The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-02 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c

The improved business in our Cotton market still continues.
During the past week, ending Friday, the sales amounted to
33470 bales, including 3700 American, on speculation, and 820
American and Pernambuco on speculation. Prices are fully
supported, and the demand of purchasers is freely met by
holders.

On Saturday, about 4,000 bales were sold in a quiet market,
to the trade. Yesterday more bustle was displayed arid a
large business was done amounting to nearly 8,000 bales, at
at the full prices of the preceding week.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts are every-
where of an improved character. We have scarcely met
with any one conversant with such matters, for the last fort-
night, by whom improvement, and that of a healthy charac-
ter is not acknowledged.

CORRESPONDENCE,

ADMISSION TO PLACES OF WORSHIP,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sin —I hope you will favour me by inserting the follow-
ing in your valuable journal. I have observed placarded on
the walls the intended opening of an idolatrous mass-house,
at the Old Swan, on Thursday next, when they purpose
demanding a sum of ss. and is. 6d. admittance. I hope
every protestant who is fond of seeing a performance, will
attend, and if such a demand be made, let them appear in an
action against the parties connected, and I have no hesita-
tion in saying they will be obliged to pay the penalty,
namely £5OO. I shall attend myself, and if any opposition
to my admittance bd offered, I will give those parties in
charge of the police.—l am, Sir. &c.
August 1, 1842. M.

LOCAL NEWS.

QUICK PASSAGE.—The splendid steamer Princess Royal
arrived on Saturday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, in 15
hours, from Greenock.

QUICK PASSAGES NO NOVELTY.—The splendid steamers
Fire King, Achilles, Commodore, and Admiral, have all

made passages from Greenock to Liverpool in fifteen to six-
teen hours.

A deputation from the merchants connected with the trade
to the River Plata, accompanied by Lord Sandon and Sir H.
Douglas, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on

Tuesday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The royal
assent was given on Saturday to the bill for making the
Hunt's Bank junction, at Manchester, between the Liver-
pool and Manchester and the Manchester and Leeds rail-
ways.

COLLECTION.—On Sunday morning last, a sermon was
preached at Wallasey Church, by the Hon. and Rev. H.

Montagu Villiers, acid a colleciionj made, for the support of
the schools in connection with the church, amounting to the
handsome sum of X 35 15s. 7d.

We beg to call the attention of those of our readers, who
are interested in the new varieties of wheat, to an invitation

in another part of our paper, to examine the growth of those
selected for trial by the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng-
land for their prize. We understand that, besides those se-
lected as above, several others of the best kinds are to be seen,
such as Sheriff's H opetoun, Fullard's White, &c. ; and, from
what we know of Dr. Sillar, we are sure that all those who
may take advantage of his liberal offer, will meet with every
attention.

WATCH GLASSES.—By an advertisement which appears
elsewhere, it will- be seen that watch-glasses can now be
procured at the manufacturing prices, at Mr. Robinson's,
in Williamson-street. We believe Mr. R. to be a thorough-
going conservative, and that it is entirely in consequence of
his political opinions that the watchmakers, who in this town
are for the most part on the liberal side, have withdrawn
from him their support. The watchmakers must have re-

alised an enormous profit out of this portion of their trade.
as the usual price for a lunette glass is 2s. to 3s. 6d., while
here we see Mr. Robinson selling the same at is. each.

TRUMPERY ACTION.—In the Court of Passage, last week,
an action was brought to recover a pretended bet, and was
one of the numerous trumpery claims attempted to be made
out at this sessions. The parties, it appears, met at a pub-
lic house, the plaintiff being a collector of orders for a brewery
and the defendant a livery stable keeper. The plaintiff was
bragging of the amount he had bet on the Derby, and offered

to take 5 to 2 or 3to 1 against Attila. The defendant to
joke him, told him Attila would not win, and said, " I dare
venture to bet 5 to 1 against him." Upon this joke the
plaintiff sought to obtain £5. It_appeared,the attorney for

