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injurious consequences—it is as follows; f change and innovation appears to rest e - COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—THURSDAY.- that if we were to withdraw all protection THE AND CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL, V. BOLTON ets generally to all foreign productions, ourP' m AND OTHERS. es would be willingly taken in payment , 4 ,, tien bl t• bProLLETT opposed the case by stating, that this was an he full amount of such importations. 1 * Pool, to ought by the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of Liver snetchawrecoyer certain tolls from the defendants, who were e means to propose as a condition, that this. ° a th e . ts of that town. The defendants had pleaded, that Or. Such a proposition is in itself incaP 3 ' „}.l.lvere not liabl i, and would be in the teeth of all his theorie °1 not SCA:LETT said, he bad the honour to appear as Ai "unsel re. s eught to s t /r the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool., who it will be a voluntary act on the part of \Nilo show cover certain tolls which had been received, as he st deny the correctness of such an assertioe 0 , sela o ,,, from the most ancient period, and which had but eis against it, and that is our only safe g s e l eer , been disputed, but when disputed had received the if the foreigner can buy what he wants on l? r espec u ta s t anction of the law. The defendants, who were most than he can elsewhere, we shall be sure of Id Prop er t l e American merchants, had, however, thought were o set the plaintiffs once more to prove their title. If it nner; but if he can purchase what he re?, t he inter li e fit ted to any advocate to mix up a personal feeling in s in other markets, he will take our monel:, w h ich 1 ests of his clients, he must express the great interest in payment for such as we receive from hiln , He v ca :e felt in the prosperity of the Corporation of Liverpool. qi his Indebted to the county of Lancaster for the possession re, and every day's experience, in even the (4 r l sione r st professional hopes ; there he was cradled in profes )f life, tends to confirm it.--I beg to refe c , th e fi rs 'i l loWledge, and he was indebted to that Corporation for imes, that must live in his recollection as ~, thew ° , oriel which he ever held in that county. He should, n deficiency in our crops ;sandas neces3arily fell he s h ot ; - _, reflect with peculiar pleasure, if, upon this occasion, rtations of foreign corn assert that these were paid for by an /a ro , Eralci a : ; °tts were exerted in assisting his late friend Lord lanufactures ? Ido not hesitate to say, ce ‘ disti e `. 4 1, asserting their rights. He felt, also, greatly for the re a proof to the contrary. After exhaust of I.4 lla ned improvement which had taken place in the port cable balance, arising from our general trn 1 Illere e , 1 1 )0 01, and its advancement in every species of com towards the payment for these importation'' , It is ' U ntil, with rapid strides, it rivalled the metropolis itself. as been paid for in the, precious metals, I I teer iee rt more than a century since the Corporation com et those who may . doubt, refer to the state c , to th e Making those improvements which had progressed during these . periods as furnished by the aorkt present day. In comparison with every other part of the id to the invariable fall in the rates of Esq . : ass ; ,ll'e port of Liverpool was distinguished by the cheap :rmany, and the North of Europe, from or,. althe4eis,patch, and facilities afforded to commerce, and rf foreign grain have been chiefly drawe d , , i Nana: iii London, and almost every other port, the duties on ley wilt find enough to satisfy them that 5 had b e tee had last year decreased, yet in Liverpool, the result is not then delude ourselves by entertaining e \ Zl•the other way. It was known, that, in that port, a ries, nor permit them to induce us to makC( in 4 0 st Ind Ship could enter, discharge her cargo, take eriments, by withdrawing protection froto i; of fe dr ll lward-bound one, and leave the port, in the short space iutifacture that may still requite it—for tile"' bee r , days. In no other part of the world had so much money subject, as I may probab y have again °cc° though in affording facilities to commerce, and al when I come to consider Mr. Booth's rectos' h o t „, tile time might arrive when the Corporation of Liver propositions for, a free trade in corn. gill i t '"old decay or be crushed by the hand of violence, examining these propositions ! I must ad gre atk would long be remembered for its publicc spirit and the bservations on the Trade with China, toll , R'etaetits which had been derived from xertions. The t subject •of complaint. It must he obvii ba e i t n nw sought to be recovered, had been received as long tit person, that the restrictions to which, be de " human memory could reach, if parole evidence could erto been subject are very dissimilar in he c „P,erled upon; if he wished other evidence, other evidence icts to those others, on which this gentle, re, I'M show, by the Corporation books, that they had been :rted. Ile has discussed such branches 0 1, tripe(' ever since the reign of Elizabeth, and if he wanted manufacture as it has been deemed exP , Il ea e ,.__ r authority, h e cou ld t race it to the time of Henry VIII., Foreign invasion, or that have now rent'' ,1 04 , 1 ' . a Vt. Henry IV., Edward 111., Edward 1., and King they are competent t o p ro t ec t th emse lves; h eel , He ' believed, that so clear a deduction of title had never China is not a question to which the Fore') g ree made before a jury. In point of magnitude this was the ; one between a privileged b o dy o f ou r fe, of !''test cause ever tried in this court, and the great importance ie public at large. The claims of the East ' I t 4 ,- the public equally claimed the attention of the jury. bout to come under the consideration of F. ex,i'Lee Plaintiffs should be defeated, the public must no longer nfancy of British commerce, extensive o ats' lA_ et the continuance of those improvements in the post of tas the trade with India and China, was be heepool which the increasing demands of the port required. capital of private individuals ;it was the ' Prowrtled coun se l th en p ro posed to class his evidence, first, ler to encourage and induce numerous :,' e „,"iog the title of the Corporation to exact the tolls from yes into companies, and embark in such a . t;"Pst ancient times; and heft to show the nature of that o grant to them the protection of exclusiv e / s e Z was claimed under tle. Those he would prove by ited periods ; and such was the origin °` 'ti e „ eh and parole evidence. First, as to the title. The These motives have long. since ceased t°,4 o ,:l ts were aware, that, in ancient times, a greater portion of the 'standing, these exclusive privileges have re ,p to e of af England were in the possession of the crown, who liberally renewed for additional periods ',,t s t ; s s e_a -dues on imports and exports at pleasure. In pro npany. The time is now at hand whea,tte illef ti me, those ports were conveyed, in some instances, ; and as regards the China Trade, as thetiithe ivid aals, along with the right to collect those dues. In renewed, the trade must then be opened tiptieseearlY periods, it was the practice of the crown to farm out Until that period arrives, it must be ell, of T Ports, particularly by King John, who farmed to the Society co l merchant can engage in it, and it is equeV oth` e Volhards the tolls of many ports, that of Liverpool among rner has the power of doing so, to whicy' Ily t O: That continued until the reign of William the Conqueror. aterprising arrangements, the East India Ith e ,r Doomsday Book it appeared that Roger Poicton held from way for Pun. o tgllrei,i'fag all lands between the rivers Ribble and Mersey, which this letter, I must venture to notice all i ke ol :Lett Liverpool. King Henry 11. granted the town of Liver osition, put forward by Mr. Booth, as al i i',Ator m al edle Fita warren w ho afterwards exchanged with the King ,elusive, but which I confess lam either too ° ttlie e h r • il e, other land s , henry 111. granted a charter to the town, sr too ignorant to concur in. He says alO r tlSlo lel _ l ' among other things, were included all " right and due )be forgotten that a certain amount of c.