The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-18 00:00:00

LETT V. MARTINDALE,

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a gentle-
man residing in Cumberland, to recover the sum of
£2OlO alleged to have been received by the defendant, a
cotton broker at Liverpool, under circumstances which
would not entitle the plaintiff to retain the money. It
appeared from'the evidence of Mr. Lett that iti the month
of September, 1855, he was desirous df investing the aura
of £2OOO in a purchase or a bond of the West Hartlepool
Dock and Railway Oodapany. He accordingly communi-
cated wish a stockbroker at Liverpool, Mr. Gladdowes,
to whom he remitted by a letter of credit, the sum of
£2OlO, being £2OOO, the purchase price of the bond, and
£lO for the broker's commission. Subsequently, hearing
that the bond had not been taken up, he made inqoiries
and found that the money forwarded by him to Mr Glad-
dowes, had found its way into the hands of the defendant,
under the following somewhat peculiar circumstances :
—lt appeared that the defendant was very intimate with
the stockbroker, Mr. Gladdowes, and was acquainted
with all his money transactions, and among other mat.
ters, he was aware that the letter of credit in question
was expected. From the evidence of Mr. Flint, the
clerk of Mr. Gladdowes, it appeared that the defendant
requested him not to let the money be applied in any
way without his knowledge. Upon the morning of its
arrival defendant went to Gladdowes and informed him
that he had to pay £2,000 for some cotton that day.
and that he would be a severe loser if he did not
have the money. Mr. Gladdowes hesitated for a con-
siderable time about such an appropriation of the money,
but upon the solemn assurance of the defendant that he
would return it in the course of the day, Mr. Gladdowes
endorsed the letter of credit, and accompanied by the
defendant, went to the bank and received the money, the
whole of which he placed in the hands of the defendant,
who, however, handed Mr. Gladdowes £lO, saying that
was for his commission, and that he (the defendant)
only wanted £2,000. In the afternoon of the same day,
the defendant sent for Mr: Gladdowes, and said that he
wished to settle the money matters which they had be-
tween them, and placed upon the table the sum of
£52 2s. 7d., which lie alleged to be the balance due to
Mr. Gladdowes. The latter gentleman was much sur-
prised and alarmed, and at first refused to take the
balance, but subsequently did so, and found it necessary
to leave Liverpool for a time.
The defendant's counsel admitted the facts as above
stated, but contended that there was no privity between
the defendant and the plaintiff, and that, at most, it
was only a case where an agent had misapplied his prin-
cipal's money. _ _ .

The Lord thief Justice directed the jury to find their
verdict for the plaintiff, but reserved leave to the
defendant to raise the point of law hereafter, if so
advised, upon his bringing the money into coart or giv-
ing security within a week.
Verdict accordingly.

LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUE COMPANY —Traffic receipts,
week ending 9th February, 1856, £4,639 03. 83. Average
number of omnibuses working daily, 260.
The following pensions are provided for in the Navy
Estimates for 1856-7 :—Mrs. Baynton, 1001.; Mrs. E. A.
Parker, wid m of Captain Parker, R.M , 801. ; Mrs. Boxer,
widow of Rear-Admiral Boxer, 300/. ; Mrs. Derriman,
Surgeon's widow, 651. ; Mrs. Justice, Engineer's widow,
30/. ; Mrs. Rattray, Gunner's widow, 301.
The Q seen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
George Warren Edwardes to be Governor and CAnmander-
in-Chief in and over the island of Labuan and its dependen-
denciel. Her Majesty hal also been pleased to appoint the
Venerable Reginald Courtenay, Archdeacon of Middlesex, in
Jamaica, to be coadjutor to the Bishop of Jamaica, under
the name and style of Bishop of Kingston.
On Thursday (St. Valentine's day) the number of letters
posted at the several metropolitan and provincial postoffices
were as follows: —Pas,ed through the General Post, St.
Martin's le Grand, 618,000 ; passed through the District
office, St. Martin's le Grand, 279,000; total, 897,000.
Such a large number as this has never before passed, even
on Valentine's Day, through the post-office in London.
Many of the letter carriers had not completed their delive-
ries until eleven o'clock at night.
MURDER AT BATH.—The coroner's inquest in the case
of Mr. Speller, the late librarian of the Bath Athenaeim,
whose dead body was found with marks of violence thereon,
has terminated with a verdict of wilful murder against

some person or persons unknown. The unfortunategen-
tleman had a large sum of money in his possession on the
night of his disappearance, and the evidence adduced before
the coroner leaves little doubt but that he was robbed and
murdered.

WRECK OF THE SHIP PROTEUS, 'WITH Loss OF LIFE.
DuDLIN, February 14.—The Proteus, of Shelburne, Nova
Scotia, Captain Harding, while on her voyage from Liver-
pool to Jamaica, with a general cargo, struck on the Black-
water bank on the morning of February 12th, and after
beating for four hours, went to pieces ; the master and
eleven men got on the roundhouse, and were picked up at 6
n.m. the same day by the fishing boat Sarah, and landed at
Kingstown. One man was drowned, and the mate got adrift
in boat, and has net since been heard of.
STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES_-01 Friday, at
the a.—';^

I mart, Messrs. Plews and iVall offered to ph.blic
auction the life interest of Strahan and Bates in funded and
other property, and a policy of assurance for £l,OOO on the
life of Sir John Dean Paul, when a gentleman enquired of
the auctioneer whether the policy of assurance would not
be forfeited if he was sent oui. of the country, as, by the
words of the policy, it was confined to the limits of Europe ;
to which an answer was returned that the assignees had
reason for believing that the bankrupts would not be sent
out of the country ! They would not guarantee this, but
they had it from the most reliable sources that such was the
intention respecting them ; but purchasers must depend on
their own judgment in the matter. The sale then pro-
ceeded.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DEFENCE LEAGUE.—The licensed
victuallers, although a very numerous body, having
hitherto been without any organisation, it Fas been thought
desirable to establish a league, to be called the United
Kingdom Licensed Victuallers' Defence League. An
influential meeting was held on Friday, at the offices of the
Metropolitan awl Provisional Licensed Victuallers' Defence
Association, 104, Fleet-street, for the purpose of electing a
committee and other officers. Mr. B. Foster presided.
Preliminary business having been gone through, the follow-
ing gentlemen were elected :—Trustees : Mr. Wallace,
London ; Mr. Anderson, Glasgow : Mr. Carey, Dublin.
Committee : Mr. Atkinson, Liverpool ; Mr. Cooley,
Chatham ; Mr. Luce, Hampton Court ; Mr. Allen, Bristol ;
Mr. Candelat, Manchester; Mr. Foster, London; Mr.
Harris, ditto ; Mr. Townsend, ditto : Mr. Winter, ditto ;
Mr. Peters, ditto ; Mr. Anger, ditto ; Mr. Grimes, ditto.
Mr. Clemow, Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, was appointed
treasurer, subject to his approval. A series of rules for
conducting the business of the league having been adopted,
the proceedings terminated.