The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL dUUNtI caeitt.•

(Before W. A. Htri.tori, Esq.)
pebere "Strankland, at ML. 3-10-wtez,
7, Seymburthfreet; fifteen elays. John Barber, 6,
Btrom-terrace, Byrom-itreet ; fouraeen days, to pay 98.
jtinitB Grcenwood, 41; Gore street North ; fifteen: days,
in a 'rnontli t$ pay Ids,
KERBacK v., Grocott um:wait-A
ior tne plaintiff ; ana Mime or the defendant,
,Plaintiff, a single, woman, residing .at 58, ,TerletOn.
street, Everton, sought to recover £7 10s: 6d., money
lent at various times to the • defendant, a widti*er,•fesid,
ing,.at 83, Chathnin-street. It appears that, fora length,,
of time, they had been•under a mutual promise of mar-
ria.Td. The money had ,been advanced at various dates,
rairg,ing frOm September 3rd, 1859; to Jamiary, 1860,
prinCipallOhrottgli a girl in the defendant's. employ,
callcil Esther *Connell, ,to enable him to buy clothing,
including a coat and a shirt, &c. A sovereign, however,
,was for a set of gold •stads, ..presented to the'defendant,
and 7s. for a bonnet supplied to his daughter. On each
side ,a number of witnesses were examined. A letter,
written by plaintiff to defendant was read, stating that
an consequence of the many derogatory things she had
heard of Jilin, she desired, no further acmiaiutahee, 'con- ,
-eluding hei letter, however, by saying she was happy
only when he was with her. Defendant acknowledged
having sent *Connell once with a note to the•plaintiff
for the load of 10s, Which she refused, and he positively
denied having received' any money at all. from her.
She,' howeVer, pressed him to accept the 'studs and the
bonnet for his child. He had' given, her £3 to buy a
feather bed, with,, and had-paid-sundry. sums of ,money
for repairing her watch. Esther M'Connell denied
having • received:any money from the plaintiff. The
judge, in slimming up; carefully reviewed the evidence;
a part of which relating to the bill—all the items el
which, the plaintiff,had said, were written elown at the
different dates:--be partially diBcredited.; but she might
at some future time, perhaps,. he thought, make her
.case out more clearly. Nonsuitech. .
•DEvoy v. Bsua,r.w.--Mr. Gray appeared for the
defendant. The "action was brought by, the plaintiff,
who was expelled -SoMe time since from the Liverpool
Mersey Tontine Society, 'of which the defendant is the
secretary, the recovery of 4s. paid 'into the
funds. Nonsuited.

The inquiries ordered by the 'Board of Trade respect-
ing the. foundering, of
.the,Ondine 'steamer,' after .being
in collisiOn in the Channel, and the stranding .of the
ship Earl,of Eglinton;•have'li6en'aliaddeniedc'
Seventeen Conservatives voted in favour of the paper
duty- repeal bill, 'a,nd 15 Liberals against., Lord Stanley
did, not..vote• Sir F. Baring paired against the bill.
The members of the late Derby Cabinet generally voted •
for retaining the duty. • ' '
The count out of the House of Commons; 'on Tuesday
night, prevented Mr. Cardwell bringingin an Irish. Land-.
lord and Tenant Bill, which the Post says has been framed
••
in a spirit oi' 'enlarged equity, and ;,is calculated to give
general satisfaction to all classes tof Irish people, and
to remove one greet cause of agrarian 'disaffection and
outrage.
The Times contains a correspondence between Mr.
Pope Hennessy, • M.P., And Viscount Campden. The
letter of Mr. Hennessy is for the purpose of showing,
that no discrepancy 'exists between Viscount Campden's..
statement in the Times of , yesterday and Alderman
•id.'Carthy's statement of the case. • Lord Campden, in.
reply, says he' considers the 'explanations perfectly
satisfactory.., •
.
ExPr.osio* NEAR AIRDRIE —On Friday night a ter-
rible catastrophe occurred at Dundyvan Ironworks, near
iCoatbridge, ,in'tlieineightipurhood. Of Airdrie.. About
;nine o'clock. the,•No. 5 furiaice exploded.. It appears
that up to the time of the accident the furnace was appa-
rently in firStrate 'working order, and it, is conjectured
'that in some part ofthe furnace a quantity of the con-
tents bad got incrusted to the side, which getting free by
the heated air continually blowing in, tell suddenly down.
and thereby forced out a large clnantitY' of what had
collected underneath. 'nice men' and a lad who were
working in front-of this were all, overwhelmed in an.
instant by the liquid mass of scoria' and
.ashes. The
!screne which followed ,was heartrending in the. extreme,
Their clothes were consumed, and nearly•every part of
their bodies fearfully scorched. Their cries were pitiable,
and tlie men ran some distance from. the.place, but the
poor boy could. not esca.Pe. With some diffienty, how-
ever' be was extritated and taken home, but diedwithin
'Tan-hour afterwards:- The three men lingered in exeru-
ciating pain till Saturday, when they expired.