Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

SEAMEN'S WAGES, SHIPPING AGENTS, AND

. The Lis, a journal of Florence, announces that the
Pope was to arrive en the 21st at Ravenna, whence he
would return to Bologna, where he will hold on the 3rd --
August the consistory already spoken of. It is in the The attempt to abolish advance wages, which have
course of the second fortnight of next month that the placed the sailor, hitherto, wholly in the power of the land-
Pope will visit the Grand Duke of Tuscany at Florence. sharks, and sent him to sea naked, and without trotives
Mr. Michael Dunne, M.P, for Quen's County, has for goal conduct, will succeed or fail according as there is.
written to deny the truth of a statement made by some of
union, or the lack of it among the ship-owners. New York,
Boston; and Philadelphia, have bound themselves to carry
the Irish papers, that the Queen's County petition was
out the plan, but, if we are correctly informed, there are
withdrawn on the understanding that he was to vacate
his seat at the end of the session. There was, he mays, already symptoms of wavering among the Roston mer-
no compromise whatever, nor has he any intention of
chants. Whilst in New York they are trying to adhere
resigning. strictly to the plan from the let of July, in Boston, they
DEATH OF ONE OF NELSON'S MARINES.—James Worrell, still consent to pay the orders of sailors in favoar of land-
au old pensioner from the M trines, diel rather suddenly lords, ten days after the ship sails, six weeks' board
on Wednesday week, at his residence, Langmead buildings, for voyages to the East Indies, and four weeks for
Twerton. He served with Lord Nelson at the battle of voyages to Europe; equal to twenty-four dollars in. the
Trafalgar ; since that he has lived in America, and only a one case and sixteen dollars in the other. This is °ally
domparetively short time aro arrived in this country, and another way of paying advance wages—a mere evasion—
settled near this city.—Bath Chronicle. and is paying really more at that than has been the custom
THE KING OF SARDINIA AND THE LATE WAR —Col. in New York ; a month's advance being the general rule.
Nedham has been presenting in the Eastern district the They p-omise, however, to abolish even this on the Ist of
medals awarded by his Majesty the King of Sardinia for January. But it is doubtful if they will be as able to
distinguished services in the Crimea. The recipients of do it at any feure time as easily as now; at present,
the medal in the troop of *Artillery stationed at Ipswich seamen are comparatively plenty, whereas in the winter
were Major F. B. Ward, Assistant-Surgeon, E. Bowen, so many go South to escape cold weather, that there is
and Sergeant-Major J Beardsley. In the troops stationed always a scarcity, and wages are high
at Norwich, Bombardier Collier received the medal. New-York merchants are having a variety of difficultaos
ELECTION PETITIONS.—A bill, as amended in committee, to contend with. The boarding-house keepers have mead.
for regulating the presentation and withdrawal of election ated together to resist the rule. Tee coasting fleet em.
pea iens has been printed. It is provided by this measure ploy a large number, but will be bound by no rile. Those
that any petitioner desire is of withdrawing his election vessels which are sailing in the Liverpool and London
petition, may petition the house for that purpose, setting packet lines, but which are not owned in New-York, these
forth the grounds for such withdrawal, and thereupon, by also consider themselves free to pay advanced wages.
leaved the house, the:petition may be withdrawn, the There are of the Liverpool liners now ready to sail
petitioner being only liable, in such caee, to the payment and coming under the rule. the ship Columbia. with
of the 'cos's of the sitting member or other party coin- her crew all shipped at 17 d dee .per month ; she Patrick:
plainea of. Any one not cqtripleting his recognisances to Henry has commenced to ship, her crew ; the Webster
pr teed, or withdrawing his petition without leave as afore- has not yet begun to ship. The. Constitution is ownedin
slid, to pay double costs to sitting member or party coin- Liverpool, and will not, thereforeabe held. to the rule, The
pained of, or any party admitted to oppose the prayer of Devonshire, London packet, has noerew yet. The-E. C.
such petition ; the agent presenting such petition to be Scranton, for Antwerp, has no crew. At one of the prin.-
personally liable to the payment of costs. No peti- cipal shipping houses we are told that there less never been
tion for leave to withdrew is to be received unless an any trouble with seamen. going to Califaenia, Australia,
