The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-12-12 00:00:00

THE METROPOLITAN CATTLE SHOW.

The resignation of . can .ave taken
by surpnse any one who has watched the progress and The Smithfield Club Cattle Show opened on Mon-
day at the Agricultural Hall. The show consisted of
no the result a the recent elections. In Mr.
Disraeli's manly and straightforward address he
cllaitetlrees irerees,rlctive ofteexaterit sattoock,,Nme
glszLnsh. in the
r
plainly states what most persons must have thought-- of specimens us catalogued reaches 477, but the animals
that a Ministry with such a majority against it as has in the sheep and pig classes were in pens of three each
now been returned "cannot expect to command the consequently the numbers in the catalogue by no
iionfidence of the newly-elected House of Commons."
onterearhenerxemisetendt the
haect l weegettreri
ham.
ratietihnot of the
He has, therefore, shown good sense, and, it is gene- ' T tuaueen
show include thirteen entries, and those of the Prince
rally thought, has displayed good tactics in resigning. of Wales eight entries. The Crown Prince of Prussia,
That Mr. Gladstone should be sent for by the Queen, attended by Lord Bridport, Count riirstrustein, and
on this resignation being placed in her Majesty's hands, Captain Schleinitz, came up to town from Windsor on
and paid a visit to th e sh ow.
was almost a matter of certainty. 'rho right hon. Monday morning
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gentleman is now engaged in forming his administra-
tion—a delicate and somewhat difficult task, but rear The following dtscription of the Prize Cattle will
be interesting to our agricultural readers :
which it is general iy believed he will strmoullt. There was a very line array of Devons, and Mr. Will
Whether he s, ill be able to reconcile or amalgamate ':'ai,lrll i
e,.ll7n.th:itiihrniAr,','„
:',',i,r2;., at
,d..,17.!..` l'.ll,l,„'..l:ixtlet
some of the more discordant elements in the political errs headed by a al.,' ajar of Mr. John Overman's, bid some
creed of those who may desire office, and whether the iitthoeooitys woex r:tiornolvpeorotear.lirsinliroardloironoltyvitthoinia*Lii
Liberal policy on the Irish Church question will be for Devon beiters, and received an ti c for cows, of which
triumphantly carried out, or whether it will be a rock the prifna donna )11,-. It. berme's: was kept out fifth for the
on which the new Government will split, these are lelrelelltnuelwals were remarkably strong, anal the first prizes
disputed points, which time alone can clear up. At In the two younger classes went to Mr. Roliert Wortley, one
present, with an unformed Ministry, and an uniessem- a*Veti*etaitzHhbl.tesetra :asst.= ttteo Lettiot,eloronewaotatttinrailzhant
be-
bled House of Commons, all is uncertainty. But, hove that it was not the maenad Mr. Wortley assured them
while arrangements are being made, the public can at ITatratit'n'ils"tel a e.tVe"intro,:; lirwhierw'aVC'eneneeneWelair"ae:
least, congratulate itself that there was less fussy wee it might be:for such an array has rarely beets seen either
formality about the actual transition of power here or at Baker-street.
ilt-iztlocy.'itlailroantrinngliiiedorldhlffreinr;aairrivtarayfiLhiciindialtsrirea-.
than perhaps ever occurred before. The rapidity of teZY
movement with all parties concerned was something but for symmetry it was quite beaten by Mr. Ridgley's, a
remarkable. Mr. Disraeli, it is said, arranged with ;ITesotn7oetthrtheti..estetatiovte,rotfone,
eLrurdolpoeworltms
tTiti,itlahtcyr
his colleagues to resign on Tuesday the Ist of years.
December ; hiS address to his supporters was dateil Heirs, 'etc' nTeaei, lan% L.' a ffatt ttrnerde ebertitlev re
natihi a rh LI e ne: el'rl'e elas,
the 2nd (the anniverearyof Napoleon'seoupfdat, appro- shown before, beat the two Birmingham cows which changed
priately enough), and on the very same day the Queen places. mit of sight, and gave us a very different reading of a
gent for Mr. (31asistone ; on the following day the Kt,ito2Ta natshvhhlt et= eLt v:trilirlreutitgi 111.., footr:e(r.wriatayz
right hon. gentleman travelled from Hawarden to well-known nausea tut still nothing reached cup orate.
