The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1852

Kibtrpoot tAr a rb.

is a genuine " or the old block," and is every
indi a sailor." He and the PRINCESS ROYAL were in
ecstacies during the rough transit ; and the louder blew
the wind and the fiercer lashed the waves, the more

OM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

delighted did they seem. The mariners of England may
indeed well be proud of these Royal children, who, in
the midst of the tempest, seemed to cry exultingly,
" Our path is on the mountain waves,
Our home is on the deep."
On Wednesday next the QUEEN will hold a Privy
Council at Osborne, when Parliament will be further
prorogued. It is not likely that the day for the meeting
of the despatch of public business will then be fixed ; so
that those who love to speculate whether members will be
summoned to attend in October or November, will still
have room for the exercitation of their conjectures. I
believe that the beginning of November will be the time ;
but we must be content to wait a little longer in suspense

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Monday Morning.

THAT day for which the youth, the prime, and the green

old manhood of England sighs during nine months in the
year—the glorious twelfth of August—has come. The
day, big with the fate of grouse in particular, and of the
feathered tribe in general, has arrived in the midst of thun-
der and of lightning, of hail, of rain, of wind, and of all
the pleasing varieties of tempest, snow alone excepted,
which this delightful climate of ours can command.
When I say that the morning of the 12th of August has
dawned, I say enough to give the initiated a comprehen-
sive and bird's-eye view of HER BRITANNIC Mn
metropolis, its social state and aspect. It is superfluous

on this point.
Lord FfIANKFORD has again been up before the police,
cutting a most disreputable figure. The course of life
which this unfortunate man has pursued for a long time
is a disgrace to manhood, and an outrage on :public
morality. The most charitable construction that can be
put on his proceedings is, that they are dictated by a
disordered brain. That he is a fit subject for a lunatic
asylum can hardly be doubted ; but that his disease of
mind has been induced by depraved habits is abundantly
evident.

to remark, that every man Jack in this fine gamecock

country is a sportsman by nature, nurture, and name, and

that consequently we are at this moment all off to the
There may be a sort of legal fiction involved in
the assertion, but as sure as that " the King can do no

moors

wrong," that "there is no injury without its remedy," or
any other equally incontrovertible fact, we—that is, the
gentlemen and gents of England—are every one of us just
now deep in the moors, blazing away like fun, and bagging

our enemies in braces with a rapidity that defies arithmetic
—and what is more, with the cannibal determination to eat
all we can kill. Every fellow who has a gun, and every
fellow who has a brother or friend who has a gun, and

every fellow who has a benevolent "uncle" who keeps a
gun on purely lending principles, and every fellow who

an bec•

_g, borrow, or procure a gun, is realiy, and truly
Jodily, , and bona fide off somewhere, popping at some
thing ; if at grouse, well and good, if not at torn '

house sparrows, and robin redbreasts. Every
fellow who is without a gun or the means of

getting the use of one, is in spirit and imagination away
among the heather, knocking down his birds, though but
in fancy, with perhaps greater zest and rapidity than

those who literally are at the work. Thus, since the long-
looked for morn of the 12th peeped through the curtain of

the night—and a shocking wet blanket it was—our man-
hood has betaken itself to the shooting-boxes of the
north, and London is left to the guardianship of its old
women and cats. It may be objected by some hypercritic
that, unless I class myself among the oh] women or the
cats, I must myself be out of town ; but that objection is
easily disposed of. In civilised society, when you desire

your servant to say you are not at home, nobody (unless
those most unreasonable of all talking beings, duns and
bailiffs, rascals not to he mentioned to ears polite) thinks
of gainsaying the assertion ; so, after the 12th of August,
if you shut up your house, and desire your man to say

you are gone " to the north," or to any place you choose
with a game-sounding name, no Christian will ever
question the fact, though you may be in sober reality (as
I am) driving a goose-quil in your study, instead of pep-
pering grouse on the moors. Should any be found incre-
dulous or uncivilised enough to doubt the assertion of
your man, you have only to order him to go to the next
poulterer's shop, and obtain a hamper of game fresh up,
and to deliver it with " master's compliments," and that

will convince the most unbelieving

London being thus deserted—its gentlemen and gents

eing beating up the grouse, or supposed to be so em.
lved—its non-shooting aristocracy be' `larbo-
"trighton, Hastings, and ot'

