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WI mer's I resembii Mr. 'K made a trial at express COURT 0 (The lath himself a, The ahoy the exclus vade t and Mr. IN ajger, Mr. liven t tents, so decision, against a 1, kept m of the c~fllir. M !onducior to ,er obstruction on of steam, which pervaded the non th moisture, and thereby protected the His Honour adverted to the on and the clear oisinioni TI the plaintiffs favour the Lord Chief Justice, and in which his Honour oncluded It material; ami ie terms of e motion PRES IVATION OF BOOKS, DEEDS, &c., FROM FIRE. QUEEN S BENCH', JUNE 23RD, 1851, BEFORE RD CAMPBELL AND A SPECIAL JURY. MILNER v. HARRISON. selling Tann's safes and Boxes, and advertising sso;.e proprietor of 7'ann's Patent Safes, Chests, 're.) trial was instituted for the purpose of vindicating re right, on the part of the Plaintiff, of applying materials evolving moisture on the application of her with ether absorbent materials, within the f Boxes, Safes, or Depositories, calculated to per harnhers and contents of the safes with moisture when heated by fire, thereby preserving the nape M. Chambers, Q.C., and Sir F. The for the Defen- Mr. Crowder, Q.C., Air -, appeared for the Plaintiff lee, Q.C., and Mr. Hindmarsh, %vas given by Mr. Grantham, of Liverpool, Civil Engineer and Surveyor •f Steamers to the Board of Trade; Mr. Samuel Woods, jun., of London, formerly of Livernnrd Mr. J. W. Pitcher, of Liverpool ; Mr. Alderman Bennett, Ironfounder, of Liverpool; Dr. Sheridan Muspratt, Professor of Chymistry, Liverpool; Mr. John Smith, President of the Guardian Society, Liverpool ; Mr. B. Woodcroft, Professor of Machinery at the University College, London • and by Mr. John Owens, one of the foremen of Milner's Works for the last twenty years, on the utility, originality, &c., of Milner's Safes—of which upwards of 25,000 are now in nse—and also of the infringe ment of Milner's Patent by the Defendant, who was proved to have used the very materials in the Safes and Boxes he had tested and sold, which lie had seen used by the Plaintiff's firm. ...casoct a iriny veienuant, wlio Called several witnesses, hut whose testimony, on cross-exami nation, completely established the Plaintiff's case. Mr. Crowder finally addressed the Jury on the facts, and Lord CANIPBF.LL then summed up. This, Le said, was an action for the infringement of a patent granted on the 2Gth of August, 1840, for certain alleged improvements in boxes for the protection. of papers from fire. The deferdant set up several defences, which lie would not take exactly in their vroper order. Ist. He said that there was no proper specifica tion of this patent. 2dly. That Milner, the patentee, was not the inventor ; also, that it was not a new invention, that it was not a useful invention; and that, at all events, the defendant had not infringed the patent. He had taken the evidence very fully, and if the jury thought it would assist them he would read it over The Jury intimated that they did not think it necessary, Lord CAMPBELL then said, he should shortly direct their attention to the several questions they were to determine, for they were all for their determination. With regard to the in fringement, he would repeat the direction he had before given them. Here was the specification, and although be thought this issue was hardly disputed, they must consider whether an ordinary workman, of ordinary skill, looking at it, could make one of the boxes it described. The witnesses lead said that an ordinary workman, in their judgment, would be able to do so. The next issue was with regard to the novelty of the inven tion. The third and fourth were so much alike that they might be taken as part of the same question. It lay on t and if -11 tiff to show that this was a new invention, save prima facie evidence that it was so, the defen '-ave to show that it was not. Now there was cer evidence on the part of the plaintiff to show that It was for them to say whether it was properly an the protection of papers against fire. The papers in an iron box, having cases enclosed, leaving ween t' e two cases, and the object was to have ce that would give out a moisture upon the appli heat, and the steam thus produced was to be in closed in the box and moisten the papers so that they might be preserved from the effects of fire. There had been several wit nesses of respectability on both sides, although several of those called for the defendant had only recently turned their atten tion to this subject. Several witnesses for the plaintiff said that, although there had been an addition to the old safe which consisted merely of a single iron box, a mode having been in. dant would tainly strc it was new were locked chambers be troduced of hawing an outer box, the great object Was to in troduce some non-conducting substance, so that the operation of heat might be retarded as much as possible; but that there was nothing until Mr. Milner's patent to moisten the papers by the operation of steam. _ _ _ On the part of the defendant, he chiefly relied on Jarr's and Chubb's patents, and it would be for them to say whether those patents were not confined to introducing non-conductors. The object of both was to save papers from destruction, but the mode and operation was the question in dispute. He had been puzzled to know the difference between the two patents of Marr and Chubb, and he afterwards found from one of the witnesses that there was no distinction between them. They both had ' )1 - s in the inner case. but neither seemed to have f.st contemplation of any liquid, as their object --- e substances as dry as possible, but had no which was to be condensed_ into_ steam to had the sli was rather notion of a moisten the p . apers in the inner case. They had heard tCe evidence, and it would be for them to say whether they were satisfied that the invention which Mr. Milner set out in his specification was known before the date of his patent. If they thought it was, they would find that issue for the defendant ' and if they thought it was not, they would find it for the pl a i n tiff. The third and fourth issues were substantially the same, being rhat Mr. Milner was not the inventor, and the invention was not new. If Mr. Milner was the inventor, the invention was new; and if he was not the inventor, it was not new. Then came the issue of whether it was useful, and he must say he tad been astonished to find such strong evidence of its useful- rests. Ur action of fire of steam, th moist. It a• ventien,bv‘ notwitlistind house. Alth4 not useful, 1. was to rais for them al in point of 1 He though fendant did whether