Windsor, saw her 'Majesty, came to London, and -
111.4. Slhosnetechflholdeantalolehtrwto tirras,itioagirephilLonchhlStelr.hplirwatetill:
immediately began to form a Ministry. Nothing and A.R. 11. the Prince of Wales won Ids maiden firsts in both
could have been quicker or less fussy. Nowadays the classes. sir John Crewe was the champion of the long-horn
Interest, and showed hitt capital ox olindkalded. The Messrs.
political kaleidoscope shows us very rapid changes. Martin, of Aberdeen, headed the Scotch horn class with their
The cessation of political excitement owing to the tringthwinoomleinnsit;rebylon4loliteselaottecittakrne
irtahroAerthohlhe,;
hattida
elections being completed, has had a good effect on herd out of thirty-five, of which three were selected for show
business generally, and the working classes are on the trisatment with
i•;eilcake, meal, and potatoes." Mr.
whole pretty fairly employed. Distress there is, as a alace'Vnb''slcrti'‘. i;,`.''.'„,l‘ ,ailedhel,74 ta• i, H.Jiligr..ansttephM
matter of course, anal as the winter advances the Loral Penrhyn was first for the Welsh ox, and second
distress will deepen, but still wholesale anal retail trade
fairUinethasefalvitlshm:llret`teor'sepalr'alteienunsdtt'uteirts d"utartngsfitde'brlsit'
has revived, and work is plentiful. butcher demand which set in with the afternoon. Them
As Christmas day this year falls on a Friday, it will were LT;
fw.oftliadrerofrulrillas,twahearnendge tlht.egiails-3bre,,d,rerenratrer
follow as almost a necessary consequence that Saturday beef masses, the first giving assay a year, and yet girthing
will be a holiday, but the rapacity of holiday-makers rifrttsparli.l:,,r,t,W,stsl trl.crshmoilerre 11.1au.nath6e,eseacto;:etlutyM T.,y1):710‘!,1:.5
aloes not stop here. An agitation is springing up for a horn from an Angus cow, but preserving nearly all the
holiday from Thursday mid-day till the following ehatractichtitice
*hfi C: mar and, shape of a good Norfolk
Tuesday morning, or Monday night inclusive. Of lit in tlieetw Towt,leyr,hteArdt,rea,:t
etouoV.triv.errto ern,
sours., we have the usual stock argument about those stock class. She was one of the four left in for the Female
who have friends to visit, ke.; and the sin of travelling 1 tx,!, ;*i*litioity*.etorrinonnsittnitattsthttifwet;oLzolottlearord*rftailet'soLiitafeoroaht,ll
on the Sunday, is also brought to bear on the discussion; I eligible for competition, and was sent out of the ring. The
butt the advocates of this long holiday argue in a very 1 rtilViegT.pouatered for 0 considerable time over the last
one-sided way, quite forgetting the employers' side of : !
, liverpiest,gvoloor;hisolniaotaslte
rirtorarnolthr,:vtigeteotwohrieolizioeesx orn*i*kee
the queetioe, anal, of course, entirely objecting to the 1 petition Mr Heath's Hereford ox was soon put away lay him-
employer deducting even a day's pay for the Monday. '
I self,
fledrittstrrertijichtethjguill'ers brte'sel!Xt`l.o rru„tr„..LtiNn
Argument apart, and looking only at the probable fact, I Devon steer,
there is not much likelihood of any great amount Of : still'edal'forLewle
onTorgaielitsii:rtn*rortv,sesuhrtrenztlivit sehiotrrta w f
*antler:,
business bring done, except purely "Christmas" I 'rim very heavy pen of Peotswolds, bred lay the late Mr: l'iei,;
business, from Christmas eve to the following Tuesday. ! Tombs, was only placed third in its class.
i A good show of Lincolne was headed by Mr. Caswell's
'What a fever publishers are always in a week or two ' pen, while Mr. Sardeson's 19 months' Lincoln ewe was the
befiwe Christmas ! We shmdal think it very strange if : rota extra sheep in " Longwools not Leicesters." The South-
poor, hungry, street wanderers were to go about singing ,
anzmjoi.ti:ettif nattetti:rrtnittsi*:lrtiXalit.Lai*: =hem by
their Christmas Carols three or four weeks before Lord Waisingham's pens headed every class, and won the
Christ/nail had arrived ; and equally strange it is that i eenorroforsthmeth'afltols'.ite"rweete;.'t eci:
.I*.***onutirson*Troe,i*lo tigeltrin Tie
the "Christmas numbers" should all be out, read, and a Humphrey's. This clues was at aiversally commended, as was
perhaps forgotten before Christmas comes. " Christ_ ! that for extra ewes. Lord Walsingham's winner in the
latter class worse-we of 20 months 2 weeks old, fOOl so
Inas comes lnut once a year, and when it comes it brings I, beautiful that his Royal Highness the Prime of Prussia, who
good cheer," says the old song ; but if we are to judge ' visited the show, accompaniol by Lord Bridport, was
by these Christmas nnmbers it conies three or four spßiralelLtraaksetnairtifft s,terati
fair
short wools, not Southdowns,
weeks before the almanack bids us expect it. Perhaps was adjudged to an oxford Down wether, brash from Mr.