the plaintiff had first applied for £lOl Tht; learned Assessor
recommended the withdrawal of a juror, which was agreed
to. The plaintiff will have to pay his costs and for the at-
tendance of about sixteen witnesses for three days.
INDECENT PUBLICATIONS.—CharIes William M`Kelvey
was indicted at the Sessions, which terminated on Friday,
for having sold publications containing obscene writings and
pictures. By the advice of his counsel, Mr. 'enables, he
was induced to withdraw his plea of not vuilty, on the under-
standing that he should be bound over in his own recogni-
zances not to offend in future. Mr. Henderson, who ap-
peared for the prosecution, said, that the offence had, on a
former occasion, been visited in that court with two years'
imprisonment. The prisoner was bound over in his own
recognizance of £2OO that he should be of good behaviour
for twelve months, or, in default, be brought up for judg-
ment. He was discharged.
RlOT.—James Ryan, aged 16, and William Ryan, 28
were charged at the Sessions last week with having partici-
pated in the riots of the 12th of July last. The indictment
set forth that the prisoners had tumultuously assembled to
disturb the public peace, in Adlington-street, and then and
there created a riot, and also violently assaulted and beaten
James Seed with weapons. Mr. Holland was for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Fitzgerald for the defence. The particulars
of this case were published in our paper after the committal
of the prisoners by Mr. Rushton. Witnesses were called
for the defence, who did not materially alter the aspect of
the case. A written character was put in on behalf of Ryan,
from Mr. Lawrence Heyworth. The Jury found the pri-
soners guilty, and they were sentenced to two months' im-
prisonment and hard labour.
SELLING WATER FOR WHISKEY.—LaSt week at the
Sessions, Margaret M'Cullum, aged 34, was charged with
having, by false pretences, obtained a sovereign and four
shillings, the money of Raphael Bowring. The prisoner
had sold a jar, stating that it contained two gallons of whis-
key, but which turned out to be pure water. It was brought
to the house, in a sack by a man. The prosecutor had since
died, and his sister, who resides in Islington, appeared and
stated the case. The prisoner made a statement to the effect,
that the liquor must have been changed, when it was left in
a tobacconist's shop, and the bottle sealed up when filled
with water. She had !previously dealt with the lady, having
sold her some catsup. The Jury found the prisoner guilty,
and it was stated that she had practised the same fraud in
other quarters. Sentence—to be imprisoned for two calen-
dar months.

PROPOSED HAYMARKET IN GREAT GEORGE-PLACE.—
The following is a copy of a memorial, signed by nearly the
whole of the shopkeepers resident in the neighbourhood, in
favour of the conversion of Great George-place into a market
for the sale of hay :—" To the worshipful the Mayor and
Town Council of Liverpool. " We, the undersigned, con-
stituting a majority of the inhabitants of Great George-place
and its vicinity, having understood that you contemplate re-
moving the Haymarket to our locality, respectfully beg to
express our conviction, that such a step would be most
proper and highly conducive to public interest and con-
venience. We have often heard farmers as well as buyers
of hay complain of the great distance they ibe compelled to
travel from the south end of the town. We are aware that
some objections may be raised against the removal of the
Haymarket to Great George-place, as the limited space and
the want of a car stand, as a substitute for the present one ;
but we are prepared to suggest plans which would fully meet
these apparent obstacles, and we humbly, but earnestly,
crave to be heard hereupon."

EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday, at the Sessions, Michael
M`Loughlin was indicted for defrauding his employers,
Messrs. Samuel and James Holme, of the value of one and
a-half days' labour. Mr. Paget stated the case to the jury.
The prosecutors, Messrs. S. and J. Holme, are very exten-
sive builders in this town, and have many hundreds of work-
men in their employ. The prisoner, who is a labourer, was
employed by them in June last, and on the 18th of that
month came to the office and charged six days for his week's
work. It appears that Messrs. Holme pay most of thei
workmen's wages on a Friday evening ; but in consequence
of the great number of their men, the time of the labourers
is booked up to Friday in each week, and they receive their
wages on the Saturday evening. The prisoner came to the
office on the Saturday evening for his wages, having pre-
viously charged six full days; and the cashkeeper, not sus-
pecting the fraud, paid him the full 175., whereas he had
only worked four and a-half days, and should, therefore,
have received only the sum of 12s. 9d. The learned counsel
commented upon the dishonesty of the prisoner, and stated
the utter impossibility of carrying on any business with re-
gularity if such fraudulent practices were permitted. The
case was clearly proved, and the only defence the prisoner
offered was that he was drunk. He was found guilty, and
the recorder, after conferring with Mr. Holme, (who was
pointed out to him as being in court,) addressed the prisoner,
and warned him against such dishonesty for the future. Mr.
Holme had prosecuted him, not so much to punish him as
for the sake of example. Nothing
.could be worse than de-
frauding a kind master; but, agreeing in the recommenda-
tion he had just received, and hoping that the conviction of
the prisoner would operate as a warning, he should only sen-
tence him to a further imprisonment of fourteen days and
hard labour.

