The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

13, 18551

LOCAL INTELLfG4NCE.

4' T,E,TEGRAPHIC DESPATCH has been received in Liverpool,
tatyegnorn,
announcing thedeath
of Thomas Jevons, Esq.,
•
!01.LECILiTE INSTITIITION.—Mr. A. Lafone, who was edu-
11artothe upper school of this institution, has been elected a
. f St. John's College, Cambridge.
hasCoulccaLon Mimi, who was re-elected on the Ist
Pitt-street' Ward, has had an attack of paralysis, of
r. seriolls nature as to cause the greatest alarm to his
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00:r REITA.rie screw steam:ship.
_arrived at Ports-
!! t ~,', eenesday -morning, with invalids and passengers
liiiitilektiZea. She kft Cor.stantinople on the 18th of Oct.
t Ira, sleeting of the Garston Board of Health, on Tuesday,
sni;ated that Mr. Gitto had returned from London with
the Gee3ll of the township, which had met with the approval
T.._ seral Board of Health
ree , •
e priz ei4 Prohibition of the export of saltpetre will inter-
a,...,PallY with orders for America, several of wind! were.
.--"`ung• notwithstanding the considerable quantities
Y %hip '
Ain to to that country. Russia was chiefly supplied
'ha Terlea'
I 4134 in It'llooe, a vessel bound from Bombay to Liverpool,
boa, f,. to collision, on
Tuesday evening, with the Ann Sander-
; Ille 1i2_,111 Valparaiso. Both easels are slightly damaged.
c'fr PriZit'afroni Bathurst to Lviverpool, has been totally lost
1, to ward Island.
takle atkc-4(.14T11713n.r0,01,.-The vacancy in the management of
505.,,1n L o...Ave/IA"
e , caused by the decease of the late Mr.
ktii Langton 'As be filled by the appointment of Mr.
14•''''Y' rthete4nabhraallag: who is now in America, but will
ON Tv, ome.
N '1E.7g,1,..T(1431, he late hfayor J. A. Tobin, Esq., entertained
seerlit4n".7,
,f the Connell to' a banquet at the Town-l!al
eca.p soetcaotrde,•andneeacrownid.ones was one of the. guests. This. is
T ic'll oaring , .ich Mr. Tobin has given to the entire
-ne-, -g els In
George' tXa ov ~, aYoralty.
bri.. 8-eail izql t;.',./tenninGE'S VISIT.--
aPP7op7ealiSeti '
CB2lBsia' 4.
k of Cam-
tia2o,ecasion of the visit of the Du_oc
Tobin,
~
the p,04%. ca. The concert at St.
The Mayor, J. Aey..aT...4nl,.rnlL q
South ' vu'; to the
ts as follows :-To the R .1. n ary,
ern and TextetC° AT the f igh Hospital, Hospital, 425; and to the
I:l4tierbab!' i,24litto-re-tyl3. '
eeting of the Photographic Society, on
tell ' 'Jr C h read a paper on the process of print].
and .„,., ra, be 1-,__,
blcti on ',7. Porrest, thefe• PaPe
ktva4altes, and the
ter/ :41-4 Tall S iza)rtterr oonn
thete rs
wse subject of laying albu-
re
jalso read by Mr.
Umethed of transfer-
Gi,„, ecessfid tr,,c:LW.COLLIEB, CARDON.-Ou Tuesday, a
tio;',,.9tnshead and f this vessel took place, in a runs. to the
'Fais',;•4eN'essel re aitil.
t 4 inches.
Lack, the engines performingi 5 revolu-
-14 iet:ssel is boil{ lag Bi,- knots, and drawing 11 e.en
Weeen\!,led to earl 4i
nArstlotlgsons patent tubular ptori ciple, and
trade be-
NI .eweasile ald-,,, tons. She was built
tsac,,,_e or st, London.