affidavit mode by petitioner and hie .agent, that such &est Indies, or South America, in fast, from none except
withdrawal is bona fide, and without compromise or oat- Liverpool and Havre. ships.; the reason ic, that the best
lusion. The agent for conducting or opposing an election class of ships are employed ire these trades. said there have
petition must be first admitted as a parliamentary agent. always been of late. strong ziaotives for seamen to ship to
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A LANDLANDY AT BOLTON. those countries.
—On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held before W. The task of shipping a eetaw for a first-class Liverpool
S Rutter, Esq.. coroner, at the house of Mr. Thornley
ship is herculean, for two out of evary three of the shipped
Crofter's Arms, Halliwell, on the body of MTS. Jane ' tbe the
"run" after agreeing, to go. Foe. instance, the ship Aus-
aged 32, wife of Mr. Jive Willock Gill, of the Dog and tralia, bound for St. John's, N-73 , required, only twenty
Partridge Inn, Manor-street, Little Bolton. Deceased, men, bat thirty-three were actually shipped before twenty
who was the widow of Mr. Busfield, and formerly occupied were secured, the balance deserting after signing the
the Bank Inn, in B dton, was married to her late husband, articles ; the ship Atlantic enirecl twelve men, but
Mr. Gill, little more than two years ago, and they went twenty-five were shipped, thirteen. -having "run."
to occupy " Bent's. Farm," at lialliwell. On Thursday, There should be some laVitktimse skippers insist, coin-
the 23rd inst., they removed from there to the Dog and Paling seamen to go in the ship. after they'hava signed the,
Partridge pubiic house, but had not given up possession articles. A law of the State, also, appointing four or five
of the farm. Deceased left the Dog and Partridge first-class shipping agentein. this city, requiring bonds for
on Monday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, sayingthe fatb.fal discharge of their duties, and giving them sole
that she would not be many minutes away, and charge of the businesr would greatly serve the interest of
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telling her sister, Mary Grime, to take chime° or all concerned. Ifs a ili Sa system were adopted towards the
the bar in her absence ; and having left a keepers of sailors' boarding houses, requiring of them
baby, only five weeks old, which became restless for licenses, and, restrieniug these to a sufficient number of
the want of its mother, a woman, named Nancy Gleaves, respectable person, they believe it would drive outsiders
was sent in search a her a laic after two o'cicok in and landsharke out of the business, and thus 'protect the
the afternoon, and, on going up, to the farm, she disco- sailor and benefit the shipowner. At present, a large
vered her body floating in a pond of water near the firm. capital is reqeired by first-class shipping agents to
house. [lir bonnet was found on the bank ; her cape and carry on the business, on account of having from.
umbrella were left in the house. The water was railed in, 500 dollars to 2,000 dollars, according to °it-
so that evsdently she must have gone in intentionally. She eumstane,ds, to advance to each vessel's crew, for which
was quite dead when taken out. It appeared that her they get a check after the vessel sells. For the use of this
huste nd has also followed the trade of a cotton dealer as money they receive nothing, because the shipper is paid ee,
much per man shipped, without any regard to the =client
well as a farmer, and had sustained many losses in cattle,
which had caused the deceased to be very low spirited for of wages advanced; so that under the new system. 'they
some months pas`, but on Monday morning she appeared would make just as much money, without the IIeGegS7LTV of
more cheerful than she bad done "for some time. After a large capital. This, among other things, mte)aes-the
fully inv,stieating the case, the jury returned a verdict of repuatble shipping offices in favour of no advance
_ , There
" Found deyear 1
owned ;" it being the opinion of the jury that were 01,000 men shipped during the 850
. fromthe
she had drowned herself whilst labouring under a depress port of New Yerk alone, exclusive of aLarge number
sion of spirits, width had caused temporary dereeigerpeot, shipped "for the coastwise trade.
system is 'Strictly practised
In Buffalo the "no advance''
Deceased hoc left twn children, one only five woo old,
I for ell crews fa. lake navigation.--- -XO4 York Times
find tlig Other shwa of eilleteen motile old„.

