The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-06-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE JURY LOTTERY.—A man is walking at ni ht in a crowded thonsughfare with a pistol in his p cket ; a woman pushes him accidentally, whereupon some words ensue ; the man forthwith produces the pistol, and threatens to shoot the woman; she, on her side, threatens to give him in charge, and he runs away. Immediately afterwards, within a few yards of the scene of the preceding quarrel, the same man, with the same pistol, shows one of the passengers in the street, who dies of the wound. He is put upon his trial for manslaugh•er, and his defence is, that the pistol went off by accident. He explains the •possession of the weapon by saying that he was going to a i shooting gallery, and he accounts for having it in his hand by a desire to uncock it, to prevent mischief. The e istory,reu ma isttad naccfr acquit him. this case Now, we do not malice; had there been a suspicion of this, the charge, of course, should have been one of murder. But we do jpurreyte believe tehvaet his se pretend that there was the most convincing proof of gross  negligence, and of the mostpruinsopnaerdlism,a,whine iscadrffyerceinnZ:ic others.ttotil:trhoheenge6dietwlitfh people. playing with a loaded to ts need to go further than this, and the case may be rested nth safetyArml noc foanf ests confesses on the confession. The question then is, whether or not the shooting a roan under sta3h circumstances is a trivial There is no matter. The law was perfec'lv well explained by Baron i Rolfe n his summing up :—" If a I erson having a deadly weapon in his possession makes u-e of it in a negligent and careless manner, and death ensues in cr.m.equence. the offence is manslaughter." Is it possible that any unpre_ Jodiced person can deny that this definition embraces the circumstances of Blewitt's case? Is it. or is it not, negligent and careless to be uncoAing a loaded pistol in such a plan as Drury-lane, at night, in the midst of a crowd ? We do not speak of the vagary of presenting it to the woman who pushed against him in the first instance. That makes the case plainer; but as the prisoner did not shoot her, the jury perhaps thought she had nothing to do with the matter. To us. however, it appears quite enough that he Was playing with a loaded weapon at all in such a place, at such a time; for this he ought to have been punished, and the jury ought to have found him guilty. With the degree of punishment they had nothing to do ; no doubt the judge would have duly proportioned it to the offence. In acquitting him they hate set a very a dangerous pi-cedent, and one for which society will not be much inclined to thank them.—Times.  Protectionists  Const.rvative  Whigs. Vacant Tellers Speaker  THE POPE IN PURGATORY! ( From the Cork C.nstitution.) " He was wounded for our tran,gressions, be 1°11: bruised for our iciquities ; the chastisement of our Pee,:c, was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed":""; says the prophet. "The blood of Jesus Ch, ist.his SonA cleanseth us from all sin" says the Apostle. " Wasll us from our sins in his own blood," says the same ApoSti, "The very God of peace sanctity you wholly," prays apt other Apostle. "Sanctify them through thy trtamj prays the Lord of Apostles but Lord and Apostle aed themn aPbrooup ht nehot tsF. aovNttNal 4: lee: re ttsGhogeuoirsinPoieem:l;e:l"waCarTgsi 91u: tehruie;PhylGi°irr' alls out ue nit which of hPri cte:heriagt held, and nPseto:sv:keAt: tot y she is unable to decide : but if in, she is coming,A3 his aid with all " the pomp and circumstance" with v"-ca she is wont to astour d and impress !he eyes of ignorall and credulity. In the London Morning Post of Tae we read the following : preht "Tog