14 took 1-1144.--On Thursday a crowded meeting of
Aurp Piece at the Y kH t I 'Williamson-square, for
,t.ic OSe v _ . _ .or oe , ,
id advance in the
at:. of sugar c2nsidering the present rap b_ Mr.
to `l, Aft';'' or all sorts. The chair was occupied J
f mr. T3rsem,
~,4 ailee
psorne tenve.rtation a preposition 0
then
carried
.oplan: Per lb. on all sorts of -sugar, was '-
hc;7l)aor''
11, lead, Ecron, of Liverpool, H. Simmons, comm,ander,
5,;(444;"1, hound for Demerara put in at PortsmoLtb, on
Chaii " with loss
shroudhem -4 Sib-boom, jib and foretopmast
n'ta ••' With "'nil',
la con,-.7 s, &c., connected therewith,.
retze, nilth.eet on Thursday morning, at 3 30, with a brig,
ni stnn;'3Wll, 12 miles off-St. Katharine's. The strange
To,. ----4 oft to the southward.
',tV4ll Lo r 41 Friday,the commissioners
1,,, 6..,,,
field QAI,
..,OARD.-„R .
t-tr, the ,7,, ',.t their monthly meeting The reporters
,z 3 the bi,s-2_newspapers attended, h
tll 'loll at to was first established, there
d Ited or -not, Yet
.°teo vii th
were
hould be a ml .
Who „ ley s h subjec s
t - heuld be
wewrue informed
a difference of
a"cnded were informed that t e
, atthe next niee„,...ting. '
'ik
eiidentslit the vil-
of /.1 --.4I)ENT. AT -notToN.-
and other
f•.1,;%il rton celebrated the annivenrsaeryr_of.entrilne
en battle of In-
14,l'arrat Y.,,a bonfire and the discharge of
d harging it'the can-
-10, l'attin.„. Pt the course of the afternoen,a number
-.0) --.'. hard id cannon. In We , of youths
‘s.t. erst. „ an o
btter one of the fragmentsthe spot.
and killeihim on
ouag man named
, a shoe„
head,
struck a 3
A Itr alter, on the
to
IEtC `llllerdllaya, av'TlPLAtlrLeurt.-In the Court of Common Pleas,
ektaside the eerdtT was made h d by the:plaintiff, on
in this ease,: tend refused,
f„ 11(1 than£he dalroaga f2'dpro exa 'Ve. The action was
141'22'ach e°lAract, ein a' re
b ' •ng .a' Vessel within the
7i,TP.tilatd between the parties, and lees tried in Liver-
nntiersto th
Eleilyerlll.°T..e *A.tr. Justice Crowder. - The :Lord Chief Justice %net wilshend betn of
" n 0
Illie ;"
tr,:Yand that thebut;in refusing it, the
1%44
on
thot.zi. question left to 'the jurY was the only one
at they refused it on the
lelii P
'Peter 0: -4°8.-14 th
was
elm liner, residin • e Police-collet, on Friday, John
an Excise red vvitla smega 14 a cellar, No;17, Raymond-street,
on
wile 414 g sPirits without a licence. Thomps ,
a tias.
of. , . er, stated
tl,
h‘. ? virlsiteY for 44 u th October he bought
at -on the 14 - far
• without a ,at the prieoner's cellar, paying
offence
fun penalty-113 nilestio.ns asked." =Me prisoner was •fined
' ' -of 45'9. And in the like sum for the same
trisoo on the 7th Oetoher Michael M`Shane, who is in
knrth of a Charge of k ' ' ' • till w fined £5O, 'a
Penr„. the ftill eeping an tit
~_
---4gton-st penaltY, for distilling spiritsat is hiss house in
fit reet, on the 14th of September last.
tin r„Il VETIne.--.Tho sided at
*ter Campbell pre
!". thaCeetilig of the - Rev. 11- it appeared
e tit the il , e select 'vestry on, Tuesday, when
1 to ,ha
2111zuer of inmates in the workhouse,the 31st
on
lative
4 sehtlit re.rei?l- Several vaggestions of the chaplain, Ltria
thai?ois,
wa angerneediat or yuriottc.
Committeemattertlatl;eported
ors, bad lisad been takento. The Finance
h lives of the relieving-
-..'ed An angrY discussion- took place, relative to-the in
which
Ned 44°Intniellt Of . fO'` Of. relieving-officers,
1,,0h,.. with,„,.., an IllSpee • .
‘l4l be (I 't." anY result, as the ,chairman . said the matter
T/111 ecaded at the next fortnightly meeting of theboard.
.14t14ts ICiter Gov
rrange-
INDIA.-The a .