„,ittiel e (4s " It gave the right of all foreigners to trade there ou sters beneficially employed in manufacturnAto th s ted by the King; and in the same reign, the King farmed tation, in lieu of one unported, than in wot,',le s „, e Hen ration of Liverpool all dues at a rental of £lO a ,tected ' article for home-consumption.' „, e rlaiht,i III. afterwards granted all the lands between the ose, that in other, but plainer words, he "'ela te %and the Mersey to Renald, Earl of Chester, who had ihould at once abandon the manufacture o#,l t e r ,. e gattghters, the youngest of whom married illiam de s are now protected, whatever may 14,1,40,e daughters, Earl of Derby; (that family did not derive their title probable consequences of doing so, al?.diof wuerby, in the county of that name, but from the hundred the Foreigner alone, but with the IMl3TaCi, l A eri "t Herby in the county of Lancaster.) The Earl of is to 'take other manufactures of ours iiii4 l ttas,, a l died, leaving his son Robert a minor; and Henry 111., no such condition can be made, I m4% 1 1 0 4,1 8 the custom of 'those times, appoiuted his eldest son Ed sere is the answer; but were it even preen . : ari tittle guardian of the person and property of the young should still doubt its policy or expedienei o ' c alee v urin g the minority of 'the latter. An account of the Bei tures require protection to nurse and e . . 1 ,0 0 ,, i ,,' Prince Edward, during the minority of Earl Robert, 'ancy; the supplies they, afford it may llc t iiiht du "' be produced in which mention was made of the receipt iure for home consumption, and their gr, a' kik e. , e ,s and customs at Liverpool as "tolls, stallage, and pas rd a reasonable prospect of a change t 'jittlia ten , L When Robert, Earl of Derby, became of age, he mate competition with the productions ° I " lie e rt fit to join Simon de Montfort in a rebellion against under such circumstances are we to adoP, b e th e e.Y. 111., upon which all his property was confiscated, and in principle, and at once extinguish adopt kris"d u lg conveyed his estates to his youugest son, Prince Ed ,n sense say no? But let us go a little fa., fat ,-,' W ho was created Earl of Lancaster. After the death of commerce, whether external or internah_ l ,f, k a e r luce, an inquisitio post mortem was held, as was then cus luctive labour through the convenient In' t va, t Y, to ascertain what lands and manors, with their value, i we sell the fruits of ours to the Foreigne_, otherthe Property of the deceased; and the jury found, among t benefitted, hut in receiving his in ma? ea 8 ' that he had Liverpool, whose tolls, &c. were then va t is conferred on him. So - far the .print' ',III at £lO a-year. Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, left a sou the first instance we can exchange the tie o el 7aa, to whom the property descended, and on whose death with our fellow-subject, an d pre ffi ete his,k i,terY, Earl of Lancaster, succeeded. The county of Lan our own by doing so, is not this a'doll ° : .tateawas then made a county paltatine, and Henry was advantage, whereby both will be better ea - f is e 's Duke of Lancaster. Henry left three daughters, it national duties, and bear their shares '° o tarePtugest of whom (Blanche) had for her dowry several rthens, to which the Foreigner does not of e ~Ares a nd possessions, among which was Liverpool. One ly is also sound doctrine ; but it does na il tha t ed John of Gaunt, who then became possessed of all 1 that beneficial Foreign trade can on Ineke Property, and the Duchy of Lancaster had certain privi id supported by, internal prosperity.; co ,o4 ell uveyed to it, which at present existed, and which, no created by the interchange of the p . Aof o t, the jury were aware of. John of Gaunt was the father industry, that affords a surplus to b e eriela,,, t tlY IV. and, from the accession of Henry IV.' to the hase of' those articles of Foreign proau,coi r f, the title of Duke of Lancaster had vested in the crown. ust be received in payment for nearly the:ollik t tahules Scarlett quoted several documents in order to show, manufactures; and without such, a ° o o,:ia L e Port of Liverpool belonged to the town of Liverpool, • sale and consumption, the export trade.„l.4l4lrt •e adverted to a singular fact, that was omitted by all t then the home-trade the basis of the Foy t aAtl 4 a tia ne, though it is recorded in the Exchequer, that men ome-market therefore the more safe, ce r alkf A ttas used to be sent to Liverpool to be shipped to Ireland f the two ?—if, so, it follows that it is our k,„7 ales. Henry 11. used to send expeditions of men and astit tithe Liverpool and Chester. Edward the Third sent his . . the present; my next is intended to ex i al4 th the different ports,—Liverpool among the rest,—requir inciples on which our present corn 1 . ,a"' p rod mto detain ships in order that they might be furnished grounds on which Mr. Booth rests lu s ,,N l. 4 ( l l :iltped to proceed to Scotland and assist in quelling the . . repeal, and the substitution of a free ! , .1/,, 1 1 in that country. The writ was sent to the. Bailiffs of of life.—l am, yours, &c. 4 15 1 t1 24." 1 , who were supposed to have control over the port. 1833. MERCAT`' P i _ersjet, 4 , Henry the Sixth granted a lease of the port to a ' 4 e 4 R i . „ ' With all the profits and commodities to the same be t tit 7, save - and except the prisage of wines." The reserved 44 the 4 ' £2l a-year. Edward the Fourth also granted a lease 17 to to ,TOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR , ' 46.geth e Iva of I,itherpoole, (Liverpool being then so spelt,) on, in its notices to correspondents, thig ce • - od b el t with " all dues,. customs, and liberties anciently due style the ringing of the bells to annona4tlti a :liging," for twelve years, at £l4 sterling. The property large the result of the town's dues' que' o Oiled in the crown, subject to the same mode of leasing, ' Is the writer aware that every rate-•p „, e time of Charles the First. Many of those leases had ited in this result, as would soon have 0 ,1 t ite a t t auted to the ancient family of Molyneux, Earls of it cost, had the decision been a different 0,4,4 IF•' who were anciently the King's Bailiffs of Liverpool. Pip e assessed at their full amount to the 1 3 ,,i, s 4 tiet,`, , the King, having occasion for money, granted a his year contributed £6OOO : to raise this ' o r!, 4 9 f posessious and, among them, was a lease of Liver oners, as must have been done had the o t ast ee : , tallage, toll's, and customs, to Ditchfield and others, as r cause, would have entailed on everY,lll,Yse t for the Corporation of London, by whom it was con ime forth, an addition to the poor-rate of , L ive t 0 the family of Molyneux. In 1777, the Corporation of east. Knowing these facts, I for one voll.teli °l , who had obtained a long lease from Lord Molyneux, to hear the merry peal strike up on Sat l We ,leasedt the reversion f or , we - believe, £17,000. That was ry possible that many, who now learn tb l i c," ( att es it 'lee of the title of the Corporation. It is not more .y agree with me in opinion, rather than C 4 41 It Y or sixty years since persons could recollect Liver le &c. ,114'. La Mere fishing town. Lord Erskine, when he went 33. A PARISHIONx' r Old ti t geaater to defend the rights of the Corporation, Ire at ' i ih , an he he had seen Liverpool at an early period of his v e tt at the hand astonished at seeing forty years afterwards tie Companies, the Corporation of Lin k He il "and of improvement had done. The tolls, in the time Owners of Vessels and other property. i gs c er t Y VIII. and of Elizabeth hardly exceeded £3O, which The want of an effectual plan in large t ° veep l' k c 'tation paid for them. It was not until the time of ass of a fire in crowded as well as dete c t 'ta .. ra t , ,uhe that the Corporation, having expended its re vessels at sea, has long been a subject °, t ', l elts : 4 improving the town, solicited an act for building ffering, loss of property and valuable live,„, the'„,nd from that period might be dated time