The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER-April 18.

(Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell, and Justices
Wightman, Erie, and Crompton.)
Biitn
v '
nonbmrpouingyhtagbyairtihste
Liverpool a
Insurance a
eti
c 3
seas
who was a surveyor and auctioneer, for
ca
j Edw LondonT h Life v
is
the defendant,
negligence in valuing certain property on behalf of the
company, whereby he induced them to advance a sum of
£7,500 to a Mr. Howard, the owner of the property in
question. This took place in the year 1851. Howard
became bankrupt in 1853 ; further enquiries were then
made as to this property, and it was found that it was not
worth near the i•utu that had been advanced upon it. This
action was then brought, and was tried before Lord
C at Guildhall. Evidence was produced on both I
~ides, and was cor,flicting as to the value of the property.
The jury retired for two hours, and then returned a
verdict for the plaintiff. DarnAg, s ls. Sir F. Thesiger
now moved, on the part of the plaintiff, fir a new trial, on
the ground that the verdict was most inconsistekt and
absurd. If the jury had found for the defendant, he
could not have complained, but in finding for the plaintiff
the jury must have been satisfied that there had been
negligence, and ought therefore to have given substantial
damages. Lord Campbell said the verdict was not satin-
factory, and there must be a rule to show cause,

PREACHING IN LIME STREET.

Yesterday, at the morning sittings, before Mr. fans,
field, at the Police Court, two gentlemen named Viri"lio
Denison and Edward Sumner were brought 13P 0;
Inspector Chew, on a charge of having obstructed hi
thoroughfare in Lime street, and for annoyance; 400
crcatinga disturbance by preaching at the big lamp in"ost.
street. The case created quite a sensation, and cape
derable number of highly respectable gensstlems;psl
together with some clergymen, were in court. Perhaps
the case will be better understood by the follovvingre?"s-,si
which was read by Mr. Garnett, in the course 0, "-
enquiry. It was from the police report b-ok 10°
"Inspector Nutter reports that at 3 p.m., about d
persons assembled at the large lamp in Lime street,sned
commenced singing hymns ; after which a man 101,11140
Edward Paling began preaching, when Mr. Slatter, 'or,
Railway Hotel, came, to police constable 676, an'cl:.„c°o4
plained to him of the annoyance experienced by
ohrtb(Le
persons freqaenting his hotel in consequence
assemblies. Police constable 676, accompanied ull
police constable 536, civilly reqhested him'not to Pleats
there, it being contrary to orders, and that the inhabits° d
complaiced of the annoyance and obstruction csaseerd
thereby, when he refused ; whereon 536 pissed the ir"
to the inspector, who, on his ty rival, found a number;
persons assembled there, bolding adverse opinionsrog
points of religion. The inspector requested Pfi gs
and Jones (another preacher) to desist and os
away, believing, from what he saw, and the expresslos
uttered by the crowd, that a bre ch of the peace
inevitable. inevitable. He took Paling and Junes into custody,
charge of causing an obstruction and annoyance to ll
thoroughfare in Lime street; and on the way to Bride g/eo;
the crowd shouted out for the inspector to lock them op,
Jones distributed a number of tracts to the crowd, tsb°,,ts°o
them to pieces. When in Bridewell, Paling and J‘)
promised superintendent. Walker, who hid heard of the °,,;,
currence, that if allowed to go they would not go there sg
to cause an obstruction or annoyance. They were all°
to go. The inspector begs to add that about 6, Petirl
other parties assembled there for the same purpose.!lde.
refused to move, when Inspector Chew lodged in Bri of
well a man named William Denison, on a charge „,,,preaching and obstructing in Lime street, and at 6.45 11'.;
the inspector lodged in Bridewell, Edward Sumner, The
similar charge, and afterwards the crowd dispersed. 10j
inspector will lodge informations against Paling °°
Jones."