NEW PAPER HANGINGS.—A paragraph has lately gone
the round of the Liverpool papers respecting some oak papers
fitted up in the Dock Committee-room, which may have the
effect of inducing the public to fancy that the production of
them is recent. It may be remarked, that such papers, in
all their perfection, have been put up, not only in our public
rooms, but also in offices and hotels, for which no doubt,
they are better adapted. Something is also said, in a most
innocent manner, as regards the improvements in paper
staining, by the introduction of steam machines, as if this
also was most novel and wonderful. Those at all acquainted
with the subject are well aware that such machines have been
in use for nearly half a century in the production of a very
inferior description of papers, which, of late, have principally
stocked our auction rooms. To show that, in making these
remarks, we do not wish to discountenance any improvement
in paper hangings or interior decorations, we would particu-
larly call the public attention to a really new style of paper
decorations, introduced into this country from Switzerland,
by our oldest established house in town, that of Mr. Henry
u"d:::::::cfcessor to the late Mrs. Mary. Dodd, and just fitted
racter of the
is white
Sharp' auryp,bl," in the beautiful Italian villa erected by William
sq., at Clifton Park, Holthill, Cheshire, from the
by stiles of Walter Scott, Esq., architect. The general cha-
work
picture fs
design may be styled Florentine; the ground-
a satin ; the walls are divided into compartments
niches with d
curacy, carved"Nevn gold colour, representing, with great ac-
rawinood of intricate design ; the panels arg
a complete of deer, lions, swans, &c., each formine
and flowers partailgorgeous borders of gilded ornaments
style : the Ulternate g somewhat of the Louis Quatorze
work, varied with drawings
comprise a species of filigree
gilding is most tastefullvuTnsd of
flowers and gems, in which
being of the most exquisite sparingly introduced, the whole
rich border runs esign and execution. An ex-
ceedinglyround the top of the room, and a

do of corm/landing design round the bottom part, From
t e judicious employment of French grays and other cool
colours, the effect is not in the least gaudy, but at once rich
and chaste. The introduction of this paper may be regarded
as a new era in decoration, and will do much to relieve us
fruit and insipidity whicll pervade even our
THE EDUCATION QUESTION.—At the meeting" of the
Council to-morrow, Mr. Hodgson will move the loll.) vino*
resolution :—" The Town Council having been privileged,
in concert with the declared sentiments of a large majority
of the influential community of Liverpool, to re-establish
education for all denominations, without restriction, in the
corporation schools, upon the sure basis of the revealed will
of God, as contained in the Bible, to the exclusion of the
Irish extracts and the Douav version, that version always
containing exclusive notes, deem that it would not only be
inconsistent but a dereliction of principle, whilst rejecting
these books on religious grounds from one school, should
they sanction their presentation to any other : Resolved,
therefore, whilst disclaiming all pretension to dictate, or to
interfere with the religious scruples of others, that Mr.
James Mnlleneux's application on behalf of the St. Patrick's
Benevolent Society Schools, for a gift of these discarded
books, cannot be complied with." Mr. Hodgson will, no
doubt, receive the support of the majority of the Council
in this resolution. No doubt considerable hubbub will be
raised by Messrs. Yates, Earle, and Co., in order to induce
some waverers not to give their support to the motion, but
the member for Everton ward will, no doubt, stand firm.—
He is a man of mettle, and the radicals know it.
CAUTION.—As three respectable youths, about the age of
14, were proceeding up Richmond Row, on Thursday after-
noon last, they were accosted by a person apparently respect-
able, and urged by every species of artifice to proceed with
him to his lodgings, a little higher up. They naturally felt
a little delicacy in complying with his request, and after sorne
little time they refused to yield to his solicitations, and pro-
ceeded homeward. What the object of this individual could
be, of course we have no means of ascertaining, and we
merely mention the subject in order that any other of our
young friends, if ever placed in similar circumstances, may
not b decoyed by the artful representations anti promises of
any persons however respectable in appearance.
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—There is now lying in the
King's Dock, a fine barque called the Priscilla, Captain
Purdy, hound to Alexandria, which vessel has been here
about two months, and strange to relate a brace of sparrows
thought proper to build a nest under the coat of the mizen
mast-head, brought forth their young, which have taken
flight, and now either the same birds or a brace of the same
species, have taken up their abode on the other side of the
same mast, and have a nest with six eggs in. Whether the
young will come forth before the vessel sails remains a mat-
ter of doubt, as she is on the eve of starting.
THE DRUIDS' PROCESSION.—In defiance of the expressed
wishes of the authorities, and regardless of the example set
them by the Orange and other societies, the " Order of Mo-
dern Druids," as they call themselves, celebrated their anni-
versary yesterday by a public procession. It was a ragged
and wretched affair, however, shorn of much of its usual
humbug; and, by the orderly inhabitants of the town, was
not noticed with any greater favour or curiosity than would
be excited by any everyday tomfoolery of any similar quan-
tity of wrongheaded and weakminded mountebanks. We
saw no long beards—no Adam and Eve—no shepherds'
crooks—no men in goatskin or buckram—no flowing robes—
no nothing, as Mrs. Malaprop would say. All was " flat
and stale" ; and we venture to predict that the " Order of
Modern Druids," at least, will not in a hurry attempt ano-
ther exhibition of themselves. This kind of mountebankism
is wonderfully at a discount within the last few weeks, during
which the public have been led to reflect seriously upon its
absurdity.
LANCASTER ASSIZES—HOYLE v. CowPE.—ln this case,
the former part of which appeared in our last, the jury re-
turned, on Friday, a verdict for the defendant.

EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT FOR MANSLAUGHTERS
—Yesterday, Cornelius Meany, a master mariner, was
brought before Mr. Statham, the deputy coroner for th,
borough, on a charge of manslaughter. The alleged offencer
by which the mate of a vessel commanded by the prisones
lost his life, was committed four years ago, and the latter ha-
since been in America, he having declined to surrender him.
self for trial at the time, in apparent apprehension of the
result. It was recently ascertained that he was in Glasgow,
and Mr. Bulflour, to beadle, was last week sent to that city.
and brought him here in custody. He complained much,
we learn, of being apprehended on such a charge, after so
long a lapse of time ; but the law admits of no such purga-
tion of offence, and he will accordingly be tried at the present
assizes.

THE FUNDS—SATURDAY EVENING.—A loan for the city
of Hamburgh has, it is said, been contracted between the
house of Rotschild and Co., of Frankfort, the See-handlung
Company, and Heine, of Hamburgh, the amount of which
is stated to be 20,000,000 marks banco. The stock is a 3 per
cent. one, the contract price 94, with a deduction of 1 per
cent. for commission. Considerable purchases of stock to-
day, in amount estimated to be at least £150,000, £120,000
of which were on account of private individuals, caused
prices to advance about one quarter per cent. The market,
at the close of business, presented much firmness, at the
following quotations :—Consols for money, 911 ; ditto,
account, 911 to -a; Bank Stock, 769 to 170; India Stock,
249 to 250 ; Ekchequer-bills, 2d. issue, 495, to 51s. pre-
mium ; ditto, 21d. issue, 51s. to 535. premium ; 3 per Cents.
Reduced, 911; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to 1; Long
Annuities, 121 to 9-16 ; New 31 per Centst, 1031 ; and
India Bonds, 31s. to 335. premium. The quotations of fo-
reign stocks were merely influenced by the operations which
occurred in the English market. Spanish Actives were
quoted at the close of the day 201 to 21 ; ditto, New, 201 to
; Portuguese g net- Cents., 33 to 1 ; ditto, New, 191 to ;
Dutch 21 pe• • .;s., 511 to 1 ; ditto, 5 per Cents., 1011 to
; Danish, 8112 to 821; Colombian, 201 to 211; Brazilian,
63 to 65 ; and Belgian, 1011 to 1021.
RIVAL PREACHERS.—A ludicrous, and yet a lamentable,
scene was witnessed in this town on Saturday evening last,
and as we are informed is weekly enacted for the gratifica-
tion of the idle and the profane in the neighbourhood of
London-road. Upon one of the steps of the monument,
surrounded by a group of his straight-haired disciples, was
stationed one of the " Apostles " of that chosen people who
style themselves " TATTER DAY SAINTS." Cheek by jowl
with this ignorant fanatic was A RANTER, surrounded also
by his admiring disciples. Whilst the " Memonite " was
proclaiming his power of working miracles, and tracing his
inspiration from the days of the apostles, the Ranter was
denouucing, in good scriptural phrase, men led away with
" strong delusions "—false prophets who were to spring up
in the latter days. At one moment the Saints would drown
the Ranter with a hymn; at another the Ranter would out-
bawl the Saints. Nor whilst this rivalry of the leaders was
going on were the disciples unemployed. Wordy scrimmages
took place wherever the skirts of the rival audiences joined
each other. Texts were banded about like snow-balls in a
schoolboy's Christmas war. Whites of eyes were lifted up,
and fists SHAKEN, by meek-looking men, who might rather
have been suspected of having swallowed their blankets than
of being bellicose ; and all this apparently to the infinite de-
light of a motly group of idle lads, and particularly of the
cabmen from the adjoining coach stand. Really we cannot
but suggest to the Magistrates of the town the propriety of
putting down these disorderly and unseemly nuisances.—
Such worshipping and such preachers, exercising their voca-
line and their lungs in our public thoroughfares, are only
calculated to briny religion itself into contempt.

