The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

" THE SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN.°

SIMMONDS a: HUGHES AND ANOTHER.—This was a'
action brought in the Court of Exchequer, on ThursdeP
The plaintiff sued to .recover a sum of money for 1110
hire of certain articles, and also for fitting tip St. 301'2
Hall, for the t"
purpose of an entertainment called ;
Seven Ages of Woman. The defendant, Miss go%
Stanley, is probably known to most of our readers ea t"
lady who performed the various characters in that eat°.
tainment. Mr. Serjeant Shee and Mr. Prentice were Pr
the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Thomas and Mr. 010611
appeared for the two defendants. The learned cotiO
having opened the case, called the plaintiff, who, in 11,C
evidence, said that he resided in Southampton
Russell square, and was in the habit of furnishing res
o
and other places for the purpose of entertainmeatsi
similar to the one in question, and he had been engage,
in. that business for many years. In December'
1855, a person called on him named Stammer'
who is a musical director and dramatic manage':
with reference to the fitting up of St. Martin,,
Hall for the purpose of Miss Emma Stapl:
entertainment. Witness saw the defendant flog,be;
there, and asked him if he would guarantee 00'4
should be paid for his work, and he said Yes. he wo'.
see hint paid every week. The defendant, Miss WI;
Stanley, had given the witness many directions as to yr
way in 'which the work was to be executed, and f
th
plaintiff 'said he did the work for Miss Stanley npon
defendant's guaranteeing him payment, and unless tint'
had been so, he would not have done the work. An
sta se.;
went was made that he should do the work for a y
sum, but the plaintiff had made a great many alteratia%
by the directions of the defendants, and therefore the
was increased. The sum Which was claimed was £66
Cross examined : Witness believed that Hughes ws,s,er
partner with Miss Stanley. They had been living toget'h
as man and wife for many years. The charges
were made were fair and reasonable. Mr. Joseph
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Stammers, the person referred to by the last wi'lle'he
said, he first knew Hughes some years ago, when at
went under the name of O'Keith. It was notorious
Hughes and Miss Stanley were living together as r°51.0
and wife. There was n 9 question that they sv.e
partners. Witness having a good name in the ineslcio
and dramatical world brought out the entertainuientstb6
question, and he entered into arrangement evith re
defendants to share the profits with them, but the as the
moat was repudiated, and he brought an action i°,4
Court of Common Pleas some time age, in which be P.,4
not succeeded. The entertainment was produced, PI
according to the public and the press it was ceo
successful. To Mr. Serjeant Thomas: Miss•
Stanley is now in America fulfilling an er111;j-0,
trent, for' which she is receive X3'`
Nobody Wag paid by Miss Stanley, except the istlici
lord, who stopped the rent. (Laughter.) Hughes t°,lf
witness that all criminal intercourse between
and Miss Stanley had ceased, because, if it was kOlenit
the entertainment would not take. Witness was VI% to
on the opening night of the entertainment, and ha la
make an apology in consequence of the fittings not bietio
complete. Witnesses were then called, who provea
they
taking of St. Martin's Hall by the defendants, that
bad lived together as man and wife, and that the eigio4
tiff's charges were fair and reasonable. At the coneill',es
of the plaintiff's case, and after some discussion bet
case
counsel, his lordship said he was of opinion that 0° cfore
had been made out against the defendants, and there
nonsuited the plaintiff. Nonsuited accordingly.

131PO.RT.ANT TO THE TEA TRAWL •
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At the Dublin Court of. Common Pleas, on Wednesdslt
case of MfDonnell v. Harrison and others, which was' Psl, tbs
gone into the previous day, was resumed at the sitting °`
court. It was an action brought by Mr. Joseph M`Mtuf, r 9
a Merchant residing in Dublin, against the defendants, vr,"":bs
London and Liverpool merchants, extemively engagedtatel
tea trade, to recover a sum of about £75, which he ceu,',„gel
as the loss he sustained, owing to a breach of contract
to have been committed by the 'defendants, relative to theiFol
chase and sale of three parcels of teas, containing in altateo
86 chests. The plaintiff's case was, that he purchased 0° 0,11
in question from the Messrs. Wight, of Eustace street, letbei
city—the agents of the defendants—by sample, and th3t„ Abe
engaged them " sound and perfect, and of good quality i 3liti
that the teas supplied to him were much inferior in 'I; it,
than the sample ; and were, in fact, flat and unanon
consequence of which he was obliged to sell them at 010
which loss amounted in the whole to the sum claimed 'note
present action; Upon the part of the defendants the
relied on was —that the teas were fully equal to the °So
in every respect ; and having been sold, in bulk, by °dot',
it would be an injustice,to throw them on the &nod
after a bona fide and honest sale, when the plaintiff tad,
he could not make as much of the' Contract as he °Pr the
Several witnesses were examined on each side' and 1 i°i
teas in question and the samples were produced an
Court. Thu witnesses for the plaintiff (including the Plavil
himself), Mr. Bewley, the extensive tea merchant, WI nao°
examined to show that the teas in the chests were " un'" sho
and flat, and not of good mercantile quality ;" while arable
other side . the Messrs. Wight (the defi
0 ndant's resPeesite
agen were examined, and swore that the teas were ;I)
equal to the samples by which Mr. M'Donnoll purchaseu
d testeat
they produced -a portion of the samples, which was ceraPotof
with some of the chests., The ease lasted the greater P
the:day, and resulted in a verdict for the defendants.

