The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE

The
Tieusual weekly meeting of this committee was held
47 o ()clock yesterday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair.
other members present were—Messrs. Rankin,
011,,Ter, Robinson, Brocklebank, Halhead, Mann, Bold,
Aar, aubback, Rathbone, Mondell, Smith, and Holme.
tilders were recommended and accepted from Messrs.
Etattann 4MI Co. for fire bricks and fire clay; from Messrs
from °on and 0., for various of nails ; a ~1? Messrs., JamesC Bland and Co. forkinds Dantzic timber.nd
The harbour masters' committee reported the death,
Vc'tvning, of John Craggs, gateman of Sandon Doek.
Iliedl3„lan Was submitted for enclosing the east side of the
tokkimPon the east quay of the Huskisson Dock, and
tkag a transit shed at the south end, at a cost of about
,-,
he f„_
titer ,_oairman stated that, with respect to the two-
to sued of the Bramley-Moore Dock which was referred
do Clitnnittee of works to carry out, on proceeding to
*hiehtn° committee got plans from the surveyor, by
dime they found that there would be a very considerable
the
tos ea' eu'Y in working the lower story, in consequence of
ati er of iron columns which the surveyor advised
dista'solutely. necessary. The columns were to stand at a
the ogee from each other of 12 feet one way and 15 feet
coloe;et The sub-committee of works considered that
.11° asl
4SO pl would most materiallol6o render itaced advisable thatinterfere the matter should be >agsteconsidered. It was, therefore, sent to the. harbour
ty, wr heommittee, who considered the quethon yester-
liwi4i, he understood it was unanimously not to go
4gtlio e to
Plan previously proposed. The subject would
,13,1 e before the dock committee.
40 'll'Aathbone said the chairman was somewhat in error.
tocotit4Blteeitateeela. si"
was
Therecome
to by the harbour masters'.
was a feeling of that kind ; but, in
ee
- of the absence of the chairman, no decision
comeD t.
"Dellitil said the decision would be come to next
k_ he
'll4 to Chairman said he was not present himself, having
told tolt.tend the council, and only stated what had been
ither Zicl observed that the committee had got into
irtici,tieura:il, Practice It was, that the chairman of the
b'te dhad id not leave.
.to the chairmen of the several
e to explain what their
.proceedings were,
iblooliZlTl the ease when he was previously a member of
tioltoto—to'ittteece- It was customary for the chairman of each
1)4,0_444 :or some member in his absence, to explain
tti:ol. to his committee. He thought. it would be
titDr go back to the former practice, and have
,tler°eteliedings conducted in rather a more formal
r via,' an at present. The reason he mentioned
bp,,-"' that some irregularity took place in
'tetf,s—e,eedings which were recorded of the last
urt out one and GI dstone mentioned the subject
aYs ago, r.
a h ht it
thee the _go, he t oug would be better to
t_oitair !roceedings conducted. as in the council, that
)741:10t as of each snb-committee should, in as short a
o° dregs ne thought fit move e confirmation of the
ih",,gs_of `sub-cOmmittee, and some other member
