The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

I&(PORTANI' TO THE PUBLIC.

At the Queens Bench on Thursday, a person named
Marriott, sued the Eastern Counties Railway Company for
X7B 12s Ed, being the value of goods entrusted to the !,
defendants for delivery, and which were not so delivered.
Mr. Marriott formerly kept a chemist's and druggists ;;
shop in Norwich, and being about to remove to London,
he had sundry goods packed in casks and crates for
delivery by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, anti
among these was the one containing the goods for which
the plaintiff now sought to recover. It was alleged that
in this cask was packed, by plaintiff's wife and s
person named Eppel, some gas fittings at the
bottom, then some blankets, and afterwards several
bottles containing quinine, iodine of potassium, and 1
other chemicals, of the value of £4B. The gas fittings :I,
he valued at £22. This cask was taken away by the
company's servants in one of the vans with the other pack.
ages, but on the delivery of the goods in London, it Was
found that the cask containing the above goods was missing,'
and in its place was a cask of clogs. This was returned to'
the company with an application for the plaintiff's own
property but which, however, he had never recovered. 0,
Something was said about the gas fittings having afterwards f
been extracted by a person named Hughes while they were .„
at the station. This was sworn to by three railway
officials, as was also the fact that they were packed is
crates, and not in casks. A person named Blanchtlawer
assisted in the packing and lie said the gas fittings were
packed it. a crate, which was not sent down at the 'llO-16
time (Tuesday) as the drugs, but were left till the d 11
following. For .the defence, it was contended, by Mr• sa
Q.O , that the jury should be careful in" coming-
to a verdict where such great doubt existed as to whetiler
wa,s eve; P.ossesse iof tho drugs. He was chiefly'

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valuable minerals like
lade out by the plaintiff.
wings, of which there Was
laving been placed in the
cask, and requested the attention of the jury to the
fact of the bill; which could not be contradicted, as the'
plaintiff knew when he drew it out. After a great clear
of evidence, his lordship summed up. With regard to the'
gas fittings, it had been proved they were delivered to the
railway, and if they were extracted by Hushes, without
the authority of the plaintiff, then the defendants would
be liable for their value. It would be for them to sat
whether they thought plaintiff had made a right hi'
out, and they would find a verdict for the whole, or any
such part of the sum claimed as they deemed he ivS,5,
entitled to. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
for the full amount claimed.

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ANOTHER MEETING OF THE UNEMPLO ,1417

IN LONDON.

On Thursday afternoon, another meeting of the unem-
ployed was held on the site of the Smithfield market, for
the purpose of giving some information relative to the
system of poor law relief, and also with regard to free
emigration to the colonies. The proceedings of this meetiog
formed a striking contrast to the unanimity which has char"
acterised former meetings, there being a great deal 0`
excitement and confusion, in consequence of a rupture
among the executive committer` It would seem,
that this arose from certain allegations that 12,u
been made by Mr. Brien, the chairman, against Inf',
M•llelth, the secretary to the National Association 0`
the Unemployed of Gre et Britain, with regard to the,
finances of the association. The fact appears to be thsi;
Mr, M'lleath had not paid some money into the hands s'
the treasurer so soon as be might have done, and had given
an order to draw £3 for printing and Posting bills convening
meetings, which sum was considered by some to be w're
than was required. The result was that a resolution to tile
effect that Mr. Brien should resign the chairmanship wag
passed at a committee meeting, subject to the confirmation 1
of a public meeting of the members, and on the other handl 4
a vote of confidence in the secretary had been Paeg7
at a meeting of nearly 300 members. As !nig":
be expected, there were a number of supporters on each
side, and this had the effect of causing considerable die
;„,1-.2nce at the meeting, and great difficulty was experienoll
ii;;"rarne::ng anything like order in the praceedings,,„,sl2.
were indulged in to no small extent. 1"
personalities
r side meeting was not
so numerous as on previous occasions'
there not being,
during the proceedings',
mo, than 2,000 or 2,500 people prese_n;
At the commencement of th„
meeting, the supporters of &N."O
assembled in different
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groups, each discussing the rne*LtB of the' case. 531:1,.
difficulty then arose as to who shouto take the chair,
Brien maintaining his right to preside, ano'.?
t the same VT
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it was pronosei that a person named Wood shl;2ld take the
chair. The platform consisted of a few planks placed aer.:2ls
sheen pans, large enough for about six persons to stand Of
but about three times that number forced their way on tote
The confusion which prevailed might better be imagine.
than described, and the pushing and shouting was so grea'.
that the police officers had to be called upon to reques'
several persons to desist from their attempt to create coda'
sion on the platform. Mr. Brien was eventually
elected n
preside, on a show of hands, and in the course of b
speech he dwelt chiefly on the cause of the disagreement.
.
Mr. M'lleath, who was very hoarse, defended his court
of proceeding, contending that there was no reseresolutioncompelling him to pay the money to the treasurer within I/
given time, or he should have done so. Mr. Murray then
to
spoke at great length, expressing his surprise that they
should -go to a public meeting to settle their dispatel;
Their previous :conduct had won for them a good opin'°
from the public, and he trusted they would not do anything
to forfeit that opinion: If they were not united, 04
would never elf ct the object for which the association
was formed, One of these objects was to inducc the
G tveynment to give them free emigration to the colonies,
and he contended they should all rally round the associa-
tion to effect that object: He then went at great lenke
into the present system of Poor-law relief; which u
I,,,nced in strong laurnage, and concluded with a fer,
story_ of making men who applied foe
lc oalzoid. Mr. Banks then sPc'k
which several other person°e
addressed the meeting, and resolutions, pledging these
present. to support "the objects of the movement, Nvefad
agreed to. The proceedings were very noisy, and lasted
some hours.