Inspector Chew was then examined, and the sub39ll3belif
of his evidence was as follows :—He went to the be
lamp pest in Lime street, about six o'cl-ck, where of
saw Mr. Denison preaching, with a large numbe
people about him ; he spoke to him, and said there w tells
great complaints made of the obstruction caused b 9 do
crowd, and requested him to desist, but he refused ;one
so, saying he had permission to preach from Mr•
owdo
field, through Mr. Cropper. There was a large erode.
and the people became excited, and he wished the geublio
man to desist and go away ; the cabmen and the Poo to
complained of the obstruction ; he told the gentlenil
go away, or if not, he must take him to bridewees
would not remove, so he took him to bridewell
at bridewell, Mr. Sumner wanted to be charge" gr.
his friend, but the inspector refused to charge biros the
the
Sumner then said he would go back and preach Id 00
same place, and the inspector--went back and fours ofe
there with a large crowd, and as there was iadication
hers
breach of the peace, he booked him. The parties_wr
afterwards bailed out. Mr. Walter Slatter, proprie.' t
of
the Royal Railway Hotel, was examined, and statedit.iihos;
the preaching on Sunday's at the big lamp post in sigh'
street was a great annoyance to the houses in the 00 bio
bourheod, and that many complaints had been In t f the
by his lodgers and other enstomera of his house wo
annoyance. In reply to Mr. Mansfield, he said there, sit
a great crowd yesterday at the place, and he desired is
officer to remove them. Mr Man-field asked the Pall Asa
what manner the house of this witness was conducted,
..„,
the reply was most respectable. Mr John Booth* P;01
prietor of the St George's Hotel, Lime streetosoe
examined, and his evidence' was to the crest
effect as the last witness, and he s tid there was !feat
noise from singing and preaching. Mr. Mansfield sate fair.
the audience at appeared there was a noise at least. b
Sumner made a long address to the bench, in 'wive, the
stated that he was employed under the committee 01 We{local town mission to preach the Gospel. The objeco'rch.
„,,i,
to catch the attention of such as did not go to
As a free born Braish subject, he felt it a pride, an ,rtbe
vilege, and duty, to preach the Word of God on' po
Gospel of Christ to the poor and the reglec'ed.
preached in the day and tt.cr in the night, and he gil „At
got from three to four hundred to hear him who neverr
their foot beyond the threshold of the church door to boor
the Gospel. He denied that there was any obstructieomn
disturbance, and said that be never had the most r
e9t.
notion of causing either, or of' disturbing the
proved f
Inspector Nutter was then examined, and Als;
report he had made, and said there were
r!.,10
qnent disputes and discussions at this place between ti:
parties about religion. He said the carmen and
o°.7„i
complained to him of the obstruction and anniyance_cll
by the preaching. Mr. Mansfield : Of what sort of,Prieutior
were the crowd composed . ?
I should say the Mak toes
them were Catholics. When he managed to disperse 0, ja
there were evident sheens of a breach of the Pea'nsr,
consequence of what was going on in the discutsiall'oritten
J. J. Stitt, T,C., said he was a member of the caster 0(
of the Town Missions of Liverpool, and as nisiaate.abiPS
information, be would like to know from his ""ary
what the law on the subjact was. There were St!esor
witnesses to prove that there was no obstruction', eel
breach of the peace, and that the gentlemen ni",soto•
preaching were taken to gaol without any cause. Feint'
be for his Worship to state what the law was on trig. M
Mr. Mansfield said the law was yery simple and P!%bfotel
long as persons preached in the streets or tbore'v
without causing obstruction, or endangering tilesji)ied
peace, so long 'might they do so, and were enloo
protection from any one who molested them. fere t°
other hand, it was the duty of the police t') inter they
prevent obstruction and breaches of the peace, woes
saw such arise from crowds collected in the stseet,e'of the
Stitt said nothing was farther from the intentiea vse se
committee than that their preachers should either es the-re
obstruction or endanger the ace. In this es° tsaell
was no breach of the peace, and the preachers were, tbel
illegally to gaol. Inspector Chew said they were°t cbie:
was great danger of the peace being broken' most
Superintendent Quick said the head constable' lotion
anxious to afford protection to all parties. An alleach iv
had been made to Major Greig for liberty to P.r i
Lime street, but he said he could not consent to gips elt°
an order had been made by the -magistratkelat et
was his superior officer, against it, .us wet',
the same time he said, " Point me out any Plane on the
pool where you wish to go, and I will even affordtio or
presence of a policeman to protect you, if Ynn ,
thing." The head constable wished to carry out evirviishl
in the fairest and most impartial manner, an ado 10,
to carry out the orders of the magistrate, °I street'
Novemta r last, to prevent disorder Lime seer°
Mr. Mansfield said in November last there were aid la
complaints made by the police of the disorder cresol
Lime street, by assemblages there, and on three suco
orderli
mornings persons were brought before him for dos eta
conduct and fighting. Those were brought up by !I! the,
Chew, who stated that from dusk to twelve at night,ol
worst scenes were enacted there, by a collects' olet
drunkards, robbers, and prostitutes, who assemble" d the
pretence of hearing persons preaching. He taut-°°a did
parties twice, but on the third time, finding that tber to
not desist, he stated that the palice had the Pnwooplo
remove such persons as brought such disorderly Pfrom
together, and he made an order that any one fonasrowd,
dark to twelve at night so collecting a disorderly the
should be brought before him. It did appear bistro°.
