The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY,

(Before EDWARD JAMES, ESQ., Q.C., Assessor.)
MELLou. v. MARSHALL. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed
by Mr. Boggil, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Blair,
instructed by Mr. Brabner, for the defendant; and in the
words of the declaration, the action was brought against
the defendant, for improperly converting the plaintiff's
goods. In his plea the defendant set forth that he was not
guilty—that he did not convert the goods ; and that if he
did convert them, he had the plaintiff's consent for doing
so. It appeared that the plaintiff had been the tenant of
the defendant for a certain house and shop in St. Ann
Street. It suited his purposes to leave the house before the
expiration of his term, and the sole question raised in the
present action was whether or not the defendant had ac-
cepted unconditionally his surrender. On the part of the
plaintiff it was alleged that the surrender was accepted
unconditionally, while on the part of the defendant the
contrary was maintained. lie alleged that, on quitting the
house and shop, the plaintiff had given up the fixtures as an
equivalent for the rent then due, and for that which would
accrue on the unexpired term. The defendant accordingly
appropriated the fixtures ; and the present action was brought
by the plaintiff to recover their value. Much irrelevant
matter was gone into, but the leading facts of the case were
brief and simple.—The Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff for £6.
SMITH V. PYER. Mr. Mc Aubery, instructed by Mr.
Wheeler, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Brett, in-
structed by Mr. Berket, for the defendant. The plaintiff is
a widow, and her husband tenanted rooms from the defen-
dant in khouse in Scotland Road, at a rent of 7s. a week.
On the death of her husband, in the early part of this
year, the plaintiff continued the occupation of the rooms,
but on the Ist of August the defendant, with his men, came
and expelled her from them. On the part of defendant it
was alleged that the plaintiff was greatly in arrear in her
rent, and that therefore the defendant had a right to expel
her Verdict for the plaintiff for 255. _ _

MEAD AND ANOTIiER v. HALL.-Mr. Millward, in-
structed by Mr. Fletcher, for the plaintiff; but the defen-
dant did not appear either in person or by council. The
plaintiffs are grocers and ship store-dealers in this town, and
the defendant is the owner of the schooner "Atlanta," and
the action was brought to recover the balance of an account
for goods supplied, worlc done, and money spent about the

"Atlanta." The original debt was £75 15s. 9d, out of
which £24 was paid; and the jury returned a verdict for
the balance, £5l 15s. 9d.
RYAN V. PIERCE.—Mr. Brett, instructed by Mr. Bremner,
appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Millward, instructed by
Messrs. Evans and Son, for the defendant. The action was
brought on two bills of exchange which the defendant had
accepted, amounting to £Bl 10s. ; and the jury found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff.
JONES AND OTHERS V. Moss.—Mr, Aspinall and Sir
George Stephen, instructed by Mr. Cross. appeared for the
plaintiff; ;and Mr. Brett, instructed by Mr. Forshaw, for
the defendant. The action was brought to recover the
amount of goods sold and delivered, work and labour done,
and balance on an account, stated in all, £23 ss. 9d. The
plaintiffs are Messrs. Buckley, Jones, & Co., shipbuilders in
this town, and it appeared that they were employed about
the end of last May to do some repairs to a vessel called the
" Taymouth Castle," then in the Graving-dock, by the de-
fendant, Mr. Moss, and another gentleman, Mr. Joseph
Thomas Butler, who were in partnership at that time as
coal merchants. The repairs went on, and payments on
account were made from time to time. In June, Mr. Moss
and Mr. Butler dissolved partnership as coal merchants, but
they still continued joint proprietors of the " Taymouth
Castle." The defendant alleged that he was not liable for
the repairs of the vessel, inasmuch as shortly before the dis-
solution of their partnership as coal merchants, Mr. Butler
had become sole proprietor of her. In the ship's register
the owners set forth were Mr. Moss and Mr. Fletcher ; and
the plaintiff further alleged that the order for the repairs
vas given by the firm, and they had no notice given them
by Mr. Moss as to his non-liability in this particular.—
Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.

THE NEW RECORD REPOSITORY. The new
Record Repository is progressing towards completion. In
the year ended the sth of January, a,300 was allowed for
out of the public money.
CHINA.—On Tuesday was printed a Parliamen-
tary document containing a correspondence with the Super-
intendant of British Trade in China on the subject. of
emigration from that country.

§FP-11 ET SERVIOR —7+- appockwa Llino ILL Lite year
ended the sth of January last, the home secret service cost
the country £lO,OOO, the foreign secret service £31,000
and the secret service (Ireland) £4,715.
JUDICIAL SERVICES.—The pensions for judicial
services are beyond the military and naval services. Last
year the amount was £42,264. There are several retired
Lord Chancellors on the list of pensioners.
THE WESTERN FISHERIES.—During the past
week upwards of 5000 hogsheads of pilchards have been taken
near St. Ives, Cornwall, by one firm. Other boats have taken
560 hogsbeads, 1,550, and 3,500 hogsheads respectively.
Several thousand herrings have also been taken, and have sold
at four shillings per hundred of six score.

