The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

THE DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, AiTGiTSY 20; ii36o.

for separate accommodation for themselves. We are
providing means of religious worship for those
who are .clad ih rags, 'and' will not he shamed by
comparison with the silks and satins of their richer
neighbours. , And in' this ease I say it' is most
important, not that there should be some free seats,
but that every seat in this church. school which .is
about to be built should be free to all, without payMent
of money and Without payment of price, and that no
amount of poverty of clothing, no amount of squalid
destitution, should be sufficient to exclude the very
poorest of the poor who are willing to enter and worship
.God, in whose eves rich and poor are alike, and the dis-
tinctions of rank and title are as nothing. (Applause.)
This, then, is the object for which we are met this day.
The liberality of a landowner in the neighbourhood has
afforded you a portion of the site on which these ,new
buildings are to be constructed—(applause)—and I trust
that Christian liberality of the people of this neighbour-
hood, who can afford it, will not suffer this great work
to fail for want of funds. (Hear, bear.) Every great
motive which can actuate man conspires to recommend
the support and the maintenance of this uudertaking.
The peace of the district ; the good order, the sobriety,
the cleanliness, the temperance—let me take the lowest
motive—the diminution of the burdens which are sins
tailed upon the parish by the augnieutation of its cri-
minal population ; but from this let me go to the
higher motives, namely, that duty which you owe
to your Christian fellow-creatures, or to those who,
if not your Christian fellow-creatures, it is your
highest object, and aim to improve and-,to make your
fellow Christians as they are now your fellow creatures,
(applause,) and that duty which you owe to that God
who, as he would not that a sparrow should fall to the
ground without his knowledge, would not that one of
these his little ones should perish. (Applause.) You,
upon whom he has bestowed the blessings, I won't say
of wealth, but of competence and abundance,—and how
few there are who really can say honestly that they are
unable to take anything from their superfluity with-
oug injuring themselves for the promotion of works
of this kind—all of those who value the improve-
ment of their immediate neighbourhood, all those who
value their duty to their God and to their fel-
low-creatures, I earnestly entreat to come forward in aid
of this good work. And youss=sif I am addressing here
any of the poorest of the poor—remember that in the
free admission of your children to education, and in the
free admission of yourselves to the worship of God, you
are obtaining a great and valuable privilege; and that
even you—some even of the very poorest—may do some-
thing by their voluntary offerings towards promoting the
service of the church, and defraying a portion of the
necessary expense which devolves upon the maintenance
of an industrious, painstaking, and laborious minister.
(Hear, bear.) It is equally creditable to the clergy and
equally discreditable to the country, that a vast amount
of the working clergy are labouring diligently, zealously
and earnestly, amid many discouragements and much of
difficulty, for stipends which does not equal the average
earnings of many mecbanics,—ney, which do not
equal the amounts which many spend in selfish
indulgence. We are proposing that a . church
should .be built capable of accommodating from,
600 tq 704 persons, Now observe, if each person
who attend the church would pontribute the sum of. One
penny weekly, that penny a week will give four shillings
and fourpence each in the year ; and five hundred such
weekly contributions will give a stipend ' sufficient of
itself to securel do not say the properly remunerated—
the zealous and devoted services of a minister to -attend
to this eberch,. Many ministers labear for much less
than a hundred a ye;r, and that sin} would he more
than provided by one ,penny per week from five hien-
vdred persons. (Hear.) One word more before I close
an address which I am afraid has been too lengthened
already. (Cries of "No, no," and applause.) We are
enteringnow upon a work not of an untried character—not
a doubtful speculation—not one upon which those who.