defendant h that respect seminaries they would Tann'spatel went, for it Milner's; boxes, he c( specificatioi by Tann we had no idea that there were any ng papers from the . . red that, by means of the condensation apers enclosed in the inner box were rendered a comfort for one to know that there was an in ch valuable documents might be rendered secure, Lg the terrible calamity of fire breaking out in a igh the defendant had thought fit to say it was vas really at a loss to say what evidence there any doubt as to its utility; but the question was ne. Now came the direction he should give them w, and in this they m us t b e gu i ded by what he said. there might be an infringement, although the de use vessels, pipes, or tubes for containing the rest he left to them ; but he only said that it usably necessary that the defendant should use ^ial vessels, but they were ts consider 'as sufficient to convince them that the the patent. They would hear in mind isOrs from King's College, and other ' ' een called for the defendant, and they disproved the infringement. on the ground of infringe nearly four years after that Harrison sold Tann's not to look to Tann's n that roe boxes made same as those Milner d piaintit of Milne 's Pa 'caw's adopted 3ges or Chancey are beiw ag, or Using theft ,s, . __z—!—' pripcit iae cotuaterfeit - - A) 1' )9" .%/ - L , l'‘.2 and Mr. S said Thomas Mil ing, imitating, or RIVAL J'S PATENT 1 Co. 1 TANI J. G. HA ntiff : and J. G. H a bound, i I street, Liverpooli,lan 29,1852 THE PRIZE MEDAI. AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION, HAS BEEN AW DED TO TANN'S PATENT FIRE AND THIEF P OF SAFES, AND ALSO TO TANN'S PATENT RELI CE LOCKS. :e of tirr mzer in each instance thai yet been subjected to. w, 6r a.. Safe of similar dimensions has ev 'o the Government, by recommendation of the Engi neers to the Honourable Board of Ordnance. cc of Ordnance, 25th June, 1851. leers of the Honourable Board ef struct Two of y Safes for Money, & !thin two months from the date of order " To Messrs. Tann, I N. 8.-7 (to enclosed specitl e Tower of London , se Safes 'weighed Two Tons each, J. G. HARRISON and CO., 14,-LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,- Prices and full particulars of the principle, and certificates of tests, to be had, URATIS, on application ; also, verbatim Reports of the Judgment of Sir George Turner, to which J. G. H. and Co. beg respectfully to direct the attention •f the Public. FRAMPION'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. lid. per box. 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THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Contributors to this Society was held in the Waterloo rooms' Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the 18th February : Mr. WILLIAM FRASER, Writer to the Signet, the Senior Directoi:, in the Chair, The CHAIRMAN, after thanking the Meeting for placing him in the chair, adverted in terms of congratulation to the details of the Society's progress. Alluding to the steady increase of their business, he said—l need not say that the Directors have taken no undue means to procure it. They have adhered to those rules of administration which have always received your cordial approval, and have steadily resisted every inducement to purchase favour by conforming to practices which they consider objectionable in principle. At the same time, they have continued to give the greatest attention to the selection of lives ; and their care in this respect is apparent from the rate of mortality experienced, which still continues far below the rate indicated by the tables, which givethe highest estimate of life. In illustration of our care, I may refer to the Irish business, which is generally regarded sti one of a rather hazar dous description. But with us—confining ourselves to a few and selected localities—it has been/fully as good as in the best districts of Scotland or England/ one agency, established ten years since, which has sent in i about x 9,000 of Premiums, has not yet produced a single claA uponthe_Society. _ Theriis one matter Whi it remains for me to bring under your notice, and to whit our sanction is to be asked. It has been always a subject ° anxious consideration with the direc tors to withdraw (rot he Policies all restrictions and condi tions of forfeiture w ich are not essential to safety; and you are aware that a eat deal was done by this Society, a few years since, to r ove such restrictions. The grounds of for feiture in case death by duelling, by the hands of justice, or by suicide, if eyond six months from the date of the policy, were then r oved ; and it was further established that no mere inno nt error, or omission to state what, though impor tant, might not at the time have been within the knowledge of the contracting party, should be a ground of future challenge against the Policy. The exception of a mis-statement of the age was then retained, in order to check carelessness in regard to a matter on which the amount of premium depended, and which, with ordinary care, might be sufficiently determined •, but the Directors were, at the same time, empowered to correct the consequences of any accidental or unintentional error in this respect. A great advance was thus made in giving to the Policies of the Institution a character of unquestionable security; hut more enlarged experience has satisfied the Directors that they may, with perfect safety, and without a departure from any great principle, go further in the same direction ; and they now feel themselves quite prepared cordially to recommend the adoption of resolntions to which, in concert with other Scottish Life Assurance Companies, they signified their assent, anti by which, at a comparatively early period after assurance, every restriction will, to the great body of the Policyholders, be removed, and the value of their Policies, as marketable securities, be placed beyond doubt. You are aware that, by the existing regulations, a Member being beyond the limits of Europe, or entering into Naval or Military service, or dying at sea, except within certain speci fied limits, forfeits his Policy, unless ne has previously ob tained a license from the Directors. It is part of the reso lutions to be submitted for your approval, that the Directors be empowered, in the case of Members whose circumstances or prospects in life preclude the possibility of any of these conditions of the Policy being violated, to grant a certificate to Members applying for it, that, if these are not infringed within five years, they shall then prescribe, and shall not thereafter be a ground of