THE NEW ROYAL PALACE AT BALMORAL.—The
Queen's residence at Balmoral, concerning which we are often
asked, is making considerable progress, and promises without
great pretensions, to be a piece of solid and real construction.
The south and east sides have been roofed in, and will speedily
be made fit for occupation. The building is wholly faced with
dressed granite, the mouldings and ornamental portions being
carved on the spot. Modern agremens will not be omitted :
two fountains are in course of formation ; pipes to carry the
water sixty feet high, by means of a steam-engine are
already fixing.—The Builder.
PROPOSED STATUE TO PRINCE ALBERT.—A. meeting
is to be held at the Mansion-house, on Monday, the 7th of
November, the object of which is to raise a subscription
for the erection of a statue to Prince Albert, to serve as a
national tribute of respect to his Royal Highness for having
suggested and organized the Great Exhibition of 1851. The
Lord Mayor, it appears, has warmly interested himself in
this project, and the proposal having met with the sanction
of many distinguished persons, there is no doubt that it
will be successfully carried into effect. A good deal of cor-
respondence has taken place upon this important subject.
The proposal is to erect on some part of the site of the
Great Exhibition a monument, the principal figure of which
shall be that of Prince Albert, as a memorial illustrative of
that great event, and, at the same time, to evince the gra.
titude of the British nation for the eminent services ren-
dered upon that occasion by his Royal Highness to the in-
dustrial and commercial interests of the community.
STATE OF PARTIES IN AMERICA.—The New York
Herald thus describes the state of parties :—" Tumult and
discord seem to be the order of the day amongst all parties,
clans, and cliques. The Democrats, the Whigs, and the
Abolutionists are split up, and writhing from intense com-
motions ; and now, in order to keep up the spirit of the
time, the Women's Rights party have not only quarrelled
among themselves in Convention, but have taken a step in
advance of their contemporaries, and had a fight. Accord-
ing to our report of the proceedings, a most terrific war of
words took place prior to the adjournment of the
last Saturday, on the subject of Christianity, between the
Rev. Antoniette Brown, Lloyd Garrison, and others. Miss
Brown defenctd,_!,lr
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reache the street his nose was pulled by a Mr. Nevins, as a
reward for the uncourteous language he had made use of in
the course of the debate. The speeches, the scenes, and the
incidents that have occurred in this gathering of the strong
minded are unparalleled for their comicality and spiciness
in the history of all conventions which have hitherto been
held this season."

DEATH FROM GIVING CORDIAL TO AN INFANT.—
CAUTION TO MOTHERS.—Before Edward Herford, Esq.,
coroner for the city of Manchester, an inquest was held at
the Spread Eagle, Stretford New-road, touchinc, the death
of an infant three weeks old, named Emma Lockett, illegiti-
mate daughter of Jane Lockett. The mother was called,
and stated that she called on her sister, Mrs. Hudson, resid-
ing at 39, Brunswick-street, with the baby in her arms, and
that she remaine I there through the afternoon. About nine
o'clock the child cried a good deal, and her sister said,
" Suppose we give it a little of the Infant's Preservative,"
which she had been in the habit of giving to her own chil-
dren. And her sister said that she was going into Duke-
street, and would get some. She accordingly went out and
brought some stuff back in a bottle, of a muddy, brown cast.
The label bore on it "Infant's ordial." They gave the
child eight drops, as the label directed, and it became quite
ill afterwards. During the night the child's colour changed
very much. It began to close its eyes soon after it got the
stuff, and never awoke all night. About eight o'clock in
the morning witness took the child down to her mother,
who said it was very ill affected, and that she (witness) had
better take it to Mr. Wild, the surgeon. Accordingly she
went with the child to Mr. Wild, who said that the baby
was very bad from the effects of the cordial. He gave it a
little bottle of something, but it went on still shutting its
eyes, and a short time afterwards died. Witness went and
told the registrar of deaths that the child had been in con-
vulsions ever since its birth, and said nothing of giving it
the cordial. Mr. Wild, surgeon, stated that death was
caused by the narcotic given to the child. Verdict, "Poi-
soned by the narcotic mixture given to the child by the
mother.' The jury severely censured the mother and her
sister for their carelessness and deception, and recommended
that some steps should be taken to stop the administration
to young children, and the sale by druggists, of the poison-
ous compounds sold under the name of cordials or preserva-
tives.

LIVERPOOL MARKETS. ....-YESTERDAY.
Written expressly for the Northern Daily Times

SUGAR.—The demand continues inactive, the sales being
confined to about 900 bags Benares, chiefly at 375. 9d. to
395. fld., including low brown Bengal, at 295. 3d. to 31s.
per

Of UOLASSES we have to report 160 puncheons indirect
clayed Ctsha, at I6s. per cwt. from the quay.
No sales have transpired in either Rum or COFFEE; but
120 bags St. Lucia Cocoa are reported at 30s. per cwt.
Arracan RICE has again been purchased freely at higher rates,
4,000 bags having brought 12s. 6d. to 133. ; 1,500 bags Ben-
gal have also been taken at 14s. 3d. to 14s. 9d ; and 6JO bags
Moulmain, all faults, at 12s. to 13s. 9d. per cwt.

A further quantity of African IVORY (about 8i tons) was
brought to auction to-day, and sold at prices ranging chiefly
from £32. to £39. per cwt., being similar rates to those ob-
tained yesterday. -