered to throw tip the whole affair; that the defendants were
losers by the transaction to the amount of .15,000 and that
they had a right to sell the corn, the plaintiff having no claim
or title to it. He contended that a more unfounded claim had
never been brought before a court of justice.
By direction of the Judge, the jury found a verdict for the
defendants. upon the ground that, under the circumstances,
the plaint 4 was not possessed of the corn, and that they had
the right to sell it under the authority obtained from Le Geralre
' and Co.
The other cases to-day were unimportant.

CROWN COURT.-THURSDAY.
SENTENCES.

Ann WilThyme, for stealing s; child at Salford, twelve months'
imprisonment. _ _

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

.lolsn Smith and Thomas Smith, for burglary, at Liverpool,
each twelve months' imprisonment.
lienra lVoodu'ard, for burglary, at Broughton, twelve
months' imprisonment.
_ _ _

John I.:ront, for laceny on the high seas, seven years' trans-
portation.
Walker Ellwood, for stealing in a dwelling-house, at Rad-
cliffe, after previous conviction for felony, fiftecn years' trans-
portation.
John Nifmner, for larceny, at Litherland, seven years' trans-
portation.