iti the motion. A case occurred, a meeting or two
redid ittir it was complained by Mr. Rathbone that
4384. to btaknow the question had been put. He did- not
coto.ss. Me the chairman, who devoted his time to the
I;%befe7tees in a way that no other chairman had ever
tht."o, tot e• The chairman's successor might not do theh
werght not have the time on his hands, rd,.althoug
h were
not likely to lose the chairman, still it was a
itiLaPiztheQede should therefore recommend,
%Ztthey t' and he the to that
'uhat thee w.c.as.nothing
shouldme hairmanor some othermember of each
utherexplain and move its proceedings, and
tket,e e6.lnember second the motion. (Hear, hear.)
tli`toe m.7lc, Man said it had been his practice, since he
tob.-mairol
general committee, to attend all
set, eo,_ an of the
ked thar uttees as much as possible, because. he con_
tiOs h that way. he should best discharge the
beet, au to perform. He had, also, fromvetriaml to
esub
tienittoorecillested by the chairman of.these
thOrtotor,s, to mention matters occurring in their different
%t' it. He quite agreed, however, with Mr. Bold,b
of Itlitt be much better the chairman of the
tit ees
°I• 0 would explain and propose the proceedings
opthiktilat7 departments. Of course Mr. Bold did not
ktlittm :Yhshould explain every recommendation for
Matters ?
ttl7notic:e.Oh, certainly not ; only anything calling for
kt 111): alfsh,lad said when he attended the first or second
100 ve's,`.tnarine sub-committee he was ver much
ite;', (loft ‘l,,e irregularity of their proceedings. It seemed
tad reps in the discretion of the chairman what they
64 hlrort to the general committee. There
was
to
44,,1114"MA from the marine surveyor, which
tpeitig h alost important, on the subject of the telegraph,
tit:4 theew many days the telegraph had communicated
)poltoe„ seaboard to the land, and from Holyhead to
104-I,_`ed -I;'.,h,_°W may days it was at work, how many itt,
ik,oto 4'uout any stoppage whatever, and a
.vai ant
tc0t0,,,. that kind which he thought it most impor
Lhts
*„ should know. He ventured to sug,est that
rho red a;„" so important it should be printed and cir-
Etoagrlt the committee. That was not, however,
Itteti-4% GZl,,visable or proper—at all events until
Odsrlar`us had expired. Very likely there were good
do,"lve that reservation, but he should hardly like
laleot." responsibility of the withholding of that
hth Ch,•
tek:: -Irtnan said that was a different matter Ito-
-00 --Ast.":l what Mr. Bold had suggested. .M. r. Halheaat
I, Wouo
nt,l,ltees go to the extent of depriving the su -
kVURbt beanny discretion as to what papers were to
p. .before the committee.
I;ll(l,ll,allt„,ae.,klebank said the answer to the remarks of
°4"l,oBe'al. Was that tip,. report was only for six
.mrths
Nen' Sun; mer mOnths, and therefore as itwould.
Ititdpi Partial report, the sub-committee considered it
he 7 eto Wait.
:Wthr " °no said it was an important document,.and
lir to s agreed with Mr. Halhead that the committee
tiobl4oeet.t.
4
iheoepullitzeleebank : It '
ls recorded in the minutes of the
I.tIlL
4gttlllt
e r•
then dropped, and the general business