1:41,W leeliattve to fhe•°Rpa-GrifEeltof LoOri'd Canning for India are
ET a%CllClO;thqett The de-lvrtmuermbers of his lordship'
8 staffwh
Y' ab '''4rl If °ll
- • members, we believe,
uoN,,, I.Dolat,dY him to India-the only
at Benarer,
nie,vlo4vtiltol4t- are Dr. Leekierlate civil surgeonhis aordshix s
.e. 4111,, ' Ztten.,,,, OR furlough, •
who will act as . . _
e.
Bouverie, aide-
\l v• Tli 'allt in India, -and Captain _n . ~..r
' atsol eGo
at i'‘,,eti aL vernor-iGeneral and staff will leave L 0 eon. kU
4rehrSeilip: utlt the 26th inst., and embark on the Ist:proxinso
brought
R -t' ,on bthe Caradoc (the vessel which. .
eez , 41ows oard
I proceed from Pen ".' tow_ remains -to England). He wil
ts -steamer
oqe r, uELY in the Hon.:East India ComPailY
ettt'"'"' weeri
na, iii 1. , Cold 3fai/.
a4s
'" 3-'s A The fortnightly mee
ting of
1 ation ~. ssocreziore.-.-
411itt.str'eala held on Thursday, at the Royal Institution.
in the chair-
qrserie was al!! a. Abraham, Esq.,_r president,MercerM exhibited a ),e3-_
keit. of patthad attendance.
-in ent .attendance. :flag, , manufactured from the refuse_ f at 4 g flirt onthan bricks,
said to be cheaper ,
4cl
&o furnace
its
aces*
It
was
moulded into . .
• any iorni tliils:/f tear. caPability of .being
1 for
culiarly aPPlicah e '
k•'
tlitiing
a high
13°Iiab' be
specimen exhibited.wes
~l)y 1 artistic miroose.„ The
for that purpose.
1,9 fir Chari,,, Hand' of Castle-street, ,
x..ir
.. .
414- 84141 -.. ' vel description were ipenaittra
1,1 r• mall crucibles of woo
Ti,. el.-Mr. T.then read apa ,
of
Are
natural order Palmacele," Ni h:ttil. products of - the
valuabledna
collection of saeci-
3s, 4.f?[hribited a large•an
' the meeting separated.
-to
r,,ntt2e a brief discussion,
ENGLAND.-An action
to 'en ir, IV. THE BANK 'O7 £5OO, whieh had
s -4e • ...e a hank note for (40 in i_ amount of a Messrs., Brown, P.
swey awl:Co,
Alai to eh, 1852, fromhands of the
subsequently got into theancla
verpie ~,., and had
the chief justice, .
'lct 'la tried in London-before rlot,
~ a,„„
t_£s24, the amount of the
Ile' ,to 74 kund for e plaintiff,
la for _,
lumen
d la the Court •of Co
n as Illterest•
Mr•
Bovul move
there -should
:ot ij,„ °/1 ko„,1 • € • rnie -to show cause why .
of the
Illry "a ne --a' lar - - grounds that the finding ,
it did w trial, upon the.
that taq
,s.ete h not entitle the plaintiff to the verdict;
laintiffl
Nci not tin • i of • 'on in favour of the p
~
te that
the Turnous.y ,Vim
et was °hist the weight of evidence; and
•e4CIB6° Pl•Qbac:.rddaifidavitawhith stated that there had been
`4e ou9 misunderstanding among the jury about the.matter.
wvoert refused the role, and the verdict stands.
were
(dent bZnere Gusunrans.--The following guardians_adion
(03,41 at the rneeting on Wednesday :-Rer- W. '" •ekup,
11.7rnian), and Messrs. Edwards, Lunt, Siddeley, 131310 r..
tWantfield
w , Reyes, Pitts Medealf, Harrison.Ab
'rBllBl6'Kidd,
F ensley, Whitb B' -Brimdritt,
4zPatriek 'B 1 Y, Birch, Shaw Roberts,
them otion
~,, .._r
Harrison,,o shaw, Patten 1 , and Mullins. On
that
11_31 .Hi seconded by 3,1 Led r it was agrirdaid be
he ..s of Mr. A. B B r• ge. ' fficer s °
Ncreased f • arnett relieving-0 ' moved, as
, rom £l3O to els() per ' um. It was neyes,--,
71 amendment, by Mr. shaw and
;seconded by r
Mr.,
anion
c',4!t the subject of the salaries :©f the whole of
to
po
tlZte he referred to a committee
• of this board,
_artiliairtis
'444 . to this board. On a division seventeen.ai_against it,
4,
,i \k, 'rayon'. of the original motion, r e
.4. niysr. Harrison
kee!,t, ta:,4a, therefore, declared, to riteTirmi.dter.sl ./1
of the work:
\r'''e ford that Mr. Mann elappo
of gd3o a-year. Also, tni.
rt.