BOAR Dli% LANDLORDS.

COUNI Y COURT-YESTERDAY.

BEFORE W. lIARDEV, ESQ.

MiRLEY 2. KENDAL{..—His Honour delivered juigment
in this case, which was tried on Tuesday. He said :
The plaintiffin this action is a fruit merchant in Liverpool,
and the defendant is a dealer at Skipton in Yorkshire.
The Plaintiff had puchased a lot of about 150 barrels of
currants, which had been damaged by salt water; and
opening about one-third of the barreN, indiscriminately,

he had taken samples from them, throwing all the samples
into- one, he had treated that as an average sample of the
whole, and had given porti eras of it to his different travel-
lers to dispose of the curr ails for him. One of the travel-
, lees, Mr. Mitchell, submitted a small sample of the currants
tt the defendant's place of business, no: attempting to
onceal that they were' second class" or da ateged currants
P nd accepting a price, namely, 51e. per cwt., very much
I^ slow what first-class currants were thee selling for. The
d sfendant himself was not present when the sample
w as shown, but it was left with his clerk or shop-
an, and the following day, he wrote to the plaintiff
as follows .—" Skipton, February 3rd, 1857.—Dear
Si a—Please, forward me the sample b arrel of currants
if at 545., as sloven by Mr. Mitchell, an a half-
ba, Tel of prunes at 88s.—Your's, &c , WM. Kneretee.'
On the 1.6e1a February the plaintiff despatched the g cods
per • railway, as he had been in the habit of sending goods
tot he defendant, and he also sent an invoice per post for
"of to barrel of second class currants, at 51s ," and also for
halt 'a barrel of prunes. The goods arrived on the 19th
and on the 2,111. the defendant wrote the following letter
to tt te plaintiff:—" Skipton, February 20. h, 1857. Dear
Sir : The barrel of currants arrived this morning, arid
wate r was actually running out of the bottom. Conse-
gem dy, before admitting them on my premises I examined
teem, and I feted them so much inferior to sample that
they < ate no use to me whatever. Consequenmly, they are
on the way hack, rand if you cannot send me any equal to
stamp!, a please credit my account with them Ii you have
got an ything equal. to the sample shown by Mr. Mechell,
folwat, I me a barrel at once, as I have sold a parcel or two
of then ; hut unless they are equal to sample, do not send
them. Yours, &e., Wit. KENDUL " The defendant at
once re, fused, and persists in refusing, to accept the cur-
rants, and hen'e the present action. It was contended
for the plaintiff—first, that this being a sale by sample,
in pure' tance of a written order, and perfe'ted by de-
livery to the accustomed carrier, the mint, of " goods sold
and deli% tered," was sustained ; seceLdly, that the contract
for the el events and the prunes being one, it wAs not com-
petent fot t the defendant to retain a part and reject a part,
and that 1. to was bound, having kept the-prunes, to pay for
the currants also ; and, lastly, it was argued that even if
there was . not a complete delivery and acceptance of the
currants, tl tare cleatey was a case of "goods bargained and
sold." It . appears to me that the currants can hardly be
said to has e. been samples at all. Of the 150 barrels some
probably act we much more saturated with salt water than
others, and t o take a stnsilquantity from each of 50 barrels,
and mixing these small quantities together, to cell the
agg"egate an average sample of the contents of the 159
barrels would be almost as fallacious- as to tan an equal
number of casks of wine, and running a smell getni.ity
from each into one vessel, to call the compound a fair-
sample. Who can; tell whether Mr. Ileedall s h trrel had
ever been opened, or whether it was not one of the worst
of the whole lot ? Secondly. I atnnfopiaion that the bulk
did not correspond to the sample. The currants exhibited
by Mr. Mitchell were at least saleable ; bat the
evidence is that those in the barrel were, when they

arrive], in a pulpy and Eerai liquid state, and

wholly unsaleable. Thirdly, I am. of opinion tha., apart
from the statute of frauds, there can be no complete
sale and delivery of pods, se as to fix the vendee for
goods sold and delivered so lerg- as he hie a right to
object, and does object either to thisecluentity or quality of
the goods. Fourthly. It appears to me that the count
of goods bargained and sold csrries the case no further,
for if the particular barrel. of currants was not sold and
delivered, neither was. it leezgained and sold. The plain-
tiff sold the defendant a. different barrel of a tirants,
namely, a barrel which should contain currant of at least
equal quality to those exhibited by Mr. Mitchell. Lastly,
I have had some doubt as to bow far the defendant was
at liberty to reject the. currants only, and retain the
prunes, for I feel the.force of fir. Ilime's a-gument, that
as a general rule a contract is eetire, and cannot be
rescinded in part,. and sustained as to the residue I stn
also quite aware that in many instances tra 'teem= may be
induced to accept a low price for one article,, sugar for
example, as an inducement to take another article, it may
be an equal weight of tea ; in which case he w.ouid have a
just right to complain if the customer changed. h's mind
as to the tea and retained the suge.r. But here
the case was very different. It did not. even appear
that the prunes were mentioned when Mi:chell called at
the defendant's shop The prunes, therefore, could be no
inducement to. the plaintiff to send the currants, nor was
he bound to send both unless he pleased.. T-4,e order was
divisible, and if the plaintiff had scat either one or the
other, it does_ not appear to me that the defendant could
have refused to receive it for no °thee reasJU.thau that one
parcel only and not two had arrkad. I think that tle
order was two-fold, and as the plaintiff,•nover olljected to
the defendant keeping and paying for the. prunes, he had
no right to turn round and say that by so. doing he had
fixed himself with the currants also. Leon.7,er the whole,
I aniof opinion that the defendant is enLided to a verdict_

LOVE, ELOPEMENT, AND, WiTRIBUTION.

