The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS, about Os. 6d. to 11s. 6d. for good broken to good
white. •
MONDAY NIGHT. DYEWOODS. Business limited. We notice
POLITICS being now the order of the day, con- sales of 15 tons Lima wood, at £l2 10s.; and 20
sequent upon the approaching general election, there tons Rio de la Hache rustic, at f 4 per ton.
is still a dull and languid tone in most departments
of trade and commerce. The dealings in foreign LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET—APRIL 5.
and colonial produce have, therefore, been limited, Compared with last week we had at to-clay's
but without much, if any, change in prices. market fewer beasts but more sheep ; the numbers
We have been favoured with a copy of Messrs. offered were 1,973 of the former, and 4,796 of the
Littledale's Monthly Circular, issued on Saturday, latter; against 2,186 and 4,275 respectively
which states that "The first quarter of the year has last week. The quality was not more than
again been disappointing to holders of produce, as an average one, and there was a fair attend-
notwithstanding the plethora and extreme cheapness ante of buyers, who purchased beasts freely at
aof money, prices have been barely supported, and about last week's prices. Sheep was a slow sale.
the favourable reaction which occurred in the latter and former rates were barely supported, a number
part of January has been gradually lost. B. P. at the close of business remaining unsold. The
Sugar, of grocery descriptions, both East and West prices current may he quoted as follows :—Beef,
India, are again at the lowest point; refining kinds prime heifer, 41d. to 4d.; second class ditto, and
and foreign are slightly better than they were in fat bullocks, 4d. to 411 ; half fat bullocks and
January. Coffee is stationary, at about the opening cows, 3d. to 4d. Mutton ; prime Nether Sheep,
prices of the year, though statistics and general 6d. to 6d.; second class ditto, 51d. to 51d.; old
opinion are in favour of an advance :—a fresh effort ewes, sd. to 51d. per lb. sinking the offal.
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...ondon to Induce ______,-,.- --
the government to take some steps to protect the NISI PRIUS COURT, YESTERDAY.
honest trader from the competition with the trash As
now mixed with and sold as Coffee, amounting to a KINGSTON (Before Mr. Justice. CRESSWELL.)
V. THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET
very large per centage on the total quantity sold for COMPANY.—This was an action against the defendants,
home consumption, which, if successful, would very as carriers, for overcharge and detention of goods. The
increase
reaf case was partially heard on Saturday, and continued this
aly theevery cacu-
- 'deliveries. In Tea cal cu-
has been defeated by the excessive shipments, morning, when several witnesses were examined, and
Mr. WATSON made a lengthy address on behalf f the and even the hope which was entertained--that defendants. His Loftiest-11P summed up the evidence very
when the October and November advices reached minutely, and the jury immediately found for the defen-
China a total cessation would be the effect—has dants on each issue.
been disappointed." STEWART V, LLOYD.—(SPECIAL JURY.)—In this case
Another increase has taken place in the amount n
arrangement was come to between the opposing parties,
saubject to a reference. At the conclusion of the. case
of bullion in the Bank of England. It is most his lordship retired for a few minutes, and on re-
gratifying to observe the extreme steadiness which turning into court informed the gentlemen of the bar
characterises the public funds. The value of Con- that lie had suzgested to Mr. J. B. Lloyd, the chair-
t present
s co-
specie on
-t
Assize
loixurati'ouClodmaittee of tclil. Town.t Council,
sois is well supported, and a general feeling of con- 11; f,
shat the otneA
fidence prevails in monetary circles. Shipments of situation jury
-a
more central positionre''nve betweenn from
specie from the United States have stopped for the humus, at the end of the benches appropriated to the
present, but this can have little effect, seeing barristers, and nearer the body of the court ; and that
that no less than £19,815,745 lie unemployed in the a passage be made for witnesses, to a box beside his lord-
vaults of the Bank of England. ship's desk, which lie thought would add ro the utility of
rtf,t7inedhbAdniinorre i,irlhkeeegpeinntlewtniethn
otlfiettrechl!ateectfuure
In proof of this overflow of money, we may bheeauctoyuo
mention that the house of Williams, Deacon, and coincided in his lordship's opinion, and thanked him fory
Co., bankers, have advanced £150,000 to the South his considerate attention.
Western Railway Company, at 3,12 per cent., for MARSHALL V. HENRY.—in this case the plaintiff was
21 years to come. Mr. Samuel Marshall, a joiner and builder in this town,
and the action was for £174, the balance of amountlnlBdsuoe