are willing to hang back may state • as an excuse "We
will see how it works. There are very great doubts of
its success. I will see. I don't like to be the first. I
will see what my neighbours do. (Laughter.) I will
see
.whtit chance them ia of its doing any good. T have,
for my own part, no great opinion of those attempts to
improve and educate the labouring classes." (Continued
laughter and applause.) This is not an experiment. For
four years, under very great disadvantages, in this
immediate neighbourhood, this very plan has been
tried. It is not the failure, but the success
of that plan, which renders it necessary that you
should 'take the step which you -are--called -upon
to do this day. (Loud applause.) From an attendance
in a wretched schoolroom, in the first instance, of only
about sixty children, -you have now so largely increased
the attendance that a second room his had .to be taken,
and in that second room, there has been a weekly ser-
vice for the 'parents 'Of the children attending the
school, and those weekly;serviCes are crowded to
overflowing by those who would gladly come- into
the fold if -there' were only room for them to 'be
received, and who find here shelter' and rest., for which
they have proved, by their presence, their gratitude and
appreciation. It is for these overflowing schools for that
overflowing church, that we call upon you for fresh
efforts,and fresh exertions—we call upon you to provide
for that increase which it has been shown will take place,
if you will only afford the means and the Ihlchintry for
_giving it.fair play. ' We call upon yen, therefore', not to
enter upon an untried course, but we call upon you to
carry on an experiment which has been in the most suc-
cessful operation for a period of four or 'five years,
and whose augmentation and whose prosperity are
accomplished facts. Thenb can be no limit, except the
limit of the population, to the means of. instructing
and , elevating, and of Christianising. that redundant
population. (Ilea; hear.) It is in this woric that I es 4
of all—ribh and poor—to tdke an' interest, arid more
especially those who are locally connected with the dis-
trict, and who have seen the good work done from day
to day. It is upon them I call, each in their several
degrees, 'to direct their efforts to the promotion of this
great work. Do not let us forget who. it was that
reminded us in all future generations that the poor we
shall have always. with us, and that to them we may do
good when we will. You will not dispute the fact that
4r Ali the good we can do, and the adyantagei vie can
confer, none are Nile' tOthei of seating 'the rising
generation 'for their appointed station in life, and giving
them a knowledge of those holy truths, and of that
saving religion, which, after the troubles of this life,
will bring them into a higher and holier state Of existence
by the blessing and mercy of Him to whom we are
bound now to attribute all honour, and glory, and praise,
and thanksgiving, for the great work he has enabled us
this day to commence. (Loud cheers.)
His lordship then descended from the platform for
the purpose of laying the stone —a duty which he per-
foi*q with great heartineos 41;4 de;:tefitY, takping the
stone smartly bre eaeh rot' the' four Cornets in•lt' style
which called forth enthusiastic cheers. ' ' " r '
The Rev. Canon STOW ELL said he felt himself happy
in having the opportunity of bearing some humble part
in that most gratifying solemnity. Lord Derby had so
fully and so excellently stated both the grounds upon
sybieh these institutions rest, and the hen;tta a
I,4o4singa: Which 'Might : le' anticipatcd ' frodi' t'h 63, th4t..
hi
.he had left little seepd for any wild might fellOW: e
felt, 'therefOre, that brevity shOtild be his stndy, and
what he said lie trusted should be pertinent to the pur-
pose, Anlongst the many Ohristlau and charitable
institutions which distinguish these latter times, it seemed
to him that there was none that could compete with the
Ragged and Industrial School. It was ten times better
