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WRITING, BOOK-KEEPING, &c,

-171- R. THOM PSO N, PRIVATE TEACHER, enables
111- ADULTS to acquire a good, free, and expeditious
style of WRITING in a few Lessons of one hour each, at
his Establishment, No. 5, CLAYTON-SQUARE, where a
Card of Terms miy be had, and Specimens of various styles
seen.

BOOK-KEEPING by Double Entry, SHORT-lIAND y Antrn-
METIC, and MENTAL CALCULATION taught as usual.

N.B.—A CIRCULATING LIBRARY, containing the
latest Popular Works.

SUADDOCKS AND FORBIDDEN FRUIT,
FOR PRESERVING, MARMALADE, &-c.

TN addition to the 46 Barrels per the Limena, J. MIDDLE-
-I WOOD has received several small lots which will he sold,
Wholesale and Retail, at unprecedented low prices. For-
bidden Fruit, 375. per barrel, and 3s. to 6s. per dozen; Shad-
docks, 50s. per barrel, and 12s. to 18s. per dozen. This
Fruit has arrived in excellent condition, will keep, and is
little inferior for Preserving to the garden, or first quality
fruit, and at half the price.
FOR DESSERTS, INVALIDS, c.
J. M. has 50 Barrels of SLIADDOCKS & FORBIDDEN
FRUIT, selected from the same gardens as those sent from
his establishment to her Majesty the Queen, and so highly
appreciated at the Royal Table ; being produced from grafted
trees, is the earliest fruit imported, and arrived in the Sisters,
from Nassau, in December . it is now in high perfection, and
not inferior for Desserts to any Fruit grown in or imported
into England. Forbidden Fruit, Is. to 2s. 6d. each ; Shad-
docks, 3s. to ss. each. - . . _ - -

J. M. is constantly supplied with first-quality St. Michael's
Oranges, American Apples, Grapes, Chesnuts, Walnuts,
large Filberts or Cob Nuts, Raisins, Almonds, fine Nonpareil
Figs, Portuguese and French Plums, Pines, and every choice
Fruit in season. Fine Orange and Shaddock Marmalade,
East and West India Preserved Ginger, Tamarinds, &c. &c.,
AT
J. 'MIDDLEWOOD'S FAMILY FRUIT WARE HOUSE,
6, PARKER-STREET,
ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF THIRTY YEARS, AND NOTED

FOR SUPPLYING TOE BEST FRUITS IN THE KINGDOM

BOTANIC OIL, for the growth and embellishment of the
human hair. J. M. is the sole proprietor of this inestimable
Oil ; and, in addition to the many proofs of its superior effi-
cacy, he begs to observe he has used it thirty years, and his
hair has not experienced the least decline during that period,
and is now more healthy than for a considerable time previous
to its use. J. M. can with confidence recommend the Bota-
nic Oil for clearing and rendering the hair and scalp cool,
soft, and healthy. Sold in pot boxes, 25., 3s. 6d., and 55.,
and fourteen for a dozen.

From the Second Edition of Grimstone's Weather Almanack
for the Year 1842.
SIGHT RESTORED !

NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE DEAFNESS CURED

UNDER TILE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF
Their late MAJESTIES,
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT,

And authorised by Tier Majesty's Lords of the Treasury.
Mat. vi. 22.—The light of the body is the eye.—Luke ii. 34.
(IPTHALMIA, CATARACT, GUTTA SERENA, IN-
V../ FLAMMATION, and all Diseases of the Eye and
Head Cured by the most simple, delightful, and fragrant
Compound. Its mode of application is fraught with plea-
sure ; many thousand Cures have been accomplished by its
use, at a trifling expense, yet certain in its operation. If
Testimonials be necessary to induce the sufferer to make
trial—Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. The
Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late
Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists,
Medical Practitioners, with that gigantic balance—the press
—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated herbacious com-
pound, known as Grimstone's Eye Snuff, for its efficacy in
removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J.
Guthrie, Esq., F.lt.S., (See Dr. Thomas of Hatfield,)
having witnessed many cases of cure both of headache and
ophthalmia has kindly given given his testimony to the
truth thereof—Dr. Andrews calls it a National blessing
—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr.
Abernethy, with many others, recommended Grimstone's
Eye Snuff, and called it " Man's best Friend," and the
" Student's Cade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters
of Testimonials, of undoubted Medical authority, with others
of the first respectability. This Snuff will cure Cataract,
Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Inflammations of the Eyes, and
completely eradicate Nervous Headaches. The only genuine
is sold in Canisters of Bd., ls. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. id., Bs.,
15s. 6d., with the Inventor's Signature and the Royal Pa-
tronage attached to each Canister. This Snuff is manufac-
tured from Herbs only.

All Letters direct to W. GRIAISTONE, Merchant, Fo-
reian Snuff and Cigar Lnporter. The only House for real
Cuba Cigars and Grand Cairo Snuff. Tobacco and Snuff
Manufactory, 39, Broad-street., Bloomsbury, 24, King-street,
Long Acre. Toe Manufactory for Grinistone's Eye Snuff,
Bowl Yard, London.

A Liberal Allowance made to all Vendors, by PIERCE and
CROSFIELD, Cigar and Foreign Snuff Merchants, Castle-
street, Liverpool, WHOLESALE and RETAIL AGENTS: also
by J. Forrester, Druggist, 59, Byrom-street; Welch, Snuff
Maker, Church-street; Ross and Nightingale, Chronicle-
otfice, Lord-street; Atherton, Lord-street ; Denby, 4, Great
Charlotte-street; Hignett. Oldhall-street ; Messrs. Hignett
and Bullen, Tobacconists, Moor-fields ; Mr. Proctor, To-
bacconist, London-road; Mr. Roberts, Druggist, Ranelagh-
street ; Mr. G. H. Howell, Druggist, Dale-street; Mr. J.
Shepherd, Tobacconist, 3, Scotland-place ; Mr. Hignett,
Tobacconist, corner of Dale-street; Mrs. Moreland, Tobac-
conist, Church-street: Mr. Plummer, Tob%,•-zonitt, North
Crescent, Lord-street; Mr. Thomas Hignett, Tobacconist,
1, Tithebarn-street ; Mr. W. King, Druggist, Soho-street ;
Mrs. Miller, Tobacconist, Elliott-street ; and Mrs. Moore,
Tobacconist, Pitt-street; and in MANCHESTER, by W.
Grindon, 4, Old Church Gate, Market-street, and 119, Picca
dilly ; Mr. Rayner, Tobacconist, 25, Market-place; Mr. G.
Bevins, 23, Market-street ; Mr. J. R. Lynch, Market-
street ; Watson and Co., 45, Market-street; Abrams, 4,
King-street; Biggar, Deansgate ; Lovett, High-street; W.
Smith, Market-street ; Mr. Brown, Market-street; Gee,
Ancoats-street ; and every principal Town and City in the
Globe. But read _

CAUTION.—This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of
Herbs, sold in canisters, Is 3d, 2s 4d, 4s 4d, Ss and 15s 6d
each, with copies of original testimonials, gratis, with each
canister, by all Agents, both Foreign and British. It can be
obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal
allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all vendors of
Grimstone's Eye Snuff: This celebrated snuf.
sh
to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign quality,
is ipped
in every climate. All sniffs and cigars shipped on the
shortest notice.
OBSERVE the INVENTOR'S SIGNATURE on each
Canister.—With the Patronage of His late Majesty, H.K.H.
the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury.—Sold
in Canisters, 15s. 6d., Ss., 45. 4d., 2s. 4d., b. 3d., and Bd.
each.
Copies of Testimonials way be bad frow all the A
—gents

GUANO, FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS,—It is from these
well known islands in the Pacific Ocean the Peruvians have
for centuries past supplied, and do, at the present time,
almost entirely supply themselves with this invaluable ma-
nure. Some sixty vessels are constantly employed in carry-
ing Guano from thence to the main land, which, by its
fertilising qualities, produces the most abundant crops of
wheat, maize, and all other vegetable productions, whilst,
without, little or nothing would be obtained from the
Guano, from Chincha, has lately been introduced into this
country by Messrs. W. J. Myers and Co., of Liverpool;
and in offering it to the British-
agriculturist, it is deemed, in
consequence of the introduction of one or two cargoes from
the coast of Bolivia, to say that they, with Messrs. Alexander
Macdonald and Co., St. Mildred's-court, London, and their
accredited ageßts in the country, are the only parties in Eng-
land from whom the Guano, from Chincha, can be procured.
On application to any of them the article may be had genuine,
and warranted the same quality as is used by the Peruvians,
who esteem this Guano so highly that with the utmost dif-
ficulty was the Government of that country induced to allow
its exportation to Europe, for fear of doing- an injury to their
own agricultural interest, which could not be remedied should
the Guano be all exported. Guano has been applied, in this
country, with the
greatest success to the growth of wheat,
barley, hops, turnips, grass lands, potatoes, and indeed every
description of vegetable production, in the whole of which
the increase of crop was most apparent and highly satisfactory,
and it only requires to be known to secure it general use by
agriculturists.

AMERICAN TOAST.—" The ladies; the only endurable
aristocracy, who rule without laws—judge without jury—de-
cide without appeal—and are never in the wrong."
A recent New York paper, speaking of the decease of a
coloured woman, who was stated to have died from natural
causes, heads the article with the following title :—" Died
without medical aid I"

COPPER MlNEs.—Thirty miners and two blacksmiths
lately left Merthyr for the island of Cuba, in the employ of
Mr. Alderman Thompson. Their stipulation is to work for
three years, or to be returned to Swansea should the climate
not agree with them. They are to work in the copper mines,
the blacksmiths at £9 a month each, and the miners at £6,
and to get one half those wages, with provisions at the wor-
thy alderman's expense.
The famous oriental philosopher Lockman, while a slave,
being presented by his master with a bitter lemon, immedi-
ately ate it all. " How was it possible," said his master,
" for you to eat so nauseous a fruit?" Lookman replied,
" I have received so many favours from you, that it is no
wonder I should once in my life eat a bitter melon from your
hand." This generous answer of the slave struck the mas-
ter to such a degree, that he immediately gave him his liberty.
With such sentiments should man receive his portion of
sufferings at the hand of God.—Bishop Horne.

HEBREW VOLUME.—The Charlestown Courier notices a
rare literary curiosity in that city. It is a Hebrew Prarer-
book, thirteen hundred and fifty seven years old. The
Courier says it is an immense volume, written in the Hebrew
character, on parchment of the finest quality, altogether with
the pen, and with an accuracy and beauty that makes it a
masterpeice of penmanship.—U. S. Literary Advertiser.

THE IMPORTATION OP FLOUR.—In answer to a memorial
from the millers of Carlisle and its vicinity, respectino; the
importation of flour, which was forwarded to the Under
Secretary to the Board of Trade, by P. 11. Howard, Esq.,
M.P., at the request of Mr. Ivison, of Wetheral, Mr. How-
ard has received the following reply from the right honour-
able W. E. Gladstone :

" Whitehall, March 16, 1842.
" Dear Sir, —I am much obliged by the kind tone of your
letter. With respect to the question of grinding in bond, or
rather of substitution, which appears a preferable mode of
obtaining the same object, it is now under the consideration
of the government. Mr. Ilutt last night, with Sir R. Peel's
consent, obtained leave to bring in a bill for the purpose ;
and it is understood that in the interval which is to elapse be-
fore the second reading, the government are to decide on
their course respecting it.—l remain, dear sir, faithfully
yours, " W. E. GLADSTONE."