SUlClDE.—Suicide is unknown in Western Australia. The
natives are believed to have no idea of such a thing as a per-
son putting an end to his own life could ever occur. When.
ever Governor Grey interrogated them on this point, they
invariably laughed at him, and treated his question as a joke !
Idiots are rare among the people, and mad persons are un-
known.

HOAXING THE CORPORATION.—At the last meeting of
the Dublin corporation a letter was read, purporting to have
been written by Sir Richard Baker, one of the aldermen of
the old body, declining in the most disinterested manner to
receive a sum of £3OO, to which ne was entitled, by way of
compensation for the loss of his office, according to the pro-
visions of the municipal reform act. The jobbers were in
perfect ecstacies at this unexpected Godsend, and Sir
Richard's letter was ordered to be inserted on the minutes in
all due form. The ex-Alderman was not, however, forget-
ful of the adage, " a fool and his money are soon parted ;"
for in the Evening Packet of Thursday night there appears a
letter, signed by Sir Richard Baker, announcing that the
communication read at the meeting of the Town-council was
a forgery, and that he has no idea whatsoever of forfeiting
hisjust claims to the £3OO. compensation money.
KINGSTON TWENTY YEARS AGO.—Not more than a
dozen stone buildings in the place; but one steamer making
a weekly trip to Little York; two small steamers between
Prescott and Belleville ; about a dozen schooners on the
Iake.—KINGSTON Now.—Beautiful and substantial four-
story buildings lining the streets in every direction ; esta-
blished lines of daily steamers of the first class between
Kingston and all ports on both sides of the Lake Ontoria ;
an innumerable fleet of schooners and decked barges ;
twenty-five small steamers adapted to and in use in the na-
vigation of the canal and rapids of the St. Lawrence.
IMMENSE NEW STEAMER.—The Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have ordered Mr. Oliver Lang, master
shipwright of Woolwich Dock-yard, to submit a plan of a
steam-vessel of 1,650 tons burden, and suitable for engines
of 800 horse power, with a crew of 300 men. Of Mr. Lang's
ability for the task which has devolved upon him there can
be no doubt ; and if the splendid vessel contemplated is
built at Woolwich Dock-yard, as there is every reason to
believe she will be, under his own immediate superintendence,
the superior workmanship of the Trafalgar completed by
him, and the manner in which she entered her destined ele-
ment, without yielding in the least degree to the great con-
cussion of such an immense body, afford ample guarantee
that the large steam-vessel about to be constructed will be
made a model of perfection. To convey some idea of the
magnitude of a vessel of 1,650 tons burden, propelled by
engines of 800 horse power, it may be observed, that the
largest first-class steam frigates at present in the British
navy, the Geyser, Devastation, and several others, do not
exceed about 1,000 tons, and 400 horse power ; and that the
Penelope, 42 gun frigate, at present being converted into a
steam-vessel by being lengthened 60 feet, will only be fitted
with engines of 650 horse power. The steam-vessel ordered
to be designed by Mr. Lang is in addition to another steam-
vessel of equal dimensions, with engines of 800 horse power,
named the Dragon, originally ordered to be built at Wool-
wich, but since countermanded, for the purpose of beiug
built at Sheerness or Chatham.