forfeiture. With such a certificate, and the age be sufficiently proved and admitted, which has never been found an insurmountable difficulty, the Policy will become a document of debt absolutely unchallengeable upon any ground whatever save one, viz., that of fraud or inten tional falsehood, in retaining which, as a ground of challenge which cannot be abandoned, the Directors feel confident that they will carry with them the feelings and judgment of the contributors. To those Members whose circumstances will exclude them from the benefit of the proposed resolutions, it must be satis factory to know that the fundamental laws of the Institution (as fixed at your meeting three years ago) secure their Policies challenge on grounds of innocent error; and this is to nt in view as an advantage which your Society still offers ry other Scottish Institution. as it at present stands, with the alterations ❑ placed in your hands. After the reading will also be read; and it will then rest whether they shall be adopted. tsoN laid on the table the Report from the •-• - 'wady and progressive increase l in the Tabular view now 1r: C. li REPORT BY THE DIRECTORS past year is again con- Tding year. have been 677, i e stuinga sum of able yearly, for life s. A considerable y single payment. ,OCO. unt of sub The Accumulated ch have emerg 'ed last year is 'his is still a very ;e of the Inst spread It wi casualties are le Contributors that impor his Institution thrp. ~.v. cue removal of many of the 'eh the Policies of Members wera luent experience has confirmed the of the soundness of the resolutions e now the satisfaction of submitting ions for s un- extending then, still fur r the Directors, in concert with THE LIVERPOOL STANP/D, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1852. SAFES of the sued for the terms )thitted to this Aleetit o be empowered, a I.avil service ides from Mr. GE• t more In Years 18421 1843 1844 1845 I 1846 1847 1848 18491 16501 MACFAALANE, AdVC 240,435 281,082 !, moved and furtl 1 .e 6,551 404,734 I 11,654 410,933 I 12,411 THE SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION Age 25 ...e1 18 0 I Age 35 „ 30 .. 2 1 6 „ 40 2 6 10 I Age 45 2_14 9 50 THE WEEK. and much other similarly irritating slang other Life Insbrance Offices. had under consideration how far, sistently With safety and propriety, additional immunities anted, with the view of increasing the commercial s and the sense of security in the minds of have resolved, with the sanction pre butors Directors (ander certain oplication, to 'y ground of forfei id the Directors fee s from the date d, and the Repor That tt her approv tides of th East Lothian, second& adopted. of Trinity Colle the fhanks of ror their services ted to the Local Boards, to the Audit and the Managem the Meet on these (Incorporated by Act of Parliament) is the only Scottish Office in which the advantages of MUTUAL ASSURANCE can be ob tained at MODERATE PREMIUMS. The Assured are, at the same time, specially exempt from personal liability. While, as a Mutual Society, it secures the WHOLE PROFITS to the Members, its Premiums are about as low as those of the Non-Pat ticipating scale of the Proprietary Companies. • The principle on which the Profits are divided is at once safe, equitable, and favourable to good lives, the Surplus being re served for those Members who alone can have made Surplus Payments; in other words, for those whose Premiums, with accumulated Interest, amount to the sums in their Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUMS TO INSURE .elOO AT DEATH £3 5 C 4 1 1 The same Premium which at age 30, for example. is charged in the other Scottish Mutual Offices for Assurance of .4'1,000, will secure in this Society a Policy of 41,230. Copies of the Annual Reports (the last is now ready), Forms of Proposal, and every information, may be had on application. AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL,—JOHN REID, General Commission Merchant, 13, Oldhall-street. MEDICAL OFFICER,—Dr. GEE, 10, Oxford-street. Edinburgh, March, 1852. Yibttpoeft TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1852. THE statistical fever, which has of late afflicted our local Whig Radical politicians, has continued unabated during the past week ; and strings of figures have been exhibited at the various ward. meetings as plenteously as strings of onions or 'Plagi l dska alish§kooies i rje'stort a arie been laid aside for the more pleasant reading of blue books and Board-of-trade statistics; and philoso phical drapers, tailors, and greengrocers are run ning about our streets crammed up to the throat with figures, which, unfortunately, come up at times the wrong end first. Woe to the unhappy individual who chances to be taken by the button by any of the gentlemen in question, after having imbibed a fresh dose of their unsavoury numerals! An infliction from Hamlet's ghost, when he " can a tale unfold ;" from a Chinese opium smoker, when in the height of his delirium; or from some "Sairey Gamp," excited by her pleasant remembrances of " Mrs. Harris and her blessed babby," would be a joke, compared with a compulsory tete-a-tete with Mr. Councillor PICTON, Mr. JEFFERY, or any other of the humble imitators of the arithmetical Mr. CARDWELL. Apropos of the first two gentlemen : the public have a right to complain that the fruits of their researches into their candidate's favourite books of reference, as delivered by them before the unsym pathising. audience in Lime-street Ward on Monday evening last, should have been cruelly bottled up by the Mercury until Friday morning. Wicked people_ have suggested that some " cooking" of figures has been going on ; and certainly we observe some figures introduced into Mr. PICTON'S speech, which are not at all like those which he delivered at the meeting. Beyond this alteration, however, we dis- cern little evidence of extensive culinary efforts. The peculiar good taste, displayed by the speaker in his attack upon Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE, is pre served by the reporters of our contemporary; and the printed evidence will remain of so very small a politician as Mr. PICTON having ventured to fling dirt and ribaldry against a gentleman as far above him in intellect and information, as Mr. PICTON, small as he is, is superior in the same qua lities to the carved portraiture of himself, in stone, with which he has conceitedly adorned (!) the front of that architectural jumble of his, known as Tower buildings. Mr. JEFFERY'S speech seems very elaborately got up, with a rather silkier finish than it had when it was first brought into the world. Everybody