" The fluctuations in the value of railway shares of the
years 1837 to 1841," dating the prices on.the first day of the
quarter of each year, gives a pretty good idea of the extent
and estimation in which they are held in the public market :
-Bristol and Exeter shares in 1837 fluctuated between 3
and 5, these being the lowest and the highest prices ; in 1838
they fluctuated between 101 and 18 ; in 1839, between 25 and
30 ; in 1840, between 44 and 76; and in 1811, between 77
and 56 ; the increase in value being regulated in this, as in
other cases, by the payment of calls, &c. Eastern Counties,
in 1837, fluctuated between 2 and 2.1; in 1838, between 1 and
6.1 in 1839, between 7 and 81 ; in 1840, between 16 and 10 ;
and 1841, between 9 and n. Edinburgh and Glasgow, in
1838, fluctuated between 41 and 91 ; in 1839, between 7 and
10 ; in 1840, between 11 and 30 ; and in 1811, between 30
and 30. Grand Junction, in 1837, fluctuated between 158
and 180 ; in 1838, between 208 and 191 ; in 1839, between
204 and 194 ; in 1840, between 205 and 253 ; and in 1811, be-
tween 212 and 198. Great Western, in 1837, fluctuated be-
tween 46 and 63 ; in 1838 between 67 and 91; in 1839, be-
tween 78 and 60 ; in 1840, between 60 and 83 : and in 1841,
between 91 and 77. Brighton, in 1836, fluctuated between
S and 1-; in 1838, between 4 and 11 ; in 1839, between 9
and 17 ; in 1840, between 17 and 29 ; and in 1841, between
44 and 461. Greenwich, in 1837, fluctuated between 21 and
15 ; in 1838, between 151 and 17; in 1839, between 17 and
14 ; in 1810 between 13 and 7 ; and in 1841, between 81 and
71. Blackwell, in 1837, fluctuated between 11 and 1 ; in
1838, between 21 and 51 ; in 1839, between 6 and 10 ; in
1840, between 13 and 211 ; and in 1841, between 18 and
Liverpool and Manchester, in 1837, fluctuated between 218
and 200 ; in 1838 between 205 and 195 ; in 1839, between
204 and 190; in 1840, between 183 and 186; and in 1841,
between 185 and 198 ; and Birmingham, in 1837, fluctuated
between 146 and 101; in 1838, between 158 and 178 ' • in 1839,
between 179 and 1.40; in 1840, between 142 and 189; and in
1841, between 172 and 154.

THE LATE MARQUIS CF HERTFORD'S WlLL.—Many
exaggerated and absurd statements having been made as to
the late Lord Hertford's will, we have taken some pains to
inquire into the truth, and we believe the following particu-
lars will be found more nearly correct than anything that
has vet appeared :—To his widow the Marchioness is left
£3,000 per annum and £20,000. His son, the present Lord,
is left all the landed estates, and residuary legatee; which
latter gift is reckoned equivalent to £lOO.OOO at the least.
The late Admiral Sir Richard Strachan left his three daugh-
ters, then very young, to the guardianship of Lord Hertford,
and they chiefly resided with him till their marriages ; these
three young ladies are the must prominent objects of his
Lordship's bounty, viz., to Charlotte, Countess Zichy, who
constantly resided with him, he hasleft £86,000; to Matilda,
Countess Berthold, £80,000; and to Louisa, Princess
Antimo Ruffo, .1:40,000 ; and to each successively, a life
interest in the villa in Regent's Park ; which, after them
returns to his own family. To Lady Strachan is left a life
interest of £7OO, and £lO,OOO. To a Mrs. Spencer, who is,
we presume, the person called in other statements (but, we
believe, erroneously) " Lady Strachan's maid," a life annuity
of £1,04)0, and £5,000. To his Lordship's numerous ser-
vants several sums estimated at from £16,000 to £20,000.
To his executors, £5,000 each ; to Sir Horace Seymour,
£B,OOO ; to Lord George Seymour, £5,000 ; to his cousin,
Captain Meynell, £-1,000; to Mr. Croker, £21,000 and his
wine, which from his Lordship's havinz latterly lived so
little in England, is not reckoned at more than £5OO ; to Mr.
De Horsey, £3,500; to Mr. Raikesi £2,000. These, we
believe, are the principal bequests ; but the codicils by which
they are made are said to be near 30 in number, and liable to
various legal questions which may affect and alter some of
the legacies, at least as to their amounts, and perhaps some
other testamentary papers may be yet found ; but, on the
whole, we believe the foregoing is a pretty accurate state-
ment of the affair as it at present appears on the face of the
documents hitherto discovered.

IMPORTANT PROTEST.—The district committees of the
societies for promoting Christian knowledge, and for propa-
gating the gospel in foreign parts, established in the deanery
of Winchester, have just published their usual annual report.
To this are attached a sermon by the Rev. C. Wordsworth,
and the minutes of the proceedings of the thirteenth anni-
versary meeting of these district societies, at which a reso-
lution was passed, expressive of the thanks of the meeting
to Mr. Wordsworth for his sermon, with a request that he
would publish it. This report having been sent to the Rev.
A. It. C. Dallas, rector of Wonston, Herts, a gentleman of
eminent piety and talent, as a subscriber to both societies ;
the rev. gentleman has forwarded to the secretaries a letter,
explaining the pain he felt when reading Mr. Wordsworth's
sermon, and entering a warm protest against its statements
of doctrine. Mr. Dallas adds that he does this in order to
put himself right with his flock, any intelligent member of
which, he says, has a right to suppose by the resolution pre-
fixed, that the sermon has met with the approbation of his
minister, and as such a one would assuredly discover the
most marked discrepancy between the doctrine he is accus-
tomed to hear from the pulpit, and that which lies on the
very surface of Mr. Wordsworth's sermon, it could scarcely
be avoided, that much confusion of mind and shaking
of confidence in his authorised teacher, must be the re-
sult. The sermon is entitled " Evangelical Repentance,"
and has occasioned great sensation amongst the religi-
ous public. The following paragraph from Mr. D.'s letter
explains his reasons still more fully. " As I hold the points
at issue, with respect to the doctrines taught in this sermon,
to be not secondary and unimportant, but primary and essen_
tial, I cannot consent to expose my ministry to such a possi-
ble hindrance; more particularly because the doctrines in
question form part of a system, which has been lately 7aining
much ground, in opposition to what I believe to be the truth
of Scripture, and the view of that truth set forth by the
Church of England. I consider it, therefore, a duty in those
who, after a deliberate examination, feel convinced that this
system is erroneous—that it is attended with fearful danger
to the souls of men—and is detrimental to the spiritual unity
of the church to state their opinions openly, in whatever
sphere their influence may extend, be it larger or smaller;
and however reluctant I may be to take such a step, I sec
no better way of avoiding the possibility of being considered
as an approving: party to the resolution of the public meeting,
than by protesting in an official communication to the secre-
taries of the district committees whose published report is
encuml:ered with such a resolution, against what I consider
to he dangerous error ; and at the same time taking care thz.-t
my protest is known to all the subscribers, be transmitting a
copy of it to each. Having been for more than twenty years
a member of the Society for Promoting Christian K".".-
ledge, and having subscribed to the Society for Propaga_tninj
the Gospel in Foreign Parts for nearly a like period, e
of advancing years in connexion with these societiesl,i a cites me to the distressing task of makingpublic sori or advocating
pro-
test; especially as the preacher to whose mode
v junior, and
their cause I object is comparatively so muchi
has been so recently admitted into 1101 y orders.,onowingstate_
A MINISTER " EXTRAORDINARY."—Tb. el teherescon-
inent of an extraordinary affair may
Web precludes all pos-
sibilityformation is derived from a sourcev
Austrian subject, but a
tiayseouyerairi
of doubt :—A Mr.
teninlptris,
naval service, was, some years s
Venetian by birth, and formerly
Caraonari in Italy. At the officer in in the Austrian
timately connected with the
iMprsonMent, he obtained per-
imprisonment in the Castle of
piration of the term of his
government to leave his country, and has
Spuielberg, for having been in.
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present
losing sight of bins. He was
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for some time resit,intrrootier, where he suddenly presented
has been the Spa:ilia ,
to Madrid, stating that
secretary of an Austrian'a had determined very shortly to
recog-
nise
the Court of Austria himself at Genera RodilLhbeaasds-yquarteris.,
Isabella of Spaii
young Queen .
the
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wit news was rapid 3'
Our adventurer soon followed, and was
possible privacy. .
, with open arm. by M. Gonzales, the minister for
received
foreign affairs, to whom, as well as to the other ministers,
he conin
iunicated
willin the joyful intelligence that very probably
w
Austria ould be gto guarantee a new Spanish loan.
Much was now made of the quondam prisoner : Gonzales
gave him a dinner ; the othcf ministers followed his example,
but, as a necessary precaution, he was not Presented in one
official capacity. In the meanwhile, no doubt for a consi-
deration, more than one capitalist got hint of the projected
loan, and were desirous of offering him3 their services, every
communication, however, being conducted with the greatest
secrecy, and the conversation heldwhispers. Such, then.
mysterious affair up to the early pal
are the facts of this in
part of
the present month, when no
entertainedsuspicionministry not even a doubt
of his representations. It is needless to mention that Mr.
I). is a mere adventurer, and that his mission had reference
rather to the recruiting of his own finances than those of
Spain, which latter his own have for some time nearly re-
sembled in their desperate state of embarrassment.

ment, to

It is fortunat

o tar as

the individual Hogan i

concerned, that in his person the question between the
two governments has nut been precipitated to an arbi-
tration of blood. It is impossible to notice the feeling

which exists along the American frontier of Canada,
e capture of Hogan and the report of the

and w

gallant M`Nab having passed through the state of New

York have recently elicited, without arriving at the

conclusion that the life of the forme:• would inevitably

been sacrificed but for the c

?.diate collision

FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1842

To that class of persons, to be found in every com-
munity, who, in the words of the poet, are

" Pleased with a feather—tickled with a straw,"
the recent exhibitions of Mr. William Earle, in the
Council, have, doubtless, afforded infinite amusement.
The same persons, with the same object in view, would
flock to see a cockchafer spin upon the point of a
needle, a mountebank balance a tobacco-pipe, a rustic
attempt the capture of a soaped pig, a monkey eating
roasted chesnuts, or any other wondrous or dexterous
performance ; and would, perhaps, be rewarded with
equal delight. We quarrel not with their tastes ; we
envy not the fame achieved by the performers, towards
all of whom we entertain pretty much the same feel-
ing. We would just as soon stand in the shoes of the
mountebank or the rustic, and almost as soon have a
pin stuck in our back, or burn our fingers with the hot
chesnuts, as possess the unhappy infirmity of temper
which prompts the diublerie of Mr. William Earle.
We regard with perfect unanimity the ordinary tom-
fooleries of this eccentric gentleman ; but we must
confess that we cannot view, with the same unconcern,
the factious course which he has pursued with respect
to the recent election of the Board of Guardians for
this town. We cannot think, either, that the gentle-
men, who are ready enough to laugh when Mr. William
Earle plays the cynic philosopher or the Merry An-
drew of the council chamber, will be similarly disposed
upon this occasion. The one performance is made at no
other cost than that of his own character for sanity,
which is of doubtful value,—of the decency and order
of the assembly in which it is indulged, which ought to
be of somewhat more worth,—and of those unfortu-
nate gentlemen, the reporters, who are condemned to
collect all the shrieks and sputterings of which it is
composed, and render them into an intelligible shape,
for the amusement of the risible portion of the com-
munity. The other, it will be found, has been indulged
in at a rather serious cost of money to the public—a
matter, however, of which Mr. Earle has declared al-
ready that he was perfectly reckless.