'alm „ ----- —
'teur de l'Armee
Pitlth''s t 'l:,`"om St• P t rsburgh, in the Mont .
a for erecting
OTlete-14"„the subsceripetion opened in and soldiers killed at
'l'il:qopo'i',.' to the Russian of aenodoo
0 silver roubles.
.
41 410114 "18 produced a sum of
as be has
is to consist of a vast funeral chapel, which
sRi 4 q the trueted at the end of the cemetery. Thd
oil it4tit,. , officers killed, and Akbi"'s W{lo took part in the struggle,
will be inscribed
those of the corps
.an
2ttitttlt,c'orbblaek marble.
klb• Ilitiko .AN ASsAssm.—A letter
/ from Belgrade, of the
Nie4, tltt4 Ili the Leipsic Gazet e, sttaotes that an Austrian
It 41till instierrir At•
IT' who hod
flednd had graq, b.._eetion or Prague, a
by England
dardisn l
settled'B4
liu,,setit t,, ',-ts jit,t been arrested, the Austrian consulate,
Nltitort linvistria. ft appeal'
that he had obtained
.tish
441,1 wi liler frandulent pretences,m
ttitz believe'Pv his protection ahimnd that ate
athhsee.qßar;,
ate..
It, 4
11,1:11 iti utbteor
eb.
oe r the
oandi ti di .
notc.
I a t assassinbe
the
for Princess
murder, W
liolait Q.ltea-,...ellegeent. •
ha,ttletit .'"4ILAnE IN ThotiGATS.—This extensive estab-
tc-;iltilatt'Lteueerloloasatagorgrits thing of the kind
. in ..''cotland,
The other evening, wheno the
t.e
4tOettlate,°;ere opened, and the interior splendours_owfe. the
*titi!statc, itt.e'ealed, a perfect stream of customers
aon_nue
continued
d
d to flow,
ikiltl.tlie -:„.elPticious recesses, and. lia,s. ti
!liittklritaillaelterizle hours, ever sine,,,timwhe
' te:t re4„gazers has, at the 80.1"-he . crowdin u
ed ofto
tittMrdie,:u. the vestibule. The place has 'been fitted up
ilecoant
4140 e NI) p .nse,
1 ' '4
°F
el " and the apartments, upwards of
sitteqk l'etriettt er'are all heated by steam pipes, a marked
'lle ,Iheiti 11P0u the
themnuerousroofed, ill ventilated,
tli place ~,,,ng houses in vicinity.
and On
bout seven o'clock
Saturday evening 4t1)1 rtin,, 4118 crowded in every part,
The
(I`),4` haq ,:)I'n the establishment was soa
great that a Con.
.141 e *l4t fo ,
the waiters
le' \‘'r '0
he procured to keep back the crowd. T
\ 4,,,p 7111,8 e r about half an hour,toenableto
. get a place."
lit 4 11rie • vho we,re fortunate enough
ha ititt 'B4 Arail.
)og, Alsiti Low Cituncir.--ST. NICII.OLAS COLLEG g,
tlh lAlz.
tw.tot,
1.---011 "fu,:`Cday a public
tt,ardil a 1,0" the purpose ~.!' meeting was held in
appealingt ,
,-, ; Boarding
fit the sons far raising' a large WE., '''.. _. in connexion
.6kllN't. Nichols(3f the "lower middle ciasshees, School
T nroposed objec.
'ltd bp hs C >liege Shoreham. A the " High
4:li,(l`l,toa,„e Islelelejtions of difference baeatdwetehe
t
meeting:poas.
h tt% to it ions of the church
The
444'3 4";'i3.R.liethereouu%lhbe• Lord Robert Cecil presided.,
Church„ t eof a
n the
ICC'
elle'
I)\''
h' We'l violently oPpos ....r
very stormy chars i, tqil In ,1
pattisans
eting, the Rev. m .
11'
4tcl
1.
le
enuro°
of the me
1- establishing St.
4e, Ilt.5(1 a portion of the deed estab le_
of the
,t ' bEtv:" lou.ported to be 'executed on the 4th of April,
4ir Part, een the R Nicholas Woodard.
1, , 04 arid /1, , - •
Right Hon.
yrovost,
t ritt) ll jlatt. -Wert Arthur G. Talbot Cecil,..r Henry
't 11, an 1 is 'il, Alexander James Beresio a Hope,
liiri rlglaild( John Jelleher Hubbard, governor of the Bank
'AN `3,et/t i of the other part, and it sets forth
St. Nicholas
:tlik,. ka,3l'"'ed under the name and title of ' ting
brio •tat)ri .71, tor tbc,
roma
that_t a society
purpose of extending and pm" and
41101 Pc her Afajest .'s dominions in the do9tri
it wNic,,,the church 3 the same are set forth in the
. Book
Mr. Woodard,.
It
'l4h -"
'rraYer as
on being questioned as
16))!Ilci sP' auricul . tlin'eh hlve t _
riar confession was psractised at the college,
only one resolution,
tlzeq.as mooedRb sorer. There Wa
Chichester (bishop of the
khO betwe,l,t
,Ivas as follows <<
" There being a numerous
04: of ea
who are educated at public foundation
nar national
t,qtp;'-rek)l`ve country and those who attend t
11 tl-I.'' -1, et,d, that it is desirable to supply the de-
th Nit true. Th ' en
ni
carried by a grea
1/4.
I-
b 0 this shoat
-rn d ent was moved condemnatory
t
keitr'44 441idet e amendment was
(4, l,„o tetirr,, , peering,c.. hisses,t and confusion. I. he
e, 44 ,`,l: rib,
g-I'til disgust, and N Paul Foskett ascending
.artrry:"rt on the meetingr. to thank God. for the
at the meeting were
dilitett iw°f Carnillarevng the speakerssford Hope, Mr. Paul
114'10.1% Pet °ll, Mr. Beresford
assemblage.PPeersters and others. A more tumultuous an
has rarely taken place.