According to our last advices from California, it from the defendant for more and labour daonn
would appear that the supplies from the " diggins" the defendant, who is a merchant in this towen, wished to
had come in much less freely than was expected, build some houses at Aigburth. He employed Mr.
The New York papers intimate that gold had been Rumpling, an architect, who drew out plans far two villas,
discovered in the state of Virginia, produced from which the plaintiff, Mr. Marshall, agreed to build for
ttle,3 workoo.
auriferous quartz, which are described as equal to A
wasto contract
ie
wa s
completedmade
na
which
certain
stipulated t
,thath
the richest deposit of California. According to houses were not finished period, withwithin the prescribed mrieod, and
letters from Vancouver's Island, gold in consider- the architect had refused to certify. The plaintiff acknow-
able quantities, and of great purity, has been dis- lodged to having received, on account, £1,020, and had
covered at Prince Charlotte's Island. also given credit for a quantity of bricks supplied by the
defendant.ue lwerTetrte
tduerfneencilaonutt htoadhaelusonssuuiptleed grates,s4ezedefe
The Consul Market closed this evening with a
steady feeling at gsi to 1 for money and account, ant pleaded a set off, and had brought a cross action.
The return from the Bank of England for the i After a short consultation between the opposing counsel,
week ending the 27th of March, gives the following it was agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to
results when compared with the previous week : a reference.
Public depoOts £7,978,820 ; Increase .. £458427 BROWN V. HEYWOOD.—ALLEGED EXTORTION BY A
Other deposits
Rest 3,621,506; Increase .... 1,470 ironmonger in Burnley, on whom an execut on had been
On the other side of the account—
levied under a mandate from the Queen's Bench, and the
action was brought under a statute of Elizabeth, to recover
Government securities. 13,567,593; the same as before. the sum of £l9 10s., being treble the amount said to be
Other securities
Notes unemployed
being an increase of £170,225 ; and the stock of case was William Charnley, the officer who made the
bullion in both departments is £19,815,745, show- seizure. Mr. Pashley and Mr. Matthews were for the
ing an increase of £69,815, when compared with plaintiff, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Row defended. The
the preceding return. plaintiff some time ago owed a person named Stacey a
sum of £9 165., for which an action was commenced.
Our Share Market has been much less active This sum the plaintiff averred to have been paid, along
during the past week, the heavy rates of contangeo with a sovereign for expenses. On the 10th of June
paid at the close of the last settlement having last, after the alleged payment by the plaintiff,
induced a slight reactionary feeling, and checked f),rlVoinDlliatTe sheriff's officer,remise seoytTetedlaanwtirkt
the speculative operations for the rise. The quiet The amount endorsed on the writ was £9. 14s. 4d.,P1 and
bona fide operations for investment, however, still the officer was entitled to £l. 17s. 6d. in addition, for
continue, and the surplus stock, which, hung heavy expenses of levying, &c. According, however, to the
upon the market at the settlement, is gradually statement of the plaintiff, the officer claimed altogether
being absorbed. The decline in prices has not
. legally 19
entitled 2d.,
tobeily,:hicsosnustnid considerably l fa i
nmt?ffres than he
ohheavwi
nags
been great. A few bomb' resumption of the active pad, and witnesses were called to corroborate his state.
market of last week, from the floating stock having ments. A receipt for the payment was given by Charnley
been taken by real buyers, would at once place (the officer) but it was worded in such an ambiguous
prices at a higher point than they had reached manner that the exact sum paid was not stated. A deal
before the flatness, and this change must take place of crossntii evidenceafah was offered
oe as toh the amount paid, the
mother (who
waso wereun
wpareesdesn to
of
txtll6le
in a few days. Gold Mines participated in the dul- rim%) swearitagerthat the ness, notwithstanding the favourable statements while the officer and a bailiff, who assisted at the seizure,
made at the Agua Fria meeting. We annex the alleged that it was only the correct sum, viz., £ll. Ile. 4d.,
quotations of this day :—London Stock, 123.1 i ; Do. sixpence being allowed for the receipt stamp. The whole
new qrs., 41- it p ; Midlands, 644 4 3:f 4 3ic i 4 , of the case rested on the credibility of the respective
Sheffield Stock, 331; Lancashire and Yorkshire, his nl.lraCissilpn,dthefjeurray rmeltnuurned amvemradicy f h
toforttgoevdefendant.
71* i 1 ; Do. fifths, 61 d; East Lancashire, 174'; HOWELL V. WINTER.-1-lowell, the plaintiff in this case,
Caledonian, 18* A • Eastern Counties, ' 9 1-16 • Old was an attorney at Welshpool, and the defendant. Mr.