We noticed at the time the circumstances under which
the election of the Board of Guardians of the Poor was
about to be contested by Mr. Earle, in order to foist
upon the list of parties, agreed upon as candidates, a
protegee of that gentleman—Mr. R. A. Mould. Since
the introduction of the new poor law into this town-
ship, its administration has been studiously rendered,
by the conservative board originally chosen, as little
oppressive to the poor, and as little costly to the inha-
bitante, as the commissioners would allow. In-the list
which was made out by the consent of both parties in
the borough, it was endeavoured to fix upon gentlemen
who would carry out with unanimity this humane, and,
at the same time, economic principle; and the board
was to consist, in a fair proportion, of gentlemen of con-
servative and liberal principles. Mr. William Earle,
however, has no fondness for the administration of this
harsh and stringent enactment upon any other than its
strictest interpretation. This eminent liberal and stick-
ler for local representation would gladly take every
vestige of controul out of the hands of the guardians
chosen by the ratepayers, and, rendering them the
mere tools of the Somerset-house triumvirate, yield up
at once the poor of the township, and the purse of its
inhabitants, to the tender mercies of this unconstitu-
tional and arbitrary body. This was evidently the
object of Mr. Earle, and to promote it he has foolishly
inflicted upon the parish a great expenditure of money,
in the hope of seeing his nominee elected ;—a hope
which the ratepayers have, very properly and triumph-
antly, resisted, as calculated to destroy the guardians'
unanimity of action, and to impede them in their ef-
forts to administer the law with a just regard to the
interests of the poor and of the parishioners.
In this insolent attempt at dictation—insisted upon
when success was perfectly hopeless, and in defiance
of every remonstrance—Mr. Earle has wantonly sacri-
ficed, to the indulgence of his obstinate temper, the
money of the ratepayers to a heavy amount, for which
they will doubtless be infinitely obliged to him. The
THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS, however, thus
spent, and which would have been so much better em-
ployed in administering more liberally to the necessities
of the unfortunate recipients of parish bounty, has at
least served two very valuable purposes. It has proved
to the public, and to Mr. Earle himself,—if a mind so
hopelessly impenetrable as his is to conviction, where it
stands in the way of his own inordinate vanity, would re-
ceive the instruction conveyed,—how small is the influ-
ence which his flighty character has won for him over the
judgments of his fellow-townsmen ; but, more impor
tent still than this, it has clearly established the abhor-
rence with which the stringent carrying out of the
Somerset-house tyranny in Liverpool, is viewed by the
great majority of the inhabitants of the borough. The
lowest number of the votes on the side of a bulnalle
administration of the law, exceeded 2000, and could
have been doubled and trebled if required, whilst the
Ma/thusian nominee of Mr. Alderman Earle could mus-
ter only 890 votes !

A second time the ruffian
sympathisers of the United
States have been permitted to
insult the dignity of the
British crown. Another Canadian subject of her Ma-
jesty, upon the plea of participation in an act which
has been formally acknowledged by our government as
a national act, the consequences of which we were pre-
pared as a nation to abide, has been violently seized
upon whilst visiting upon peaceable business the
United States territory; and, but for his having escaped
from his captors during the night, would, long before
this, have been a prisoner waiting his sentence at the
hands of the prejudiced authorities of the state in
which he was taken, or, far more probably, would
have been butchered without a trial by the infuriated
border population.
We know nothing and care nothing whether the
individual in question, Hogan, was or was not con-
cerned in the attack upon and destruction of the Ca-
roline. If it were so, he was engaged, under legal au-
thority, it a noble and gallant undertaking, of a par-
ticipation in which he may be-justly proud. The Bri-
tish government, however, has taken upon itself the
responsibility of that affair ; and the federal govern-
ment of the United States, if we are not mistaken,
has recognised the question which it involves as one
to be settled by negOciation or otherwise between the
cabinets of Washington and London. How long
then, we ask, will it be permitted that the state of feel-
ing out of which that act arose should be displayed in
Violent and savage outbreaks of hostility, unrepressed
by the American government, whenever a British sub-
ject suspected even of Laving participated in it may be
impelled, by business necessity or in search of arnnse-

1(Iif Crlltj

t went on to state that she saw ono
18 person who keeps the house at Gretna,
-he had been served, and she stated than
She saw Mr. Jones in the coach as
He was one of the Sl-

Mr. Ruslit

d other magistrates were employed durif

was very sorry for 4.r.
they returned homeward

Tuesday aftertiou

;cation or

a transaction concerning which there has recently been much
curious gossip in this town, but which, to the parties impli-
cated, has now assumed a very serious aspect.
The names of the parties in custody are John Orr M 'Gill.
John Osbore Quick, Thomas Woman(' Rogerson, Richard
Jones, Margaret Jones, and Jane Clayton. The above pri-

sowers were placed at the b,r. The charge was, that the
parties had taken Miss Ann Crellin, of this town, a lady who
was reputed to possess a very large property, (according to
rumours which have been rife. not less than £40,000, X 50,00
or £60,000,) away to Gretna Green, where she had,
her consent, and while under the influence of some potion

avoid it

's wife. Nhe step
She objected to it

ier, been married to the
ndividual last named is a

with him, but 5..-
. At length she made her
y. She slept at Rogerson's

rr APGill

prisoner, John Or, Th.
handsome and gentlemanly-looking
years old. Quick and Rogerson a

young man, about thirty

0
ire also highly respectabl,

a decent

his wife, and Mrs. Cl

yton, are both re-

spectable-looking women.
Mr. Snowball solicitor, appeared on behalf of Miss Crel-
lin; Mr. Gracott, solicitor, attended for M‘Gill, Quick, and
Rogerson ; and Mr. Davenport, solicitor, was retained for
Jones, Mrs. Jones, and Mrs. Clayton.
Mr. Snowball stated the circumstances of the case, but
they were subsequently detailed in the evidence of Miss
Crellin, which we subjoin. He said he should be able to
prove the object of the prisoners by a letter which had been
sent to the Liverpool Slanclard, with an announcement of
the marriage. .

Miss Crellin was called.—She appeared to be about forty
years of age ; is short and rather stout in person, with strong
features, which have once been handsome. She was sworn.
She stated that she was possessed of property. She resided
last year in Seymour-street. The prisoner Mrs. Jones,
used to act as charwoman at her house. She recollected
Martin being introduced to her. lie came with a lady
named Miss Shoane, with a view of taking her house. He
said he would take her house, because he was going to be
married to Miss Shoane. Miss Shoane called upon her
(Miss C.), and showed her her wedding dress, and asked her
to be her bridemaid. Mr. Martin called afterwards, and
said it was an untruth ; he did not intend to marry her.
Ile came a few days after, and said he wished to pay his ,1
addresses to her (Miss C.) He called nearly every day.
She went to the Isle of Man on the Sth September, Martin
followed her there. She returned from the Isle of Man on
the 10th November. Miss Crellin here gave a somewhat
lengthy detail of her movements to various lodging houses,
her stay in
.each being generally about a fortnight. At
length, after, by the advice of Mrs. Jones, going to live
next door to ber, she went to. live in Norton-street, which
she was compelled to quit; because Martin and a person
named Bulkeley visited her, and the lady- who kept' the
house did not like their behaviour. Much evidence was
given, apparently, for the purpose of showing how far Mrs.
Jones had interposed in all Miss Crellin's affairs. At
length, it appeared, Martin would only meet her at Mrs.
Jones's house ; he would not meet her anywhere else. They
went there frequently together. After a time, she (Miss C.)
went to stay a few days with Mrs. Jones. Martin was
always looking out for lodgings for her at this time, and she
went, at his instigation, to Mrs. Clayton's, where Martin
• himself lodged. It was done thus: they were out looking
for lodgings, and after an unsuccessful march, Martin said,
" We had better go to Mrs. Clayton's, and look for lodg-
ings to-morrow." They went there. Martin pressed her
to be married. She, and Martin, and Mrs. Jones went to
the office of Mr. Thompson, attorney, Newington-bridge.
She had then accepted the addresses of Martin. Mr.
Thompson had always advised her to have her property
settled upon herself. When they got to Thompson's, Mar-
tin called Mr. Thompson out, and on his return to the office,
he (Martin) said he had -changed his mind, for he wanted
half the property settled upon him. The affair was here-
upon broken off, and she (Miss C.) returned to Mrs. Jones's
house, whither Martin followed her. He said she had de-
clared before witnesses that she had promised him marriage,
and be was going to take proceedings against her, for a
breach of promise. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and Mr. Par-
kinson were present. Martin said if I would give him
£250 he would take no more proceedings. She gave Mr.
Martin £250 on the following day.
Mr. Snowball here produced a document, a portion of
which was read by Mr. Rushton. It appeared to be a pro-
mise from Martin to fofego any claim for a breach of pro-
miSe of marriage from Miss Crellin. Another document
was also produced, the purport of which did not transpire.

Miss Crellin said that bOth those documents were drawn
out by the prisoner Jones. Martin, having• concluded his
negotiation, departed. Jones then said, that he held a paper
in his possession which would render the promise which
Martin had given her nugatory, and by which she would still
be liable to be sued fur a breach of promise; but if she would
give him £2O, he would give that paper up to her. He said
it was a flaw which he had made, the nature of which was,
that she would still be compelled to Mary Martin, but if she
would give him the £2O, he would destroy that paper and she
would then be safe. She went the peat (!ay to Heywood's
bank and drew out £230, which she deivered to Martin,
but she refused to give the £2O to Jones. When he was
pressing her on the subject, she overheard Mrs. Jones
whisper to her husband, " e-et three pounds from her if you
can !" That night Jones ...pt out, and she (Miss C.) slept
with Mrs. Jones. Mrs. J ores awoke her in the middle of
the night, about three o'cicek, and said, " Ah Miss Crellin
tbere is another paper stilt against you which Mr. Parkinson
has got. They got up at that early hour and went to Parkin-
son's, she (Miss C.) being anxious to get the paper that
Martin might not have any hold of her. Parkinson got up
and let them in, and he and Mrs. Jones went out and re-
turned with Jones, Jones said there was still another paper
against her, which would be made use of if she did not give
him and Parkinson £5 each, but if she would do so it would
be destroyed. She consented, though she had not signed any
papers. She paid Parkinson the £3 down, and had to draw
more money from the bank to pay Junes, to whom she gave
£5 in a day or two. She went to the house of a friend,
where Mr. Whitty and an officer of police called. Parkinson
and Jones had given her receipts for the money. Witness
here mentioned that Mr. Whitty spoke to Mrs. Jones with
great severity. When Mr. Whitty had gone Mrs. Jones wept,
and hoped she would not show Mr. Whitty the receipts, or
they would be transported. She was prevailed upon sub-
sequently to destroy the receipts.• Shortly afterwards she
ascertained that Martin was a married man. A Mr. Duval
called and told her that Martin was a married man, and that
his name was not Martin ; that he was a Dr. Cope-
land. Had seen the prisoner M'Gill :twice " while stay;•
ing at Mrs. Clayton's, and that was her first acquaintance
with him. Had never seen Mr. Duval till he called and said
Dr. Copeland was a married man. Duval said he would be
at Mrs. Jones's that night, and he wished to see her there.
She went there, and Mr. Duval brought Mr. M'Gill. Jones
was there, and a Mr. Dryden came in, and they stayed till a
late hour. Mr. Duval said he had gone for the purpose of
introducing Mr. M'Gill to her—and on that, Mr. M`Gill in-
vited her to his sister's house, Mr. Rogerson's, in Bonn.
dary-place, to dine. She went thither and dined. The party
were, Dr. Dryden, Mr. Duval, Mrs. Jones, Mr. M'Gill and
Rogerson, with herself I(Miss C.) She had had no previous
acquaintance with any of the Rogersons. They dined, arid
spent the evening very pleasantly • and she slept there with
Mrs. Jones that night. On the following morning, they pro-
posed to cross the water to Egremont. Mr. M`Gill, and wit-
ness, and Mrs. Jones, went over the water, and the Roger-
sons joined them afterwards at Dr. Dunlevie's, where they
had lunch. Mr. M`Gill called out Mrs. Jones, and on wit-
ness asking Mrs. Jones where she was going, she replied to
buy a cap for her. (Miss C.) They went out, and were ab-
sent about an hour. On their return, Mrs. Jones said they
had not been able to meet with a cap smart enough for her.
Witness described several excursions which iwere projected
and undertaken, and at length they went to the Egremont
Hotel, where she slept with Mrs. Jones, all of them taking
brandy and water by way of a wind-up to the day's pleasures.
Mr. Rogerson had taken with him a large bottle of brandy—
more than a quart. Next morning, Dr. Dunlevie admini-
stered a glass of brandy in their tea to do them good. (Laugh-
ter.) After breakfast Champagne was introduced, and they
each of them took some Champagne. (Laughter.) After
they seemed to be looking out very anxiously for the Dub-
lin packet, and they pressed her very urgently to go to Dub-
lin. She refused,'expressing her astonisnment at such an
idea. Mrs. Jones and Mr. M'Gilf were very 'earnest with
her on the subject, but she still refused, upon which they re-
turned to Liverpool. and drove to Mrs. Rogerson's, in
Boundary-street, where they had lunch and some more
brands. They then proposed that all the party should go to
the steeple-chase, which took place on that day. She had
not paid one farthing of the expenses of the expedition to
Cheshire. Instead of going to the steeple chase they drove
her to St. Paul's Church. She was surprised when she found
herself there, and asked, in the name of wonder, what they
had brought her there for. They said, to he married. "To
be married!" exclaimed she, " a pretty thing indeed if I am