the enterprising publishers study our colonies more .birea,ler Vela., iseseviarl*: 0 4ntfirdedee*lheaetitgk.
el ptzvzlootl tet htair -
than they do the home public, anal make arrangements third sheep cup, whiefs was given to Mr. A. Re-tort's 4J'xfonli
so that the Australian or New Zealand settler may Down pen of the same blood. Three fitter, and more matchy
have his Christmas number at the proper time. At g'heteltre'rner-eerreeirt.
,*l*fiar,*ntrond*ty tie'teeilr
,tatalt:galiteditlim:
suit they
any rate, our Christmas literature has become Novem. went right away from Mr. hue's Oxford and Leicester pen,
bee literature, and when Christmas does come the sieflatalitilaaaasaaaariritrom the Bedford neighbourhood tilla
Christmas literature will be the literature of the past. 1 The liampshires were commended generally, and Mr Mat-
But no one who remembers how poorly we were sup 1 tell.,7l`7,r:ligVlV:,,.'i,Nyal!''l,7,‘,Tegell,': ;" ,
i, IL::
plied with any cheap literature at all only a few weeks I were recipients of lIC. and I'. honours. 111. Jonatli.an Peel
ago ought to grumble Why, with the Christmas "all three et 16 M"""teth the class King'' daughters, which he
, sold for 23/ beating in some curious Bungatim
numbers of the present year, you might pass a week sheep, witli' Ibex horns standing, at an angle froam the het:tl,
pleasantly even in a sponging-house, in Whiteeross- .mall straight :Old blood-like tams, 000 tlecem rind general
shape like It 1,1.1 i-faced sheep, led rather kenipy lathe wool.
street, or in the fore cabin of an Atlantic steamer. The Rs elands were large and pure: anti ENOIO.IO had no rea-
The Smithfield Club has arrived at the age ef three I eint to lie ash:need ~f her chubby representatives, " small in
score years anal ten, hut is more hearty and vigisrous c size,iteeite._oreiti4l.,
,N..ht1,t,t.e.1:',,,t0
watiart,:;hitakere .r,of
uN:itirlyfi.glk:ts
:•rl'lY,l'Slili
than ever. Men die, but institutions survive anal gnaw wooden hurdles , but this is its first year of use. Its attn.,-
strcanger as they grow rald,-r. The seventieth annual Vl:rprho"nlisliTi‘ent-i.‘iteril elf 'Ya, ;‘.sgfili,-tow'rd fr.. m°rtiantY.
show of this club which is now being held, is generally cause, and the pett of three—a-hi:At arrivettlainsavra,om::d lbt
iiaaar
regarded as about the best ever organised. The ' tLsies, 55.,;1111,p 6tilions in witite hats and blue jackets, after
ItletropolO at present is full of' men wile. talk is of on; ise.fie:ne reWlialstyTal;hreilirleentatti3b-el:ati
leieeTtenenseTt V.°,
bullocks" and kindred topics, and most of whom, too, gs lareeders are afraid of the tooth screw, as year lay yesr
take an opp,rtunity of going to see the new Metro- II ileeelties"7. "Tire "t's.frtiVe'l tlial,esegethee'il!l :SlentiLft7-I,'igaiXTl'le
politan Meat Market. It is the first time in the ! heads eenerally lack that orthodox ' shape 'which all
liistory of London (which has a history, being known 1 ;no:, :r*.nertadta,**reitiesti*let ther‘e*rtivte•rtioisotmei* good heads to
to the Romans eighteen centuries ago as Lundinium) I soli t'lry pig beltanginj tos MI.. Coate' f alloi t r '"'P':',?; the
that it has had a market that it need not be ashamed I College." In three classes 0110 of which was declared to he
of. The new market is daily becoming more highly
h-eitorho.iltinott ierarniti"rafratlcezftrvassaoirlyfaorne entry; and even the
b k sorts failed to tempt
appreciated, anal the details better organised, owners. sir. T. L. 11. Cartwright sent n nice pen of whites
under nine months, to which her Majesty's were a go. it
Shoeblacks in the streets are not, as many suppose, hi second ; lad tie silver cup went to-the Black sale of the
modern invention. They were known in London streets ' lionsc, and a pen of Mr. Thomas Cleimberlayhe's improved
a century or two centuries ago, hut the institution his ' sueii‘..r.y.si'ill'kalninticelC'ealtattliTniel,' :tile% itill'elnoenelti at .'Weeeil'alis
within the last few years been revived. From a re- of their "milk, wheat-meal, barley-meal, and pea-meat
port of one of our district societies, I see that the North pilgrimage."
