Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-16 00:00:00

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&mos Randolph. Mitchell, supported by Mr. Husband,
was discharged from custody, being unopposed.
Joseph Barnes,. supported by Mr. 'rhornley, was unop-
posed, and had his (final order fixed for
.12th. April.
Je' was unop-

hn Butcher, supported by Mr. 'Husband,
posed, and his finiil order was fixed for 12th April

Thomas lierdmart, supported .-by
pov.ed by Mr. ITuSb-a7.1, .wik4

opposition w

ing the insolvent to gaol

a, was
a 6f 'his

lonour decided on send-

three months.
Y DETAININO PROPERTY FROM CREDITORS'
MIDDLERERST AND OTHERS BUCHANNAN

UNLAWYL

115 action

was brought' by the plaintiffs against the defendant, a
,young
man .named Samuel Buchannan, who sought -to retain
possession df horses and carts alleged to have been purchased
from his uncle George Buchannan. His right to do so was
disputed by the plaintiffs, Jam O'Neil and Henry Middle-
burst, execution creditors on the estate of Geo. Buchannan,
uncle to the defendant. Mr. 2 spinall, instructed by Mr. Snow-
ball, appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Bremner appeared
for the execution creditors. From the evidence of Samuel
Buchannan, the -nephew of George Buchannan, it appeared
that he had been serving in the Black Sea- during the
Crimean war, and since then he had been employed as a
steward of a steamer. During the course of time in which
he was so employed he had been enabled to save upwards of
£lOO, which he deposited for safety with his aunt, Mrs.
Buchannan. On his uncle getting into difficulties, the
witness thought it was a fair opportunity to begin business
as a cart owner, and he accordingly drew £2O from Mrs.
Buchannan, and went to Lucas's repository, where his
uncle's horses were for sale, and, by an arrangement with his
uncle, the witness became the purchaser: He had not done
anything in the business himself, but had entrusted it to
- the tare-of his uncle: Executions from the County Court,
obtained against the uncle, had been previously put in on,
the premises, and the property had been taken in possession
'under these executions, which Samuel Buchannan now
applied to have set aside. His Honour after hearing the
evidence, said, the case was a very suspicious one, and under
all; the circumstances he considered it right to dismiss the
application, which he accordingly did.
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HoLmEs v. NACIEITUBB.—This was an action brought by
Joseph Holmes, the plaintiff in this case, who was a painter,
to recover the sum of £3, alleged to be due him by Captain
Auto de Nachitube, of the Spanish ship Torre del Oro, far
painting and gilding in excess of what he had contracted
to do for £B, which had been paid. Mr. Gray appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Hime for the defence. The plaintiff
said, he had painted the vessel, and had been paid £8 for
that -work. The captain had asked him to paint and gild
some other portions of the vessel, and some of the boats
belonging• to the vessel were varnished, for which he
claimed the sum now sued for. It was contended that the
plaintiff made a. distinction between varnishing and paint-
ing, and that all was included in the contract. The Court
made an order in tlivour of the plaintiff for £1 6s.

WOMANHOOD SUFFRAGE" MEETING

AT CHESTER,

Sir,—Permit me to obviate several erroneous and
injurious impressions, which, so far as I am con-
cerned-, are conveyed, however unintentionally, in
the report which this morning's Mercury contains
of the Chester meeting concerning the Government
Reform Bill.

The report, in its heading, inaccurately describes
this packed =;gathering as a " Meeting of the
Reformers of Chester." It was not so convened ;
it was called =as a Public Meeting of "the Citizens
of Chester"—appointed to be held in the city Town-
hall ;' and, like other town's meetings, was con-
vened by the Maor of Chester, pursuant to a
requisition cunningly worded as if for all sides " to
consider the "Reform Bill." This crafty wording
caught in its trap several greenhorns, calling them-
selves Tories and Conservatives. Hence it seemed
to be earnestly demanded by citizens of all parties
and creeds. His Worship, therefore, had no alterna-
tive but to comply and preside. The Conservative
blunderers grew ashamed of having been " trapped,"
and stayed away. I attended to enjoy the fun and
note the foolery. And I succeeded in entering my
emphatic protest againk the preposterous pretence
that the opinion of the City of Chester was repre-
sented by such a rabble pack of ultra-radicals and
Chartists, however the Mayor and Town-clerk might
be constrained (by radical trickery and a packed
meeting) to affix their high sanction and Corporate
Seal to such monstrous absurdities.

The report would imply that, only in some colour-
able sense wasl the Mayor's or the Meeting's " fellow
citizen." Suffice to say that, not from choice, but
from necessity, I am a b6na fide citizen of Chester :
Some ten years ago, several of the greatest ph) sicians
in Europe pronounced that the delicate health of a
member of my family forbade my residing longer on
either side of the bleak shores of the Mersey, and
ordered my removal at least as far as Chester. Yet,
as still intimately connected with Liverpool, I make
it a rule, as the authorities of the ancient city well
know, never to interfere with Chester questions, or
their local party strifes. As a parliamentary voter
and protester, however, my Chester franchise is my
sole locus standi.

The report would imply that I only guessed and
" contended that ff they obtained Manhood Suffrage
they would next be wanting Womanhood Suffrage,
and there was no end of the absurdities into which
people would run." Gentlemen! I resorted to no
wiredrawn deductions .no dubious inferences; no
abstract arguments. attempted no set speech.
I simply and perseveringly claimed and obtained
my acknowledged right as a citizen to enter my
strongest protest against " absurdities " then and
there avowed—against any such wild and revolu-
tionary notions being transmitted' to the _British
Senate as the true and honest sentiments of the sane
citizens of Chester. In entering this Protest, I took
right good care to sum up and bring into
bold relief all 'the preposterous propositions
which had been successively propounded. I
led on the meeting, step by step, to avow those
." absurdities." I showed how they had not only
broken away from the Derby Reform Bill, but had
bidden farewell to Lord Palmerston, Lord John, and
those reformers who reform nothing; how mthey had
next-enlisted, under Bright's banner, but 4' presto'
deserted; Now they had been hurried by the Chartist,
"doctor"" into Manhood "Suffrage ; and how, after
queer talk of placing women on the Register, I must
ask, were they really going for Womanhood Suf-
frage too ? The bulk of the meeting notoriously
responded with loud and general cries of" Yes, yes,"
" Womanhood Suffrage for ever." &c.
The force, of folly could no further go. The
meeting was self-exposed, self-immolated. My
-object was obtained. All :the moderate and rational
Liberals preSent enjoyed the upshot as much as
myself. And one of the first, if not the foremost,
who -had- signed this " tricky " requisition to .the
Chief Alagistrate of Chester, politely requested me.
tov remain in 'order to second a vote of thauli.s•td his
the ultra-radicals -ership.
icicaitso. And even the chief orators of
laHouttia
nouart,talz7mtoitanthie.ryress.etarieblech'guecftk,a-mwataetd.mfeyr
for Womanhood S nate inquiry, " How are yon off
uffrager_your obedient servant,
Stone House, Chester, 15th MRar.eIi,aISBII.S9E.RLOC/E.