escape. and went to an att

to be married in this. way. • I never heard of such a
thing. Nothing was further from my thoughts. They said
they had a license and the ring all ready ; but I said I would
never be married till all my property was settled on myself.
They had prepared everything beforehand, and all the people
round laughed outright at the ridiculous figure we cut."
Miss Crellin went on to state that they drove her to the
steeple chase, and that she slept at Mrs. Rogerson's that
night; that M'Gill and Dr. Dunlevie called upon her two
or three times a day subsequently, and that she forbade them
to trouble her. At length she went to live with Mrs. Cham-
ley, where, as they still persevered in their visits, she caused
herself to be denied. She was now seeking to recover the
money from Martin, and one day Mrs. Jones came to her
and told her that Martin was waiting for her at Mrs. Clay-
ton's, to pay her £l5O of the money. She went with great
reluctance, as she had declared she would never again go to
Mrs. Clayton's house. She was subsequently told to go at
six o'clock. Here, the evidence diverged slightly from the
main current, and the witness proceeded to state how she
was led by Jones to go to several places in search of Martin,
without success. At the George and Vulture, in Houghton-
street, where she had gone with Mrs. Chamley, at the desire
of Jones, in the expectation of meeting Martin, she was,
while waiting for Jones, accosted by Quick, ivho, on the re-
turn of Jones, invited her to spend the next evening at his
house. She and Mrs. Chamley hesitated on account of Jones
being included in the invitation, but at length they were pre-
vailed upon. They went, and, in the course of the evening,
it was proposed to send for M`Gill, Mr. Quick particularly
asking her if she were willing. Jones desired that M`Gill
might be sent for, as he was so good a singer, and he made
his appearance in so short a space of time, that she presumed
M`Gill must have been in the house. M4Gill :,übsequently
called, and pressed her to go to the theatre. She assented,
and took with her Mrs, Chamley, at which N.`Gill expressed
himself greatly chagrined. It was on the 16th of March that
Mrs. Jones called and said Martin would be ready to pay the
money at six o'clock that nigilt. She wished her to go alone,
as she said Martin would not F,l3,:ak to her in the presence of
a third person. She, (Miss C.) would not go alone, but took
Miss Chamley with her. Mr. Martin was not at Jones's. Mrs.
Jones ran in and out repeatedly, and appeared anxious to de,
tain them. At length she e: ~zed in a great hurry, and said,
"Oh there's Mr. Martin at Mrs. Clayton's, and he's got
the £lso—l saw it myself—he won't come here, and he
won't speak to you, unless you are alone." Miss Crellin
said she went with her, and went to the door of Mrs. Clay,
ton's house, where she was determined not to enter, but Mr.
Jones came out and pushed her in. When I went in, said
Miss Crellin, Mrs. Clayton asked me to take some refresh-
ment. She gave me a tumbler containing a very dark-
looking liquid. It was very dark—it was a drug I'm sure.
As soon as I drank it I became insensible, and I never re-
membered anything more till I found myself in bed beside
Mr. M`Gill. Mr. 11,I`Gill in the middle—myself at one side,
and Mrs. Clayton on the other : Mrs. Clayton with her
arms round Mr. Nl' Gill's neck. (Laughter.)
Mr.
Miss Crellin.—At Rushton.—Where
at%nvf
taaesrGw this?raereds .
I was insensible till
iI;
but I did not know it
then,
then. I jumped out of bed quite frantic, and I exclaimed
what is all this ? What have you been doing with me ? Mr.
11`Gill told me that I was married, and, then I found a ring
on my Linger. " Married !" said 1,
take this ring off.
How is this," I screamed out very loud, and Dr. Quick
came into the room. IJe said,"Madam, mind and behave
APr the power of Mr. M`Gill, and
yourself—you are now uroA
from
and behave yourself. There's nothing for you hut the work-
houseit is in his power to take all your to; tune you—so mind
if you do not." (Laughter.) I was very sick. I got
Mr. M`Gill to take the ring off. I insisted, and he sawed it
off—l was so determined. I was not in my senses when
Was married, you may be sure—there's proof enough of that
f
me on
—or I wo.ohl not have allowed a woman to be beside
the night 1 w45414-yikod.
time u;it spoken
Pearunce of the Place where tirey yvere at the
Mr. Rushton
.questioned Miss Crellin touching. the ap,

of.
Mr. Snowball 151.114 be WO proof enOoght th.o Ole plAce wad
Gretna Green. '

wo nights

Mr. Grocott, in cross-examination of Miss Crellin, was
informed by that lady that she was not possessed of X 5,000

,se, £6OO on

worth of property ; that it consiste(
mortgage, and £1,600 in the bank.
Mr. Rushton said, it was proper to question as to the pro-
perty generallY, because of the state of the law ; but Mr.
Grocott bad no right to go into particulars. According to
act 9th Geo. 4. cap. 31, it was enacted,
" That where any woman shall have any interest, whether
legal or equitable, present or -future, absolute, conditional, or
contingent, in any real or personal estate, or shall be heiress
pr6sumptive or nest of kin to any one having such interest,
if any person shall, from motives of lucre, take away or de-
tain such woman against her will, with intent to marry or
defile her, or to cause her to be married or defiled by any
other person ; every such offender, and every person coun-
selling, aiding, or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of
FELONY."

Mr. Grocott said, the motive should be very strong that
would move persons to place themselves in such a predica-
ment. That was his reason for examining on the point. Mr.
Grocott proceeded to cross-examine the witness at great
length on her evidence, particularly as to her alleged state of
insensibility. He questioned her as to the incidents of the
road, &c., but she persisted that she remembered nothing of
them. The Gretna Green certificate was produced, and she
was asked if that was her signature to it. She said, empha-
tically, that it was not. This certificate of marriage was
signed by the priest, an innkeeper, of Gretna, and witnessed
by Mr. Quick. It was also signed by M`Gill, and a scrawl
appealed purporting to be the signature of Miss Crellin. She
was desired by Mr. Rushton to sign her name in the usual
manner. She did so, and nothing could be more dissimilar
than the two signatureS. She admitted that she had per-
mitted Mr. M`Gill to put another ring on her finger, but it
was, she said, under the full representation and impression
that she was bound to him.
Mrs. Mary Chantey, wife of Mr. Chamley, captain of the
light-ship, was next examined. She had known Miss Crellin
12 or 14 years. She corroborated the more important parts
of Miss Crellin's testimony; and Cleared up such points as
appeared doubtful. She'deseribed very minutely the pro-
ceedingi at Jones's house, when Miss Crellin was taken away
under the impression that she was to meet Martin. As nei-
ther Miss Crellin nor Jones returned, she went next day to
seek her. As she passed along Berry-street she caught a
glimpse of Miss Crellin in a coach, which was furiously driven.
She gave a man a shilling to stop it, but he did not succeed
till it got to the Adelphi. She there found Miss Crellin in
the coach with Jones and Mrs. Clayton. She was in a state
resembling delirium, and did not know her, (Chamley,) save
at intervals. She insisted in getting into the coach, and told
Jones that it was a most villanous plot for Miss (Yellin's
destruction. Miss Cretin was quite stupid and foolish. She
learned that they were about to drive 11er somewhere in
Smithdown-lane, and she ordered the coachman to drive them
to the St. Ann's coffee-house. Miss Crellin's face was swollen,
and so large and strange-looking, that she did not look like
the same woman. At the St. Ann's coffee-house she told the
landlady of the plot, and that Miss.Crellin was a lady of for-
tune, and if she would suffer her to lie down she would be
well rewarded. The landlady did not like the looks of the
party—said the lady might have been robbed, and she would
decline it. Jones then said she (Mrs. Chamley) knew no-
thing about Miss Crellin : what business had she to inter-
fere and take such an interest in the matter? Miss Crellin
said she knew nothing of her. They ordered some brandy,
and gave Miss Crellin some without her having asked for it,
and against her (Mrs. Chamley's) desire. Jones then got a
coach, and in spite of her (Mrs. Chamley's) remonstrances,
drove off with Miss Crellin. Mrs. Chamley proceeded to
corroborate Miss Crellin's statement as to the mode of quit-
ting Mr. Rogerson's house. She stated that she saw Miss
Crellin on the Tuesday following her marriage at Mr. Roger-
son's. She had been looking for her. Mr. M'George, of
Everton, a friend of Miss Crellin's, called in his gig, and they
drove to Roby to look for her. On their return a coach was
at the door, in which was Mr. Rogerson. He said he had
the pleasure of informing her that Miss Crellin was now Mrs.
M`Gill, and she had a particular wish to see her. He said
she was to take any things which belonged to her, (Miss C.)
but he cautioned her that there must be no whispering. When
she got to Mr. Rogerson's, Miss Crellin rushed to meet her
with open arms, exclaiming, " Oh, Mrs. Chamley ! I have
been deceived ; I'm married, and I know nothing about it."
She did all she could to console and pacify her; and in the
course of the evening she assented to go to the attorney next
day to settle part of her property on Mr. M`Gill; but she
told her (witness) that she did this merely to make her
escape. They went next day to Mr. Armistead, who would
not hear of any settlement, and Miss Crellin was taken to a
friend where she would be safe. _

It was now past six o'clock, and as there were several more
witnesses, Mr. Rushton adjourned the case until the following
day. The prisoners were all remanded.

he milled foe

La (Quick) would pay bee,
3d Mr. Jones went several U

As it waiting for some ono. They remained till
very late, and no one came. Mr. Jonas went out for soma
party. pies. Ile asked me for some money, saying that he did
did not recover fairly till they were journeying homeward. I not like the ladies to see him without money, and that
She had a recollection of Quick giving her the last drop of Dr. Quiek would pay. I let him have a trifle. Ile wanted
stuff she remembered taking, and it was as black as ink. She a shilling. I only gave him sixpencc. They went away all
returned, and wished to make her escape from them. but she together—but Quick went away--before them. When the
was• taken to Mr. Rogerson's house, where she was kept ladies came they-asked if Mr,Martin was there, and he was
closely watched, and it was here represented to her that she in the habit of coming there. I had only seen him once or
was M•Gill' t It she could not twice, when M

to the door,

Chiyton brought him. When I described
him to her that night as having called, she said, " Oh. the
villain ! that is the man." She saw Miss Crellin and Mrs.
Chamley next day. They enquired whether Martin had been
there after they left the night before. I told them he had
not. Mrs. Chandey began to tell me how she bad been
treated. Whilst talking, Dr. Quielt'cithie in and asked how
the child was ?

