The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-04 00:00:00

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will pray that

inestimable privileges thus conterre
his lordship's connection with his
responsible duties will be prosperous, and that he may be
constantly filled with-divine happiness, and, full of years
and peace, have an entrance into the kingdom of Christ."
Mr. W. S. Richards seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.

nd very

After an anthem had been sung,
Mr. E. N. Jones proposed the second resolution, in the
course of which he expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing
the congregation of the church so gradully increasing, and
he hoped bo. would long live to minister to their spiritual
. .

wants. He detailed the circumstances connected with the
appointment of Mr. James by the bishop, from which it
appeared that it was on the unanimous petition of the whole
congregation. Having evoked a blessing on the bishop for
appointing such an able man, and hoped that the congre-
gation would continue to ex:end, and that happiness and
amity would continue to exist among them, he concluded
by moving the adoption of the following resolution :
" The congregation in particular, with a large number of
your fellow-countrymen in this great and important town,
learn with pleasure of your appointment to the Ministry of
the Welsh Church amongst us, by which they feel them•
selves in affection bound at all times to pray that you ma
be successful in your work of faith and labour of love, and
we hope the church will increase in usefulness, and be the
means, under your charge of saving many souls, and that
you may be constantly filled with Divine happiness."
Mr. Jenkins, in seconding the adopting of the.resolution,
addressed the audience in the Welsh language.

The resolution having been unanimously a lopted, the
Rev. John James, the new Incumbent, came forward to
return thanks for the compliment passed upon him, end in
doing which he was most enthusiastically received by the
whole company. The rev, gentleman delivered his address
in the Welsh language, and in the course of his remarks
was repeatedly cheered. _ _

Other gentlemen delivered brief addresses, after which a
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, who returned
thanks, and this concluded a very interesting and cordial
meeting, which, there is no doubt, will be long remembered
by the Welsh inhabitants of this town, who anpeara to
take a deep interest in the whole of the

proceedings.

A BETTIN(

DISPUTT

At the Salford County Court, on Tuesday, before Mr.
J. W. Harden, the judge, a jury case came on for hearing,
which occupied the court from two o'clock in the after-
loon till the close at eight. in the evening, and excited a
onsiderable amount of interest. It was the case of Gee
Rugg, in which the plaintiff, James Gee, hatter, in
Manchester, sued the defendant, John

Rugg, who keeps the Spread Eagle, iu Chapel street,
Salford, for the recovery of £lO, alleged to have been

hands, under t

cumstances :
boot maker,

and Th

repository, Chapel street. Salford, met on the evening
of Tuesday the 23rd of September last, in defendant, s
house. That was the week of the Manchester a

races, and the conversation turned upon the races,
and on the relative merits of two ponies, the pro-
perty of Mr. Buxton and Mr. Longden respectively •
The party went to Mr. Rugg's house, "fresh " from
drink, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, and they
remained till three, four, or five next morning (the precise
hour did not appear), during which time they had five to
seven glasses a piece. The transactions out of which the

1 place about two

The trot

powers of the two

that they should

race on tl

Hi Satur-

day ; stakes..e2s a sideT Geebelting on Longden's pony
against Buxton on his own pony. At this time the com-
pany sat at two tables in the bar parlour, Gee and Buxton
at one and Longden and Rugg (the landlord) at the other.
Gee and Buxton having arranged the terms of the match,
Rugg was called from the other table to hold the deposit
on the stakes, till the stakes could be completed next day
and handed over to Mr. Blake the clerk of the course.
Buxton tabled ten sovereigns. At this point the dispute as
to facts begins, and the testimony of the opposing witneses
diverged widely. The witnesses for the plaintiff—Gee (the
plaintiff,) Longden, and Buxton—alleged that the plaintiff
covered the ten sovereigns by a .oelo note, and that Rugg
(the defendant) wrapped the sovereigns in the note, and
took the whole away out of the room. Next day, when
Gee called to complete his stake, Rugg said he had never
got any money of his, and that he had none of his or of
anybody else. The statement made by the defendant, who
was his own and only witness to the facts of the transac-
tion, was that, on Buxton tabling the 10 sovereigns, Gee
pulled out his purse, and produced only 103, all in
gold, and that he (Rugg) seeing that, called to Buxton to
lift his money. as Gee could not cover it ; that Buxton
then lifted his ten sovereigns; and that more or other
money than the .41 10s he did not see in Gee's possession.
The defendant's case was supported by other witnesses,
who spoke to certain admissions which Gee was said to
have made subsequently in conversations, as to his not
knowing how much money he had that night, or how he
had disposed of it ; and to admissions also by Longden
and Buxton, expressive of their belief that Rugg had not
the money. The witnesses for the plaintiff, on being cross-
examined as to alleged admissions, expressed their faith
in Rugg's honesty, and that they had said they did not
believe he had the money knowingly, but that he mast
have mislaid it: After the jury had been addressed by
Mr. Fernley (barrister), who appeared for the defendant,
and by Mr. Cobbett (solicitor), who conducted the
plaintiff's case, the learned Judge summed up; and the
jury, in about half an hour, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, bat without meaning thereby to impute
dishonesty to the defendant.