improvement it to need an attempt at proof. "A 7 ' ),,, ti ,!0"2 1 , SO that the tolls that then did not amount to £2OO nine," is the rule of all economists, an l!tie sei ',llnt to a very considerable sum indeed. The learned a will justify an attempt in endeavour,' yds, 1,,,,,`" 1 1 recapitulated a variety of leases, showing their pe t the most important point—which I ara° o rati e f; Whom granted, and the payment of rents by the Cor shed, and which will he acknowledged ° 'eery e 0 , 1 Liverpool. He then proceeded to state, that, from fficient cheap, simple, and practicableZ , fra too 4. ty period, it had been the practice of the Corporation regretted such ranges of buildings as tii I ) th e L 'uYslaws, imposing fines on all foreigners trading there. ~ the Exchange, our fine Custom-house, Jed, (A )oo ks of the Corporation, as far back as any books ex places where there is so much valuabl e , '4l 4 ,,Q ll een Elizabeth's reign,) it appeared that the Corpora nd hour in danger of this devouring elegy .ete Pointed an officer to collect the dues, and to account to ingle moment without its adoption. P i t , Rte4 l ;-,tbe amount. The very tolls now claimed were, in the the means of saving property and lives i 14 IFZ l leen Elizabeth, very trifling. The plan is on sale, see advertiseinem y i , 16 - 4".; they were £22 0 0 ,ere is not a shadow of doubt as to its l' 11.5 • 23 2 4 entlemen, Yours, &c. ;I 1 6 1- l3 10 .0 53 16 3 1720 1729 - ( after the first docks were built,), 425 00 . ` •.. • 581 0 0 U LATE BELL-RINGING. . - , ,_ . . . . THE LIVERPOOL STANDAP,I). 205 . .. . . _ __ ...___ _ _ . .. _ . , . _ ~_. . . . . very near barilla, and then he put the same rate upon one as . . ' LIVERPOOL TOWN DUES. In the four succeeding years, £1,163, £1,138, £2,162, £2,999. he spoke of was all in the docks, which were managed by a irious consequences—it is as follows ;a - In 1780 . £ 4,479 dock company. The docks were raised by money borrowed on had been paid upon the other, viz. Is. per ton. Paper was _ Flange and innovation appears to rest ' COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—THURSDAY.- 1790 . 10,440 the tolls, and he was not aware that the Corporation had ad- sometimes imported from Leghorn in bundles ; the rate upon it if we were to withdraw all protectie' - Int is action b 1801 . 19,72.8 - vanced a single sixpence towards them. 1 hey principally that was Id. per bundle. He knew the house of Jones, Mann, AYOR AND CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL, v. BOLTON 1810 . generally to all foreign productions, our 2 , is air. p AND OTHERS. 1820 . 7ould be willingly taken in payment e otLETe opposed the case by stating, that this was an And from that period the amount continued to increase to its R e _ exam ined.—Liverpool had been very much improved• 2 ther the dock dues were only 4s. 6d. on that article. The Cour- tin amount of such importations. 1 " Pool, t o r° l , ll ~. *ere not liable. ght by the Mavor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of Liver- present extent, viz., £49,000, and £50,000. During the same the streets had been greatly widened, which much facilitated mon Council appointed the auditor of witness's accounts. The m erceao, ecove r certain thlls from the defendants, who were period, the Corporation had ex . pended large sums in improve- the business of the port. A vast sum of money was expended ; £4 that was retained was a charge upon madder-roots. Such cans to prepose as a condition, that this' ' Di th ey Ls of that town. The defendants had pleaded, that ments. He would not take Into account what the docks had he could not say how much. roots came in small bales from the Mediterranean. Mr. 80l- Such a proposition is in itself incapa cost; but, Since 1773, the Corporation had expended, in open- M r , Guiball, a clerk in the Customs, was bons in Liverpool, ton had himself, from time to time, adniitted, that he was the err e, id would be in the teeth of all his theorie e, "unser "Rs ScAkeeee said, he had the honour to appear as ing and widening the streets, £632,549, and adding that to the and was clerk to Mr. Clement, customer of the port, son of Mr. exporter and the importer of the goods-in question, but refused sill be a voluntary act on the part of , r , ssuge t t f °r the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool., who expense of building gaols, free-schools, infirmaries, markets, Clement, collector of the town's dues. Sometimes he took the to pay . the tolls, for the purpose of trying the question. Did not- len th t - f h y e correc ness o sue an asser . t oe w e e d e ? recover certain tolls which had been received, as he and other public - buildings, they formed an aggregate of dues at his request. Remembered Mr. Rushton, who was clerk know in which dock any of the goods were sanded. Witness 0 seldo m , ow from the most ancient period, and which had but £1,168,666, in improving the town. All that money was, by. to the receiver, who had been dead many years. Remembered had been in the Common Council of Liverpool since 1811. ; against it, and that is our only safe g se e m been disputed, but when "disputed had received the means of the tolls, now in dispute. The treasurer's accounts a brass plate of the rates, and also a hook of the rates ; the The Corporation had been at great expense in building ie foreigner can buy what he wants orl Y resp ec u ta Tuction of the law. The defendants, who were most would show that the tolls had been received, and not disputed, book was a copy of the brass plate as far as it went, but when churches, of all of which the presentation was in the Corpora- . ahe can elsewhere, we shall be sure of ld Prop er le American merchants, had, however, thought for the last 130 years, except in one remarkable instance. Cer- new goods were imported, then they were added. While he Lion, the sittinge_of which they let, supporting all the eStablish- eei w e to set the plaintiffs once more to Drove their title If it tain Cor orations b their charters were exempted from pay- was in the office, tanners' waste began to be im orted and he ~ r ; but if he can purchase what he rev re T,,,,..._• „ • . . . th P t11"1," y 11 —, - fR" 11, 1 h • d b 1 • I' ' d 1 MentS. , . i th e i,,- . ..nitted to any advocate to mix up a personal feeling In ing --ose -0--s in -everpoo.: .or instance, o. _risto , om on, was present wen it was agree etween tre importer an_ Lie By Sir J. SCARLETT.—Had had complaints ,on the heavy • -' e . other markets, he will take our monele Ivhj e lTeSlS of hi s c li en t s , h e mus t express the great interest Lancaster, and one or two in Ireland. The Corporation of receiver, that the dues should be fixed at 3d. a ton. Witness dues -demanded on the importation of munjeet. Mr. Bo.toa ',% ' ;ayment for such as we receive from hie' , lle ea ,:e felt in th e p ros p er ity o f the Corporation of Liverpool. Liverpool claim the right to exact tolls from the freemen of recollected a man refusing to pay dues on cattle from Ireland; h a d a lw a y s p a id the ,duty up to 1830. Fire-bricks had been - s lode . , bted to the county of Lancaster for the p . ossession those boroughs who were non-resident in the jurisdietion of the due was a penny a head, and it was not named on the brass Ind every day's experience, in even the (4 , °:• his e imported and exported to and from Liverpool, but witness dist r s , on s e e 'st Professional hopes ; there he was cradled in profes- their own corporation. The city of London, in 1791, insisted plate_ ; on the plate is e a penny per hide," but it did not say not know the difference between their value aud common ife, tends to confirm it.---I beg to refcr o th e e t e t eWledge, and he Was indebted to that Corporation for that their non-resident freemen had right of trading there, from whether alive or dead. (Laughter.) A head of cattle was . bricks. •,: e is, that must live in his recollection as % I ther e k„ unef whi c h h e ev e r held in that county. He should, the tolls. An action was tried, and the right of Liverpool was distrained, and the duty was then instantly paid. That was in By a Juror—Canes paid a duty of 2d. a thousand, should - . eficiency in our crops was necessarily fog he sl ee T4 reflect with peculiar pleasure, if, upon this occasion, so completely established by the verdict, that many other Per- 1793 or 1794. Witness had seen the list of articles which Mr. also charge the same upon bamboos. ions of foreign corn ; and then to ask s feebl e ee ` contribut e t o u ph o ld th e i r interests,l t nowing that his sons wfio bad withheld payment of' the tolls immediately paid Bolton refused to pay dues upon, but as long as witness could Joseph Molesdale, examined by Mr. Pottocx.