By the Court.—She had no child that was ill. Dr. Quick
never attended a child of her's.:. Miss Crellin and Mrs.
Chamley were then present.

Re-examined.—W hen he saw Miss Crellin and Mrs.
Chamley, he said, " I would not for £5O I had popped upon
them. I dont want any name to be brought into this affair
at all. All I want is to get to see her. There is a trap (or
a bait) laid for the old devil, and she cannot get out of it."
He afterwards went in to see the ladies. They seemed very
friendly together; and I did not see more of them till I heard
of the wedding on Friday last. On Monday last, she saw
Mrs. Clayton. • She said she had been to Gretna Green, and
that Miss Crellin had got married. I said, what a shameful
piece of business ; and she said, it served her right. She
said something about what had occurred at Gretna Green.
I said, it was a shame for Jones and his wife to do so. She
said, that after the wedding, they had got her (Miss C.) to
be quite agreeable to it ; and that she (Mrs. Clayton) had a
shawl the same as Miss Crellin'i. She said, she had to stop
with her on the night of the marriage; that Miss C. had
made a piece of work, and was going mad, and she had to
stop with her in consequence. She said Mr. M`Gill slept in
the same bed. She also said, that she expected a very hand-
some present for her share in the affair ; and that when all
was settled, she would speak to the parties to have, a ball at
her house. On the first day that Mrs. Clayton came, she
said that she had employed her to work it out for them.
I did not know Mrs. Chamley before, and am sure she is
the person who came with Miss Crellin.
Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—l dont know what the
" piece of work" was. Mrs. Clayton said she went into the
bed-rooin to pacify her. lam not sure that she said she
went into the bed with her, but she certainly said into the
room, where she remained all night. Mrs. Clayton said to
me, that Miss Crellin had jilted several persons, but was at
last caught, and was rightly served. The ladies had a little
brandy and water (half a glass each) and went away quite
sober. • _ _

Mr. Jones, partner in the banking-house of Arthur Hey-
viood, Sous, and. Co., was next called upon. Two bank
checks were produced. He said, that on the 10th February
Miss Crellin called at the bank, and he filled up one of the
checks (produced) for her, which she signed in his presence.
It was for £255, and he paid her the money. [A printed
form filled up, apparently with a border, was shown to the
witness, and he was asked by Mr. Rushton if he thought
the signature at the bottom was that of Miss Crellin. He
said he did not believe it was. It was nothing like it. He
should not have paid a check purporting to be drawn by her,
with such a signature. The document, we believe, was a
surreptitious Gretna-green certificate of marriage.] Mr.
Jones voluntarily said I—l wish to state one fact. The lady
took all the money for the check in gold, which I thought
remarkable ; and her manner was so strange and agitated,
that I thought something was wrong with her. She was
accompanied by another female, a small person, apparently
a servant. She (Miss C.) has money deposited at our bank
still. _ _ _

Mrs. Martha Massey, being sworn, said,—l am the wife
of Massey, keeper of St. Anne's Coffee-house. I re-
member St. Patrick's day. On that day tour persons came
to our house in a coach, three women and one man. I had
not seen any of them before, nor again until this day. Miss
Crellin and Jones are the only two present I can recognise.
Miss Crellin was in an insensible state at the time. Mrs.
Chamley asked for a room to be shown into. I first showed
them into the parlour, and seeing them in that state, I showed
them into the tap-room. Mrs. Charnley came first. She
asked me for the use of a bed or a sofa for the lady, who,
she said, was respectable. When they were in the tap-room,
Jones asked for two half-glasses of brandy, and a glass of
ale. I saw the female prisoner (Clayton)' hand one of the
half-glasses to Miss Crellin, and hold it to her mouth. I
then left them. I cannot say whether Miss C. could hold
the glass herself.
By the Court.-1 knew she was insensible by her manner
and her looks. It was from three to four o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Mrs. Chamley expressed great anxiety about Miss
Crellin, and asked for a bed or a sofa for her to be taken to.
She said that she (Miss C.) was a respectable person, and
that the parties who had got her into their hands wished to
take her away. I did not grant her request, because I did
not like the look of the parties who were with Miss Crellin.
I objected for fear she might have property about her that
she might be robbed of in the house. Jones and Mrs. Clay-
ton took her away in a coach or car, and Mrs. Chamley was
left behind, and appeared to be agitated and sorry that she
was taken away. They were there about halt an hour. I
observed no alteration in Miss Crellin while she was there,
and do not remember hearing her speak.
In reply to a question put by Mr. Davenport, witness
said, Miss C. appeared either insensible or intoxicated.
She did not observe Mrs. Chamley object to the drink being
given to Miss Crellin, and did not notice whether they led
her out or they walked.

Mr. Dewaine, paper-ruler, Sir Thomas's-build-
ings, was then called. He said—" I saw defendant Quick
on Tuesday or Wednesday last. I was going up Scotland-
place, with some respectable females, and he was called.
Quick spoke to the 13dies, when they got into their house.
He said, " You have lost Johnny," meaning M`Gill, whom,
as well as Quick, they all knew. He said he had been to
Gretna Green, getting M‘Gill married to Miss Crellin. He
was asked how they got there. " Oh," said he, "we put
the old into a coach, and off we drove to Carlisle, and
when we got there, we persuaded the old that we were
in Warrington !" A dialogue ensued (continued witness),
in which I and my friends said it was a wrong and unjust
thing to take Miss Crellin there, and he was asked how she
did not come to know the difference between Carlisle and
Warrington. " Oh," he said, " the d—l was drunk : from
there v%e took a post-chaise, and took her off to Gretna
Green, and got her married." Quick also said she was
worth sixty or seventy thousand pounds, and that she
smoked a great quantity of cigars on their journey, and
drank brandy " till all was blue." I remonstrated with
him on the injustice of such conduct to -Miss Crellin, and
he said it was correct enough, for the laws in Scotland
were different from those in Englond, and the marriage was
good, and she was quite rightly served, as she had jilted
several men before. I was in Quick's company for the first
time on the 20th December, at a lady's house in Boundary-
street. Previous to that he had heard Mr. Quick speak of
the business at the church, and that Miss C. had £65,000.
Cros.-examined by Mr. Gaocorr.—l first knew the
prisoner M`Gill, too, on the 20th December. He was at
the same party. On the day after I went with him into
the country in a gig, but we had no spree together, although
we have been friendly.

Air. Dowling, police-commissioner, was called, and said,
The woman Clayton complained to me of a felony against
a man called Martin, but whose name is, I believe, Cope-
land, some months ago. She said he had paid her twenty
sovereigns, which she put into a cupboard in her house,
and that he had afterwards stolen them. Copeland was
brought before me. He stated that he had given her the
money to keep for him only. Mrs. Clayton said he had
paid her the money for the part she had taken in obtaining
for him a considerable sum of money (£250), in the matter
of Miss Crellin. I sent him to Bridewell, and he was next
day discharged by the magistrate—Mrs. Clayton not appear-
ing against him.
By Mr. Davenport.—She did not say she got it for main-
tenance. U cannot tell whether 1 took the facts down in my
book. I have not the book with me.—[At the request of
Mr. Davenport, Mr. Dowling was desired to bring his book.
Some time afterwards he returned into court, and said that
he had looked over the book for the last twelve months, but
could find no memorandum about it. _ _ _

- Elizabeth Rutledge, wife of Joseph Rutledge, joiner and
publican, No. 7, Roscoe-lane, said,-1 have seen the prisoner
Clayton occasionally, and the prisoner Jones has been twice
at our house. Jones, M`Gill, and a person named Wood,
and another, not now present, came in last week, and asked
for ale and a sheet of paper. This was after the marriage ;
I think last Wednesday. Quick was also there. I heard
them say they had been to Gretna Green. The intended hus-
band (M`Gill) said he would allow her (Miss Crellin) a pound
a week,•and it was quite enongh for her. Mrs. Clayton said
she expected a handsome present, for she had been the means
of making him (M`Gill) a gentleman, if he would only take
care of himself. When she said so, the others had gone out.
I then saw them write out an advertisement, announcing the
,marriage. I saw Mrs. Clayton on the previous evening,
while she (witness) was standing at her own door. Mrs.
Clayton lives next door to me. Jones came out, and Miss
Crellin was in the street. Jones and Clayton both asked
Miss Crellin to go in ; and she refused, and said she would
not go into that house again. Clayton said, " Did you ever
see anything wrong in my house ?" They continued to speak
to her, and she afterwards went in, and the door was shut,
so that I heard no more.
By the Court.—That was on the Wednesday evening before
the wedding. My servant was ironing that day, and we al-
ways wash on the Tuesday.
By Mr. Davenport.-1 have lived about seven months next
door to Mrs. Clayton.

John Connelly sworn.—l alai coachman to John Adam
Green, coach and car owner, Roscoe-street. I recollect
driving some of these parties on Thursday evening. The pri-
soner Quick and Miss Crellin was amongst them. There
was also another lady and a tall man ; but I cannot identify
any of the prisoners as them. I drove them from Oldham-
street to Robv. I took them up at Mr. Potter's public-house.
Quick came to my master's place, to hire the car, about ten
minutes to six o'clock, and he waited and went with the car.
I drove them to Roby, and left them there, and came away.
I left Miss Crellin there with them. She was quite tipsey
when she got into the car, and was assisted into it bythe tall
gentleman. [Jones is a tall man.] She was quite helpless,
and unwilling to go. She wanted to know where they were
taking her to, He took them to a red brick house on the
road side. Miss Crellin was assisted out of the coach in the
same way she was assisted in. When I passed Edgehill
Church, in going, it was twenty minutes past six.
Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—l got to Roby about
seven o'clock, The tall gentleman seemed to hold her up by
the arm in getting her out. One of the gentlemen got out
first, went into the house, and came out again, and welcomed
them at the door, as if (added witness) he had not gone out
with them in the car.
_ _

To questions by Mr. Davenport.—She was assisted into
the car, not as a lady usually is ; but because she was not
able to get in herself.

Mr, Rushton here asked Mr. Snowball (it being nearly six
o'clock) whether he intended to proceed further that night.
Mr. Snowball said that he had two or three more witnesses
to call on behalf of the complainant, and would prefer ad-
journment till the following day. He had seen a coachman
of the hotel at "gremont that morning, and be had promised
to attend, but had not appeared, He requested that a sum-
mons might be granted in order to ensure his attendance.
Mr. Rushton granted the summons, and adjourned the
case until the following day, yesterday, (after the usual police
business,) expressing an expectation that the witnesses for
the defence might also be brought up, and that the case might
be disposed of without further adjournment.
The court then closed.