ng at S

her modish m

.atering

places, trying " to repose their wearied virtue" after the

labours of the season—its more adventurous spirits being

gone to the gold diggings, or touring it over the beaten
tracks of the locomotive world, mayhap undergoing the
delightful sensations caused by a grand smash in a rail-
way train, or a tremendous collision between two steam-
boats on the river, or a magnificent conflagration at sea,
or any other of the prevailing fashionable catastrophes—
its shopocracy being a holidaying it at Gravesend, Mar-
gate, and Ramsgate, and working through an indefati-

gable course of purification, by means of daily scrubbings
with coarse sand and coarser Baden-Baden towels—HEß
MAJESTY and the Court being away in " Faderland,"

luxuriating on saur kraut, vinegar-flavoured small-beer,

and similar German delicacies—the bench and the bar
being a-starring it in the provinces preparatory to the
long vacation, and the quiet enjoyment of the customary
ocean-cum-dig in the yellow sands, by the salt sea-shore.—
London, I say, being thus deserted, there is not much to
be said or sung about her. Nevertheless, though " depo-
pulated," she contains still a couple of millions of wan-
derers over her desert nlarisq_ skral theroftwa v 1,30- is firma
and thought here is still of some little importance. By the
way, I must except from the general charge of desertion
one class of citizens—the Jews and jobbers, alias the bulls
and bears. They have not left the city, but are just now
in awful force, and in fact have absolute possession of
every thing. The crafty tribe have been making money
while others were at play, and have been banging the
markets like fun, and making fortunes like winking, at the
expense of the timorous fools who have allowed them-

selves to be frightened by stock exchange lies.
The world ever was and ever will be composed of two sorts
of animals—those who prey upon others, and those who
are preyed upon. At this moment, the " bears" of the
Stock Exchange are the rampant lions (pardon the " bull")
of our metropolitan wilderness ;—they have the game
almost all to themselves, and they are making a regular
aldermanic feast of it. But the time will soon come when
they must submit, in turn, to the process of being de-
voured, and already a couple of the most adventurous
fellows have been swallowed up—body, bones all ; and
will, I opine, follow in due course. The
settling day" will, it is said, settle a lolly lot of

several other

Chief Justice CANIPBELL is not a man that the
anservative, religious, and con3titutional public can

always applaud, but he sometimes behaves himself in a
manner that entitles him to special approbation, parti-
cularly of late. His charge to the grand jury at Liverpool
the other day, in which—while complimenting Mr.
BLUNDELL for his decorous and sensible abstinence from
every act of Romish presumption—he rebuked the imper-
tinence and arrogant impudence of the Roman Catholic
Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, was worthy of the Chief
Justice of Protestant England, and has given great satis-
faction here. I believe his lordship got such a sickening
of Romanism, in all its moods and tenses, when he made
his late celebrated visit to the Vatican, that he is now as
determined an enemy to the POPE, the College of Car-
dinals, and the Propaganda, as he was before favourably
disposed towards them. However that be, he his done
good service lately, and, therefore, all hail Lord CAMP.
—lf you would only cut the Whigs, you would be

BELL!

CO3IMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

BUSINESS during the past week has been consi-
derably influenced—in part by considerations con-
nected with the United States, and in part by fears
entertained for the safe gathering of the harvest.
The former question, it is understood, has been
amicably arranged between Mr. Lawrence, the
American charge, in London, and the Government.
Whether this is the fact or not, the advices received
from the United States by the royal mail steamer
America are regarded as sheaving that a satisfactory
arrangement will be arrivcd at. The change in
the weather since Thursday is removing any serious
rears for the harvest. The potato crop, in parti-
cular, is found to be less injured than was antici-
pated. It will he seen that there is a further
decrease in the Bullion of the Bulk of England.
This is now generally attributed to the shipments
of coin to Australia.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 7th August gives the following re-
sults when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits £3,823,713; Increase £628.561
Other deposits .. 13.885,973; Decrease 620,801
Rest .. 3,285,396; Increase 86,272
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,790,720; The same as before.
Other securities.. 10,756,634 ; Decrease 43.021
Notes unemployed .. 12,115,995; Increase 266,295
The amount of notes in circulation is £23,040,175,
being a decrease of £439,280 ; and the stock of
bullion m both departments is £21,473,640, show-
ing a decrease of £236,468 when compared with
the preceding return. _ _

