The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-18 00:00:00

CORttUPT PRACTICES BILL,

On the motion for going into committee on the Corrupt Practices
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,vIII;7I7BEREELEIr moved that the bill be committed that day
three months. Lie argued that the measure had corroborated the
opinion of an able wilier on the subject, that it was a pompous
ioep,ure meant to be inoperative.
Mr. CRAwFO RD seconded the amendment, declaring that since
the measure had been in operation, election expenses had increased.
Mr. W. MARTIN, Mr. INGRAM, and Mr. W. WILLIAMS
supported the bi,l.
Sir G. GREY said, the bill was only to continue the Act till next
session. when it Was proposed to appoint a teltct committee upon
the subject.
Some further discussion having taken place the amendment eras
withdrawn, and the bill passed through committee.

COUNCIL OF EDUCATION BILL

ennstit &ion of a Vice-Presidency of the Committee of Council of
Sir G. GREY then moved the second reading of the bill for the
Education.
Mr. HADFIELD moved that the bill be read a second time that
day three months.
After some remarks from Mr. INGHAM in support of the origi-
nal motion, the amendment was negatived, and the bill passed a
second reading.

BOARD OP HEALTH.
The General Board of Heaith Continuance Bill went through

The Amendments to the County Courts Ac's Amendment Bill

were considered and agreed to.
The Evidence in Foreign States Bill was read a secon I time.
The Militia Pay Bib was considered, as amended, and ordered to
be read a third time on Monday.
The Marriage Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill was also con-
sider.-d, as amended, and ordered for the third reading to-morrow
(Friday) morning.
The Lords' Amendments to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill were
eonsi'ered and aefeed to. '
The Coast Guards Service Bi 1 went through committee.
The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill went through committee.
The Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer Bill was read a second
time and passed throttgh committee.

The motion for going into co.nmittee on the Judgments Execu-
don Bill was opposed by Mr. Whiteside, but was carried on a
division by 51 votes to ;9; Majority, 12.
"
some further discussion took place which resulted in the with-
drawal of the measure.
The Joint Stock Companies Winding up Act Amendment Bill
was rejected upon a division, the numbers being,
For going
into committee
Against it .

Maj ricy..
The other business was deposed of, and the House adjourned
at hall-past two o'c ock.

ALARMING AND EXTENSIVE FIRE IN GLASGOW.—
Intelligence has been received of the fact that a disastrous
fire (of which the particulars have not yet reached us,)
broke out in a large warehouse in Glasgow, and that
properly to the amount in value of upwards of £15,000
had been 'consumed.

• POISONING AT SOUTH SIIIELDS.—One of those unhappy
occurrences, which of late have been of such frequent.
recurrence, took place on Tuesday morning at South
Snick's.. It seems that a fmnale, named Vann, had gone
to a glass-house, where she had been in the , habit of
working, and
vermin, she asked for, and obtained, a little arsenic, a
u,der the pretence of destroying some
mineral which is freely used in the manufacture of glass.
She took the poison to her house, and there, mixing.it
with some food, she administered a portion of it to her
two children, and afterwards took the remainder herself.
The children became sick shortly after the poison was
received by them, and to this circumstance their safety is
probably to be aserihed. They arc now recovering, but
the unhappy mother died on Wednesday morning in the
workhouse, whither she had been conveyed by order of
the police. A quarrel with her busband is said to have
been the origin of the rash act.—Northern Daily Express