to prevent than it was afterwards to try to remedy
evil. It was better to give the antidote than
afterwards to seek to apply the too-late sum • lie
sEtw not why tile criminal Oase le tee ry .komsts_
ao shmild •
ever ,be 'growing ripeli ns,— in spite ' oft all our
efforts-sin spite of all- oni peqal 'peinislmlent-a-ssin spite
of all our model prisonsin spite of all our roarat.,
tories , were it not there was a leak in the good bld
vessel itself—a leak in the vessel of the country ; and
that leak seemed to hini to be the large portion of
unthrifty, unvisited, 'neared for, an uneducated
poverty. It appeared to him that these salt
never
-., had
marshes and bitter places in our country 1,
Leen fe'rly drained,. Nfp. IT ye.c @ 4}, cflipple4 with
tlie 'evi at its fbitutain—We had never Otio'sloWn lute
the de tlis of tini mischiefWe 'had tried 14'13'41W:tie;
tried to abate,' 'but hot 'stop the fountain 'of ' the evil:
Whence was the criminal class recruited?, • Erdm th,e
mendicant class. Do away with the' mendic,Unt ClaiS,
and we did away with the snpnlY 4,ll4.3..qtinsidel class
and the onlY NM to 44 away with the iliei4akant•clasa
'avenile mendicancy. •
was to do away with .1
i., Arabs," as they were stilled, !‘ Of
gather these' hate
the city," in our villages and te,7lls---Aring they WO
Chtistian iiistitetions, apt 4 FlFe,Rek P'l{l 141 theip, if
their ocyn parents syenl and
farpt7nrln. gthen}up in
Lord;
t
the nurture and admonition of the aria
instead of
a constant supply to the criminal ranks, we should have
some of the noblest specimens of humanity ; for the
little things who grew up to crime, with the quickness
and acuteness which fit them to do evil, would prove the
cleverest, aptest, and sharpest, if rightly and diligently
trained. Flow much of noble.• material was .threttn ,
away and lost to the country for the wniii of, suecciv
institution as this ; mid never, let U f&get that'it svEls
a the ehaiiiCter Of Divine mere), to prevent iniliehiefi
rather than afterwards fa punish or redress it. (Hear.)
It was a noble charity which sends out the life-boat
front our shores, when the merchant vessel is foundering
there upon our sands, which sent it out to gather up and
save a few struggling mariners or passengers in agony,
and bring them safe to land ; but
.he told they theca
was a nobler charity—the charity, ''.'fk,Q4 fc9114 a harbour
of refnie!nud places a berieoli irpon the sandbbuka end
ionken rock's to warn off that vehiet frdm 'rain lind'serVe
to 'shelter ' them from the 'storm. (Applause.) The
reforiniitery; at best, was but the life-boat sent to` gather
some ehiPwrecked criminals' from sinking into rir i but
the' ragged and industrial 'school 'lOll thehaotir of
refuge into which thdse little 'barques might run, ' and
where they Might find shelter and escape the 'sunken
rackg, and escape the' threateliing'g.ternis, inq escape the
sandbanks, and lip bieuilit' into the safe haVen of a sound
and whelesonie echicatidie. dread '4 'kid (said the
,
.„
speaker), fig I will address reySalt to Yen as having
large eNperience in these niattera already ragged and
industrial schools have largely put
vagrancy--already have largely drafted off the match-
sellers, the little chip tribes, sallying out in a morning
upon their trade, to pick up
.a hying if they could
by begging, if not by pilfering and stealing ; and
the transition from begging to stealing is exceed-
ingly natural and easy ; and the poor little things
are exposed to temptations beneath which they must
excite our compassion; and unfriended, nritaught, and
seta
tsio morning prayer
uncared-for —unaccuitomed
or the evening hymu x‘f praise—unaocuitomed 'to a mo-
ther's warning—no won-
derl3eranasion or father's gentle
they fell: (Applause.) Nord, instead of that, we
often parsed in `and out of our large towns, and sawino
little match-sellers—no little girl. with' her elbOws
through her ragged cloak, trying to hide hex misery.
gclierec into
We saw few such specimens. The)?
the ragged school, and letst frola the sn • • I
Vf
I..ereS. O ' the town.