London Shoeblack Brigade has been so successful that
it is rather surprising the system is not extended WHAT ARE NECESSARIES FOR AN
You may walk very far generally before you can find a boy " INFANT P "
ready to black your boots. But possibly this accounts In the Court of Queen's Bench on Menday, the
for those employed earning so much. The boys in this realise of "Jenner and another v. Walker" luau been
brigade—only thirty-six in number—earned during I Kneed:is:T(lkt 'av'
fisrman
of jewellers?'l:Yarns:y ..LT,u,neern'n
al!'l
1867 no less than £1,222, being an average of 13s. 6d. Bond-street, London, against a young gentleman la,f
each per week. This is more than the agricultural fortune who had lately come of age, to recover a sum
labourer; inth wife anal family, gets in some districts, of nearly 12200 for vatioue artieleas sunplied to him.
The defendant pleaded infancy anal that the articles
These boystoo, have an evening school, &night-refuge,
were not necessaries, except as
the
_240 paid into court.
a library, a singing class, and a band of music! And
no doubt many of the boys are "happy as a King," sup the al;t icl retsiwserienhaenrse:er
necessaries.
defence, insisted that
posing that a King is happy, iselich may fairly be The young gentleman, it appeared, was the son of a gen
doubted. Deimos of property, whose mass income although it Ula;
said to be en m etabered was said to lie about 4.9,0 30 a year,
That organ-grinding is such a nuisance, that a very though it was afterwards said to he only £3,000 a year'. His
strong adjective may well be placed before the guts- feagteheireiltit%l
seohnitlhe*ehre :Av.:tile
ottryouttth:*auil he only came of
stantivehi pretty generally admitted; but the unfor- counsel that he had got into hail company, who Vl=
kunate victims of the padroni, the poor fellows who upon the turf, and engaged him in betting, the result of
drag about these organs, anal who suffer more than delitleht"o*Vietiammttbmenfireof hneeacAny'lg tig,haensrargeet`tVelretitetitgs
those wto 'lie occasionally condemned to hear their to the amount of £40,000. In the meanwhile his allowidice
instruments of beture, are a harmless and much to be tea telt esstotral attertzards £l,OOO a year. Among the
pitied class of men. Ant effort is now being made to iof taro asses ofeilt.eensuesas, some of ;:niweliii,' i'w,l'inearrtnnit'i'eerlur the
improve their condition, by teaching them to read anal ' geetraeger of stationery, did not appear to lie disputed, but
write English, and by inpening up some new fields of it-e. Aten"onZetztef orLerretatt ;oxiyhetitt.:L, esti cles of jewellery,
employment. But that these pair Italians are such lsse—Amethyst and diamond earriugs .. .. £l2 14 0
an uncomplaining Oasis, and that they are so generally '
.oset of coral anti diamond studs .. ..
'n the powerful grasp of the pfulfront, public attention aetelsTrgict,tt dg.,:estzuttoss .. ..
--------4 1.1 oc
would long ere this have been directed to their con- A coloured gold poeket-Inmk encilase ----2 5 0
dition, but it is never too late to mend. It WWI some A blconttioroct,co
intent frame betting-look, with
time ago stated that the Ft wence Parliament latended Com finjat'sitnrral P:nn'esit, will.seal top :: ::
to put a lap to the exportation of these victims. If A coloured go ald pocket-book pencil ..
with gold frame .