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the plain ifs. Mr. Bretz, for the tictenuatu,
case had been made out against the defendant, because
an action could be maintained it must be against the sheritt
for making an excessive levy. The Acsess o- however,
overruled that proposition. Mr. Brett then addressed the
court for the defendant, contending that Mr. Blackhnrst
had only need tinder instructions from his client, end that
the plaintiffs, because they had not been so sharp as other
creditors, had not got their debts. He called Mr. Fara-
worth, a sheriff officer who had been suspended, who
stated that throughout the whole transaction he had acted
under the direction of Mrs. Shepherd, and that be
paid Mr. Blackhurst's bill out of the proceeds of the
sale at the execution, in the presence of Mr. Bateman.
The defendant, Mr. Blackhurst, said before this transaction
be had acted as attorney for Bateman, who at the time
owed him nearly £3O. He bad also an account against Mrs.
Shephe dof nearly £2O. The money was paid on two
accounts. Endeavours bad been made in London to do
away with the judgment, but the case had been dismissed,
and the acaignees had to pay the costs. By Mr. Aspinall :
I cannot say what work was done for the £24 6s 23, but
lam prepared to make out a bill for upwards of £3O. I
can prove the action in which I was engaged, and in which
I entered an appearance, and got time for him. Up
to the p'eseut time I have not received my
account in this matter from my London agent. Mr.
Aspinall replied on behalf of the plaintiff. The
Assessor summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for
the defendant.
SMART V. VINESBERG.- _
The plaintiffs are brew.- and the
,etendant the keeper of the H itel Napoleon in Lime-street.
fhe action was brought to recover £l4 5s 4d on two bills
of exchange, and two sums of £2 4s and 17a, for ale
delivered. The action was undefended, and a verdict was
given for £44 .5s 4d.
YATES, JUN. V. CAIN. —This was an undefended action
brought by Mr. John Yates, jun, to recover £l7 2s 51 for
work done as an attorney, in 1844 for the defendant, a
resident of C3stletown, in the Isle of Man. A verdict was
given for the phintiff.
WASHINGTON V. ABRAHAM —Mr. Tindal Atkinson
opened the pleadings, and Mr Blair stated the case. It was
an action brought to recover damages for an assault, and
for injuries caused by the plaintiff having been given into
the custody of the police by defendant, and charged with
having stolen a sword. The plaintiff was a pawnbroker, and
the defendant a jeweller, residing in Lime-street. Richard
Washington, the plaintiff, deposed that he carried on
business as a pawnbroker, in Oldhall-street. On Monday,
28th April, was passing the defendant's shop in Lime-street,
and seeing a watch seal in the window, went in to make some
enquiry about it. Had had dealings with defendatO pre
viously. Saw a sword hanging up, and esired if it was for
sale ; defendant said it was, that he had bought it from a
person who brought it from the Crimea; he added that the
price was a sovereign, and the plaintiff at first offered 103 and
then 12s. They were engaged in testing the sword-handle,
to ascertain if it was silver, and defendant said he believed
now it was silver, and that he would not take less than 30s.
Plaintiff finally put the money on the counter. Defendant
drew the money towards him, and plaintiff took the sword
and walked out. About sixteen yards from the shop,
defendant caught plaintiff, threw his arms around him, and
called out" police, p slice—you have stolen my sword out of
my shop." A crowd collected while they were scuffling.
A policeman came up, and defendant charged plaintiff with
stealing a sword out of his shop. The officer pat his hand
an plaintiff and told him to come hack to the shop. He
and when thev"got in, plaintiff saw a sovereign and a
which he pointed out to the
rs came in and the former officer
ay asked what was to he done, and
his property. One of the officers
Miff with stealing it, and he said at

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ton, now that you have drawn my attention to this sword,
I will not sell it all." The defetVant had an action also
against plaintiff for the value of the sword. The Assessor
said he was sorry the two actions had not been taken at
the same time by the court, as they could have been easily
disposed of together. Inspector Keogh and other witnesses
were examined, to prove the fact of the plaintiff having
been given in charge. Mr. Brett, in addressing the jury
for the defence, remarked it was a peculiarly illustrious
weapon, being the identical sabre taken from Prince
Menschikoff at the battle of Alma. (Laughter.) No
doubt an equally genuine relic of the same description
was to be found in every pawnbroker's shop in Liverpool,
this being one of those peculiar keepsakes of which every
body appeared to claim the exclusive posse,ssion. (Laugh•
ter) Mr. Brett then went on to contend that the defendant
had positively refused to sell the sword, and that the
parties were passing on to speak of other matters, when
the plaintiff said " Just let me look at that sword again,
will you ?" and on being handed the sword he tucked it
under his arm, flung down the 30s. on the counter,
and ran with the weapon out of the shop. The defendant
conceived himself entitled to the sword, and Mr. Brett urged
that he ran after the plaintiff to get the sword, that he only
caught hold of it, not of the man, and that he did not at
all give him into the charge of the officers. The defendant
himself was examined, and positively affirmed that he did
not sell the sword, and that when the plaintiff left the shop
he followed him to recover it. He also denied that he gave
the plaintiff into charge, and alleged that the parties went
to the police officer by mutual consent to decide the question
between them. Another witness having been examined, the
Assessor charged the jury, remarking that there could be no
doubt the slanderous charge of having stolen the sword was
made against the plaintiff, and that the latter had been sub •

jeeted t.oillegal detention,
plaintiff, damages £lO.