The true way to, ,g 4 iid Of pauperism Was 6 stop the
fountain head, and gather all the Juvenile
vagrant popu-
latiori :ot. England into tugged sChooli. This was not
the time that our Gniernment should talk of abating
the amount given'to such schoels. Ae did not hesitate
to say that there' could riot he 'a worse P'AileYs a more
cheeseluging and unwise policy ; for depend, upoin it,
whatever was spent tee
mendicancy, a cf governitient in preventing Juve-
nileUvenile criminality,
~. n consequently A , • • . '
would eonle back
of the di inisem
seven-fold into, the coffeTa in the shape
, 111.---,..., cost of the 'verions appliances for
the punishment of crime. What was more, The
noblest thing for a country was not to --have the
best model prisons, and appliances for detecting
crime and punishing it. No, the noblest thing was to
- 'get rid of prisons arid police. They were rather the
badge of her disgrace than the crown of her honoUr ;
and happy would we be when our gaols might be turned
into industrial schools—(applanse)—and our police
turned into schoohnaaters—(laughter, 9,0 applausej—
and our magistrates (if they would not' think he was
. , •, :

degrading them in their Office)-might be turned into Our
lay ministers and fellow-helpers with the clergy. (Loud
applause.) Why should it be thought an utopian anti-
cipation' that we should arrive at such a-state Of things
—why should we not strive together with one bele and
one mind to bring about such a state of things in our
own country of England ? Let us never forget that we
owe it. to God mid the world that our good old" Country
should not go down. It was "iell to strengthen her core
and foundations. It was gratifying to see our noble
young men as volunteers, coming forward so freely and
bravely to offer themselves for the country's good, in
their country's service, whatever peril they might run,
and he was not one who thought they would run before
a Zouave. (Laughter, and applause,) He was disposed
to think that the , good old spirit of English Chivalry,
the noble love 'Of country which burns in a Briton's
breast, would make Ahem more than a match for the
most experienced troops. (Applause.) We did well to
defend our country; but there was something more im-
portant still, and that was to make it worth defending.
(Loud applause.) 'We must look to the heart and core
of the old oak, that it might still stand the battle and
the breeze, that it might stand in the winter time ; and
he said if old England be but true to herself, to her
glorious institutions—if she be but true in her love and
loyalty to the Queen—if she be but true in sympathy
among the various classes of the community—not class
against class, and man against man ; but class with
class, and man with man, from the Queen to the cot-
tager ; and if pure and undefiled religion were promoted
—if the Word of God be the rule of our national
assembly, of our cabinet council, of the Queen herself--
if the 'Word of God rules from the highest to the lowest
—if we were ,but true to our glorious principles—we had
nothing to fear from foreign aggression, we had nothing
to fear from our foes abroad. (Loud applause.) If
England fell, she would fall front within, not from
without—(applause);—but if stood true to herself, if
she was sound to the oere, Ave need not fear the tempest.
(Loud applause.) Therefore lie contended that they
were assembled that day for one of the most
patriotic as well as most philanthropic objects;
and they Were best serving their country and their
country's God by serving the cause of the poor and
friendless. Those who have no friends at home should
have friends all around them ; and all those who had
uo parental care should haVe parents in those who love
their own children. (Loud applause.) Therefore, be
most truly rejoiced in bearing his testimony to the value
of this excellent work, lie had a'ragged school in
Sallied, heti seen its origin, and watched its progress.
It had almost put a stop to juvenile vagrancy, and very'
largely to juvenile delinquency; and he had no douht
that they bad folind the 'effect of theirs already. And
look at our poor-law returns, how larely was pauperism
diminishing,—look at the juvenile criminal returns, and
see how they were diminishing,—and then say were not
these diminutions largely Owing to such things as this ?
We had every reason to hope that instead of England,
as its enemies would tell her—the wish being• father to
the thought—decaying, going dawn, losing vigour and
strength,—would show that sheswas younger in her old
age than in her earlier days—greener in her hoary hairs
than in her auburn locks; and with God's blessing upon
her; she should never die, but stand while natioyf; §t and.