AFFAIRS OF HONOUR IN " OULD" IRELAND.—OId
Sir Capel Molyneux (not the last Sir Capel, but his prede-
cessor) was one of those " butchers of a silk button," who
would not allow friendship to cool in the very heat of a ren-
contrc. When about 80, he took an offence at somethinc,
said by the late General Mahon, then a youngster and major
in the 9th dragoons, quartered at Armagh; and he invited the
major to come out to Castle Dillon, to be shot, and then to
breakfast with whatever appetite he might. They fired a
brace of pistols, the young soldier taking heed to shoot wide
of the grey head, while the palsied hand of the old man was
sufficient security against anything but that which, they say,
may kill the d-1, namely, a chance shot. Six rounds were
exchanged in this manner, the old cock stepping out at each ,
interval during the reloading of the pistols, to interrogate
" Mahon," as he familiarly accosted him, about his father's
agricultural pursuits, and to enlighten him upon the relative
virtues of red and white Norfolks. At last, the young major
got tired of the amusement, and sent a ball whizzing by the
baronet's ear, which brought him to. " Thank you, Mahon,"
said he, "that was well meant, buteome along now; we've had
enough of it. My hand's not in this morning. Let's finish it
some other time." So saying,
.he took the major by the
arm, and they walked together into the breakfast-parlour,
where Lady Molyneux, a pious woman, was waiting with
the family prayer-book open, and wondering " what in the
world had kept them so long ?" It is sometimes well to he
of a lowly origin, and, therefore, unworthy to be laid in
the bed of honour. Old Bagenal of Carlow, the proudest
man in the King's dominions, had a neighbour named Weld,
who was rich, and admitted into society as a gentleman,. but
hh s
pkeptigs, flourhavin
g mills.
trespassed
aristocrat'ssayed
his
demesne, fe for
were sent home with their tails shaved off to the stump ;
and, of course, a challenge was the consequence. Bagenal
was in a fit of the gout, but he had himself carried into a
church-yard and propped up against a tomb-stone, in which
position he received the miller's fire. The shot struck a
death's head and cross bones under his elbow, scattering a
hundred splinters about his ears. It was
now Bagenal's
turn ; but he disdained even to let his pistol off in the air.
" You shall never boast," said he. haughtily, " that a gen-
tleman's ball traversed your carcass ;" and then letting
down the pistol to half-cock, returned it to his second, and
hobbled into his carriage.— Tait's Magazine.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES

The Summer Assizes for the Southern Division of this
county commenced on Saturday, before the Right Hon. Lord
Chief Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Manic. Mr. Justice
i Maule arrived in this town from Lancaster shortly before
two o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the Crown Court,
where the commission was opened in due form, immediately
after which the court adjourned till eleven o'clock yesterday.
On Sunday Mr. Justice Maule attended divine service in St.
George's Church, where an appropriate sermon was preached
by the High Sheriff's Chaplain. Lord Denman did not ar-
rive in Liverpool till yesterday forenoon.
The calendar contains two cases of murder; 12 of man-
slaughter ; six of abduction and conspiracy ; seven of forgery ;
one of sacrilege ; 11 of burglary ; four of assault and
robbery ; one stealing in a dwelling-house; three of poly-
gamy ; two of rape ; one unnatural crime ; one of horse
stealing ; one of incitement to commit felony; two of cut-
ting and wounding; ono feloniously receiving; one assault
with intent; 17 offences against the mint ; one concealing
birth ; one committed to give evidence. There are 81 pri-
soners for trial, of whom nine can read and writein a
superior manner; five can read and write well; 27 can read
and write imperfectly ; 12 can read imperfectly ; and 28
neither.

The business of the Crown Court commenced at twelve
o'clock. Many of the grand jurors had been in attendance
from eleven, considering that both courts would open at the
same time ; but it appeared that this was a mistake.
The court having been opened with the usual formalities,
the following gentlemen were sworn the grand jury :
Sir THOMAS BERNARD BIRCH, Bart., of the Hazles.
Sir Thomas Brancker, Knight, of Liverpool.
Edmund Buckley, Esq., M.P., of Manchester.
Hugh Hornhy Birley, Esq., of Broom House.
James Thomas Bourne, Esq., of Heath Pile.
James Bourne, Esq., of Newsham Hall.
Hardman Earle, Esq., of Brook Farm.
Edmund Grundy, Esq., of Bury.
Adam Hodgson, Esq., of Evetton.
Charles liorsfall, Esq., of Liverpool.
Joseph Hornbv, Esq., of Everton.
Alexander F. Halliburton, Esq., of Whitley.
Arnold Harrison, Esq., of Aigburth.
Shakspeare Phillips, Esq., of Barlow Hall.
Clement Royds, Esq., of Faling, Rochdale.
Nicholas Robinson, Esq., of Sudley.
George Loch, Esq., of Pex Hill,
Charles Orrell, Esq., of Black Brook.
Samuel Taylor, Esq. of Eccleston Hall.
William G. Unswortit, Esq., of Mayfield.
Richard Walker, Esq., xi). of Bury.
George W. Wood, Esq., 1V1.Y., of Singleton Lodge.

