Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-20 00:00:00

ipon it

1, as you
should he,—before• accepting 'the life for
of Hampshire proves. how possible it

is, notwithstanding ti

y precaution, for a

company to be misled
Nothing could he casi

is to the charicter of such a party
r than for a man of Hampshire'

robrzt and healthy appeara

) impa3e upon a Medical

eon, the testimony of friends, wh

few glasses of spiiits per diem than he did-himself, would

vibe him as a sober and temperate man

I must; with all deference to the different clnclusion you
have arrived at, be allowed still to maintain that the
insurance Office 'had, in this instance, a, strong case, and

)od policy,
ng payment of the claim All,
evidence ; and though I say
art of the

were justified as a matter of right—whether of

as another question

of course, turns upon th

mothing to impugn the correctness of your re

trial, in far as it went, still it was, in e;mmon ;vith all the

_ •
the possibility of the general reader fudging of .the merits
of the case, and estimating for himself the equity of the
•verdict.

However, the fact stands
conclusively proved by the statement

that notwithstanding it was
of witnesses on both

sides, that for years past this man had been a " morning
"drinker ;" had his regular houses of call, at which he daily
imbibed his twelve or fourteen glasses of spirits and water ;
-was very frequently so far "muddled," " fuddled," or
"over-the-line," as to be unable to sign his own name :
yet, a special jury of twelve gentlemen decided that his
declaration was substantially correct, and that he was of
uniformly sober and temperate habits ! The judge's opinion
of the verdict may be inferred from the fact that, without

hesitation, he nave leave to in
It only remains to notice your complaint of the unfairnes
a offices continuing to receive payments, and only beoinnint

for a new trial

" to suspect, inquii-e, and den-itir

when they ar

upon to mal

e enga,

gardinEr the w

abstract I am quite pr(

spectrally question their particular application to the
defendants in this action ; inasmuch as that would
imply an assumption altogether incorrect -- namely,
that the office must necessarily have been .cognisant of
Hampshire's peculiar habits, while they were receiving his
annual payments. _ It was not till the cause of death had

usually the result of intemperance, that suspicion was
excited and enquiries made. To say that an office owlet
to make itself fully informed as to the private habits of their
assurers, would be to impose an obligation that might be
possible in a country place, where everybody knows every-
body else ; but not in a large place like Manchester, unless
a system of espionage were adopted to which no agtnt
-would condescend. Insurance offices are not swindlinz

expect intending assurers to meet them .honourably. But
the misfortune is, that, when deception is practised, the
penalty cannot fall in this life upon the really guilty party,
but upon his helpless dependant
I must apologiSe for the le
ame time I trust veu will

th of this letter,-but at the

has ena

a my

former letter,
by the facts n

3 that

appeared in your pap(

sary to, give it its

sense.—•l
E. IVEvim

yours respeetfull
:34, 'James-street, Liverpool, 18th April, 1859

VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS

TE NORTHE'RN TINI

Sir,—ranee more there is a talk of forming Volunteer
Rifie Corps, and the Times thinks there is leisure

and wealih in this country speedily to ettec,,
able an object. If left to leisure ant wealth, very
little will be done, for generally these things go
together, and the fortunate possessors Of them are not
the most likely class out of which to make riflemen.
What is really wanted I take to be, this :
Let proyision be made for supplying any young
men who may desire to volunteer with a suitable
uniform and a rifle, not by going to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer's but to the pockets 'of
those who have wea

so desir

strong uo.A,
ith, but who can

cost of equipment per man would be, I presume, about
10/. There are hundreds and tbnliqnn (1Q +l,;.