who has read it is exclaiming —" Why does a gentleman, possessed of such vast com mercial erudition, and such eloquence and poetic fire, confine himself behind a counter ? Why does a gentleman, so fitted The applause of listening senates to command,' waste his talents upon shopkeeping pursuits, when he might wield the baton of the state ?" Fie, Mr. JEFFERY ! You have much too humble an opinion of yourself. Considerable complaint has been made that at this Lime-street meeting the proceedings were fre quently interrupted ; and it has even been asserted that this was done by parties hired for the purpose. The interruption, in question, however, can be accounted for, much more naturally, by the insult ing tone displayed throughout by the speakers towards their oppontnts. The chairman of the meeting, NI r. PicToN, provoked, at the very outset of his speech, the interruptions which subsequently occurred. He must have seen at a glance that fully half the meeting was composed of Conseivatives. And those parties had a right to be there, from the fact, known to the chairman, that the names of a considerable r number of Conservative gentlemen had been published as members of the committee with out their knowledge. Again, Mr. JEFFERY'S allu sions to the Conservative candidates were calculated to promote interruption. Speaking of Mr. MAC KENZIE, he said, "he is the whipper-in of the party. The whipper-in in the House of Commons is what a commercial traveller would call the upper waiter of the lot.'": Again, "he does the dirty iccrk of the party; he is literally the char-woman of the party.;" the promoters of the meeting wished for a fair and calm hearing, they took a course the very opposite to that which would have procured it for them ; and it is not a very forced conclusion to draw, that they courted a display which they could turn to the disadvantage of their opponents. Throughout the whole prOceedings of the party • thus far, it has been remarked that poor EWART is kept altogether in the 81 CARDWELL is the " Lord Abbot" of the Wh Radical pilgrimage to Rome ; and Mr. EWART only the sumpter mule to carr the b red hat and stockings. He is a sort of "du candidate of his friends have the c his withdrawal from his present useful, though un pretending, position of protector of the abused donkeys of the Egremont and New Brighton shores, and regulator of the bathing-machines of that delightful marine locality. Mr. JAS. AIKEN, however, on Monday night, did venture to put in a word or two in behalf of his friend, and told the meeting in Lime-street that " Mr. Ewart, of all men living, perhaps, would be one of the most. fitting to succeed that excellent and liberal man, Sir Thomas Birch." But a word or two on this point with Mr. AIKEN. The present contest, we are continually assured by the Whig-Radical party, involves no religious question. The matter at issue, they assert, is purely the commercial policy of the country. It is the " big loaf" against the little loaf." Why, then, was it" necessary at all to provide a successor to " that excellent and liberal man, Sir THOMAS BIRCH ?" Because he had offended the Irish Roman Catholics of Liverpool- upon a religious question. And Mr. EWART is a candidate ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS. Mr. EWART iS willing to prostrate the religious institutions of the country at the feet of aggressive Romanism. Sir THOMAS Ilrucx was not. All the protestations of all the RATHBONES, the PICTONS, and the JEFFERYS, cannot overcome this undoubted fact. The Whig- Radicals of Liverpool may affect to be happy in the ill-assorted team to which they are yoked ; but they cannot get rid of the unpleasant consciousness that the Pope has dictated the journey, and the Cardinal sits on the driving-box. • The week has been an eventful one, big with great national results. It has witnessed the fall of a great party leader, and seated a Constitutional Government high above the reach of faction. It opened amidst ebullitions of delight in every Whig- Radical coterie at the- prospect—certain in their opinion—that the Militia Bill would oVerthrow Lord DERBY'S Government, and that Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the family party were about to return to Downing-street and the Treasury. Tuesday morning dissipated the illusive vision, and the poli tical greatness of his lordship was extinguished for ever. " But yesterday he might have stood against the world : Now none so poor as do him reverence." The lumber closet holds him with other similar castaways. The Times has pronounced him politi cally defunct. " The little dogs all— Tray, Czesar, Pompey—bark at him." Beyond some such feat as getting up a tempest in a tea-pot, he will never again achieve anything in public life. Wednesday gave another victory to the government of the Earl of DERBY, and inflicted another blow on the head of Democracy, by the triumphant majority against Mr. LocKE KING'S motion. Alas for Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, and the other small fry of peripatetic speakers I Their "occupation's gone." Friday came on, big with Whig-Radical hopes of the break-down of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. DISRAELI was to stultify himself by the production of something "wooden" in the shape of a budget—something after the fashion of the late unlucky Chancellor, — or to do something desperate, against which faction in parliament, and out of doors, might raise an out cry. But,—disappointing fact !—the author of Coningsby—" the novelist"—the merely "literary man"—has proved himself a statesman, a master of official figures; and his clear and lucid exposition of the financial condition of the country drew down, on Friday night, the applause and compliments of even his most virulent and hungry political oppo nents, who have acknowledged unequivocally that he is "strong enough for the place." Need we - consider that whilst such events were occurring to defeat their confident anticipations, the "Whig-Radical party in Liverpool have shown duriniz 'Amin laialieituie argils cu. irritation arid dismay ? Their canvassing books, it is said, look badly; whilst those of their opponents afford a pleasing surprise to every member of the party. Discreet Whigs are now asking themselves why they should submit to an unpleasant alliance, and to' insulting dictation, with so sorry a chance of success. The more violent, it is said, are already resorting to coercion of their trades men and dependents. What is still more pleasing for Conservatives to observe, is the fact, that from the increased confidence in Lord DERBY'S government, which