Joseph N. Walker, Esq., of Calderstone

Her Majesty's pfoclamation against vice, profaneness, and
immorality, having been read, the Lord Chief Justice pro-
ceeded to deliver the following charge :
Gentlemen,—ln addressing a full grand jury of this county,
allow me to apologise in the first place, or rather to ex-
press my regret, that through some accidental mistake I un-
derstand you have been kept waiting for me. Some of your
number can bear me witness that I was in Liverpool quite
early enough to meet you at the time I appointed, for I al-
ways make a point of keeping engagements, whenever I have
made them. I feel the importance of your time, and of the
time of all those who attend courts of justice. I know the
sacrifices you make in the discharge of your public duty ;
and, I think that one of the most pressing duties of a judge,
is to take care that no unnecessary consumption of that time
take place in the administration of the law. With this view,
I shall not detain you longer than may be absolutely neces-

sary with the few Observations I shall make before yOu

There ate a great variety of offences, I am sorry to say, in
the calendar ; and some of them are of a very serious de-
scription, both as affecting the motive of the individuals in re-
gard to profit and gain for themselves, and as shewing a vio-
lent, and perhaps rather a ferocious spirit in some of the
parties concerned. When I first addressed a grand jury of
this county, it was a matter of constant regret that a species
of fighting prevailed among the lower orders, in which
every unfair advantage was taken, and from which death very
frequently followed. I must confess I look with some
satisfaction to the state of the calendar with regard to
this offence, because both here and at Lancaster, if I
am not mistaken, that particular species of offence has
wholly disappeared from the class of crime of this
county. I am quite aware that the ministers of the
law have taken every opportunity of denouncing it, and
that may probably have produced some effect in putting an
end to this mischievous and hateful practice, yet it is even-
tually to religious instruction, and the general improvement
in the morals of the country, that the great improvement in
this respect is chiefly to be traced. The result, however,
whatever the cause may be, is certainly in itself satisfactory ;
and it gives us encouragement to hope, with regard to other
offences of something like the same nature, that the same
results may be produced by the same means.

I observe with regret in several cases, that parties who
have been contending with one another have had recourse to
the knife, where one has perhaps been overpowered by the
superior strength of the other ; and I may express now, what
formerly all the other judges were in the habit of expressing,
their determination to mark their strong sense of disap-
probation at this most atrocious practise. Whether the
party takes the knife in his hand intending to use it, or has
in the course of his ordinary business, and thinks proper to
draw it when he is overpowered by his adversary, it is equally
vile, base and cruel : and the law would not do justice to so-
ciety if it did not take care to carry into effect the strongest
punishment in its power upon this species of crime. Ido
hope and trust that the universal feeling which must exist
upon this subject will produce a salutary effect upon the con-
duct of those who indulge in practices of this description.
There are cases, gentlemen, upon which the same remark
might be made, but on which it is quite sufficient to say, in
.general terms, that a great deal of caution is necessary, in
watching charges of that description, without describing the
particulars of the cases as they appear in the depositions be-
fore me. Indeed, it is impossible for any one who merely
reads the depositions to judge of the facts ; but you, having
all the witnesses before you, will therefore be much better
able to form an opinion whether, in point of fact, the offence
has been completed. If you think the offence has been com-
pleted, whatever the nature of it may be, and you are
satisfied by the evidence that it must benecegQlrilytif
so,it
it will be your duty to find a bill in every case ; but
should appear to you extremely doubtful whether the offence
charged has been committed, 1 do not say it at all to influ-
ence your conduct, but it certainly would be, in such a case,
rather a fortunate result if it should be found that the public
would be spared the pain of hearing details that are so offen-
sive to good feeling, and so injurious to public morals.
However, the great object is to perform the duty committed
to us; and if the case proves itself to your judgment, there
is no choice left.
There is one case which I cannot but advert to, both from
the singularity of the circumstances, and also from their no-
toriety. It is impossible not to see that the parties num-
bered in the calendar from 5 to 11, and again introduced at
another number, 12, and all these parties concerned in the
abduction of a female who is supposed to possess considerable
property, have been made the subject of a great deal of pub-
lic discussion. Here we have nothing to do but with the
question I before adverted to,—aye or no, does the evi-
dence make out the charge? The law is, that if any person
shall abduce or carry away for the purpose either of marrying
or defiling any female possessed of real or personal property,
with intent to possess themselves of that property, those per-
sons shall be guilty of felony. The punishment is severe ;
they may be transported for life. In the case before me
probably there will be no doubt that the property
was possessed ; probably, too, there will be little doubt
that the person was carried away,—whether with her own
consent may be an object of inquiry ,• but there will be little
doubt that those who were concerned in removing her to the
place where she was married, in Scotland, have done so for
the purpose of becoming directly or indirectly possessed of
that property. This will probably be made perfectly clear
from the evidence of several byestanders who observed the
transaction, and who may have seen sufficient to raise a very
strong suspicion of guilt in the case from the conduct of the
parties concerned. There may probably be a question of
much importance and difficulty raised, because as it appears
that the marriage did take place, the question of the validity of
that marriage, which probably may be the great object of the
previous attention, may of necessity precede every inquiry
into the subject, because if the female in question has be-
come the wife of the principal party charged, she cannot then
appear as a witness against him. Probably it will he more
satisfactory she should appear before you ; but I would
rather suggest the greater propriety of hearing what the other
witnesses may say, and not finding the bill upon her evidence,
because it may be a matter of doubt whether the felony has
been committed or not, and it may be doubtful whether
the marriage has been completed in point of law; there-
fore it will be more satisfactory if you look at the
evidence of other parties rather than at that of the indivi-
dual to whom I allude. I do not know in what par-
ticular form this charge will be preferred. It may be
preferred under the recent act of parliament, making
offences of this description a felony, or it may be as a mis-
demeanour and conspiracy, of which perhaps there might be
very small doubt indeed ; but Ido not at all anticipate the
view taken by those with whom the conduct of this prose-
cution rests ; they will know much more fully than I can the
circumstances, and what form it is most expedient the
charge should assume. You will therefore have to deal with
the case as they think proper to present it to you ; and I
have thrown out these particular observations with the view
of observing, that whether the marriage was completed or
not, if that person has become the wife of the party charged,
still the felony may be complete. If that marriage has be-
come, in point of law, binding, then her evidence ought to
be as sparingly as possible received against him whom the
law would consider as her husband.