Our SHAREMARKET has been unsettled and fluc-
tuating during the past week. Until Friday prices
continued to decline, chiefly, however, from specu-
lative sales and the heavy rains. On that day,
when the weather assumed a more settled appear-
ance, a decided check was given to the fall, and

prices generally advanced 1 to 4 per cent. all round.
The full extent of this rise :has not been main-
tained up to this evening, from an apprehension of
some disasters on the account day ; but should this
go off well, and the weather remain good, there ap-
pears little doubt but that we shall have an active
market and higher prices. We annex this day's
quotations :
Aberdeen, 13 ' Birmingham and Dudley, x int ; Cale-
donian, 191 4 ; Greenock guaranteed, x div ; Preference,
x div; Chester and Holyhead, 191 c; Eastern Counties,
101 4 ; East Lancashire, x div 17:41 161 ; Do. Preference
4-shares, x div; Do. Pref. Fifth shares, x div; Do. ditto
2d issue, x div ; Lancashire and Yorkshire. 781 a 8c S
771 778 4- ; Ditto Fifth shares, 4 7-I6ths 1c1; London,
Brighton, and South Coast, ex div ; Do. Pref. shares, 6
per cent., x din; London and North Western, x div 122
2c 1201 c ; Do. Fifth shares, x div ; 4-shares (C) ex div ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, WI 30c : Do. Pref.
shares, 13 ; £6 New Pref., 4-p ; Maryport and Carlisle, x
div; Do. Prof. 4—shares, x div; Midland, 71: ic 714-c 4 k
70-1 c 711 1 701 1 70i< 71 714 ; Norfolk, x new ; Do. Exten-
sion 5 per cent., x new •, St. Helen's Rail and Canal, x
div and new; Do. New Issue at 40 dis, x div and new;
Do. Pref. gar. 5 per cent. and div, x div and new; New
Pref. 6 per cent., ex div and new ; Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Pref. shares, x int • South Eastern and Dover,
Southern and Western, 44s 14*1;laykt ;2k. rest
PRODUCE.—There is little new to remark upon
in the state of the Colonial markets, the leading
articles continuing in limited demand at previous
rates. Since Friday, the SUGAR market has been
neglected, no transactions having taken place; and
we have nothing to notice in MOLASSES. A few
puns. of Jamaica and 30 puns. Demerara Rum
have been taken at previous rates, also 300 pipes
and 100 hhds. Havana sold from the quay at is 3d
per gallon, equal to about is 5d proof. Of COFFEE,
we have only to report a few tees. Jamaica, without
change in prices. There is rather more activity in
the TEA market, and a fair amount of business has
been concluded at previous rates. 650 bags SALT-
PETRE have changed hands at 25s to 28s 6d per
cwt. for 10 to 3 per cent. refraction. We have also
to notice 1300 bags SAGO FLOUR at 14s 6d, 150
bales GANIBIER at 18s, 300 slabs Straits' TIN at
85s per cwt., 150 bales JUTE at £lO 10s, 100 tons
BARWOOD at £2 12s 6d, and 10 tons SAPAN
WOOD at £l2 per ton.
COTTON.—In Cotton there has again been a large

business doing, and prices are the turn dearer.

American crop is over ; the stock is now held in

this port, and spinners, exporters, and speculators
must come here for it. This is well understood

with those connected with this large staple article
of commerce. The transactions as made up for
Friday's circular were 58,750 bales, of which specu•
lators took 16,340, exporters 5,110, and spinners
44,317. The increased disposition evinced to pur-
chase Cotton on Friday occasioned business to be
prolonged to a later period of the day than usual,
and the total sales amounted to 20,000 bales ; the
demand was resumed on Saturday with still greater
activity, and 25,000 bales are reported to have
changed hands, of which one-half is estimated to be
chiefly on speculation ; tc-day the transactions have
been more moderate, the sales being about 12,000
bales, including 5,000 on speculation and for export,
at the extreme currency of Friday last. The mar-
ket closes with an upward tendency, and ill
supplied. Compared with Friday's rates, prices
of American are id. to Id. dearer ; Surat 1-16 d.,