' 1.98 otk poor, at asa ary
of the workhouse o
14,,
~34,,,,,_ e sick
,nund matron
" si 144 Robbs be appm
It was moved, as an
4111 A C'llo • salaryof £4O a-Year* h appointment be
I„ -td,„ oe, at a .
That file appoi
rstb,-'ellt gnat
ea h proposition,---
'eel' -ned for c -th On a division the amendment was
arm 4 one mon
'l` '0 be carried in each case.
411
IC
WAPPING.-The various
le,l,seratif, tw Doox WORKS AT
are
ts at WaPPing
-4 st -11 vs connected with the improvemen
houses on the
bla.
e4k
Dr The cblossal pile of ware
and.
c trill ogress.
-..th° °F WaPlAng Dock have reached . their elevation,
and
n their long
teat llgh destitute of ornament, present io_ ,
••
______nding,
4,14 Bire outline and lofty proportions, a_ne.W
as mu"'
h been built
alonv.ll4hEtantial ect. The new shed win n
editably on the
;I,cltli-1,41e,„.the S kilo D k also reflects •cr
he
a use
°cwork of -t kind about
:9e d-,-,agetnent, and is the finest _
man.owed,oppo_
qte tjsae"s ; but the new street has been uch the
mof theshed and
Nilits: Caittom-house, by the prei 11.
ech°
the docks are opened
%NI te • There is little doubt that, when
where three
qte,Ze trome developed, this contracted space,_
the r. w. .iii ay wagons,
4N '45 of carts and vehicles, together with
us nuisance.
I.l4tcontin 1
ua•lY sin will be found a
dangerorally adopted
ill tb-onble road a g, bridges have been gene draw
im-
,lirce,-„e new doekw oYrke, and when all the contemplated
ho e, and
Wah`4l ents are fiwnished, the King's, Queen's, Salt
of the-docks
tte(Ding Docks will be rendered as useful as any
__rustees.
AI, r the 133 t d control of the Doc T
t klx, anagemen an
altera-
kit Inense sum of money has been expended on these
Tli . Which willnot be completed for a considerable.
time.
ta4e tenerai
e of the works exhibits an improvedndre.
flame ',.colubiniauPPgearreaa strength with beauty of form, and
j,'erY creditably on the dock surveyor and his assistants.hasbeen
il•kttii,TITANT TO MARINRRS.-The following letter has
'44ltoti-a4oinas Court, Esq , secretary to the Underwriters'
Committee
14 ti, tion, from the recently-appointed Compass
I am directed
13Y the 15°11 '-1.• 1 Nov. 6, 1865.-Sir,-
ireful he Livern•
eolverpoo
Compass' Committeethat, by
to
inform
you
i of Octo-
11e r,,e_„xPerinientsde here on the 15th and 1 t
6College,
uhtne-i0 also at the Magnetic Observatory, Trinity
at
t-
la)
it
• agd
that the correct "variation"
at a.
was
aseertaine
as
.
20.22 west
or Liverpool .
Tile
„... Por Dublin .• •
tempiiieall •I- parts of the
~ pf these, or 25-8 (rather less than
be 24
made for va-
t 7, le therefore the proper correction to
land and
rationo ''ar ships navigatingbetween the south of Ir.e _ w
head.As
th
I practice with shipmasters is to allow
theDfkits, it will be perceived,usual
in sailing for Tuskar Head or
h„toeta.tt ers, e, Will lead to
the right of their course, and thus be
Is'lqe .17", lite thick or foggy weather. The rate of change in
El sn'tr'ation" for the Irish Sea during ten years is found to
e-tart oi-4,,Per Year. No note to this effect is inserted in any
letetf; kue Channel; and those charts professing to be cor-
oYears •s'a the Year 1853 still give the variation as it was many
'not knee, when tla fi t gravecl„-W. W. RVNDELI,
!tall. en ey were at en

THE British and North American Mail steamer Canada
sailed hence on Saturday, with 178 passengers, a large cargo,
and the usual mails.