i HEALTH COMMITTEE-YESTERDAY,

Before the business of the meeting was proceeded with,
Mr. Stitt stated that Mr. Thin (the party summoned for
rates on the ground that he had refused to compound, and in
whose favour the magistrates decided) had called on him, and
informed him that he had told the collector, when called on,
that he would compound for the rates.
It was agreed that the collector should attend the committee
next week, and that Mr. Price, if he so pleased, might then
confront him, when the committee would hear both statements.
The Town Clerk reported that he had been informed by one
of the magistrates clerks that Mr. Price's cave had been decid, (I
in his favour, because of special circumstances connected with
it. He was, therefore, of opinion that the decision in the case
did not rule a general principle, and recommended that the
other summonses against parties who (lid not compound should
be proceeded with.
Mr. M'Gowan stated, in reference to these cases, that when
the act first came into operation, counsel's opinion was taken
as to the fulness and completeness of the notices served on
owners of cottage property. The usual placard and notices
were p'aced before counsel, and he was asked whether
a disregard of them might he presumed to amount
to a refusal to compound without personal service
or personal request and denial. His reply was, " I
think sufficient has been done to sustain the required proof of
refusal to compound, and no further steps on that head are

necessary.'

The committee directed that the other summonses should be
proceeded with. If the magistrates should hold that personal
request and personal refusal are necessary to 'constitute a refu-
sal to compound, the town clerk will then advise on the steps
which may be necessary to be taken under the circumstances.

A FRACAS " MUSICALE."

The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held at half "MY HEART Is Tr!'FiE !"—About one of the richest andrarest scenes we have witnessed for many a long day we
past two o'clock yesterday, in the Town Hall, Mr. Alderman beheld yesterday in the Police Court, before Messrs. W.
Dover in the chair. Earle and J. Stewart. It would have done more to cure
Other members present—Messrs. Beckwith, Godfrey, Sheil, a dyspepsian than half a hundred weight of pills, and if
Holden, Crosthwaita, Tinne, Johnson, Anthony, Daydock, any unfortunate sufferer from that disease happened to be
Stitt, and A. C. Stewart, present, we are sure he will feel very. much improved this

morning. Mr. John Vinning, a gentleman of some musi-
cal celebrity, summoned Mr. John Lawtou, of 71, Gill-
street, for unlawfully detaining " certain goods, to wit,
four hundred and eighty nine pieces of music, one masonic
certificate, and various other articles," to the value of
" twelve pounds and ten shillings, contrary and so forth."
Mr. Pemberton appeared for the complainant, and after
consulting both his client and the defendant, he addressed
the bench, and said from the conversation and the
arrangements that were likely to be arrived at, he thought
it advisable to ask for a postponement• for a week for the
benefit of both parties. He then retired to speak with
the defendant, when Mr. Vinning came up to the reporter's
table, and in rather a hurried manner, said, " Shall I go
on with this case ? Will you advise me ?" The gentle
men thus addressed, informed him of their inability to
give him any information or advice, as they were in a state
of blissful ignorance of the "premises " in dispute. He
then asked them if tnev would like to have the defendant
" properly shown up ?" as he was the boy that could do it.
He asked several other equally absurd questions, and at
last solicited their opinion if it would not be of the utmost
importance to the whole earth and the inhabitants thereof,
to have the fellow "shown up ?" Failing in his attempt
to extract an opinion on so mighty a matter, as that which
concerns the happiness of so many millions of our fellow
creatures, the gentleman, after musing a while in silence,
tapped his boot top, with a richly mounted cutting whip,
curled the corner of his moustache with the other hand,
and—sat down. Mr. Pemberton again entered the court,
arid said it was very much for the benefit of his client that
the case should be postponed, and he wouldadvise him to
adopt that course. Mr. Vinning: No; I must show the
fellow up, for the benefit of mankind. Mr. Pemberton :
You sent to my office for me in order to consult and take
my advice in this affair. I advise you to have the case
postponed, as it will be very much to your benefit; and
if you refuse this advice, I will have nothing more
to do with it. Mr. Vinning : I wish to go on. Mr.
Pemberton: Then I go off. (He left the court.) Mr.
Vinning, : Come back—l ask, I implore you to come back
—come back as a gentleman—come back as a man—hah.
you wont ; well then T go on myself. Here he rushed
into the witness box, and addressing the magistrates, he
said, " See that fellow (Mr. Lawton) who stands before
you in the form of a man—he is not a man. (Loud
laughter.) (Albeit, Mr. Lawton is a very gentlemanly
looking man, and his conduct before the court proved him
to be such.) He pretends to be a great friend of an
illegitimate daughter of Mr. Wybergh : This has
nothing to do with the case—has he any property of
yours ? Mr. Vinning : Property of mine, sir ? I pre-
sume he has, sir—music, sir, music. Mr. Earle : Prove
he has property of yours. Mr. Vinning : Why, sir, there
is Queen Victoria, and ah, but what says Robert
Burns ?