a very proper Lord Chief Justice. and everything else unchanged. By the America
We live in an era of treaties There are treaties on the receipts are but 2000, and exports here 5000
the tapir everywhere—in the old world and in the new ;
in the week. The weather was fine. Prices at New I
ork tighter. The first bale of new was
treaties for dynastic successors to empires ; treaties —cotton
received on the 2nd of August. On the whole her
for catching cod, mackerel, herrings, and other fish ; accounts disappoint the sanguine people.
but of all treaties yet ventilated, or brought under actual WooL,—Our market has been rather quiet this
negotiation, that for the amalgamation of the London and week, in consequence of the assortment offering by
North Western and Great Western Railway Companies private sale being small ; there is, however, a good
is the most extraordinary. The mere mention of it has healthy tone manifest, and it is confidently expected
thrown us all here into a cold fit. The idea of being at that, should the harvest prove an abundant one, we
the mercy of one monstrous irresponsible iron despotism shall have a good autumn trade, with prices of wool
Is horrible to contemplate. We have only one consoling higher.
hope, that the present Government and the present Par- IRON.-At a meeting of the iron masters, held
liament will never sanction any such audacious proposi- last week, it was resolved that no advance could be
tion as that the two great potentates, who now wear the made, and the trade ruled dull. A few of the
iron crowns and dispute the railway sovereignty of Great puddlers in the Bierley district remained on strike ;
Britain, should unite their strength under one head, 30 as but it was expected that their place would be
to form one despotic power, having literally the command speedily supplied.

er life and death, of motion and of liberty throughout

oad England. Should this amalgamation ever come to
how puny a monarch will the ex-King HUDSON
appear in comparison to the grand Autocrat of all the
Railways, the Iron Emperor GLYN—that is to be !
Talking of treaties, the most ridiculous and extravagant
rumours are afloat respecting the object of the QUEEN'S
visit to Belgium—the settlement of the affairs of the
continent—the marriage of her daughter, the Princess

ARTIFICIAL EYES.—We understand that M. Boison-
neau, from Paris, has kindly promieed to attend at the
Dispensary and Eye and Ear Institution, Rose-hill, on
Monday, the 25ei, at two o'clock, for the purpose of
supplying his beautiful artificial eyes gratuitously to the
poor, and to fix them in.

POST-OFFI CIE ROBBERS ES.—An important case will come
before the police court this morning, in which a letter-
carrier of the Liverpool postoffice is charged with pur-
loining sums of money, articles of jewellery, Ste. The
case was expected to have come on yesterday, but Inspec-
tor Murphy (who has charge of it) did not reach town
with some important witnesses in the case in time for a
hearing. We also undertand that Mr. Bales, the inspector
of the letter carriers, has another case in hand, relating to
a letter posted so long back as August, 1851, from which
a £2O Bank of England note was abstracted. One half of
the note has been obtained, and no doubt the guilty party
will be traced.

Royal (in her twelfth year !)—to consult her uncle as to

whether she should throw the weight of her influence in
the Free Trade or Protective scale—these are a few of the
motives sagaciously assigned. 'Tis strange that the most
natural proceeding in life—a little marine excursion and a
visit to a near relation, should be tortured to something
mysterious and crooked. But idle people with heated
incies must see wonderful sights in the plainest matter-
' facts proceedings, and quid mines must extract a little
litical gossip out of every event, great or small. One
ig is remarkable in this last little cruise : the Ocean bas
place n t and obedient as he was wont to the
)cean Queen. On the contrary, he acted.as a most
disloyal vassal, and was as turbulent and ill-behaved
as he could possibly be. However, HER MAJESTY,
like a true Empress of the Seas, was not to be
daunted by the Ocean's frowns, and so on she went
regardless of roaring winds and lashing waves. She was
on her own dominion—in her own element, and she bore
herself indeed like a Princess born

TENTS FOR AUSTRALIA.—During the past week several
tents, of novel design, and most of them differing in
form, have been exhibited in the vicinity of the town. A
neat and comfortable portable house, for about a dozen,
has been pitched in Seacombe gardens. It is of excellent
material, and, at the cost, most commodious. It was
made by Mr. Lambert, of the Goree-piazzas.—On Satur-
day a large one, with a double canvas roof, was put up at
Rock-ferry; it is forty-two feet lout, and when divided,
forms the various apartments required for domestic com-
fort. It reflects much credit on Mr. King, the maker.
To-day a number of Pigot's Tents are to be shown at the
Zoological Gardens.
SMUGGLING}.—Henry Boyle, a gentlemanly-looking
man, who was a passenger by the steamer America, which
had arrived in the river about an hour previous, was charged
by an excise officer with smuggling 11b. 6oz. of foreign
manufactured cigars and tobacco. Mr. Boyle said he was
a stranger here, and not aware of the operation of the law
In such cases. He hadEbrought the cigars entirely for
private use. The magistrate said he had no other option
but to fine him, and 110 wasconsequently mulcted in the
penalty of 101.

not been as c

To ride the whirlwind and direct the storm."