the past week's events have inspired throughout the country, the constitu tional party are preparing to contest even the strong holds of the enemy. From Manchester we learn that the Conservatives "feel themselves fully war ranted in placing before the constituency the names of Lord MORETON (eldest son of the Earl of DUCK), and GRORCE Locx, Esq., of Worsley Old Hall, as the gentlemen to whom a requisition, embodying the principles above enumerated, will be presented to the electors, for their signature, in the course of the ensuing week." And, if we are rightly informed with respect to the feelings of the constituency there, Mr. JOHN BRIGHT may betake him to the more congenial business of his own factory. The county must be contested; and other important places must be won from the miserable faction which has so long ridden rough-shod over them. What are Preston, Wigan, Warrington, Bolton, and Blackburn doing? What are Ashton, Oldham, _Stockport, and Macclesfield doing ? These places ought to be contested on constitutional principles; and many of them may be so contested with every prospect of a successful result. THE ADMINISTRATION IN LIVERPOOL OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT. THE INSPECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT. Our advertising columns this day contain an address from a Committee of Tradesmen to their Brethren in Liverpool, complaining of the system upon which the Act of Parliament for the regulation of Weights and Measures is administered here. We have also before us a " report of the chief inspector of weights and measures for the borough of Liverpool for the year 1851-2," which has just been printed, by order of the Finance Committee, to be distributed amongst the members of the Council. Upon both these documents we htfte a few observations to make; but must first guard ourselves against the pos. eibility of being misunderstood. We entirely approve of the object which the legislature had in view in passing the Act of Parliament, sth and 6th Wm. 4th, chap. 63. There can be no doubt that one of the great desiderata of a community, anxious to maintain a high character for honesty and just dealing, is a uniform standard, and a proper regulation of weights and measures. Actualfrauds of every kind ought to meet with prompt punishment ; and the facilities for the commission of frauds ought to be lessened by every practicable means. It is possible, how. ever, to strain the operation of such a measure of preven tion until it becomes not only intolerable but, to a certain effect, inefficient. By adhering too strictly to the letter, we violate sometimes the spirit of sueh a measure. We think we shall be enabled to show that this error has been committed by the authorities of Liverpool in their administration of the provisions of the Weights and Measures Act. The tradesmen complain in substance, through their advertisement, that the act in question is administered with a degree of stringency which is unnecessary, and against which no amount of care can fully protect the most honest, who are made, for the most trivial and acci dental inaccuracies in their weights and balances, to figure before the public side by side with the systematically d honest. The great aim of those engaged in carrying the act ought, we submit, to be to draw a markeddivis batween these two classes. The very fact of a man's d to name being found amongst the list of those subjE the penalties of the act, oug But this is no longer the case when t to be a brand of infamy leading merchants we see continual! grity fined at the monthly sessions before the chief ma trate. It affords an encouragement to the knave thus to find that, though he has had to suffer for his knavery, he has suffered in good compan Jai ned . - - of is attributed by the tradesmen to the circumstance that the Corporation have constituted themselves, through their offierrg_ g. n. .." inspectors " Of scales, weights, and measures, contrary, as they allege, to the provisions of a c l ause , N o . 23, in the Act of Parlia. ment, which enacts that " no maker or seller of weights and measures, or person employed in IT .the legislaturenin2framinZthi ntiyilto provide against frivolous charges being made, and inaccu racies alleged, for the purpose of the inspector deriving pecuniary advantage from his office. Mr. Fell's report bears out fully the justice of this complaint of the trades men of the town. At page 7, he says : " 17,695 shops, warehouses, and other premises, have been visited by the out-door inspectors, and 135,984 weights and measures tested : of this number 92,799 were to require adjusting, and 681 But, in a note, he adds : Yet thislarge number of weights rhaps only discoverable by the adinsfr being so hair is indicated by the needle a n " ex e inspector d rc ) of £586 11 :ceeding index (I)—must be t to the Corporation-o ;luding ment, t adesmen tenths .ged 50 per cent g new weights tance ; .EPROOF SAFE FIREPROOF n., Esq., Banker, London hell, Esq., of Tillechewan. DIRECT( Esq., Advc ate, Sheriff of Butesbire. Merchant Esq., Merchant John Auld, Esq . . W. David Hector, Esq.; Advocate. C. W. Anderson, Esq., Merchant, Leith. Charles Morton, Esq., W.S. Donald Smith Peddie, Esq., Accountant, James Stirling, Esq., Civil-engineer. William Nelson, Esq., Publisher. John Hunter, Esq., Auditor of the Court of Session John Parker, Esq., Inland Revenue-office. Charles Lawson, jun., Esq., Seedsman. AUDITORS James Crawford, jun., Esq., W. S. Alex. Bryson, Esq., Watchmaker. William Brand, Esq. W.S., Secretary to the Union Bsnk. BANKERS,—The National Bank of Scotland. MEDICAL OFFICERS Balling 1, Professor of Military Surgery James DPncan, Esq MANAGER—James Watson. eriot-row. SECRETARY—John Watson. BIENNIAL PROGRESS OF THE LAST TEN YEA BUSINESS IN THE urposes of business and fair dealing as used with ordinary _ Then we find that the inspectors have (page 29) £l9 2s. 91 for on weights and measures, and £5O rings and repairs to ditto." If this does of these weight ciently correct. charged in their ac e suffi. 