The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTEEDAY.

(Before EDWARD j.foins, Esq., Assessor.)
, ILLEGAL; DLSTRAINt.:IIALtitISON V. WAY,NtELIL AND
ANOTIIEFt.—The jiloiiitiff in thi_ease viat. fciim eily a
tenant of the detetidaniS;..tilid the motion was brought to
.redotrei. of! faeditdre *hieh
the defendant had illegally Seized. It appeared that on
the Ipth_of. October the defendant let,his house to the
'plaintiff. Having received information that thd plain-
tiff was not .a good chaiacter, defendant gave her notice
to quit upon the very day she entered the house. This
notice not being for six months, she refused to take it,
but tiltitnitiV.: left "flionthg. frOili fhb
time she bed the diehl.h the
defendant served the notice in question, he told plaintiff
to leave as sobn as possible; and that he would not hold
her :responsible for the rent. A .short time after she
left, defendant.sent.bailiffs to hei house, and they•seized
the furniture which it was now sought to recover. In
the course of the trial it appeared that there was not the
slightest imputation upon plaintiff's ehatattet, and that
the defendant had really op her shiiNVotild riot held
responsit)e for teat. The jdry tlierbiae fohid f'o'r
the plaintiff for 45,0, the value of the furniture,taken.
Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant
was represented by Mr. Aspinall.

:ACTION AGAINST TILE )MESSRS. 'BvsnY.--,M`KEE v.
Bnsny.—The plaintiff in this case was represented by
Mr.r.iispinall,-and Mr. Brett appeared for the defendants.
The plaintiff sought compensation for certgin iniuries
tt. • ,
which his horse add 'cart, had sustainedthrough Cate.
lessness on the part of the 'defendant's driver. The
collision in which the injuries referred to were sustained
took plate at the cdruoi of Dublin-street and Great
-Rovirard-Istreet; wlieie the detendani's 'tins ran into
plaintiff's cart. In consequence of the injury so caused,
the plaintiff had to hire another horse for twenty-one
days, which cost him 15s per day, and to . pay a
veterinary surgeon, two guineas. The jury found for
the plaintiff—damages

ERVDTE v. Guy.—This was an action brcught to
recover the sum of .£2O, which the plaintiff had paid to
the defendant for certain articles of furniture, which she
afterwatds refused to deliver: Mr: Aspinall was for the
plaintiff', and Mr. Brett foi the defendant. ft appears
that the plaintiff is a grocer and provision dealer, and
the defendant a mattress maker, in this town. Plaintit
wishing to take defendant's house, paid her the sdm of
£2O for the goad-swill and fixtures thereof, and was. told
by her to call again. At the second interview defendant
refused to allow plaintiff to take possession, and also
refused to return the money. Under these circumstances
the present action had been brought to recover the £2O.
For the defendant it was alleged that she had never
promised the plaintiff possession of the house, but that
the £2O was merely given for the fire orates arid: gas
fittings, which he was at libetty to remove, the jury
decided for the plaintiff for the fall amount required.
SHERIFF'S JURY COURT.—tESTERDAY.

•F -(Before L.. TEMPLE, Esq.) "
CRAWFORD, AD3IINISTRATRIX, &C.,. V. BARRON.
This was a-writ of inquiry to assess the amount 'Which
the defendant should give to the plaintiff whose hiishind
lost his life in defendant's service. Mr. Cobb, Who
appeared for the plaintiff, stated that the defendant had
agreed to give plaintiff the stun-of ',,5190, and the only
question for the jury was the manner in which it was to
be divided. The jury determined that the wife should
have --SlOO, and the children (of which there were
three) £3O each. '.. •
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ACTION FOR SLANDER.—CARPENTER V. ROBINSON.

