The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

0-11:OVAL AND TRANSFER LICENSES.—A court was
Pketued on Thursday, in the Session-house, before Messrs.
the r.rfilan Holme, J. H. Turner, and Francis Haywood, for
emoval and transfer of licenses.
pt t inquest was held on Thursday, on Joseph Samuel Davis,
%weeks old, whose parents reside at No 15, Cheapside, who
AtecOdrinendtaidiea ove d i n bed on Wednesday morning. Verdict,
rlain."
ATTE
even. /IPT TO UPSET A. RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Sunday
kposlg, last week, some persons placed a huge iron rail
hi Manthe un line of-the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
and n_ellester, in the deep cutting between Rochdale-road
exaroorne-street. The express train from Yorkshire, due
beihZ 60 minutes after 12 o'clock, had a narrow escape of
--tc ohrown by it, The piece of iron used was an old
east-ea. rail.
kelt.°
ketit "'"E SnELLS TOE THE WAR.—Considerable ship-
have stare daily being made of the new nch shells, Nyhic
een found to be of such great service in the Crim.evae.
t,l4'„"sc,• Forrester and Co., of this town, have an extensive
at* for their manufacture, and daily ship them to the arse
liQebvich. They are a little over two inches thick, and
Illawards of 194 lbs.
through tbe town from the foun-
aelhall-road, to the Canning Dock, for shipment
'ight e -134 WORKING MEN'S SCHOOL.—On Tuesday, a
s,hool -LB
f'or females of the working csse was opened in
Ithea etlon with the above institution, in St.s Mary's SchoOlr,
the r4:l4teell members were admitted. The night school fo
teivol continues to increase. On Monday, 102 adults re-
helelTastruction in reading, writing, and in arithmetic; and,e
I°Atem.,' ee,4,ld. More room be had, double the number might
'`',,,,?"1.1g to enjoy its privileges. The number of readers
t t—'lllg room average about fifty every evening.
`-411/RE MILITIA.—The following commissions have
Ito • Niled b
gittiet,t het lord-lieutenant of this county :—First
°llll Iletl,'3l Duke of Lancaster's Own. Militia :J. W.
1)-(Ngrvalld, gentleman to be ensign.—Sixth Regiment of
nut s ~aka.shire Militia ; J. Lomax, gentleman, late lieute-
lllaat,eesecth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be lieu-
)rt venth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia.: G. B.
ftra sci, tat aptain 4th (or Queen's Own)
:,,to be.' ap e'ne Royal Lancashire Artillery: Fist
cbe captain, vice J. G. A. Burton, de-
ga.h.--°/14 Lieutenant H. C. Moore to be first lieutenant,
4letitenl -cmt,ltr d• W. Walker, gentleman, to he second
Zkr a 4:
A. Ford,cillne gentleman, to be second lieutenant.
hem n 1 4. 1,
b quart DEPOT of the
.First Royal Lancashire Militia,
`-'olo.pier„at Lancaster was inspected
of the
on Monday, last week,
-rthet.„-• zrook Taylor, assistant inspector-general
Wards and midland district. inspecting-officei: after-
te ''eeded to the drill-field, where he was received by
4taseliat° Itne,lnding-officer Lieutenant-Colonel Clayton. Thet
la "a 'n) nut the men through the manua
"erePl "een exercise and they performed a number of field
kid:lents under the' command of the'colonel, formed squal•e,-
‘,,kee&e.r_e addressed by the Inspecting-officer in highly. eTnpit-
eek,i'Y terms on their state of efficiency and disciplm
41,tititi; 4.2,°0 men have volanteered from the depot (450 stroVg)
41eclite".'_e_enlast fortnight, to join the 'service companies in the
110.1. era ean.
he,4; MERSEY YAZAT CLUE EALL.-The annual tat in
I•ke-°ll--.wi_th this -club took piste on Wednesday, nt the
A,..°hee nail
The rooms were thronged with a brilliantassem-
oL.:l4nPrising 'upwards of WO ladies and gefinien.
I."' those present were`the Commodore and Mrs. Little-
-IP,•ie officers of the'Club, Mr . E. Fletcher, cupbearer, Mr.
iAr Tetley, treasurer, and Mr Henry Melling,•secretar.y ;
r'eterarorr...and Miss Stuart 'the ex-Mayor. and Mrs. Tobin,
Collet el the Offleers of the Lancashire Militia Aftalery. The
esss'
7321esinere, one 'of the lady patronesses, was
Earl- of
tlle-L1( being absent 'from the country with the Earft r
trc,4Bl(gere; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Jones were tlise prevenverd
qraekttenditg in consequence of a domestictilliction.
band A:
kttrthitia,,staliolswa, ?„,engagee for the ball-room, and the
by permission of Colonel Swum, occupiedtheheat club
tape military alters appeared in their uniform, which
tit. a Itrill*
iant appearance to the assembly. The proceeds of-
are
to' be'devoted to the benefit of the Royal Infirmary.