Dovers, 211 I A -i: A ; North British, 8* 4; York Winter, an auctioneer and publican, at Halifax. in York-
and North Midland,2 24A *I. shire. The action was on a bill of exchange for £6O,
accepted by William Edmondson for John Edmondson
Since our remarks of last week, the Cotton trade but without his authority, endorsed by Edward Dugden, has been very quiescent, as much probably in con- and by them to plaintiff. The bill was issued in May,
sequence of the prevalence of easterly winds keeping 1849. The particulars of the case were extremely unin.
out arrivals, and affording little or no choice to teresting to the public, as usual in such actions. The line
purchasers, as any other cause. The sales, under of defence
accepted
set up was,
that as the younger Edmondson
these circumstances, have been limited to the imme-
.tho bill by a forgery, it became vitiated, and
diate requirements of spinners. Holders have met nolonger a circulating medium. The plaintiff, however,
was non-suited.
the demand freely, and prices are this evening much ALLEGED DAMAGE TO PROPERTY FROM ALKALI
the same as on this night week. The stock on Ns
:DRKS.—ABBOTT AND ANOTHER V. MUSPRATT AND
hand at this port was estimated at 292,550 bales on 0 THERS.w—e(rSepaeocuialhJtutroyi.)—This was an action in which
byej;eocnoLermelinai by
works the plaintiffat
Newton,f o r
Friday last, against 518,450 at same time last year; damagesinjurydone to propertyg
but against this serious falling off our last advices belonging to Messrs. Muspratt.—Mr. CLEASEBY opened
from the United States report extensive receipts at the pleadings. The plaintiffs owned certain lands in this
the shipping ports, and heavy exports to this county, bearing wood, which had been injured by the
oinvgee oid]ae:
country. This fact, combined with a general lean- rooisaseisn etrieittceodurfsroomof ttteeiralinkaalni vi!ioriks. of the
ing to increased estimates of crop, and the heavy defendants,
rations ; and the action was brought utoacrencr import expected by first change of wind, promise to mages for the same. The defendants pleaded twenty
give us a bountiful supply for the next two or three years' enjoyment of the right of manufacturing at
months; and, coming upon us just at a time when their works, and also that the period of the alleged
spinners' contracts will be expiring, cannot fail to damage did not come within the statute of limitations.—
produce an effect upon prices particularly if Mr. WATSON
N said that the principal plaintiffin this action
importers continue their present course of selling sive ropert there, at a short disnce from which freely on arrival ; and that this practice is not the
works of the defendants. Thista gentleman's landwere was
likely to be departed from, seems already to have studded with woods and plantations, the trees in which
been anticipated on the other side of the Atlantic, had been 'considerably injured by the muriatic acid gas
alkali. of the, defendantsnron would
all
lie know
ceby the fact off ower rates ruling in the face of better emanating f
no manufacturing
atin fromg
the
works
pro-
accounts from this country, and the desire of the extensive works he referred to, whichY w
stood near the
planters to get their stocks forward and be realising. railway junction at Newton ; and they were, no doubt,
The value of fair cotton was placed by the brokers' well aware that the manufacture of alkali had proved a
committee, on Friday last, at 51d. for Uplands, 5:41. most profitable investment. He would be able to show
for Mobile, and 5.1 d. for Orleans. The market on extensivetdtemaae d
on o innattlui
er en oe rgtht
uworks,rinni andbt also the a
end
d extensive Saturday, and to-day, was dull, the sales small, but from evidence to be brought forward, that the proprietors
prices unchanged. had been in the habit of paying compensation to various
The accounts of trade in the manufacturing dis- parties at different times, for damage tone to property
tricts of Lancashire and Yorkshire are this week by their manufacturing operations. The learned gentle.
less satisfactory. At Manchester, although no maneen called a
prepared
de
an attention
lai
A noffortehetl-luery tohthe.plan which had
thepositionthe alkali
marked reduction has taken place in the value of of the plaintiff's property in conmn'exsioonwiwngh
cotton goods and yarns, the demand is less brisk, works of the defendants. There had been a great number
and the tendency of prices is in favour of the buyer. of actions during late years, arising out of injuries caused
It appears also that the home trade in Lancashire by similar works, in different parts of the country. These
is in some measure suffering from the recent intro- awcitleiornesthea
1: 4inc.ounriomuesnec;fde in a
otlraeuaetern part
tof. thefieisltaged,
duction of mixed fabrics for female dress, in which „m„pparejnt. Numerousn experimentsmanu manufactories
amade,