Then, when shn might give up her account, might. it be
gaid : "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou
excellest them all.' (Loud applause.) The rev. gentleman
then earnestly solicited contributions towards the insti-
tution, that it might not be said it was in debt ; but
that it might stand, where every honest man ought to
stand, "owing no man anything." (Applause.) The
working men of Kirkdale had contributed £lOO towards
that rod 'work ; so, hl thought, it Aymild be the windiest
itigiterfdr We merchants, stiopk4pers, and richer nisi-
dents, to make up £1.900 more. Mr. Stowell concluded
by saying that, in retiring from a prominence which he
did not seek, he would just add that he did indeed feel
that God had blessed Mr. Lester in making him the
instrument of such a work as that. He was sure that
his unobtrusive modesty would not make his friends and
neighbours less appreciate that patience, that perseve-
rance, those prayers, and, he believed, those tears which
it had cost him to bririg it Omit ; arid, as its' geinciaimil
stoneliad 'lO4 laid in prayer, might its top stone be
brought forth in praise:, and as the ceremony of the day
had been conducted under gloomy auspices, as respected
the weather, if it had been met at the commencement
with showers and clouds, might that only be a
pledge that its future course would be bright, and
that it would pursue its even tenour through Av,
never losing sight' of 10 "glorious purpose,—that Of
training op InerLals' tor time' and eternity.
(Applause.) And Might that little flower grow up under
the sheltering vine of the• National Church, and might
the National- Church have many such little'ilowers,—
for believe me, working men (said the speaker, in con-
clusion), whatever faults and Imperfections tha Church
of England may have; take' her for in aTl—in her
glorious history in the.past—in her, noble martyr roll—
in her parochial system—in her care for the people—in
her zeal for education—in her natural tenderness for

the least lambs of her flock—tiere-1.1 no church which
you should wish to change the old church for. May she
stand in the affections of the people, and not so'nl4o,
on the law of the land ; and may she at last, when
churches on earth tai;e paased iiiiroy,' lie 'the church of
4,1 l athe:rs, iilideV 4:3104;,'wh0 may have brought up most
ciildren for the glorious Church Triuniphant ! (Loud
'applause.) •
T. D. ANDERSON, Esq., the Mayer, then stepped
forward to propose a vote of thanks to Lord Derby.
He'said,—Ladies and gentlemen, the Rev. Mr. Lester,
the indefatigable incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale,
has tendered to Lord Derby your tbanka mid his own
for his kindness in coming otnougstis to Tay the founda-
ti'4l: of qd 'PO ' if-Mtdale Ragged and Industrial
school, and far his liberality in giving the site ; and I
have no-w great pleasure, on behalf of the inhabitants
of this great district, as well as the whole community
over which I have the honour of presiding this year, of
offering their thanks also to his lordship. I think it is
most gratifying to see one of the highest peers of the
realm coming here amongst us to aid,.l the ereetioA
of a building for the edqptisa, of the, poorest 'dliddien
in the land,
and by. so douig, epilienting the so,ciaf link'
whiOb ought to' WA between the highest oncl lowest
classes in the land. (Apploase.l This is 4 very great
encourageineot to those Who are engaged in promoting
sooli works as the one which has called us here together
to-day; and I am sure we are rejoiced to see that his
lordship takes the same interest in the district which he
and his family have so long takcn. It is quite unneces-
sary for me, gentlemap, to assure you that it is not the
first time his lordshirrbr family have shown their interest
in the town, and particularly in this neighbourhood,--
in the social, moral, and religious improvement of
the people, 14411 Y proofs am stotold, us,,to which the,
4ev: Mr. Leqer has alluded, but I, perhaps, may be
allowed to tneutiOt' ;.;iie which may not be known to
Many Of ybe—lf 'may' not beiriOwn that the land for
the first school 'in the district was land given' 11' his
lordship's grandfather, the then Berl of Tr),ect33r. Pilli;
school, the Everton and lirlidala' Cc4osil, was lmilt in
1815, when the nopailatisai Of the district was only
I,m. It Is row' vivwds of 40,000, . and that, I am
sore, ladies arid geatlemen, will show you the necessity
for an increased number of schools, as well as of
churches. It would be presumptuous in ine detaining
you, after the splendid speech of his lordship; but ten-
dering him again the thanks of that great community,
I can assure him that whenever it can be convenient to
him to come down to aid us in any movement for the
moral, social, and religious improvemeat, of the people,
the people of Liverpool will he always lead y' to, give
him a most cordial weiointe.. cLpacl'applElose.)