4d. " for ne not constitute them "makers" of within the spirit and meaning of the clause, the English language has no signification. hts and measures ' The t ss than the of the by M I to the Offi rated after a rote of thanks to their Chairman Sir William Johnstyn, of Kirkbill Cowan, Esp., M.P. Masterma ini Car But further, the inspector sa mongers, &c.) " are char usual charges for adjustin This is wrong, in the f not contemplate, and alike. Again, the act clearly contemplated that there should be " makers" of weights and measures, indepen dently of the inspectors themselves. " The trade" could surely adjust here, as they do in all other towns, Man chester, we are informed, being the only exception. It may be urged, however, that they are not prevented from so adjusting weights, and forwarding them to the office to be duly stamped. Practically, however, they are pre vented, and, it is suggested, by frivolous objections being made against their accuracy ; for we find it stated, in table 14, page 28, of the Report as follows : number of weights which have required 96 per cent. of the Averag adjusting number stamped Ditto of measures number stamped." 66 per cent. of the With respect to balances, the report informs us of the astounding fact that, of 215, where the selling scale was too heavy, " the average excess was four ounces !" This is wholly unaccountable if the ordinary mode of testing is adopted by the inspectors. We have heard, however, that a very extraordinary mode is adopted, by which any scale, however perfect, may be thrown off its balance. Of one description of beams—that made on the "accelerating" principle, by which is meant that the centre is placed a little below the points of suspension—the report speaks as being " fraudulent beams." It is universally allowed, however, that such beams are the most accurate when properly used. They are very inaccurate, of course, when tested by one scale being placed on the counter and the other a foot below it. The tradesmen complain of many other features of the system—its costliness, the constant irritation which it produces, the extreme nicety of adjustment insisted upon with respect to weights and balances, used for rough pur poses, and weighing heavy articles, where from absorp tion, and even from ordinary atmospheric effects, to pre serve perfect accuracy, for even a few hours together, is quite impracticable. Their main grievance, however, they conceive to arise from the corporate authorities attempting to derive a revenue from the office of inspec tor. The tenor of the whole report bears upon the ques tion of money-profit from the office. The receipts of the past year, it appears, have decreased as compared with the previous years ; and such receipts are treated of in the following apologetic strain : " I have reason to believe that the diminished receipts are partly occasioned by the general good order of the weights and measures in use." If this happy state of things has been accomplished, however, it is rather singular to find from table No. 2 that of 29,339 measures examined last year 8,559 were found to require adjustment; and that, out of 106,645 weights examined, 33,915 required adjustment. We observe too from the same table that there has been a little flogging up of the business during the last three months of the year, 5,462 weights having in one month— March—been found to require adjustment out of 11,683 examined. Whether this has anything to do with the pleading tone of the report, es to keeping up the adjusting department of the office, it is not for us to say. With these remarks, we might leave the question in the hands of the proper local authorities. Most of them are men who are, or have been, practical men of business ; and such men must see that the absurd nicety of adjust ment of weights and balances, which is enforced upon tradesmen, is calculated to add only to annoyance, if not even, occasionally, to persecution. There has been no such thing ever achieved yet as a perfect balance. It is es impossible as to arrive at a mathematical point, or to lay down a mathematical line, which is defined to have length but not breadth. The act of parliament contemplates the insuring of practical correctness in the dealing between man and man, in their business transactions—not splitting The nteely-anjustea scales and weights, pre served in flannel, or kept under glass-cases in the Inspec tor's-office, would only prove expensive toys if subjected to the wear and tear of actual every-day use. What we should recommend is, to get rid of the adjusting depart ment of the inspector's business. Let that gentleman devote himself to the duties of his office, as prescribed by the act of Parliament, instead of writing essays upon "binary or decimal systems" of " weights, measures, and currency." We have scale and beam manufacturers, and weight and measure adjusters, who are quite capable of performing such business. Two or three years ago, if we remember rightly, a memorial was presented by highly respectable firms in these trades, praying to he allowed to perform the required work. One or two inspectors would be quite sufficient to ensure that this were done correctly ; and there would then be an end of the present fertile source of irritation and annoyance. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. An article in the Public holds out the probability of the definite establishment of the Empire on the 10th instant, by the shouting of the soldiery in the Champ de Mars. Accounts from Vienna state that the Count de Cham bord has requested his partisans to abstain from opposi tion to the present Government of France. The number of Legitimists who have this year visited the Prince at Venice has been very limited. Several printed papers have been posted up in the Fau bourgs St. Martin and St. Denis, bearing the title of " Appel au Peuple," signed " Les Arnie de la Revolu tion," and calling on the people to rise. Several arrests are said to have taken place. The Ministries of the Interior and Police are at present occupied with a matter which stirs great scandal, and will be shortly submitted to the Council of State. The cen tral commissioner of police of one of the chief cities of the south is on the point of being arrested, on the charge of having trafficked in pardons, and sold for hard cash com mutations of punishments, or releases from prisons. The fact was denounced to the authorities by a prisoner, who had procured his liberty by this corrupt channel, and has since been confirmed by others. A military funeral service, in honour of Marshal Ge rard, was performed at th Invalides'on Monday. On Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, the wooden barrack of the pyrotechnic establishment in the Bois de Vincennes was blown up. It contained all the rockets and stars in tended for the fireworks of the 10th of May. All the workmen were absent at breakfast when the explosion took place. It is said to have been caused by the heating of the salts in the composition of the rockets, as they were not sufficiently neutralised. The loss is estimated at 60,000 francs. A decree authorises the minister of finance to inscribe on the great book of