present case, from the evidence, that there was Of awe,
tion, and that the peace was endangered, and, °Lusa
the police were justified in removing the persons 'Vats
such obstruction. The more frequented the thoronfiereer
the more chance is there of getting an a° and
nnad
bet if the inhabitants object, and are an,11% (pie'
obstructed, they must be protected. Superintenaen the
said !tone would -rejoice more than the police won'
question was settled, because it was considerable re Bet%
sihility thrown on their shoulders. Ia reply t° tat:ools
eb
Mr. Birreil, Mr. Man,field said the order be bad
night'
made, in regard to Lime street, had referecce to thvn,eernt
as already alluded to. The police took it in a ;bet tbeg
application of the term; ladt,perhapa, in that res;stial
had slightly misapprehended him. Yet they well isseb
in preventing an obstruction, and preventing a or al air
the peace, day or night. Afters ome conversation
'
cession, the parties were discharged, and the gehnt, ele
who attended left the Court.

DISTRESS OF GOVERNMENT ARTISANS AT
00,11 Saturday
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arheil'aebt:ciirfrelrass.telanpnionymde,roo.rtsrl)e,ceantr:yin:cliti,:aecticitei-'6131
from the sever.ll denartments of the df.ekyard, w3°,l,otinf;
the Ship Hotel, Woolwich, for the purwsc ef t"',.cceo6
measures to alleviate the distress arising froin tuern.rveo
extensive discharge of weri.npn from the °," y,
establishments. The chair wa- occupied by Mr' -I,veerce"
smith,
,emplosyterdesisnextliisetedfa.cto:r4y; csiejpia,:mrtrunle,nat,inct:b:rl)-fdistilt:
that mach di
local board
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A ZATBIMONIAL HOAX,

';111,c1, Who had no idea of looking for a husband, but ;
.r,Re proclivities for mischief and for fun, put a ma-
-I:tl34,_alvertisement in the Herald, with directions for
,e° be sent to a certain signature. at the Broadway
kh"• As the advertisement appealed to the prac-
ereciations, by assuming a neat little fortune, in
litio an agreeable person, the seed of . such tempta-
,dtta not well fall idly upon such a fertile bosom as is
3' the city of New York. On the first.day that
red the advertisement, the lady received seventeen
tot the second day, thirty. two, and on the third
hevrenty two —an extent, an ardour of. appreciation,
It vaguely described personal attractions, which
11,eolvas not prepared to expect. Bewildered by the
I,„,ttlite of adoration and entreaty which issued from
SV'elVal magazine the lady called to her aid five
k4l tiichievous as Lerself. One pair of hands and
els! Were, of course, quite unequal to the task of
-7,g all ; so the batch of billet-doux was divided
•
ili tll aog them,and each was to make an appointment
'tatB writers on the following Saturday afternoon
°:clock, on the lower side of the up stairs
4' a certain, popular restauraunt. in Broadway.