11(5
'O4 Th-k eoliistitTrE,At a meeting of the dock committee
arsday, y_
r 'Charles Turner presided and there were
th)r"ent Messrs Shand, Brockleharik, R'
obinson, Gregson,
I:l`l,oner,
ft+ale Mondell. Anderson, Lockett, Hubback,
t'enHolme, Rankin, and Palmer. The
eral business o
°ccuPi"
few -minutes. The sub-
niade to "? :works reported that un-ierrangement had been
p :tif:etrocia.
fn kn!.
eti;:ithie einnesetubti nee' te 2105 for compensa-
'which he had been put
vicinity of his property,
Was tonfirmed. TheY Stapler"7ll solieitor. The arrangement
madeBJ riot
v 0 1 had1
,„,et'y'rted that John .Y Dockvarehouse sub-committee
c;tlt.e: ef-'24s. per 4011;1
in tiletir.tez:zz
saasidmweesrseen inted a foreman, at
appointments,sn.eb:reille,-2PaPcgatekeer; and two
which
T
.inploymentfrom-persons
'lune depa t Tes
who were already
of the dock trustees, were confirmed.
pileboard 0 r nient reported the appointment of a seam=
One of the light-ships. The master porters sub-
ii-"_mit_tee reported that Mr. a Ford had applied td
617_?!.e: as a master porter, and named as his sureties Mr.
waflat as
Doherty and Mr.46Bin Ellis. The application
granted.
G,,,
„ . cdlt- a -e-BOATS BIJILDING 'OH THE MERSEY.—The aarni-
I.e.!' re
Ming every exertion to procure the construction of a
15,2 large flotilla of steam gun-boats, of the class which have
found so useful in the Baltic and Black Sea. Not
t;l3,ke royal navy dockyards in fall operation with theseeraft,
the services of the most eminent private builders haveheen
V,;l into requisition. Mr. .3zhn Laird, the well-known
Candor of this port, is constructing ten wooden steam screw
Ititc..isoats, of 240 tons each, and about 60-horse power, the
llit„ltlerY being made by Messrs. Penn and Son, of London.
114._Will he similar in size and armament to the Lynx, Arrow,
I'4/44; Biiake, Beagle, another gun-boats which h.ave become
or Laird! In the history oft he naval operations of this war. Mr.
the Is building five of these boats at his yard on. the margin
,4t)11,-.l,Rreat float at Birkenhead, and five on this side. Al-
lmity''," the order for them was-only received from the Adam-
weeks ago, about a thousand feet of building sheds
Attha-rta, already erected at these yards, and fitted with gas,
i(14%).1, men can work at the vessels both night and day.
are ofZ, sawyers are also busy at work preparing tirdber.
'01.),,`"e boats are well advanced in . whole
I,l;lef'l,` read for sea by March next. Mr. Lard is also eon-
"' el,BolllYe iron mortar vessels, one of which was launched
ttve', and is now at Portsmouth.
M 'CHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
e oz AND Lb
k.Sclay,a..u.Jotirned meeting of this society was held on Wed-
Tite4 at the Nag's Head Inn, Warrington, Dr. Wilson, of
bt' 0,31/Presiding. receive a shert discussion it was
.edth_at
treateo ,alsall should the prize of £5 for planting the
'lt'',,llle'f;,,!ngth of whitethorie hedge in proportion to the size
rev,4), the shortest length being 880 yards.—Thewhsecriceh-
lh-44;„" an abstract of the treasurer's accounts, from
bai`ied.eth.at the receipts for the year had been £90415. 4d.
tht Year it
,in the hands oft the bankers was £lll 75... d.;
odd. The number of persons who visited
It4ll,z(,)ew ',l‘tasSgt."Helen's, last year, was_ 3,757. The whole
the society were £2tB ss. 10d.-On the motion of
re. 111
8, seconded by Mr. Ledger, it was resolved that the
t.,l'el'eeibrit_a of any prize for the best cultivated farm should be
4-,je for a second competition during seven years. It leas
i°lo;`, to give a second premium for sheep, a premium of
.!3r lambs, and to announce that for the future a Prize
la`ke,..4e, given for bantam fowls.—lt was suggested by Mr.
"44,1 that they should have Plotrelisinocgiemtyatehadh
nest
lA' oh 1, •
~eing now seven years since
th",4%;11s objected to by Mr. Ghr.eenand, on the ea gsrhonurntdditschatusitle
e would. be too mac ,
was abandoned.
In the Liver-
,‘"ol4r,,,44ltesy COMPANIES' RESPONELBILITY.—
p..Ne rinty Court, on Tuesday, judgment was given in the
111(ill; 4Wi . the London and, North-western Railway
innhich a coinmercial traveller claimed £25 as
414 izsatiofOvr the loss of a desk tiolen from a carriage in
iee744-street station, where it 'had been placed by one of
poe;,lllnany's porters whilst plaintiff was in the office. Three
1".14B of defence were taken : that plaintiff not having
411to-eq when the desk was taken, no contract had been entered
;and, therefore, the company were not responsible for,the
that the desk was not " luggage": within the ordinarl
Oning of he art of Parliament ; andtthat the order bet,)s
Wing °f
ao,l:pehatepei:nrsecaionruiiittehirsen,desk were '" Writings" within the
ntAebee,"stistaHisinilece2osutrhdeeeidedatnnyest
tte carriage ; and as tothe
Want taken:Charge of and placed_ it
plainstiff,?W'grget a"-b?ections„
nothingBll4 third
g could be more essentially luggage 01PVIesk, except, perhaps, articles of aPPerelthan ta ra.