—Was princi- ert that these were paid for by an ill ,d Eral c i tic :Trts wer e exer t e d in assisting his late friend Lord up all their arrears. This was the case on thepart of the plains remember thee had been paid. Frodsham was betweeu Runcorn pal coast officer at Runcorn. Remembered the slate Mr. ufactures ? Ido not hesitate to say, c se en (listi e ,„'Sla asse r ti ng th e i r r i g ht s , H e Telt, also, greatly for the tiffs, and he heped that the jury would not, by their verdict, and Warrington ; the port of Liverpool extended to Warring- Lemeete the receiver of the dock and town's dues for Liver- s proof to the contrary. After exhaustive A& tif le4tshed improvement which had taken place in the port overset an ancient custom, and one that had conferred so great ton-bridge. Salt laden at Frodsham paid the town's dues at pool at Runcorn. Had been frequently with him when lie had Le lialance, arising from our general tra-, Mer e - Pool, an d it s a d vanceme nt in every species of corn- a benefit on commerce as this would be proved to have done. Liverpool ; witness Saw them paid in 1194, when he went there calcarated the town'edues, and received them. A person named anis the payment for these importatioel It is ; u ntil, with rapid strides, it rivalled the metropolis itself. The teamed counsel then called after a vessel which was expected would evade the dues ; h see, Jones was the present receiver. Witness did not k.now whether wen paid for in the, precious metals, a''' Nee ° et mor e th ceis t ur y since the Corporation com- Mr. Kingsworth, who had formerly been deputv-keeper of the however, paid and sailed. Upon saltpetre there was a due of a Mr. Bolton had auy goods landed at Runcorn as it wis not hie s s e e t . an a those who may . doubt, refer to the state , to t h making those improvements which had progressed records in the Tower, but who was now a translator of ancient penny per bag. business to euquire the name of the owner of 'the goods. P e ar iring these . periods as furnished by the a world i„esent d a y, I n com p a rison with every other part of the records, who proceeded to prove the different ancient documents Cross-exammed.—When he went to Frod.sham, he only went Mr. Foster, examined by Sir JAMES SCARLETT.—Since the o the invariable fall in the rates of Excer 'les "'le port of Liverpool was distinguished by the cheap- which the learned counsel had alluded to in his address to the , to watch the vessel to see if she meant to leave the port without death of Mr. Statham, had been appointed Town-clerk. There 10 I', de any, and the North of Eurepe, from w t . a theuekspatch, and facilities afforded to commerce, and jury. payment of the town's dues. He went. be order of Mr. James was a court of passage in Liverpool, of which the ;ledge was °reign grain have been chiefly draive:d "elle' lu London, and almost every other port, the duties on Sir. Okill Produced a varietY of hooks, in which, for a great Clements. Witness was then iu the Customs, at Liverpool. the Mayor ; all sorts of causes were tried there. Wittiess had will find enough to satisfy them that s I ",' bad h e er ee had l as t y ear d ecreas ed, y e t in Liverpool, the result many years back, there were entries of the appointment of tree- The book of rates of town's dues • contained a great many arti- acted as coroner for the borough, and had sat on bodies taken" rot then delude ourselves by entertaining I -are, \ e , ,.. 1 - the o th er wa y. It was k no wn, that, in that port, a surbrs and collectors of town dues, and of the auditing of th -''' , cles not on the brass plate. 011 e item, "COastels, anchorage up o u the Cheshire side of the river, H a d never semmoned s, nor permit them to induce us to malie t l in 4 , eat India Ship could enter, discharge her cargo, take treasurer's accounts. • 15.," was a due on any coasters anchoring. Vessels from a juries from Runcorn ; they were alWays summoned -froth - the nents, by withdrawing protection froia e of f ee ntwasd_b oun d one, and leave the port, in the short space Cross-examined.—He could not tell hew many docks there foreign port, anchoring, paid ls- 3d; but a foreign vessel paid Boro ug h. The wr its in the Courteof •es assa g e were ' execu t e d facture that may still 1 equit e it—for theF be et , "lays. In no other part of the world had so much money were at Liverpool. Nearly all vessels an iving there unloaded Is. 6d. - Those sums had b een co ll ec t e d i n t h e same Iv ey as the alt over the waters of the Mersey, Warriegton and Frodshans ibject, as I may probab y have again °cc'', tho ues "Pended in affording facilities to commerce, and al- in the docks, but some small vessels, such as Welsh schuyes, other town's dues. There is no similar charg . o on vest;els going Bridge and the Red-house. liedelatoss-n persons frequently en I come to consider Mr. Booth's ;was" 1)(> 0 1'3u the ti me m i g ht arr i ve w h e n the Corporation of Liver- unloaded on the shore. The shore is dry at low water, and at outward. Witness remembered only two aduitional erticles int- arreste'd on the river, and had himself a rre s t e d per sens a t the °positions for, a free trade in corn. . zeal Puld decay or be crushed by the hand of violence, high water witness could not say how deep the water was. No ported since he was in the Custom-house, viz., tao'ners' waste extremity of the river who wererunning aWay. . . • areining these propositions, I mus t ad - gs eet ,Would loni be remembered for its public spirit aud the ' foreign produc e w as discharged there. It was no part of wit- and tincal, an article u se d i n g l as i ng • ear th enwars e H e could By Mir. Sergeant WILDE.-411ad ptherscherters. -than those irvations on the T ra de wi th Chi n a,. bee , R'erdetits which had been derived from its exertions. The nesses duty to iuterfere with the business of the doclss. not tell upon what principle 3d. eer ton was fixed upon tincal ; which had been 'du el '' ' .'e • • pio cc ; ~ , . •s. .. übject -of complaint. It must be obvi'' los e e n ° l v sought to be recovered, had been received as long Mr. John Sudlow, belonging to the treasurer's office, Liver- he was ordered to charge it. rhe same epplied to tanners"rhis closed the case for the pleintiff. " - e.,.. e , e 'i:7' le" person, that the restrictions to which, be eas human memory could reach, if parole evidence could pool, said, he had been there seventeen years. The treasurer waste, but he supposed it was upon a principle of value ot• the By Mr. Sergeant WILLA then rose to additesgthe jury on / ,o been subject are very dissimilar ill he c „ e P,elieled upon ;if he wished other evidence, other evidence was always in the habit of keeping books o.f receipts and expel- article. A box ot gold, only a cubic foot in size, worth El,OOO, he behalf of the defendants • previous, however, ties- which the .... Ito those others, on which this gentle, te ee i'n'd show, by the Corporation books, that they had been diture, and they had been regularly audited every year. The should charge with only Id. He should only charge on a box ofdry. learned counsel submitted 'to the learned judge, whether the 'se id. Ile has discussed such branches ca. iii eh v ed ever since the reign of Elizabeth, and if he wanted first receipt-book in his office was dated 1721, when Mr. Tref- goods (including all such goods as even gold) a penny, excepting evidence which had en produced by the plaintiffs was suffi- anufacture as it has been deemed exp , 114er authorfty, he could trace it to the time of Henry V I • 1 - 1 , ford was treasurer. He produced that book, in which were en- boxes of candls, which were charged less being of less value cient to maintain th casese in court,. the deeds which had been eaee weign invasion, or that have now reaell 3 -0 0 V le Henry IV., Edward 111., Edward 1., and King tries of receipts and customs. They were generally eudited and Witness found the rates there, and why they were so fixed put in clearly not ' .