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ROBBERY BY A WEALTHY TRADES.x.-4
Geld
At the Southwark Police Court, on Thursday, 6
Brett, a master gas fitter, was charged with stealing a'f
screw tap, of the value of one from the factory ° le;
Bliss, wholesale gab fitter, No. 72, New Cut, Lambeth' a 0 0
Salomon defended the accused. Edward Dipple, f'rePl'utb°,,
the prosecutor's employ, said that the prisoner had been Itior,
habit of dealing with them for some time, and in congle
of his being suspected of purloining various things on his 0°
witness was requested to keep a sharp look out for hin3,,s,
the previous day he came and purchased some gas flttiV
requested to be allowed to go into the factory to make tb,ea
for the screw joints. Witness told him to remain o'o' 0'
Bliss's son came in, when he cauld do it. While wit,
attending to a customer, the prisoner entered the factor'
shortly afterwards the son of the prosecutor missed kts,
screw tap. Ho was called down &airs, and then he
prisoner whethe7 he had taken it. lie at first eel) bi
but afterwards pulled it out of his pocket,. and said 0'
taken it by mistake. Witness then called a consto:iili
gave him into custody. In defence, Mr. Solo:00;o
tap was taken merely by mistake. His client was altry ssio
property, and would not be guilty of stealing 80 P3„risoLl
article. Mr. Dipple informed his worship that theft.,:tro
was a man of property, and of such parsimonious hauljeo,
some time ego lie buried a large sum of gold in the EieitigrA
the back of his house, which caused a great deal of it": or,
He was positive that he intended to steal the article 0011'4'
him. The prisoner still persisting in his innocence, the 10;
trate decided on committing him for trial, and the (Rif:, (01
weie taken accordingly ; but at the latter part of itrt-otor,/110;
relative of the prisoner, who is highly connected in v"onj,
had an interview with him in the cells, and having c°,,ip7,l
with Mr. Solomons, that gentleman informed his worst% 0
his client pleaded guilty to the charge, and wished to sied
before him, and have the matter settled at once. The °noir
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said there could be no doubt of his guilt, and ho seri
to three mouths' hard labour at Wandsworth.

NEW SIGNAL LIGHTS.

died,*
On Tuesday evening, the 10th instant, a !," 0.11
experiments were carried out on Shooter's hi"groo"
Woolwich, with a view to test the value of Messrs• wp001;
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newly invented signal lamps for sea and land Pu.lll
The colours, red, white, and green, were distioc'eill.
beautifully seen at a distance of upwards of fotithr 1#
the white light being most prominently visi;ess:6o
miles away. The experimenti, lasting an 'Wu' '111_,"al
hale, were conducted with the greatest success' driot
curious and novel lamps are intended for rfla-okai
paddle box, and signal lights. The lamPq,,„° srel
signals are so peculiarly constructed that toyfas d-o
brilliantly from every point. The light g`ii 11;0
from those intended for the mast 11,,,e1,00:33
paddle box is, moreover, very powerful. .",st li`to
accidents occur at sea, on account of the 1113;-efel/et
light in many instances being so dim as 11°",;00
oio
startle the look-out when close to it • the reflecosPo
from this newly invented and tested lamp in 01'0
brilliancy the nearer it is approached, so that it 't
to
next to impossible for even a tired look-out ot/he
startled and warned in time. A large lamp of ti-ottterti'
construction has likewise been exhibited : it is •,-,vpw-011
for shore purposes, and from its light will, it j 5 gii.o :Of
be found most useful for pointing out all irol# arnoff
dangerous spots along the coast, entrance to ?Illicit of
&c. The white light has been seen through a ~iporttO
at
.a distance of more than two miles —a most '74
point connected with these lamps. Further tit
oft
tee
be made before public bodies.
dge•
Messrs Stevens and Son, of " re'
the celebrated lampistes, and patentees of t'l
semaphore, are the manufacturers.

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CONSCIENCE.—The Richmond Dispatch sta'a,i tof tPh
uegrces, n;::t of them emancipated by the go' b 9 go'
James Terrill, Abermarle, arrived in Richtloll„;Dit,
Central cars, on the 3rd instant, on their volt eisolifet:4ol
These negroes are under the care of Frank .08;
and left for Norfolk on board the Curtis Peak' no I AoP"
made ample provision to send them to thei.„Sir"
and to locate them comfortably,—Anei.,sl4l,9"

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