ei` Niamey, and that .order books were required fort
absolutely necessary. to
t4inercial travellers to carry on their besineae. He then gave
(Vlc,..tiff a verdict for £3 10s., the declared \value of the desk,
odfor the inconvenience arising from the Joss of the
4 Pe/.,'ME and one pency as the nominal valueofthe private
T„' Hes' also allowed plaintiff his costs.
tifh:4; 1117 GAS Cso NY."---LILLYNAN V. ZIANITOPF.—
n, ?pa.inter, Duke-street, sped George
wt4le74t°,,,l+who was to haveg filled the situation of secretary to
AR Cl' gas ~company. The plaintiff stated that ;the claim
aft rte'
eil43s., for painting a,sign and a window blind for th..
e
Ty br o company4;in Basnett-street. Thealefend
4t )zittedite amount of the claim; but contended-that he
7,otfp,c:t iable,,and the proper persons to be sued were the
directors of the company, When he gave tie
e
I, for the work he told the
.galaintiff.that it was Ter_ iti!l
:at Abe same time giving him the names of Abe
44e with Whom the plaintiff was . well acquainted, :as
evv o4"1 a member of t.he Guardian Society, with whom the
eereed,lCompapyveiginated." The plaintiff' denied that the
a ZIA, had,ever told him he gave ;the order for the direc-
-4t(l ~,L at Proposed company, or that the Guardian Society'
tai it `3c..thing whatever to do with the formation of the cour-
t Honour said he was left quite in doubt as to
theether the defendant: did or did not represent that he. gave
tleZder for othere people, and not for itimself ; but it was
agate, Droved that he gave the order, and therefore, prima..
"j1(1 t-1,4e was 1- fable. He should give a verdict for the plaintiff,
rrl'eeclfenda'aiit °might recover from the ,directors if they
liable,
31' DERBY Graunta.Na.—The weekly meeting was held
be~edes ay, at the Union Workhouse.
u Present :—Rev.
1) ~ i 'l,otnall (in the chair,) Messrs. Ledger, Lunt, Mount-
-413 i.:1411r, Edwards, J. Birch, J. Harrison, Pitte, Siddeley,
izaeL-a-rn-; Pi kap, Wensley, Roscoe, Batten, Medcalf,
Whitby,cKnowles, Davies, and Mullins. The
theetil°r
he,„ the workhouse submitted his returns, showing
„sere .7:yer of paupers in 'the workhouse. Last week there
'`ool 1-°; admitted 41; born, 1; discharged, 39 ; dead, 3;
ttl her this
is week, 685; corresponding week of last year,
di OXeornmunication was read from the overseers of the
Elvid lwerton expressing their anxiety to have that district
,an i 60, far as' rearded the collections, and submitting a
ti: 110414 e. Purpose, upon which they desired the opinion of
th:t Or 07 The proposition was agreed to.—At the sugges-
t ee clerk it was agreed to make a call of £11,516, in
0k44 a4llr:Labnente, which would. extend to March next.—lt
tt the s's 4 to appoint an assistant dispenser to the hospital.-
410tion of Mr. Shaw, the salary of Mr. Roberton,
4tr.eaenelier. at th workhouse, was increased from £4O to £6O
M Mr Ledger submitted a return (moved for hy
It4(1.8131-t:11,141, at) of the number of paupers in the workhouse and
rogreh , their maietenance, for the five years ending
to the 14.11,55, and suggested that a portion of it be printed,
kftNblisOrmation of the public. A discussion took place as
h after
%eh- me' the document in the newspapers or otherwise,
t,s-er, 411 tuhe clerk was instructed to draw up a condensed
coZt illeet`Ls larrht it to the Board for consideration, at the
11 accordance with the recommendation of a
ee, it
was agreed to appoint a sewing mistress for the
iht 11100
Wl, at a salary of £l5 per annum, and raons.—This
hOle of the business? the meeting broke up,

Ox Monday, the coroner of Manchester held an inquest
respecting the death of a young man named Robert Maine,
who expired on Saturday, in consequence of having been
pierced iu the left eye with a pitchfork, by Mary Roper, an
elderly married woman, some days previously. The circum-
stances were such as induced the jury to return a verdict of
manslaughter against the woman, who was committed for
trial at the assizes.

Tun ARGYLE ROOMS.—At the police-court on Friday,
James Allan and Richard Spike, the alleged lessees of the
Argyle Supper-rooms, in Lime-street, were charged with having
sold wine and brandy at their premises, on the night of the Bth
of September last, they not being duly licensed to sell either
wines or spirits. The officers said that on the Bth of Septem-
ber they had supper on the defendants' premises, when they
were served with wine and brandy, procured from the counter,
and for which they paid. For the defence, it was said that
the principal owner of the rooms was Mr. Mattison, a free
vintner of the city of London, who had no occasion to take out
a license. After the case had been argued at great length,
the court dismissed the wine count, but on the brandy count
the defendants were fined £l2 10s. and costs.
AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT SHIP.—The "Liverpool" line of
packet ship Salem, Captain Flynn, belonging to Messrs. Magee,
Livingston, and Walthew, is now on the berth for Melbourne,
and loading for the third voyage to that port. This celebrated
ship performed the round trip to Melbourne, thence to Bombay,
and home, in the unprecedentedly short period of 8 months
and 25 days. Of this time she lay in Melbourne 18 days, and
was 21 days in Bombay, passing, of course, the remainder
under canvas, which she bore without loss of sail or spar.
There is no doubt that, but for the baffling winds which have
retarded so greatly our Australian ships, she would have done
even better Much of this success has certainly resulted from
the skill and energy of Captain Flynn, who has brought home
his ship a pattern of neatness, tidiness, and order.
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly
meeting of this society was held on Thursday, at the Royal
Institution, Mr. Abraham, the president, in the chair. The
secretary, Mr. Mercer, announced a donation to the museum
of a specimen of aluminum, from Mr. Morson, of London, who
was present; and also twenty models of crystals, and three
specimens of Persian naptha, from himself, He also laid
before the meeting a specimen of ether and collodion, pre-
pared from methylic spirit. Mr. Barber brought before the
society an improved method of preparing syrup of saffron, by
preserving the colouring matter with sugar in the form of a
powder. A lecture was then delivered on frictional electricity,
brilliantly illustrated with apparatus belonging to the Royal
Institution.
REMSSENTATION OF BURV.-.-A. mere rumour that MT.
F. Peel had • accepted the office of colonial secretary, bas
caused some stir respecting the candidates for the nexttlec-
tion„ The friends of Mr. Peel held a meeting to take steps to
secure his re-election, and the Radicals held a meeting for the
purpose of selecting an opposition candidate, who was found
in Thos. Wrigley, Esq., paper manufacturer, of limherhurst,
a requisition to whom was numerously signed. At the last
election, Mr. Peel was returned, against Lord Duncan, by a
majority of sixty votes. Unless the Radical regi4ter of votes
has considerably improved since, their candidate will stand
little chance. Although it was positively known on Monday
that Mr. Labouchere was colonial secretary, there was a de-
sire to continue thea,gitation. On Monday evening, another
meeting was held, •at which it was resolved to let the matter
rest for the present.—Manchester Courier.
RESISTING =X RISE or SUGAR.— Atr. James Brookes.
bellman, amused the inhabitants of Hasling4en, late on Thurs-
day, by announcing the following:—" This is to give notice,
that a number of the inhabitants of Irwell Vale and its vi-
cinity have sveed together to abstain. ,for a season from-the
use of sugar ~owing to its rapid and, as'they think, unnatural
advance.; and in doing so desire to upon their fellow- .
workmen in general to assist them it:lbis enterprise, believing
that thisis'the most effectual way ,to check its further rise,
and .redate it again to its orighull price. We desire to till
upon the inhabitants of. Haslingdan to assist us by denying!
themsehres of this luxury ; and we have no doubt if the peo-
ple generally will do so we shall teen have this article Of swell.,
greatTrassumption at a reasonable price, so that the working
man, with his wife and family, may enjoy his comfertable'clip
of tea:'—Blackburn Standard.
ME LAW OF ENGIGII*I t'GQVERNESSES.—At the
chester County Court, on Monday, a case was tried—Little v.
Bob i—for the recovery of £l as compensation by a governess
for tboing improperly discharged from her saltation. Iliss
'Charlotte Little, the plaint., was engaged by the wifetf Mr.
PAL Booth, Longsight, inVanuary last, as governess; te take
ohsrge of three young reUdren. On being disraimffd, in
Angust, a month's notievor wages, only was offered, rad the
:Plaintiff demanded three 'months' notice. It unsladmitted
that the plaintiff was engaged at a yearly salary, (120 and
wwashing), but Mr-Ovens, f9r the defendant,called witnesses to
',prove that it was the ,custom in this tteighbourhecil to give
'only a month's notice togevernesses as wc,ll2S serVralts.—Mr.
'Cobbett, on the part.of the plaintiff, argedthitt she would
'e at least entitled tetwo months' salary, the •nbti3e to leave
baying been given two-days after the expwation of the month
when payment was -made.—His Honour held that,s, governess
'was not liable to the same notice as a domestic servant,
was though,mu much
in this instance, she might Ise paid, monthly. It
and theirthat wagesinm"dice'
were treahtedtaasble
rneigrettekts, casnizEgthosa'enriciooessesks.
The jury gave a weadiet for the plaintiff,
exclusive of LI Elfis. 4d. paid into court. loan' Mester
Courier.

