The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The monthly meeting of the council was held yester-
day ; W. J. Tomlinson, Esq., president, in the chair.

REGISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIPS.

On the recommendation of the commercial law com-
mittee, it was resolved to solicit the Lord de Grey and
Ripon to introduce a measure into the House of Lords
for the compulsory registration of private partnerships,
similar in principle to that brought forward by him in
1858.

CONSOLIDATION OF THE ACTS RELATING TO STAAP
DUTIES.

The same committee recommended that the council
should memorialise the Chancellor of the Excheiluer to
brlii ptrgd a bill for this purpose, the present acts
ettenditig dyer. Of 70 years, all of which it is
necessary to Corisillt iri di*tB,4ceft4itt. validity, or
otherwise, of documents subjea td thosp qws:

STATE OF AFFAIRS IN MEitCO:

A letter from the Foreign-office was read, stating, in
reply to the Chamber's memorial, that every effort will
be made by Government for the protection of British
interests in that country; and that, with reference to
the recent instance of forcible seisure of specie, the
parties *hciliiade ii deiittrh hafe undertaken to resters
the sum of $400,000. -

INDIAN IMPORT DitilES. •
Letters from the Bengal and Manchester Chambeis
Commerce on this subject were referred to the Customs
committee.
DUTY ON THE IMPORT OF PALM OIL INTO FRANCE.

" This question was referred to the same committee,
with power to confer with the African Association
thereon:

tlEtmkrtroisT ot4 d001:93 AT IItg.II.AILIVAY STATIONS.
TA letter froth the representatite of the cartostnere
was read, and the matter *as referred td the assotidtione
imthediately affected by it.
SAPPLY CIF COTTON'.

Several letters as th the etiltituticht of Cotta, rrior
especially in Africa, were retorted fd d dOeCial Cont.:
mittee, with instructions to consider the entire dubj6it:

COURT OF PASSAGE.—YEsTERDAT.

(iefore Mr. lAA Es, Assessor.)
HASI~ATYE 4. BrinkE.—=Mr, Williams appeared for
the iftaintiff ill this east'; and Mr. Aspinall for the defen-
dant: The phintiff is a general commission agent and
broker in ,this town; and the defendant is the widow of
the.late Di
x. litirkei a surgeon, whe Carried on business
in great lionard-street, in this town. The action was
brought td reedver the of ;CO, which the plaintiff
alleged to have been tifomiged nm for p'erforming a
certain duty by the defendant. It eippeaifi that in No.:
vember last the defendant wished to dispdse of the b'usi;
tress of her late husband: A gentleman liantied,
O'Brien having been apprised of this fact, emplefetl the
present plaintiff to negotiate for the purchase. IS'tf
Hrtskavite adeofdingly had an interview with the defend
dafft, 41111 ieferied him for information to Father
O'Brien' saying at the Mtn& time that the latter gentle-
man had full authority to treat With hint gull &
cinently, however, the plaintiff *rig the/ Means of iiittd,
ducing to Father O'Brien one Dr. Caithagbi vlho' it
appeared did eventually purchase the husiness. bitting
the negotiations that were going on between Dr. Cava.,
voit and Fattier O'Brien the plaintiff wrote to the
forfilef, stating that .as he was in want of money, he
could not be eipe'del t 6) v,!erk for nothing, and intimat-
ing that he Weald clairti Id fire'd Mn' Hate, as a fair
reward for his trouble. The tietendant, rra
having in any way employed the plaintiff; of premised
him a reward, repudiated the claim, and fievii4 64. fie:
sent action. It turned out in the course of the cat* that.
Father O'Brien, instead of having (as the plaintiff rerh'e:
sented) the disposal of the business confided to his
cliafge; vial merely a friend, and it further appeared
that 8,10 of Money
,was ever promised to the plaintiff.
Time latter being *Ate to prove his ease. was nonsaited.,
BLOOMER b. TAnrslitlitTlire plaintiff in this case
was a manufacturer, carrying on business in Stafford-
shire as the maker of a patent anchor, which has
" obtained some celebrity. Ms agents in this town are
Messrs. Lockhart and Tozer, and they some time ago
made arrangements with another firm to supply them
; With some patent chains, anchors, and windlasses. The
defendant being a manufacturer of the description of
windlass tettrired, was counnurtic'ated with by these
gentlemen. the result of the communication was that
the defendant entered into a contract to make three
patent windlasses for £23, and to deliver the same free
on board in a fortnight. This contract was entered into
on the Het of July, and a few days before the expira-
tion of the fortnight Messrs. Lockhart and Tozer sent a
letter to the defendant, in which
,they expressed the
hope that the work WoVid be done in the time specified.
The defendant took no natite whatever of this letter,
and on the day when. the windlasses should have been
contpleted (the 14th August) the agents dispatched
another letter to the defendant, requesting him to get
them ready for immediate shipment. About fourteen
days elapsed before another commtinication was made
with the defendant, and this was much to the same effect
as the preceding, asking him if he was yet ready. Upon
the 23rd of August the defendant brought the invoice
to Mr. Johns, and upon the 31st of the same
month he declared that he was ready. Early in the'
month of October the defendant was directed to ship the
windlasses on board a certain vessel, which, however,
he did not do. Two or three other vessels upon which
' the defendant had been severally requested to 'ship the
windlasses were neglected in the same !ray, until the
plaintiff, exasperated at the continued delay, and the
manner in which the defendant had broken his contract,
refused to accept the windlasses and demanded back the
£23 which had been paid for them. This, however,
the defendant refused. The jury, after a short con-
sultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount claimed. Mr. Aspinall represented the plaintiff,
and Mr. Deighton was counsel for the defendant.
r • HIGH LIFE Alit, LOW LIFE IN LIVERPOOL.