YESTERDAY.
FURTHER EVIDENCE

The case was resumed this day, at twenty minutes before
three o'clock. The court, as on the previous day, as well as
all its approaches, was densely crowded,—tire curiosity ex-
cited having inc►eaed rather than diminished.
There were on the bench with Mr. Rushton, James Aikin
and Thomas Bolton, Esqrs., and other gentlemen.

The prisoners were again placed at the bar, and, in addi-
tion to them, Dr. Dunlevie. Mr. Rushton stated, that as
Mr. Dunlevie had just been taken into custody, he was en-
titled to hear the evidence that affected him, Mr. R. then
read the evidence of Miss Crellin, shewing that he was with
the parties at Egremont and Bidston. He also read the
evidence of the Rev. Mr. Stafford, to the effect that the
prisoner took part in the negociations to procure the mar-
riage at St. Paul's Church. _

Mr. Grocott said, that, as Mr. Dunlevie had been brought
as a witness, and immediately taken into custody, the court
would probably hear him in his behalf, as he had merely en-
tertained the parties as a matter of hospitality.
Mr. Rushton said that, if that had been all, he would not
have been taken into custody ; but it appeared in evidence,

that lie and Rogerson had gone to the Rev. Mr. Stafford to
procure ths.-license, and had endeavoured to procure the
marriage to be solemnised on two successive days.
Mr. Grocott said the other prisoners were arraigned on a
different charge, and wished him to be heard.
Mr. Rushton remarked, that it was as yet impossible to
say under what charge the prisoners would be severally or
together sent for trial, if a commitment took place •, but the
notes taken would have to be reduced, and when the proper
time arrived, that defendant's statement might be heard,
as well as the others. Meantime, he (Mr. IL) considered
himself justified in holding him in custody.
Mr. Snowball then proceeded to call further witnesses :
Miss Eliz:t Mawdsley called.—l am niece of Mrs. Potter,
innkeeper, Oidhain-street. On St. Patrick's-day a coach
drove up there about four o'clock in the afternoon. It con-
tained two ladies and a gentleman. Jones was the gentle-
man, and one of the female prisoners (Mrs. Jones).
Miss Crellin was also in the coach. Jones said Miss Crellia
was in an unfit state, and could not be removed till dusk.
She was in a very stupid way, and he face much swelled and
discoloured. They went into the front parlour. Jones went
out and returned in about half an hour, bringing another fe-
male. I did not take much notice of her. Miss Crellin sat
and slept all the time in the parlour. They had one glass of
ale and half a glass of brandy. Mrs. Clayton drank the hall
glass, and Jones the ale. They remained about two hours.
Two men came in a car afterwards and took them away. Miss
Crellin refused to go. She said " I won't go out," and Jones
carried her out himself without assistance. They told the
carman to drive them to Rohy. They were in the car, and I
could not tell which gave the directions. The female that
Jones brought did not go with them. The other female went
away, and had a glass of ale after the car went, and
changed a sovereign to pay for it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—Miss Crellin was in a
very unfit state to be removed ; but she took nothing at our
house. The gentleman helped her to get into the house. I
did not hear her speak when she came in. I have heard the
newspaper read with a report of this case. Miss Crellin was
carried out, and did not walk out herself.
James Mead, car-driver at the Egremant Hotel, said—l
drove a party of G to Bidston a few weeks ago, 3 ladies and 3
gentlemen. Dr. Dunlevie was oue, and M`Giil and Roger-
son : Mrs. Dunlevie, Miss Crellin, and I think Mrs. Jones,
were the ladies. I drove them from Dr. Dunlevie's house to
the Ring of Bells in Bidston. I afterwards pulled up at Dr.
Dunlevie's house a minute or two, and then drove to Egre-
mount Hotel, where I left them that night. Next day I drove
Rogerson, Mrs. Jones, Dr. Dunlevie, and Miss Crellin to
Seacombe. I saw them go on board the packet for Liver-
pool. They went into the hotel a few minutes, and Ro-
gerson then paid me for the car. (The witness was not
clear as to whether there
.were four or five persons in the
car, and whether M'Gill was there or not.)
Mr. Hagan, dealer in rigars,in North John-street.—On
the evening of yesterday week, abOut six o'clock, I was at
Fryer's public-houee, North John-street. Mr. Jones, Mr.
Wood, and Mr. Duval came in. Mr. Wood said that was
Mr. Jones that had been. to Gretna Green getting married,
and they asked Mr. Jones to give an account of the trip to
Gretna. He said that Miss Crellin was drunk when they
started, and they kept her drunk all the way. He said that
when going into Carlisle, Miss Crellin asked where she was ;
and that Jones said they were about a quarter of a mile from
Warrington. That Miss Crellin said she must get home
to-night, and Jones said, Oh, yes, we shall all be at home
to-night. He then said they went to Gretna Green, and got
married. Some person asked him, suppose Miss C. had re-
fused to marry Mr. M`Gill, what did they intend to do ?
He said they had got a stamp for £2,000, and if she had re-
fused, they would have made her sign that. He said that if
she refused to sign that, they intended to drive her up into
the mountains, and keep her there. The rest of the conver-
sation was about her wealth. Mr. Jones said he knew of
his own knowledge that Miss C. had £12,000 in Leyland's
bank, and £12,000 in Heywood's.
By the Court.—l have known M`Gill for six months. He
is a cigar dealer, No. 18, Dale-street—an office up a court.
I know Rogerson. They were in partnership together. The
firm is Findlay and Co. I have seen Rogerson and M`Gill
transact business together. I know Quick. He is a surgeon,
and keeps a shop in Scotland-road. I never saw Jones before
that night.
Inspector Robert Campbell, of the Liverpool police, said
—I recollect a charge made by Mrs. Clayton against Martin.
Mrs. Clayton charged him to me, and he was booked on
Tuesday, the 15th of February, under the name of Samuel
Copeland, charged with slealiug £23 from Jane Clayton, in
Roscoe-lane. She said she had received £2O from Cope-
land for the trouble she had taken with him. That two or
three days after, ha demanded the money back, and she re-
fused to give it him. She then said he had gone to the cup-
board and taken 23 sovs. out. She said to Copeland, I have
had a great deal of trouble with you; you know you have
both meat and drink in the house, and you had no money
till you got that money from Miss Crellin. I brought them
both to Mr. Dowling's office, and he ordered Copeland into
custody. Copeland was brought up at this court next
day. Clayton did not appear to substantiate the charge.
I went twice to her house in the morning, but did not find
her. Some papers were found on Martin in my presence in
bridewell. I read them. They were given over to Martin
when he was discharged.
Mr. Grocott objected to any questions as to the contents
of the papers, as there was a possibility that the party who
had them might yet be produced.
Mr. Snowball said a conspiracy was proved and the evi-
dence ought to be received, to which Mr. Rushton assented.
One was a receipt for £2O given to Copeland, and Mrs.
Clayton said she had given it. It was found in Copeland's
pocket. There was another receipt for £2O, signed by Jones.
Michael William Dryden said—l am a surgeon. I have
known the prisoners Jones and his wife for about two years.
I have known Miss Crellin about eighteen months. Mrs.
Jones attended at my house occasionally. A sister of her's
had been at the house where I lodged for twenty-two years,
and Mrs. Jones came occasionally in her absence. There
was something the matter with the drawing-room window,
and Jones came to put it in order. I was introduced to Miss
Crellin by Mrs. Kelly, the lady with whom I lodged. Miss
Crellin was asked there to tea, and I was asked to meet her.
IVl`Gill and Duval called on me five or six weeks ago, on this
matter. Duval asked me if I knew M'Gill. I said I did
not know any person of the name in Liverpool. Duval said
M'Gill was a friend of Mrs. Copeland. and asked me if I
had any knowledge of Dr. Copeland (Martin). I said I had.
I met him at a party in Duke-street. He asked me if I
knew if he was a married man. I said there was a lady in-
troduced to me as Mrs. Martin, and that he (Martin) was
living in Lodge-lane. Duval said there was an old woman
that he (Martin) was going to be married to, and that she
was worth £60,000 or £70,000, and that her name was Miss
Crellin. He said, the fact is, and I want to get her
away from Martin, and to get M'Gill married to her. He
added, I understand you are not only an acquaintance of
her's, but have a very great influence with her; and if you
will use that influence in favour of M'Gill, we will give
you £l,OOO. I neither dissented nor assented; and Duval
asked me if he might use my name to get her away from
Copeland. I told him he might do so, as I knew Mr. Cope-
land to be a married man. I did not know he went by the
name of Martin. After the conversation I went into the
parlour where M`Gill was. No one was there but M'Gill.
Duval went with me. He mentioned the conversation we
had had, and M'Gill readily assented. M'Gill said he would
give £l,OOO. I laughed, and said it ought to be worth £5,000
when there was so much money. M'Gill said he did not
think so, as he would be making a great sacrifice to take an
old woman with any sum of money. In a day or two after I
saw Duval. He called on me again, and I think he told me
he had had an interview with Miss Crellin. I did not intro-
duce them in any way to Miss Crellin. Duval came after-
wards every day, and sometimes with M'Gill. I had con-
versation with M'Gill on the subject to procure my influence
with Miss Crellin. On Saturday, the 26th of February, (or
end of February,) Mrs. Jones called at my house, and told
me Miss Crellin was then at her house. She asked me to go
and see her. I was unwell that day, and said I would go and
see her on Sunday evening, at Jones's house, Victoria-
terrace. I went up next evening, and found there M'Gill,
Duval, Jones, and his wife. Miss Cretins was with them in
the parlour, drinking what I afterwards discovered to be
brandy punch. Miss Crellin welcoined me. I then told her
all I knew about Dr. Copeland, but that I did not know him
to be the Mr. Martin who was about to be married to her.
I told her the name of the lady at whose house I met Cope-
land and his wife, and said I would introduce her to that lady,
as I knew she could give her more particular information
than I could. The conversation then became general for
some time. Some of the party asked me to take a glass of
brandy punch, which I tasted. Duval afterwards asked me if
I was engaged to dine next day. He said they were to have a
party at Mr. M`Gill's, and asked me to go, and I said I
would, but had no such intention. He then asked Miss
Crelkin to go, and she said she would if I went. Mrs.
Jones immediately said, " I'll go with you." Miss Crellin
consented to her going. Duval and M'Gill both asked me.
We afterwards went out together. Mrs. Jones called on me
next morning (Monday.) She said Miss Crellin was going
to the dinner, and that I was expected. I said I had made
no such promise. Sire then told me that M' Gill and Duval
returned there on Sunday night, and remained there some
time. I told her that I would be at her house at three
o'clock. Before I went, Duval and M'Gill called that morn-
ing. They said they had been to see Miss Crellin, and had
told her that Mr. Ivl`Gill was the son of Col. M`Gill.
M'Gill went and Duval remained. I went at three o'clock
to Mrs. Jones's, I found Mrs. Jones, Miss Crellin, and
some strange woman. I got Mrs. Jones into a private
room, and said that I had no intention of going to the
dinner, and that it was improper in Miss Crellin to go,—that
she had got out of one scrape and was going into a worse.
Mrs. Jones said that she would not tell her not to go, as she
knew nothing wrong of the parties; and I told Miss Crellin
it was improper to go. Miss Crellin said she would not go,
and Mrs. Jones said she should. I saw I had little
or no influence with Miss Crellin, and I agreed to go,
and requested Mrs. Jones not to leave Miss Crellin
at the dinner. About half-past five o'clock, M'Gill called
at Mrs. Jones's and sent for a carriage. He said
Duval had promised to meet him there, and as he would
not come he would not wait longer for him. We got into the
carriage and went to. M`Gill's brother-in-law, Mr. Roger-
son's, Boundary-road. Wood was there. A person crossed
the street, and some one said, " this is Dr. Quick." He
was not of the party, but I do not know whether he came
into the house. The party who dined were Mrs. Rogerson,
a young lady, M'Gill, Miss Crellin, Mr. Jones, Mr. Wood,
Mr. Duval, and myself. Mr. Rogerson after dinner got on
his knees and kissed Miss C. She seemed very happy, played
the piano, and danced and sung. Something was frequently
handed to Miss C. to drink. I went into the back parlour
and saw Mr. Wood and Duval in conversation, and M`Gill
lying on a chair. I proposed going, and asked Miss C. to
go with me; but she said she was going to stop all night.
Mrs. Jones also remained there. I did not see Miss C. again
I think till the day before St. Patrick's day, at Mrs. Jones's.
Miss C. appeared excited. Mrs. Chamley was there too.
They said they had come to meet Martin. Mr. Jones came
in and said Mr. Martin was in the street, but would not
come where there was a third person. Mrs. Chamley
asked me to go into another room. We went into
the kitchen, and Miss Crellin came down soon after.
1 told Miss Cretin that if she never died till she got
the money back from Mr. Martin, she would not die with a
headache, I thought there was no Mr. Martin. A rap
came to the door, and Mrs. Jones said it was Mr. Martin.
I said it was more likely to be Mr. M'Gill. Jones said Mr.
Martin was waiting near the Mount. Miss Crellin then
went with Jones. I remained for a short time. Miss Crellin
did not return while I remained. 1 never saw Miss C. after-
wards until after she returned from Gretna Green. Jones
called on me on Friday last, I think. He was in company
with Wood and Duval ; and Jones asked me if I had written
a letter to the Townhall about them. I said I had not. He
(Jones) then told me about M`Gill, and himself, and Miss
Crellin going in a coach, and Mrs. Chatnley following them,
and that lie would knock out the brains of any one who
attempted to get out the coach with his life preserver.
Jones said he had got a coach, and the best pair of horses he
could get, and drove Miss Crellin off all night. He also said
they had made the old devil fast now ; that she was a great
annoyance to him, and would now keep her secure. lie said
Dr. Quick called on him, where-Wood, Rogerson, and M'Gill
was and proposed to give him bills to the amount of £5OO,
provided it should be effected through Iris instrumentality.
Jones said it would be throwing away money to buy the
stamps, as he knew she would never inarry any one in her
sober senses. From what 1 have seen of Miss Crellin for
18 months I should think her a sober woman. I told her of
the offer I had had of the £l,OOO. I called on the 16th in
consequence of receiving an anonymous letter stating that I
should be assassinated for the part I had taken.
Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—My father's name was
Dry—and I took that of Dryden, on which I had legal ad-
vice. The offer was made to me in February. 1 told Miss
Crellin of it on the day I dined at Jones's house. No one
was present but Miss C. and myself. I don't remember
what she said. I think I told her the amount £l,OOO, which
was offered me.