ST. SlLie Weakinsxu- MEN's Aseectapsiox.—The incum-
bent of St. Silas' has addressed a letter to a contemporary, in
which he asks : -Will my one confer a favournpon 200 work-
ing men (" with power to add. to their mumbery') by present-
ing them with a-good piano-forte? Dretture to say, that
the donor would fee/ himsel f richly 'repaid ‘by a visit to our
rooms any evening of the week, except -Sundry, between the
hours of seven and 'tom o'clocix.; especially to :tie "music and
tea-party " in Christmas week, ha rrahiCh hes-shall have a free
ticket of admission, -and.the best *eat in:themaom. We have
already a reading .room, chess. and draughbrroom, and lecture
room, where thercure lecturr !S, readings alma, a monthly dis-
cussion, a provident club, glasses for treading, writing, and
arithmetic, singing and drroving, lbedides ,opportunities for
religious instrnction to those, who wash 'to-receive it. A little
music would make us quit e camplete---as far as ambition
stretches at present. The a ssoeiatien is,no &Inger an experi-
ment. There have beenlBo bo nafidevorkinpraen in the looms
on a single evening; 90 hi we attended ,one drawing class:;
80 have been present at one: lecture; _nearly 50 have bought
copy-books to learmwriting ; 91 plates of-soup have-been sold
in an hour ; and the men haN re themselves aileed to have a box
put up in the rooms, that they mils?! contrilaute
towards the expenses.

HEALTH COMMITZEE.—T the weekly meeting was held ,on
Thursday, Mr. Langsdale in the their. :From a report of the
Rates Committee; it eppearedl that a -sum of £6,875 had been
collected above the;amount of last year,in-coasequence of the
rating of small property, whi .ch was paid for thy the landlords.
It was recommended that ten dens he,Olatained for widening the
canal bridges in Oldhall-street, &c., to 'the ifail width of the
street. The clerk-called attention to anemorial from the in-
spector of police appciiated to visit ledgingphouses, asking for
some extra remuneration for the service: they performed.
After a short conversation, the metier!. ‘tvas referred to Mr.
Fresh and Mr. Duncan, to make in2uiry,and report to the
committee. The other business was of tlieueual routine de- ;
scription. The mecraeld officer reparbedthat the mortality of
the borough differed little from the Anserage,of the same period
of former years. Wore it not for the etontinued prevalence of
40 deaths meekly, the mortality
epidemic scarletina, causing
• would be considerablyhelow the .average. illtniblg the last four
weeks, the deaths from al causes: have heen•vespectively 22,
...!V)5, 210, and 238, giving a weekly averagna.22o, against 217
im the same period of former years, corrected for increase of j
rpopulation. The deaths ,fram diseases of tiaezymetic class lathe
Ifoar weeks were 360, ofavhich there were fromotarletina, 160;
,diarrhoea, 43; measles,: 42; hooping-oeugh;flA;. typhus, 35;
,-eraap, 13 ; ealieken-Pox, 1 ; mumps, 1; glanders,
Z. The deaths from hoopistg-cough last week:were more than
.imemy week since the .Isegirning of Jam.uzy. !Diseases of the
lungs caused 220 deaths, uf which 105 werelven,nonsumptioa.
sCratotts QUESTIO. !Cir LIABILITY.—The .cruse of Taylor
:mid others v. WCaltnont ant others, was decialedSa the Court
.ofsebequer, at Londen,,on Wednesday last, having been re-
ferred from the last spring assizes at this town. Bath parties
.are „merchants here. On the 9th of August, 185-3, plaintiffs
Parthased the ship Boomerang from the defendants for
faMth o&gThuste, ItBess 3se,itoenclitsecrbsedrgt
reed
chargedupon wfoithr
thda.rplepers,toant
the
ete ehae
eaßrigrkeeataher
itimaateriDeesekr
Messrs.
Sharpies,
,rasPteecialivouaYtleythetrnatstees,
vessels.of
The ,understanding on the purevase was, that the .811.-
he free lei: avail charges. The st:aintiffs, wishing thalaewssaest too
go into the Liverpool Graving4lacks, paid, on the 2f4h. Aug.'
£44 us.irld„ which was at the rote of 6d. per tondo* dues,
the sum•tabe charged accordiarts the Birkenhead Doak Act,
upon .a :vessel for Liverpool, loading at Birkenhead. This
amountmaseredited by the defendants to the plaintiffsi ;Ln an
aceount:whichwas rendered by them on the 10th of Sept., at
which timettheAkill of sale conveying the ship to the plaintiffs
was handed to them. On the :39',14 of October the .ship
returned into tthe Birkenhead Docks, and hiving taken in
pasaengersand.aifell cargo, she, on the 4th of Novemberovas
ready to sail, bat %was ;.retained by t,l-..e dock trustees, Abo
claimed £6 115.6141. as dock dues at XII. per ton, accord,iw
to their understandirkg with Messrs. Sharpies, who had agree
that should-the ship ;leave the dock loaded? she was to be liable
for that rate of .doek dues. The plaints, in order to avoid:
the detention ,of the. al*, paid the amount:and instituted the
present proceedings • for the recovery of tt'w same from the
defendants. For tbedefendants it was urged that the bill of
sale, although date&the.9tit of August, did net come into ope-
ration until the 19th of :September, the day .op which it was
delivered to the plaintiffs, at which time the *easel was not in
the Birkenhead Docks, )but in the LiverpoedtGraving-dock,
and, consequently, was :free ,from the control and.eharge of the
Birkenhead dock trustees, ,So much so that she /might have
sailed wheresoever she pleased. On this point .the court
decided in favour of the defendants.

