The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT .-YESTERDAY, .-_ESTERDAY.

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE).
REGAN v. PAUL, JORDAN, AND CO.— This was an
action brought by Edward Regan, shipwright, against
Messrs. Paul, Jordan, and Co., master shipwrights, to
recovar 14s for two days' labour. Mr. Roby appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin for the defence. The
case for the plaintiff was that defendants' foreman told
him to go across to Birkenhead to the gridiron, where a
vessel of defendants' was, and that he would get a job.
Plaintiff went ov(tr, and the foreman surveyed the vessel
while the defendant held a torch, and the foreman then
said he would do nothing until daylight the next mor-
ning, when he told plaintiff to be again in attendance.
The plaintiff again attended, but he was then told that
the vessel must go into the graving dock, and therefore
his services were not needed. Mr. Neil, secretary to the
Liverpool Working Shipwrights' Association deposed
that according to the custom of the trade, where a man
was ordered to go to work at a vessel he was entitled to
be paid, although it was found there was no work for
him to do. On the part of the defence, it was con-
tended that the plaintiff was not ordered to go to the
vessel, but only went on speculation, and also that the
custom of the trade was that although a man was told to
go to a vessel, he was supposed to take his chance of work,
and was not to be paid if there was no work for him to
do. His Honour said it seemed to be proved that, if a
man were ordered down to a vessel, on the gridiron, and
did any work whatever, of the slightest degree, he was
entitled to be paid for the time. Both parties appeared
to agree to that. Whether a man who was ordered down
to the gridiron, and did no work at all was entitled to
be paid, was left still in great doubt. It was said by
Mr. Neil that he was, and Mr. Neil had considerable
experience. Mr. Jordan was of opinion he was not :
his Honour said he did not intend to decide this case
upon that ground at all, because he was not satisfied of
the existence of any such custom, and he, therefore, fell
back upon the general principle of the law, that, if one
party told another he would want him for certain
business, and the other went to attend to that business,
the party ought to pay him for the value of the time
during which he had prevented him from engaging
himself profitably in another place. That was the
general principle of the law ; and, therefore, being
guided by that principle, and deciding this case upon it,
he thought he should properly give a verdict for the
plaintiff for 7s, being the one tide for which he was
ordered in the first place to Birkenhead, and afterwards
directed by the foreman to go down to Prince's-dock.

POLICE COURT .-__v
ESTERDAY,

(BEFORE MR. H. FIORNBY.)

STREET ROBBERY.—A young woman, named Eliza-
beth Jones, was charged by Jane Oldfield, who said she
was in London-road on Saturday night, when the pri-
soner seized on, knocked her down, and ran off with her
shawl. Officer 509 corroborated the statement, and the
defence set up was drunkenness. The prisoner was
committed for a month.

BREAKING INTO A YARD. —A young man, named Robert
Downey, was charged with breaking into Mr. D. Fitz-
patrick's shipwrights' yard, in Kitchen-street. Officer
740 heard a noise in the yard about half-past eleven
o'clock on Sunday night, and after some time be heard
some one ask for a key; the door was then partially
opened, and the constable got in, and he found three
persons in the act of removing property ; he seized the
prisoner, but the other two persons escaped. Mr.
Fitzpatrick proved that the property belonged to him,
and to be worth £4O. The prisoner was remanded for a
week.

Rom CA.sn.—A young woman, named Jane Williams,
a waitress at the public house of Mr. James Hillyard,
Harrington-street, was charged with stealing a quantity
of rum, the property of her employer. On Sunday
evening she was drunk, and as some rum had been
missed, suspicion fell upon her, and on her box being
searched three bottles of rum were found. She said a
young man gave her the rum. The prisoner was
remanded.

I IA REAL Goon BARGAIN !—A young man, named Chas.
Williams, a well known " horse clipper" in town, was
charged by John Woods, a farmer and horse dealer,
residing at Kirby, with having cheated him out of £11),
The complainant said he purchased a horse at Lucas's,
on Saturday, where he met the prisoner. After paying
for the horse, the• went to the Pheasant Inn, Queen-
square, to put the horse up. In the stable was another
horse, to which the complainant (Woods) took a great
fancy, sating, " I wish I had that horse instead of the
one I've got." "Do you wish to have that horse l "
enquired the prisoner. " I do very much," he replied,
" and would give a good sum to boot with this one." "I
know the owner of that horse," said the prisoner, " and
will get you a real good bargain of him," and out he
went. Presently he returned with the alleged owner.
After sundry glasses of whiskey, and a good deal of
" higgling," a bargain was struck, and Woods agreed to
give £lO and his own nag for that in the stable. He handed
over the money to the prisoner, who handed it to the
other man, and then the prisoner said, " Now, Mr.
Wood's, go and take your horse—he's a real good bar-
gain." He went to take the animal, and was about
leaving the yard with him, when the real owner came,
r.nd was about to give the complainant into custody on
a charge of attempting to steal the horse, until he dis-
covered how the affair stood. Finding he was " done
brown," the complainant informed the police, who
succeeded in catching the prisoner, but his confederate
had " bolted." Mr. Clough informed the bench that
there was a chance of catching the other fellow. The
prisoner said the man was a respectable—a highly res-
pectable gentleman, indeed. He would know that very
respectable fat gentleman again. The prisoner was
remanded, to make inquiry for the other very respectable
gentleman.

PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Customs—Mr.
El ias Arnaud, assistant-controller-general, has been pro-
m oted to be controller-general in London.—Civil Service
Ga tette.

THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER.—As the adjourned inquest
held on Thursday, in B urnopfield, the jury returned a
verdict of murder azainst the two men, Cain and Rayne. A
pardon has been offered to any unlicensed pawnbroker who
will produce the watch of the deceased gentleman, Mr.
Sterling.

ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITUTION,
9, Rose-hill,—New Patients entered on the books last week,
viz., January 12 :—Relieved at the institution, 139 ; relieved
at their own dwellings, 78 ; total, 217. Visitors : R. p.
Manger and G. H. Garratt, &qrs. Hon. See. and Treasurer,
Joseph Kitchen, Esq.

Mr. Rogers has left several volumes—it is said five—of
Memoirs. These are in the hands of the poet's executor
and publisher, Mr. Moxon, and may be given to the read-
ing world without much loss of time, if that 'gentleman
) shall please—the volumes being in the state familiarly known
as " ready for the press."- —Athenoum.
THE NEW PEER.—The Gazette of Friday night notifies
that the Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the di .inity of
a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Irclard, unto the Right Hon. Sir James Parke, Knt, late
one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, for
the term of his natural life, by the name, style, and title of
Baron Wensleydale, of Wensleydale, in the North Riding
of the county of York.
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY, January 12, 1856.
Admitted—ln-patients, 40 • out-patients, 3 ; casuals during
the last week, 5. Discharged—ln-patients : cured, 6 ;
relieved, and at own request, 4 ; made out-patients, 10 ;
irregular, 3 ; dead, 2 ; remain in the house, 172. House
Visitors —Hugh Perkins, and Charles Freer, Esqrs.
Physician and Su, geon for ensuing week —Dr. Turn-
bull and Mr. Long. House Surgeons, Mr. G. B.
Halford and Mr. C. Webster. Chaplain—Rev. H. J.
Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchison, Esq., Treasurer.
THE ROBBERIES OF WINES AND SPIRITS AT BRISTOL.--
The prisoners charged with having been concerned in
the late extensive robberies of wines and spirits, from Mr.
A. Phillip's bonded stores, in Bristol, came on before the
Recorder (her Majesty's Attorney-general), Sir A. Cock-
burn, on Thursday. The first prisoner, Stephen Bendall,
was charged upon four indictments with having feloniously
received various parcels of brandy and wine, the property
of Alfred Phillips, well knowing the same to have been
stolen. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was
sentenced to eighteen month's imprisonment, with hard
labour. George Davis, the Custom-house locker, was
convicted of having stolen severals lots of brandy and
wine, of the goods and chattels of Alfred Phillips. The
prisoner having been found guilty, the learned Recorder
sentenced him to two years' imprisonment, with hard
labour. Au investigation is still going on by the Custom-
house authorities, and it is understood that a number of
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on Saturday. It was a suit instituted by the
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plaintiff, a contractor, against the corporation of Liverpool
for an account of certain works which he had executed for
the corporation, and for the purpose of obtaining payment
of the money owing to him in respect of such works. To
this suit the engineer of the corporation, Mr. Hawkesley,
was made a party, and it was alleged against him by the bill
that he had improperly withheld his certificate of the execu-
cution of the works, whereby tho plaintiff had lost a con-
siderable sum of money. The cause now came on for
argument upon a demurrer put in by Mr. Hawkesley, for
whom it was contended that he was not a necessary or proper
party to the suit, and in support of the demurrer it was
shown that a clause had been inserted in the original
contract between plaintiff and defendants, nEder which it
was stipuleed that Mr. Hawkesley should on no occasion
be made a part:' to any suit, action, or other legal '
proceeding in respect of the works then stipulated to be
performed. The Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that thero
was nothing in the terms of the contract which could pre-
clude the plaintiff from making Mr. Hawkesley a party to
this suit, he should therefore overrule the demurrer,

MIMI%eP

THE INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN

The fifth annual meeting of the friends and supporters of
this institution was held yesterday, al the Common Nall,
Philadelphia Chambers, Hackin's Hey. Mr. M. Greggol,
the president of the society, occupied the chair. There was
a very good attendance of the members and friends of the
institution, which has been established only about five year!
and has not much obtruded itself upon the public, though it
has the following important objects in view :—To provide
medical treatment and medicines for the children of the
poor; to promote the advancement of the medical science

with reference to the diseases incidental to infancy;
to diffuse among the poorer classes a better acquiintAnco
with the management of young children during sicknos!