The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-16 00:00:00

VOLUNTEERS' UNIFORMS•

(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster,.—Before Mr.
I3aron Martin and Common Juries.)
JACKSON V. HAY.—VOLIWTEERS' Mirth i3'—fir'
Hawkins and Mr. Hannen :were counsel for the plain-
tiff; Mr. M. Chambers and Mr: Francis represented the
defendant.
:This was•an action brought by the'plaintiff, a :tailor,
at Woolwich, to recover from the defendant, a clerk in
the, Royal Arsenal and captain of; the 4th company of
the 2nd Battalion of 'Volunteers, the sum of 1194 14s, 4d.
for volunteers' uniforms. The defendant pleaded never
indebted, except as to £25, which he paid into court.
It appeared from the plaintiff's case, thatin F,ebruary
last the defendant gave him.in order for the.nniforms,
arranging for the price, the pattern. the number to be
supplied, and the time for their, delivery. The price
agreed to be paid on delivery was at the rate of £3 10s.
and £5 per uniform, but after some of the uniforms had
been supplied the plaintiff wa.s unable to obtain pay-
nient, and had, therefore, brought the present action. •
In the defence it was stated that up to the time of the
issuing of the writ the plaintiff had not furnished any
particulars of the demand. .The defendant was a clerk
in the gun 'department of the Arsenal, at 'a salary of £250
per annum, and had never intended to make himself liable
for the payment of uniforms for the 113 men of which
his company consisted. The fact was, that the plaintiff,
being anxious to make the uniforms for the corpsobtained
the permission of the defendant to make a Pattern uniform
at the price of £2 18s. The men forming the company
examined the materials; and the plaintiff, in reply to
their inquiries, said they might have twelve months'
credit. Several of the men gave orders for the uni-
forms, but as they were not completed within the
specified time, the orders were withdrawn, and given to
Messrs. Silver, of Cornhill. The defendant denied that
ho had personally given orders for .the uniforms, and he
had allowed his colour sergeant to collect the money
from the men. He should have been in a position to
pay the plaintiff an instalMent of £4O from the contri-
butions of the men before the action had been brought.
In his cross-examination he stated that he had received
upwards of £7O on account of the plaintiff, and had
paid it into the clothing fund; but Messrs. Silver having
made great exertions to complete the uniforms in a
week, he' had paid them an instalment subscribed by
the men.whom that firm had supplied.
Evidence having been called in support of the
defendant's case, the farther hearing was adjourned
until next day. •

A monastic institution is about to be established
in Algeria, under the name of " Peres Defricheurs."
"Clearing fathers" is the nearest approach at rendering
this curious appellation in English. The business of
;these reverend fathers will be to clear uncultivated
tracts of land; in a word, to dig and pray.
A SON ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY HIS FATHER.--A
melancholy affair has taken place in Surrey. On the
17th of last month Mr. James Herrick, sen., •of Chert-
say, was out shooting with his son, Mr. Jal-..-es Herrick,
jun. They came to a ditch which the elder sportsman
said he could not jump.
" Oh, nonsense !" was the reply
of the eager young man. On this Mr. Herrick, sen.,
gave his son, his gun and jumped over. On the gun
being returned to him, the father took hold of the
stock, the son having hold of the muzzle. At this
moment the piece went off, and the son cried out,
t‘ Father, you have blown my hand off !" The young
man was removed to Kingston, where he went on well
until the 24th ult., when one of the arteries which had
been taken up gave way. Mr. Cock, of St. Thomas's
Hospital, was then called in, in addition to the local
surgeons, but on the 31st symptoms of lockjaw begaa to
manifest themselves, and he finally died from exhaustion.
At the inquest, on Tuesday, the father stated that in
taking hold of the muzzle some compression' of the
spring must have been caused, and the gun, being light
on the trigger, went off. The jury returned a verdict
of ti Accidental death."