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LIBERALITY OP TAM R4' BL DP DERBY ix LORD
Sr.AELEY.—A meeting, in furtherance of the proposal to
snstablish at Preston a Free Puc Iliberary and Musetun, was
held in that town on AlondaY,bli 1c9.8t meek, and passed af very
satisfactorily. It was announced that a sum of £1,500 had
already been promised, of which X 304 had been promised to
the .Working Men's Committee .; and ,it was stated that this
committee had undertaken to raise el)04)9 in subscriptions sof
£1 each. At the close of the meeting, ,an .unanimous vote of
thanks ;was given to the chairman kMr. F. Bradley,) who, in
acknowledging the compliment, alluded to the excursion to
Knowsley,.and to the committee's vote of thanks, which had
been communicated to the Earl of Derby, to Lord Stanley,
and to Capt. Ilornby, (comptroller of the household,) through
the Rev. .L Ciay, accompanied with a request that another
visit might be allowed. The rev. gentleman, in aeknowledg-
ment of those motes, bad received replies, of which the follow-
ing are copies
" Eglinton Castle, Irvine, Sept. 25, 1855.
".Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt, on my arrival
here this day, of your note of the 20th inst., enclosing the
thanks of the Working Men's Committee for the permission
given to their excursion party to visit Knowsley. It gave me
great pleasure to hear that they enjoyed their visit, and that
the conduct of the whole party had been such as fully to entitle
them to the trifling favour granted them, and to encourage me
in allowing similar visits in future. My son is just now in
Ireland, but on his return I will not fail to communicate to
him the resolution of the committee.—l am, sir, your obedient
servant, " DERBY.
" Rev. J. Clay."
" London, October 2, 1855.

,
"My dear Sir,—l am pleased to hear that the excursion
went off so well. I did not doubt that it would. I shall hear
more details at Knowsley. lam sure there will be Iv
culty about its repetition at any time when 17e have no guests
in the house. But the library—does that still fast P
If
they are waiting till the war is over, they will ;gait long
enough. What sum is actually raised P—Ever yours faitLitlibr,
" Rev. J. Clay." STANLEY.".
Captain Hornby's letter was couched in PiAL)IaT terPis,

ON Tuesday, a deserter, on being pursued by a military
escort through the streets of Salford, was fired at by one of
the soldiers, when the fugitive fell down as if he was shot.
On being picked up it was discovered that he was more
frightened than hurt.
•

DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OP LANCASIIIRE.—A commission,
signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county palatine of Lan-
caster and dated 26th October, 1855, appears in Tuesday's
Gazette, appointing Bertie Mathew Roberts, Esq., a deputy-
lieutenant of this county palatine.
ALLEGED EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—It was rumoured
on Friday that the cash-keeper of Messrs. Ewart, Myers, and
Co., who has been in their employment upwards of thirty
years, had absconded suddenly with a large sum of money,
amounting, it is said, to upwards of £9,000.
DIE following gentlemen have been appointed Inspectors
of the Coal Mines in Great Britain :—John J. Atkinson, Esq. ;
William Alexander, Esq.; John Hedley, Esq,; Lionel Brough,
Esq. ; Thomas Evans, Esq. ; Peter Higson, Esq.
Ma. RAVTCLIFFE, agent to the Earl of Balcarres, at Pres-
ton, has introduced a screw-steamer of two hundred tons, for
the carriage of coal on the canal betwixt Preston and Kendal.
The quantity of coal conveyed each trip is about two hundred
tons, four other boats being attached to the steamer.

CLAIM AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY FOR DEMURRAGE.
—On Wednesday, an action brought by Mr. Swift, lime dealer,
against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, was
tried in the Wigan county court, before. W. A. Hulton, Esq.
The amount claimed was £2 145., being 3s. per day for eighteen
days' detention of a waggon. On the 13th August last, Mr.
Swift sent a waggon laden with lime to. Liverpool, by the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire Railway. The waggon was not his own,
but was hired from Mr. Kay, coal proprietor, Ince, and be-
longed to Mr. Quillan, of Liverpool, whose name was affixed to
the waggon, on an iron plate. In sending the waggon off, Mr.
Swift neglected to fix thereto a card stating the place to which
the empty waggon was to be returned. The waggon arrived
in Liverpool on, the 14th .August, and was immediately dis-
charged, and sent back on the 16th August. By some circum-
stance, which could not be explained, the waggon was missed,
and the company's servants endeavoured to trace it, without
success. On the 4th September, it was found, and on the sth
returned to Mr. Kay, from whom Mr. Swift had hired it. On
behalf of the defendants, it was uri.ed that, as the waggon had
no card upon it, stating to whom It was to be returned, the
company were not responsible for its detention. They conjec-
tured, but there were no means of knowing with certaint?,
that the waggon had arrived at the junction in Wigan, that It
had there been shunted off their line and upon the London
and North-western line, and by that line returned to Mr.
Quillan's siding at Liverpool. The waggon was traced, on its
return, as far as Sandkilis, but nothing more was known of it
till it arrived at 'Wigan on the 4th of September. The judge
decided that as, on the one hand, Mr. Swift had not taken the
proper precaution 'of putting his name and address on the
waggon, and as, 'on the other hand, the company had not
proved that they had returned the waggon to any one, he could
only make an order which would secure Mr. Swift from the
actual loss of the money he paid for the hire of the waggon
during its thitention, not allowing him any damages for any
other loss he might have sustained by such detention.—Mr.