ON Friday Ellen Patten, living as servant with Mr. Swift,
beerhouse-keeper, Duke-street, suddenly left her master's
service, unobserved, taking with her £4O, which she had stolen
from a box in his bedroom.
THE first annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the
United Kingdom Alliance for the Suppression of the Liquor
Traffic was held on Thursday, in the Teutonic-hall,Lime-street.
Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, M.P., the president, occupied the
chair, and there was a very large attendance.
TRIAL or A NEW STEAMER.—A new paddle-steamer, called
the Emperor, belonging to Mr. James Jack, of the Victoria
Engine Works, of this town, made a trial-trip on Saturday,
from the Sandon Dock to the Bell Buoy and back. The work-
ing of the engines, &c. was highly satisfactory.
THE Rev. G. Bull,of Birmingham, will lecture for the Kirk-
dale Working Men's Reading Room and Night School, this
evening, in St. Mary's school-room. The subject will be,
" Home and how to make it happy." The chair will be taken
by the incumbent at half-past seven o'clock.
SOME young rascals, by way of what they termed a " lark,"
set fire to a quantity of shavings in the house of Frederick
Westgate, in Kitchen-street, on Saturday afternoon. The
Liverpool and West of England fire-brigades turned out, but
the only damage sustained was confined to an old sofa.
TEE 6th regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, now in
camp at Aldershott, has been so much reduced, in consequence
of the number of volunteers from it into the line, that infor-
mation was received in Burnley of the speedy return of Cap-
tain Fenton and other officers, with the baud of the regiment,
for the purpose of recruiting. Since then the order has been
countermanded, and the regiment is now expecting to pro-
ceed to Dublin. 200 of the volunteers arrived at Cork last
week.
A LIVE RACCOON IN A BALE OF TOBACCO.—Two Cus-
tom-house officers were one day last week unpacking a bale of
tobacco, in the bonded warehouse, Liverpool, when, on re-
moving the outer covering of raw ox hide, they found a rac-
coon, thin, indeed, to emaciation, but still alive. It had
'existed, probably for months, by nibbling at the raw ox hide,
which thus at once became its food and prison-house. It has
since been allowed more generous fare, and is rapidly recover-
ing from the effects of its long and hungry confinement.
THE Committee 'of the Liverpool Governesses' Institution
are endeavouring to raise a sum of money sufficient for an
annuity of £2O, to be called " Archdeacon brooks' Annuity."
Their first presentation to be placed at the disposal of Miss
Brooks ; afterwards the selection to be vested 'in the general
committee. The recipient to be a native of Liverpool, a
widow, or unmarried lady—not under, fifty years of age,
and who has 'been a governess, either resident or daily, for five
years in one or more private families, and whose income does
not exceed £2O per annum.
PILTERING FROM A COOPRRatill.--Nhu Jones, a lad, was
charged at the Police-court, on Saturday, with
M stealig lead
in
and other articles from the cooperage of Mr. ',
Bond.street. On Friday night, the prisoner and two other
boys were observed by Mr. Rimmer, who lives in Bond-street,
to break into the cooperage, and presently to return with a bag
tVittently containing some heavy substance. He pursnedthem,
and succeeded in capturing the prismer, but his companions
escaped. The prisoner was carrying the bag, which was found
'to contain lead and other articles, which had been takenmonths. from
the cooperage. He was committed to prison for two
DEATH PROM EtCESEME PRINSING.—Robert
'honse
M'Carra,
'about fifty years of age, keeper of a disorderly
Lancelot's-hey, died on Saturday morning from excessive
drinking. At the inquest •on Saturday it was stated that
this was the third case of -sudden death which had come be-
fore the court. M`Cann, who was formerly a seatnan,
in was
living with a female some three or four years ago the
above house, awl she was 'found suffocated in the Privy. A
young woman who appeared at the time as a witness subse-
quently became his wife, mnd died suddenly from the course
of life she led'; and a -witness at the present nuttiest, who
appeared with a bruised face, had since that period caved with
him as ini4t.css.