Poor Prince ALBERT was not quite so much " at home "
on the raging main, and glad he was when he found him-
self again in smooth water in the Scheldt, and gladder still
when he set foot on terra firma. TherainE of WALES

After evidence had been called to establish the above

Mr. Monk addressed the jury on behalf of Drummond
and Platt. He said this was an unfortunate affair, arising
out of what was called " larking," and which had unfor-
tunately terminated in the loss of life to a fellow-creature.
That death might have resulted from a blow given by
Drummond, under irritation produced by the offensive
words made use of by the unfortunate Mr. Saxon. With
respect to Platt, he had, it was shown in evidence, inter-
fered simply in the preservation of Mr. Saxon.
Weldon declined to address the jury.

The-prisoners Drummond and. Weldon were found
guilty, but Platt ws►s acquitted. The two first-named
prisoners were sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

MANSLAUGHTER

William Shaw, 43, was indicted for having, at Cul-
cheth, killed and slain William Thomason, on the 23d of
June.

Mr. Taylor prosecuted, and Mr. Surtees appeared for
the prisoner.
On the day stated in the indictment, the prisoner was
disputing with a young woman in a lane at Culcheth ; the
deceased interposed, and this led to a quarrel between the
two men, who struck at each other. The deceased, who
as well as the prisoner was in liquor, fell to the ground.
He got up again, but again fell without any blow being
given, and his head came in contact with the stones on
the road.
The evidence of the surgeon in the case Ras that death
was attributable to the rupture of a blood vessel, which
might have arisen from intoxication, combined with the
struggle, but that the same result might have been oc-

Cannon, whose voluntary kind offi?es I think we must
both acknowledge, that you have been grossly deceived
by Mr. Grundy. Now, I have no hesitation in saying
that Grundy is a scoundrel and a liar. He told me dis-
tinctly, in the presence, of Mr. Pankhurst, that he knew
nothing about plants, and would not put a value upon
them ; that he would send some gardener, whose name I
forget ; and that he was instructed not to value crops. In
addition, he declared to Pankhurst he knew nothing of
Fisher's valuation, whereas it so happens Pankhurst saw
Fisher's figures in Grundy's hands. Aro I not right,
therefore, in saying he is a liar ? I like to call things by
their right names, Then, he has been the cause of a
quarrel where no quarrel should have ever arisen ; and,
therefore, am I not right in saying he is a scoundrel ? But
now to business, if there is any to be done. Mr. Pank-
burst's valuation of furniture, hot-house buildings, plants,
cattle, crops, &c., &c., Sze.. is £BSI 17s. Gd. From this
sum I will take off £5O. I will not allow any other party
to interfere. I will not be at one shilling additional
expense. As to leaving anything to Mr. Bradshaw, I
would leave my existence in his hands ; but I have too
much respect for him to place him in a disagreeable
position. Believing, as I do, that you have been deceived
by Mr. Grundy, and that you have made observations
which you would not otherwise have done, I beg to ex-
press my desire to withdraw any expressions of mine that
might be considered personally offensive to yourself.—l
am your obedient servant,