WILLIAM itat4rs, toiq:, seconded the motion, Ito,
soidille, 'lei. gr:Lester hod requested him to make his
appearance 0.4 the platform, that he might have the
houour• of seconding the., vote of thanks to Loid
l)erhy 1 and he 'could assure them that he had a
lively recollection of the important services which his
lordship had rendered to his country;when he initiated a
aystem of education which had been productive of the
greatest good—he referred to the Irish educational aya-
tem. It was the greatest possible, gaaltifacotion to him ;
(Mr. Brown) to en pli.,. interest 41.01, waAnAi4 talieniA,
ote education Or the people,' eild`portjeAlarly ratify;',
ic! .inel` 'noblemen' of thaligheat distitiCtioskcioing ser-
a such as hiP;ordShip had considered it his duty to
perform tli't day.' gr.. .Liown, who was very indis-
tiactly lieu , then proceeded happily to apply the moral
k
t 4, o,t n 't at 'little work called "The Lost Link," 1
showing how deeds of Christian charity, such as the dis-
tribution of the Scriptures, tended to, kri,t‘g together the
very, highest ivig ou tgli 10%4 os society.
He was
iTiaii gtpvividO
.I.4and UEREY, WhQ was again received with cheers,
said :...Ladies and gentlemen : I should content myself
wituxussaalag, in a single word, my grateful sense of
the eoraal, friendly, and kind reception which I have
met with to-day; and of the vote of thanks which you
have conferred open me for the very trifling service
which I have performed, were it not that ; am an'Xiinis
not to appear before you wearing harrowed clothes; and
much as I am otliged to the Worahipful the Mayor, who
so worthily. presides over this great community, reannot
ikanient to accept from him a merit which he erroneously
attributed—that to my liberality the institution is indebted
flu the land upon which it is founded. For this liberality
you are indebted to John Shaw Legh, who contributed
a material proportion, the remainder being obtained for
the institution by purchase. Gentlemen, if aniilling i
could add to my gratification, itl would be that the vote !
of thanks, though ilai 'one, resieet undeserved anA exag-
geratec‘ illgiLaa., be propoied by one. Ito, m,uah respec,ked
as the wsirthY'Meyor ; and perhaps. 544 iwkve, that it
should be seconded by one knout to this town for acts
Of unparidleled'magnificen,ce, and whose charities are as
ahtiitd4nt--I belie-fa more abundant than many who
Lave ompler means at their disposal than even him. 1
WAlVonly say that this day has been to me a day of very
great gratification, and Oaf I have, been, ioxply rapnid,
by the cordiality of your receLtrtrEkolAtlclbpke ewglttieQiiit interest
you you take in the 'col*, for
undertaken or tiny little inconvenience I have suffered.
(4P814145e,) I can assure you that I have nothing more
at heart than to see extending more widely and generally
the symeathy between the higher and lower classes ; and
if it be in my power to contribute to that great object,
my efforts will not be wanting—(lond cheers)—but I
beg of you to bear in mind that my occupation, of a
I ,so
r
much less ' agreeable . character, lastingover
eight months of the year (if the present, sesajou ma
be taken as an example, the latter will lie he
and the duties of attendim to A considerable property,
leave me conalugatively little leisure to eater upon un-
dartal4ngii Or attend at ceremonies of the nature which
we liiive witnessed to-day. (Applause.) I thank you
all cordially for the kind reception with which you :have
met me, and I trust the work in whiek we have been
engaged will be productive of as flinch 4e4efit and' per-
manent advantage to the community as my attendance
tiway will lie a aohice of comfort and gratification to 1
me.. (Loud applause.)
H `Thethildrep, accompanied, by the band, then, struck
up ' "Hurrah for merry England„", and the company
slowly dispersed, the rain, fsqlling in torrents.

It is understood that engagements arc. being
entered into by the Spanish Ciov.el'Ament for the
construction ire, this coAkutry of eight first class
war steamers, which are expected to cost little
less than i. 200,000. The Spanish Government
are, also Xq the English market for the purchase
of several thousand loads of oak timber, the con-
traots, for which stipulate for the deposit of
£17,000 caption money.
