The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-10 00:00:00

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Fort BOARD AND LODOINGS.--In this action
Thomas Coats was the plaintiff, and Mary Sadler, the wife
of John Sadler, was the defendant. The plaintiff appeared
in person, and said, I want £lO 2s. 6d. for board and
lodging. She (defendant) was in my house five weeks.
She had board, washing, and lodging, and I lent her £6.
Tier husband promised to pay me the amount. She went
home and got £3OO, and when she came back she said she
would not pay me a farthing. I worked very hard for the
money, and not having it to pay my rent, my goods were
taken from me. The jury, without hesitation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed.
CLAIM AGAINST A LIFE ASSURANCE CODIPANY.---LAWTON
P. THE WELLINGTON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The
doneclaratiohatn
John Lawt stated that the plaintiff was Mary Ann Law-
hadbTo, her husand, ,
insured his life in the above
offic prior to his death
e :for 24/, and that
the company had accepted the assurance and had given
him a policy. For the defendant it was pleaded that the
deceased had made a false representation, by stating that
his age was 47, when in fact he was only 49, therefore she
was only entitled to half the amount, which amount was
paid into court. The defendants not being able to make
out this plea, a verdict was given for the plaintiff for the
remaining 121.
CLAIM FOR COMMISSION.—SHAND V. jAcoEs.—ln this
case the plaintiff had agreed to pay the defendant a cer-
tain commission, provided he procured him a certain
public house. The landlord would not accept him as the
tenant, but the defendant refused to pay over the deposit
placed in his hands. Verdict for the plaintiff for the
balance of the deposit.
The court then adjourned until this morning.

REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Monday
morning the bakers generally throughout the metropolis
made a reduction of one halfpenny in the price of the 41b.
loaf. The best bread varies from 101 to 11d. per 4lbs.
A proportionate reduction in the price of flour.
The Press., re-publishes the following advertisement from
a cotemporary :—" A young man drawn under the con.
script.ion, and to join the ranks on the 18th instant, having
no relish for the military profession, wishes to marry
somebody who can procure him a substitute.--Address
A. 8., &c."

REPRESENTATION OF ROCRESTER.--MF. Bodkin and
Mr. Martin are both canvassing at Rochester, and the
contest appears likely to be a close one. Mr. Bodkin
expresses his desire to support the government in their
effective prosecution of the war.

ACCIDENT TO THE EAnr:OF LIADDINGTON.---This vener-
able nobleman was taking his usual airing on horseback, on
Saturday last, when the animal came down on its side and
rolled upon his lordship. Though very much bruised, his
lordship is going on very favourably,—Berwick Warder.
HEREFORD CITY.—We are informed that Mr: Thomas
Evans, of Sutton, near Hereford, a local. attorney of some
influence, has consented to be pat in nomination for the va-
cancy occasioned by the bankruptcy of Sir E. Price. Mr.
Evans is a Conservativo.

TILE STATE OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES LINE.---The re-
port of Lieut.- col.. Wynne, the officer appointed by the
Let do of the Cormpittee of Privy Council for Trade, to in-
spect the line of railway between London, Cambridge, and
Norwich, has. been published. The wooden bridges and via-
ducts on the lino between Colchester and Norwich are very
numerous. " Not only," says Colonel Wynne, "do all the
bridges require to be strutted, the ends of the longitudinal
timbers being in many
their thickness instances decayed through halt
, but the extent of the decay requires to be
fully ascertained, especially at the bearing parts, where
the decay is always the greatest, and the results to bo
apprehended the most -serious. This cannot be satisfac-
torily done, at least in the largo bridges, without relieving
one half of the bridge from the traffic, while the other
half is undergoing examination. The great deterioration
these bridges have undergone from the ravages of deTaY,
with the consequent reduction of original. strength, is a
condition of things to cause the most serious apprehen-
sion, and until every bridge has undergone a careful o ver-
hauling in the manner I have suggested, I am of opinion
that the public cannot travel over the railway between London.
Cambridge, and Norwich without ineurrtug serious risk. The
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result of myexamination of the permanent way was to
show that, while vast numbers
along the line in different
removed and replaced
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layisntgate of decay such as I have
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rarely met with, numbers. yet remain in the line quite as
Although this is a matter of serious moment,
much gone.
it is not so bad as that of the bridges; for the sleepers,,_ though much decayed, have some soundness at the coTe,
and the danger could be met for the time by maintaining
a greatly reduced speed over the line. Should the perma-
nent way not be renewed till after the reparation of the
bridges, is completed, it will be necessary, for the public
safcly,.to prescribe limits to the speed of the trains. A
large section of the line south of Cambridge I found wet
and scantily ballasted."