OUT OWn Parliament would prevent orsan-grinding in A treanln"itrereehanie,tnit'Or eeee'
the streets, an immense benefit would be conferred on Slaking two gold and enamelled ecn'it of arms in
red, blue, and white .. .. .. .. 12 12 0
these wretched Italians, anal an intolerable nuisance Slaking two gold arel enamelled monogram and
remanved. coat of ennui on the above eases .. .. 7 7 0
Making a smailer ditto .. .. .. .. .. 9 8 0
Any one who may have hail a ramble in Paris, and Slaking an engme-turned, silver-gilt, registered
who has then had another ramble there say six months gent's card case ----------12 12 0
afterwarfle, can hardly fail to be struck with the Green morocco flask, with silver gilt cup .. .. 610 0
A black polished morocco hetting.book, with solid
changes that those six month, will have effected; but silver rims, ate. .. .. .. . ..
any one who may have wandered &Nett the site of the Making a silver monogram on one side, and crest
and motto on the other .. .. .. .. 2 15 0
future, and distant future Palace of Justice desiamed :
to be erected in the Strand, in I.ondon, six months itelinlZttetteallrhor
seen,
eon( krh.
teotrllyl wr
°al
parbietiate•atif filar .difitolitriaa2Lve
ago, and who may now pay a visit tan the place, will tween that sum and the sum of £4O paid into court us
scarcely fail to remark how little has been done. t;restntaritnes ttihtematrll,.eletlehsthai,tititkaat Ivatriacresasralei
es.. Xrliould
Shall we ever have a Palace of Justiee lie the thought the young gentleman came to about £340. but wheeire
that ninst occur to many who have watched— I cannot itilneelyetalTieaLeeeries'enwteraiteof ttotileo tratzt of his.
y :tr el:trayance
say the progress, but the stagnation of operationoperations,nor daneiged, aed they dial accoroinglT'i akVia'a'ek'a'r't,tel'e's'ldo
There was considerable delay in appointing an .
an Ter( which left i.. 102 al the sum claimed to be re-
ce , c which ,E4O were paid into eourt.
architect, anal the battle of rival aspirants waged long It should be stated that the young gentleman a year before
and fiercely; but peaq& thonght that w-hen at last this beanie of age melded. and had since become a fattier.
battle was lost and won, a commencement of building delivery toir tlree
aarlfiflrms
walaapriltaorf
fhis,rvattiag beeof
finh4/iverzrosf,,the
operations would be made. But months and months cording to the custom of the plaintiffs' house," 11V.
. have passed away since than, and not only has them wit'
ha;shkhinesisohn the part of the defendant, submitted that tittle
been no commencement of building, but the work of The L'ard Chief Justice : Why not?—Mr. Hawkins : There
pilling down houses gores on with marvalond slowness. is no evidence tnat any of the artielOs not ettverel by the
A couple of men perhaps may he seen now and then tketath itatititeVo, , wyntrttrscruenc,f,s2hartic:.,hAhrgitir :0 the
pickaxing at a bit of brickwork, and then there is a was delivered lay Mr. Justiee Wilk, in a Court of Irror°,l
would be for the Judge to rule that articles which coarly
atandstill. In fact the whsle affair is an ' 1 ' .11 ustration of could 1,4 be netles•aries were not so.
"bow not to do it." TtiTtic
-1.401,1 Chief Justice: Butt at present you have proved
he•as f 0 the eircumtances if the young gen m tlean 'an 1
, ...It ina
s rumoured that Baron Meyer Rothschild in. It is Eal.l he would£ll9have EOs year. MUn r. wiring sabithat
tends braking. nip his racing establishment. The iteeeteet so'
"al
iie
w''ulal adduce evidence for the defence.