The Times says—" We have much pleasure in
announcing that Lord Stanley, of Alderley, Will
succeed Lord Elgin as postmaster-general. Lqra
Stanley has had long and vfAVW4. otial awl
parliamentary experiepeca, 'au excellent
man of business. We trust that in his hands the
Post-Oke Xll rd.eein its character, and that the
scanda :iyliicl 1).a4 so long disgraced its admio-
- stration will cease."

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LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY.

GALTOX V. EARLE.—The statement which apPeaied
under this heading iuour impression of Saturday •lq.st,
was a foolish hoax, wantonly and maliciously furnished
to one of our employes by a reporter of a radical con-
temporary.

(Before Mr. BARON MARTIN.)
JOHNSON V. HORSFALL, AND ANOTHER.—This was
an action to recover compensation for the non-completion
of a contract, namely the refusal to accept a quantity of
wool which it was alleged the defendant had purchased
from the plaintiff. Mr. Manesty, with whom was Mr.
Baylis, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Overend,
with whom was Mr. Mellish, were for the defendants.
The plaintiff is a wool merchant, carrying on business
in Liverpool ; and the defendant is a wool stapler,
living at Bradford, in Yorkshire. In the mouth of April
last the defendants purchased of the plaintiff a large
quantity of wool, which they subsequently refused: to
accept, on the ground that the bulk was not equal to the
sample. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £l3 175.,
being the actual loss sustained by the nonfultilment of
the contract.

• Shfrric v. Linutax.--This was an action Of ejectment,
the defendant being a tenant of some premises in Bold-
street, Liverpool ; and the plaintiff was the landlord.
Before the case was proceeded with, a verdict was taken
by consent for the plaintiff. •
• MELLOR V. TAMPLIN. —This was an action brought by
the plaintiff, the extensive spirit merchant, of this town,
to recover from the defendant; one of the firm of Tamplin
and Co., shipowners, of the same ploe, the value of a
cask of spirits which had been List is its transit from
London to Liverpool, in ono of their vessels, the Genoa.
Mr. James and Mr. Aspivall were,for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Brett, Q.C., was for the defendants. The defend-
ants pleaded that they were not responsible, and that it
was through the imperfections in the cask that the
spirits were lost. It was proved that when the eask
was handed over to the defendant& custody it was per-
fectly sound and gctctd, and that the loss had been
illPilrred from its not having been properly stowed away
in the vessel; Verdict for the plaintiff, for the value of
the spirits.
ZUCCANE V. BANDANTo.--This was an action to recover
the. balance of an account due to the plaintiff, a furni-
ture broker of .London, by the defendant,, formerly the
proprietor of the "Turkish Divan," in Lime-street, in
this town. After the case had been briefly opetled, a
verdict was taken for the plainti4 for the amount
claimed. Mr. Temple aryl Mr. hindniarsh were for the
pyt.iqt4 and Mr. James and Mr. Ovens for the defend-
ant.

ROBSON V. ROWEN.—In this case Mr. James, Q.C.,
Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Sidgreaves appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Jones, and Mr.
Ovens for the defendant. (a menther (kr the firm of
Bentham, Bowen, and 043).' This • was an action
brought by, the plaintiff to recover compensation in
damages for a wrongful dismissal by the defendants, in
whose employ the plaintiff had been as traveller up to
the month of April last, and for salary due and money
paid. After the case had been heard, Mr. Baron
Martin strongly advised that the whole questi,on should
he referred to Mr. Banner, accountant,' of this town.
Some discussion then to,ol plaee between the learned
Feßt!enlell, and She reference was ultimately agreed to,
and a verdict' taken by consent for .the plaintiff for
£2,000 damages, subject to the reference.