• ,g the property into the possession of ss: 'il• • I are competent to p ro t ec t th emse lves; b eet - - lie believed, that so clear a deduction of title had never signed by members of the Common Council. The treasurer he coeld not tell. The witness was questionecfas to the reasons the Corporation of Liv %tat * . ,ma is not a question to which the Fore') e see made before a jury. In point of magnitude this was the was usually a member of the Common Council. The entries of charges apparently disproportionate being made upon vari- The Lotto CHIEF JUgTICS Said, that he would take a note of 1 0 one between a p r ivil ege d b o dy o f ou r fe se i t ee o st cause ever tried in this court, and the great importence in that book were not signed by Mr. Trafford. ous articles, lout all he could say was, that as he found the dues, the learned.serjeant's objectiolCellut in his charge to the jury s e s public at large. The claims of the East,' If th ' the public equally claimed the attention of the jury. - . A so he charged them; he couldnot tell any specific principx he should tell them, that if there. wae• a right to tolls, that rigtie' DE objected to the book bein receive Mr. nergeant Wm . g . . at to come under the consideration of r. ex e plaintiffs shoutd be defeated, the public must no longer `-`, upon which the charges were founded. The only instance of was in the Corporation. -,' . ... tr elect t incy of British commerce, extensive na 14 he continuance of those improvements in the port of as the entries proposed to be read were not siened by the tree- , . , • ia. li . lf - e 1 etusal was in the case of the cattle. He distraiued one head Mr. Serjeant WILDE then proceeded to address the jury. s e' surer rinse . -,. . , s the trade with India and China, was be he pool which the increasing demands of the port required. . for the pence upon forty or fifty. The cote t and jury had been occupied & day and a helf with tho ke , • ,s - : Sir JAMES SCARLETT said, the book was found in the tree- eital of private individuals ;it was the ' „ e arrled counsel then proposed to class his evidence, first, Re-examined.—l 1 h h li . lf • I • ir • n genera ,t e merc ant came. arise wit i case of the plaintifis, without a single allusion havingheen made 1 4 provn i surer's office and contained entries of business done in that • •to encourage and induce numerous e'. e s g the title of the Corporation to exact the tolls from a slip of paper, containing a list of the articles, with the rates to any point that was -material to the defendant. die believed . d t t' He submitted that it was evidence that ou ht to epar men . g • S into compamee, and embark in such 0 ceost ancient times; and then to show the nature of that attached to each. The question of rates upon articles of new that the defendant had a perfect good answer to-eher case. The be received. ;rant to them the protection of exclusiv e ,' sse' t e !!! was claimed under the title. Those he would prove by • importation was generally arranged with the merchants, and Corporation of Liverpool received £5O 000 a-yet.e . through the - • el periods ; and such was the origin a' e ire 'la and parole evidence. First, as to the title. The His or sip said the account appeared to be the account . • L d li• • 1 ted 1 • 11 tth t th • • ' • ' • assimi a ,as pear yas possi e, o era es upon some o er medium of those tolls, and they did not spend Is. to,eflord con- bet Ten Mr, Traffre:d and the C ation and it was in evi- orpor iese motives have long. since ceased tedeeetswere aware, that, in ancient times, a greater portion of the articles. venience for the very parties-upon whom the tolls 5i,64 levied. d w that Mr Tr fford as tr He' thouo•ht, therefore ence . a . w easurer. , . ending, these exclusive privileges have rel'• it s °f England were in the possession of the crown, who , By Mr. KELLY, (for defendant.)—lron, in bars, pays 6d. a It was nue that they had irnproved the town, but ou '.. hird of that it must b . e received iberally renewed for additional periods Os g,tsed -dues o ' t and exports at pleasure. In pro- • ton outwards, and copper, in rods, pays but 3d. a ton outwards. it was their own. It was truetletth hdb•l h h b t a ey a tre c urc es, u • t," 88 _c . n impel' s Various items were then read under date of 1721, of receipts T ,any. The time is now at hand whe o ,ts • '. ll time those ports were conveyed, in some instances , • . he Iron was worth £.6 a ton, and copper about £9O a ton. it was equally true that they appointed their own sons to th 'udivi ' ' cl h 0 h ' of town s duties trom the officer who collecte t em. t er -- ard as regards the China Trade, as th si , duals, along with the right to collect those dues. In • , Su-JAMES SCARLETT then put in several acts of Parliament. be ministers of those churches. It was true that they had wi- newed, the trade must then be opened t'etl e ,early periods, it was the practice of the crown to farm out d h • th t f those d o subse- items were re n a le s . owing e paymen o ues n , = That of the Bth of Anne was for making a wet dock, or basin, dened the streets, but who ever heard of that being necessaiy :Intil that period arrives, it must be 0 1 )S i os ie , Ports, particularly by King John, who farmed to the Society quzia r t years t . 829 _ d at Liverpool, and empewering the Corporation to impose a duty for the improvement of a port ? Now, with respect to the grants erchant can engage in it, and it i s equ e 1 :14:w-bards the tolls of many pens, that of Liverpool among co l o -exammed.—Had no entry in the book under the wor • - • " 11 s ' but 11 f the r 1 t' t this b• t were called on shipping, and appointing trustees of the dock to make by- upon which the whole case rested, he (the learned counsel) .-de- - el' has the power of doing so, to whie" ily t L s e e That continued until the reign of William the Conqueror. to s, s _ nes se o_____ a m e a ing_ e e ~ . su t j s e Ld out ates," laws. It reserved to the Corporation all the rights, franchises, nied it to be in the power of the King to grant t.olls unless such " town' e d ." Wh d t were call d Inge e 2rprising arrangements, the East India Illi e r z e, 'doomsday Book it appeared that Roger Poictop held from g and liberties which they had before enjoyed. The Bth Geo. 111. grant would confer a benefit on his subjects. The present toll were tolls on carts an waggons, ay for him. ,4 1 14,1„ - ing all lands between the rivers Ribble and Mersey, which d o h e been in 1721 £479, (1768), which was an act for eonstructing the Leeds and Liver- was clearly nothing else but a toll thorough, which could en- . :his letter, I must venture to notice as'ke e pert Liverpool. King Henry 11. granted the town of Liver- The annual amount appeare . t . av_ ___ s p . ool Chnal, expressly recognized and reserved to the Corpora- dure only as loug a benefit existed. The private acts of Par- and it gradually increased, until, in 1829, ft amoeut ' ed to itiou, put forward by Mr. Booth, as al,Aro s e 'clone Fitzwarren, who afterwards exchanged with the King tion " all their rights, franchises, liberties, town's tolls, and liament which had been put in were no more evidence of the £47 000. usive, but which I confess I ameither too ° ,,,11ie e - 7 1 r . n e other land s . Henry 111. granted a charter to the town, , , town's customs " which they had before enjoyed. The 39th plaintiffs' title than if they had been blank loaner. In the rei ri. lch Mr. audlow then produced the book of Mr. Lawrence Spen. too ignorant to concur in. He says 0 0 elle n , amOng other things, were included ell " right and due Geo. 111. (1719'), which was - for makine two ailditional docks - • " • g e -, of Anne, the harbour of Liverpool not being sufficient to ac- cer, the town's dues collector. - " • se forgotten that a certain amount of e ' /k e rma." It gave the right of all foreigners to trade there un- gave eower• to the Liverpool Water-bailiff to remove all vessels commodate the trade, the Corpoiation did not enlarge the har- lig est Mr Brooks stated that he was clerk to Mr. Spencer who , re bentficially employed in manufacturedds th ed by the King; and in the same reign, the King farmed ' in an improper or dangerous situation to a safe place within boor themselves, but applied to Parliament, with whom they t . 