" A man's a man for a' that !"

He then sat down on a chair, took out a small note book,
and began to turn over the leaves in rapid succession,
ever and anon casting looks of indignation and despera-
tion at the defendant, now and then ejaculating, "Beggar,"
" scoundrel," " ruffian." Queen Victoria sent—yes, let
me see—here it is—no it's not—l thought I had it—that
beggar there—my song. Mr. Wybergh asked him if the
defendant had a song of his, and he replied
he had, and the sovereigns, too, and added, with
great simplicity—l want the sovereigns. All. ha! I have
found it; here it is—not yet. In reply to the magistrates
he said he was looking for proof in the book, in defendant's
handwriting, that he had the property. Mr. Lawton :
Oh, I admit that I got a few copies of a song from him.
Mr. Vinning : Ha, ha ; do you ? Just give me five minutes
longer. The magistrates consented. Complainant : See,
now, there it is—l have got in three minutes. (To the
defendant): Do you know what lyre is ? That's a musical
instrument ; but liar—that's you—another sort of instru-
ment. Mr. Earle : We want proof that he has some of your
property. Complainant: Oh! you want proof, do you ? I
can give you plenty; every one in the world knows it.
Hero I am, sent from an asylum without a penny in my
pocket, and he has all my property, and may be ,e3O or
some hundreds, for all I know, belonging to me. The
defendant begged to say that there was some music written
by complainant, but he got it printed in London and paid
for it, and it was his own property. Complainant : Oh ;
ha, :ha—do you think Jeffery will support you now ?
Defendant : I am paying .e 2 lOs a week for Mr. Vinning's
support at present. Mr. Vinning : LI A It—LIAR I (To
the Bench): Is not that plain talking? Mr. Stewart: It
is plain, certainly ; but giv, us proof he has any of your
property. Mr. Vininng : Why, I have made it as clear—as
the old women say in Devonshire, and do you know what
they say ?—it's as clear as mud ; c (pally, fully, and fairly
have I proved to you—my case is as clear as mud. To
defendant : Your poor old mother seems— Mr. E srle

(to Mr. Lawton): Have you paid more money for Mr.
Vinning than you have received on his account ? I have,
sir, ten times over. Mr. Vinning : You're a liar, sir, and
that's plain language. Mr. Earle : Very plain, indeed.
Mr. Vining : Just listen (to the bench), and I'll tell you
what to do ; make an order to have us two shut up in
solitary confinement together, in the same room, for about
one week, and then you'll see the end of it all. Their
worships utterly declined to make such an admirable
order. Mr. Vinning went on to 'say that the world was in
a blaze about his beautiful song " My heart is thine,"
and every day letters came to him from the four winds of
heaven for copies, but he had none to send. The magis-
trates said they must dismiss the case. Mr. Vinning : Then
I'll swear my life against him, so now fork out your bail,
my boy, The magistrates : The case is dismissed. The
defendant retired, and Mr. Vinning sat down, tapping his
boot with the whip. During the above the people in court
were convulsed with laughter.