the public debt a sum of 4,403,436 f. three per cents rentes in exchange for 4,475,655 f. 00c. four-and-a-half per cents, which are to be annulled. Two individuals named Prach, husband and wife, were tried in Paris on Saturday, par contumace, having fled from justice, for having seduced a young Englishwoman to deliver her up to prostitution. They were found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for two years. and a fine of 500 f. An Italian named Zucatte, who is in custody, and who practised at a dentist in the Rue St. Honore, was convicted as an accessory, and sentenced to imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of 500 f. AMERICA. The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada. Captain Lang, which left Boston on the 14th, and Halifax on the 16th ultimo, reached the Mersey at one o'clock on Tuesday, bringing 23 passengers and the usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Beddoek, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Canada encountered very severe weather, and re ports passing the steam-ship America, hence to Boston, on the 14th ult. By this arrival, we learn that an extensive conflagration had taken place at Savannah on the 11th April, at La mar's Cotton Press Sheds, by which from 4000 to 5000 bales were consumed, and other property destroyed. The total loss was estimated at 300,000 dollars. The Ohio Legislature passed a resolution to consider the proposition of loaning the state arms to Kossuth, who had arrived at Washington on the 13th April. Intelligence from California to ]sth March had reached New York by the El Dorado and Daniel Webster. These vessels brought one million dollars' worth of gold dust. There had been a great overflow in the interior of the State, destroying a vast amount of property, in the shape Marysville, and Neveda, were inundated. It is probable the damage will be over half a million of dollars. Several lives were lost, and business bad been partially suspended. We have late advices from San Salvador and Guat.m.i., cramen Hay prevailed in those states. A.dvices from Mexico, of the 18th March, stated the )bability of the defeat of the Tehuantepec treat, in'thn a Congre ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC ck, on Tht Captain New York dit s . pass under 1 ne of the nev ht to I steamer Sierra Nevada. The o m California is zood. and hi ing for crops of gold low in the inter ad inflicted a great anicunt and vra a are -to the e effects s from Jams till suffering fro ,t , d or and cholera, th oug h th e l a tt er di sea se bad nearlY,,,, peared. Trade wirs dull. A bloody fight bad taken place near flacr - L v ers , some English and A mer i can sailors, in Which hip George A alert' Howland, at the Galsparos Is nd crew on shore, murdered the gl e e d then set sail for. Tombe -- 19° victs had seized on the , ire killej both The Escuad of the island they captured a small Th© Britis ew York, 22 a.m.. I th weilj t t Tbew enty-three of these e AL OF THE AFRICA. f .ortti Am er i can m ail steamer A r i: v iog , rrived i n our ricer on Sunday' 03%,01 ot.f ult. and l' 3v ntris ng date :e in 10 days 12 11( Lilat. UL.•%- mea nond." port on the 7th u the Great Britain out; and at 11.: At R t tt time 10 hours,.--,a b -tn. she passed the tanau4;ctic out. The mail-steamer ja!!I at New York on the 18th ult., after a run °f Asia hours mean time,— the fastest this year. Tile og , bq, arrived at New York as the Africa was lea time, tL made we tl s i t e e r a u m n -s in hi a p b c ou it t y l o l f d G ay la s s 4l ow hou b r a s d men!' ‘,l fjo o Clyde on the 18th, after a fine passage of a a rbr°llll7l " difsr?s' l The new screw steam-ship South Carolin a 58 A 11' ;' Itifl oi ill ovine fr.v• a 1.,. I,l_ __lt e AL:e nOrt. lalltllMSloll, on rile 17th ult., for tnis occurred on board whil s t s h e was lying A l i n ire ° . 0 Harbour, and tw.!lve of the crew were place" -fork ° d i p The steam-ship Georgia arrived at New ~t h 3 91. 20th ult. with the C a lif orn i an ma il s o f the 2', 7 as selo The Africa brings £3,000 in specie, and I°l L eaf r : e l! viz.:—Mr. Moyn a an d l a d y , M r . an d Ikli s „ g i rs .3 o o , Montgomery, Mr. S. A. an d Mi ss :C oc brane,` Mrs. Purois, Mrs. M`Kenzie, Mr. Kerr, 1 0 °Y,:„d se,rlo servant, Mr. Heuser, lady, three aildren , L'", i et , ',id Mr. P. Xuodarelonis, Madame Bosio end :rj i nt° s , b t li f °' M`Birney, lady, child, and servant, Mr. '' ~,, 8 0 AiP lady. Dr. Theodore and lady, Mr. alton , lau:: r 0 1 01 children, Miss Radbourne, Mr. Tr'efonsse , b e° ) , r it.C s/ 01a troi S g. ; yo,ouNnVellittitnd 'ira,_NlVesibiliitstil;°: patches, Mr. L. Dyer, bearer of dispatchest,';idreo.; and son, Major Mercer, Mr. Minnett, two c''':,,, J, i en nurse, Miss Sharp, Miss Morritt, and M es .,, - ;, P a r S dHe h ez a ; r d p Ae , cr kr N iez V ra:y as L . i Bx . Krollpfeiffer, Bruse, Weber, Purton, mn Hei dsiec-' S ir°l'6 Henderson, .Robinson l3 , ec ß k 'On j ' oa-epgh S e a s n ß. Rosenfeld, Gibb, la ' -- 13,1ridi e ' Pr Walker, Armstrong, -, r oge, k ho ' Rooke, Scott, White Schluter Cumming , " pre'voo' Norris, Holmes, Bayly, Milward, Older Newt Jspd, Holland, Romanes, Morrison llenrY' , Fraser, co ok, A Our Murphy, m i s a o n e d i l a ß n u e tr u e s 1 a l s d . ,Mount , Meyer, Griffiths, Herts, Bloom Ai r r- A i If 45 11 `" be , Trenton, New Jersey, on the 19th It here u •, 1 , rather coldly received. 4 liti l ; e d i i ; The New York Herald says that " there 7, 1 g ift P, vices mention that l' ° of the passage of a clause in the deficiency b" pi et°' ile strong statea i n feeling, favour o h f or h env maintenanceer, creased compensation to the Collins line of steil ebe 11 :1 0 ' petitor with the Cunard line, and also a 1; 3 ill ' and it is thought that the necessary f un " - a. ry ismanife o s f t t e h d e illit io ss e.: 1 : 11 : 11' mately raised cabtote, rsbijutoisirgflilit; Lvll I tO ,I hr .Intlt , The challenge given by Mr. Mare, of Lon (1 7 0 '016 5 11 a yacht to compet e w ith th e b est t h a t can be t o 13r Or the American builders is declined until solo thelt'icl built yacht has beaten the " American," 11 9 0 1 V I ! session of Lord de Blacquiere. It is also obJ e f W o e the score of etiquette, the next meet i n g ° Ce Clubs of the two count r i es oug ht t o talc° P ja tbe t a t can waters. IP The latest telegraphi c d a t es b r i ng accoun ts ° Fell iatr has cleared away, and the navigation is 0" American rivers and the St. Lawrence. nl. COMMERCIAL. < ,40,1 " tV NEVN Yon.