11' rof o 's d and to Mr. HaLmer ,tion, in lieu of one imported, than ill weales e e C”orporation of Liverpool all dues at a rental of £lO a- u wg. e s a l t on . e me t c e o ffie e e cto not t h w r n t• aes 'li h d bh i the harbour. • made a bargain, that a certain portion of the public um- :rated ' article for home-consumption." „,,,ailee rlenry 111. afterwards granted all the lands between the ' VaB m l •at a . e , ime. e a seen ot o John Moss had lived in Liverpool forty-seven years, and had ney should' be expended in the erection of a dock, they ,e, that in other, but plainer words, he 'epths ee ° s and the Mersey to Renald, Earl of Chester who had d The Hector was those gent emen receive the . town_e ues._ co e , been acquainted with the Custom-house since 1786. He was generally a principal officer He the Custom-house, d the tow giving security for the amount on their tolls. 'Were the ould at once abandon the manufacture eed'e sse uae,,,ehters, the youngest of whom married William de an l ared out cia formerly clerk to Mr. John Brown, commission-merchant. Mr. Corporation of Liverpeol, therefore, who would not give are now protected, whatever may he ci ONO, Earl of Derby; (that family did not derive their title dues were paid _a a t the seme time when e par t s n o e ns s _e e Bisort wee' Conneeted 'with 'the Insh teede, West India Heide, the public that accommodation they wanted, but which weir obable consequences of doing so, aa. e itt w uerhy, in the county of that name, but from the hundred entered e a vessel t the Cu . stom-heese.__Wi s - had ' been clerk and other trades. Witness's duty was to attend to the entries given at the public expense, now -to reap the benefits of the le Foreigner alone, but with the unpract, l . o b ee Sst Derby in the county of Lancaster.) The Earl of in the Custom-house in Liverpool tor fifty : severs years. A brass of goods at the Custom-house. Mr. Brown was a freeman, but outlay of public money ? The thing was in itself monstrous. rto 'take other manufactures of ours =hie; t eas e „'Y died, lea.ving his sou Robert a minor; and Henry 111., plate, (now produced,) on which was an insc t luazlatin t h g ° he did very little business on his own account. He paid no , Ilis learned friend had said, that if the present tolls were put a .o such condition can be made, I m4% 1 1 0 44' 8 the custom of °those times, appoiuted his eldest son Ed- t i r meipt of trn's dues, was hung pp in h 1776. Them-oarttl7li. dues for his own business, b u t h e , did f or a ll o th er g o od s , Wit- ' stop to, the improvement of Liverpool would be at au end. If re is the answer ; but were it even practl P e :41 1 11 - guardian of the person and property of the young • e - seen tt e r e plate th e ere e e n ver sme t e t the Cheshire P coast, ness had known of no alteration of the rates except upon coals, it was proper that Liverpool should be improved at the expense mould still doubt its policy or expediencieeelet s o ,urin g the minority of 'the latter. .An account of the Bar- Liver e peo i ieset a nds from th _R r d oses i , o which was charged originally 3d. a chaldron, but now it was 2d. of the public, he shouid sky, let it be done by act of Par- Hes require protection to nurse and e St owe ' Prince Edward, during the minority of Earl Robert, te h th .1d bble, nd op the Me sey as g h has Warrington-brid e. h the ' royementgof a ton, That alteration was rather in favour of the merchant. liament, but don't improve it by taxing the public in the man- scy; the supplies thee afford it may h e eler e e "' be produced in which mention was made of the receipt 'I e wetne , s ) s wa i s v then reqn d 1 9 the t cl o id s 17 • •n na rhe followin Cross-examined.—Wituess had imported gold and silver. He ner they had been taxed at Liverpool. He (the teamed coun- re for home consumption, and their g r :e isk ee e ,' and customs at Liverpool as " tolls, stallage, and pas- the trade f e L erpool, se ne . _ y gon g n ..n .11 __ w e e believed both gold and silver were imp . orted free of the dues. set) thought that £50,000 a-year was rather too good pas, for 1 a reasonable prospect of a change e l 'erths t , When Robert, Earl of Derby, became of age, he items of the Customs' receipts m that port, commi 3s e 7 i o f ; il7 A barrel ofear is 2d. inwards,.but florir is worth more than tar. ght • ate competition with the productions °, ife er ,ht to join Simon de Montfort in a rebellion against In 1733 doing nothing. He never saw a toll so cunningly exacted as Re-examined —Gold and silver either in bars or coin are 1750 .1, ruler such circumstances are we to ado Pee th e e.Y. 'II., upon which all his property was confiscated, and 1755 - than instantly a man with a large brass plate of office appeared • principle, and at once extinguish ; e •‘ , ll -IN' g conveyed his estates to his youngest son, Prince Ed- . 1760 sense say no ? But let us go a little fil e th at . who was created Earl of Lancaster. After the death of Mr. Guibell was recalled, and stated that the town's dues tra t' th nsac ion at people were off their guard, or if not, they 11. Pri 1765 ommerce, whether external or interne e s , lea uce, an inquisitio post mortem was held, as was then cus- -1770 ictive labour through the convenient 1 0 7 ve e r Y, to ascertain what lands and manors, with their value, 1775 96,159 • Mr. lohn Potter, bookkeeper, sixty-three years old, was ac- quainted with the Customhouse business since his apprentice- (He should be very sorry to recbmmend any gentleman to assert • .ve sell the fruits of ours to the Foreigrre s e etterthe Property of the deceased; and the jury found, among 1780 benefitted, but in receiving his in re? ~ s 8, that Ise had Liverpool, whose tolls, &c. were then va- -1785.. . is conferred on him. So far the .prino ,_l'l,„„ e st £lO a-year. Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, left a sou then. He had for many years transacted the Customhouse bu b y 1795 w -suit, if they refused to paey them. .he first instauee we can exchange the !le e - ' 4ll , to whom the property descended, and on whose death f siness. He had always paid the town's dues on all goods not It was said that Mr. Bolton had paid the dues up to 18... V ; that That decrease though ten years had passed, was the result o eith our fellow-subject, an d pro h aote his t % s ee r ,,Y, Earl of Lancaster, succeeded. The county of Lan- • ' - hb ki f h the property of freemen. He never knew of any changes in was true, and so he probably would up to this hour, had he not the ado tion of the bonded system on t e rea - ng out o t e war. air own hy doing so, is not this a'doll'' '' 2 esr ee was then made a county paltatine, and Henry was P ln 1800 - • re L . 1,320 the dues hut upon tallow, which was reduced from 3d. to Id e heard that a neighbour was carrying on Isis trade without pay- dvantage, whereby both will be bettei el' - f th e ,e' bake of Lancaster. Henry left three daughters, 1805 1,468,063 horse hides from Id. to id., and a slight alteration in coals. ing a single toil, and all because the Corporation had chosen - national duties, and bear their shares' s ; eseungest of whom (Blanche) had for her dowry several 1810 . to make him a freeman. The learned counsel then contended, hens, to which the Foreigner does not ca t e e sate s a lld possessions, among which was Liverpohl. One 1815 r is also sound doctrine ; but it does ne,„ths t 'ed John of Gaunt, who then became possessed of all 1820 that beneficial Fereign trade can 001/lakeProperty, and the Duchy of Lancaster had certain privi- . 10 1e95. In 1797 was apprenticed to Mr. 