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

money. On the sth January, Hearon not having paid
the purchase money, defendant resold the vessel by public'
auction to Mr. Wilson, a . merchant of Liverpool.
'Defendant had in no way interfered with the vessel
since the 25th- October ; he had not authorised the.
plaintiff to make any repairs, neither was he responsible
for anything that had been done. Mr. Gray submitted
that, inasmuch as the purchase money had never been
paid by the captain, the defendant was the owner up to
the sth January. The vessel had not been transferred
until then, and, consequently the plaintiff was respon-
sible for the repairs made. The judge refused to grant
an adjournment, and nonsuited the plaintiff.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

. .
(Before Mr. RAPPLES.Y-
-.•
CoNviertox UNDER THE FIRE PREVENTION ACT.—
Mr. M'Gowan, deputy-town-clerk,- appeared on behalf
of the Fire Prevention Committee to prosecute Messrs.
Jackson and Ronald, ship chandlers, James-Street, for a
breach of the provisions of that act. Mr. Deighton,
barrister, appeared for the defkmee: The. act under
which the information was laid prescribed that it should
not be lawful to store in any but a fire-proof warehouse
the -articles • named, among. which -n-as tar. It was
admitted, on behalf of the defendants, that, on the 19th
of janUary, the defendants placed eighty barrels of •tar
in the cellar of the warehouse in which they carried on
their business. It was also admitted that the warehouse
was not fire-proof. Mr. Deighton, for the defence, relied
enacts that
upon the 14th section of the act, which
• nothing therein contained shall extend to a re a
retailasonable
on
quantity of any 'article'required for carrying
trade. He urged that as Messrs. Jackson and Ronald
carried on an extensive business eighty barrels were not
an unreasonable quantity ; and that, therefore; they
.'
were exempted from the provisions .of the act. He
Galled Mr. Edwards, manager for the defendants, who
stated that on some occasions they had soldpenerally in one
sold day
as much- as thirty barrels of tar, and- they
about 150 barrels each month.—Mr. Raffle's said he was
of opinion that eighty barrels was an unreasonable
quantity to have in at one time, and he should therefore
penalty ; but, first offence, he
as it was the -
inflict a
,
should make the fine only 20s. and costs. -

KISS THE ROD.—A gentleman who spoke of being
struck by a lady's beauty was advised to kiss the red.
A SPLENDID EAR.—A splendid ear, but a very poor
voice, as the organ grinder said of the donkey.
.The Grand Duke Michael, brother to th; Emperor
of Russia, has been appointed supreme Chief of the
military schools of Russia.
A TIGEit KILLED BY Sviren correspondent
'of the Bombay Tintes describes the killing of a tiger by
. strychnine. • The tiger infested some low undergrowth
at the. bottom of his garden, and he resolved.to destroy
it. -He-therefore took a:buffalo recently killed 'by -t&
tiger, and
strewed a quantity of strychnine in the bitten
flesh. The tiger came, ate as usual; and died immediately.
LADIES' OF ANCONA AND. THE POLICE.—SOITIO ladies
of Ancona—among them the Countesses Allessandri
Rappi, Giovanelli, and Bosdari, and the Marehioness
Trionli—recently opened a subscription to aid emigrants
and political prisoners. This subscription yielded a
thousand crowns. The delegate of the police, informed
of the affair, wished to arrest the noble patronesses, and
had already issued his - orders to that. effect, when the
1 fear of the tumult such a measure would occasion
induced him to forego it.
' DEATH! OF ROBERT COONIBES.—The renowned veteran,
Robert Coombes, expired a few days since in the
County . Lunatic Asylum for Maidstone. He was,
perhaps, the most celebrated man that ever 'rowed on
the London river, and is said to have rowed his races in
the fr.k.slest time. He was for seven years holder of it
ehampiOnship of the Thames, although virtually''chat&
pion some. ,years before he and Charles Qmpbell-con-
tended in 1846 for that title, rampaell
then beinc, champion, and Coombes remained lbest man till in 1854,
when, upwards of 44 years of age, he was beaten by
Thomas Cole, many years his junior. Coombes leaVes a -
widow and tinkr children, one of whom is at present
candidata to 4, admsion into the Licensed Victuallers'
ScIV4,

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DAWN WITHOUT GETTING (ond ijoynalv,
Patrick," said a gentleman to his Irish, labo,wer,
" Slippery this morning." " Slippery- japers,
it is notinng else, your honour, Vvoi.l my word, and
I slid down three times withOnit getting up once."
A GOLD CuitutNo; INWA.,-A minute of Mr.
Wilson has 11,e% forwarded by the Governor-General on
the proposal to introduce a gold currency into India.
Akr. 'Wilson admits that if we were now instituting a
system metallic currency in India, a gold standard
would ho preferable, hut that all the contracts in that
country having been made in silver, an arbitrary,ktaxe
could not be effected without a violation of right,