RBCTOTML 1317)ifilL FEES.—In the Court of Queen's
Bench, oa Saturday, Mr. H. Hill applied for a:rule calling on
the auditor of the West and North Lancashire district to
show canse'whya -certiorari should not issue to remove into
this court,ceitain disallowances and surcharges made by him,
that they might be quashed. Mr. Campbell, the rector of
Liverpool,claitted certain burial fees, Which` were paid to hint
by the 'vestry, `bit were disallowed by the auditor, on the
ground that the scale under which they` lad been paid, and
which hadteen made by the commissioners, was not a utho-
rised by the. 10th George IV-, o. 11. The application was
made to obtain the opinion of the .Count upon the construc-
tion of the"clause.—The Court g-rarited 'the rule.
TimccAfVrin MILITIA..—The follotting commissions kavthe e ,
been signed by the Lord-Liedk•natit:-4rd Regiment Of
Duke Lancaster's Own W. Mathias, Esq., late 1
!major hi the 6th regiment of Royal Itneashire Militia, to be
aeutepaiit colonel, vice Bentlam,lresigned ; Ensign Y. Eeas-
ley tobellieutenant, vice Made, appointed to the line.—Bth
'regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia,: W. L. Echlin, Esq., to
be-surgeon, vice Harrison, resigned.—Royal Lancashire Mili-
tia Artillery : J. Richard, gvitlentat, to be first lieutenant,
Nice 4. E. D. Campbell, appointeitto the line.—The following
.appointment is substituted for that which appealed in 'the
Gaie'flie of Friday, the:2nduf Nuvcmber :-4th 07 Duke. of
Lancaster's Own (Light linfantry) 'Royal Lancashire Militia-4
T. A. Corlett, gentleman, to be ensign from the Ist of August,

'lO5.
'AUSTRALIAN EXIGBATIcet.--Maine wand Ces "Black
'Raid" clipper Ocean Chief, Cape-Tobin,il for Melbourne
on Tuesday, with the mails of 'the 6th of this month. She
bada very heavy cargo, and 270 adult passengers. The---next
mail will be dispatched on•tha2lit of November, by Messrs.
Pilkingtou and Wilson's -splendid ship Mermaid, Captain
'1)...-4Y- The mail ship of ' the rfith of December will bethe
;Marco Polo, which is rapidly tilling with passengers,•princiPally
.old colonists ; and the mail of the 20th December will be
forwarded by the Earl of Sefton. The " Black •Ball" ship
Oliver Lang was to leave Mclhoerne, with the mails for Liver-
:pool, on the 21st of August, and is, therefore, in her eightieth
day out. The Surprise is in her eighty-first day out ; -but the
r,'Ballarat having brought newsnp to the day before ,the Oliver
bang sailed, we do not expect moth later intelligence-until the
:•arrival of the White Star, Which was to leave Melbourne on
the 30th of August; and, allowing her eighty daystonnake
?the passage home in, -she may be looked for on the 20th of
November. The Kent was appointed to leave for London on
the Bth of September, andanay, therefore, be looked for .about
the end of the month.
Does COl/311TEE.—Mr. .Marles Turner resided:at the
weekly meeting on Thrtriday. The other m ember present
were Messrs. Shand, Rardrin, Rounthwaite, Hubhaek,
dale, Monde', Barberrj. Holrae, Gregson, Robinson,".Lockett,
and Holden. A•communication was read from Messrs. Allen
and Gillespie, in reference to the complaints made tothe com-
mittee last week by Messrs. ,scot and 'Lipper, and, applying
for a permanent berth for a new line of screw-steamers which
it is in contemplation to-establish in the spring of next year.
Referred to the Harbour,Masters' Committee.
sta A letterhat was
received from Mr. T. landing-waite tington
the 6th of September, last,mbilst he was returning *from the
Huskisson Dock, he met with a very severe accident:at the
drawbridge, in consequence of the gorge chains not.being up,
having fallen between thebridge and the pier, a distance of
12 feet, upon the granite pavement. Under these circumstances
he made application to the committee that the • expenses to
which he had been put bythe accident be defrayed by them.