'Worthington, and had That redu • ction was occasioned by the transfer of the recei t of deavoured to get from some of the witnesses some information 1 supported by, internal prosperitye ro eJ is 4 este co nveyed to it, which at present existed, and which, no duties bl toba • offee and eer from the us- paya e o . n cco, c , ppp , ever since been connected with mercantile business. In trans- about the Corporation but it appeared they had left their memo- ireated by the interchange o f t h e p ... est l e , the jury were aware of. John of Gaunt was the father to acting business at the Customhouse, he always paid the town's ries behind them; andto ask them about their docks or Corpora- s to the Excise ndustry, that affords a surp . lus to ' 1) sei t• ke c° rY IV. and, from the accession of Henry IV.' to the m - • In 1824 £1,660,971 dues except upon freemen's goods. He had exported slates tiou was to them like an attack of the cholera. (Laughter.) One :hese of those articles of Foreign produ e celhe f, the tide of Duke of Lancaster had vested in the crown. from Runcorn, which was in the port of Liverpoel, and he paid 1826 st be received in payment for nearly theed li st allies Scarlett quoted several documents in order to show, town's dues MI them. Mr. Worthington had the llerculaneum 0 k te e 1827 manufactures; and without such a e oeis L Port of Liverpool belonged to the town Of Liverpool, 1828 sale and consumption, the export trade e eet `.`e adverted to a singular fact, that was omitted by all pottery paid the town's dUes. mous charge as £8 upon an article, the whole business, re- -1829 then the home-trade the basis of the For"..An i rp -e a t ' a ns, though it is recorded in the Exchequer, that men 1830 . " 3,333,473 Cross-examined. —Runcorn wes in Cheshire. If by any s at i ns , e , to which had been done by the Dock Company for me-market therefore the more safe, ee 401 4 44 - 1 2." 15 used to be sent to Liverpool to be shipped to Ireland 1831 - - oversight the town's dues were not paid, the receiver told him 4s. 6,1.? The learned counsel said, he would next advert to the two ?es-if, so, it follows that it is out ~ ,,,3 7 ales. Henry 11. used to send expeditions of men and 1832 0 0 " tit te ro m Liverpool and Chester. Edward the Third sent his Mr William Ha es.—Was a merchant at Frodsham for 30 that the toll was well founded and then h d 1 , . e contende , that 1 • • he present; my next is intended to eea el iN - th th -e different ports,—Liverpool among the rest,—requir- Cross-examined.--Witness remembered on one occasion tbe • . y • I - 'cl d b • with . th • years. Frodsham uas a ways corm ere as eing . In e he could shou • that the consideration for the toll had been with- having collection of the town's dues refused to pass the scipks on which our present corn lew ealel era to detain ships in order that they might be furnished pr. port of Liverpool. Witness, and his father before him, had drawn, the toll was uo longer payable. -The act of Anne ro- e le i s for the customs unless the town's dues were paid. grounds on which Mr. Booth rests le ' 're - s goi -b NniPped d t Scotland and assist, in quelling the t always paid the town's dues. Frodsham was higher pp than s , eh ° to procce o . They were then in dispute. Mr. Hamner had done so once. cited, that whereas great danger and loss of life and property repeal, and the substitution of a free e I Is ere 4 ln that country. The writ was sent to the Bailiffs of , Runcorn, and on the river Weaver, which fell into the MerseY• had accrued to ships and crews going-to Liverpool es trom the l'he e w r man articles on which town dues were demanded r e e y of life.—l am, yours, &c. nfl , tl te o oli who were supposed to have control over the port. The town's dues payable up the Mersey were paid at Liverpool want of convenience, and the- want of buoys•and landmarks; [833. MERCA r re• A e ets o 4l, ,, Henry the Sixth granted a lease of the port to a d h b l• • h t that were not enumerate on t e rass . p ate . on t ose no fi revious to 1818, but in that year a receiver was appointed at and it provided that, in consideration of a certain toll upon the '°lle-,," " with all the fit d (IT tth - pro s an . commo . 1 ies o e same oe- , specified on that plate, the receiver exercised his own judgment uncorn. . tonnage of' shipping, the Corporation might erect a wet IB LATE BELL-RINGING. , 'e - - g 8 h • f " The reserved lit ~ , ave-and except t epi isage is wines. the resent ease the defend- as to what should be charged: In p , ant (M . r Bolton) gave directions in the month of May 1831 Mr. William Dixon was formerly in the house of Watts-and dock.. The very recital of that act showed, that there was u f th ''s £2l a-year. Edward the Fourth also granted a lease " e • e" Walker', in _Liverpool; was ,apprentice there in 1789. Watts not sufficient accommodation for shipping, and, therefore, to eto that Ins goods should be allowed to pass without paying the ' he most considerable West India merchants • TOR OP THE LIVERPOOL S7'.4XDARO;# gete all of I,itherpoole, (Liverpool being then so spelt,) town's dues. Witness consulted with the comptroller and al- and Walker'were t . , there. was then no consideration 'for the dues now claimed. sae er svi e , n, in its notices to correspondents, thi eee d e el th all dues,. customs, and liberties anciently due lowed them to pass. . in the kingdom at t . . hat time. While he was m that house he T . . • he dock made in accordance with that statute was now filled tyle the ringing of the bells to annorla t eceti tte ° ll ging," for twelve years, at £l4 sterling. The property John Gladstone, Esq., a merchant at Liverpool, proved that d dha house dis knew of the town's dues being pal ,an t t nevee h- up, aud.the land used for building purposes. There was an large the result of the town's dues' tplea. o Oil t i l e d in the crown, subjeet to the same mode of leasing, for many years past the town dues in question had - been paid puted them. Witness of late years has been treasurer of t e end, therefore, to the consideration for the toll. There were Is the writer aware that every rate-PO te re e es, e s time of Charles the First. Many of those leases had parish of Liverpeol. The Corporation are rated to the poor in several other dock acts, and it appeared, that all the foreign by merchants. ted in this result, as would soon have 17 , 0 1 e fte i rauted to the ancient family of Molyneux, Earls of Cross-examined—The town's dues cost some houses a very the same proportion as the r es t o f th e par i s h, Th e Corporation, shipping trade was done in the dock:s at Liverpool, for the shore .r cost, had the decision teen a different e e n 16 28 wh0 were anciently the King's Bailiffs of Liverpool. considerable sum yearly. On salt it amounts to about seven or to his knowledge, had been rated for . a dozen yeer"s pase in re- is so shelving that it was impossible to land goods in any other are assessed at their full amount to the Fe e 4 liet v ' the King, having occasion for money, granted a ei ht per cent on the value. The members of the corporation spect of town's dues. The sum paid by the Corporation for part. By one of the acts, ehe Corporation were to appoint Hs year contributed £6OOO : to.raise this era!, eof posessious and, among them, was a lease of Liver- tli g ought witness had rendered services to the town, and they rates on town's dues, about five weeks ago, was £587. They trustees, who were to make bye-lawe and manage the dockee iners, as must have been done had the e pst ee : stallage, toll's, and customs, to Ditchfield and others, as therefore presented him with the freedom. The freedom of were rated lastyear upon £47,000. The witness geve a , detall There was, then, the whole business transacted by the .Dock r cause, would have entailed on everY4e s dee t for the Corporation of London, by whom it was con- the town could not be purchased. Several members of the of the rates back to 1821, when they were £5500. rile Corpo- Trustees, and the Corporation had nothing to do with the ship- me forth, an addition to the poor-rate 0 ' s e Ive s ,: t,he family of Molyneux. In 1777, the Corporation of Corporation - were merchants, and being freemen paid none of ration occupied graving -docks, and some houses for their offices, pi ng , • The whole management had passed away from the east. Knowing these facts, I for one enlentels' °', who hid obtained a long lease from Lord Molyneux, thos - e dues. and the Town-hall, but the latter was not assessed. They also Mayor, Bailiffs, and burgesses, as a Corporation, and was vested ta the s sed occupied the weighing-machines. in the Trustees of the