SERVICES AT RHYL CHURCH

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

be hang'd, if " Some busy and insinu.
some cogging, cozening, slave, have
the invidious paragraphs which have
recently appeared in the NoRTHERN TIMES, in
reference to the change of services in Rhyl Church.
I am in no way connected with the parsOn, who is
(rite capable of defending himself, were he at
home ; but I do not like to see a man abused be
hind his back, There can he but one opinion
about the Church services here—that they are
most efficiently, and most praiseworthily per
formed. Thousands will bear witness to it !

acing ingite

not devised

I believe that the notices emanate either from
some person who never attends religious worship
in the church, or from some selfish Anglo-Saxon
resident who is anxious to deprive the Welsh inha
bitants of the privilege of having once, and only
once a month, a morning service in their own
language, previous to the administration of the
Sacrament. Once a month there was of necessity an
early English service at half past nine on this
account ; but, since the ordination of a curate
to Rhyl, we have had a concurrent English
service in the Town Hall on Welsh Sacra
ment Sundays. Perhaps the dissatisfied party
would have been better pleased if the morning
English Service, on this particular day, had been
entirely dispensed with ; in that case, how many
hundreds would have been disappointed? Three
full services, and sometimes four on Sunday, is an
arduous undertaking. Let those persons who
complain that the accommodation to carry
them out is not. sufficient, come forward gene.
rously, and help to create a fund to build a
church for the English, so that the Welsh, who
have been unfairly driven from their place of
worship, may listen to the Word of God twice on
Sunday in a language understood by the people.
The incumbent has his consolation. A great
master mind has said, " Be thou as chaste as ice,
as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny."—
Yours, &e , FAIR PLAY.

Rhyl, Dec. 1

NOVEL AND DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY
IN TARLTON STREET.

The "science of robbery " is becoming more and more
developed as the "Ticket of leave men'' are extended—as
there is hardly any outrage in which ono of these " gentry"
will be found wanting, and although, at present, there is no
certainty that the following outrage was committed by one or
more of these " free brothers " the police strongly suspect
that some of the " Cracksmen " on " furlough" are mixed up
in the affair. At the early hour of 7on Wednesday evening,
some persons went to the door of a watch maker's shop in
Tarlton street, and by the assistance of a strong rope, made
the door fast outside, so that no one from within could come
out, This done, they deliberately broke a square of glass in
the window, with the view of extracting watches and other
valuable property therefrom. The people in the shop at once
rushed to the door, but here they were foiled, for the reason
stated. They, however, succeeded in raising an alarm, and
some persons in the street coming up, the robbers fled without
being able to carry off any property. The notion of tying
the door is new, and worthy of a `• ticket of leave man," but
until the " ticket " system is put a stop to, there can bo no
real security for life or property.

SARDINIA AND THE WESTERN Powmas.—A letter from
Turin, in the Constitutionnel, says :--‘• Much attention has
been excited luxe by '
the precipitate journey to this city of
the Marquis do Villamarina Sardinian Miaister to the
Court of Paris. It appears that his object was to have
precise instructions, in case a coolness between the 'Western
Powers should make any change in the relations which
bind the Sardinian court to those Powers."

COUNTY COURT
.-YESTERDAY

Mr. Conway presiled in this court yesterday, in the
absence of Mr. Pollock, the judge.

FERNIHOITGR v. CARNE.—In" this case, Mr. Ferni-
hough, publican, of Tranmere, sought to recover from
Mr. P. Carne, cooper, Redcross street, the sum of £lO,
upon an I. 0. U. The plaintiff's collector deposed that
defendant had admitted the debt in his presence. Mr.
Anderson appeared for the defence, which he rested
Upon the fact that the debt was a gambling transaction.
The defendant was examined, and deposed that, in May,
1854, he was at the Chester races and went into a
boo,h, kept on the course by the plaintiff a^d his brother.
There was gambling going on, and the plaintiff induced
hi-n to play at roulette, and won from him £lO, for
which he gave the 1 0. U., on which the plaintiff now
sought to recover. As the plaintiff's collector could not
disprove this statement, a verdict was given for the