WARD V. PROFIT.—The parties in this somewhat
extraordinary case were Miss (or Mrs.) Ward, the
plaintif, a young lady who, according to her own
statement, was a housemaid ; and Mr. S. Profit, the
defendant, who is a wholesale tea denier in Scotland-
road. According to the dkleration various issues were
to be tried, but the facts of the case will be best gathered
from the following statements of the learned counsel
(Mr. Aston) and the witnesses. In opening the case.
he regretted that it had been brought iota court, for
whatever they might think of the plaintiff's conduct,
they could not but conclude, after hearing the facts of
the case, that the defendant's had been far worse. At
the time when the transactions in question began, the
plaintiff was living with a gentleman named Fish, who,
in lieu of wages, gave her the goodwill and fixtures of
a shop, No. 38, Chatsworth-street. The defendant, who
was acquainted with her, advised her to sell the stock
and goodwill, which she did. The defendant received
£l7, which the plaintiff gave up to him under a promise
of marriage. After leaving the shop, she consented to
go to a house in Everton, of which he paid the rent, and
she lived there as his mistress. Ultimately that house was
given up too, and the plaintiff at the defendant's insti-
gation took a shop in West Derby-road, he promising
to supply her with tea and other articles for the first
month. The amount of goods he agreed to supply was
£3O worth, but the defendant afterwards broke his pro-
mise, and refused to supply anything without being paid
for it. This was one issue under which compensation
was claimed by the plaintiff from the defendant.
Another was in reference to a silver watch and chain,
the property of Miss Ward, the pawn-ticket for which
she had given to the defendant as security for a loan of
£2. The defendant, however, it appears rescued the
lever from the obiivion of the pawnbroker's shop, and
wore it himself for a considerable time without the
plaintiff's authority.—The plaintiff was the first witness
called, and she deposed generally to the facts above
stated. At the time she was acquainted with the defendant
she believed him to be a single man. She would not
have had anything to do with him had she known he
was a married man. She gave the shop into the hands
of the defendant to manage for her, and afterwards to
sell. The person who bought it was named Humphries.
He paid her £l, and the rest he paid to the defendant.
She did not see how much he gave the defendant. After
she left the house in Everton she went as housemaid to
a lady named Mrs. Irving. The defendant told her when
she was in this situation that if she would take a shop
he would furnish it. When she had taken the shop the
defendant refused to send any goods, but sent instead an
invoice amounting to £3O 2s 6d, on, which he wrote to
the effect that the goods would not be delivered until
they 'were paid for ior some security obtained. When she
saw Mr. Profit wearing the watch, she said to him, " Oh,
I see you have got the watch out;" and he said, " Yes."
She never owed the defendant any money. She did not
owe him for the rent of the house in Everton. That
house was taken in his name, and he paid the rent him-
self. Mrs. Humphries was the next witness, and she
deposed to seeing the money laid on the table when Mr.
Fish's shop was sold. Plaintiff told defendant to take
it, as she owed him some money. Mr. Littler, who
appeared for the defence, called the defendant, who
denied altogether the statement that he ever promised
to supply the plaintiff with goods for nothing. Mr.
Littler, on behalf of his client, denounced the case as a
trumped-up one, and remarked strongly upon the fact
that Mrs. Humphries, who was present at the time,
heard the plaintiff acknowledge defendant's right to the
money. The jury found for the defendant. Mr. Aston
applied for leave to move respecting a portion of the
money, but this was refused.
Thit being the last of the jury cases, the juries were
discharged, and the court rose shortly before five
o'clock.

LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT.
PLEASANT.—Consulting Surgeon, Dr. Hugh Neill,
F.R.A.S. ; Surgeons, Dr. R. 'fibbed Taylor, Dr. Nevins,
T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for
the week ending Jan. 6, 1860 :—New cases : ETes,
76 ; Ears, 22. Prescribed for and received surgical
assistance : Eyes, 186 ; Ears, 66.

COUNTY RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—The first meeting of
the local provisional committee of the County Rifle
Association was held at the Town-hall, on Thursday,
the Mayor in the chair. Among those present were—.
Lord Stanley, Colonel W. Patten, Colonel Bourne, and
Colonel Gladstone. Several gentlemen of local standing
were added to the committee, and Capt. Geoege. Melly
was appointed honorary secretary of this committee,
pro tem.

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting
of the Literary and Philosophical Society was held last
evening at the Royal Institution, the Rev. H. H.
Higgins in the chair.---The President called attention
to the magnificent series of illustrated books recently
presented to the Royal Institution by the Emperor of
the French and the late King of Prussia—the first,
"Les Catacombes de Rome," and various other works;
the second, Lepsius work on Egypt—and remarked that
Liverpool was indebted for these valuable books to Mr.
T. O. Archer.—Members were elected and donations
acknowledged; and Mr. Brooke read a paper "On the
comparatively recent period of the rise of Literature,
Art, and Science " A discussion ensued.

THE MARKETS COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting
of this committee was held yesterday morning at the
Town Hall. Mr. Woodruff presided ; and the other
members present were Messrs. Ridley, Crellin, Holden,
Johnson' Houghton, Aspinall, and Kitchen. The usual
financial returns were submitted; and from these it
appeared that the receipts from the various markets
during the week ending on the 3rd inst., had amounted
to £233 16s. 4d. ; the expenditure to £42 3s. Bd. ;
being a decrease of receipts and a slight increase of
expenditure as compared with the corresponding week
of last year. The inspectors reported that during the
week they had seized and destroyed 906 lbs. of unwhole-
some meat in the central district of the town, and 428
lbs. in the north district, making a total of 1,334 lbs.
The business before the committee was merely routine.