" THOS. CAPES

" To J. A. Hobson, Esq."
The learned Counsel then commented in severe terms
on the conduct of the defendant in still justifying his ma-
licious libel, which he should prove by Mr. Hobson and
by the plaintiff, and others, to be utterly devoid of truth,
and to have had its origin only in the malignant disposi-
tion and uncontrollable temper of the defendant.
The learned Counsel then called three witnesses who
supported his opening statement, the plaintiff himself
being but briefly cross-examined by Mr. Sergent Wil-
kins. In this cross-examination, in reference to having
seen Fisher's valuation, he denied that Pankhurst, the
valuer for Mr. Capes, on this point had told him "he
was like a harp struck with lightning ;" or vulgarly
translated—" a blasted lyre." (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Serjeant WILKINS, in reply, remarked that, from
beginning to end,this action had for its sole object, money,
and vindictive damages. They had been told that this
attack on poor Mr. Grundy was calculated to make his
life unendurable. What a philosopher and stoic Mr.
Grundy must be Why, did they think such was likely
to be the case with the Grundy who had been put in the
box that day No such thing I He was a fine, strong,
hale-looking man, who did not evince any peculiar sensi-
tiveness of feeling, but who, he thought the jury would
be of opinion,had been led into this scrape by his acquaint-
ance, Mr. Hobson, who, under the mask of befriending
Mr. Grundy, had taken all the opportunity he could to
villify and injure Mr. Capes. He asked the jury to look
at this case like men of common sense and business habits.
Mr. Capes, it appeared, liked to call things by their right
names ; lie liked to call a wheelbarrow a wheelbarrow ;
and if a man told him a lie he liked to call him, what
every man would call him,—a liar. But if Mr. Capes
had adopted the policy of a certain noble lord, who (de-
sirous of conveying a similar impression to the mind of
an acquaintance not over-fond of the truth,) had said,
" Sir, (Mr. Grundy,) you are postponing the interests of
truth to the expediency of the moment," (laughter),
they would never have heard of this paltry action here.
Mr. Capes, too, justified himself further; for he said Mr..
Grundy had told him a lie, and by that lie had created a
difference between Mr. Hobson and himself, and therefore
he was warranted in calling such a man a scoundrel. Mr.
Hobson ought to have put the letter in the fire, instead
of posting off with it to Grundy, and persuading him to
bring an action. They all knew, however, of the anecdote
of a certain "wise person" who was once "called an ass;"
but not content with simply being called an ass, he blus-
tered out, "' Write me down, an ass ;" and it was fairly to
be inferred that some such influence had been at work in
this instance. The learned advocate concluded by calling
on the jury to award the least valuable coin known in this
realm, which would be ample, if not more than sufficient
to satisfy the justice of the case.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s.

THE QUEEN V.

THE INHABITANTS OF HAUGHTON

In this case, tried at the last assizes, the question was
whether a certain length of road, between Stockport and
Manchester, was in the township of Denton or of Haugh-
ton.—Verdict for the defendants, with leave to move to
enter for the crown, on a special case.

UPSETTING OF A LORRY

JOHN POWNALL /7. WILLIAM BARNBY.—In this case
the plaintiff was a collecting clerk and commission agent
at Manchester, and the defendants carriers at the same
place. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins said, the action was
brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the
plaintiff by the upsetting of a lorry laden with calicoes,
Sec., in Water-street, through the negligence of the de-
fendant's servant. As soon as the case was opened, Mr.
Attorney-General Knowles, for the defendants, said he
did not think he could resist the action, and a verdict for
£35 was returned by consent.