defendant.
IMPORTATION OF MEXICAN FIBRE.—KERFORD V. MAX •
WELL —ln this case. Mr. George Briscoe Kefford was
the plaintiff, and Mr. James Maxwell, broker, 6, Rum-
ford place, defendant. The amount claimed was £24
l9a. id. The action involved a question of considerable
importance,
being brought to decide the amount of tare
to be allowed upon Mexican fibre, an article of very recent
introduction into the commerce of Liverpool. Mr. Ander-
son appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. "lime for the defen-
dant. Mr. Anderson, in stating the case for the plain iff,
said the article in question was a very recent importation
into the port of Liverpool. It was, he believed, a
species of hemp of a very superior quality. It was used
in the manufacture of a great number of articles in
which hemp could not be used, such, for instance, as
ladies' crinoline petticoats. (Laughter.) The war with
Russia was the means of causing the article to he im-
ported into Liverpool, because, when the hemp could
not he Otained from the Baltic, this, by the ingenuity
of British merchants, was brought into the country.
The subject, matter of dispute, in this case, was very
simple. It appeared, so far as he could learn, that the
first, importation of this Mexican fibre took place into
Liverpool in the month of Jane, 1855, when a consider—
able lot was sold by the Messrs. Hirrison and Co.,
through their own brokers. It appeared that upon that
occasion, the tare upon the article was charged at the rate
of 4 per cwt. As it was a new importation, having, of
course, no fixed tare, the brokers, it would appear, made
a calculation according to the scale in use regarding
hemp coming in what were termed canvassed hales, on
which, according to the brokers' regulations of Liver-
pool, a tare of 4 per cwt, was allowed. His client bad,
accordingly, upon a former occasion, allowed 4 per cwt.,
but on a subsequent occasion he allowed only 2 per
cwt., when the fibre came in what were termed roped
bales. The arrival of fibre in reference to which the
present action was brought, took place in August last.
It was sold to the defendant to arrive on the 21st of
July, but it did not arrive until the latter end of August,
by the Iris. The sales contract was worded " Messrs.
James Maxwell and Co , we have this day sold to you
with the customary allowances, and public sales' pro
visions, the following goods, See." The defendant
charged four per cwt. tare upon the bales, which the
plaintiff contended should only pay two per cwt.., being
satisfied that four per cwt. was much above the actual
tare. The question, therefore, turned upon the point
whether the defendant was entitled to charge four per
cwt. Mr. Anderson contended that the rule according
to which roped hemp was charged two per cwt. tare,
should apply to these hales. He stated that he would
prove by evidence in the first instance, that such a dis-
tinction prevailed in the instance of hemp roped and
canvassed. Then, that this fibre was dealt with on the
same scale, and finally, that the bales in question were
roped bales. He added, that although the matter in
dispute was trifling, yet it assumed considerable
importance in consequence of the number of
cases which would be affected by this decision.
Mr. Benjamin lames Lawrence, broker, deposed :—That
the importation of Mexican Were came under his notice
for the first time, in June,' 1855. The custom, when a
new article is introduced, is to take the tare from a
similar article in the book. In that instance, it was
found on referring to the book where the tares are kept,
that hemp was tared at 4 per cwt.; and the same scale
was adopted for the Mexican fibre. Canvassed hemp is
allowed 4 per ewtet but roped hemp is allowed 2 per
cwt. only. Jute is dealt with on a similar scale. The
bales of Mexican fibre brought by the Iris—the subject
of the preseut action—were not actually what are called
canvassed. They el ere partly roped, but these had a
little canvass. A canvass bale is completely canvassed
On looking at the present bales, I would have thought
2 per cwt. the proper tare, and that he would not he
acting as a broker,—fairly to his principal—if he allowed
4 per cwt. To the Court : The tare upoc this ar-
ticle is not established by universal custom ; it is only
experimental. The bales came from a place where there
is no means of packing them a regular size. To Mr.
flime Haig allowed 41bs. per cwt. himself, but is not
aware whether other brokers have allowed it. Several
other witnesses were called—among others, the ware-
houseman of the Albert Dock, who corrobo-oted the
evidence as regards the taring of hemp and jute, and
deposed that the bales produced were what are called
roped, not canvassed. He also stated that except by
special agreement there is no intermediate tare in such
eases between 4 per cwt, and 2 per cwt. Does not
know of any custom as regards Mexican fibre, the
article being of such recent introduction, and so few
parcels arriving. Should think that the custom applying
to Manilla hemp would apply to the Mexican fibre, the
articles being of precisely similar character Mr. Hime
contended that there was a well established custom in
the case of Mexican fibre, distinct from that of hemp
and jute, and that this custom was to charge. 4 per cwt.
tare upon all bales, without any reference to their being
canvassed or roped. To prove this statement
Maxwell, the defendant, Mr. Leet, Mr. Knowles, Mr.
Tunstall, Mr. Hodgkins, and other witnesses were called,
who deposed that on bales such as those produced 4 per
cwt was charged. His Honour gave a verdict for the
defendant, stating that he held the system of charging
4 per cwt. upon the fibre to be established. But even
if that custom were not so established he observed that
he should hold that the article wee to be dealt with on
the same scale as Manille hemp, on which 4 per cwt
was charged when canvassed, and he held that the bales
produced were canvassed bales.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL,
BEFORE MESSRS. W. EARLE AND J. STEWART,