Swift stated that he paid Is. per day, as the hire of the wag-
gon, and an order for 18s. was accordingly made.

TNE PDXRD 01 TILADS ON TEEN MB 'ole THE LS AD .
Te following letter from the Board of Trade to the Under-
writers' Association of LiVerpool, ,on the neglect 'to use the
lead, is exhibited in the underwriters' rooms
Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Marine Department, '2oth Nov., 1855.
am directed by the Lords :of 'the 'Committee of
Pilvy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your
'litter of the 9th instant, relative to the neglect of ship-
Masters to use the lead, and stating that the Liverpool
triderwriters' Association :are Of 'opinion Unit an important
:advantage would he gained were this board to issue a notice
'to masters of vessels thatlkkh teglectwcull be considered as
'misconduct.
In reply, I am toTequest.'yott toinform the Underwriters'
Association that my lord's have directed their serious atten-
tion to the many cases,of shipwreck which have recently been
investigated antler-the-provisions of 'the Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854, in most.cf which, as they conceive, the casualty
might have been aveided had the simple and obvious precakt-
tion of taking soundings been Observe/I.
My lords are impressed with a belief that from a desire to
avoid trouble and delay, or for other reasons, the proper krse
of the lead, oven :thick or foggy weather, or when upon
a dangerous Toast, ;has become ;to habitually neglected--in-
many branches of the merchant 'service, that masters appear
no longer tollool.' upon it as a necessary part of their duty.
My lords ,g4tdly take 'this opportunity of expressing their
decided opinion that inch 'conduct cannot be justified by ;any
custom or 'practice, however prevalent ; and the fact that
this neglectiins become 'common affords, in their lordships'
opinion, tte-Arongest reasontfor taking every possible means
to check iit; and they believe that there would be great
public betiefit and little individual hardship in visiting with
the smack penalties persons who are found gcilty of a -fault
oe fataliin;itS-consequenees.
My lords have no daulk, from the terms 'of 'your letter,
that the Underwriters' 'Association will concur with !them
in the,:views they take, and they are glad to ,have the op-
portniaty of expressing :those views, and of iratimdting, in as
ptililleta manner as' voksiible, their intention to :use all the
' rneans,with which the bkw has entrusted tlacinto enforce the
proper tase of theleadon'koard merchant ships.--4 am, sir,
yourolsedient servant, T. R. Ruzins.
The Secretary to tketZuderwriters' Assonittion,
Liverpool.

'll,OO or 'A Taint, 45M—The truth of this adage was once
more attested on Thursday last, in the iPelice-court, where
and when Mr. Richard Allan, a laceman nud hosier, in By-
Tom-street, appeared iin answer to a -semmons obtained
ilitanathhEsditiyelemfntoeenelnddit,
miss 'oft, against him by Mr.Rthert Esdaile, carrying on bushiest- in
'the same line, in theshop adjoining. Thefoad between these
'rival 'candidates for public favour appears, from an observe-
' 'tiontef Mr. Garnett, the magistrate's clerk, Lobe of Old standing,
talk one with ',which tie court had been previously familiar,
Mr. Esdaile stated that about half-past nine o'clock on Mon-
,day morning' he went',' his shop door to•see that the WilldoWS
rand plates, were clean, when the defendant rut his fist in his
'face, and said, "Come out here, you redoitiskered scoundrel,
and I will knock your nose off your face:" He continued to
inn similar languageler eight or ten 'minutes.— In answer to
a:casestion put by Mr. S. Holme, the plaintiff said that he Lad
'previously had's ;quarrel with the definidant, who had been
I fined 10s. and •costs"for insulting hituinzlhe street, and 4--lso
.!2Gfa., and. costs forillming a young taidy',who was an apprcn-
,,sheTe a. rssaliedy ,i
hcaelewoasf the
in
,:iiiiintiee itnifflsiiscu(tshtLersplai,n.
wtitrass)thsehnopeauTellicryz.
Mr.. Esdaile's shop .orc the morning in ouestiou, and she heard
the defendant call Mr.. Esdaile a red-whiskered rascal, and
tahnetr, tokatkneoyekii i
so rfiscrew t htilL7;siaeinartiff.. Slurhe. alFslaisawie
ido with him. Mr..,..Aewyl, an assistarrtin Mr. Esdaile's se-
him to go7away, as he wanted to have nothing to
the forewoman, anii. Susannah. Aikin,
an apprentice, mere -edited to prove the:,tbove facts.—The
defendant then gaselsis version ofeehat4ock place. He de-
nied that he .had.: used the language imputed to him. Re
sighed the assistant what he meant' by-swee_ping the dirt (mm.
Me, Esdaile's shop in -a heap hefore,hisidoor, but be only-
Go about ;your business." Mr.LEsdaile, hearing.