—The plaintiff in this twee is a boarding-house-keeper,
and he sought to recover damages from the plaintiff,
who is • a joiner, for a wilful and malicious slander
which the latter had uttered. Mr. Conway appeared
fbr the plaintiff. It appears that• early in January last
'the defendant was employed by the plaintiff to remove
some furniture to a house in Duke-street. The amount
which the defendant charged for this was £2 7s. 6d.,
but as the work had not been well done, plaintiff would
only pay him £2. A short time after the Tayment'of
that sum, plqintiff was passing down Park-laue in com-
pany with two of his boarders, when he met the &len-
dant, who shoute4 out ".You are. a. swindler, a thief,
.and a scoundrel !"' In consequence of this language the
boarders left, plaintiff's house, through which 'he lost
about £lO, The defendant did not deny uttering. the
words, and the jury found a verdict for 40e.
If
r MCCOURT V. LIORTROUND.7-7113 this case PM Asprealt
appeared for' the plaintiff, and Mr.. Brett for the de-
fendant. The plaintiff is a little boy seven years of
_age, and the action was brought to assess the damages
for a serious.injury which the plaintiff sustained through
the falling of some corn sacks from defendant's shop, in
Castle-street. About two, months ago, the child was
passing defendant's, shop; when a-bundle of sacks from
the upper, story struck' him on the bead, and 'ho fell
doWn. He was taken to the hospital, and thence to his
father's 'house, where he was attended by several medical
men. As the child- had -a tendency to, water on the
brain, the accident was productive of such serious
injury that it is doubtful whether he will ever recover.
On behalf of the defendant, it was stated that the
plaintiffts ease had bean aggravated by his' 'parents
conduct in•confining their son in the house.' The jury
found a verdict for £l5. -

This case concluded the lilt of causes for trial at the
Court of Passage.

TH4:GREAT EABTERN.--AbOet .200 men are working
on board the Great 'Eastern, to get her readr for.:Sts. •
It is expected 'she. .be ready forber. first. Atlantic
vgyage about the Ist of June nett. -It is netimprobable
that she will have to be beached, andlhe' 'spot selected
for: this piifpoSe is bet Ween the .Sout.hampton Dook
entrance mail the Itchen floating bridge: A great num-
ber of persons daily visit the Leviathan ship, and- the
interest in her is fast reviving, It is said that Captain
'Vine Hall has been_appointed her commander..
The folloWing peerages,
..held by distinguished indi-
viduals, are now withont heirs apparent or presumptive,
and must therefore tease W.lth: the lives of the present
hOlders,;7Zaltnersion, Lyndhurit, -Broughton Ellen-
,borough (earldom), Panmure,.-. Cranworth, Dalhousie
(marquisate), Canning, EVersley, Overstone, Wensley-
dale, Glenelg, .Clyde, and Kingsdowu.
EXECUTION 'IN FRANCE.—The man named Montel,
who was some short time back condemned to -death for
murder at the late assiies -of the Beaches-du-Rhone,
Underwent his sentence at Lyons on Saturday last. He
.mounted the scaffold with a firm step,. and after embracing
the two priests who attended Mm? turned to the
'assembled crowd,. and said,H" Let my unhappy end be
a warning to, you all ; I take a secret with me into the
tomb, Adieu!" He' -then gave himself up, to the
executioner, and in an instant all was over.
AitILDEROI.7B ASSAULT. IN , A WORKHOUSE BY A
PAUPER.--A pauper has committed a murderous assault
on the task=master of St; -Saii.Our's. ME. Oliver
states thathe,.was in thoyard superintending the labour
department, where the prisoner and others were at
work. While hews uttenditig'to'hi:Cdutythe prisoner
rushed on him without.the least.provocation, and struck
'him a • tremendous • blow on the right eye, completely
stunning him. He fell down, and the blood rushed in:
torrents froth the eye; and with 'asiiitance he went to a
surgeon's and had the wound dressed: Re did not see
anything in his hand. In fact,' the attack was so-sudden-
, that he did not See the prisoner rush upon him,. He,
howelei; thought that.he 'inirst: have had a stone in his
hand,: or something hard and sharp. _lle suffered
severely from the blow, and the surgeon had advisidbim.
-to-bt careful, or it might-turn out too be