This elosed the cage for the complalnent.
Mr. Crocott exprosged a wish to address some ohserva-
tiops in reference to the prisoners DunLevi° and Rogerson,
and made reference to the opening address of Mr. Snowball.
The parties had gone to Egremont, where they were enter-
tained at Mr. Dunlevie's house, and it was there that Roger-
son was first affected. He went afterwards to the church to
procure the license, which ended in nothing, and terminated
the transaction so far as he was concerned. .

Mr. Rushton read toe evidence affecting Rogerson. The
party went to Bidston and returned to Egremont, where
he (Rogerson) left them. But on that very evening
he went with I)unlevie to the Rev. Mr. Stafford and
procured him to fill up an affidavit, he (Rogerson) re-
presenting himself as the brother o! the principal. or
intended husband. He also went on the following day, and
told the clergyman in the vestry, that his " brother " would
not be there that day. They both formed a portion of a water
party, and immediately after leaving them at Egremont,
they came over the water and endeavoured to obtain the
license. The clergyman, by their appointment, waited for
them, on two occasions, affording them every fair facility for
the solemnization of the marriage ; but was deceived

throughout.
Mr. Grocott said that Dr. Dunlevie was anxious to ad-
dress the court then ; with a view to exonerate himself, so
that, if possible, he might be liberated.
Mr. Rushton said that he did not anticipate that any
thing the prisoner could say would affect his impression made
by the evidence of Mr. Stafford and others ; and he thought
it would be better for the defendant if lie advisedly reserved
what he had to state for a future stage of the proceedings.
Mr. Dunlevie expressed a desire to be heard then.
Mr. Rushton said that he should be heard ; but strongly
cautioned him to be careful in what he stated, as whatever
it was it would be taken down, and might, and certainly
would be used against him, if it could be so used hereafter
for the ends of justice.
Mr. Dunlevie said in a firm tone—The only object I have
in view in addressing you, is to show how innocently I
have been introduced into the position in which I now stand.
About a month ago—on or about the Ist of March—Miss
Crellin and another lady, who was a stranger to me, came
to my house, and there lunched. We afterwards formed a
party and went to Bidston. During the journey there, I
observed a considerable degree of familiarity and intimacy
between Miss Crellin and Mr. M`Gill. We eventually
went to the Lighthouse, and I there heard him ask her to
the effect, " Would she marry him ?" to which I under-
stood her to assent. • The same question was again put by
him, with a like effect. Mr. M`Gill also stated to me in
the Lighthouse, that she was agreeable to marry him, and
go with him to Dublin by the mail-packet of the succeeding
night. We dined, and returned from Bidston to Egretnont ;
and there, Mr. Rogerson.having again questioned Mr. M`Gill
as to Miss Crellin saying that she would marry him, he said
she had again and again consented. In consequence, Mr.
Rogerson said there would be no harm inquiring about the
license, if that were the case. I said, that, under the
cumstances, I thought there would be no harm in it:wilier,-
ever ; and we accordingly went to Mr. Stafford's to inquire
into it,—l having known that gentleman as a fellow student
at college. We then spoke to Mr. Stafford. He asked
if either of us were the party, and we replied that
neither were so. I understood Mr. Stafford to say,
that, in order to oblige the parties, he would pre-
pare the license, and have it ready in the morning.
to be filled up. 1 returned home, and came, by invitation,
in the morning to the hotel. We had breakfast, and during
the time the circumstances relating to the intended marriage
were explained. There was some brandy on the sideboard.
The morning was very wet, and some one present said,
" Would a little drop do any harm ?" Miss Crelliu then
appealed to me, saying, " Do you think a little would do me
any harm ?" I replied that I thought a little would not injure
her. She accordingly had some. When breakfast was over,
and we were all waiting to go to the pierhead, Mr. M`Gill
said, the day being so very wet, perhaps a glass of champagne
would do them no harm. A little was accordingly procured,
and each partook of some. I believe the bottle was not
finished, for it was not very good. We then proceeded in the
boat to Liverpool, and during the passage 1 spoke to Miss
Crellin, with allusion to the conversation of the previous even-
ing, of her knowledge of Mr. M`Gill; and I observed that I
thought she had made a very choice selection for herself, as
Mr. M`Gill, from what I had ever known of him, was a very
gentlemanly man. She replied that she thought she had. I
said to her, that as things were pretty nearly ready, we should
proceed, on our arrival at the pier, to the church ; to which
1 understood her to assent. In consequence, on our arrival
I accompanied them in a car to the church, straight
from the pier. The object of going to the church was
the subject of conversation in the car. We arrived at the
church door. Miss Crellin then said, " What place is this?"
She was answered, that it was the church. She said " I'll
not be married at present; I must first consult my legal
adviser as to the arrangement of my property." I said to
her, if such is your decision (or wish) Miss Crellin, I think
you are perfectly right and justified in so acting; for if I
thought any thing improper or dishonourable were contem-
plated, I should not have accompanied you here. We then
went straight to Mr. Rogerson's house. There were some
refreshments laid out, which the family had been partaking
of when we went in ; and Miss Crellin was asked if she would
take a glass of sherry. She said she did not like sherry, and
would prefer a little brandy and water. Afterwards the
party went to the races, which were then on. They returned
to dinner at Mr. Rogersons, between five and six o'clock.
After dinner, I left them, and there ended my connexion
with them altogether ' • and I can assure the Court and the
gentlemen present, that I am as innocent of any intention of
impropriety, as the being who is not yet in existence; and if
it were not impious, I would appeal for the truth of my
observation to Him who knows my innocence.
Mr. Rushton said,—l am sorry to say, that after having
heard your statement, I do not feel the impression I pre-
viously entertained removed ; and I should not feel justified
in permitting any of the parties to be at large on bail. I
shall hear the witnesses for the defence, and, probably,
one or two more for the complainant, to-morrow, after
the usual business of the Court; meantime, I remand
Vie prisoners. The Court then rose at half-past six.

A.NNUAL GENERAL VESTRY

On Tuesday the Easter vestry for transacting the affairs of
the parish was held in St. Nicholas's Church. At twelve
o'clock., the Rev. Jonathon Brooks, rector, having taken the
chair, the Vestry-clerk proceeded to read the following report:
" The churchwardens and overseers regret that at the as-
sembling together of the parishioners in general vestry, on
the present Easter Tuesday, it is not in their power to lay
before them any comparative statement, or, indeed, any
statement in detail of the expenditure on the maintenance
and relief of the poor during the past year. It would seem
to be part of the system of parochial management under the
new poor law, that the churchwardens and overseers, to
whom, under the statute of Elizabeth: the management and
relief of the poor were peculiarly assigned, should have no
voice or discretion in administering to the wants of the poor,
except in the cases of urgent necessity, and then in clothes
or provisions only and not in money. \kith so vast a pop-
ulation as that which Liverpool now contains, and with a
great variety of causes of temporary want and suffering,
arising from its shipping and commerce, it would be obvious
to any one, conversant with parochial affairs, that the hono-
rary officers of this parish ought to have vested in them large
discretionary powers, and such as we have reason to know
is the declared and reiterated opinion of our respected rep.
resentative, Lord Sandon ; and to obtain such a discretionary
power, as well as to bring back parochial affairs, for the most
part to the satisfactory state in which they stood before the
poor law commissioners thought fit to place the administra-
tion of the poor under a board of guardians, the church-
wardens and overseers, in obedience to the instructions
they received from the inhabitants in special vestry, have
applied to parliament for a local act for the government of
the poor in this parish, and the bill has been read the first
time. And the churchwardens and overseers anticipate that
the same will be proceeded with, unless the pronosed uo-
lvernment measure should render it unnecessary by exemi ting
arge towns.