e", the ladies, moreover, who took the task
eCrge; took a different coloured paper for
~ k Finally, it was agreed that the whole six
A me Present at the interview, and that each
I.,‘Year the exact costume prescribed for the
041' Whom the sighing swains would be there to
.e, :', the other hand, the gentlemen were directed to
;:r1 elf the varieties of attire and position which
eittett enuity and mischief could devise. One was
a
le' to wear a blue coat and bright brass buttons ;
`,a have his hair parted in the middle ; one was
1,-'ioga plate of pork and beans, which, said the
tt Os 4 ,
writer who dictated it " you can scarcely expect
oealled for by anybody else." Others were to be par-
0f
various dishes, or to place themselves in such
bararyl postures as were directed by the writer.
o'clock on the prescribed Saturday afternoon
hair) at every table on the lower side of the up-
laloon was filled with slick looking, highly perfumed
all gazing into each other's faces, and each
5( c,rsing the luck which wedged him so closely
lt, toe„ killing positions and display which he had
I,etlitating ever since he got his note. And how the
pe,tl36ked, and the wondering waiter's flew ! Even
ndord
Plexed 1 amazed at this miraculous
k
5f hlat a_ ,
hess, was obliged to drop his own mutton
I , ,
tlty,q is call out the entire force of his estab-
etTh to meet the clamorous, if not threatening
th.l or gentlemen- who feared they might , not
i4„:;1' telegraphing plate of duck or mess of
crif ' beans in time. At length the clash of sheen and
it, Btlff skirts was heard coming up the stairs one
tgrYter four/and an inamorato appeared, dressed in
:Sett, with deep fur cape, and abundant drooping
,it,.'e was watered on the back of the head with an
ilroal borinet, and carried in her hand tint magic
ticaaibric, whose Shaksperian strawberries mated
e. wai she. When she appeared the sensation
e lversal ; the gentleman with the buff rest
'4l4°ilerl ills coat to the extreme; the gentleman
14 and -the bright buttons, buttoned his coat
late the chin ; the gentleman who was to lean back-
I. re,(lnently, commenced tilting like a Chinese man-
-I;„tue gentleman with the pork' and beans became
443 for more beans; while those who harrduck, &c.,
Mall
4 of", Y. clawqous in complaining of the undue fulfil-
°f their orders. Never was there such a clamour
la ~- tIL:t usually well regulated up stairs
before, and, by-the-by, never did it subside
htaltidenly thau when a new brush of skirts
4. rd tanning up the stairs. M 1 the Lotharios were "
ore in position, another Cordelia, in all
„1, the reflex of the first, appeared, bearing the
eh? strawberries as a challenge in her hand, and
theretrog with it, like a Juno, to a seat near the location
4,st• It is needless to say that the sensation was
1 deice. Some of the hentlemen who were to part
1,4 air in the -midele began, however, to look less
IteBl3' at other gentlemen who had. their hair parted
Aptame way, as much as to say, "Well, there is
kteaeh of us, anyhow !" But most of the party
iik, more troubled than before. A pause of some
'cte e.:' succeeded before any new " appearances" took
loisuuring which time the Lotharios were engaged
c totlqing their points to the best advantage;
kloti'se; mare ardent than the rest, pulled out the
NI coloured notes they had received, and either
A:1, ed to read them, or laid them conspicuously on the
Nl4, There's one of my fellows with the blue note !") said
)li,,Y, -` 5- 1, over her spoonful of soup, to Mystery No. 2,
nits ' s one of mine," said Cordelia the second ; " he's got
,fhellkte• " What do ou think of Augustus there with
leh arid beaus-beforehirn, who is so pensively leaning
a a"seh upon di" said Myth the first before
w. his han
dLi q-" ,d er could be given ; apparitions three and four
:'re, and hard upon their h
lion ono
five and siz.
'O's
hag tow perfect consternation on the lower side
Seif stairs saloon of the fashionable restaurant in
11,7'.1. 'The man on the tilt fell backwards, and was
bi• Ater the table ; there was a general feeling after
AT gathering up of loose handkerchiefs and canes.