DISPUTE A.EOUT THE SALE OF A SHIP.—CHAPIKAN V
CHALLIS.—This was an action brought into, the court
merely for the purpose of eliciting, certain tacts preli-
minary to a otlesAcin of•law being decided. There were
no witnesses balled for the plaintiff. The dispute was
respecting the purchase of certain shares in the ship
Cormorant. The defendant alleged his entire crzwarioe
of some agreements entered into by otheeparties, which,
he contended, exonerated him froin the obligation the
plaintiq sought to fix upon him.
£l5O DAMAGES AGAINST THE LANCASHIRE AND
.YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—III this action Mrs.
Sarah Davis, formerly carrying on the business of a
confectioner at Bootle, was the plaintiff, and, she claimed
compensation for the personal injuries she had sustained
through the ear4easuess of the company's servants. On
the ith of Stay last the plaintiff left the Tithebarn-street
station with a return third-class ticket to Miller's-bridge,
being the station nearest to her residence. When the
train stopped, it was found that it had wined
the platform, upon which the, paesen,gera usually
alight, some considerable diistetnce. The dOor of
the carriage was, oseued by one of the Company's
servants, and the plaintiff, with much difficulty,
aiighted, it being very steep from the carriage to the
ground. Just as she had left the carriage, the train was
put in motion, and she felt a blow upon her leg, which
she imagined was caused by the iron step. With, some
difficulty she got home, and a few days after she was
Obliged to call in medical aso4aAco, an since that time
up to the present she, has suffered eonsiclerahly, being
saaree:iy al le to. walk.; and, it was kr those injuries she
sought Compensation, havAtv& been thus deprived of fol-
lowing her evocation, besides having spent all the
money she had saved. On the part of the railway com-
pany, it was attempted to be shown that the accident
might have arisen through 'the fault of the plaintiff, as
she had not asked any of the servants to assist her to
alight, which she might have done, or have proceeded
to the next station ; but this latter suggestion, was
briefly replied to by the cottrotel observing, "arid have
rendered 4melf liable to, a aim for proceeding to a sta-
-0,94: which she, lied no, ticket." AIS lordship, stav-
ing surnmecl up the case, the jury returned 'Verdict for
the plaintiff: Damages £l6,q,
Pad LxNa z. Hopcii.---.This was an action to recover
through the carelessness of
the Tally 4 A colt, which,
tbia ciefeodaut, had met with such an accident that it
had to be destroyed. In this case the plaintiff was a
cotton factor of Haslingden, and the defendant was a
farmer *living at Masbro', both in the county of York.
In the year 1859 the plaintiff purchased a colt from the
defendant, and it was allowed to remain upon tht pre.-
mises until the 6th of March last, when At top* fright
and ran away with a part of a, riate, to. wbicii it had been
fastened, and so, ingreli itself. that it had to be shot.
It was Ned, on the Bart of. the plaintiff that the de-
fendant shad nut taken sufficient care of the animal,
which, as be was the keeper, he had a right to have
(kw, therefore this action had arisen. Verdict for the
plaintiff, damages £lO.
The court then adjourned.

(Before Mr. Rapp W.7,4Tx10
RAYNER ANA AN,ox,ricurit u. T.4ATFA,--,Mr. Pickering,
Q.C., send 4r. Jjones. appeared )4 the plaintiff in this
avl Q.C., with Mr. Cleasby, were
COUP* tb; the defendant. The action was brought by
Wall's. A. and D. Rayner, cloth manufacturers, at Rr.ir
tick Bridge, Yorkshire, to recover froth the defendant,
who is also a cloth merchant* at Leeds, the sum of
£57.55., being the Y 10444 et some goods sold by them to
the defendant. The purchase and delivery of the goods
were achitted by the defendant, but he disputed the
fact (sworn to by the plaintiff) that a specific contract
had been entered into for a limited credit. On behalf
of the defendant a number of witnesses were cAlikecl igha
proved that such an agreement had, bpen entered into,
and that consequently the fhpjley, V. 24 P.ot yet due. The
jury retired for a, stloxt tixe, and upon returning into
court fcjvid, a verdict for the plaintiff. to full amount