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ADVANCES BY THE B ...NK OF ENGLAND.—During the Yel°
ended January 5, 1857, as shown by a supplementl
return to the House of Commons, the Bank of Engle
advanced to the Government on Exchequer Bonds. redeeu"
able on the Bth November, 1860, the sum of £492,422 W*
10d., no part of which has yet been discharged.
Spring is slowly unfolding her genial mantle, and tbill
ready plough share is quickly speeding through its allotted
task. Generally speaking, however, spring work is rather
backward in this season. The early sown wheat 0411
remarkably well, and even though the season may be "
late one, we can safely state that within our metal
the country was not in a better position to turn
account flue weather and a fertile soil. —Roscootn°4
Afessenger.
DARING ROBBERY AT WALSALL.—On Monday afteran°.ri
last, a man entered the house of a Mr. John Smith, in tblg
town, and finding Mrs. Smith alone, placed a pistol on t
table, and threatening her with instant death if she give;
or offered to give an alarm, tied her to her chair, threat bet
apron over her face, and proceeded to ransack the bow°
He got clear off with his booty, which included £3 in moneft
Mrs Smith remaining, in her uncomfortable position nut
the arrival of the children from school two hours fine'.
wards,

THE TYNE SEAMEN AND SOUTH SHIELDS SHWOIVNBF'IS;
A meeting between the seamen of North and South Shields
and the owners was held on Tuesday night, by appointmer"
at the Golden Lion Hotel, in accordance with a rese;
lution passed at a previous meeting, with a view
come to some satisfactory understanding in reference to t.
scale of wages, the manning scale, and what is termed tn:i
the voyage and half question. After a lengthened and
somewhat anima'ed discussion, the chairman announce
the meeting at an end: It was quite impossible to come°
:
any terms, and each party could now be at liberty to do t"0
best they could to carry out their own views. ts
In the course of a paper read before the Society of Ar ;
Mr. Alexander Redgrave, one of her Majesty's InsPeeto4o
of Factories, contended that no child under the agefor
twelve years show d be employed as an apprentice, or a
hire, or continuously, in any other matter (except ebildre,
whose school attendance is regulated by the Factory M,
unless a certificate be produced to the persons employn
the child, certifying that he has attended school, and tn%
he can read the Bible fluently, can write a fair text hao;
and can work sums in the four first rules of simple arithnle' r,
That the certificate also should be signed by a schoolraasteor
whose signature should be attested by a clergyman
magistrate.
A SWINDLER.—Thomas Garing, who said that he Wig
a tailor by trade, was brought up before Bailie 6.3.„;
braith, at the Central Police Court, charged with am's,
ing the shop of Messrs. John Miller and Son, drag
eroh
Argyle street, Glasgow, with intent to steal thereWud
or otherwise attempting to impose upon and defr„ari.
the said firm. it appeared from the evidence that the r„O.,
soner entered the shop in question on Monday morn
when in charge of the junior salesman, and after selei„o
ing two silk handkerchiefs and a pair of drawers, veatii-o
14s, he desired them to be sent to Mr. Howard,
Buck's Head Hotel, where he said he was residing, there.
leading the shopman to infer that his name was Howarte
The articles were sent as directed, but no one neoll%cdP
with Mr. Bushez's establishment knew of such an 1, ot
vidual. Immediately after he left the shop a Piec-ey
eleven silk handkerchiefs was missed, and suspicion vole
naturally fell upon the prisoner. Information was of
same day lodged with the police, giving a descriPtl%den
Mr. Howard; and from the fact of his having a wo
of
leg, he was captured that evening. •The char,ge,
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attempting imposition was found proven, and he wab, )
to prison ter thirty days. The prisoner was respecl% a
dressed. spoke with an English accent, and said be was
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