(Mee, after one of those short, sudden panics
convey electric knowledge to the human mind,
io I scamper took place, and the whole party,. with
t.tt
.4Lies,s dignity—according to the natures and shapes
lof", h'en put in, made for the -stairs and descended
.'.'dright. It was several minutes before they could
''et their their checks and pay the score, and during this
:ahi mischievous bevy, with strawberry marked hand-
Niithise took full pay for their trouble, in the hearty
hand-
;•h
he), indulged in at theludicrous tableau and exodus
A4,,4 Just beheld on the part of gentlemen who were
‘`P(l „I) alter the " snug little fortune," and whose motives
El/213k"tirnly confined to the object of' getting a " conge-
-.le
'`oer with whom they could quietly settle down in
urteea Spirit of the Times.

RELIGIOUS JEALOUSY IN INDIA.

th4,i following demonstration of religious prejudice,
I,at
howeverfrom a dweistanc coeu,
ld appmatch it ears sufficiently
ut abgoing
surd ;
~ , ho
Yesnan Knightsbridge. The Friend of India, giving
.41.0 t of the disturbances at Barrack pore, says
01117-ent occurances at Barrack pre appear to be as
Vlitsefely understood. The rumours abroad havecreated
11,Vssary degree of alarm, and the nerve and caution
ther, the ill feeling was suppressed have scarcely recei-
tl',i'llisor just appreciation. The matter appears to have
kr% I),.'ect by a Khalassy asking a sentry at the
Nttlstr na depot for a draught of water, The sentry
imkp oito lend his lotah, as he was ignorant of
i'`eant's caste. ` Caste I' was the taunting reply,
litgo
14,14 e You to talk about caste ? You are all going to
ItillieTok's fat.' The taunt was repeated, and the man
Ily tIrY found that the new mu,ket cartridges were
th:gremed with bullock's fat The news flew like
ough the cantoments at Bar.raekpore, and some
t1ta,•%:,110, like other natives, every now and then catch
,
arses that they are to be made Christians, declared
was the beginning of the end. Nocturnal
ktq,.4 are said—we know not wi'h what truth—to
kitikyn held, and all kinds of wild dreams are reported
o'
the
discussed. The officers were to be put to
the g fort seized, the treasury plundered, and the
khttikan to disperse. Much of all this was probably
keh ti` 34 to increase the value of the information.
litte4icre was probably the wild talk in their lines of a
P 4,14. ~.,°ts who are to_be met with in every regiment in
e fe.rtnough remained to show that a high degree of
ttriotk,et ling had been excited. The government instantly
'`Fred an enquiry, and found that the mutton fat
ysk ,had really been exchanged by the contractor for
Vistth fat. It did not signify a jot, as the end to be
ilk is not the end to be bitten off, but it is never
to quarrel on a caste question. The fat was
and the men allowed to purchase ghee in the
,114a1,1 or themselves. This quieted many, but the
Pot a new crotchet. They said the paper itself
par,,,lY,' and when burnt gave out a smell ot animal fat.
th,,kai:7 was burnt in their presence, and they were
l4;parl'ekt to allow that no such smell was perceptible.
11'411;oli4kr, is made in England, and it is possible, though
ttbi:le, that animal size is employed We say
fm-
because these thick papers are usually made by
-prnich case it would he easier to employ starch.
ltd Hearsey finding that a doubt still
litiso:alled all the men together and addressed them
Vew stitomate judgment. Brigadier Hearsey is one of
vvnfacers who can speak like a native, and
‘.otii °l'd told. He denied point blank that
,14)1,1Itla4lent had any intention of conversion. The
°,B, he saig, like Mahomedans, were men of a
Isr her
4,1 tuw . could not, if they would, convert people
ti 4 e C. Even the missionaries, whose business it
Oft otivert •
1/41,41t 414 , always ascertain first whether the appli-
INs therans_tood the book. Biting a cartridge could not
kldrr, Christians ; and more to the same purpose.
5Y ea t',!s had the most excellent effect. It at once
t`alp fears of the well disposed, and encouraged
lit3-4,so"e Openly the side of the officers. It removed
I)llteut Ilatie ground of apprehension, and reduced the
4rseeoe_ed to the alternative either of open mutiny or
Since the speech but few murmurs have been
rtllat4lstllri Hearsey app.ears deserve the highest
I"titof ability and nerve in a situation where three
o, Live would have been either timid or precipitate,
'vet. gave and issued
way, never an indiscreet

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