The Chairman said the matter had been investigated 15 the
Harbour Masters' Committee, and they found that the man
declared that he had putlip the chain. The ,chain must have
been unhooked by some tone out of mischief. The secretary
was instructed to write• to Mr. Miall, on behalf of the ,com-
mittee, regrettingthe accident, and stating that they had in-
quired into the circumstances, and found that thoehain was
put up by their servant. A memorial was read from twelve
master pilots, in reference •to Mr. Garniss having given evi-
dence before the Recorder; at the sessions, in a ,case of:colli-
sion, in a case in which Joseph Corkwell was implicated, and
calling for an explanation. The Chairman stated Mr.
h ,Garniss
was summoned to appear, and could not disobey. He ad-sent
a letter to the committee in reference to the subject, which
would be transnaltted to the master pilots.
LIABILITY or R*ILWAY COMPANIES.—in the County
Court, on Thursday, Mr. T.. S. Raffles presided in the absence
of the judge, Mr. Pollock. ..16.1 action, Wignall v. the London
and North Western Railway :Company, was tried, which in-
volved a question of considerable • poance as regards the
liability of railway companies. The plaintiff was a commerciai
traveller who, in May last, being travel by the Lou-.don and North Western Railway, came to e Lime-street
station shortly before the _starting of the nine o'clock night
train. The booking-office was not open when he arrived there,
.and as he wanted to get sometsefreshment, he gave his lug
gage to a porter, who placed it in a carriage, and who told him
:he might leave it there, as it wad be perfectly safe. Upon
Allis assurance he left the luggage there and went into the
• refreshment room, where he remained about ten minutes.
_Upon coming out he found -that his desk was gone. The
tram was actually then moving off, and as the desk could not
be found, he was obliged to get, his ticket and leave in the
*train at once. The desk was not recovered, and as it contained
a number of private documents useful to him in his business
and otherwise, he claimed to recover compensation. The com-
pany offered to pay him £3 10s„ the actual value of the desk,
but denied any further liability- On behalf of the defence the
law agent of the company contended that there was no lia-
bility,,inasmuch as the desk was lost-before the plaintiff had
taketritia ticliet, and therefore before any contact was Made ;
and also that the documents contained in the desk were not
personal Juggage, and did not come under the character of
articles .to which the liability of the company extended. This
Litter point was that which was most strongly urged on behalf
of the defence, and upon which the eOmpany more espeCially
desired to have the judgment of the court.—Mr. Raffles stated
that he would take time to consider the case and consult with
Mr. Pollock. The judgment will be delivered on Tuesday
next.
SINGULAR ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—At :the Police-court,
on Thursday, Elizabeth Sparks, her mother, Jane Sparks, and
her sister, Mary Sparks, were brought up under, the following
remarkable eircumstances. Elizabeth, a stout, strong- looking
girl, lived as servant with Mrs. Wilson, wife of Capt. 'Wilson,
who is at present on his voyage home. A few evenings ago,
Mrs. Wilson left her house, No. 77, Huskisson-street, taking
her two children to pay a friendly visit, and leaving the girl
in charge of the house. On Mrs. Wilson's return, about ten
o'clock, the back doors were found open, the house in great
confusion, and the girl lying stretched on the sofa in the sitting
room, apparently suffering from the effects of a drug, as well
as from some personal violence, her hair being dishevelled, a
slight bruise being on her face, from which blood flowed, and
the front of her dress being a little torn. On being well
shaken the servant seemed to recover her consciousness, and
muttered :—" Let me alone, and I won't make' a noise !"
Shortly afterwards she made a statement to the following
effect:—A strange woman came to the door, who seized her,
• threw her down upon a sofa in the parlour, and forced some
liquid down her throat. She quickly became insensible, and
knew nothing more. On being discovered by her mistress,
the girl was taken to the Dispensary, with a view of giVing
her an antidote to the pernicious drug, though what that drug
was has not been discovered; and she does not appear to have
suffered any material injury, either externally or internally.
On examining the house, it was found that every article of
value had been stolen, including gold rings, silver dessert
service, articles of clothing, and two small boxes containing
two £6 Bank of England notes, the whole amounting to
about £5O in value. A reward of £5 being offered for the
discovery of the thieves, Detective-officers Povey and Cozens
succeeded in tracing the whole of the missing property to the
possession of the servant girl's mother and sister, their sus-
picions having been drawn in that direction by the extraor;
dinavy nature of the case, and by the fact that the mother had
been previously convicted for felony. The prisoners were com-
mitted for trial.