During their year of office, the churchwardens and over-
seers have had to lament the loss of their valued colleague,
Mr. Joseph Gibbons, and they are sure the parishoners will
gladly permit them to record their tribute to his untiring
zeal for the interests of the parish, and his unvariable kind-
ness to the poor."
Mr. Hart next read the accounts; and on the
they should pass,
Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT put a question relative to a grant
of money on behalf of St. Matthias's Church, which, he
said, had been ordered at the last Easter vestry, but was not
yet paid

otion that

Mr. Churchwarden BIRKETT begged to state, in answer to
Mr. Wright, that previously to the last vestry a statement
had been made to him by Mr. Spencer, the incumbent of St.
Matthias's, respecting the expenses of the church ; and find-
ing, upon inquiry, that Mr. Spencer was in the nature of a
parochial curate, and that the church was somewhat of a
parochial chapel, he did recommend the parishioners to vote
a sum of money towards the expenses of the church. His
understanding with Mr. Hutshinson, who had seconded the
motion, was, that the money should be paid into the hands of
Rector Campbell, who had had more to do with the church
than any one else, and that it should be at his option to pay
or withhold it as he might think proper. Since asking for
the vote, he (Mr. Birkett) had ascertained that the circum-
stances were very different from what he had been led to
suppqse when he proposed it ; and be did think that Mr.
Spencer ought not to have made the statement he had done
to him unless he had told him all the facts of the case. In
short, he found that Mr. Spencer was better off than he had
thought; and he quite agreed with Mr. Campbell that the
money ought not to be paid.
Mr. WRIGHT observed, that the vote had passed at a ge-
neral vestry, and the churchwardens had no authority, when
resolutions were passed by the parishioners, to act or not act
upon them as they pleased.
The CHAIRMAN requested to know if Mr. Wright in-
tended to bring forward any n
Mr. WRIGHT replied in th

ffirmativc

He would move

that the £3O voted at the last Easter vestry, towards the ex-
penses of St. Matthias's Church, be immediately paid. Be
had had an interview with Mr. Spencer, who declared that
on the faith of the grant he had paid the money out of his
own pocket.
Mr. KUSH AW seconded the motion.

Mr. HARBORD remarked, that the public had a right to
expect, that when once resolutions were passed at those
meetings, the individuals in office would faithfully carry them
out. There was no discretionary power in the parish officers
to deviate from the spirit of those resolutions. However
judiciously Mr. Birkett might have acted in this instance,
and whatever reasons there might have been for not paying
the money, he did not think it rested with him to withhold
it.

Mr. BIRKETT said, Mr. Hutchinson would not have con-
sented to second his motion, if it had not been understood
that the money was to be appropriated under the conditions
he had named.

The motion, being put from the chair, was carried by a
show of hands, and the accounts were allowed to pass.
The next business was the proposing of the officers for the
ensuing year.

ehurchwarden iitmcnissos, seconded by Mr.
HENSHAW, proposed Mr. Birkett and Mr. Raymond
Houghton as churchwardens.
Mr. KILSHAW, seconded by Mr. M`GuFFIE, proposed
Mr. Cowgill in the room of Mr. Birkett.
A show of hands was taken, and Mr. Birkett was declared
elected.

Mr. Kusitaw demanded a poll. The Chairman remon-
strated, but Mr. Kilshaw persisted in his demand, and a
Mr. Walker, from the gallery, declared that if Mr. Kilshaw
did not insist upon a poll, he would.

Mr. HUTCH IN SON observed that it was not Mr. Birkett's
wish to be brought forward again, but the wish of the over-
seers and others, who had worked with him so long, and who
knew the value of his assistance.
Mr. HARBORD said it was certainly desirable to avoid the
expense and excitement of a poll. Although he was disposed
to look with a jealous eye upon a person retaining office for
several years, and was under the same impression with other
individuals, that an occasional change would be beneficial,
yet he must be permitted to say, in justice to his own feel-
ings, and he said it without flattery, that if they were to pay
Mr. Birkett £5OO or £l,OOO a year, they would not pay him
to the extent of the value of his services. He was a gentle-
man retired from business. He had been some few years
ago actively engaged in business ; he knew the locality, and
was familiar with the management and the affairs of nearly
every public institution in the town ; and when they had any
business in London they found him always ready to attend
to the interests of the parish. He did hope and trust, espe-
cially as they had undergone so many changes of late, that
lie would he petmitted to retain office at all events for the
ensuing year. They could not afford at the present time to
be deprived of his services. However competent Mr. Cow-
gill might be. he would fall far short of the qualifications of
Mr. Birkett.
The CHAIRMAN would add to what Mr. Harbord had
said, that there was one strong reason which the vestry
ought. to be in possession of, and that was, that Mr. Birkett
had been actively engaged in the promotion of the bill which
he and the other officers of the parish had been directed by
the last vestry to attend to, with regard to the new poor
law ; and he' conceived that this was one great object in pro-
posing to continue him. However respectable Mr. Cowgill
might be, cr however adequate to the common work of a
churchwarden, still, Mr. Birkett having gone so far into that
particular business, which was not vet finished, was a strong
reason for wishing to continue him in office.
Other officers were then re-appointed. On Mr. Hart's
name being called over,
Mr. WALKER gave it as his opinion that the offices of trea-
surer and rate-book-clerk were incompatible. When Mr.
Dixon was treasurer, the rate-book-clerk had been appointed
as a check upon him. The two officers were afterwards
joined together to save expense. It was doubtful to him
whether sixpence had been saved, or whether, indeed, the
parish had not paid more since they were united than it had
done before. Be that as it might, the offices were incompa-
tible one with the other. He, therefore, moved that the
offices be divided. He had no one to bring forward to fill
either one or the other, but he objected to their being com-
bined in one individual.

The proposition was seconded by Mr. TOULMIN.
Mr. HARBORD said, having been the person by whom the
amalgamation had been proposed, for the express purpose of
doing away with an office created in consequence of the ina-
bility of Mr. Dixon to perform his duties, he might be per-
mitted to enter into a little explanation to show that Mr.
Walker had no grounds for his opposition to Mr. Hart's re-
appointment. The rate-book-'clerk had been created in con-
sequence of Mr. Dixon's inaccuracies. Prior to the appoint-
ment Mr. Dixon had had the whole of the duties to perform,
as Mr. Hart had at present. He did not say that Mr. Dixon
performed those duties with the same satisfaction to the pub-
lic. The term rate-book-clerk, as applied to Mr. Hart, was
a mere nominal one. He was neither more nor less than the
treasurer, and the system had fallen back to the old form, as
far as the law, as it now stood, would admit of.

Mr. HENSHAW would mention, as a proof how the two
offices worked together, that the arrears of assessed taxes, in
the spring of 1838, when Mr. Hart was appointed, amounted
to £27,978; now they were £74195, notwithstanding the assess-
ment had increased, by the augmentation of the assessed
taxes, by £6OOO or .£7OOO per annum• (Hear.) Their liabi-
bility to government had been reduced upwards of £20,000.
Mr. WALKER wished to know what the expenses of the
treasurer's office were at the date of Mr. Hart's appointment,
and what they were now. .

Mr. BIRKETT said, since Mr. Hart took the situation a
new thing had come up, which had caused great expense and
trouble. He alluded to the change in municipal affairs. A
large number of paupers—and he did not mean one party
more than another—but a large number of persons, little bet-
ter than paupers, had claimed to be registered. In one year
the registry had been lifted up from 8000 to 13,000. Some
paid taxes for eleven years, and an enormous quantity of work
had been the consequence, in order to make as perfect a re-

gister as possible. The books, as an inevitable result, had
got behind, and the clerks and officers of the department were
working often till four and five o'clock in the morning, from
two or three days previous to the 20th of July till the Ist of

November.
Mr. WALKER said he wanted to know what the cost of the
establishment was, and what difference in that respect had
taken place.
Mr. BIRKETT replied, that the question was one which
could not be easily answered, for the reason he had stated,
that a great deal of extra work had been created, which had
necessitated the employment of a number of temporary clerks.
A discussion then arose as to whether, under the new act,
the vestry had the power of appointing new officers.
The VESTRY-CLERK said the poor-law act enabled the
poor-law commissioners to supersede any paid officer; but
until they did so the right of appointment continued. Whe-
ther thp vestry had authority to appoint any new officer was
a doubtful point. If there were any department of the
parish which, in the opinion of the parishioners, would be
better divided, it seemed to him that it was strictly within
the scope of their powers to make the alteration.
Mr. BIRKETT hoped the parishioners, under the circum-
stances in which the honorary officers were placed, would
not consent to the motion. Matters were embroiled enough
without any other cause of vexation being given till some
approach had been made to a settlement. If Mr. Walker's
proposition were adopted, they would require two sets of
books, and there was already so much to do that the hands
were quite short enough. As the Rector had stated, they
were before parliament, by the authority and direction of the
parishioners, for a new bill, by which their affairs would be
entrusted to a board somewhat similar to the present board
of guardians, to do what they might think best, without
having to go to any commissioner in London to ask what
they were to do with the money which they had raised them-
selves. Parties whom they should choose, and in whom
they could place confidence, would have the direction. He
hoped this motion would not be persevered in. He did not
see how it was to be carried out.
Mr. WALKER submitted that there need not be much ad-
ditional expense. There would be new books to purchase,
but what was that compared with the control over £60,000,
which was annually collected in the parish ?
The question having been put from the chair, the original
motion was carried.
Mr. WALKER demanded a poll. (Shame, shame !)
A church-rate of 2d. in the pound, being aid.more than
last year, was proposed and agreed to. The
explained, was occasioned by an expense of £/00 attending
the draining of St. Martin's Cemetery. It had been found
impossible to dig more than three feet without coming to
feet;
so Now the ground was dry for eleven or twelve
so that, besides obviating a cause of just complaint
itself.th
alteration, by the soil gained, would more than pay for
Mr. HENSIIAW would take tbat opportunity of calling
the attention of the vestry to the state of St. Marys Ceme-
tery. The ground had been filled up, and was now being
gone over a second time ; and the nuisance which had con-
sequently been created, and the way in which the ashes of
the dead were disturbed, was a great disgrace to the parish.
(Hear, bear.) This was especially deserving of attention,

inasmuch as the neighbourhood had now become populous.
Mr, BIRKETT observed, in reply to Mr. Henshaw, that
the churchwardens had had the subject under consideration
last year; and had submitted to Mr. Lownues how far,
under St. Martin's act, they had the means of applying the
remedy. Under that act the churchwardens were empow-
ered to purchase 30,000 square yards of land by a rate not
exceeding 6d. in the whole, nor more than 3d. in any one
year. Inquiry was now making as to how far this recourse
still remained available, and in all probability something
would be done.

Mr. HENSHAW proposed selling the ground to the Corpo-
ration, and obtaining fresh ground elsewhere.
The CHAIRMAN said, he hoped he would never see again
what, if he had been rector at the time, they never would
have seen, a sight like that of the taking away of the bodies
from St. John's churchyard. He hoped the dead would be
allowed to rest in peace. Land which was consecrated for
burial purposes they could not touch. He thought the
cemetery in question should be shut up. As it was, it was a
nuisance to the town, and might be attended with very in-
jurious effects to the health of the inhabitants. The sooner
a new burial-ground was got the better; and as they bad
heard from Mr. Birkett, there was a probability that the
churchwardens had funds for the purpose; if not, they must
come to the vestry.
Mr. HENSFIANV explained, that in proposing the transfer
of the land to the Corporation, he did not intend that it
should he built upon, but planted with trees, as there was a
great talk about public parks and promenades.
Mr. BIRKETT called the attention of the vestry to the
subject of the illuminated clocks, which had until lately been
lighted 'r,ra'uitously ; but the gas company having been
limited by parliament to 10 per cent. interest, had intimated
that they would be compelled, in justice to the shareholders,
to make a charge. There was also a sum of £3OO owing on
account of gps, which he moved, in the first place, should be
paid. It would then be for the parishioners to say whether
they would continue to have the clocks lighted or not.
The debt was ordered to be discharged, and the lighting to
be paid for.
A parishioner moved that an estimate of the expense of
illuminating St. John's clock be laid before the next vestry ;
which was also agreed to.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the business
terminated shortly after one o'clock.
The polling was fixed for the following day.