. rumour, I believe, is groundlisms ; but, were it true, it we,
*h„e*ltnirmt.root4eprotl.,ostyartoterg
ot,l,l*?,ttttli**ius* yhohlyngfieVhenhuan
''
simuld not be very surprising. Considsring how meeh tad etantracmd betting debts to the almond of n'eari'y
trickery and roguery there iA in connection with the lis2raTa*s**sio,majtea:l
hiss)laitlitaT:•tlaiertilaelat,tis Pi t
' rd
ry amount of £40,000, He
turf, the only wonder is that more racing establish- 0 aout 15, and since Itaty'wltos'C'e;a vea
o s'sde:rtelny'V:al,
• relents are not broken nip. A forthcoming trial, will so that their united ag ns came to 26 years, awl the average
tea-hat's, Ifialie thaw* think so who de not think it itfatree.edbiezrha,vvaisi at-I.:tut
et er. 12 years, and they were, in fact, all
already. sorT sontred ('lien, ii.s.-.t i zo.i Las don't think a wife a nem-
' I !.:Ase juit bees reading a penny-a-liner's account o‘viii a baby Pt follow. The learan4retohnnosViiteant w'lleilvoenntiO
ifs " fearfal ssene at a fire." 'With the change of Voss eredluirt ;tort ti?ittineehs Von of necessaries, w
mot es, address anal a few trifling details, I have "ad been 'atling the judgMletictiPtintrt hen
e'll °li7 egee Pa out '
rtaef
often real exactly the same account before. The fire limrerouriiitttinaadflia‘rreally could not understand it, unless it was
was " nearly attendeal with the loss of six or seven determine whetretretl'ee• eallrlsetsielgilit 71 ttrr the Judge to
persona," but it was not quite attended with the loss heeeeeeetee If that is to he taken to' be law, 'aTf7.%ertine°l
of any. "At the time ~f the outbreak the whole of the
rtiv uan it, but I should certainly have preferred
the inmates were in their heals4aat asleep," There's it was for the i :ryas f
i!ireravyionwsll,ym ugratfrsoo,adertrio
reasonablyhe, et
marvellous knowledge for you! The chronicler you Itgeeleni'f'eht'e xith reference to the position of the defende
see, not only knows that they were in bed; not only so I
rinaid ThrvelvfordseiChuipoef.Bazit ii:ietwhat as: had done.
that they were asleep, but fast asleep. The "fearfuly le:
he
nod left the case to the jury. The Court the law—lust
seen; ' however was iii-. there being a suablind easveft.. al'i, are‘,l4t.,,,,zays upset that. The question then sms
sees
ht:r shirt-fasteners`, and a goblet,
ever the iiha,p winalorn file same was pull it t which certainly was not
cessary, and it was ehmnsated
and fr tl 1 i i
two of the children were the., out of 'e ')u
'ion le ca nt 0 the court below. The question wag thus
wind,, wont o mlne. il to the e.ditaire ,as ttohwhich the Omit .af Error. not-
tho blind, and they rolled down and withstmeting the vertlit!t of
were caught by
the people below. The servants, 'defendant. .al course, if that ies nagsrle rj,i,t,,,ifttastettat for the
with the proprietor' anal one thing I have no difficulty in laying dow'rt'll'ati

Ministers

scarcely

3 13 0
2 12 6
2 5 0
23 2 0
3 3 0

4 10 0

betting-books cannot be necessary for a young man under
age, said certainly not betting-books no rich and costly.
Mr. Hawkins observed upon the earrings, Sm.
Mr. Coleridge siugested that they were probably presents
to the young lady the young gentler-an had married. A
laugh. Mr Hawkins: Why, she must have been a child it
the time. Besides, my Lord, if there be true affectioe,
, jewellery cannot be necessary. true love need not surely he
cemented by 41181111,11tiS. Moreover, there is no evidence
that these articles were for the young lady he married. Its
had them two years bet ,re his marriage.
The Lord Chief Justice: Oh, certainly If they were for one
young lady, and he was engaged to marry soul,. other lady,
they could not be necessary. But, assuming that they were
for the young lady lie was engaged to he married to, there
would be nettling that was not very natural in the presenta-
tion of them by a young gentleman of motile thousands a year
to the object of his affections. Mr. Hawkins went on to urge
that at all events cigar roses could not be-necessary, for
smoking was not so. At all events, he urged that the prices
were extravagant, and he said it was shameful that trades-
men should thus pander to the extravagance of mere youth,.
The Lord Chief Justice Oh, I don't think that you can
fairly say that in the present case. It does not appear that
the plaintiffs were aware of the articles supplied fry other
tradesmen ; and it is tine to them to observe that they at
lore kok back all the atticles they could. Evidence was
given of the infancy, and also of the amount of the incoms,
which was said to be £3,11.0 a year, 1111.1 etre of the amount
.1 the allowance, which it was stated was drat £5OO a year,
and for the last year .kl,oeo a year.
Mr. Coleridge then addresserl the jut in a humorous
speech for the plaintiffs. He observed that the objection to
the new view of tl:c case presented by the pidement in the
Exffierpier Chamber the other das was that it would make
the determination of these cases turn so much upon the in-
dividual tastes or ideas of the Judges. For instance, as to
smoking, Sir Benjamin Brodie vehemently objected to it ;
and perhaps a judgment against cigar cases 'night result
from Baron Bramwell disliking it. Ile meant no disrespeet
to that able and independent Judge; on the contrary, in
proportion to the originality and Independence of a Mae.
mind might he naturally be msposed to determine eases upon
his own illeag, whereas surely the safer course was to let a
jury determine It. And, further, some of the articles might
be necessary, although they need not be no cortly.