I shall detain you no longer, only in the ordinary way to
request you to find bills of the lighter character at first, so
that the court may be able to proceed to business; and also
to state publicly, that if you or this court shall be delayed by
the want of attendance of witnesses, particular enquiry will
be made upon the subject, how the delay has been caused,
and if it is not satisfactorily explained, the expences of those
witnesses' attendance will certainly not be allowed.

The grand jury then retired, and the trials commenced
directly aferwards. • BIGAMY.
Adam Foster, 42, was charged with having, on the 20th of
September, 1840, feloniously married Mary Ashcroft, his
former wife, Hannah Benton, being still alive.
The facts of the case were proved, the jury found the
prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to one month's im-
prisonment.
John Armitage, aged 17, was indicted for having, at Old-
ham, feloniously married Mary Chadwick, on the 6th March,
1842, his former wife, Jane Townsend, being still alive.
Witnesses were called, who proved the solemnization of both

marriages.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced
to six months' imprisonment.
Lot Henry Coope, aged 32, pleaded guilty to a charge of
having, at Winwick, feloniously married Ann Knowles, his
former wife being still alive. He was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment.
BURGLARY AND CHARGE OF ASSAULT.
William Wild, aged 28, William Pennington, 31, John
frodgkinson, 35, and Peter Pennington, 27, were charged
with having, at Chadderton, in March last, feloniously and
burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Jacob
Scholes, and stolen therein 20 sovereigns, 3 half-sovereigns,
1 crown piece, 20 half-crowns, and 20 shillings. The pri-
soner Wild pleaded guilty.
Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins
defended the prisoners.
It appeared that Jacob Scholes and his sister resided to-
gether at Chadderton. On the 31st March, after they had
locked the doors and retired to rest, four men with their
faces blacked broke into the house through the window.
After beating Scholes, and tying his hands behind him, and
performing the same operation on the sister, they took the
money from the chimney-piece, and decamped. The prin-
cipal evidence against the prisoners was that of a constable,
who stated that he took 'William Pennington into a tavern
and treated him with brandy and rum, when he confessed
the whole transaction.
Against Peter Pennington there was no case, and he was
acquitted.
The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an
absence of about fifteen minutes, they returned into court,
and found both prisoners guilty of simple burglary. Sen-
tence deferred.