The jury gave a verdict for the

APINNES V. HARVEY.—This was an action brought by
Catherine M'Tnnes, a young woman, residing in the Isle of
Skye, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by
being driven against a hoarding in Bold-street, by a servant
of the defendant. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff,
and the action was undefended. It appeared that the plain.
tiff, who was examined through an interpreter, being only
able to speak G elic, had been at the Edinburgh Castle inn,
attending, with some friends, a meeting of the North Briton
Friendly society, on the night of the 26th March last. When
they left the house, the plaintiff and the others got into a
car, belonging to the defendant. In driving up Bold-street,
the car came in contact with a hoarding, with such violence
that the side of the velhicle was dashed in, and the plaintiff's
leg broken. She was conveyed to the Southern Hospital,
where she had to remain for ten weeks. 'I he plaintiff had
been a servant, earning about 410 a year, with board. The
jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, with £l5 damages.

opened the proceedings, and Mr. Aspinall stated the case.
The plaintiff was Mr. Frederick Morrison, and the MORRISON V. DAVIES AND ANOTHER.—Mr. T. S. Raffles
de-
fendants MeEsrs. Davies, Syers, and Co. The action was
brought to recover £2OO, being the alleged value of 190
casks, supplied by plaintiff to defendants. From the evi.
ar
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contra thepal
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at
ti ffvions times, entered into between, it appeared that there had been
him, or his brother, and defendants, for the supply of casks
to bold rosin oil. In April last, he made a contract to
deliver defendants 190 casks. The agreement, which was
handed in, signed by plaintiff, and dated "April 11'h, No.
1, Canal Basin, Oldhall.3treet," set forth that, in con-
sideration of Messrs. Davies, Syers, and Co. allowing him
to draw 9 bill on them, at four months' date, for £2OO, he
agreed to deliver up to them 190 casks being at the rate of
about •.I.s per cask, of the description hitherto purchased
by them, namely, superior new half-ton casks, made
from Quebec staves, Scc., to be perfectly tight, and fit for
the immediate reception of
oil or any such other liquid.
Whnn thn

- - were aelivered some objection was made
by defendant's foreman to the quality of some of them, and
Nrdiagly the defendants did not allow the bill to be drawn
Theplaintiff further alleged that during the time
the casks were in defendant's premises they were kept in an
exposed position, and therefore liable to receive injury irom
sun and weener. It was contended that when the casks
were delivered by the plaintiff they were in perfectly good

on them

of Northwich, passed h
August fixed for the certificate meeting

HEALTH COMMITTEE

YESTERDAY

The usual weekly meeting of f h is committee was held
at half-rs• tvo o'clock, yesterd3y, in the Town Hall.
Mr. Dover in the chair. Other members ',resent—
Messrs. Beckwith, Al‘Guffie, Godfrey, Shiel, Tinne,
lialbead, liaydoek, Johnson, Robertson Gladstone, and
Crosthwaite.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.

HEALTH OF THE TOWg.

The Medical officer of Health reported that, in the
week ending on last Saturday, 176 deaths were registered
in the borough, being 08 less than the corrected average
of the same week of the preceding eight years. Of the
total deaths 119 were in the parish, and M in the out:
townships. Of 50 deaths occasioned by zymotie diseases;
12 were from scarlatina, 11 from diarrlicea,
,frowl
2
hopping-cough, 6 from measles, 5 from typhus, from
small pox (one unvaccinated and one unknown), 2 froin'
syphilis, I from puerpura. Diseas:li of the lungs, with
consumption, caused 45 deaths The temperature was
low throughout the week. The mean was 58 7-10
degrees, more than 31- degrees below the average. The
daily horizontal motion of the air averaged 433 miles.
On Tuesday it was 806 miles. Rain fell to the extent of
nearly 1 Q inches, more than one-half of which fell on
Tuesday.

The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and
Inspector cf Nuisances, reported various particulard
of the operations in their several departments (W-
-ing the week, from which it appeared that 70
nuisances complained of by inhabitants had been
inspected, and means taken to remedy them, 9M
houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing
3,313 apartments. and 416 cellars had been put under
examination, with the view of improving their sanitary
condition, and 87 lodging houses had also been examined
awl reported upon. _ _ _

On the motion of Mr. Sheil, seconded by Mr. Glad.
stone, the Borough Engineer was directed to lay before
the committee for the future, on the let of each month,
a statement of the work he proposed to be done within
the succeeding month.
The committee then adjourned.