The Lord Chief Justice then summed up the case briefly
but clearly to the jun., upon the old principle that it was a
question of what were reasonably necessaries, with reference
to the age of the infant, his income, and his rank and po-
sition in society. He again observed that 110 could not
think betting books necessary for yomig men, still less such
costly ones. So as to the cigar case, he could not see that it
was necessary even tori young man of property. Would any
prudent father, however much disposed to indulge his son to
any reasonable extent, have sanctiened such expenditure as
was incurred in these items?
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The jury, after a short consideration, found for the de-
fendant, that the sum paid into court was sufficient.
The Lord Chief Justice thereupon ob.erved that he had
said he should allow the plaintiffs' counsel to move to enter
a verdict for them in the event of the Court being of opinion
that he ought, in accordance with the recent case, to have
directed the jury that the articles were or were not neces
series. nut he should, independently of the finding of the
jury, have directed a similar 'erect. '
Mr. Hawkins observed that this, therefore, made an end of
the case. For whether the question was for the Judge or
the jury, both concurred in Mating for the defendant. The
leave to move could only have been available in the event of
the jury finding for the plaintiffs.
This view seemed to he aettuieseed in.

ANOTHER "INFANCY CASE."
In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, the cause of
" Mackenzie ro. Hopwood," was tried, and it was an action by
a Glasgow bookseller against a young gentleman lately an
undergraduate at Cambridge. to recover a sum of 50 guineas
for am illustrated Bible, sold to him by an agent at Cam-
bridge. The young gentleman pleaded that he was an infant,
to which tht,, be, itseller replied that it WaS a " necessary,"

which was denied.
In May, 1607, the young gentleman, the son of a Northum-
berland clergyman, was at Cambridge University. Ile is
of good fondly his mother was a Bentinek, • connection of
the Duke of Portland, and the youth had a fortune of £7OOll,
which gave him an income of .000 a year. A traveller of
the Glasgow bookseller called upon him, and solicited bins
to subscribe for a copy of a new illustrated Bible, of w Medi it
was represented only 170 copies were to be printed, and
wind: be said he thought would be very valuable, the price
being 50 guineas. The young gentleman the pro-
spectus, and afterwards, being still a minor, saw a
specimen copy at the shop of one Todd, the Cambridge agent
of the bookseller, and desired it to be kept for him, and it
, was afterwards sent to him nt his rmins. Subseimently
I' this the young gentleman's guardians his father being
dead discovered that he had contracted debts to an en,-
mous amount, out so as quite to dissipate his fortune, and

they made attempts to extricate hint. The attorney env
'doled to winil-up the young gentleman's Cambridge allairs
saw Todd, and said he was prepared to pay him for ally
other items of the bill, but not for the Bible, as the young
gentleman Was under age when he bought it, and it was not
"necessary." The agent, according to the evidence of the
attornt y absented to this, alld agreed to take back the Bible,
which was accordingly carefully packed up in paper for him,
and was offered to him, but ref used. It lied since been
kept than packed up, and was producol in court, ready
to be delived up to the plaintiff or his agent Moreover,
the bookseller himself had been written to, but had re-
fused tst receive back the book. It appeared from the cross-
examination of the attorney that he had been employed be-
fore in arrAnging the affairs of young Mel. With
tradesmen, some of whom be said had been fleecing theta.
lioreover, it appeared that the agent of the bookseller
this case had been sent for before the Vice-Chancellor, alai,
although exonerated as regards this ease, as he was only
agent, had been, he said, "warned.' It further appeared
that the Vice. Chancellor had the power of " disemmuuning"
tradesmen whose conduct was deemed improper—that is,
prohibiting them from dealing with the undergraduates.
Tine authorities of the l'iliversities had instituted on this
occasion a careful inquiry, awl the attorney stated that lie bad
himself been sent for, anti was titntkr examination for tvvo
days Before Inc went he again offered the book, but it was re-
fused. Fix the plaintiff, 'I od,l, the agent, aas called, and ac-
cordiog to his account the book was not actually bought tuna
it was delivered in October, 1867, and he denied the anlialasi nil
that the sale was void by reason of infancy. For the defence
it was proved that the young gentlenian Wail under age when
he signet the prospectus ; he saw the book, and asked that
it should be kept for him, but it appeared that he WAS of age
when it Was actually delivered, which was in October, ISlit.