country who could each subscribe this suln, ...
the other hand, those who are fitted for the servic,
are not likely to be able to afford such outlay in pro-
riding the articles named. In other words, let those
who are not fit subscribe to equip those who are. A .;
Government commissioner might take charge of the l'
fund, and apply it.
la, or two months' imprisonment.
ABSENCE OF MIND ---,John M‘Dermott, a very cunou,
trio of v
One otherolun point—depotsteers, should be esta convenient for
for the for each dis- looking person, was charged with having stolen a coat from
the shop of Mr_ Mason, B2,
co
loured custody and care of the arms, by competent paid The prisoner was dressed in a faded pawnbroker,sky-blue coloured coat.
persons, the wolunteers receiving them when required buttoned up to his neck, and from under the collar spra
for practice, and returning them after use. a shirt collar that would have shamed that worn by "the he
In this way might a number of young men form little fat man that nobody knows." One side of his face
corps, and learn rifle practice, without any serious looked like a faded lemon peel, and the other like a piece
”;PneC,' to their pursuits, and without going of whited-brown paper. His hair was done in a fashion
^mild not well bear. 8:e.., 8.... e... that would have amazed "Joe the veruker-u,” -E-1-;.
- ---

;nle, on

Liven;

A.. B. C.

vere.covered with a pair of glo
rt ail the frost of the Arctic r

)VCS that would hay

---4.--

ions for the year
Ile had a comics

‘`f TIDE

-WAITER'S CLOTHING CO3LIIII
"GROSS JOBBERY."

7.21.0 d r

'OR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

—I will thank you for

word or two in ref°

to th

Mr. Evans, which app, Ted in
respecting what he calk
Tidewaiters' Clothing Committee.
As chairman of that eolimitte

r
,NioncLay s TIMES,
Con his way to Sligo. He had had no breakfast, only four
the gross jobbery of thehfourpints of ale, and it got into his head, end he supposed his
mind got turned in con,.••equenee, and he did•not knew what
I have to state, he was doing. Ho was sent to jail for two months.

were appointed by of

.Y AND ASSAULTING 4N IT
the business of contracting for our clothing, and we GIRL.---Two respectably-dressyo
with any person who Rock, who lives in Gabor'
--• and outfitter. resident crf Lydia A,-

'FORTUNA T

young men, named Michael

were instruct(

ml Thomas Colmore, a

competent

was not
4f Mr. Evans cannot understand tl
Incas do not refer to a tailor, o
outfitter, separately, but to a person

:cur advert

id robbed

1 with havin
ned Ilfargarc

PDonnell. Mr. 13111eYdefer
all-past twelve o'clock last nigl
nd " murder" in . Sir Thoma

Officer i 94 said, at
ird cries of " police,"
dints. and_ n.

is WilOS

•
-business Comprises tliv
1110 is his misfortune, I
We h VC reasons for prey
falling into the hands
which are perfeeth
tho

ractifrom
)t tailors,

I went in, and

satisfizetary

se behalf VD

p a latidvr that was placed aiainsi
- ladder ? Up against
On Rock was found
.ct 11PDonnell said :
Ig3 hist night at half-

as we are concerned), the
with them, but it would he exec:,
Mr. Evans to compel us to sta&
ca.,;ons ate.
Mr, E. states that. I told him that I

lublie has.

with another woma

when we. met
I
Rock knocked

were never opened

they were 1101
tailor, -and conge.quontiv, not a person whom wt.
at liberty -to deal witfi. They -were opened, a.
considered by the committee to be good; but that
were certainly far from being th-

ii( was not a

. 61. She swore tc; file purse that wai fouud
hers. Elizabeth Ricks, who said she wa
>man, stated that she was with the last tri.
She proved the at,sault on the other WO
The • prosecutrix

an, but did

t see the purse taken
atlination by Mr. Muck

10 St P

and I ant sure tho4_‘ who
lately will believe what I say), that
• iN every eligible competitor was
laid before the person
3111. A majority of those
have declared to me,
manner, that they werc

me positively to the pit

le sent

had chat-2; of t 1

le case, swore the

perfectly 'satisfied with
made for giving every on
no manner in which then

he arrangements we had
a fair chance, us well as

merits have been

c rried out
As rc

arcls the 001 Q ;Di Itcfpg

dL.isdtiofied, that i