VERDICTS BY CONSENT.
Jenkinson v. Roe; and Miller v. Dutton

THE BRAZILIAN PONY CASE AND THE POLICE

THOMAS MELLOR V. PETER WILLIAM LEATHER AND

RODERT CLOUGH

Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Birnie for the plaintiff;
Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., for Mr. Leather, and Mr. James,
Q.C., and Mr. Millward for Mr. Clough.
Mr. Serjeant WILKINSI- said the plaintiff in this action
is a merchant residing in this town, and in 1849 hebought
a cream-coloured pony in Brazil, and in the spring of 1850
he had it brought from Pernambuco to Liverpool. The
voyage, it seemed, somewhat disordered the animal, not
being accustomed to the agitation of the sea, and when he
landed he was not in good condition. Mr. Balmer, a
livery stable keeper, West Derby, was then sent for, and
he recommended that a veterinary surgeon, Mr. Middle-
hurst, should be called in. The result was the pony re-
covered and was again brought out, being an object of
great and general admiration. In a short time after,
however, the pony became again unwell, and was a second
time placed under the care of the parties above re-
ferred to. Bulmer, it appeared, had a brother-in-
law named Harker. who proposed that the animal
should be turned out in a straw yard in Wales, to
which the plaintiff consented, and it was understood that
arrangement would be carried out. Some time after this,
Bulmer went to Mellor with a very doleful countenance,
told him the pony was dead, but that he would take him
to the tan-yard, and send the owner one of his feet to
keep in remembrance of this very valuable animal. He
(the Counsel) must do justice to Mr. Bulmer, and say
he had acted bona fide in the matter, and had consequently
taken this intelligence to the plaintiff. A short time after,
Bulmer met L .ather, a surgeon apothecary, and from him
he learnt that the pony was not dead, but that he (Leather)
possessed him, having bought him of a Scotch Sam, or
Scotch Peter, a person of the name of Cameron. Thus,
the jury would see that the plaintiff had been most shame-
fully imposed upon by Harker, Leather, and the gentle-
man known as Scotch Peter. Beyond all question the
pony was still the property of the plaintiff; he had never
given him away or sold him, and had merely lost sight of
him, from the belief that he was dead as had been repre-
sented to him. The plaintiff then saw Leather, who ad-
mitted he had the pony, that it was Mellor's, but that he
must first have the sum of thirty guineas before he
would give it up. TO this Mellor strongly objected as
most unreasonable, but as Leather said he' had been at
much expense with the animal, having given it a good
deal of quinine, he had no objection to make him a pre-
sent of £lO, with the distinct understanding that he did
not waive any right to the possession of the horse. Mel-
lor was then advised to get possession of the pony as he
could ; and he authorised Harrison, a bailiff, to get pos-
session. Bulmer accompanied Harrison to Mrs. Bur-
roughs', Brunswick-road, and then took the pony to his
stables in West Derby, about four miles from Liverpool,
and beyond the boundaries of the borough. By the order
of Mr. Clough, Patrick, one of the detective force, appre-
hended Bulmer and Harrison, in West Derby ; and sub-
sequently the pony was ordered by Mr. Mansfield to be
delivered up to Mr. Leather, the charge of felony having
been dismissed.

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West Derby, by the provisions of the municipal corpora-
tion act. This legal point gave rise to a prolonged dis-
cussion between the counsel on either side, and resulted
in his lordship's directing the case to proceed.
Mr. flows HILL, Q.C., addressed the jury at con-
siderable length for the defendant, Mr. Leather, and
urged that the only question for them to decide was,
whether his client made a bona fide purchase of the pony.
if he did, not being aware any fraudulent means had been
used in getting possession of the animal, the property
was his, and no one else had any lien upon it. His case
was this : Harker received the pony frona, Bulmer, in-
tending to send it to Wales, with the understanding that
if it recovered, it was to be returned to Mellor on pay-
ment of £5. The pony g-ot worse ; and, under the ad-
vice of Mr. Middlehurst, directions were given to his
broker to see that it was destroyed. Before this took
place, young Middlehurst came in contact with Peter Ca-
meron, and sold the pony for 205., and from thatperson Mr.
Leather bought it for 305., intending, to make some expe-
riments on it, and if he did not succeed he meant to pre-
serve the skeleton for anatomical purposes. Under his
treatment, however, the pony regained strength ; and,
having made a bon fide. purchase of it, he made no con-
cealment, even to the plaintiff, as to the transaction.
Mr. JAMES addressed the jury on the legal point that in
this case a replevin did not lie as against Mr. Clough,
and he urged the hardship and injustice on that officer if
he were to be visited with punishment for the mere due
discharge of his duty as an officer, which, had he neglected,
would be subjecting hiss to a very severe reprimand from
his employers.
The testimony given by the witnesses on either side
was of the most painfully conflicting nature.
Mr, Serjeant WILKINS replied on the whole case, and
The learned Judge, in summoning up, said this case had
occupied a very long time, but really the only question
for their consideration, as it appeared to him,was, whether
they were satisfied the plaintiff had given any authority to
Harker or Bulmer to sell the horse. If they did, then there
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consent of the true owner, that owner could not maintain
his action. If they found for the plaintiff, his lordship
also left it to them to say what amount of compensation
he was to receive. The horse was bought in South Ame-
rica for £27, but it was evident had greatly deterioratel
in value since its arrival in this country.

The learned Judge remarked with respect to the conduct
of Mr. Clough, he considered he had only done as he was
bound to do by law, when a charge of felony was laid
before him ; but if he had omitted to avail himself of the
privileges which the law allowed him for his protection in
pleading, it was unfortunate for him, and his own fault.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £2O.
This amount his Lordship reduced to £3, in accordance
with the pleadings, giving the plaintiff liberty to move to
increase it to £2O. Leave was also given to Mr. James
to move on several special legal grounds in the pas@ of
Mr. Clough.
The Court rose at a quarter to nine o'clock.