There was smile difference between the evidence of the
defendant and the attorney as to the matter, and this raised,
of course, a point independent of the defence of infancy.
The young gentleman's brother being examined as a witness,
ISIS of the jurors, who avowed that Inc had been a Cam-
bridge trailesuom, and had showtt a strong feeling against the
defence. asked limit if his mother was not a relative of the
Duke tti Psrtlawl, to which the 3., meg gel+, lemen retdied that
she was. Ile was then asked Whether his brother is is his
elder brother) might not succeed to the dukedom, to which
the youth replied that he did not know, but the duke had

brother who ma, the heir. Lyon this,
The Lord Chief Justice observed that it would be hopes-
slide rationally to determine the
.cuse rr ith a view ti such
remote anti contingent possibilii res.
The furor said it seemed to him to he material with re-
ference to the circumstances and position of the young
gentleman.
The Lonl Chief Justice, however, observed, being re-
minded of it In Mr. Keane, that the dukedom was granted
to the heirs male of the first duke, the friend of William
111., so that it was hula nssible that the children of this lady
could succeed to it
The Imok wus exhibited in court ; it seas of f,nlio size, full
of large illustrative prints on thick paper. extremely heavy
and massive, and bound in a style of great magnificence,
with clasps and every possible accessory.
, In the cour,e of the ease, . .

The Lord Chief Justice observed that he could not tins- I
slily conceive of any jury saying that Bevil a book as that I
was a necessary "to a young man, and if it woilit ever he
necessary to Inin he certainly could have waited for it until
lie was of age.
At the close of the evidence, the Lord Clod f Justice
slimmed up the case to the jury in these terms :—Gentlemen.
this is altogether a sad case. It ion sad case as regards the !
affairs of this young gentleman, as to which I should not
have said anything had it not transpired that he has eon.
traded debts to on enormous amount. It is a sad Case
regarded as an instance of a young non under age. is ith
limited income, by means of the rash awl reckless credit
afforded to him by tradesmen, SA, involved in debt that.
histead of being in comfortable circumstances for the
whole of his hie, he is reduced to ontiparative po-
verty. It is to be laniented that a respectable trades-
man should have supplied a young man, without mak-
ing any inquiry about his position, with an article of
the most luxurious extravagance before lie was of an age to
estimate his means and his position and to form a vitriol
judgment. Gentlemen, the object of the law as to infancy
to to afford a reasonable protection to young men at the out-
set of life—before they have had experience of the value of
money, and are able to estimate the extent of their means,
—a reasonable protection to them against an extrava-
gant expenditure by which they may he crippled or
even ruined for life. It surely is Impossible, even
for a jury of Cambridge tradesmen, to say that a
young man with only SOO/, a year—the interest on 79001.,
which was his n hole fortune—could possibly be jitstitted
in purchasing such an extravagant book as this, which could
not possibly be used for the primary and proper purpose for
which a little should be procured—tire reading and studying
of the Holy Scriptures—lint could only serve the purpose of
luxury and show, or at the utmost minister to the intellectual
gratification afforded by the engravings. Gentlemen, I can-
not for a single instant suppose that, taking Into consider-
ation the young man's real position, and not any idle
notion about the possibility of his succeeding to the dukedom
of Portland ;which he could not possibly inherit. seeing
that it is limited to heirs male , any jury would say
that such an article could by any possibility be deemed in
any reasonable sense a necessary. if, as appears to have been
determined by the Court of Error in the ease of "Ryan v.
Wombwell," decided the other day in the Exchequer Chant-
, her,, it is for the Judge to decide sack a ease, I have no hest-
, Litton in holding that this is trait'' a necessary." But what-
, ever may he the view taken on that subject, if, as is the
a case for the plaintiff, the book was really not finally bought
until after the defendant became of age, of course the plaintiff
would be entitledto the verdict. As to that, if you are of
opinion that when the young man saw the beck at the
agent's shop he asked that it should be kept for bun—really
" took to" the book—then the sale was completed when he
was undet age; but if you believe the agent's version of the
matter—that the completion if the sale was postponed till
October, when the delivery was made—then the sale was
when the defendant had attained his majority, and the
plaintiff would be entitled to the verdict.
The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after half
an hour's absence returned with a verdict for t' e de-
fendant.
The Lord Chief Justice, however, gave leave to move upon
a point taken en the Statute of Frauds—that there could be
no valid sale until October, when the delivery was made.