wool is largely consumed, to the detriment of the with the view of extracting the noxious properties of the
trade in printed cottons. muriatic acid gas, but without avail. At the time these
The Corn trade has remained dull in all its works were erected, it was thought that the difficulty
branches during the past week. Wheat, Flour, and had been bwenesna oartcaokme.e , but, as the eventns afterwardseeao rtedtoproved,
Indian Corn have again receded, and this too in the condense the muriatic acid gas before it escaped into the
face of very scanty deliveries from the farmers, and atmosphere, and for this purpose condensing apparatus
but limited imports from abroad. No doubt the had been used at the defendant's works, but not of so
splendid seed time which we have experienced tends extensive a nature as to meet the requirements of such a
to induce speculators to be very cautious in their thatlrget establishment apbllai
aihn 'An tfo; founded
idt
twasei
their
on
claim.tbi s ground
He
hoafd neglectviste
investments, particularly as the reports from the the works, and they were now being pulled down, Messrs.
Continent are more satisfactory, and show that the Muspratt removing to another part of the country.—
extent and severity of the famine in many parts of His Lordship here asked, if this was the case, what
Germany were in the first instance greatly ex-
PM the reason for bringing an action in that
aggerated.
court ? If the works were being removed, why not settle
The commercial advices from India are rather the matter before an arbitrator ?Mr. WATSON said it was now merel a question of the
more favourable. At Bombay the arrival of manu- amount of damages. His Lordship would perceive from
factured goods had been less than the demand, and the plans that an immense number of trees had been
it was expected that the next supplies would be damaged by the action of the muriatic acid gas, the
readily purchased. The Calcutta market had ex- geuenocuenofaLhoictha
wexetreenndoeidsofnoerclharneed ottirfioeudr miles round.
perienced little alteration as respects Manchester trunk's of gthe trees gradually withered and decayed. He
goods, but the transactions in metals had been at would call before them gentlemen who were well ac-
higher prices. quainted with timber, and from their evidence prove the
Advices have been received from Adelaide (South amount of damage sustained by the plaintiffs. The learned
Australia) to the 20th of December. The harvest tenttilleemdaanlaennt.seoturdeefderebnycentootiocninegopwehipeltatshsnett
forup
had proved favourable, and, although labour was twyenty years they had not been disturbed in their enjoy-
scarce, owing to the emigration to the gold reons ment of the right to manufacture alkali at the chemical
in Victoria and New South Wales, the wholes rop works in question,—he could prove that for twenty years
would be got in. One or two vessels had been they had poisoned the surrounding country, and would
detained for want of hands. A report had been addi whatha had
diety had neglected to do—that,. evenrytoyearr,
current that gold had been found at Mount Gambier,, pay cqmpeß;earcioenr
wtonsptaLtioesc,a7lveed.
111,71 it.
they
himself.°
but it was not confirmed by the latest accounts. A ness had been land agent and collector for Mr. Leigh for
reward of £l,OOO had been offered by the Govern- the last nine years. When he first became agent in 1843,
ment for the discovery of a profitable gold-field there was a great deal of dead timber on the estate, which
within the territory of South Australia. did not appear to arise from natural causes. In 1845, he
had a quantity of the dead timber felled and sold. In 1846
he had a valuation made of the damage done to the trees,
which he transmitted to the defendants, and made a claim
for, on behalf of his employer. A long dispute followed,
and the matter was ultimately referred to Mr. Skirving, of
Walton Nursery, who awarded Mr. Leigh £l9l as com-
pensation, which was paid over by the defendants, who
retained the damaged wood.
The witness was subjected to a severe cross-examination
by Sergeant Wilkins, on behalf of the defendants,•after
which the court adjourned at twenty minutes to seven
o'clock.

LATEST STATE _OF THE LIVERPOOL

The case will be resumed this (Tuesday) morning at
nine o'clock, and is likely to occupy two or three days in
hearing.

THE COURT went into mourning for the late Queen
Dowager of Denmark on Sunday, change the mourning
on the 18th, and go out on the 25th.
APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. Wm. Patrick Talbot, bro-
ther of Earl Talbot, is appointed Private Secretary to
Lord Derby, in the place of Colonel the Hon. Edward

‘VllOraham, and is now officiating in that capacity td
the Premier, in conjunction with Mr. C. W. Strange, of
the Treasury. Mr. Horatio Hamond, Precis Writer to

is appointed her
e pla';e of Mr. D.

Consul' at Gr;

ted Precis Writer, in the place of Mr

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