- , , fi t lo t A further improvement in the Stock 01. r. ., , Ifoo/ place, caused by increased demand from At: I f:CP I 0 . was in abundance. The receipts of gold n" 0,1 for the fortnight were 1,200,000 dollars., „joa, c :s, The current rates of exchange are :—. 1, ,°"60 per cent. prem. ; Paris 55.20 to $5.2 1 1', f 0 b. ;clP . short sight in proportion ; Antwerp, 5 - 21 vig; Amsterdam, 404 to 404 ; Hamburg, 35 to men 774 to 774 cents. "1 11 ,e 3 1 15 1,1 COTTON. (From the New York .Ship p ing List, of Buyers and sellers have been indisposeoi snitO other in transactions for the past three utii 0 01 otob le pe i result is small sales, but without any pir prices. h pinsp e The receipts, to latest dates, at all the 6- e it o Tr; are 2,516,113 bales, against 1,971,944 tort!lbeeS.,lolj last year, an increase this season of 544, 16 ' re rh e a* foreien export this year is 333,439 bales more i ° o7 t s o ay France, 2gs ; 2 58 increase to other foreign ports. The sl' I P 2 b 2 a 0 1 bales increase toGNreoartt North Britain,4e. ;138, 0 0 d 0 2 4 4 , southern to northern ports are 257,289 halesekel, season than last ; and there is a decrease in stQ vire 4 lo l , bales. The sales since our last are 3,600 bales' e xp o Atlantic . JO , .1 Ports. Flor id •• to to. / Inferior • r . Low to good or d. 7 . .--7 i 7 ... -- . 6 a 1 5 9 11// Low to good mid. 7l 8 1 - 7 , „/. Mid, fair to fair.... - ..... s ieS , Fully fair to g o o d f a i r 9- -„--, o p Total Import sinc e I s t instant.... 3 ." , .10 , Export from Ist to 20th A.P161 v . 1852 • 1851 - bilk"' Export from the United 5•e 1 5,833 fi g Since Ist September, 1851 .. l ' 82 394 > i ' ' 1, 2 ' Same time, 1850. fro / The New York Courier and .0 1 9 12 adv ised Ee ti the crop, we will believe the figures 11 S, Vi w hen 1 0 D ;i0, Orleans, namely, 2,900,000 to 3,ooo,un't doubt' oin the table of rece i pts; unt il then I re wo ulci ? ( esi there be any che c k t o rece i p t s , prices the I ° l i s.°‘ immediately and m a t er i a lly a dvance,,l p Si . 1' or', ing is based o n a crop o f 2,900.00 "8 itllY 14 ;10 1 The same auth )r ity quo t es pr i c es at its a 0 r " gnnd middling," and upwards sinc e Aill.„e 1 d e ' ant Atlantic of the 17th ultimo. „. Erachrbt 9° lo BREADSTIJFFS.—There has been i or tn,c,,',o the prices of flour throughout the pas t '' o rt i lc ins' in all to about 25c. per barrel. E ar 20th April : 1852. barrels 61,496 bushels, 1816404 Wheat flour, Wheat, Corn . . ... ba P co r n ices were f o ''' •• • • ..... 9 f ," PROVISIONS. 13 d ' out of stock. In coal, fipromrkahtatdhebelagtuenadtvoandceecl.ine• og. acie l , BRITISH, &C. A good business had been done, and S M - Greliv i is from 00 1 00 1 little was doing. nov aelaC lPl „g e ta i l: HAVANA. April 14.—Up to the co— . 0 $-. oe , holidays a brisk business had been done,,„ l r eci ° A tli , cipally for Europe. Prices had not mirtieV Ir d The weather had become favourable for Ow for 9 ing the sugar cane. gotta! (0011, n f to p ov NEW ORLEANS, April 16.—Sales - fre 000 p i week have been 54,000 bales. Increase 0 5 49,01 the southern ports this year over last,bale' e. lie April 17.—Receipts for the week, 44, 6 " ( ROI e t are quoted to-day at 7 5-16 c., which is ado, 82 to Liverpool, 9-16.1. Exchange on L° ll .......ro r . , CAPE OF GOOD Il :alm:::::AcitT . 0 so: iv intelligence gaera and the y g A en m oo az f o r n o , m wl t ti t h C arriv e t 0t n h p , 1 , , i . r . 77 ., :i ,s, r i l lo st r o i , board, had not7th of 1 , , tb if ~T i tiHy Hydra, arrived.aA withF F T ; j. A li: rn3 A . ;: zio i ::: : 0:0 : t v er ; , :s : ovj g Me A ri m vo a r t s ol o a f ta th d e be ß e i n rk s e u n c i c l e 7 s d f . ul I T n h c. e i Cop::: .. P 6- t co rl ilir d flounces that Colonel :Mitchell's h 11'.5 pa rt,' °/1 de g o P. considerable number of lHottentotsce '-h-dk.tiliwofl' ,-1 ersiog 10-S i% I , V w wa er s e i k o ill p ed or , s a u n i d t t o h f e s r o e m st o fl l e a d rg i o nto dr t o b v e es " o o - i f o friendly chiefs continued to deliver 'P e f v tOffe enemy's cattle. The civil commissioner 41 6 01 : 0 11 0 Colesberg had returned to their quar,t erg k'eS IV ill o i cessful operations against the T a rno°2 o -l hetwe il a (e .. Caffres. The former had c tured 1, ,, ,-- 0 2 ,0 . ,yi. 80 horses, a number of sheepand g° Bl N's 01— ietir wards of 100 of the enemy,with a loss oll i •• / t he c o l ,p 1; killed and two wounded. The force onLetoPAtttelolj missioner of Colesberg is reported to ha Cow ° Ov iv and ,„ d 30 6 fo. p „Di head of cattle several horses. Kul% CAP ,00),` s t' Hottentots. A report was current 1 ", ot 4 JP' r Riebeek, where is lb au ° , en 1,.• there apost wl g r ot ri f. c iP been attacked with a largo body o f C 8 r'l Pt u bo fl i men had taken refuge in the church: iO O t 1 • By the ship Agincourt, which arrive," pa to rr ifr a 4 have received intelligence from tbo 1-18 his 0 ror o f March. Accordin to tl e letters by of theio,oef events had occurred since thei departuroh% fli h u e fe l ' I, There is no mention of the Meoera or t " 5 - rdS 1 " sp Legislative Council had voted .f5OO torc ie d, 0 tli 1 the sufferers from the loss of the Bir k the 00 ° 04 i',!i Sir Harry Smith was to have taken 0 .. 6 ber 0 , 0 1 4 ,„ itiLoirolitlis6 instant in person. A considerable nu f lis tew t o tS r s:', were expected to join. He had beard g irl !' 1 4 of t il it had not altered his plans. La" 'i t ti l e s e 'pela r every preparation to leave on the arrival° t o n g 0 0, By the last fronti e r post there was, I f o f 11 01 troops were prep ar i ng for the camPaig -- a INDIA. eacbxe Intelligence ---- • stet l esiv 0 3d of by the Adria, via 'roe „„ c se „,ec 0 . April from Bombay.' The Butr.,o Orly; under General Godw • the s t sail, 0 9 “ " - O s ° n ' l. l * arrive at Moulmein Onina4thult. Ther' itrot-o, op, considerable naval force there, a nd Ad init t 9 o 93-1 1 3 44 A s , way with a vessel of war and another 0 1 , or k se ,ht _ th Bengal N.I. had refused to entbartecl. ` l ;of' 0 0 The sth Madras L.I. had been substittl be ll. or, expedition of 2,500 men, under Sir C. C , n f P re sli 0 4/ the 11th the mountain tribes to the n ortii ° ,15 4 , 11 01 . Ilth of March. On the 20th they reP „lOC' ~ te', co , ' co, b e , , ade•upon them by the enemy after 9 1 for , 0..1 1 '''" Colin had demanded additieOcriis• fec" ' 'in rticulo fg d Ole , t t , ,zam is in a Ol oe ti $ e - increasing, _.,,r1`,e.t.c1, t marl a c b o u t ri v: i i n t on rondon, Is. lad , SOUTH AusTRALw' --~~ 4 clisC°The ~,erY ~n 1 Seen tested, of the slightest trq°,,`:egtin 01,:j be found. The commercial panic haa r b , c '1,;1 and the market price of Burrs Burrfit:rest:_veic.o being . 6oor 80, wasloo._ I:bedcreltebr 1113 s e t t . the y pros and a nearly CO quality theirs'