Docks. The consideration, therefore, o hear the merry peal strike up on Sa e l n , e e , the reversion for, we loelieve, £17,000. That was It was then agreed (at a quarter to seven) that the court ry possible that many, who now learn th' -" 0 ,,, , a4 h pre of the title of the Corporation. It is not more should adjourn till to-morrow. •ver of Mr. T. Corrie was apPointed town's customer, or recei for these tolls, as regarded the Corporation, was withdrawn, y agree with me in opinion, rather they tail e 'Y or sixty years since persous could recollect Liver- FRIDAY, SECOND DAY. town's dues, in February, 1821. They had been collected by and, there being no consideration, on their part, they had- no 8, gcc. e e s '. L ee 'nere fishing town. Lord Erskine, when he went him ever since that time. There had been no objection to right to seek-to enforce the dues. The learned counsel, having 33. The Court resumed the hearin of the cause at half- a t A PARISHIONP Old t t aste t dfd th ohts f the Corporation, g P s them in his time. He collected according to a table he found ~ e a , r, 0 een e n e o 'ire o'clock. proceeded at very great length, concluded by -calling on- the i i " k ; 4 d i " he had seen Liverpool at an early period of his 11l in a book in the office on his appointment. Since then some jury to discountenance the present claims, and to set the duce , Garstang Bradstock, 83 years of age.—Was in besiness ' -.I 'at th t 1 - was astonished at seeing forty years afterwards new articles of importation had been brought to Liverpool. In tion at rest by finding a verdict for the defendant. ' - ce Companies, the Corporation of Liven - °I twe e hand of improvement had done. The tolls, in time time in Liverpool formerly, and remembered when Mr, Calcott wes order to charge them, he took the package-rate, if they were in The CHIEF JUSTICE observed, thatthe question wae, wheth e er collector of customs: that was le 1763. _Mr._ Atkinson ...eras his Owners of Vessels and other property. ,he c -I• Y VIII. and of Elizabeth hardly exceeded £3O, which packages, and, if in bulk, he assimilated them to other articles; the Corporation had a right to levy the tolls. In point of law, The want of an effectual plan in large t'''' eeeeurPoration paid for them. It was not until the tone of clerk, and witness_wrote foe Ationsoi t s. t _M t n t Lawrence Spencier according to the quality aud uses of them ; he always consulted it was his opinion that dhis toll might have had a legal orig . in, ass of a fire in crowded as well as des; %te e , 4 `, une that the Corporation, having eepended its re- was receiver t o r f the e tow ,e n rfe s e res ree a elle h e a ted Tre e , d s h a ta n ble w o a f clause: the merchant upon that principle, and, though merchants. had and also that it might be exigible, although the Corporatton vessels at sea, has long been a subject e, ( s lelcs. j a improving the town, solicited an act for building ( % I v ept e ty-tlecn . H 1 his office. Ws y ts afterwards clerk to wine-mer- acquiesced in the eharge, th a e t re en h s ad a :oe t en e i . ( e ) al e t:retion in his should not be bound to support and maintain the port. As to e. rte ' and fr Tering, loss of property and valuable live,,, 5 e pole om tha - t period might be dated . the improvement lai h g m time, except some commut i , h qu tof the mer these points, if he was wrong, he could be afteruards cOrrected. it to need an attempt at proof. "A 5 * to e I , so that the tolls that then did not amount to £2OO h• t 'n Liverpool, and while he was there, always transacted 7 can s i chents, upon tallow, ceev a . nd ox hides horse hides and salt The only - question for the jury was, whether it had been proved, b ' ' As well as he recollected he raid the custem-house usiness. , I '.• a b ' ' to Ireland. Witness was authorise v the Common nine," is the rule of all economists, O l e I'lle set ?,lint to a very considerable sum indeed. The learned going in point of fact, that the right to the tolls was in the e • oi pore, d and half outwards His Council to accept lower rates at the request . of ihe merchants. tion. • .., o will justify an attempt in endeavo b ,y , Ur i °di e "len recapitulated a variety of leases, allowing their Pe. Is. on every pipe of 7ine importe , , . lovers were also importers of sugar, and the dues upon it had been received ever since, the merchants i the most important point—which I are ~ reti e , *nom granted, and the payment of rents by the Cor- °nil' , The lower rates The jury found for the plaintiffs shed, and which will be acknowledged ° very s of Liverpool. He then proceeded to state, that, from h•d 3d t . d 2d. a barrel. The ex- were 6d. a hogs ea , . a ierce, an t be •om osition. He • - • • ' , admitting ou each entry those rates o a c p Th is decision does not, however, terminate the cause. See- d feeble f i , fr a 'arty period, fficient cheap, simple, an prac 1 , i , le e it had been the practice of the Corporation k ir ort dues were generally half of those c . g har ed on the im orts succeeded Mr. ,I ) • • knew of uo rates having been raised. Witness _ s .16 p ean t Wild e having taken an exception to the validitv-eif the uch ranges of buildings as ti, Y te e t h Yslaws, imposing fines on all foreigners trading there. as afterwards in the employ of a Virginian merchant, wno was Crosbie, who died. Witness produced a list of good on .• ich e . - _ tftle of the Corpoiadon to the dues that question vvid haves to re t greette x cl e _s an fi C t house , ' !tea, i - ,e'ooks of the Corporation, as far back as any books ex- a very large importer'. He also paid the dues. He always under- Mr. Bolton has refused to pay the duties. There was no arte- be heard hereieter before the Judges of the King's Benek, , h E h ge, oue ne us om- stood that - the freemen of London, who were residents, were free cle in that list upon which witness had not received dues be- places where there is so much valuable 'iii ''Lleen Elizabeth's rei )'t d that the Corpora- gn, 1 appeare whose decision will, it is expected, be in favour oldie Ccirtp ' . . OM- -0 e a PPernt t o of the town's dues ; but he knew of no change. Never knew f The amount of dues uon those articles inwards "was tion. nd hour in danger of this devouring el!. • h au „,ed an officer to collect the dues, and to account ore. , P • L' . '"e • ` ll e ern L The very tolls now claimed were, in the d• b h k f f• 1 t -th any ispute a out t em, nor new o any re usa o pay em. t on ere 1 1 d ' • dd'ti th ' • £3BO 7s. lid., outwards, £lO4 2s. 4 e d. ; an in a s • , _ ingle moment without its adoption. 0 ,of se. oun . the means of saving property and lives, ,'4 h e reen Elizabeth, very trifling. Mr. Arnold Harrison had been 31 years a merchant. Flad was £1 58. 1 d• at Runcorn. That account commencedalay 22, *WILLIAM. FARMER, who attempted' to comreit suicide after £22 0 0 alw.ays paid the town's dues. Was uot a freeman, nor were 1&30, and Was carried on to August 13, the satire yestr. having shot his fellow-servant, Sarah Parker, has been eree- .. The plan is on sale, see aclvertisezner'W i t ee'le Lae) , were e•I • 23 2 4 • any of his partners. Was formerly in the Portugal trade, but Cross-examined.--Mr. Bolton was an Englishman, trading to neously stated to have died at the house of his master, Mr. T. lam is not a shadow of doubt as to its 1 1 )" l ee , 13 - 10 0 now in the Brazil. From the convenience afforded at the port Ameri c a, Fifty or sixty merchants had refused 'Paying until. Harmer, Northtleet. The Maidstone Gazette states, that he eis entlemen, Yours, &c. a 1 67) - %Nl' 1 s 53 16 3 of -Liverpool, he did net think the dues charged at all burden- this question was decided. Among them were senile of the most now lodged in Maidstone gaol, to take his trial at the - next' as- JOHN CLO - 720 , , • 17ee -salter the first ducks were builL).... 425 00 : some. • . . , respectable merchants in Liverpool. When natron was first • sizes on a charge of murder, and is fast recovering from the ottery, Torteth Park, 18th Feb. 1833. • .., - . -. 581 0 0 Cross-examined by Air. Sergeant W ILD/L -11e convenience enported, witness inquieed reepecting it, and found it came 'wound he inflicted on himself. . ,:. . ... ilit., -• . . . • . . - . . • . . , . . . . .