CHARGE AGAINST MR. NASH. —On behalf of George
Nash, who was remanded on Saturday, on a charge of
having travelled on a forged railway ticket (an account
of which appeared in our paper of Monlay), Mr. Camp-
bell applied that the prisoner should be admitted to
bail. The case, as it appeared to him, was one only of
misdemeanour, and not of felony, and therefore he was
entitled to bail. Mr Berry, for the railway company,
said the case was one of a very serious nature. The
charge of travelling on the railway without a ticket was
one of minor importance, but the serious portion of the
charge consisted in forging and uttering an obsolete
form of ticket, that had been issued to a different person
so long ago as 1840, and this constituted a serious offence.
He would oppose the application. Mr. Stewart said,
when the case came to be thoroughly investigated before
the magistrates, perhaps bail would not be required.
The prisoner stood remanded only to Saturday, and if
the magistrates granted the application, the prisoner
could not be brought up before to-morrow (Friday), so
therefore it would not be worth while granting it for
one d iy. The application was therefore refused,

The persons employed by Government to see how many
people enter the Paris B purse in a day counted 10,270
on Friday.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—One of those tetribll oc-
currences at which human nature shudders happened
at Oakham, near Lincoln, a few ago, to a labourer
named George Pawlett, who was employed by Mr.
Burn, of the Mark.-t place, druggist, in the prepara-
tion of a quantity of vanish in which turpentine and
asphaltum were used ; it is supposed that, while in the act
of taking the boiling combustible off the fire, or in some
other mole, he spilt some portion into the fire as well as
on his clothes. He was immediately enveloped in flames,
and assistance not being at hand effectually to extinguish
them (though a charwoman who was employed in Mr.
Burn's kitchen promptly threw a large worsted shawl over
him) it was not until he had, in this state, crawled on his
hands and feet down a passage of considerable length, and
thus reached the Market place, that the fire was extin-
guished. The fire engines were promptly en the spot, so
that the fire on the premises was preveuted extending, and
Mr. William Keol, surgeon, being at hand, tried every
remedy for the alleviatifm and restoraion of the pour man
which professional skill and experience could suggest, but
without much hope, from the first, of saving his life ; and,
indeed, he only survived the dreadful burns in every part
of his body a few hours, expiring between 6 and 7 o'clock
on the same evening, It is due to Mr. Burn, who is greatly
distressed by the occurrence, to state that no blame what-
ever attaches to him, Pawlett having been in the habit of
frequently boiling turpentine and other things for him in
the warehouse ; and his k'nduess to the poor sufferer during
the period of his intense agony was unremitting; indeed,
everything was done for him by all which skill and huma-
nity could devise. The deceased was a widower (aged 33),
and has left a destitute orphan child to lament his untimely
end. The corpse was said to present such a spectacle as has
been rarely witnessed.