'them talking, cause tothe door and threatened to strike him,'
and the then certaholyidld call him a dirty +fellow and a dirty
dog, and told him-it. wee. an unmanly.actio.cast his dirthe-
'forelbis neighbour'edoor.—Mr. Samuel Milne said he thought
iitcw,as very much teObesregretted that in theAdaral rivalry of
-trade such bad feelhageSlauld exist. Tbough there might be
rivalry and competition in itrade, tradesmen tiliolild always be
'friendly, and have respect one towards another. But when •
A man threatened be assaultanother, .or .strained little incon-
meniences into insults; losing his temper, enthusing bad len-
guageezlculated to cause Ai:breach of the peace, then the law
xnust interfere and put ~asiabop to what was net only illegal,
but was also a public nuisance. ,It was :quite' time that such
tlisgraccall proceedings 'Should ,be put au endl. to. The de-
fendant was most clearly wrong,,, and must therefore pay a
penalty (of 40s. and costs :;.and• if the summons would have
csatibled.him to do so, wonld,,,have hound Mr. Alan over in a
heavypenzlty to keep the peace..
A1L8416) ILLTREMINIENT.OF 31B88ES. Us an OMNIBUS
ilLonans.--On Wednesday last, Mr. Aspinall, barrister, ap-
' pearedibefone Mn Aikin and .Mr- Dixon, the sitting magis-
trates, ,gfl , /behalf of Messrs. `',,and B. Busby, the omnibus
proprietorsi in answer to an infotnnation charging them under
the act lethtand 13th Victoria, yoitla cruelty , in overworking
and ill-trenting the horses tratploy4Kl by them ingimageng the
"Ma AtIS .vglajolu plies between the fierhead and the Necropolis.
tcca Mr_
~. ELetaky:telwoitoecl4.4.42l,bbec,
ltra:arsief
Aptwre:fvoienrnaabouttedthell,
thaaoftio,tote lop aiejleikvintie...uf:Orlrif:tnreashionetge,Prefoon.p.rvettlieemetii,pooirb:oinecsoeafi
claeweled-er..niotro,wkwiitteusts inm rthe case. The.eharge waas
Heywood's :assistance, when • pro-
ceeded
Willett, the gentleman at whose instance the informat* ibed
been laid, ga,ve,.evidence to the effect:that, on the,l2th isact. ,
he had fuelled from the Pierheiel to t,),:e Necropolis by 443 e
of 'the omnibuses rhelonging to the deferents. On the occa-
sion referred 'tQ, the driver, the witness 'said, flogged the
horses till he confess!. he was tired, and that then the gout
got off the omullniaand whipped the horses to relieve the
driver. - They did • not cease beating the anarses for three
minutes during theAhole journey, and for: the most part of
the distance the anikoals only walked. • And *is was not a
single instance, for iheenuld bring a similar <4harge against
rthe defendants for every.flay in the year. He 'had frequently
„seen persons get off the, omnibus and refuse ..to :pas( the fare,
4ither on account of its:being painful to their•feehngs, or on
aecosinminfuaenvdtouboryf tomhfert.hlasAse eipionfnroautrimma, tine. •
nTtlheektrecor.bnwecilnasiganionno7.oorthmererhicaolhsstn.eelies.
submitted that there was ,no case against his ,dients,
as it .would be monstrous !to ,convict on the .evidence of
a sin le passenger on an <omnibus, who, under •the pro-
visione .of the act, was entitled to half the penalties ,reco-
vered. ,Mr. Aikin (the magistrate) said, the witness iwersed
that the horses were unable toAlo the work to which Ahoy
were putoand that in consequence,of this inability they were
whipped by the servants of the defendants. Any man might
readily jade as to the capability.of a horse for perform-
ing the wows ,to which it was Put, and, also as to whether
a horse was abused. ' Mr. Aspluall animadverted in
severe terms (en the interference ,cf gentlemen like M.
Willan, who, he said, were stimulated by the hope of receiving
half of the penalty as allowed by the *act of Parliament, bat
,who had been unable to get his story corroborated by a single
,witness.--In answer to this, Mr. Aikin said, " Perhaps if you
weal allow evidence to be given as to the general condition
of the horses and their general treatment, some persons might
have attended, but this was an information for eruelty on a
particular day ; and I say that any individual who is at the
pains, and trouble, and expense of bringing these eases before
the public, instead of deserving censure, deserves praise—
After some farther discussica on different points of the case,
between Mr. Aspinall and the bench, the former gentleman
called evidence to show that Messrs. Busby were systematic in
the arrangement of their stables ; that their horses were care-
fully and properly attended and fed.—Mr. Bailey, a clerk in a
shipbroker's office, was called. He said he travelled daily
by Messrs. Busby's omnibus from the Exchange to the top of
Brunswick-road. The horses always performed the journey
• very comfortably, and he had never seen them cruelly or im-
properly treated.—Mr. Palmer, another passenger by the
same omnibus, having given evidence to the same effect, the
case for the defendant closed.—Mr. Aikin said there was some
doubt about the case, and he should therefore give the defend-
ants the benefit of the doubt; but he was at the same time in
hopes that good would arise out of the proceedings. It ap-
peared that the horses employed on this route had a very
heavy load to draw up a very steep ascent, and it would be-
come a question for Messrs. Busby's serious consideration
whether they should increase the number of horses employed
on each journey from three to four. He gave the defendants
the benefit of the doubt, and dismissed the information.—
Another information, laid by a Mr. Thomas Elford, was with-
draly4 by him en hearing the decision in the above case.
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