An affair involving the seperatiken of a family of wealth
and respectablity occurred •in Williamsburg, in the fifth
avenue portion of the city, aria which barely escaped ter.
m tutting in the murder of. one of the participants. We
give the statement as it, wag given to our reporter, withohe
exception of the natnos. Mr. A. is a merchant in New
York, doing a large buainess and of high standing in the
commercial community. A few years since he was wedded
to a beautiful and accoenplished young lady, belonging to
one of the first fatailitas. Years of happiness have railed
by, and three chilaireaa have blessed the union. Mr. A.
placed, implicit cant 9 deuce in the integrity and virtue of his
wife,, whom ha,atilored, and believed to be as pure as
mortal being coultd • be. Thus matters passed on until one
false step in an evil hour broke up and destroyed the
peace and henp.inesa of the family circle. B. is a young
bachelor, also a business man of high standing, gay, fasci-
nating, of fine personal appearance, and, in short. " a lady's
man." Abetat three months since Mrs. A. acd Mr. B met
in a Broalavey saloon ; their eyes met, and told as
plain as Ivor& 'that each had become favourably
impressed. •• with the other. An agreeable conver-
sation followed, and terminated in. their making
an ozgagemeat to meet again at the same place.
Frequent meetings followed, the lady ;the whale re-
maining ineog. A deep attachment sprung up, and the
world to.them was dank and gloomy, unless it could be
passed. ire each other's society. The. attachment of the
lady was so strong that she would desert husband, children,
parents, end friends, for the one ashes loved. An,olopement
was accordingly agreed upon, and three o'clock in the
morning of the 4th of July wan decide d upco to carry the
'plan into execution, and arraegemente wee made accord-
ingly. By some means °randier the husband received
.intimation of his wife's intended elopement, but was
incredulous. The infeemetion, ho ;Ivor, was from so
reliable a riource that be determined, to. keep a look out and
ascertain the troth or falsity of the. report. He declared
that he believed hikwife almost as pure as an angel and
incapable of so besean act. On the morning in question
Mrs. A. left the
_house stealthily, and, after walking .a
short diay.snce, entered a carriage which was standitig ion
waiting, and was driven to the Tenth-street ferry. The
husbamit was now convinced of her infamy, and, rushing
up to t'ne carriage, opened the door, end there beheld his
wife sealed by the side of the young man in question.
With tee fury of a. madman he drew a bowie knife and
eoraraertcal stabbing and cutting Mr. B. until he feinted,
and was' believed, to have been mortally wounded.
Thee carriage was_ then ordered to return to the house,
aril the wounded man was conveyed to a, room, and
tits family physician sent for.. At this juncture of the
affair, the Veto men reccgnised each °thee as business
t. friends in, New York, and had been on the best of terms.
The young man declared that until this metnent he was
not aware of the relations existing bet-ween Mr. and Mrs.
A., had lie, been aware of this fact, this unfortunate affair
would not have occurred. Mr. A, now.regretted that he
had not allowed his wife to leave without interfering. Upon
the arrival of the physician, it was ascertained that Mr.
B. had received a dangerous wound in the neck, several cuts
upon the arm, one of which will deprive him of the use of
it, and a bad cut across tho. stomach. Daring, the melee
tho young man discharged a pistol, and the ball grazed his
adversary on the forehead, causing a slight wound. The
physician deeming that the wounds ware mortal, advised a
consultation, and two other eminent physicians were sent
for.. The consultation took place that evening. and the
Cesvaclusions were that there was a possibility of recovery.
The utmost efforts have been made by the friends on both
sides to keep the affair secret. After a little reflection, the
husband decided to discard his unfaithful wife, and accord-
ingly dismissed her from his house. Having no other •
alternative, she proceeded to the residence of her parents
in New York. The father and brothers immediately visited.
Mr. A.'s house, and upon hearing all the facts, were satis-
fied that he had pursued the only course left him. With.
the consent of the wife the children were given into the
custody of the husband, after which he generously gave
her the eldest boy. The injured man still remains at the
house of Mr. A,, receiving the best of care, and is grada--
ally recovering.—Now York Heral7rl